Vice President Zhang couldn't get an advantage; the explosive popularity attracted regulatory scrutiny, and combined with reports from the ZS Guild and a massive "Dog Army," they were not only losing their generous big spender but also facing penalties, likely to become a key target for future monitoring.
Mr. Xie fared even worse; while there was traffic indeed, transformation had become necessary, but after losing their leading figure and Yuji, both traffic and popularity were only temporary and completely insufficient to sustain until the transformation was complete.
Both sides were at a huge loss—that's 300 million in turnover!
Just earning 10% would be a net profit of 30 million!
And the negative impact was far beyond what could be summarized by 300 million.
One could say that Su Huai had the entire platform by the throat, life and death... well, life and death might be an exaggeration, but whether it flourished or declined hung on Su Huai's whim.
