Chapter 645: Chapter 664: Who Wouldn’t Want to Charge Into Battle for Their Beloved Streamer?
The 5-6 mechanical brain and mainframe had just been set up.
To ensure the system would be better adapted for livestreams, the tech department ran a test before its official launch.
They set a hypothetical peak of 10 billion and arranged a simulation running at 2 billion clicks per second—after all, those were roughly the numbers on Juju’s stream.
The entire company waited with bated breath—
And then, under the barrage of two billion clicks per second, System 5-6 began to crash repeatedly.
It was a slight improvement over the old System 5, but it was still not viable for long-term operation.
’After all, if they wanted to grow bigger and stronger, they couldn’t just support one streamer. They had to be able to support thousands, even tens of thousands.’
The tech department suggested that Qian Xingxing just sell off System 5 and upgrade to 7.
But that was a risky move. Making that leap would require a massive injection of capital.
Everything, just as it was getting started, seemed to grind to a halt once more.
Just as Little President Qian was about to bet the farm, a new benefactor appeared.
Wanxing sent an internal message. A partnership proposal had arrived in the company’s public inbox.
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"It’s a joint message from a few companies on Haiyun Star. They say they can provide us with technical support."
"Technical support?" Qian Xingxing frowned. "Haiyun Star has a corporate alliance?"
"I’m not sure about that, but I verified the corporate seals attached to the message. They’re all legitimate companies, and the one heading the proposal is the Lily Group."
The Lily Group was a rising star of a company that had really made a name for itself. Wanxing remembered a professor using them as a case study back in her finance classes. "Little President Qian, should we schedule a meeting?"
These were genuinely wealthy companies actively seeking a meeting. How could Qian Xingxing possibly refuse? "We should meet them."
"Okay, I’ll contact them right away."
The call ended. For a moment, Qian Xingxing was puzzled. Why would major corporations from Haiyun Star seek out New Star? But then, a possible explanation quietly surfaced in his mind.
’Could it be...?’
He glanced through the glass partition into the office. Over at the PR department’s workstations, several outstanding recent graduates from Federation University were huddled together, earnestly discussing their next move.
They were the cream of the crop. Ordinarily, a small company like Qian Xingxing’s would have a hard time hiring such talent.
But he had.
And since they’d been hired, the company hadn’t even started promoting its corporate culture or given the PR department any hard targets. Yet, every single person there was fired up, vowing to make the company’s app a roaring success.
And why was that?
’We can’t do it like this! The fans will have a backlash!’
’Even though everyone’s love for Juju is real, we can’t just squander it!’
’Even our promotions have to take the fans’ feelings into account.’
’AGGGH, it’s driving me crazy! How can Juju’s popularity be any less than before?!’
Who wouldn’t want to charge into battle for their favorite streamer?
「Meanwhile.」
Inside the Haiyun Star Juju Fan Club.
Lily: Our company has received their reply.
xx: !! Nice! Are we all about to start making money?
[I can’t wait either! Wow, we’re gonna be part of the company!]
[Should we all go to the meeting together?]
Lily: ...
Lily: All of us? There are fourteen of us in on this plan. What are we going to do, show up as a mob surrounding one guy? People who know what’s going on will think it’s a business meeting. People who don’t will think it’s a brawl.
Lily: Four people will be enough. The boss and I will take two of the spots. We just need two others.
[I’ll be one of the ’any two’! Pick me!]
[Get outta here! I wanna go!]
