Chapter Ninety-Seven: Starry Sky Cup
June 6 is the day when the monthly comic magazines of the Order of the Phoenix and the Sun Moon Society go on sale for the third time.
At the same time, because Wu Ming likes Liuda Shun very much, today is also the opening day of the "Starry Sky Cup".
The "Star Cup" will last for a week, and the projects are divided into four categories: Rubik's Cube, Yo-Yo, Roller Skating, and Arcade.
In order to make this "Star Cup" more attractive, Wu Ming not only made gold, silver and bronze medals representing honor, but also took out a total of millions of dollars in bonuses for this.
With money and honor in front of you, you are not afraid that players around the world will not be tempted.
Indeed, you must know that there are more than 40 events in all four categories of this competition.
Although there is a big difference in prize money by category, for example, the prize money in roller skating competitions is relatively low.
This is mainly because the rules of the roller skating competition system were invented by Wu Ming by synthesizing the rules of the competition system of those roller skating championships that were more famous in his previous life.
It is not only divided into men's and women's groups, but also divided into youth groups and adult groups, plus there are many roller skating events, such as what flower style, freestyle, speed style, and finally there are 32 roller skating events alone.
Wu Ming dared to give too many bonuses, and finally set the prize money for the roller skating category at $50,000 for the champion, $20,000 for the runner-up, and $10,000 for the third runner-up.
But even $10,000 is remarkable, and now the average person earns $10,000 a year in the United States, a beacon country of capitalism.
Therefore, in a short period of time, hundreds of thousands of outsiders will pour into Xiangjiang.
Of course, although this time plus bonuses, venue fees, service fees and other expenses, a total cost of tens of millions of dollars, but Wu Ming actually did not lose much.
The first is the broadcast cost of the "Star Cup" event, which adds up to more than $5 million in various countries and regions.
Then, the various sponsorship fees such as beverages, clothing, hotel meals, etc., add up to more than four million dollars.
Combined with the ticket money for the event, there are also more than three million dollars.
Really calculated, this "Star Cup" also earned about two million dollars.
After reading the report, Wu Ming couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder all countries are rushing to host the World Cup, these commercial events are too profitable." ”
Wu Ming's determination to run the "Star Cup" well has also become firmer, not to mention becoming a super event at the level of the World Cup and the Olympic Games, at least it must become a top-ranked event in the world.
On the first day, there will be a 300-meter time trial in roller skating, a one-handed online freestyle race and a two-handed slalom freestyle in the yo-yo category.
In the morning, it was the opening ceremony and qualifiers, which were just appetizers, so Wu Ming was not there.
It wasn't until the finals in the afternoon that the main drama began, and Wu Ming brought his friends to the arena in person.
"Boss, you're here. ”
On the VIP seat, Lu Junxiang greeted Wu Ming with a smile when he saw Wu Ming coming.
Wu Ming nodded and said with a smile: "How about it, the event is going well!"
Lu Junxiang nodded vigorously and said excitedly: "It's very smooth, this time our 'Starry Sky Cup' will definitely be able to show its face in the world." ”
Wu Ming smiled: "That's good, this is the first world event hosted by our Chinese, and we can't mess it up." ”
"You can rest assured, I won't let you down. ”
"Alright, the game is about to start, let's watch the game!"
I saw that on the scene, a standard white runner with blond hair and blue eyes had already stood on the starting line.
I saw a female host standing in front of the camera with a microphone and talking.
"Hello everyone, I'm Ma Yanlan, the host of Li's TV station! Now, I am at the final of the 300-meter time trial of the 'Star Cup World Roller Skating Competition' organized by our super genius Wu Ming in Hong Kong. ”
After speaking, Ma Yanlan pointed to the audience.
"As you can see, the audience seats at the final site are already full, and there must be many friends waiting anxiously outside the stadium because they haven't bought tickets. It can be seen from this that since single-row roller skating was invented by Tole Toys, roller skating has become more and more popular as a sport. ”
"The first player to start now is Peter Wilson from the United States. Without further ado, let's take a look at what this fighter has to offer. ”
There was a bang, a gunshot rang out, and Peter kicked his legs hard like an arrow off the string, and rushed quickly towards the finish line.
I only heard the audience shouting loudly, cheering and shouting together, as if everyone wanted to pass on all their strength to the runners who were sprinting towards the finish line through loud shouts.
In the VIP seat, the little girl Zhu Yin on the side suddenly shouted.
"Wow, Brother Ming, those people are so powerful, they actually run so fast. I've never seen it so fast!"
Hearing this, Wu Ming smiled and said: "Single-row roller skates have just been invented not long ago, these people are not familiar with them, and when they are proficient, the speed will be faster." ”
"Really, it's already so fast, and it can be even faster. Noriko Sakai, who was sitting on the other side, exclaimed.
Wu Ming smiled slightly and sighed: "The potential of human beings is infinite!"
Half an hour later, the competition was over, and most of the top players were from Europe, winning gold and silver medals.
After all, people have a tradition of roller skating, and they have been playing double-row roller skating since hundreds of years ago, so they are naturally much stronger than competitors from other countries.
It's just that to Wu Ming's surprise, it was actually a local player from Xiangjiang who won the bronze medal.
Most of the people who came to the scene to watch the game were Xiangjiang locals, and they all cheered warmly when they saw that it was actually Xiangjiang people who won the bronze medal.
"Audience friends, have you seen that the bronze medal in the men's youth 300m individual time trial is Li Jianfeng from Xiangjiang. It's incredible, and it's exciting. ”
"You know, we in Xiangjiang only half a year ago, because of the Dole toys, began to rise single-row roller skating, I didn't expect Li Jianfeng to be able to win a bronze medal among many roller skating powerhouses, I am proud of him. ”
Ma Yanlan stood in front of the camera, dancing excitedly, with a fanatical expression, commenting on the competition.
All the Chinese people in front of the TV also cheered happily and rushed to tell each other.
In this era, the Chinese people in Hong Kong were conflicted, on the one hand, they groveled to the British government, and on the other hand, they were proud of their 5,000-year-old history in China.
Although this is only a small sports competition, it is also a large-scale event in the world, which is enough to prove that Chinese people are no worse than foreigners.