Shocking! 20K Influencers Crammed Into One Building for Live Streaming| Crazy Influencer Industry

In Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, there's a massive apartment complex that's home to over 20,000 internet celebrity hosts and laborers who are active every day during peak hours. Some perform solo and stream for over ten hours a day, while others collaborate in teams and stream continuously for 24 hours. Rumors say that the monthly capital flow generated by this building can reach $1 billion USD, nearly equal to the annual GDP of a county. This is Regent International Center, dubbed as the "first internet celebrity building in Hangzhou."

This towering 206-meter building with a striking and impressive appearance stands at the core of Hangzhou Qianjiang Century City. With an S-shaped design and a green glass facade, you might mistake it for a five-star hotel if not for the colorful bed sheets and clothing hanging from the balconies and windows.

Regent International Center is a self-sufficient kingdom boasting amenities such as a food court, supermarket, fitness center, billiards room, foot spa, internet cafe, bar, hair salon, and more. You name it, and it's likely you'll find it here. Its population and function alone rival that of a small town. Its annual GDP far exceeds that of many counties and cities. Someone estimated that each floor of Regent International Center has 50 units, and if each unit is divided into six compartments, the number of compartments in the building would be 11,250. Each compartment houses one to two people, so the total number of residents is around 11,000 to 22,000.

The earning power of these top internet celebrities is also astonishing. For example, during the 2021 Double 11 Bachelor’s Day sales event, the top queen of sales Wei Ya generated sales of 12.3 billion yuan in just one live-streaming session. She claims to have sold everything except for military weapons, including jade, cars, and houses, but eventually, she did participate in military business. On April 1, 2020, she helped China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Ltd. sell a rocket worth 40 million yuan in her Taobao live-streaming room.