Only Luo Yonghao still makes a living by talking.

Steve Jobs redefined the smartphone, while Luo Yonghao redefined 7 o'clock.

Amidst a flurry of banter, Luo Yonghao took the stage at the annual technology sharing conference 48 minutes later than expected. Although he didn't arrive on schedule, the cheers still rang out, and the number of viewers in the live - streaming room soared to 700,000. On that night, on the Douyin platform alone, 9.5 million people watched Luo Yonghao's live stream.

The entire event maintained the style of the live - streaming room. Over the course of more than four hours, Luo Yonghao showcased nine technology products, such as DJI drones, Jike exoskeleton robots, Doubao, etc. Among them was also "Qieting", an AI product developed by his own team, a software that combines AI functions for listening to books and analyzing them. In addition, there were Douyin's top picks and a technology product that he didn't have time to share.

However, the outside world had no shortage of doubts about the "technological content" of this conference. The audience had expected Luo Yonghao's high - profile return to bring about blockbuster AI products, but in their view, these products were rather ordinary. Even his own "Qieting" was flooded with bullet - screen comments like "Luo Yonghao's self - indulgence".

In the eyes of the outside world, apart from not having a shopping cart link, this conference was not much different from a live - streaming sales event. Moreover, there were frequent mistakes during the event. Besides the delay, there were multiple errors in the PPT content. Even Luo Yonghao admitted that this was one of the rare events with the most mid - event exits.

There were also many more regrets. Before the event started, the outside world had hoped that Luo Yonghao would touch on the hot project in the tech circle - the ByteDance Doubao phone, but he didn't. Nor did he share more about the latest progress of the Red Thread project.

However, this conference still attracted a great deal of attention. That night, Luo Yonghao promised to refund all the free tickets; about 1.66 million yuan in ticket revenue would be donated to Tai Po, Hong Kong, with the cost borne by Luo Yonghao's company; about 3 million yuan in blind - box income would be donated to the technology industry; and a portion of the income from this event would be invested in technology companies they were optimistic about.

The next day, Luo Yonghao explained the reason for his lateness, saying that it was mainly related to his ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), and he also stated that if the situation couldn't be improved in the future, he would no longer hold such large - scale events.

After seven years, Luo Yonghao once again stood on a technology press conference stage, and multiple relevant topics topped the hot - search lists. Looking back at 2025, it was actually the year when Luo Yonghao returned to the center of the public eye.

At the beginning of the year, after hitting a wall in the AI field, Luo Yonghao was awakened by Liang Wenfeng's words "Why do you have to do technology?" and decided to make a living by talking again.

After months of preparation, Luo Yonghao's podcast was launched, featuring conversations with key figures from various fields. He and his interviewees often made it onto the hot - search lists. In less than half a year, the program secured sponsorship from seven brands. At the same time, he frequently spoke out on the public opinion field, and each of his statements attracted public attention, bringing a steady stream of traffic to his live - streaming room. The GMV of Jiaogeyou Friends in the first three quarters increased by about 8% year - on - year.

By the end of the year, as an AI entrepreneur, he once again became the focus of the internet with a technology sharing conference. Lei Jun's postponement of the New Year's Eve live stream due to illness unexpectedly made Luo Yonghao's technology conference the only highlight in the tech circle at the end of the year.

It also brought Luo Yonghao back to the center stage of top live - streaming hosts. Currently, the remaining top live - streaming hosts are probably Li Jiaqi and Dong Yuhui. However, Li Jiaqi has "disappeared" from the public opinion field, and his core sales data is rarely made public. Dong Yuhui's popularity has been rising, but he has always relied on his existing fan base and actively distanced himself from public opinion hotspots.

At a time when the live - streaming industry as a whole lacks vitality and top hosts are generally silent, only Luo Yonghao is still vocal.

If the live - streaming industry is compared to a performance, in the past few years, top hosts have taken turns to be the protagonists. Now, they are gradually stepping off the stage, while Luo Yonghao, who had long retreated to the edge of the stage, is walking back to the center, almost single - handedly supporting the entire show.

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The podcast interviewee is Luo Yonghao's new identity. In 2025, under the name of "Luo Yonghao's Crossroads", he once again caused a stir on the internet. He changed his Weibo username from "Luo Yonghao・Niuhulu" to "Luo Yonghao's Crossroads" and maintained a weekly update schedule on platforms such as Bilibili, Douyin, Kuaishou, and Video Accounts.

He made money on the first day of his podcast. Not long ago, Luo Yonghao revealed that the podcast was performing very well. By the end of the year, his podcast had secured sponsorship from seven brands.

Source: Luo Yonghao's Technology Sharing Conference

Making money is one thing. Most importantly, each episode of the podcast has attracted a great deal of public attention, and he and his interviewees have taken turns to make it onto the hot - search lists. Of course, this is not hard to understand. Luo Yonghao himself is a topic of interest, and the people he chooses to talk to are mostly public figures at the center of the era's trends, who are both representative and controversial.

In the first - episode conversation with Li Xiang, the topic of "Li Xiang choking with sobs and thanking Wang Xing of Meituan" dominated the hot - search lists on various platforms and remained highly popular. His conversation with Tim, the founder of FilmForce, helped this entrepreneur gain more popularity, and even his Douyin live - streaming room had a booming sales volume.

Besides the podcast, Weibo is another platform for Luo Yonghao to express his opinions. He actively participates in public issues, argues with netizens, criticizes brands, and evaluates merchants. The traffic he accumulates on Weibo is ultimately redirected to his live - streaming room. The most famous case is his confrontation with Xiabei. One of Luo Yonghao's comments on Weibo sparked a heated discussion, which was eventually translated into real - world sales in his live - streaming room.

During the three - day period when the Xiabei incident was intensifying (from September 12th to 14th), the Jiaogeyou Friends live - streaming room attracted 10 million views, and the estimated cumulative sales volume reached up to 50 million yuan, several times higher than the usual level. The stock price of Jiaogeyou Friends also rose by more than 12% within two trading days.

Luo Yonghao is like an online storyteller, but the phrase "To find out what happens next, listen to the next episode" is replaced by "See you in the live - streaming room" in his case.

Luo Yonghao seems to be "going crazy". As he said when complaining about the internet speed of Shanghai Telecom, if the problem couldn't be solved, "I'm going to go crazy on the internet."

Although his Weibo label says "Product Manager/Product Designer", he is more like an "internet friend" in the eyes of the public. He angrily criticized Hyatt Place on Weibo and complained about the sky - high cleaning fee of 15,000 yuan for a Daikin air - conditioner, which resonated with many supporters. The public also hopes to get his views on public issues from him and buy something along the way.

Not long ago, when the anthropologist Xiang Biao explained the phenomenon of Dong Yuhui, he mentioned a view: Emotional needs are the source of profit. The general idea is that as society becomes more and more impersonal, people's desire to break through this impersonality has become the source of profit. Whether the sense of impersonality can be overcome is unknown, but wealth and resources have become concentrated.

This may not only apply to the Dong Yuhui phenomenon but also explain Luo Yonghao, who is at the center of public opinion.

Of course, whether it's the podcast or the live - streaming, what Luo Yonghao values most is his identity as an AI entrepreneur. He said that he spends five days a week on AI. Although he hasn't launched an AI product that shakes the market, it doesn't prevent him from making money in the AI wave in 2025.

Luo Yonghao has almost become a "wild spokesperson" for the AI products of internet giants. On Douyin, he promoted Doubao; on Kuaishou, he collaborated with Keling. His cooperation with Baidu on digital - human live - streaming sales had the most obvious results. In June this year, Luo Yonghao's digital avatar had a six - hour live - streaming sales event on Baidu, with a GMV of 55 million yuan.

The year - end technology sharing conference also brought considerable commercial returns to Luo Yonghao. Luo Yonghao denied the sales - oriented nature of the event, but during the entire event, besides one product of Luo Yonghao's team, there were nine other technology products, including one that he didn't have time to show. According to Luo Yonghao, fees would be charged for all these products through commercial cooperation. In addition to the technology products, there were at least six partners for the event, and about 20 minutes of advertisements were played before the official start of the live stream.

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Luo Yonghao, who has returned to the center stage, has naturally become a unique sight among top live - streaming hosts.

In the current live - streaming e - commerce industry, the hustle and bustle has faded, and the silence of top hosts has become an unspoken agreement. But only Luo Yonghao continues to speak out, and thus he has become the most active live - streaming host at present.

Li Jiaqi is still at the top, but he has become increasingly low - key and rarely participates in public issue discussions.

There were early signs of his silence. After the eyebrow - pencil incident, when Li Jiaqi was interviewed, he said, "We have become more cautious in our speech because I've found that the influence of the Li Jiaqi live - streaming room is huge, and every word we say needs to be as precise as possible."

Nowadays, Li Jiaqi's voice in public opinion during major festival promotions has weakened, and he rarely takes the initiative to disclose his core sales data. In previous festival promotions, he would announce the year - on - year growth data of the GMV on the first day of the promotion. In the 2025 Double Eleven event, he only mentioned that the sales volume in the first hour of the live - streaming room had increased year - on - year.

The silence of Dong Yuhui is also understandable. He has always been averse to being on the hot - search lists and being misinterpreted. Since he voluntarily deleted his Weibo last year, Dong Yuhui has reduced his channels for speaking out. Although third - party data shows that Dong Yuhui's sales volume has been on the rise in 2025, he is basically relying on his existing fan base.

Thanks to knowledge - based live - streaming sales and several major public opinion controversies, Dong Yuhui completed his early fan accumulation. However, after the craze for knowledge - based live - streaming sales subsided, Dong Yuhui rarely spoke out in public and hardly participated in public issues, resulting in a weakened ability to gain wider popularity and a slowdown in fan growth. Third - party platform data shows that in 2024, the number of Douyin fans of Yuhui's Live increased by 16.65 million; as of now this year, the fan growth is about 8 million.

Some top live - streaming hosts are disappearing from the live - streaming room, either actively or passively. Xin Ba announced his withdrawal from the internet, and Xiao Yangge hasn't returned yet. Among the former "Four Heavenly Kings", only Li Jiaqi and Luo Yonghao remain; among the new - generation top hosts, only Dong Yuhui is still there. Although Luo Yonghao's sales data is not as good as the other two, his continuous speech and active presence in the public opinion field have converted the popularity into traffic for his live - streaming room. To some extent, he has also maintained the remaining voice and presence of the "era of top live - streaming hosts".

Baidu Index shows that Luo Yonghao's highest popularity this year reached 47,000, far exceeding that of Li Jiaqi and Dong Yuhui. In fact, in 2025, many influential figures emerged. There were Liang Wenfeng and Wang Xingxing earlier, and Lei Jun later. Luo Yonghao's highest popularity was second only to Wang Xingxing but higher than that of Liang Wenfeng and Lei Jun.

Source: Baidu Index

Currently, Luo Yonghao is the only top live - streaming host who broadcasts on multiple platforms.

In an era when e - commerce platforms are almost bound to top live - streaming hosts, Li Jiaqi is firmly rooted in Taobao, Dong Yuhui sticks to Douyin, while Luo Yonghao spans three platforms. He not only broadcasts on Douyin and Taobao but also serves as an AI host on Baidu. Even earlier, Luo Yonghao also had live - streaming events on JD.com, and Jiaogeyou Friends has also entered Video Accounts and Kuaishou.

In addition, Luo Yonghao is also one of the few hosts who still publicize their sales results. When he had live - streaming events on Baidu, he announced sales results of over 10 million yuan for both events. In the first live - streaming event, the sales volume reached 50 million yuan; in the second event, his digital avatar achieved a sales volume of 55 million yuan.

This high - profile approach has also brought tangible benefits to Luo Yonghao.

In his public image, he has gained a reputation of "speaking up for consumers". Regarding his confrontation with Xiabei, Luo Yonghao said, "More than 90% of the people support me. This is something I've never experienced in my life." This public trust is being transformed into a special credit asset, which may be an important boost for his future career