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Chinese Actor’s Off‑hand Remark Ignites Nationwide “Listen‑to‑Earn” Audiobook Side‑Hustle】

When a popular Chinese actor floated an anecdote about “waiting for his paycheck from listening to novels” on a televised dinner, the remark went viral on Weibo and sparked a national conversation about a new form of digital side hustle: listening to audiobooks for cash. At the centre of the story is Zhang Weiyi (张维伊), a rising star whose off‑screen habit of scrolling through a novel‑listening app has turned him into an unlikely poster child for a trend that blends leisure with micro‑earning.

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Influencer Tian Xuning’s Decorté Flash Sale Overloads JD.com, Signaling a New Era of Live‑Stream Commerce in China

Tian Xuning, a rising star in China’s burgeoning livestream‑ecommerce scene, has become a household name almost overnight after a single broadcast caused one of the country’s largest online retailers to grind to a halt. On June 18, 2024, the influencer hosted a ten‑minute flash‑sale for luxury skin‑care brand Decorté on JD.com. The surge in traffic was so intense that the platform’s servers collapsed, sparking a wave of online jokes under the hashtag “#京东崩了” (“JD crashed”). The incident quickly went beyond a technical glitch; it turned into a cultural moment, catapulting Tian’s livestream into global Twitter trends, where it ranked first in Vietnam, sixth in India, fourteenth in the Philippines and forty‑fifth in Thailand.

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Kuaishou Issues First Dividend as AI‑Powered Profits Surge, Signaling Shift Toward Sustainable Growth】

Kuaishou Technologies has announced its first dividend payout since the company went public, a move that reverberates far beyond the simple distribution of cash to shareholders. The 20 billion‑hongkong‑dollar dividend, approved by the board and earmarked for investors on the company’s register as of September 16, marks a watershed moment for the Beijing‑based short‑video platform that has long been synonymous with rapid user growth and aggressive expansion.