OFR – Chapter 356 One Man in Power, the World Silenced (Part 4)!

[System Notice: In view of the Douyu company chairman’s instruction, and because senior decision-makers of the Douyu platform have provided documents concerning certain users’ rebate-related irregularities, as the host of this Fengyun Gala, we are required to temporarily suspend the gift privileges of some Douyu users. Once our company’s legal department has reviewed both the documents and the financial records of these Douyu users’ participation, their gift privileges will be restored. If this has negatively affected your viewing experience, our company deeply apologizes. The suspended user list is as follows.]

[Douyu platform Top-Tier Supreme User Youdianleng, Douyu platform Top-Tier Supreme User Guanzong, Douyu platform Top-Tier Supreme User Qian Nanshen, Douyu platform Top-Tier Supreme User Yuanyangjun, Douyu platform Top-Tier Supreme User Luotianshen]

This glaring blood-red system announcement tore through the grandest event in the industry, unleashing a storm no livestream platform operator—nor even the chairman of Quanmin TV himself—had expected!

At this very moment, never before had livestream users across the entire web been so united. In every channel, every room, angry barrages roared in unison like thunder:

【What? Even the Douyu chairman interfered? They’ve lost all shame!】

【Rebate scandal documents? Damn it! As if this is some secret? Which one of you major platforms hasn’t been treating users like fools? And now you want to use us again?】

【Unban Lenghao! Damn it! All those shady tricks were cooked up inside Douyu anyway!】

【Exactly—unban Lenghao! He spent tens of billions and you suspend him? What the hell—is there no place for fairness in this industry anymore?】

【Damn it, support Lenghao suing Douyu and Quanmin TV—make them pay back tenfold and bleed them dry!】

【We finally had someone who could ignite our passion, and now you suspend him? He poured tens of billions into this, generated billions in revenue for you, and you dare suspend him? Are you trying to self-destruct?】

【Seriously—if Lenghao dared to throw down tens of billions here, he could throw down tens of billions more to crush your platform. Are you kidding me? Dumbass Douyu—you can’t afford the price of offending Lenghao in the future!】

【He’s my idol! You can’t suspend him like this! If you do, then this battle between Lenghao and Fish Emperor will be doomed!】

【Yes, he’ll lose—but Lenghao’s name will forever remain in the hearts of every single viewer tonight. Because he isn’t losing to his opponent, but to raw power. And still, he remains a hero full of pride!】

Amid these furious barrages, countless people pitied Lenghao. Some fans who had followed him since the days of Wang Yuwei cursed Douyu while crying silently.

They couldn’t explain why—but at this moment, they truly felt heartache for him.

Heartache?

It sounded ridiculous, applied to someone like Youdianleng—the god-tier spender who had stirred the entire industry since his debut. But for loyal fans who had truly witnessed his rise, the feeling was real.

They ached for a man who had always been kind, who had never lorded his power over ordinary users, yet was always suppressed and excluded by industry forces.

Just as Zhang Yuyan said at the beginning of the gala: when had Lenghao ever gone out of his way to provoke anyone?

And yet, this tycoon—who was content to play by the rules—was forced again and again into bloody battles with one domineering opponent after another.

It wasn’t that arrogance ran in his blood. It was that each time, others stripped away his dignity, left him no retreat, and drove him into fights he could not avoid!

Whether it was that early “obsessive streamer,” the Dingding family, the Fishball Alliance, Qian Nanshen, Guanzong, or the entire Shenhao Alliance—every time, Lenghao was the one forced into combat. He, a man with the aura and strength to sweep the entire industry, had never once initiated a provocation.

So why did they never leave him alone?

And now, with the financial duel pushed to its climax and Fish Emperor on the brink of defeat, they resorted to underhanded tricks in the shadows. Truly unbearable!

Barrage comments like “Sue Douyu,” “Uninstall Douyu,” “Expose Douyu’s scandals, destroy them” began flooding the screen.

But after the chat boiled for more than ten minutes, viewers suddenly realized something: despite being the greatest victim of the system notice, Lenghao himself had not sent a single barrage, not voiced a single complaint or outburst.

Could it be that even his chat privileges were suspended?
Unlikely—Lenghao had said nothing inappropriate, and even as the host, Quanmin TV would never dare silence someone who had thrown down tens of billions, unless they were ready to openly break with him as Douyu had.

As speculation swirled about Lenghao’s silence, it was Fish Emperor—caught in the very same storm—who suddenly spoke.

His voice message stated a fact, but with a hint of lament.

Indeed—even he, a man wielding real-world power, had felt nearly powerless against Lenghao just moments earlier.

So now, watching this god-tier spender—who could have rightfully stood at the peak of the industry—fall short, even as his opponent, Fish Emperor couldn’t help but feel moved.

[Douyu Top-Tier Supreme User Fish Emperor] @ [Douyu Top-Tier Supreme User Youdianleng]: “It’s a pity. You lost—but not to me. It was money that lost to power.”

Yes—when Youdianleng was suspended, everyone knew the outcome. There was no way the gala could wait for him to be reinstated.

And though others like Guanzong, Qian Nanshen, and Luotianshen were suspended along with him, no one paid them any attention. They had become mere footnotes in Youdianleng’s story.

They themselves were first shocked, then gave only bitter, self-mocking smiles.

Even those shrewd, once-prestigious leaders of the Shenhao Alliance now realized the truth:

From the very start, Douyu’s management had been playing a larger game.

They themselves—the so-called Shenhao Alliance—were nothing more than expendable pawns.

Fish Emperor was the chariot piece—silent until unleashed, but sweeping all before him once he moved.

And behind the board stood the true king—Douyu’s high-level decision-makers—the ones who had delivered the final, crushing blow to decide the outcome, and Douyu’s future.

Now, under the gaze of the entire internet, that king had stepped in directly—crushing not only Lenghao, but also sweeping aside every rebellious pawn that had dared not follow orders.

Only now did they all understand—how utterly ignorant they had been of the overwhelming power of authority.