Un partecipante cinese usa il suo smartphone per rispondere alle domande del quiz livestreaming piattaforma Yingxiong Baiwan di live video streaming app Xigua Vi
A Chinese participant uses her smartphone to answer questions on the livestreaming quiz platform Baiwan Yingxiong of live video streaming app Xigua Video, a product of Chinese tech company Bytedance Ltd., at an office in Beijing, China, 10 January 2018. Hailed by Chinese as a harbinger of the golden age of live-stream, online quizzes aggravates millions of participants daily, who are resorting to every possible means in the hopes of getting a slice of the irresistibly sweet prize pool. The live-stream trivia games, which are the Chinese version of US online quiz game HQ Trivia that caused an international frenzy in 2017, are ideal training grounds for those who want to play online games for real cash prizes. The rules are simple, with a personable host presenting a quiz of 12 questions covering a wide range of topics from history to math, participants who give all the correct answers can split the jackpot between 100, 000 RMB ($15, 500) and five million RMB ($776, 800), which is way more than that provided by their foreign counterparts. Such lucrative yet newfangled games have breathed new life into China's live streaming industry, which have been suppressed by authorities for their sometimes vulgar and homogeneous content. Several live-streaming quiz apps are available on Apple and Android's app market in China, with many of them topping the most popular app ranking list. Downloads of Ixigua, one of the most popular live-streaming quiz apps, has increased to 16 million from 1.7 million within five days. The mind-racking online frenzy has not only attracted countless players, but has also garnered remarkable investment and popularity from celebrities and business tycoons in China. Wang Sicong, an online celebrity and the future owner of China's entertainment empire Wanda Group, announced his daily routine of investing prize money in such games on Jan. 3, with many of his business rivals following suit.
