Chapter 23: What Is Called Action Power!

The next morning.

Jiang Ming opened his computer again and played a few ranked matches, waiting until noon before leisurely taking a vehicle to the location agreed upon with YY's Old Xu.

No choice; the national server is full of grind kings, and one slip-up easily leaves you behind.

At noon in Lao Mendong, the bluestone paths steamed with the rain vapor of the previous night.

"JM!"

"President Xu!"

"Just call me Xiao Jiang."

"Haha, then you should still call me Old Xu."

The two met in front of a private kitchen in Jin Ling with a decent taste; Xu Tao stepped forward actively, his smile warm and friendly.

Led by the staff, the two walked into the private room.

"Order food first?"

"I think we should discuss the new season renewal cooperation first; you should be more anxious than I am!"

"Haha, that's true; after all, grabbing the title of the season's strongest king first is good for both you and the platform."

Chen Ming smiled and handed over a document; they were indeed anxious, otherwise they wouldn't have rushed from Yang City to Jin Ling overnight.

"Xiao Jiang, we've known each other for a year or two; honestly, I have great faith in your future, and I sincerely hope this is a win-win cooperation."

"I hope so too!"

Jiang Ming took the document and read it carefully; sometimes empty talk is just for listening.

Although he and Old Xu met in the teacher's open class and had that bond, no matter how good the personal relationship, once interests are involved, it becomes shallow.

Huh?

Amidst the rustling sound of turning pages, Jiang Ming's pupils contracted slightly.

Old Xu's claim of full sincerity was truly no lie.

What Old Xu handed over wasn't a contract, but a proposal document regarding his own livestream room and team sponsorship.

He was somewhat surprised; he didn't expect to see such a forward-looking plan from a livestreaming platform in 2013.

Did the YY platform suddenly receive help from a high person, realizing the esports wave led by Penguin would be exaggerated, or did another gambling decision-maker who loves going all-in appear?

The funds were actually trivial matters compared to this document.

First was the resource investment plan, which YY's planning department described as three heavy punches: ① Traffic Nuclear Bomb (opening a "Climb to the King" special topic on the YY homepage for his livestream room instead of the previous scrolling promotion mode, updating the King's points ranking in real-time, adding exclusive gifts to the livestream room, reducing the revenue share from 50% to 30%, and prioritizing the server group to guarantee stream pushing even if other channels lag into a PPT).

② Brand Binding: Signing fee raised to 500,000/year (with an additional bonus for successful promotion to the LPL league), custom NXG team livestream room skin, and viewers' danmu automatically carrying the hashtag #YYWitnessesTheRiseOfTheThrone#.

③ Ecosystem Expansion: After confirming sponsorship of NXG, a professional team would be dispatched to provide all-around packaging for the esports team like WE.

Secondly, there was the livestream room technical upgrade; the YY platform even made a big move.

Danmu latency compressed from 6 seconds to 2 seconds, ensuring real-time feedback for "god-tier plays."

Developing an OB perspective auto-tracking function (temporarily named "Hunter Mode").

Embedding a combat power query plugin in the livestream room so viewers could check the streamer's rune configuration in real-time.

"Indeed full of sincerity."

After a long while, Jiang Ming looked up with complex eyes, looking at Xu Tao across from him.

"I'm curious what suddenly made you make such a big decision."

His initial exchange with the other party was actually based on the plan to use the huge traffic brought by his livestream room climbing to the top to exchange for YY sponsorship and livestream platform support, intending to swallow the massive traffic of Penguin's S3 LOL promotion.

Although both were tasks to climb to the top for prize money, the value possessed by an ordinary King player and a top streamer with hundreds of thousands of fan bases and inherent attention was completely different.

Obviously, the other party understood and made a perfect response.

"What made us make up our minds?"

Xu Tao suddenly took out a yellowed newspaper photo from his bag—that was the sea of people in the audience seats of the 2005 WCG finals, quite nostalgic: "This is a story from many years ago; back then, YY was just a small plugin providing voice teaming services for game players..."

"..."

Although he couldn't figure out why a scene of reminiscing about life was suddenly added, Jiang Ming did not spoil the other party's fun.

In his past life, not recognized by his parents and finally becoming an ordinary person, he would occasionally let out a loud roar to the sky after getting drunk as a vent.

Having finished the story and also read all the details of the document, Jiang Ming actively extended his hand.

Xu Tao was puzzled, "What?"

"I think, since the platform has provided such sincere conditions, I have absolutely no reason to refuse; pleasant cooperation."

"Pleasant cooperation!"

Xu Tao, instantly back in form, also hurriedly stood up and extended his right hand.

Just as he was certain at first glance that JM's livestream room could succeed.

A person with gaming talent, a smart mind, and a certain reputation for knowledge, who clearly knows what they want, understands livestreaming, and can livestream, cannot fail.

Facts proved he didn't misjudge the person; in just one short year, JM's name was already widely known throughout the entire LOL game circle.

Back then, JM was just an ordinary freshman at Jin Ling University who expressed good insights on game livestreaming in an open class.

However, just as Xu Tao was reminiscing about their first meeting, Jiang Ming continued, "I wonder if our platform, besides being the oxygen of the domestic esports circle, has any interest in expanding foreign business?"

Jiang Ming: "For example, the YY streamer ranked first in both the Chinese and Korean servers, or even creating a platform-exclusive team in the OGN!"

Xu Tao: "???"

No, why can your brain hold so many strange ideas!

The league in his own region is still in the preparation stage, yet Jiang Ming is thinking of setting up a team in someone else's region; Xu Tao didn't know what to say to him.

However, it does sound quite tempting.

The OGN region belongs to the YY platform's esports team; might as well just call it the Huya—ROX Tigers team, which feels very nice.

……

Inside the room, Jiang Ming and YY finally reached an agreement on the new contract. After signing the document at the dining table, he personally experienced the execution speed of a future giant in the live-streaming industry.

Within the time it took the two to eat, while the ink on the contract was still wet, a blood-red battle flag had already ignited on YY's homepage, and the exclusive live room for challenging the strongest king of the national server was already open.

The live room, whose popularity had already surged due to matching with the WE team members, now saw even further expansion.

The various resource investments described in the documents launched their promotional campaigns simultaneously at this very second.

"YY Platform: Top National Server Player, Senior LOL Tutorial Video Creator, National Server Climbing Support Event is Here!"

First, within the YY platform itself, anyone registered with a YY account, whether a regular viewer or a streamer, would receive such a message notification in their backend.

Simply put, the event offered benefits such as YY experience level upgrades, related avatar frames, and exclusive custom theme page artwork for anyone who entered the live room, followed the channel, and sent a certain amount of gifts during Jiang Ming's climb to the top.

Meanwhile, on the top floor of a certain skyscraper in Shanghai, the CEO of a certain Fish platform, seeing the event title on YY's homepage and realizing he had been a step too slow, angrily overturned the exquisite ornaments on his desk.