Chapter 474 He took up China E-Sports
Singapore Changi Airport is located in Singapore, a "really small country".
The total land area is only more than 700 square kilometers, which is approximately equivalent to 1/9 of the Magic City and 1/22 of the Imperial City.
Or to use a more popular metaphor in later generations, it is equivalent to 1/81 of Tongliao...
But this small piece of land has strangled the throat of the Strait of Malacca, a shipping artery. The location, coupled with the leadership's ability to play both sides (sitting on the fence) between the Eastern and Western camps, allows this piece of land to produce a GDP that exceeds the GDP of the most prosperous city in China, the Magic City.
Every inch of land counts for money, never exaggerating.
Now Zhang Yuan leads the game team and lands safely at Changi Airport.
Although it is the end of the year and the beginning of winter, the temperature here is still as warm as early summer.
Zhang Yuan glanced at the group of young men behind him who were wearing cotton-padded jackets and were anxious to take off their clothes due to the heat. He said to himself, "Don't you check the weather forecast before going abroad?"
Changi Airport is very prosperous, and there are still many areas to be developed. In later generations, this place will basically be equivalent to a large entertainment center.
Hotels, amusement parks, shopping malls, and various restaurants are all available.
The members of the e-sports team who had never been abroad were dazzled and they didn’t know where to turn their eyes.
Before leaving the country, the leaders of the General Administration of Sports even called the club several times to express their concern.
The content is nothing more than a competition of style and brilliance in the hope of getting good results.
But after what the club leader said, Zhang Yuaneng could tell that the General Administration of Sports had expectations for the e-sports department, but not much.
After all, it didn't cost much, and the main funds were spent on major sports such as gymnastics, diving, and table tennis that produced the most results.
Huh...
After arriving at the airport exit, two black business cars parked steadily in front of everyone.
This is the pick-up and drop-off service provided by the hotel. Of course, if they only book a regular room, they will have to pay separately.
“Damn, it’s so high-end.” Li Xiaofeng, the protagonist of this event, looked at the vehicle blankly. He had never enjoyed the airport pick-up treatment in such a luxury car.
Divide two cars to the Pan Pacific Hotel.
Zhang Yuan originally thought that when he went abroad, he would have to stay at the most famous Sands Hotel in Singapore. We were also proud of it.
After checking, I found that the foundation of the Sands Hotel had not even been laid in 2005...
Later, I thought about booking a hotel with Hilton, since it can be considered a chain of five-star hotels.
As a result, I checked again and found that there are a lot of posts about supernatural events at the Singapore Hilton.
It's either a dismemberment case or the bride holding the urn and crying in the middle of the night.
Zhang Yuan thought for a while, I brought people here to fight the foreign devils, not the foreign "devils", so he finally changed to the Pan Pacific Hotel.
This hotel is very distinctive. There is a circular podium in front of a tall building, and on the top of the podium is a large circular swimming pool.
From a distance, this hotel looks like a flush toilet...
"Why do you think Brother Yuan personally led the team this time?"
"Yes, he is such a busy big star, and he came with us in person."
In the next car, the club leader was muttering.
"Yeah, I don't understand either." The club manager scratched his head and said in confusion.
“I heard that he told Li Xiaofeng that as long as he finishes in the top three, the bonus will be doubled.”
“He is responsible for all the air tickets, hotels, food and drinks for this trip. It feels like we can’t afford it if we don’t spend more than 100,000 yuan.”
"Well, with only the subsidy from the General Administration of Sports, we have to take three trips to Singapore. It's all paid for by him."
"So, there is only one possibility!" Club manager Zhou Hao He said with firm eyes.
"That's it...he really loves games and e-sports!"
"Yes, yes..."
"That's right."
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"It's just..."
In fact, Zhang Yuan loves playing games, but not as much as they imagined.
At least not as much as I would spend millions on it these days.
The reason why he is so supportive is that in addition to the current main game players, who are basically the first batch of netizens in the Chinese Internet era, this group of people will also be the main consumer group in the game and entertainment industry in the next ten years.
Secondly, he did this to gain a chance to leave his name in history.
After arriving at the hotel, check in and look at the price list posted on the wall.
The cheapest standard room here is about 1,500 per night.
Li Xiaofeng thought for a while, I can only stay for one night with my monthly salary.
If boss Zhang Yuan hadn’t led the team, I wouldn’t be able to live in this place even if I were killed!
【Received thanks from Li Xiaofeng, reaction speed +1, game foundation +1! 】
After putting down their luggage, Zhang Yuan even took them to have a Zhuangxing dinner.
Pepper crab, Hainanese chicken, bak kut teh, curry fish head... these people had a great time.
"I wish you good results in the next few days." Zhang Yuan specially gave Li Xiaofeng a toast.
When paying the bill, Li Xiaofeng glanced at the receipt in Zhang Yuan's hand.
For more than 2,000 Singapore dollars, there is still a 10% service fee.
He thought about eating a top-of-the-line computer in one meal.
The boss treated me so well, and I have nothing else to do in return other than playing well.
The next day, inside the arena.
This time, in addition to Li Xiaofeng, whose ID is SKY, China's players participating in the "Warcraft 3" project include two legendary "Warcraft" players, SUHO and XIAOT.
Among them, SUHO signed a contract with the Shaanxi Sports Bureau and is already considered an e-sports player within the system.
And XIAOT opened its own club.
SKY is the weakest in terms of status and financial resources.
But now that he has Zhang Yuan's support, he is simply inhumane.
“What, you are staying in a five-star hotel!”
“What, you ate more than two thousand Singapore dollars in one meal.”
When the three of them were chatting before the game, Li Xiaofeng put on a good show, which made the two brothers envious.
“Now I just want to beat you all to death, or be beaten to death by you all!” Li Xiaofeng said boldly.
Then, the group stage.
This guy was knocked down by a player from Xiangjiang and entered into a life and death elimination battle.
The top management of the club were all silent.
It feels cooler this time.
The boss gave us delicious food and drinks. If we go home in despair during the group stage, how can we have the face to see others?
What’s even more terrifying is that SKY’s opponent in the elimination round is Grubby, the famous beast king of that era.
Everyone in the club turned to look at Zhang Yuan in the audience, but unexpectedly discovered that this man looked calm and calm, without any trace of panic or black face.
"How about he is someone who does big things..." the club manager muttered.
Soon, in the life-and-death battle, SKY easily defeated the Beast King and got the last spot in the qualifying round, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
The main reason is that Beast King has already qualified early, so this match was a little bit soy...
On the second day, 32 scored 16 and 16 scored 8.
Zhang Yuan almost fell asleep watching the game today.
Basically, Li Xiaofeng chopping melons and vegetables, because his opponent is really not that good.
On the third day, in the quarter-finals, SKY faced off against Creolophus, a Norwegian player nicknamed Mushroom and a legend in the "Warcraft 3" project.
After being beaten in the first set, SKY exploded and won the game by winning 20% in a row.
On the fourth day, the semi-finals were against European King TOD.
Li Xiaofeng really went abroad to fight foreign devils this time.
This is considered a match for the chess game. The two of them are equally good at each other and have a great time.
And Li Xiaofeng is still the same as before, first "giving up one hand", and then struggling to recover two hands to win.
The fifth day, the finals.
Zhang Yuan came to the competition site carrying a large black plastic painting tube.
He specially asked Zhao Jue to arrive in advance and help him get a front-row C seat.
"Brother Yuan, does the double bonus count that I said before?" Before the competition, Li Xiaofeng came to him and asked confidently.
"What I said must be counted." Zhang Yuan replied with a calm smile: "Why, do you want to create a signature for you and press your fingerprint?"
"No, no, I'm just asking. Ask..." This guy smiled and scratched his head.
The reason why he is so confident is because in yesterday's semi-finals, Grubby and FoV, two top players of the same team, known as the Beast King and the Ghost King, fought among themselves. The Beast King won, but fell to the level. In front of the general ShortRound.
Li Xiaofeng was stunned.
This is equivalent to the Prime Minister leaving Qishan, only to find that Cao Wei has been destroyed by Meng Huo...
Happiness came so suddenly that he couldn't believe it.
He came to ask Zhang Yuan specifically because he felt that he had a good chance of winning!
At this moment, the balance of victory has tipped to him.
Sure enough, in the subsequent finals, Li Xiaofeng won two games in a row like a chopping melon and vegetables, and easily defeated his opponent. This final was simply like a dream.
The comparison of the two's abilities is basically the same as the comparison of Zhang Yuan and Liu Qianqian's acting skills on the set.
It cannot be said that we have met our opponent in chess, I can only say that there is no suspense.
The moment the opponent played GG, an invisible crown fell from the sky and fell on the head of this short young man from Ruzhou, Henan.
From this moment on, he became a legend in the history of Chinese e-sports.
China’s first world champion was not him.
They are two players named Ma Tianyuan and Wei Qidi. They won the "StarCraft" world championship in the 2001 WCG.
Unfortunately, it is a 2V2 double champion.
For a project like real-time strategy that emphasizes individual abilities, this double champion is good, but not substantial enough.
China’s first single champion is still not him.
He is an old man from Sichuan named Meng Yang.
However, the project for which he won the world championship was called "DOOM3".
It is also known as "Doom".
The game "Doom" is very famous and has greatly promoted the development of the entire gaming industry, but it is not very popular in China.
The popularity is far less than that of CS in the same period.
So this gold medal has enough weight, but not enough heat.
Now, SKY has won a world gold medal that is so popular and important that it can shock the entire Chinese e-sports industry.
He is the key man who started the wave of e-sports in China.
“It’s time!” Zhang Yuan called to his assistant.
Zhao Xunjue immediately opened the black painting tube that Zhang Yuan carried with him.
Unscrew the lid, take out the items inside, and hand them to Zhang Yuan.
This is a bright red flag!
This is what he asked Zhao Jue to prepare for him in advance.
Zhang Yuan stood up quickly, shook his hands, and unfolded the bright red flag in his hands. At the same time, he exerted force on his legs, and he rose into the air, leaping onto the one-meter-high stage in one step.
Li Xiaofeng was taking off his headphones on the stage, gritting his teeth and waving his fists, as if tears were about to well up from the corners of his eyes.
“Take it!”
At this moment, he heard someone whispering in his ear, and then a bright red flag was draped on his shoulders.
He just took it in a daze, and before he could react, he felt light.
When he came back to his senses, he found that he was already in mid-air.
Zhang Yuan exerted all his strength and lifted him directly onto his shoulders.
Since Zhang Yuan is almost twenty centimeters taller than him, the scene now looks a bit like a giant carrying a hobbit...
After Li Xiaofeng understood, he waved the flag and burst into tears.
Other people in the club also climbed onto the stage and surrounded the two people and cheered non-stop.
Countless flashlights lit up at this moment, firmly freezing this scene and sealing this eternal moment that has been recorded in the history of Chinese e-sports and Chinese sports.
Soon, the news spread back to the country.
The photo of Zhang Yuan carrying Li Xiaofeng, and Li Xiaofeng carrying the national flag, spread throughout major game websites and well-known forums.
"Isn't this Murong Fu?"
Soon someone discovered Hua Dian.
"What Murong Fu, isn't that Li Xiaoyao?"
"This is all played by one person!"
"I only recognize the boss of the Ax Gang. ”
"I know him, he was stabbed by Gao Yuanyuan!"
They don't know that Zhang Yuan also stabbed Gao Yuanyuan.
And he stabbed him for several nights...
"Isn't this Zhang Yuan? It's that star."
"Yes, it's him, exactly the same."< br>
"Why did he go to WCG?"
"He is still carrying our world championship."
"He is also a player?"
Soon someone was saying Found the answer on the Internet.
“Damn it, he is actually the boss of SKY!”
"It's still the club owner."
"It seems that celebrities have publicly supported e-sports, right?"
"We are all electronic XXX, who dares to support it."
< br>"Isn't he supportive?"
"Damn, I saw SKY posted on the forum, the WCG bonus is 25,000 US dollars!"
"This is making a fortune."
"How much is this? Can anyone tell me about the exchange rate?"
"The exchange rate is not important, SKY just said in the forum, Zhang Yuan I personally gave him another 25,000 US dollars, which is not included in the WCG bonus. "
"That's 50,000 US dollars!"
The forum buddies were almost crazy.
Not to mention these days, even after the Olympics, many parents still send their children to "detoxify from Internet addiction"!
It can be seen that at that time, from top to bottom in the country, most people had a negative attitude towards video games and the Internet.
So not to mention supporting e-sports, few celebrities in mainland China dare to openly say that they love playing games, for fear of being labeled by parents as villains who teach bad children.
Not to mention the support of real money like Zhang Yuan.
“It’s going to cost a lot to open a club and give bonuses.” Someone quickly suggested it.
"This is not much more upscale than those who buy luxury cars and mansions!"
"We who play games can be regarded as having a spokesperson.",
"I'm very embarrassed. I never I haven’t watched his TV series or movies.”
The movies and TV series Zhang Yuan has made have little overlap with gamers.
“I will definitely watch his TV series next time, and I will support whatever he says.”
"I will definitely go to the cinema when he makes a movie, just as I return a movie ticket to him!"
"I will return it too!"
"I will return it too!"
[Received thanks from Zhang Tianyi, visual ability +1! 】
【Received thanks from Sun Haohan, English basic +1! 】
[Received thanks from Hu Qinzhu, +1 for programming basics! 】
……
In an instant, a large group of Zhang Yuan’s “vote supplementary parties” from various industries and professions appeared on the Internet.
Some people even adjusted the photo of him carrying SKY and added subtitles to it.
“He took up China’s e-sports!”
This photo went viral in the gaming world and spread across all major online media platforms in China within 24 hours.
Because it was so popular, it was even featured in fashion and gossip media, as well as traditional print media platforms.
For a time, Zhang Yuan’s image was noisy in the dust.
Like a burning fire cooking oil, like a cluster of flowers.
At the same time, someone shouted in the forum.
“Just now when TOM.com voted for SKY’s most popular e-sports players of the year, I found that Zhang Yuan was also on the list.”
“But he is among the top four students, so he ranks quite high. ”
“There’s no need to wait for movie tickets, let’s vote first!”
The spending power and ability of otakus have always been underestimated.
Especially for tech geeks.
After all, Lei Jun and Ma Huateng were actually among the earliest tech geeks back then.
Boss Ma also pretended to be a female netizen to chat with QQ users.
In the early days of the Internet, the fairy jumped into yes.
And soon someone wants to truly feel the powerful energy brought by the unity of gamers...
(End of this chapter)