“Yay! Great! I made it to the offline competition!”

Zhang Yan jumped up excitedly from her chair and twirled around the room.

The competition process was indeed intense, thrilling, and fierce. After all, those who advanced to the online tournament were excellent players selected through multiple rounds of preliminary contests. These people all had impressive driving skills, and often, whether one could advance depended on their performance on the day and the strength of their psychological quality.

Fortunately, Zhang Yan had been diligent in her training and had a solid foundation. Today, her condition was exceptionally good, so she successfully stood out among the many selected contestants and achieved an excellent 9th place finish in the online competition.

It’s worth noting that at the online competition stage, there was no distinction between professional and amateur groups—some professional racing drivers had also participated.

Being able to achieve 9th place and successfully advance to the offline competition was already a surprising enough result for Zhang Yan!

The viewers in the livestream room also found it exhilarating, with discussions reaching peak heat!

“The competition was so thrilling to watch! I didn’t expect everyone to be genuine driving gods—I was on the edge of my seat.”

“I’ve watched some real-life racing competitions on TV before, but I feel like they weren’t as entertaining as this online competition.”

“That’s the change brought by advances in livestreaming technology! Real racing competitions are actually much more exciting and thrilling, with much higher technical levels, but the broadcasting technology just couldn’t keep up. It was limited to external views and in-car angles—viewers could only see scenes of race cars zooming past, but couldn’t observe the details of how drivers operated.”

“Indeed, missing so many details naturally reduces the entertainment value significantly.”

“This new technology from Bunny Tail Livestream really has something to it. Not only can it showcase all the details of the race drivers’ operations, but it can also provide viewers with a more detailed viewing experience through multiple angles and various detailed data. It’s precisely these details that have pushed the excitement of this online competition to a new level!”

“I’ve observed carefully and found that many players have very high skill levels, with no significant difference in operational details compared to professional race car drivers. Could it be that in the upcoming offline competition, we’ll see amateurs overtaking professional players?”

“That’s probably unlikely. After all, professional players do this for a living. No matter how similar virtual racing is to real racing, there’s still a world of difference.”

“Who knows? There will be dedicated coaches providing guidance, and perhaps some undiscovered talented players will emerge.”

The viewers in the barrage comments were all excited, as if it wasn’t the streamer achieving similar results to professional players in the virtual arena, but themselves.

Zhang Yan happily spun around the room a few times, then returned to her seat.

Because next came the warm-up segment for the offline competition and the post-match interview.

The host enthusiastically introduced the upcoming offline competition activities to all viewers: As previously arranged, this offline competition would invite professional racing coaches to guide all participants for a period of one month.

The competition would be divided into professional and amateur groups. As these two groups had different foundations, the teaching methods would naturally differ.

The teaching goal for the amateur group was to help these simulator masters transfer their in-game techniques to reality as much as possible, while the professional group would obviously practice more advanced techniques.

During this one-month period, Bunny Tail Livestream would broadcast the entire training process and several mock competitions. After broadcasting, the edited recordings would be published on the AiLiDao website.

The videos and specific data from each contestant during the competition would also be uploaded to the livestream room and the game, where all viewers could freely download them and import them into the game for detailed study.

It could be said that this competition had fully integrated online and offline elements, serving as a test for Bunny Tail Livestream’s new features!

Long-time viewers could tell that this format was somewhat similar to GOG’s competition mode back in the day, both deeply integrating the livestream platform’s features with the game to provide viewers with more detailed information.

This was clearly a core competitive advantage that distinguished it from other gaming platforms.

Next came the interview segment.

This competition had attracted attention from many media outlets during the preliminary selection period, and several influential media had arranged phone interviews in advance.

Among them, Zhang Yan, as a female player who had never been in contact with racing before, had already attracted considerable attention through her livestream room performance. Having achieved an excellent ranking in this competition—a reward for her hard work—she naturally had to accept interviews.

The host asked relatively standard questions, and Zhang Yan was well-prepared, briefly narrating her journey.

From her passion for racing, to being unable to pursue her dream due to lack of family support, to continuously honing her skills through gaming, and finally obtaining this valuable opportunity.

This winding experience left the host sighing with emotion while highlighting the significance of this competition for ordinary people who couldn’t afford to race or burn money.

Afterward, the host interviewed several other winners. Though everyone’s situations differed, their sentiments were quite similar.

Many people, like Zhang Yan, wanted to learn racing but found the threshold too high, so they could only temporarily bury this dream in their hearts.

The Safe and Civilized Driving Simulator provided them with a highly realistic training environment, while this competition offered them a stage to showcase themselves. Everyone was extremely excited and wanted to seize this opportunity to prove they could pursue their dreams.

As for the professional players, although they had already successfully entered the industry, they still highly praised this competition.

For them, simulator training was already a very important part of their daily training. This competition allowed them to meet many like-minded friends and gave these professional players, who seemed isolated from ordinary people, an opportunity to interact and communicate more with the public. At the same time, this competition also popularized racing sports.

In short, this competition could be called a great success!

In the final segment, reporters interviewed Qiao Liang. As the acting head of Bunny Tail Livestream and the organizer of this competition, Qiao Liang definitely had something to say.

However, Qiao Liang didn’t know that the reporter’s interview with him was well-prepared.

…

Meanwhile, in Shanghai.

At the Wolf Fang Livestream headquarters.

Deputy General Manager Zhu Yan was also watching the livestream of this competition.

Hearing that Qiao Liang was about to be interviewed, he temporarily set aside his work and listened carefully.

The host first asked a few routine questions, then suddenly changed tack and asked, “We’ve noticed that compared to other livestreaming platforms, Bunny Tail Livestream has its unique advantages and characteristics, but in terms of market share, it still remains in a relatively disadvantaged position.”

“It’s said that YiYi Livestream and Wolf Fang Livestream have recently been engaging in a poaching war? Among them, Bunny Tail Livestream has been the most affected, with many emerging new streamers being poached. What’s your take on this?”

“If competition among the three platforms becomes increasingly fierce in the future, is there a possibility that Bunny Tail Livestream might prohibit the other two platforms from broadcasting Tenda games to ensure its advantageous position?”

Qiao Liang was stunned for a moment, instinctively not wanting to answer.

What was this reporter doing? Completely lacking in tact, how could they ask such questions?

But then he thought, Mr. Pei had just told him yesterday how to answer such questions, so this was actually a good opportunity.

“Our livestreaming platform will not prohibit other platforms from broadcasting Tenda games. Instead, we will win this competition through aboveboard means.”

“Bunny Tail Livestream has always been firmly committed to providing quality livestream content for viewers and a warm platform for streamers. We just need to do our part well, and we don’t care what other platforms do.”

Listening to the interview in the livestream room, Zhu Yan slightly frowned, his expression showing both surprise and unexpectedness.

He had certainly been paying attention to Bunny Tail Livestream’s competition, and the new technologies and gameplay demonstrated during the competition made him very nervous.

He just never expected that Qiao Liang would give such a clear answer!

Before the reporter started the interview, Zhu Yan had already spoken to her, insisting that she must ask this question.

Because Zhu Yan wanted to test and see what Bunny Tail Livestream’s true attitude was!

Although Wolf Fang Livestream and YiYi Livestream had already begun secretly poaching streamers from Bunny Tail Livestream, the two platforms didn’t dare make too much noise, fearing they might anger Mr. Pei, causing both sides to completely fall out and creating a very ugly situation.

Wolf Fang Livestream’s gaming section was a pillar segment, with many top streamers relying on GOG for their livelihoods. Once they fell out with Tenda, the consequences would be unthinkable.

So Zhu Yan wanted to use this reporter’s interview with the head of Bunny Tail Livestream as an opportunity to probe their stance a bit.

Zhu Yan guessed that the other side probably wouldn’t give a definitive answer. Even if they didn’t plan to use this tactic, they would maintain at least the basic deterrent.

But even some ambiguous answers would still have reference value and could reflect to some extent the true attitude of Tenda’s top management.

Zhu Yan just never expected that the other side would give such a clear answer!

This was almost equivalent to directly guaranteeing that no matter how fierce the competition between livestreaming platforms became, Bunny Tail Livestream would not retaliate by prohibiting other platforms from broadcasting Tenda games.

If other companies made such statements, it wouldn’t be necessary to take them too seriously. After all, these companies rarely kept their word—as long as it wasn’t written down on paper, verbal statements could be overturned at any time.

This was also a characteristic of Western business society: The so-called spirit of contract meant that once something was written on paper, it had to be honored. In other words, if it wasn’t written down, it could be denied, and no one should take it seriously.

But Tenda was a special company that always kept its word. Once they made promises in public, they would definitely honor them in the future.

“This means Tenda really doesn’t plan to use this tactic to restrict Wolf Fang Livestream and YiYi Livestream?”

“Should I say Mr. Pei is too confident, or that he’s too arrogant?”

“If they don’t leverage their advantage in game content, how can Bunny Tail Livestream compete with Wolf Fang Livestream and YiYi Livestream? Just the requirement to study for an hour has already deterred most viewers.”

“Mr. Pei is quite strange indeed. Bunny Tail Livestream clearly possesses so many powerful resources, yet Mr. Pei doesn’t fully utilize them and instead ties his own hands.”

“However, this is good news for us.”

“Bunny Tail Livestream still has one last inherent advantage—it can deeply integrate livestreaming with game content. Whether it’s the previously launched spectating system or the current deep integration of livestream content with game content, they’re all following this path.”

“This is something other livestreaming platforms truly cannot achieve.”

“This means we can’t take Bunny Tail Livestream lightly and should still try to crush it if possible. However, the method of crushing it isn’t to compete in areas where it has advantages but to find ways to attack its weaknesses.”

“Hmm, we can appropriately increase our efforts in poaching talent!”

After probing Tenda’s stance, Zhu Yan finally made up his mind.

The fat piece of meat that was the livestreaming platform market had to be monopolized as much as possible. First, find a way to deal with Bunny Tail Livestream, then settle the final score with YiYi Livestream!