338: Chapter 338 Industry Trends

He felt a bit tired of scrolling after not long.

Just as he was considering whether to close the app first and let his eyes rest for a while, he suddenly stumbled upon a live stream.

This live stream seemed to be an entertainment broadcast.

On the phone screen, there were two split views: one showing a boy and the other showing a girl.

They were reading out the IDs of the fans who had sent them gifts.

Although it was essentially a one-person show, they made it sound like a grand stage with drums and gongs, looking very lively.

Shen Yan had no personal interest in them, but he found the entertainment live stream quite engaging.

He had watched this type of entertainment live stream before, but none of the previous ones had the grand scale of this one, with the screen completely filled with gifts.

After staying in the live stream room for a few minutes, Shen Yan took a screenshot of the broadcast and sent the image to Chen Guangke.

As soon as he sent it, Chen Guangke replied with two messages.

"????"

"Why are you sending me this picture? Did you run out of money and want to borrow some from me?"

Shen Yan: "..."

He typed his reply into the chat box expressionlessly.

"First, my wallet won't be emptied just by sending a few gifts. That kind of thing only happens to you, not to me."

"Second, I screenshotted this to ask you: how much money can they earn by hosting a live stream like this?"

Chen Guangke replied instantly as always.

"Although I don't know much about live streaming, I know the platform and the individual streamer split is fifty-fifty. If they have signed with an agency, the split is three-seven or four-six."

Seeing the reply, Shen Yan raised an eyebrow.

"Does the agency pay the platform?"

Chen Guangke sent a smiling emoji.

"Of course. Both the live stream room and the agency rely on the platform to make a living, so how could they not pay the platform?"

After getting a confirmed answer, Shen Yan sent no more messages.

He switched back to the live stream and typed his question into the comment box.

"How much money can a streamer earn in one session?"

Because the live room had a large audience, the comments scrolled very quickly, so his question was soon submerged by other comments.

To ensure the streamer saw his question, he spammed the same message ten times in the comments.

Just as he was about to send one more, he suddenly realized his message wouldn't go through.

Although he hadn't used the big fish software, he was still in this line of work.

He immediately realized he had been blacklisted by the room moderators or the streamer themselves.

It seemed the streamer didn't want to answer that question.

Unable to get an answer, he wasn't persistent and directly exited the live stream room.

He had already checked the gift rankings within the room.

Based on his estimation, combined with the information Chen Guangke gave him, he guessed that for a single live stream like this, the platform side could earn at least hundreds of thousands in revenue share.

This was equivalent to them just needing to provide a platform and let others earn money for them.

After leaving the live stream room, he continued scrolling through short videos and noticed that many short videos contained advertisements.

He sent all the short videos with ads to Chen Guangke and asked him:

"For short videos with ads like these, do they need to pay the platform?"

Chen Guangke replied very promptly.

"I'm not very clear on this, as I'm not a self-media influencer. But I know that videos with ads usually have traffic promotion from advertisers, and traffic promotion needs to be purchased."

Shen Yan understood.

Traffic promotion meant pushing traffic.

The platform's push mechanism should be like their Prosperous Appointment; it should have its own established algorithm.

If an advertiser bought one million units of traffic, the platform would push that video in front of one million accounts, ensuring the video received at least one million views.

Although he hadn't dealt with this area before, he knew without guessing that the price for traffic promotion definitely wouldn't be cheap.

Discovering that the big fish software had numerous ways to make money, his resolve to create this type of software gradually strengthened.

Thinking this, he sent a message to Chen Guangke.

"I've decided. Our third project will be an internet creative short video software!"

...

At this time, at Gu Corporation.

"Knock, knock, knock."

A knocking sound echoed.

Gu Hui wearily rubbed his temples.

"Come in."

The person who entered the office was not the secretary, but Gu Xuantian.

He walked up to his grandfather and said, "Grandpa, why aren't you going home yet?"

Gu Hui glanced at Gu Xuantian and mocked lightly, "Fawning without reason means you're either a villain or a thief. Tell me, why are you suddenly coming up to see me?"

Gu Xuantian chuckled slyly.

"Isn't it because I wanted to ask why that illegitimate son hasn't left yet?"

Gu Hui replied expressionlessly, "What business is that of yours? Shouldn't you just focus on doing your own job?"

Hearing this, Gu Xuantian's expression changed several times.

After a while, he managed to compose himself and said to Gu Hui in a coaxing tone:

"Grandpa, you can't be this biased. It's one thing that you won't let me deal with that illegitimate son, but you won't even let me teach that Shen guy a lesson..."

A while ago, he had suffered a setback at Shen Yan's hands.

He originally intended to use the power of Gu Corporation to teach Shen Yan a lesson immediately, but unexpectedly, before he could even make a move, Gu Hui had already suppressed all his actions.

Not only that, but he had also called him into the office and sternly warned him not to lay a hand on Shen Yan.

This incident truly angered him greatly.

Thinking about it, he continued, "Anyway, that project of his won't amount to anything. Just let me teach that person a lesson. You don't know how arrogant that person was in front of me!"

"If I don't teach him a good lesson, he'll think our Gu Corporation is a soft bun that can be bullied casually!"

It was unclear which sentence struck a chord with Gu Hui.

Gu Hui suddenly looked up at Gu Xuantian and asked, "Do you really want to teach him a lesson?"

Gu Xuantian nodded vigorously.

Gu Hui curled his lips, "Fine. Since you want to teach him a lesson so badly, then you figure out a way to teach him yourself."

Gu Xuantian was momentarily stunned. He blinked and asked with a confused expression, "Figure it out... myself?"

Gu Hui nodded.

"That's right. Don't use the name of Gu Corporation. Other than that, you can use any method you want."

Gu Xuantian lowered his head and pondered for a moment.

He felt that there was something hidden in Gu Hui's words.

But he couldn't quite figure out what Gu Hui was trying to imply.

Just as he was racking his brains to think, Gu Hui seemed amused by his dullness.

"Don't you usually love interacting with other people?"

"Don't tell me they can't be of use when you need them."