Chapter 215 Huahua Intestines
August is the hottest month in the Magic City. At noon, the sun hangs high in the sky, shining scorching sunlight mercilessly, making the whole city feel like it is in a In a huge steamer.
The air is filled with moisture, as if every breath is filled with heavy moisture. This is a salty and humid feeling with the smell of the ocean. It is accompanied by sweat and makes the clothes stick to the body, making the mood more irritable.
However, the hot weather cannot stop the enthusiasm of e-sports enthusiasts. At the Convention and Exhibition Center, a large number of gamers gathered here to watch the WCG China Finals.
At that time, e-sports competitions did not charge tickets. People came into the venue and found a place to sit wherever they wanted. If there were no seats, they would stand in the aisle.
In the e-sports competitions of that era, if you could come to support your own game, it would be a favor to the organizer. How dare you collect money?
In order to attract audiences, the organizers often organize some on-site lottery activities, give away game clients, or point cards and other things.
Unlike now, a three-day ticket at an IEM Chengdu station costs more than 3,000 yuan, and it’s not easy to buy.
The e-sports players of that era were all poor people who only ate one meal a day just to save money on Internet fees or game points. Before the emergence of "Zhengtu", game players did not have the concept of krypton gold.
Today's players are not only willing to spend money on equipment when playing games, but they can easily buy skins for a few bucks by opening boxes, and spending 3,000 yuan to watch a three-day game is just a small amount of money!
Zhang Wei came to the convention and exhibition center and followed the road signs towards the competition venue, taking a look at the surrounding exhibitors.
The 2005 WCG China Finals was co-organized with the Hannover International Information and Communication Technology Fair Asia. The exhibition is the big brother, and WCG can only be regarded as a free space.
The Hannover International Information and Communication Technology Exhibition was the largest information and communication engineering exhibition at that time. This exhibition was first part of the Hannover Industrial Fair, and at first it only exhibited some new landline phones.
In 1986, with the rapid development of information and communication technology, items such as pagers and mobile phones had become popular in developed areas. At this time, the information and communication technology exhibition was separated from the industrial exhibition. became a separate exhibition.
Due to the rapid development of information and communication technology, the Hannover International Information and Communication Technology Exhibition is also developing rapidly.
In the 1980s, the exhibition only displayed communication products such as pagers and mobile phones. In the 1990s, it also exhibited home game consoles, entertainment hardware equipment, and entertainment electronic equipment. For example, Nintendo's new game console and Sony's new Walkman can all be seen at this exhibition.
After entering the 21st century, mobile communications have entered the 2G era, and the Internet has also developed rapidly. The Hannover International Information and Communication Technology Exhibition has also added an IT part of the exhibition. It is also for this reason that Zhang Weicai borrowed In the name of a gaming platform, we rented a booth.
Looking at the crowded visitors around him, Zhang Wei sighed: "I feel like this exhibition is not very lively! There are more exhibitors than visitors."
Yao Xiaoguang next to him spoke. He replied: "Maybe it's because of the working day. The day after tomorrow is the weekend, so there will definitely be more people. But there are quite a lot of spectators at the WCG arena. It happens to be summer vacation now, and many of them are students!"
Zhang Wei looked at a large advertisement in the distance, which introduced the key themes of this exhibition.
"Internet telephony? This is the theme of this year's exhibition, right? Another thing that clicked on the wrong technology tree!" Zhang Wei sighed softly.
"Wrong technology tree?" Yao Xiaoguang repeated this sentence, and then asked: "Can I understand that you are not optimistic about the development of Internet telephony?"
"Not optimistic at all! I think this thing is like taking off your pants and farting! Why do you still need to make phone calls when you have the Internet? Wouldn't it be better to directly develop voice chat software?" Zhang Wei replied.
“But you can’t sit in front of the computer at any time! For example, if you are in the United States and I want to call you, I can use this Internet phone function and dial your number directly from my computer. , I can talk to you.”
“Then if you dial my number directly with your mobile phone, won’t you also be able to make a call?” Zhang Wei said with a smile.
"But Internet phone calls are cheap! Using a mobile phone to make a call costs 50 cents per minute. Using this Internet phone call costs 10 or 20 cents per minute. Some Internet phone operators even offer free calls!"
Yao Xiaoguang said, pointing to the booth in front, and continued: "Over there is a company in the special zone called Huawei. This time they exhibited the Internet phone system independently developed by our country. They said it can be stable. Maintain an online capacity of 5 million, leading the world!"
"Huawei is so awesome now! If I have a chance, I have to go and see it." Zhang Wei looked in the direction of Huawei's booth. He glanced at it and then said:
"Mobile information charges cannot always be so high. They will definitely come down gradually. And for ordinary people, how many hours of phone calls can they make in a day? There is no need to save a few cents. , specifically looking for a computer with Internet access?
The biggest feature of mobile communication is timeliness. I have a mobile phone in hand, and I can answer and make calls anytime and anywhere. If it is just for cheap calls, I can go to the roadside. A public phone or a dedicated phone number are cheaper than a mobile phone.
Therefore, except for occupations that require long-term phone calls, Internet phone calls are basically useless and unlikely to be popular. Instead of spending time on this thing, you might as well find a way to integrate QQ into your mobile phone, so that you can chat on QQ anytime and anywhere in the future. ”
“Chat QQ anytime and anywhere? This is not a bad idea. "Yao Xiaoguang nodded.
The two chatted and then came to the WCG China competition venue.
Yao Xiaoguang pointed with his finger: "That's the WCG competition venue over there. Next to it is the booth we rented, right next to the WCG competition venue. ”
“Go to our booth first. "Zhang Wei said immediately.
It's said to be a booth, but it's actually a battle area. There is a large projection screen in the middle, and there are five computers on the left and right sides, just enough to play a game of DOTA.
Outside are several rows of simple seats, prepared for the audience. There are not many seats, only about a hundred by visual inspection.
“The booth space is limited, so I can only arrange it like this. It still takes up a lot of public space! A property manager came over before and asked us not to occupy public space. I gave the property manager two thousand dollars. I gave him two pieces of red envelope and solved the problem.”
“The Zhonghua you are talking about is not toothpaste, right?” Zhang Wei asked teasingly.
"You will give toothpaste as a gift?" Yao Xiaoguang rolled his eyes at Zhang Wei, and then asked: "If there is anything that needs to be improved in our exhibition area, please put it forward as soon as possible, and I will contact the construction team immediately to make changes. ”
"In general, there is no problem, but the details need to be changed. First of all, we need to add an eye-catching banner with the words WGG China Finals "Warcraft 3" DOTA project competition site, and hang it in the most conspicuous position so that people can see it at a glance See." Zhang Wei said.
"WGG? Not WCG?" Yao Xiaoguang asked.
Zhang Wei replied: "They call it WCG, and we are also WCG. Isn't it an infringement? So we call it WGG, and the full English name is WorldGoodGames.
Anyway, the capital C and the capital G is almost the same. I asked the designer to make the check mark of the subtitle G smaller, so that the G looks like a C. Those who don’t know really think that we are also a WCG competition, and this will make it more popular!
In addition, make a few more signboards and place them around, including the notice of the game time, to let the audience know that we also have games to watch here
We can also print some more flyers and distribute them to the audience who come to watch WCG. Especially the audiences who come to watch the World of Warcraft game are our potential customers, so the flyers must be distributed in place. "
"I understand, the main thing is to increase publicity! "Yao Xiaoguang took a pen and made a brief note, then continued to ask: Is there anything else?"
Zhang Wei thought for a while and said, "It would be best to hire a few young and beautiful girls."
"You mean looking for a model platform?" Yao Xiaoguang frowned, and then said: "Of those exhibitors displaying physical objects, there are quite a few looking for a model platform. The female model stood there, holding her hands. Holding a new mobile phone in his hand, showing it to the audience is indeed quite impressive, but we are making a game, and the game is a virtual item, not a real thing, so we can’t let the model show it to the audience! You can’t just make a few brands with the letters DOTA on them and let female models walk around with them, right?”
"It's so expensive to find a model! How many hundreds of models can be found in this kind of exhibition a day? If you have a good appearance, you dare to charge thousands of yuan? Then go and find a part-time job with an ordinary female college student. You don't have to be beautiful and look sunny. As long as they are cute, let them tie up their ponytails and put on white T-shirts, full of youthful atmosphere!" Zhang Wei said.
“Why are you looking for them?” Yao Xiaoguang asked with a puzzled look on his face.
“Be a cheerleader! When the DOTA game is played, call out ‘Brother, come on’ from time to time. When you see an organic kill, cheer and liven up the atmosphere.”
"Well, it's just a game, is this necessary?"
"Have you never seen the StarCraft competition in South Korea? When the players were playing, there were beautiful little girls standing behind them. One was named Xiao Beautiful, one is called Tiantian ”
"Xiaomei? Tiantian? Are you sure this is a Korean name?"
"One is very beautiful, and the other is very sweet." Zhang Wei paused, then continued: "These days Those who play games are all singles, but who would be addicted to games if they have a partner? If you want to attract these singles, you have to find young girls here.
There are many young girls here. After shouting a few times, the singles in the venue next door knew that there were girls here, so they all came over! The popularity of our place has gathered,"
Zhang Wei couldn't help but say it. Thinking of playing CSGO or PUBG in later generations, once a girl appeared in the voice, the teammates all became excited, as if they had not seen a woman in several lifetimes.
Yao Xiaoguang said: "Since finding young girls can gather popularity, why don't we just hire models. Although the price is a bit more expensive, it's worth it! There are several 1.7-meter-long girls If you stand there with your legs, it won’t catch your eye!”
"What's the point of just being lazy!" Zhang Wei chuckled, and continued: "You have a row of 1.7-meter long legs, which is very eye-catching, but it can only be used for looking at it, and it is completely ungrounded! < br>
There is a saying that you can only watch from a distance, not play with it! How many of those players who play games in Internet cafes every day are successful? A model with long legs?
Even if she is pretty and beautiful, she knows she can’t afford it, but she doesn’t have any evil intentions. If all of them don’t have the trouble to look at her and leave, then what can we do? Gather popularity?
So don’t look for models to help. If you are looking for lively female college students, let those gamers feel that they have a chance, so that they will put more
It’s like, if you plan to buy a car, will you test drive a Ferrari? Surely not? Then why don’t you test drive a Ferrari? Or is it not good enough? Are you not interested in Ferrari?
You don't test drive a Ferrari because the price of Ferrari is beyond your ability, so at most you just look at the pictures online, and you don't even have any interest in understanding the configuration. Because it’s useless to understand, you can’t afford it!
But what if the Ferrari is replaced by a Buick, Toyota, Honda or Hyundai? Then the situation would be different! You can afford these cars, so you take the time to understand the configurations of these cars and go to 4S stores for test drives. Even if you can't afford it now, you can buy one later by saving up enough money.
If we really have a row of 1.7-meter long-legged models, it will be equivalent to opening a Ferrari 4S store. If there is no eight-digit number in the bankbook, it will be too embarrassed to come in and look at the cars. Ferrari is not something that ordinary people can afford if they save money. Most people can't afford a second-hand Ferrari even if they save some money. "
"It seems to be true. Okay, just do as you say, I'll make arrangements right away! "
Yao Xiaoguang nodded suddenly, then stared at Zhang Wei curiously, and then said; "By the way, you are only twenty years old, right? Why are there so many colorful intestines? This is not what college students should be like! ”
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As the weekend approaches, the WCG China Division competition has officially begun.
This year's WCG, the competition items are similar to last year, they are still Warcraft 3, StarCraft, Need for Speed, FIFA, and CS1.6.
There were also quite a few spectators at the venue, and it seemed to be more than last year.
The e-sports atmosphere in the Magic City is indeed better than that in the capital. The main advantage of Beijing is that there are many universities. There are a group of college students who are keen on playing games, which provides the soil for e-sports to survive.
The Magic City is more open, and ordinary people are more accepting of e-sports. In addition, IT-related industries are relatively developed, so the e-sports environment is also very good.
A few young men who looked like college students came to the vicinity of the stadium, but it was obviously their first time here. They looked around, as if they were a little lost.
“Do you know where the competition venue is?”
“I don’t know, it’s my first time here too!”
“There seems to be instructions over there. Let’s go over and take a look.”
Several people approached and saw the sign saying: To watch the "Warcraft 3" game, turn left 45 meters ahead.
"It says, turn left ahead!"
A few people walked in the direction of the sign. As soon as they turned left, they saw a large projection screen in the distance. People are gathering under the big screen.
“Is the competition venue in front of you? It looks a bit crude!”
“You’ll know if you go over and take a look.”
A few people got closer and finally saw the banner: WGG China Finals "Warcraft 3" DOTA project competition site.
"DOTA project? What is that?"
"It says "Warcraft 3", what does it mean to add a DOTA project after it?"
"I don't know Ah. I came to see StarCraft.”
“Are we in the wrong place?”
When several people were hesitating, they only heard a female voice: "Brother, come on!"
"Did you hear it? There seems to be a beautiful woman, why don't you go and have a look?"
The few people looked at each other for two seconds, and then walked in the direction of the sound without hesitation.
(End of this chapter)