Sunday, November 27.

Pei Qian didn't set an alarm clock this morning, he originally wanted to sleep happily until noon, but he woke up at 7 o'clock in the morning, and he was completely sleepy.

I always feel a little panicked and unsteady.

"Which department is doing something for me again......"

Pei Qian was speechless, and after tossing and turning and failing to continue to fall asleep, he touched his mobile phone from the bedside and swiped it aimlessly.

Then I habitually clicked into the ioi forum.

During this time, Pei Qian has been paying attention to the situation of ioi, and hopes that this game can quickly improve a little, so that he can burn money for GOG justifiably and logically.

The Internet public opinion in the past two days was not very good to IOI and Finger Company, which made Pei Qian very worried about eating this melon.

After two days, it should be a little action on the side of Longyu Group, right? It's time for the players' anger to subside, right?

Hope ioi is okay.

However, as soon as Pei Qian clicked on the ioi forum, Pei Qian saw a post that made him a little frightened.

"Carry a wave of extranet comments, see how the ultimate stupid trick of the finger company is not a person inside and out! 》

"I thought that the old players of the national server had been blown up by the changes of ioi, but I didn't expect foreign players to be more explosive than us! Because IOI wants to classify the national service as a low-price area, the price of the foreign service is twice or even three times that of the national service! ”

"The old players of the national server just lost money when they bought it before, and they can enjoy discounts in the future, but foreign players can only buy it at the original price, and the world is really ......"

"The low-price zone is okay, aren't many game platforms also implementing the low-price zone strategy? Besides, GOG's national costume skin seems to be much cheaper than abroad, right? I haven't seen any foreign players rebel? ”

"The situation of GOG is completely different, in fact, in terms of pricing, it is the same at home and abroad, the epic skin and legendary skin in China are 18 and 45 respectively, and the foreign one is 2.49 and 6.99 dollars, basically the same."

"The reason why GOG is cheap in China is that there is that kind of skin that is almost given away for free, the key is that there is a creative community in China! This is an exclusive perk, and all heroes who are creatively provided by players will have a super discount when the new skin is first released. ”

"Is the foreigner okay?"

"The opinion is very small, because not every foreign player knows about the creative community, and the price is the same in all districts just from the original price. Besides, the price of $2.49 and $6.99 is low enough, so what more bikes? ”

"I think another reason is that GOG's skin has been a cabbage price from the beginning, everyone is used to it, and there is not much room for price reduction. But GOG's skins were very expensive at the beginning, and there are too many old players who have already bought a lot of skins, but now they are suddenly cut in half, which is unacceptable to people. ”

"Indeed, this is the same as buying a house and buying a car, the price will be cut in half not long after the purchase, and the price cannot be guaranteed, although it is a commercial behavior, but most people's mentality will collapse......"

"Didn't you say that you will prepare commemorative skins and commemorative avatars for veteran players?"

"At the beginning, it was originally said to be for players in the national server, but the old players in the foreign server stopped doing it, so now the finger company has changed its words and said that all old players will have it, and the result basically did not play much of a reassuring role......"

Looking at the comments below this post, Pei Qian became more and more panicked the more he looked at it, and sat up from the bed with a salted fish.

"Oh no, ioi, this seems to be in some kind of vicious circle."

"Damn, I'm so envious ......"

Pei Qian thought that the Finger Company should be able to calm the players' anger soon, but now it seems that this thing is really not that simple to do!

Because the player group that IOI is facing now has shown a clear division, and it is still divided into three pieces.

New players in the national server, old players in the national server, and players in the world server, these three player groups are reluctant to let go, and they all want to please, but the interests of these three groups are too different.

Finger companies currying favor with any one group will trigger a backlash from the other two.

This is stuck in a kind of "luxury car dilemma", when the luxury car brand has problems, the brand value falls, and the sales volume declines, many luxury car brands can only choose to sell at a reduced price in order to stop losses.

However, once the price is reduced, the old car owners who have been loyal are not happy, and it will also give people the impression that "this car does not retain its value", which further damages the brand value, and no one buys the car.

It doesn't work to raise prices, it doesn't work to reduce prices, it's wrong to do anything.

Pei Qian was a little panicked.

Brother, I didn't do anything.

You can't kill yourselves and give up the market to GOG, right?

I've already split the game in half, and I only used one hand to fight with you, and as a result, your backhand will destroy your martial arts? You can't fight back, right?

Wouldn't it, wouldn't it?

Pei Qian felt inexplicably irritable, brushing his teeth while continuing to flip through the forum.

Finally, the hard work paid off, and I successfully turned to a piece of news that seemed relatively optimistic.

"Grapevine, the IOI World Finals are about to be held! It is said that this time it is a bloody investment, and the prize pool will definitely exceed the GOG game, and it will be held in Los Angeles, and the cards will definitely be full! ”

"Sounds pretty good, and IOI should be more competitive than GOG, and if the game can be done well, it will definitely increase the heat very well. Moreover, it is estimated that the turmoil this time has been successfully transferred. ”

Pei Qian had actually heard the news many times before, and this time it should really be coming.

It can only be said that the first World Finals of IOI was really ill-fated.

In fact, this competition should have been held a long time ago, but during that time, Dayak Group was bleeding heavily in order to acquire the finger company, and the funds were not very abundant, and GOG directly pushed the prize pool to a new height, and the finals of IOI could only be shelved.

After all, it was done late and the prize pool was lower, which is not good to say.

Now that Dayak Group and Finger Company have freed up their hands, they should have prepared the funds and venues, and they are confident that they can do better than GOG's Global Invitational, so they let out the news and appease the players.

Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh, between the yin and the yang, the process of history seemed to be greatly advanced by himself.

In my memory, lol's S1 finals were quite improvised, and a year later, with the rapid development of lol, S2 moved to Los Angeles and had a huge impact.

Although IOI and LOL are two very different games, and Finger Company and Riot Company are not the same thing at all, there are still some similarities in this matter.

Originally, the finger company just wanted to do S1 casually, test the water, and be done.

As a result, I was forced to raise the amount of money invested to the level two years later.

"When it comes to esports...... Shouldn't I go to the clubs? ”

"I haven't paid much attention to these clubs since the last auction of GPL places, and I don't know how their teams are formed."

After Pei Qian finished washing, he was ready to go out for breakfast, and then went to Mingyun Villa to have a look.

It is said that the new clubs that joined the GPL basically chose the villa of Mingyun Villa as their training base, but I don't know what the specific situation is now.

……

After breakfast, Pei Qian took the car to Mingyun Villa.

When he was about to arrive at Mingyun Villa, Pei Qian noticed that the driver, Xiao Sun, deliberately turned a corner, and did not follow the previous route, but changed the route.

"Mr. Pei, today is Sunday, that road may be particularly blocked, I will change the road, although it is a little detoured, but it should save some time."

Pei Qian didn't care, and nodded: "Okay." ”

But after Xiao Sun turned to the fork in the road next to him, Pei Qian suddenly felt that something was wrong.

I used to go to Mingyun Villa all the way I go, and I didn't seem to be blocked much?

Mingyun Villa is located in the southeast of Jingzhou City, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the scenery is good, but at the beginning, because the supporting facilities are not good, the occupancy rate is not high, and no one cares about it.

Later, the Touching Fish Internet Cafe opened a branch here, and then the nameless restaurant also opened here. With the popularity of the nameless restaurant, it gradually became a meeting place for many wealthy businessmen and celebrities in Jingzhou, and the surrounding neighborhood was also driven into a small commercial center and food street.

But even so, Pei Qian didn't often encounter traffic jams before.

After all, the nameless restaurant can accommodate too few customers, even if the restaurant is full every day, how many cars can there be?

As for the deliberate detour?

"Probably because of ...... Is it Sunday? Everyone just went out in a bunch? Well, definitely. ”

"Huh?"

Pei Qian was enlightening himself, and suddenly noticed that the situation outside the car window seemed to be a little wrong.

Because he saw an Internet café, and the business was still very hot, he didn't seem to have any impression of it when he came before.

"Huh? Who is so enlightened? Open an Internet café to disperse the traffic of the Internet café? ”

Pei Qian was pleasantly surprised to see that this Internet café was doing good business, but when he took a closer look, wasn't this a fishing Internet café?

And this is not the earliest fish Internet café Mingyun Villa store, but it is only a few hundred meters away from the original fish Internet café.

This road was not often taken before, so Pei Qian had no impression of it.

Pei Qian was shocked and asked the driver Xiao Sun: "How can there be a fishing Internet café here?" ”

Xiao Sun said: "Ah, Mr. Pei, it was just opened recently, and the managed gym also opened a branch, don't you know?" ”

Pei Qian: "? ”

Xiao Sun continued: "Because recently, all the major clubs have settled in, the teams have been formed, and people from all over the country have come to try out. Mr. Xiao and Mr. Guo felt that an Internet café and a gym were definitely not enough, so they prepared to open a branch here in advance. ”

"Sure enough, it was immediately full when I opened it! It is said that now the players of each club have to go to the managed gym to exercise, and these two Internet cafes are also Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. ”

"Mr. Xiao and Mr. Guo discussed it, and felt that after a while, we could open one or two more depending on the situation, and we should still be able to make money."

"Of course, making money is not the main purpose, the main thing is to perform the function well and cooperate with the e-sports environment here."

Pei Qian: "......"

Bad luck!

Although the two popular branches will not make Pei Qian much more money, this is not a good sign.

It's obviously a remote villa area that no one pays attention to, but it has really been transformed into a new business district and e-sports capital in Jingzhou, right?

Don't me!

Pei Qian instantly felt a little bored, and leaned back on the seat a little helplessly.

Soon, Mingyun Villa arrived, and Xiao Li stopped the car at the entrance of the DGE club.

Pei Qian opened the door and got out of the car, just in time to see Zhang Yuan and Manager Cui, the project marketing manager of Mingyun Villa, walking out of the club with a smile.

"Mr. Pei?" Zhang Yuan didn't know in advance that Mr. Pei was coming over, and there was a slight surprise.

"Mr. Pei!!" Manager Cui was simply overjoyed, and instantly smiled into a flower.

He stepped forward directly and grabbed Pei Qian's hand, which was even closer than seeing his closest relatives.

Pei Qian was stunned for a moment, and didn't react for a while why Manager Cui was so happy.

Manager Cui said happily: "Mr. Pei, you came just in time, I just brought a small gift to visit Mr. Zhang, I originally wanted to visit you, but Mr. Zhang said that you were too busy, so I was embarrassed to go to Tengda headquarters to find you." I didn't expect it to be very good, isn't it a coincidence! ”

Pei Qian looked at Zhang Yuan a little blankly: "What's wrong?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and said lightly: "Oh, it's not a big deal, Mr. Pei." ”

"Recently, not all GOG clubs have been moving to Jingzhou, the villa here is quite suitable as a training base for the club, and all the clubs are together, so it is more convenient to make training matches or daily exchanges."

"Then these properties have appreciated, including the supporting shops and parking spaces, and of course Manager Cui is happy."

Zhang Yuan turned his head to look at Manager Cui: "But Manager Cui, you don't have to take it to heart, this is just a trivial matter for Mr. Pei, not enough to worry about, not enough to worry about." ”

Manager Cui hurriedly said: "Hey, you can't say that, it's really a trivial matter for Mr. Pei, but it's a big thing for us Mingyun Villa!" ”

"Mr. Pei, if you have any problems here in the future that need our cooperation, you can speak directly and arrange it for you immediately!"

Manager Cui was full of happy smiles, and he didn't know how much bonus he got from his boss.

Pei Qian's expression was a little stiff, and he barely squeezed out a smile: "You're welcome......"

Manager Cui said with a smile: "Okay, then I won't bother, Mr. Pei, Mr. Zhang, you talk slowly, I'll go first." ”

"Feel free to come to me if you have anything! You're welcome! ”

Manager Cui left with a thousand thanks.

Zhang Yuan smiled: "This Manager Cui is a little too polite, what a big deal." ”

"But think about it, Mr. Pei, your casual decision will bring such a big benefit to their Mingyun Villa, if I were Manager Cui, I would be able to wake up with a smile in my dreams."

"Uh...... Mr. Pei? Only then did Zhang Yuan notice that Mr. Pei seemed to be a little absent-minded.

Pei Qian shook his head: "It's okay." ”

He said that he was fine, but his heart was actually dripping blood.

The price of the villa in Mingyun Villa has increased again?

Doesn't that mean that your fixed assets have risen again?

Of course, the happiest should be Mr. Li, after all, Pei Qian only has one house in Mingyun Villa, and Mr. Li has several in his hand.

But for Pei Qian, this is also a big bad news.

However, after all, Pei Qian has also seen all kinds of winds and waves, and this small setback was quickly overcome, and said: "There is nothing special to come today, I just want to see the situation of each club." ”

Zhang Yuan immediately nodded: "Okay, then I'll take you around." ”

Although some clubs have chosen other places in Jingzhou to train in other places, most clubs have chosen the vicinity of Mingyun Villa.

There were five or six young people on the side of the road who were wandering in private, and when they saw Pei Qian, their eyes lit up and they came over.

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Pei's actor? Hello hello, can you take a group photo? ”

"Yes." It's not the first time Pei Qian has encountered this situation, and when he was drinking coffee at the Touch Fish Internet Café before, he often encountered people asking for a group photo, so he showed a very signature smirk and took a picture with this group of people.

After the filming, the young men left with a thousand thanks.

Zhang Yuan pretended to be an irrelevant passer-by throughout the whole process, and after watching Mr. Pei take a group photo with these enthusiastic young people, he continued to lead Mr. Pei to the club.

Pei Qian felt a little strange: "What are these people here for?" How do you feel like you're sightseeing? ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "Mr. Pei, they are just sightseeing." Now that all the esports clubs are gathering here, many players who like to play GOG will come and see it. You can't get into the club, but you may meet players who come out to eat and exercise. ”

"So it's nice to have a bite to eat here, go to an Internet café and take a look at the bases of the clubs."

Pei Qian frowned and said, "Then Manager Cui, can they be happy?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "What's not to be happy about, the buildings of the nameless restaurant were originally used for commercial and residential, and there are shops over there, but now the flow of people is large, and Manager Cui is too late to be happy!" ”

"As for the training on the club's side, don't worry, there are more people here on weekends, besides, the club is closed management, and the players will not be affected."

Pei Qian was silent for a moment: "Okay." ”

I don't know why, Pei Qian always has a feeling that everyone is happy and everyone has got what they want, but he bears everything.

"Mr. Pei, this building and that building are Shenhua's club SHG."

Zhang Yuan pointed to the villa in front of him, and then to the one next to him.

Pei Qian was stunned for a moment: "Which building is it?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Both are both, Mr. Lin looked at it and thought it was good, and he said that the club should raise more reserve players." Isn't it necessary to have two villas for the GPL team with 10 people and the GDL team with another 10 people, and 20 people to start? ”

Pei Qian: "Don't you think it's a waste?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "I also asked Mr. Lin this question, Mr. Lin said that it is not expensive, the venue and building of Shenhua Football Club are built by themselves, and the star players of foreign aid all live in townhouses as dormitories." Now buy two villas, that's how much is it. ”

"Mr. Lin is still worried about whether living in this kind of villa will not be grand enough, after all, you have to shoot some promotional videos of the club during the game, right? At that time, the training base where the promotional film was filmed will have no cards, and the impact on Shenhua's corporate image will outweigh the losses. ”

"What if the training base is too poor and others think that Shenhua is going bankrupt, then what can it do?"

Pei Qian was silent for a moment: "Well, what he said makes a lot of sense, I can't refute it for a while." ”

Shenhua's annual investment in playing football can be squeezed out casually to play e-sports, which is simply a dimensionality reduction blow compared to other clubs, and even has a feeling that there is so much money that I don't know how to spend it.

Building, buy two!

Members, buy twenty!

Highlight an inappropriate person.

These clubs are closed, mainly because they don't want the audience to be too enthusiastic to run into the club and affect the training of the players, so the door is closed.

Zhang Yuan made a phone call, and after a while, Lin Chang quickly came out of the villa and opened the door.

"Mr. Zhang! Hey, and Mr. Pei, a rare guest! ”

Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment: "Hey, Mr. Lin? Didn't you leave Jingzhou a few days ago? When did you come back? ”

Lin Chang smiled and nodded: "Oh, I went to the magic capital with other club owners to pack and buy a few players, and I just came back yesterday." ”

Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment: "Huh? Buy again? ”

Lin Chang nodded: "Yes, buy a few more good seedlings with potential, anyway, if you can't play GPL, you can play GDL, and if you can't play GDL, you can go to youth training or watch water coolers, and if you can't do it, you can still sell it to other teams." ”

"Our team started late and had a weak foundation, so we had to work harder. In the long run, talent is the most important, and it is always right to buy more talent. ”

"Besides, these are newcomers who don't have much value, and it won't cost much to buy them now."

Lin often said it lightly.