This year's e-sports tournament is unprecedented.

Although before the advent of CG, there were already two major events, ESC and CPL, but it has to be said that these two major events are very average, far from being a success, of course, in this era, the scale of these two major events has been quite good, and there are many audiences. However, there are very few Asian players in their coverage, and it has to be said that this is a major drawback of these two major tournaments.

So now, the CG of the Asians is here.

Blizzard stepped forward and contacted other game manufacturers, and after some negotiations, Valve's CS (Counter-Strike), Blizzard's StarCraft (StarCraft I.), Electronic Arts' FIFA, Microsoft's Age of Empires and other games became official competitions. Games such as Mjolnir, Rainbow Adventure, Need for Speed and other games appear as show items.

In order to ensure the success of this competition, Zhou Fangyuan made a lot of arrangements.

In terms of promotion, Brother Xiao Ma is the best person, as well as other Internet companies under Zhou Fangyuan, all of which are making efforts. In the game, on the web, on the computer login screen, there are all kinds of advertisements to tell all players that their own game has begun!

There is also a sales page for e-tickets on the website, and customers who have successfully purchased tickets will receive an 18-digit alphanumeric string through which they can enter the venue on the day of the competition.

The customer's problem is easy to solve, in fact, everyone has been looking forward to such a formal competition project, and now Blizzard has led this competition, and players around the world are crazy, I don't know how many people want to buy a plane ticket to Hong Kong Island, and want to watch the game between the gods in person.

The question of the players is a little more troublesome, after all, there are many masters who may not know this news, or they may not be interested in participating in the competition or anything at all, so in order to attract the masters to participate, the organizing committee of the event announced in advance the number of bonuses for different rankings.

The first place in each competition can get a prize of 300,000 US dollars, the second place is 130,000 yuan, and the third place is 50,000 yuan, which is equivalent to 2.5 million, 1.1 million and 400,000 soft girl coins respectively. After the third place, there are also rewards, such as the Best Moment Award, a prize of 5,000 US dollars, to reward those players who have a wonderful performance in the game, and there is no upper limit to the number, basically as long as it is recognized by the judges and is also recognized by netizens, you can win the award. Another example is the participation award, where each person can get a small gift prepared for them by the organizing committee.

The organising committee will also cover the cost of travel and accommodation for all participants, of course, only for those who make it to the finals.

Because it was the first time to hold the competition, it was not possible to conduct auditions, so basically all the contestants had to gather on Hong Kong Island and then conduct a preliminary audition to determine the list of finalists. Those who can enter the list are naturally provided with good food and drink. As for those who can't even make it to the finals, if they have a wonderful performance, they can also get the $500 bonus. If you don't even have a wonderful performance, then I'm sorry, there is only a small gift from the organizing committee.

After all, you can't even enter the finals, either you are in a very poor state, or your level is too low, such a player, then you can only hehe.

The schedule has also been set, July 15 is the opening ceremony, because it is the first competition, although there are well-known game companies such as Blizzard as the promoter, but the fame of the competition is still not big enough, so the top international superstars are not invited to help. And if the top stars are invited in the first competition, what will happen to the future competitions?

So in the end, after a long time of consideration and screening, Xiao Li, as the chairman of the organizing committee, decided to invite a few second-tier stars from the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and then invite some well-known stars from Europe and the United States to help out in the hot field. It's not that big stars can't be invited, as long as they are willing to spend money, no one will get along with money. However, for the sake of each subsequent competition, don't raise the style too high all at once in the first session, otherwise it will be difficult to do it in the future.

People from several major game companies also came to Hong Kong Island, basically a vice president led the team, and then a few engineers accompanied him. The role of an engineer is to solve problems in their own games as quickly as possible. After all, this time it's not just the average player playing the game, it's an open and fair contest, and if you can't do it foolproof, it's a real shame.

Of course, if they can do well enough, as long as the fame of the competition is promoted, these game companies will also benefit. So whether it's a benefit or a bad luck, it all depends on the quality and stability of the game, and a thousand times there are usually mistakes, which may not be as serious as a problem in the middle of the game.

Most of the contestants have also come to Hong Kong Island, and a small number of them are also flying in the sky and floating on the sea, and most of them can arrive today. In order to prepare a place for the players to live, the organizing committee specially chartered three floors of a three-star hotel, which were temporarily provided free of charge for the players.

Therefore, in order to get this competition up, Xiao Li really put a lot of thought into it, mainly because the money was not spent, so far, he has thrown out at least millions of Hong Kong dollars, and the game will start, and it will be a big head when the time comes. But the ticket money for the competition venue can't be recovered, so holding this competition is basically a loss of money.

If there are sponsors, you can also get some of yourself back, but after all, it is the first time in this form of competition, and no one knows if this competition can become popular, and none of the sponsors from all walks of life are willing to pay, even if it is Xiao Li.

So in the end, the sponsors of the competition were shared between the distant network and Xiao Li.

Xiao Li's Yingke Digital occupies 30% of the advertising space, and the distance occupies 70%. The seventy percent of the advertising space cost Zhou Fangyuan five million soft girl coins, but he knew that the money was well spent, plus the part of the cost that he had to share in the entire competition, at least 10 million soft girl coins had to be added. But it's still worth it, why? Because as long as this competition is done well, not only can the Chinese e-sports circle start earlier, the development speed of domestic games can also be improved, but also can give a great reputation to the distant network, Blizzard, Tencent, Ali, Yuanfang, these network companies are all beneficiaries.

The most important thing is that he wants to get this name, he has long seen those awesome sticks that are not pleasing to the eye, and now that he finally has the opportunity to pit them, he will not give up no matter what.

There are benefits and gains, so a certain degree of dedication should also be due.

And he has another purpose in this tournament, which is to promote his game.

The trial versions of "Journey to the West" and "Plants vs. Zombies" have been made out in advance, and Zhou Fangyuan personally went into battle, instructing the artists to beautify the game screen, and the game CG is also, handed over to Blizzard to produce. It can be said that he just wants to take advantage of this competition and forcibly boost a wave of his own game, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone, so it is completely worth the money. If you are willing to spend money, you can make money in the future!

In short, with the help of this meal, Xiao Li described the entire content of the entire game to Zhou Fangyuan in detail.

Of course, it's not a request, but an informant. Xiao Li is more experienced than Zhou Fangyuan in this regard, and he can find a professional team, which Zhou Fangyuan can't do, so this matter is left to Xiao Li to do, and Zhou Fangyuan is very relieved.

As for what Xiao Li is doing so much for...... Quite simply, he's enjoying it all now.

His father is the richest man in Li, and it can be said that Xiao Li was born with a golden soup spoon in his mouth, and he has been clothed and fed since he was a child, enjoying the best education and life. Of course, he himself is also very hard working in his studies, and he is also very good, but now what he is doing in Wulu, everyone thinks that it is his father's credit.

Of course, the richest man Li must have the credit, but Xiao Li still hopes to get rid of his father's shadow, he doesn't want to be someone's son, he wants to be himself. And this e-sports competition, he can now be regarded as one of the initiators, and except for some official procedures that still need to be handled by his father, everything else is done by himself.

Getting a competition out of scratch, he was already filled with a sense of accomplishment in his heart. All he's looking forward to now is a smooth end to the tournament and a good experience of the thrill that comes after success.

After dinner, Xiao Li asked the driver to send Zhou Fangyuan back to the hotel.

Xiao Li prepared a five-star hotel on Hong Kong Island for Zhou Fangyuan, as one of the four Asian tigers, there are many five-star hotels on Hong Kong Island. Xiao Li prepared one of the more famous ones for Zhou Fangyuan, called Excelsior Hotel, which is a very famous hotel.

The hotel was opened in '73 and was once the warehouse of the famous Jardine Matheson & Co. before being converted into a hotel.

The hotel is located right next to the Victoria Sea, as long as you stand in the window, you can see the beautiful scenery of Victoria Harbour, which is definitely a super prime location. Zhou Fangyuan doesn't know how much the top suite here costs for a night, but it's certainly not cheap.

Standing in front of the window and watching the scenery for a while, Zhou Fangyuan turned around and went back to the house to sleep.

After a night of silence, he woke up early the next morning and changed the formal clothes that Xiao Li had prepared for him. By the time he walked downstairs after breakfast, Xiao Li's driver had been waiting outside the door for a long time.

Sitting in the car, under the leadership of the driver, Zhou Fangyuan drove all the way towards the Hongkan Stadium, the road was full of pedestrians, at this time Hong Kong Island was already very prosperous, and the situation on the road was not an exaggeration to describe it as busy. When approaching the Hongkan Gymnasium, there were suddenly more crooked nuts on the road, of course, more Chinese.

The car passed through the crowd and drove into the underground parking lot, and when Zhou Fangyuan took the store to the inside of the gymnasium, Xiao Li was already waiting for him outside the elevator door. Seeing Zhou Fangyuan dressed like a dog, Xiao Li grinned.

"Okay, get ready, I'll be ready to enter after a while. ”

Xiao Li helped Zhou Fangyuan tidy up the collar of his suit and said with a smile.

Zhou Fangyuan suddenly felt that he was actually a little nervous at this moment, he could only look ahead without squinting, adjust his breathing, and calm down his mind as soon as possible.