If the Weibo talking that Lou Yifeng posted talking about Lu Zhenqiu, then it is really not a big deal. Lou Yifeng is a rookie streamer, and she is not very famous on her previous platform, so her fanbase is not large. But this repost by Lu Yan …, cause things to become more interesting.
After Lu Yan reposted it, the popularity of this incident skyrocketed. She has a lot of followerws in the entertainment section.
Those who participated in the PK last night contained not only rich fans but also many netizens. When the netizens saw this Weibo, they started crafting their reply: [Is this real?]
[WTF, there is such a way of playing?]
[Don't play if you can't afford to lose it, isn't this counted as cheating?]
Of course, some people objected to this saying.
[Eh, I think it's normal, some people sign to a MNC, and they would support them by doing marketing this event.]
[That's right, only the marketing will work if her strong ability prevails. I heard that newcomer sing yesterday, I was amazed, she is very good at it!]
[Which newcomer? What’s her Weibo?]
Netizens @ Lu Zhenqiu under this comment.
Lu Zhenqiu was chatting with the administrator, and the administrator asked: [You really didn’t smash the gifts right?]
Actually, It doesn't matter if they smashed it. At the end of the year, many streamers will pay out of their own pockets to do so. After all, it’s not possible to have so many rich fans to smash so many gifts at all the streams, however these are done privately. When they are brought to the public, the meaning changes.
Besides, Lu Zhenqiu is a newcomer if she really smashed that many gifts and Sanshui didn’t manage to clarify it properly, it would become the biggest joke in Sanshui of this year.
Lu Zhenqiufa: [It's really not me.]
If she had so much money, she would have already made a down payment to buy a house. Why would she smash so many gifts? If she loses money by doing so, she doesn't know when will she be able to earn it back!
The administrator couldn't make up her mind either. Personally, she hope that Lu Zhenqiu wasn’t the one who smashed the gifts. After all, it is difficult to find someone with potential as she could receive a cut of the money earned. Moreover, Lu Zhenqiu had a good temper and didn't have the cockiness of those top streamers. It is very comfortable to get along with her, the administrator gritted her teeth: [I will ask the person in charge again.]
The person in charge of the entertainment section was chatting with Lu Yan, with Lu Yan calling him Brother Zhou again and again, the person in charge was very happy with it.
Lu Yan said, "Brother Zhou, isn't there any punishment for her? She has pushed it too far. She had humiliated me yesterday."
She doesn’t know that if it was because she knew that the gifts were smashed by Lu Zhenqiu, she felt much better. It also shows that her popularity is fake, and her charm is also real,
As she is in a good mood, her voice becomes more delicate.
The person in charge said: "It is still under investigation. If it is true, there will be corresponding punishments."
The so-called punishment is to see if anyone reports it. If someone reports it, Sanshui will deal with it accordingly. If no one reports it, then the matter is over.
Lu Yan didn't want Lu Zhenqiu to go away like this, she replied, "Understood Brother Zhou."
After speaking, she sent transferred 2888 rmb to the person in charge.
As soon as the person in charge received the money, Lu Zhenqiu's administrator came to him. She tried to please him, but the person in charge ignored her and his attitude was not very enthusiastic.
The administrator had no choice but to ask: "Brother Zhou, I asked Qiuqiu, and she said it wasn't her."
"This matter does not depend on her ‘verbal evidence’!" The person in charge said in a serious tone. He snapped a screenshot and sent it over. It showed that the IP address[1] of Lu Zhenqiu and the boss. There was clearly the same and the administrator was shocked.
Originally, the person in charge didn't plan to investigate Lu Zhenqiu. After all, half of her money went into Sanshui's pocket. Sanshui is bound to make a profit. Other than that, her being famous also brings benefits to Sanshui. There is no need to investigate, but someone used the rule that she was ruining the PK fairness to report her, so he had to check it out. It was also a coincidence that Lu Yan came to complain so he said out what he found casually. But now the trouble became bigger and he wants to protect Lu Yan.
The administrator said: "Brother Zhou, Qiuqiu has just arrived, she is a newcomer, she doesn't understand anything, she will inevitably make mistakes, let's..."
"If she knows that she had made a mistake, she will have to suffer the punishment." The person in charge said in a low voice: "It's not that we can’t give her a chance to make those mistakes right, but it’s just that this mistake is a bit big. Do you know who she PKed with yesterday? Its Lu Yan, don’t you know what her fans are like, if they make tis situation bug, who can hold it back if it really happens?”
The administrator frowned. The person in charge is obviously standing on Lu Yan's side. It is obvious as Lu Yan has a million fans, but Lu Zhenqiu has less than one-tenth of it. But is there really a need to make the situation that big? If he didn’t tell Lu Yan about the IP address, will there be any noise from Lu Yan's side? The administrator was so angry that, however, she could do nothing about it and only hold it back.
She was even angrier when she saw the message that Lu Zhenqiu had sent "It's not me". The administrator of the gaming section turned and saw her in that state and asked, "What's the matter? Are you reprimanded by the leader again?"
They looked at the office where the person in charge was and said, "Is it regarding the new streamer?"
The administrator turned her head: "You heard about it?"
"I heard, it's quite difficult to deal with it!" The administrator of the gaming section said: "Hey, do you know why Lao Zhao[2] is so supportive of Lu Yan?"
The administrator leaned over: "Why?"
"What else can it be, she gave him money!" said the administrator of the gaming section, "He receives this amount of money every month." She stretched out five fingers: "Can he not support Lu Yan?"
"Is he not afraid of being reported?"
"You have to have evidence to report it, Lao Zhao is like a thief, so sneaky." The administrator of the gaming section said: "Do you really think the incident regarding new streamer is a big deal? It's just smashing gifts to herself, but the opposite streamer just so happens to be Lu Yan. Lu Yan must have lost face during the PK, and her fans might be the one who reported her."
The administrator sighed.
She is helpless now.
The administrator of the gaming section saw her like this and said, "Do you want to protect her?"
The administrator turned her head: "Is there any other way?"
"There is a solution, I've used it before."
The administrator sprits came back: "What?"
The administrator of the gaming section said: "Find the Head of Department (HOD)."
Administrator: ……
What she said is equivalent to not saying anything.
The administrator of the gaming section patted her shoulder: "Give it a try, just say that this is not a big deal in the first place, let's try to solve it privately so it will look better to the public. And its hundreds of thousands of dollars in one go, maybe the new streamer has a backing. There is also no benefits in offending her, right?"
The administrator nodded when she heard it and seemed to be persuaded. She was not going to handle this at first, but now after thinking about this she wants to try her best and strive for the best outcome with the HOD.
Lu Zhenqiu didn't know the twists and turns. Her stream was not affected, they were all asking her sing. Two fans ordered a song. Lu Zhenqiu played music. Jin Shuilan on a function to listen to the voice only. She didn't exit the stream, but she didn't on the bullet screen. She was revising the script while listening to her song.
After handing in the script for the radio drama, she is left with one movie script that was going to start filming next year and a new novel. She has already written a third of the new novel. Just after opening a document, the general manager of the Sanshui Platform had contacted her and sent her a proposal regarding the promotional plan of the new streamers.
Promoting new streamers is to make corresponding publicity and promotion according to the popularity of the newcomers and the gift list. Originally, the streamer with the most potential in this group was Lou Yifeng, who had her own fanbase, and Lu Yan could help to promote her stream. It was only after the first stream that it was discovered that Lu Zheqiu was the black horse and left the other newcomers behind in the dust with a big gap!
Among the new streamers this time, the first streamer to be promoted is Lu Zhenqiu.
Jin Shuilan was very satisfied when she saw the list and typed “1”[3]. The general manager was just about to send her a message before he heard a knock on the door, and the person in charge of the entertainment section shouted, "Lao Da[4]."
He frowned: "Come in."
Brother Zhou opened the door went in, and asked, "Did you send the promotional plan regarding the new streamers to the boss?"
The general manager asked, "What’s wrong?"
"Well, there is something that happened?" Brother Zhou sighed anxiously: "The new streamer, named Zhenqiu, has a problem."
The general manager put down his fingers that were about to respond: "She has a problem?"
He just sent the plan to the boss his face turned pale immediately: "What's the problem with her?"
Brother Zhou said: "She paid smashed gifts to herself during the PK, but that’s fine, we can suppress the voices. However, it is Lu Yan who PKed with her. Now Lu Yan's fans are clamouring for an explanation, and—"
The person in charge was unhappy: "And what?"
"And not more than one person reported that she violated the PK rule."
While talking, Brother Zhou glanced at the face of the general manager. Seeing the gloomy face of the general manager, he continued: "I think this matter should be dealt with as soon as possible. It is going to be the end of the year. If it is not handled well, the boss will be unhappy."
The general manager glanced at him and went to Weibo. Briefly, he saw Lu Yan's Weibo, and there were several gaming marketing accounts[5] reporting this issue. Lu Yan's fans also did quarrelled.
[Hehe, it’s okay if we can’t win if they had real swords and guns, but it’s not okay if its cheating.]
[Yesterday, our Lu Yan did so many squats and was received punishment. Unlike someone, they have money and can do whatever they want.]
[Don't say that, even if someone smashes gifts to themselves, you can only say that the new streamer is rich.]
[Yes, she is rich, but that doesn't prevent me from despising her! Stepping on the older streamer to reach climb to a higher position is so awesome right. She really knows how to play and manipulate the rules.]
The general manager frowned at these comments and asked Brother Zhou, "Do they have to make such a big fuss?"
Brother Zhou: "I didn't manage to stop Lu Yan."
"How did Lu Yan know that the boss and the new streamer are the same person?"
Brother Zhou was speechless.
After a few seconds he said: "Someone reported it, we checked the IP."
"You—" The general manager gave him a stare, and Lao Zhou said, "How about let us let the new streamer stop streaming for a few days to suppress this matter, how is it?"
The general manager pondered for a few seconds and nodded: "I will think about it, you go out first."
Brother Zhou left the office with a sigh of relief, looking complacent. He seemed to have seen Lu Zhenqiu's ending. He felt that there was not much room for turning this matter over. It is an indisputable fact that Lu Zhenqiu's and the boss's IP are the same. Now matter how she complains, this is justified, and does she even dare to complain? Brother Zhou smiled and left the office.
The general manager rested his head on his hand and browsed Lu Yan's Weibo. The relevant marketing account smelled this smell and immediately fished in troubled waters. There was a tag which said that a new Sanshui streamer smashed herself 500,000 in gifts had come out. He sighed and called his assistant: " Let the HR manager come to me."
The assistant responded and was contacted the HR manager. After all, it was she was introduced by the HR manager. He had to tell him how he plans to punish Lu Zhenqiu.
The HR manager just came out of the conference room, received the notice and was getting up the elevator. He met the administrator who was next to him. The administrator recognized him and shouted, "Manager Pei."
Manager Pei turned his head: "Xiao Du?"
He saw that Xiao Du didn't press the floor and asked, "Are you going up too?"
Xiao Du nodded: "Well, I’m going up to settle something."
Manager Pei took note of it and suddenly asked again, "Are you the administrator of the new streamer, Zhenqiu?"
Xiao Du was stunned, and then said, "Yes, Manager Pei knows Qiuqiu?"
"Me?" Manager Pei laughed. Of course, he didn't know her. He only knew the person who recommended Lu Zhenqiu. Manager Pei replied: "I kinda know her."
Xiao Du looked relieved when she heard that he knew her, and she said, "Then can you talk to the boss?"
Manager Pei asked, "Regarding what?"
Xiao Du hurriedly explained to him about what had just happened but she didn't make the relationship between Brother Zhou and Lu Yan clear, but only said that Brother Zhou wanted to protect Lu Yan, Manager Pei laughed angrily after hearing this: "This Lao Zhou …”
He said, "I see, you can return first, and I'll handle this matter."
Xiao Du was grateful: "Yes, thank you, Manager Pei!"
Manager Pei straightened out his suit and walked to the door of the office of the general manager, knocked on it, the person inside shouted, "Come in."
He walked in and saw the general manager sitting in front of the computer with a dark face. Manager Pei asked, "What are you looking at?"
The general manager sighed: "Come here and see."
Manager Pei walked to his computer and lowered his head. He was not annoyed when he saw the comments, but asked with a smile, "Did Lao Zhou say what to follow up with?"
"He said it." The general manager hesitated for a moment and said, "I think the new streamer should stop streaming for 2 days."
"That's it." Manager Pei said, "It's better to terminate the contract with the new streamer."
The general manager looked at him: "Don't be angry, it won't be much if she stop streaming for two days and then start it again..."
"It doesn't have much impact." Manager Pei interrupted him and said, "Is it?"
The general manager thought that he was unhappy that his people were treated like this, but the matter was so big that it was impossible to justify it without punishment. Manager Pei turned his head sideways: "I didn't say anything angry, I'm telling the truth, you can the new streamer pack up and leave."
"Aren't you angry?" The person in charge looked at Manager Pei.
Manager Pei smiled: "There is nothing to be angry about."
He said: "Anyway, as soon as the new streamer leaves, we will also pack up and leave."
The person in charge looked slightly dark, looked at Manager Pei, and frowned.
Manager Pei couldn't help but say, "Why are you so stupid! Why are you still looking at me? Didn't I hint to you when I handed her over to you that day? Do you think she was recommended by me?"
The person in charge was stunned: "Isn't it so?"
Manager Pei pressed his head and looked at the general manager: "I sometimes wonder how you got to this position."
The person in charge was puzzled: "Speak clearly."
"Okay, let me be clear." Manager Pei said, "I didn't invite this person into Sanshui, it was the boss."
The person in charge was stunned: "Boss? Why didn't you tell me at that time?"
Manager Pei rolled his eyes at him: "Who knew you were so stupid!"
"And don't tell Lao Zhou about this, if it leaks out, all of us will be dead!"
The person in charge chased after and asked: "What about the IP address..."
"If the gift wasn't smashed by the new streamer, who do you think it is? Also, they have the same IP address. What’s the relationship between the boss and the new streamer?”
Is there a need to make it so known?
The general manager fully understood, after trying to settle this situation for a long time, it turns out that she was the boss’ wife![6]
His face changed suddenly, and he was about to call on the landline immediately. Manager Pei pressed the dial button of his landline and said, "Don't involve the boss in this matter, she will be unhappy, check Lao Zhou and Lu Yan first."
"I know." The person in charge used the expression “is there a need for you to say”, Manager Pei shrugged, sat on the sofa, and listened to the general manager on the phone.
After Lu Yan finished talking to Brother Zhou, she was refreshed, and the stream became active. Many people comforted her, saying that it was okay, the new streamer the one smashing the gifts , and what the fans smashed was real, their Lu Yan is very popular! They also ridiculed Lu Zhenqiu's "boss" for talking big, and said if she loses a game, she will send 8888 red envelopes, and how is she not ashamed to set up a boss persona for herself!
Lu Yan reassured the fans: "Okay, okay, let's forget about other people, I'm not angry, just a little aggrieved, we could have won yesterday."
The gifts were sent in rows, and the fans were very pitiful. They even went to Lu Zhenqiu's stream to curse at her. The administrator blocked several IDs in a row, and Lu Zhenqiu's fans were rebutting them. [Qiuqiu did not smash the gifts!]
[If Qiuqiu has so much money, why didn't she spend it on the old platform, and come here instead?]
[Who knows, maybe the old platform can't satisfy her vanity at all.]
[What are you talking about!]
The bullet screen was so noisy.
Someone posted a link [Don't argue, the official account said, that they have dealt with this incident, and the offenders will be unable to stream for three days.]
Lu Zhenqiu's stream was full of Lu Yan's fans, all sneering.
[Hahahahaha, closing the stream for three days, you can wait for it to happen!]
[I am waiting for its closure!]
[Isn't she correct? Why are they closing your stream?]
[Offenders, it meant that it’s not only one person!]
Lu Yan also saw the link, she sneered, and just as she wanted to talk to the fans, she saw her stream display this message: [Hello, your steam is suspected of violating the rules and has been closed for 72 hours.]
The fans in the two streams were surprised!
Author says:
Lu Zhenqiu: When did I become the boss’ wife?
Jin Shuilan: Although I didn’t know why, but I think it's pretty good.
Lu Zhenqiu: ...
[1] The IP address is assigned by the internet service provider and people using the same WIFI will show the same IP address
[2] Lao is a honorific, it is an informal way of calling people without calling their full name, referring to person in charge in this context
[3] Used to signify that the person is online he/she can send their message or begin their discussion
[4] Means leader in an informal way
[5] A type of media used to spread news or information on social media, it is known for spreading untrue news to attract attention and monetary benefits
[6] Chose this phrase as it sounded sweeter
TL: This chapter is quite hard to translate, it took me so long to translate