The Paper reporter Fan Jialai
Luo Yonghao officially resigned from the management of "Make Friends".
On June 7, the surging news reporter learned from people familiar with the matter that in an internal speech today, Luo Yonghao announced his official withdrawal from the management of "Make Friends", but he will still participate in the live broadcast as an anchor.
Luo Yonghao said that he will change from the "chief recommendation officer" who made friends to the "chief brand supervision officer", and will continue to pay attention to the quality of product selection and consumer feedback.
At the same time, Luo Yonghao also said that he will devote more energy to starting a business in the AR field.
The reporter learned that shortly after finishing his speech, Luo Yonghao immediately threw himself into the live broadcast arranged by Make Friends.
As of press time, Luo Yonghao is still broadcasting live as an anchor with goods.
People familiar with the matter told reporters that Luo Yonghao will not leave completely to make friends, and will come to participate in 2-3 live broadcasts every month.
After retiring from management, Luo Yonghao will devote himself to AR startups as soon as possible, and will not give himself "vacation" or too much rest time.
As for how Luo Yonghao's income as an anchor will be settled after his exit, many people familiar with the matter said that they are not clear.
Previously, the "breakup story" between Luo Yonghao and making a friend has repeatedly appeared on Weibo's hot search.
Earlier media reports said that Luo Yonghao will gradually fade out of the live broadcast room, and the live broadcast room will pay Luo Yonghao about 100 million yuan as a breakup fee.
In this regard, Luo Yonghao publicly stated that he did not "break up" with a friend, but just transferred the N-year operation rights of his Douyin account to a friend, and the make a friend live broadcast room will provide an authorization transfer fee for this.
On April 11, Huang He, the founder of the "Make Friends" live broadcast room, said in an interview with The Paper that the transfer fee with Luo Yonghao is still under negotiation and cannot be called a "breakup fee" until the official decision is made. Announcement will be a more reasonable fee.
From June 2nd, the Douyin account of "Luo Yonghao" has also been renamed "Make Friends Live Room", which will continue to be operated by Beijing Make Friends Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
In this regard, the person in charge of Make a Friend once told The Paper that people in the live broadcast room are asking questions such as "Isn't this Luo Yonghao's live broadcast room?" and "Why is Luo Yonghao not here?" In fact, there are more than 40 anchors in the live broadcast room. The broadcast time is less than 3% of the total live broadcast time.
Luo Yonghao has publicly stated many times before that he prefers the technology industry, and now he is still in debt and wants to return to the technology industry to start a business.