Hard-to-Match Supporting Infrastructure

"The bottleneck we're currently facing with Feiyu Live is primarily a shortage of users with video devices, and even more so, a shortage of users with high-speed internet access..."

Although busy learning vehicle repair techniques, Wang Li did not neglect his regular job.

Zhang Xuezhou asked a question that has been discussed many times before.

Feiyu Live has repeatedly broken into the mainstream, but the growth of new users has entered a period of extremely slow growth.

This is true for them, and the situation is even worse for some copycat software. Some of these software programs have even fallen into zero growth and are currently constantly repackaging their data in an attempt to get someone to acquire them.

Those in this industry know very well that more than a year of intense, relentless operation is enough to test the limits of the live streaming industry.

If growth stagnates, it means that the industry has reached its current bottleneck.

Without new ways to significantly increase the number of users, their efforts to carve up the market share are nearing their end.

Just like what Song Fengying encountered during her early live streams, many people were just watching for the spectacle, but few actually invested real money.

Besides the leading live streaming platform Feiyu, several other companies have used their own money to spend on virtual gifts, and many copycat apps are predictably losing money.

Wang Li is not currently involved in the acquisition, allowing the industry to undergo a reshuffling.

However, regarding the development path of Feiyu Live, in addition to the previously discussed private-to-public conversion with Zhang Xuezhou, it also involves the transformation and upgrading of content such as TV series and movies. Wang Li believes that it is more of a market issue.

The live streaming market hasn't bottomed out yet, but the hardware involved in live streaming has.

"In other words, we need our clients to upgrade their networks, and we also need them to have more video devices before we can have more live streaming clients participating?" Zhang Xuezhou said.

"That's right, we've actually discussed this before. Song Ma and I even invested in a small factory that produces video cameras," Wang Li said. "But the problem is, we can make the products, but we can't sell them."

Trade barriers!

"It's a trade monopoly!"

Wang Li emphasized this word.

Even a powerful dragon cannot suppress a local snake. The influx of goods from other regions into the local market will inevitably cause an impact, and this impact will result in many parties suffering losses and encountering significant obstacles.

To sell video cameras, you need either a physical store or a large wholesaler.

However, large wholesalers are basically controlled by stakeholders with vested interests. These people are involved in many things and also have their own factories. It is unlikely that they would accept new products that would prevent their own products from being sold normally.

Even if the world's most advanced visual device were developed, such a product would still be unable to enter local markets.

Although consumers can come to Western Capital or the surrounding areas to buy related products, more than 99% of consumers will not take a long-distance bus or fly in on an Airbus just to buy a video device.

Without a sufficiently smooth and fluid viewing experience, the display quality of live streaming software will be very poor, and this even affects the viewing of online video resources.

Another issue is the cost of network communication; only a minority of people purchase high-speed network services.

For most people, being able to make calls, browse the internet, or listen to music is enough. If they want to watch movies, they can go to the cinema. There are also many other fun things to do than live streaming. The heavy workload of life makes it difficult for people to have the leisure to hold a brick-sized video device to do live streaming.

"We can enhance the performance of the video recorder and make it thinner, but how do we sell it? And getting people to buy high-speed internet service is an even bigger problem we can't solve; we can't force people to spend money!"

Wang Li believes that unless, as Zhang Xuezhou and others have previously planned, private ownership is converted to public ownership, and administrative power is used, it is possible to usher in another surge in user numbers.

But this outburst is meaningless.

For them at present, switching to public ownership would mean their immediate elimination, and would be pointless without any subsequent development.

"Our Scarlet Alliance State's network infrastructure is indeed somewhat underdeveloped, but I don't feel that the Thousand Islands Alliance is much better, at least in the Tours region. Is it the same in other countries?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"In this regard... well, to be honest, other countries are the same," Wang Li thought for a moment and replied, "Other countries also have trade monopolies, some even more so than our Alliance States. Their more sophisticated and advanced network equipment is difficult to mass-produce, resulting in high costs and prices!"

"In other words, they have a higher level of internet technology than we do, but it's not widespread either?"

"That's right, that's exactly it. Some major powers are even more backward than us!"

Zhang Xuezhou had personally visited the Thousand Islands Alliance and interacted with many elders, priests, holy warriors, and others, thus discerning relevant information.

Wang Li, on the other hand, came from a wealthy family and had a different range of exposure from a young age, giving him some understanding of foreign countries.

Whenever a country is involved in an alliance, there will inevitably be issues of individual jurisdiction and trade barriers.

Even in the Aomeijia Alliance, which is mired in authoritarian rule, breaking free from this situation is extremely difficult.

After all, entertainment is not something you can't refuse, like having a full stomach. Genetically modified crops can be rapidly promoted because there is strong demand in various regions, while other things are difficult to spread like wildfire.

"Developing the telecommunications industry is quite difficult!"

While trade barriers can be resolved through negotiations, the telecommunications industry is not something that can be solved simply by talking.

It takes substantial financial investment in research and development or the purchase of such equipment to launch a communications satellite.

Besides satellites, this also involves a large number of communication base stations, and each upgrade and replacement comes at an astronomical cost.

Taking live streaming to its fullest potential is extremely difficult; it's not a problem that a small company like Feiyu Live can solve alone, but rather involves the simultaneous upgrading of many supporting systems.

"If you know of any good investment opportunities, remember to help us find some too," Zhang Xuezhou instructed. "Ideally, it should generate quick profits, but if it can't produce immediate returns, it should at least offer long-term benefits with a small initial investment!"

"Brother, that's what I think too!"

Wang Li replied helplessly, "What Zhang Xuezhou said is probably something every investor wants to do."

But there really aren't that many easy ways to make a fortune with a small investment.

For these breakthrough sequencers, the chance to achieve great things with limited resources often lies in the ruins of Qinmeng.

Capturing a sufficient number of exotic beasts would undoubtedly be a considerable gain, and capturing ferocious beasts would bring in substantial wealth. This is far more lucrative than developing any industry, since the Scarlet Alliance State's cutting-edge technology is still primarily focused on gene technology, and most of the hot money is concentrated in this industry.

For many sequence users, the money they earn at the risk of their lives is constantly consumed by Gene Fighting Technique and gene blood agents, forming a near-perfect consumption loop.

Zhang Xuezhou felt he didn't have enough money, simply because the costs in the gene technology industry were high, and the associated expenses were difficult for Zhang Xuezhou to afford.

If they want to make quick and easy money, Zhang Xuezhou and others also need to focus their efforts on this industry.