Chapter 638: Chapter 657: New Star’s Debut, It Crashed
At this point, Jiang Qiuqiu was practically a training machine.
She watched Mo Si’s press conference on Monday, then threw herself into a rigorous training schedule.
Besides attending her classes, she dedicated nearly all her free time to the training camp. In the Gravity Room, she was adapting to higher and higher levels of gravity.
She seemed to be a natural at handling pressure.
No matter how much pressure life put on Qiuqiu, she could take it.
Her roommates gradually fell behind her pace. Still, having someone so hardworking, ambitious, and fearless in the face of difficulty was like having a benchmark to strive for.
The others didn’t slack off in the slightest, either.
In addition to the Gravity Room, Jiang Qiuqiu also frequented the Virtual Machine Room. If piloting a real Mecha demanded both physical and spiritual strength from a soldier, then the Virtual Machine Room placed a greater emphasis on spiritual power.
A greater and stronger spiritual power could drive the Mecha, making it faster and more ferocious.
And Jiang Qiuqiu’s spiritual power naturally stood head and shoulders above everyone else’s.
Through constant training, just as she had resolved, she could slowly start to trade blows with Huo Jia. She was no longer an opponent who would be defeated in a matter of seconds.
She was also gradually learning how to counter-attack.
Her rate of progress was astonishing to Huo Jia.
’It isn’t just her hard work. Her talent is so immense that it leaves others in the dust. If she were a Beast Clan Genetic Hybrid, she would be a born top-tier Mecha Soldier.’
Her training was going smoothly, but the launch of the New Star app was running into a lot of trouble.
Jiang Qiuqiu’s debut broadcast on New Star was scheduled for early March. Thanks to a massive advertising push, a great deal of organic hype, and trending topics like "rich family drama," far too many people showed up in the stream room that day.
The platform was originally designed to handle that many concurrent users, but the sheer volume of scrolling comments made the stream extremely laggy.
Not only that, but when it was time for the food giveaway, so many people clicked to claim it at the same time that the backend crashed completely.
Even though they had recruited many top experts for the tech department, this wasn’t just a software issue.
There were also hardware problems—issues with New Star’s core processors, central servers, and other miscellaneous components. Having no traffic was a problem, but having too much traffic was an even bigger one.
Having problems on her debut broadcast gave Juju’s fans, who had flocked to see her, a terrible experience.
Although Qian Xingxing and his team immediately issued an apology and promised to fix the issues, a significant number of people still thought the company was completely useless.
’Juju made a terrible move. Even with all the drama at the Federation Live Broadcast Company, she shouldn’t have jumped ship to some obscure little startup. She should have gone to their arch-rival, where she would have been put on a pedestal and wouldn’t have had to deal with all these problems.’
Qiuqiu also said a few words in defense of Little President Qian, but the fans’ reaction was lukewarm. They all thought—
’Our Juju is still so young. She’s being taken for a ride and doesn’t even realize it.’
’What does she know? She’s just trapped by a sense of obligation!’
And so, the company was bombarded with criticism.
Of course, what was even more terrifying was that New Star had crashed from the traffic of just one person—Jiang Qiuqiu. This made many other streamers, who had been thinking of jumping ship to the new platform to get a head start, back away in hesitation.
’This is all they’ve got? Can they really make it in the long run?’
When Qian Duoduo heard the news, his foul mood finally lifted.
’Does he really think starting a company is that easy?’
Qian Xingxing didn’t know if starting a company was easy or not. He only knew that he had to chew this tough bone.
"Right now, the tech department is everything."
"Our top priority is solving the problems in the tech department."
But the tech department’s problem was the same as before. "We need a central server, a high-level one. We... just can’t get our hands on one."
"It would be best to get one from official channels."
"The ones sold on the private market..."
The hardware sold on the open market was all second-rate. Even for an exorbitant price, you couldn’t necessarily get what you needed.
The technician’s words were pointed. Everyone at New Star Company turned to look at Qian Xingxing.
’As a young master from the upper echelons of society, surely Little President Qian has some connections, right?’
...
But Qian Xingxing remained silent.
Back when he was the young master of the Qian Family, he hadn’t known many people in those circles. And even if he knew families with that kind of power, it was the families that held it, not him. He was just a second-generation heir who hadn’t come into power yet; he didn’t have that kind of authority.
And just when he was at his wit’s end, a new opportunity appeared.
In fact, it wasn’t just one opportunity, but a whole flood of them.
