Chapter 118 - 107: I Hope My Fans and I Have an Equal Relationship
Chapter 118: Chapter 107: I Hope My Fans and I Have an Equal Relationship
"Exactly! If the entire Imperial Court Company was relying on just her to survive, we wouldn’t say a thing! But as fellow streamers also signed with the Imperial Court Company, I refuse to accept this! Why should the rest of us have to suffer so much just to prop up Lin Zhenxiang?!"
"If there’s no compensation for the livestreaming suspension, I absolutely won’t stand for it!!"
"I’m so sad, I haven’t seen Mrs. Bao’s stream in almost a week!"
In an instant, the thread was flooded with complaints.
One particularly bold streamer encouraged their peers to file a joint complaint against the Imperial Court Company. It wasn’t that they were targeting Lin Zhenxiang personally; they just hoped to receive compensation from the company.
Half an hour later, unable to withstand the pressure from public opinion, a manager from the Imperial Court Company emerged to make a statement:
"I hereby solemnly state that the Imperial Court Company does not have the authority to affect the Star Network’s livestreaming functions. The temporary shutdown and reboot of the feature were decisions made by the Main Brain based on the overall network environment.
Furthermore, this was not even His Majesty’s will!
On behalf of the Imperial Court Company, I am issuing a warning to certain individuals who are using this situation to generate hype, and we reserve the right to pursue legal action!
We hope our streamers can reflect on their actions and strive to become high-quality content creators full of positive energy, like @[Mommy SY]!"
The manager’s statement was like a resounding slap across Lin Zhenxiang’s face!
It made Lin Zhenxiang so furious she could have coughed up blood!
’That Mrs. Bao the manager mentioned... all she does is make slightly tastier food, and that somehow makes her "full of positive energy"?!’
’What did Mrs. Bao even do?’
Soon, some netizens noticed something amiss.
"AHHHH, why did Mrs. Bao lose stars?"
A look at Mrs. Bao’s homepage showed that a Six-star anchor had suddenly dropped to Four Stars!
In other words, the "[Mommy’s Private Kitchen]" stream, which originally had nine taste-testing slots, now only had seven!
What was going on?
Previously, just to secure one more taste-testing slot—one more chance—those big-spending whales had showered Mrs. Bao with donations, catapulting her from an obscure streamer to the rank of a Six-star anchor.
But now, Mrs. Bao had actually lost stars!
While everyone was baffled, a group of student fans revealed the truth:
"Mrs. Bao refunded the donations we students made."
Under normal circumstances, streamers don’t refund donations from their fans.
To perform such an operation, a streamer has to involve the platform. However, the platform would never spit back out the Star Coins it had already taken. If a streamer insisted on doing it, they could only refund the half of the donation they personally received.
But Mrs. Bao had covered the entire refund herself!
The truth of the matter was pieced together by a particularly sharp-minded whale who had analyzed the information provided by the student fans.
It was only after Ke Dancheng received a full refund for his donations to Mrs. Bao that he became so determined to become her assistant.
Seeing Mrs. Bao’s popularity on the food forums growing, Ke Dancheng tried posting a few times, but his comments were instantly drowned in the wave of excitement.
He knew his words carried little weight; whatever he said on the forums to defend Mrs. Bao would have no real effect.
But now, he had a new title to back him up: Mrs. Bao’s intern assistant!
Ke Dancheng sent Shu Yao a private message: "Mrs. Bao, have you seen the forums? A lot of foodies are comparing you and Lin Zhenxiang."
The fans on both sides were attacking each other, and neither was willing to back down.
If left unchecked, the situation would only escalate.
Although Ke Dancheng was no marketing genius, he knew that whichever streamer stepped forward to quell this flame war would win a great deal of public favor.
He observed for a long time and found that Lin Zhenxiang’s attitude toward her fans was completely hands-off; she seemed to have no intention of reining in their words and actions.
In truth, Lin Zhenxiang had always been like this, greatly enjoying the feeling of being defended by her fans.
Even if it came at the expense of hurting others.
She felt completely at ease with it.
’It’s not like *I* did anything wrong,’ she thought. ’*I’m* not the one attacking other people.’
Ke Dancheng suggested to Shu Yao that she should create a fan group for Mrs. Bao and use group rules to moderate her fans’ words and actions.
In truth, he wanted to do this not only for Mrs. Bao’s sake but also for his own selfish reasons. ’Once this starts, it probably won’t stop,’ he thought. ’In the end, even if I don’t become her official assistant, I can still stay in the fan club as a group admin and get a few small perks from Mrs. Bao from time to time.’
About a quarter of an hour later, Ke Dancheng finally received Shu Yao’s reply:
"I’m a bit busy right now. You’re off tomorrow, right? How about we talk about it then."
Ke Dancheng hesitated for a moment, then boldly replied, "This is a time-sensitive matter. I suggest you make a decision as soon as possible, Mrs. Bao!"