After listening to Chen Yufeng’s report, Pei Qian nodded with satisfaction.

Indeed, the effect was immediate—even other livestreaming platforms had acknowledged it!

As the saying goes, your enemies always understand you best.

Other livestreaming platforms had realized that Rabbitail Live was no longer a threat, which corroborated Pei Qian’s judgment.

This meant that regarding Rabbitail Live, Mr. Pei could rest even easier!

“You’ve done very well. I’m very satisfied.”

“Besides the daily expenses, I’ll allocate another 10 million in funds to Rabbitail Live. Take it and spend it however you want—organize some events.”

Pei Qian didn’t give unlimited freedom but restricted the use of this money to “organizing events.”

He thought that if they tried to recruit streamers, they might end up signing some with potential. Plus, streamer contracts were generally long-term, typically lasting a year, which posed potential risks in the long run.

Organizing events, on the other hand, seemed safer since Rabbitail Live’s popularity was already so low that any event would likely make minimal impact.

Chen Yufeng was taken aback. “Uh… Mr. Pei, having funds is certainly good, but organizing events now…”

“It doesn’t seem very cost-effective.”

“Because our website has just experienced a sharp drop in popularity. It’s better to recover slowly now. Applying drastic measures might not necessarily have good results and could even cause some viewers to resent us.”

Pei Qian smiled slightly. “You shouldn’t be so absolute. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”

“As long as you organize good events, won’t they achieve promotional effects?”

“I believe in you. There’s absolutely no problem!”

Chen Yufeng: “…”

He was about to say “Mr. Pei, you’re giving me too much credit,” but Mr. Pei had already stood up, patted his behind, and was ready to leave.

“Alright, so that’s settled.”

“Hurry up and think about what kind of events to organize. They don’t need to be too complicated—just good enough will do.”

Pei Qian didn’t want to put too much pressure on Chen Yufeng, hoping he would just muddle through and spend the money.

Chen Yufeng: “Alright, Mr. Pei. I’ll do my best…”

…

After seeing Mr. Pei off, Chen Yufeng sat at his desk, brow furrowed, thinking hard.

Mr. Pei was still so unpredictable.

If you said Mr. Pei didn’t care about Rabbitail Live, he was increasing salaries and giving extra money, being more generous than with other departments. But if you said Mr. Pei cared about Rabbitail Live, he had implemented the “mandatory one-hour” feature that severely damaged Rabbitail Live’s popularity, and he showed absolutely no intention of changing it.

According to Mr. Pei’s efficiency, the 10 million in funds would likely arrive quickly, but Chen Yufeng had no idea what kind of events to organize.

He frowned deeply, browsing on his computer for a while, but couldn’t come up with any suitable events.

Just as he was worrying, someone pushed open the office door.

Looking up, he saw it was Ma Yang.

“Mr. Ma! Why are you here? Mr. Pei just left,” Chen Yufeng said.

Ma Yang was surprised. “Huh? Qian Ge came? Why didn’t anyone tell me!”

Chen Yufeng quickly explained, “Mr. Pei said there was no need to notify you. He just came to assign a simple task and then left. There was nothing else.”

Ma Yang had a serious expression. “Oh? Assigned a task? What task? We must complete Qian Ge’s tasks carefully!”

Chen Yufeng briefly explained Mr. Pei’s requirements.

A slightly confused expression appeared on Ma Yang’s long face. “Qian Ge might as well have said nothing. No requirements at all? Not even a direction.”

Chen Yufeng nodded. “Yes, that’s why I’m worrying about it.”

“Hey, why don’t you come up with something, Mr. Ma?”

“You’ve always been Mr. Pei’s right-hand man, his trusted aide, sharing the same mindset. Quite a few of your ideas have been adopted by Mr. Pei. If you come up with an idea, it’s bound to be reliable!”

Ma Yang sat down grandly on the sofa. “No problem, I’ll think of something.”

“Hmm…”

“How about an esports competition?”

Chen Yufeng nodded silently; this answer was within his expectations.

Indeed, in Ma Yang’s life, esports was one of his few hobbies. As soon as the topic of organizing an event came up, the first thing Ma Yang thought of was an esports competition.

But the problem was… this didn’t seem to be a very good choice.

After careful consideration, Chen Yufeng said, “An esports competition is indeed a good choice, considering that our website’s most loyal audience is the esports competition audience. Even as viewers of other categories have largely left, many esports viewers still insist on watching competitions on our website.”

“But…”

“We already have the ICL and GPL competitions. Both have very busy schedules, and the best we could organize would be some streamer tournaments or fan matches. How could their attention possibly compare with these two official leagues?”

This question stumped Ma Yang. His long face showed a thoughtful expression, and he didn’t respond for a while.

Thinking about it, it did seem to be the case.

But Old Ma was obviously not someone who would give up easily. He thought hard. “So what’s the main problem?”

Chen Yufeng was silent for a moment. “Two problems: one is that if the competition isn’t professional enough, it won’t be entertaining. The second is that it’s difficult for our competition to differentiate itself from the two leagues.”

Ma Yang thought for a moment. “Then why don’t we organize a competition that’s professional enough and can be distinguished from the other two leagues?”

Chen Yufeng opened his mouth but was momentarily speechless.

He originally thought Ma Yang’s suggestion was nonsense. Those two were professional leagues with top-tier players—how could we organize a competition more professional than them?

But upon careful consideration, Chen Yufeng realized there might actually be a way.

“If we really want to organize one…”

“We could gather the original members of the two DGE teams, as well as the players from FV Team and SUG Team, and organize a competition!”

“These four teams absolutely represent the highest level of GOG and ioi in China.”

“But… each game only has two teams, which isn’t enough for a tournament. We can’t just have the two DGE teams play a BO10, can we?”

Ma Yang thought for a moment. “A BO10 wouldn’t be too bad, as long as the matches are exciting. But what about coaches? Who would handle the BP (Ban/Pick)?”

“Wait, I just thought of a good solution.”

“What if we let the audience vote for the BP?”

Chen Yufeng was startled and immediately shook his head. “How could that work? If the audience votes, they’ll definitely turn it into entertainment. The team compositions could end up being vastly different, and it wouldn’t be very exciting.”

Ma Yang said, “Of course not all heroes would be up for voting; we could select a few compositions for voting!”

“Whenever people watch competitions, don’t they always have ‘barrage coaches’ saying this coach’s BP is trash, or that team’s composition is terrible? But then others fire back, saying the BP is fine; it’s the players who are trash.”

“This has become an unsolved mystery: is it the BP that’s bad, or the players? I’ve always been especially curious!”

“Let’s organize a ‘BP Proof Match’ to answer this confusion!”

Chen Yufeng’s eyes lit up. “I understand, Mr. Ma!”

“You’re suggesting we organize a competition, only inviting members from the original DGE Team One and Team Two, as well as FV Team and SUG Team, divided into GOG and ioi groups.”

“Then we find several controversial BP plans online.”

“These plans are characterized by: coaches and players thinking they can work and choosing them in official matches, but barrage viewers thinking they can’t.”

“We have the two teams play against each other to verify whether it’s the composition that’s bad or the players!”

“If we do this, viewers would definitely want to watch it!”

Chen Yufeng could already imagine what the barrage would look like when this competition was held.

If the “brain-dead BP” that the barrage coaches believed in won, there would definitely be a large number of people spamming “Don’t blame the BP, it’s the players’ skill that’s lacking, don’t blame the coach.” Conversely, if the “brain-dead BP” lost, there would be many spamming “See? I told you this BP was garbage. Even with five top players, they still couldn’t win. I knew this coach was useless!”

The excitement level of the matches might not surpass the ICL and GPL leagues, but the intensity of the barrage would definitely not be lacking, and the topic would certainly generate significant buzz!

Moreover, ordinary activities or competitions become boring to viewers after one time, but this competition could be held long-term.

Because with each version update, the tactics of all teams would change, and there would always be new “brain-dead BPs” emerging that would need to be verified by this “BP Proof Match.”

Although the original DGE players had scattered to various teams and were all playing as starters in their respective positions, they had good relationships with each other and still maintained their synergy. If they could reform the two DGE teams, they could use their time between official matches to play this “BP Proof Match.”

The promotional funds from Mr. Pei were more than sufficient, and the various teams had good relationships with Tenda’s esports department. With some sponsorship for these teams, everyone would certainly cooperate.

Even if the event was well-organized, the coaches of various teams would pay attention to this competition, observing how certain BPs performed with top-tier teams and noting the details when top teams played with these compositions. This would be beneficial for improving the overall level of the entire competitive scene.

Most importantly, only Rabbitail Live could organize such a competition because no other livestreaming platform could possibly invite members of the original DGE Club!

Chen Yufeng immediately perked up. He had been a bit dejected earlier, but now he had suddenly found a new direction.

“Mr. Ma, your idea is fantastic! You truly share the same mindset as Mr. Pei!”

“This event absolutely meets Mr. Pei’s requirements!”

“I’ll contact them right away and set up a competition schedule based on the timing of the GPL and ICL leagues. Let’s arrange it as soon as possible!”