Chapter 4166 - 4154: Offending a Big Shot
Chapter 4166: Chapter 4154: Offending a Big Shot
Lin Yi could understand Zhu Jianzhou’s previous remarks.
As a senior executive of the company, he certainly wouldn’t want to stir up unnecessary troubles, but the way he spoke was wrong.
"I think it’s better to cooperate actively in such situations. Your approach shows a clear intent to cover up, which is wrong."
"What am I covering up? This matter has nothing to do with us. If you have the ability, go find out yourself. We have no obligation to help you take care of this."
"Since you won’t cooperate, I’ll have to resort to other methods."
With those words, Lin Yi left without further ado.
"Director Zhu, Li Pingchao is in trouble. Are we really not going to do anything about it? That doesn’t seem right." said the female receptionist.
"What’s wrong with you? Whose side are you on?"
Reprimanding her, Zhu Jianzhou went back inside.
In his office, there was a young man in his twenties with dyed yellow hair, dressed very fashionably.
This was Sun Zhenglu, the top streamer of Hu Huoxiao Media.
"Who came looking for Li Pingchao?"
"His former landlord, wanting us to hand him over and said they’ve already called the police, but I ignored him and sent him away."
Zhu Jianzhou lit a cigarette after sitting down.
"Did something happen between them? How come his place got vandalized?"
"He said the landlord was being unreasonable and rude, so he wanted to teach him a lesson."
"The guy did speak a bit harshly, like giving orders. I retorted, and he left in a huff."
"So, don’t mind him."
At that moment, the office door opened, and a young man stood outside, "Brother Zhu, something’s happened; Sun Bro’s account has been suspended."
"Huh?"
Both their expressions changed.
"How could this be? His content didn’t violate any rules; it shouldn’t be banned."
Zhu Jianzhou hurriedly asked,
"Did the official give any specific reason?"
"They just said it didn’t comply with community guidelines, nothing more."
Both were seasoned veterans in the streaming arena and knew that such a ban reason was just a catch-all excuse.
In other words, the officials wanted to target you; otherwise, this wouldn’t happen.
"What the hell is this! I’ve been posting positive content recently, and during live shows, I didn’t violate any rules, why ban me!" Sun Zhenglu cursed.
"Don’t panic, I’ll contact the platform’s operations and ask what’s going on."
After speaking, Zhu Jianzhou dialed a number and asked cordially over speaker,
"Boss, I want to ask about Sun Zhenglu’s account, he hasn’t posted any violating content recently, why is his account banned?"
"He messed with the wrong people, serves him right, let him reflect properly."
With those words, the other party hung up, not even giving Zhu Jianzhou a chance to speak again.
"Messed with the wrong people?"
Zhu Jianzhou looked at Sun Zhenglu.
"Did you provoke someone during your recent streams?"
Sun Zhenglu was also baffled.
"I just linked up and played PK. I haven’t even cursed recently. It’s impossible to provoke anyone."
"But that’s what the platform’s operations said. Think carefully if you might have said something that inadvertently displeased someone."
Both were anxious, knowing just a few words could get a top-tier streamer banned, such power was beyond their imagination.
Sun Zhenglu pondered hard, looking worried.
"I really haven’t offended anyone. I’ve been in the internet industry for so long, I understand these principles."
Zhu Jianzhou’s face was grim; he’d been watching Sun Zhenglu’s streams and was aware of his situation. He indeed hadn’t done anything outrageous, unlikely to have offended people.
Where did it all go wrong?
Or did he unintentionally offend someone without knowing it?
That seemed to be the only possibility.
Just then, another staff member entered the office.
"Director, other streamers from our company reported that their clips are getting fewer views, some posted for over ten minutes with zero engagement, plenty of them face this issue, it’s probably a problem."
The two were stunned again.
Cold sweat dripped from Zhu Jianzhou, realizing they were targeting not just Sun Zhenglu, but the entire company.
This meant the one offended wasn’t just him, but possibly others in the company too.
This was clearly aimed at the whole company!
"Brother Zhu, you should call the platform’s operations again; this can’t go on."
Zhu Jianzhou picked up his phone to call the operations team again.
"Boss, our company’s operations say the views on other streamers’ content have also dropped, what’s going on? If we’ve done something wrong, just tell us, we’re still clueless here."
"Do you have a streamer named Li Pingchao?"
"He’s with us, what about him?"
"Renting someone’s place without paying, and vandalizing it, your company’s people have truly reached new heights, not even behaving decently, how can they be good streamers?"
The words left both stunned.
Never did they imagine such issues could get an account banned and view permissions reduced.
Zhu Jianzhou thought of Lin Yi who confronted him earlier, shivered, and felt a chill down his spine.
Lin Yi’s talk of using other methods was not to find Li Pingchao by other means, but to tackle the entire company!
Who is he, to possess such power!
Just a few words can affect the whole company!
"Brother Zhu, that person, could he really be the landlord? How could he manage something like this?"
This was also what Zhu Jianzhou couldn’t understand, how could a mere landlord have such influence?
Even if he knows someone on the platform, they wouldn’t dare move against an entire company’s streamers.
But the facts were laid bare, he couldn’t deny it now.
"There’s no time to dwell on that. The operations said it’s because of Li Pingchao, we need to find him immediately."
"But if he’s caught and the police get involved, would that send him to jail?"
"Are you out of your mind? At a time like this, you still overthink! If we don’t apologize, you won’t just be out of a job, the whole company will collapse."
Zhu Jianzhou stood up.
"Stop dawdling, let’s go apologize now!"