Regardless of how formidable Tencent and Alibaba are in the modern entertainment industry—and indeed, they certainly are formidable—Baidu's influence in the film and television sector should not be underestimated, most notably through its subsidiary, iQiyi.
At that time, among the three mainstream video platforms known as "You-Ai-Teng", Youku had been declining ever since its acquisition by Alibaba and was faintly beginning to fall behind. iQiyi and Tencent were the two video platforms with the highest traffic, and their competition with each other was the most fierce.
However, Lan Chengyi had been watching the battle nervously from the sidelines all this time! Seeing this, a streak of light shot forward, but it was blocked by the First Elder of the Immortal Sword Sect.
Chapter 588