I Really Didn't Mean to Make Money

Selling products could certainly help the platform generate revenue.

But Li Shen also understood that the reason users were flocking to the live streaming sessions was because the content genuinely helped their children learn.

If they focused solely on selling and neglected the educational aspect, it would be putting the cart before the horse. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

While avoiding overt sales pitches might reduce short-term revenue, he knew that only by ensuring quality could they attract more users in the long run.

As long as the user base grew, the number of buyers would naturally increase. And since their product selection was reliable, those who made purchases voluntarily would likely buy again once they realized how useful the items were.

On top of that, since they were working directly with merchants, the online prices would always be slightly lower than those in physical stores.

Even without heavy promotion from streamers, the number of buyers would continue to grow.

So for this live streaming initiative, there were only two key points Li Shen needed to focus on.

First, the quality of the live streams. As long as the educational content was solid and genuinely helpful to students, it would continuously attract parents. Once Boring Short Video’s academic live streams expanded nationwide and became known to every parent, that would mark the platform’s breakout moment—at least in the field of educational streaming.

Second, product quality control. As long as they carefully vetted every item they sold and ensured there were no quality issues, they could guarantee that every customer would be willing to make repeat purchases.

After all, with reliable quality and prices lower than offline options, who wouldn’t want to buy?

If they could maintain these two pillars, once Boring Short Video’s academic live streams reached a national scale, they could potentially seize control of at least half of the educational product market.

Li Shen couldn’t help but feel excited. This was a massive market.

And with that thought, he felt an even deeper admiration for President Chen.

This was just the academic segment of live streaming, yet it already held such enormous potential. And President Chen’s platform wasn’t limited to just academic content—there were other live streaming categories as well.

Take agriculture, for example.

Professor Yuan Chenghua from the Agricultural University, whom Li Shen had contacted earlier, had already begun leading his students in agricultural live stream lessons.

But agricultural education was different from academic subjects.

It wasn’t enough to simply talk about it. They needed to be out in the fields or orchards, conducting hands-on, practical live streams.

These sessions were easy to understand. Viewers could record the streams and follow along later at home.

Of course, during the streams, they would also explain the reasoning behind each step—why it was done that way, and what the intended outcome was.

This helped viewers gain a deeper understanding.

Agriculture was also a massive market. If they could properly develop the agricultural live streaming segment, the future potential would be tremendous.

After all, the concerns farmers had about growing crops usually boiled down to a few key issues.

The first was natural disasters. No one could predict whether the next year would bring drought or excessive rain.

That was beyond anyone’s control.

But there were two areas where they could help mitigate the impact of such disasters.

The first was seeds and fertilizers. These were critical factors that could directly affect a farmer’s annual yield.

However, with so many seed and fertilizer options on the market, most farmers lacked the expertise to make informed choices.

Some ended up buying poor-quality seeds that could reduce their harvest by several folds.

That’s why reliable recommendations for seeds and fertilizers were so important.

They could have professionals from the Agricultural University conduct trials and studies, then recommend the best options.

If implemented properly, this could significantly safeguard crop yields.

Once the yield issue was addressed, the next challenge would be sales channels.

They could easily use live streaming to help sell the produce or provide access to distribution networks.

If Boring Short Video could develop along the lines Li Shen envisioned, it could tap into the enormous agricultural market as well.

And agriculture wasn’t the only industry.

As long as Boring Short Video continued to grow and expand, Li Shen could hardly imagine what kind of colossal entity it might become.

He couldn’t help but marvel in awe.

The more he thought about it, the more he realized just how vast and ambitious President Chen’s vision was—far beyond anything they had imagined.

It was likely that when President Chen first proposed the idea of Boring Short Video, he had already foreseen its ultimate trajectory.

This was a grand strategy indeed.

…

Jiang City.

Inside a stadium.

Chen Cong and Du Ziteng walked around the competition venue. After confirming that everything was in order, they returned to an office.

“All preparations are complete. Now we just wait for the match to start at six.”

Chen Cong leaned back in his seat, looking a little tired as he spoke.

These past two days had been nonstop, with all his time spent setting up the competition venue. For someone like him—a pampered second-generation rich kid—it was undeniably a challenge.

Du Ziteng was also slouched in his chair, letting out a long sigh.

“We can’t afford to relax. We need to keep a close eye on the live stream during the matches, and the computers used in the games too. If anything goes wrong, we have to fix it immediately.”

“And we’ve contacted all the participating teams for today, right? No absentees?”

“Everyone’s been contacted. No one’s missing.”

Chen Cong nodded. The teams had already started arriving yesterday. After all, this was a bounty tournament. Who wouldn’t want to walk away with that million yuan grand prize?

Starting today,

a four-day elimination round would begin, narrowing the field down to 48 teams for the semifinals.

Then, after three more days of competition, 24 teams would be selected to enter the finals.

The finals would be divided into three groups: A, B, and C, with eight teams in each group.

The matchups would be AB, AC, and BC—three group battles in total.

Each group battle would consist of six rounds. The top eight teams in each round would earn points in descending order: 10, 7, 6, and so on. Additionally, each kill would grant one elimination point.

Once all matches were completed, the total points for each team would be calculated. The team with the highest score would be crowned the champion of the tournament.

This tournament format had been refined through multiple tests and iterations.

Originally, each match allowed up to 25 teams to participate. But after several trials, it became clear that having 25 teams led to frequent early clashes, resulting in heavy casualties at the start.

That kind of setup left little room for strategic play and took away much of the fun.

So after some adjustments, the final format was set to 16 teams per match.

Time ticked by,

and before long, it was six in the evening.

Today’s participating teams had already started entering the arena, taking their seats at their designated team stations.

Tiger Head Live had officially gone live.

Since the teams were still in the preparation phase, the broadcast began with a pre-recorded short video that had been prepared well in advance.