Chapter 320: Capital Never Makes a Random Move

Meimei also told Jiang Qiuqiu that the Gourmet section’s PK competition was nearing its end.

"We’re about to enter the second round of PKs."

"Is the second round any different? Why the special notice?"

Meimei replied, "Of course. The second round will decide who becomes this year’s top streamer in the Gourmet section and who gets to attend the annual gala. But it seems like you weren’t planning on attending..."

"I’ll go."

"You will? That’s great!" Meimei was quite happy. The annual gala was the Federation Live Broadcast Company’s year-end banquet. Setting aside the traffic the top-tier streamers invited to the event would bring, just the prestige of attending was significant. "For you, attending would be all pros and no cons."

"Yes, I know."

"Besides the spot at the gala, the broadcast format will also change. In the second round, it won’t be a PK in a small pop-up window like before. It will be on a single, shared screen..."

This meant that once both parties confirmed the start of the PK, the master brain would intelligently merge their two streams. The fans from both sides could then watch both competitors at the same time.

And it wasn’t just visual synchronization; smell and taste would be synchronized as well. However, for the sake of the broadcast’s effectiveness, fans could only hear the streamer from their original channel.

This was a completely different format, and it presented streamers with more challenges.

"The schedule will change too. It’ll go from one match a day to two. You’ll need to pay attention to your menu planning." Here, Meimei shared a little trick. "You could choose dishes that are more aromatic. That would give you, ahem, an advantage."

"I know."

Jiang Qiuqiu pretty much understood how the streams in the Gourmet section worked now. What she wanted to know was whether PKs with streamers from other sections would also use this model.

"They will."

"Later on, the PKs will become more and more formal, and the fanbases on both sides will get larger and larger..."

"The further we get, the more they’ll use this model." It wasn’t just for the PKs; it was a clever move by the Federation Live Broadcast Company. Streamers from different categories weren’t direct competitors, so the tension between their fanbases wouldn’t be as intense.

Toward the end, it would basically be the number one from one section against the number one from another. Although the top streamers from each section might have different levels of skill, their fan counts were not to be underestimated. Some fans only ever followed one section and never ventured elsewhere...

The split-screen PK would allow fans to see different channels, encouraging user circulation within the app, which would in turn lead to more activity, more traffic, and more money.

In other words, capital never makes a random move.

It was all about money and fame.

Jiang Qiuqiu indicated that she understood.

"Keep it up! Little President Qian and I will be with you all the way!" As she spoke, Meimei’s tone softened as she began talking about Little President Qian’s ideals for building the company.

"I suddenly remembered your first impression of Little President Qian... you called him naive..."

"What about it?"

"He’s always talking about it in the office, with no regard for the current Chairman Qian at all." It was as if he was about to be crowned and inherit the entire group. "If he keeps talking to Chairman Qian like that at home, he’s going to get on his bad side."

"Sounds like Sister Mingmei has a lot of complaints about Little President Qian." Jiang Qiuqiu could tell that even though Meimei was always complaining about him, the protectiveness in her eyes was unmistakable.

Meimei shook her head. "Of course not. It’s just that sometimes he’s so clever, and other times... not so much. Ugh, let’s not talk about him. I almost forgot something else because I was so busy talking about him."

"Hm? What is it?"

"It’s about Wang Henli. He also advanced to the second round of PKs. We looked at the master brain’s algorithm, and we think you might be matched against him in the next round."

’Wang Henli?’

She had almost forgotten his name.

"Let it be him, then. He’s a lightweight, nothing to worry about. You don’t need to keep tabs on him anymore."

"I’m just mentioning it. His performance has really been slipping lately. If this keeps up, he’s going to fall out of the top tier."

They chatted about a few other things before someone called for Meimei on her end, and she hung up.

The PK was postponed, which meant the ingredients she’d bought wouldn’t be needed for now. That gave her an extra day off... Since she had nothing else to do, Jiang Qiuqiu decided she would stop by the rescue center while making her food deliveries.

On her way there with her robot, she sent a quick message to Mo Si, letting him know that today’s Spiritual Training would be delayed for a little while.