They surrounded me right after the breakup.

He Shaowen's voice came through the receiver, hoarse from staying up all night.

"President Jiang, Taobao wants to sign Li Jiaqi as an exclusive."

"We monitored the sales data for your first live-streaming session all night."

"Peak concurrent users, user dwell time, and conversion rate have all broken records."

Jiang Han didn't interrupt him immediately, and waited for him to finish speaking.

"Let me be frank with you."

"Among the top live streamers on Taobao Live, no more than three can break the 3 million mark."

"Only Li Jiaqi can bring 300 million online viewers on his own."

"Headquarters held a meeting overnight and told me to sign it at any cost."

Jiang Han did not ask where the other party found his private phone number.

Everything is contained within it; interpersonal relationships always overlap.

"Mr. He, what exactly do you mean by 'at all costs'?"

"Prioritized traffic, dedicated resource slots, and slot subsidies."

"Independent channel, priority selection of products across all categories."

"Commission sharing is based on the platform's highest standard, with the streamer receiving 6%."

"Oh? The terms sound good."

"But I have a question?"

Who owns the supply chain? Who has the right to select products?

"Does the platform interfere with Li Jiaqi's pricing power?"

The series of questions left He Shaowen silent for several seconds.

"President Jiang, the platform's rules have always been..."

Jiang Han interrupted, "I don't care! The fact that you're calling me so late at night means you're more anxious than I am."

"My conditions are very simple."

"The right to select products, the right to data, and the right to set prices are all kept in Xingyue's own hands."

"BaoTao.com provides traffic and resource slots, but does not interfere with product selection or pricing."

"The GG fee will be covered by your data traffic subsidy for the first three months."

"For warehousing and logistics, Cainiao warehouses are given priority for our live streaming matrix accounts."

"Correspondingly, I can have Li Jiaqi only broadcast on Taobao."

On the other end of the phone, you could hear He Shaowen turning over papers.

"President Jiang, this..."

"Your terms exceed the framework that the platform provides to any organization."

"I can't guarantee anything, but I will try to get it from headquarters as it is."

Jiang Han was not surprised; he had asked for an exorbitant amount.

"There's one more thing, Xingyue has more than one Li Jiaqi."

"We need to offer the same conditions to all future signed streamers."

"If you can accept this, then we will be long-term strategic partners."

"Okay... wait for my message!"

……

the other side.

At this moment, Xiao Xiao is nestled on the sofa in the murder mystery game shop.

This store is located on the basement floor of an old shopping mall near the China World Trade Center.

The walls were covered with posters of various scripts, and the lighting was dim.

Clue cards and snack wrappers were scattered on the table.

She invited three friends: two college classmates and one former colleague.

I originally planned to do a six-player dungeon, but two people canceled at the last minute, so we had to switch to a four-player dungeon.

DM is a bespectacled boy who is sorting out the timeline in front of him.

Xiao Xiao lay half-lying on the table, flipping through the clue card in her hand three or four times, but couldn't absorb a single word.

"The killer strangled the victim with a tie? How do you explain the locked-room mystery?"

"Isn't the window locked from the inside?"

"Idiot, the murderer didn't even leave through the window. He hid in the closet until dawn before sneaking out."

"DM just said there are fiber residues in the wardrobe."

"Fiber residue doesn't prove anything, hotel cleaning staff can leave it too."

"Did you even read the book carefully?"

Xiao Xiao tossed the clue card onto the table and leaned back against the sofa.

When I used to play murder mystery games with Lin Yaoyao and the others, I never had to worry about deduction.

Shen Qingning could spot the inconsistencies in the timeline at a glance.

Xia Yutong's analysis of the evidence chain is even more professional than DM's.

Liu Meng was responsible for connecting all the clues into a complete logical whole.

The people around me now can even argue about a murderer strangling a victim with a tie.

"Xiao Xiao, it's your turn to speak."

"What did your character see in the garden last night?"

"Huh? My character saw the murderer climbing over the wall in the garden last night."

DM looked down at the host's manual, then looked up at her.

"Your character saw the butler watering the flowers last night."

"The murderer's escape is from the book next door. Are you mixing up the two books?"

Xiao Xiao flipped the clue card over and realized that she had taken the spare card that the DM had mistakenly given her.

She tossed the card back onto the table.

I'm going to the restroom.

In the corridor, Xiao Xiao leaned against the wall and took out her phone.

I opened Douyin (TikTok) to watch a couple of videos to kill time.

The first push notification on the homepage.

"Xingyue Media's first live-streaming sales event exceeded 100 million yuan, and Li Jiaqi became a legend in one fell swoop."

Swipe away!

Article 2: "Mao Buyi premiered his new song in a live stream, and fans were moved to tears."

The third one is Taobao's splash screen GG.

"Li Jiaqi recommends this popular lip gloss. Click here to grab the limited edition shade."

"I've got it! How much data did Jianghan buy!"

Xiao Xiao placed her phone screen-down on the sink.

A girl in a JK uniform was touching up her makeup with her phone in the hallway.

"The burnt tomato shade recommended by Li Jiaqi is absolutely amazing."

"You managed to snag one? Mine sold out as soon as I clicked on it."

Xiao Xiao turned on the tap and washed the handle.

Looking up at my face in the mirror, I suddenly found it a little funny.

She was in the audience when Jiang Han first appeared on a show as a guest performer.

Now he sells out of beauty products across the entire internet through his live-streaming sales.

The entire industry regards him as a benchmark to learn from.

She was standing there, staring blankly at the wrong card in the murder mystery game shop.

Back in the private room, DM was distributing the third round of clue cards.

Xiao Xiao pulled out a chair and sat down.

A college classmate nearby came over.

"Are you alright? You were in the bathroom for a long time."

"It's okay, let's continue."

She picked up the new clue card; the front showed a screenshot from a surveillance camera, and the back had a timestamp and location written on it.

I stared at that screenshot for more than ten seconds.

DM tapped the whiteboard and announced that time was up, and the second round of open discussion began.

She suddenly stood up.

"The murderer is not the butler."

"It takes at least 8 minutes to get from the garden to the third-floor bedroom."

"The surveillance footage showed the housekeeper in the garden at 23:15."

"But the forensic examination determined the victim's time of death to be 23:10."

"With a 5-minute time difference, the housekeeper has an alibi."

DM pushed up his glasses and looked down at the host's manual.

Several friends turned to look at her at the same time, their eyes filled with surprise.

Xiao Xiao slammed the clue card onto the table.

"The real killer was the deceased's secretary."

"He hid in the closet beforehand and locked the window from the inside to create the illusion of a locked room."

"After committing the crime, he waited until dawn before sneaking out among the police."

Come on.

Once she figured everything out, the game was no longer playable.

The murder mystery game ended after midnight.

A few friends were discussing where to go for a late-night snack, whether it would be barbecue or hot pot.

A girl took out her phone to hail a taxi.

Xiao Xiao stood by the roadside, watching the car lights come on and go out in the night.

She opened her six-person group chat with her best friends.

The group chat that used to send hundreds of messages every day is now completely dead.

Xiao Xiao put her phone back in her pocket and shouted at the group of people who were still arguing about what to eat.

"I'm going home to sleep."

"Xiao Xiao, aren't you going to have a late-night snack?"

"I'm not hungry!"

These silly friends are nothing compared to my group of girlfriends and besties.

Looking at the boys who were called in to make up the numbers, they weren't even a hair on Jiang Han's head!

We can't let ourselves sink any further!