The main sponsor of The King of Fighters World Championship is Intel, and there are a number of smaller sponsors in each region. In order to attract these sponsorships, the event preparation team broke its leg and it took three years to convince Intel to pay for it.

The promotion of the contest was also very painstaking, mainly in a number of electronic magazines around the world. In the past few years, there has been no talk of e-sports, and when various e-magazines heard that Sega was going to hold a King of Fighters tournament, they all confiscated much advertising money and enthusiastically helped to promote it.

In addition, Oriental DreamWorks, one of the organizers of the competition, also filmed a global unified advertising for the King of Fighters Championship. In each region, there is a partner TV station that pays to broadcast the regional finals and world finals of The King of Fighters.

Of course, since no one knows what the ratings of this esports tournament will be, the broadcast fees given by the TV stations are very low, and the tournament team did not expect the first tournament to make money from the broadcast fees.

In any case, the world's e-sports tournament was successfully held.

In another time and space, "The King of Fighters", although extremely famous, is far from reaching the point of being the first in the industry. However, due to the emergence of Kang Jianfei, "The King of Fighters" came out several years ahead of schedule, and its high-quality characters and relatively balanced fighting system quickly gathered a large number of loyal fans.

The news of the King of Fighters World Championship has ignited the passion of countless players, and the low entry fee simply can't stop their impulse. In just half a month in the United States, there were more than 1,200 applicants, which greatly increased the workload of the preparatory personnel for the qualifiers.

Since it was the first time to hold such an event, many details were missed, and there were various surprises in the qualifiers, and there were many jokes in each region.

Fortunately, the "King of Fighters" tournament has caused a lot of public opinion turmoil in Hong Kong and Taiwan. For the vast majority of parents, video games are definitely a plaything, and how many students skip class with pocket money to go to the arcade. This time, the game company actually held a competition in public and set up a high prize, isn't this using money to tempt children to play games?

Some parents in Taiwan wrote to the Information Bureau to demand that this kind of bad competition be banned, and some media also joined in to discuss this topic.

Eventually, The King of Fighters had to change its rules to require applicants to be at least 16 years old, and to set the date of each competition on a holiday.

As a result, it took two full months for the Taiwan Budget Tournament alone to finally hold the "First King of Fighters E-sports Championship - China Division Taiwan Division Finals" at Plaza Plaza Plaza Hotel Taipei.

Tickets for the finals, ranging from NT$500 to NT$1,000, were booked out half a month in advance, and more than 1,000 seats were packed.

Taiwan's qualifier registration fees, finals tickets, brand sponsorship, TV broadcasts, game peripherals, etc., add up to more than 20 million, excluding organizational publicity funds, venue rental costs, etc., which can also net 10 million Taiwan dollars.

Therefore, holding an e-sports tournament is definitely not a loss of money, and it can further promote the "King of Fighters" game, and it can also make a fortune in various regions. Taiwan and Hong Kong are small, and the United States and Japan both earn millions of dollars, not counting the World Finals.

According to the approximate proportion of the regional population, 8 Taiwanese players, 5 Hong Kong players, and 3 Macao players finally gathered in Hong Kong to participate in the Chinese finals at the Taiping Theater.

At this time, it was already early June, Kang Jianfei returned from filming in the United States, and "Jurassic Park" had entered the post-production stage.

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"Why don't you go to the game and come to me to watch TV?" Zhou Huimin came over with a cup of milk tea and said to Kang Jianfei, who was watching the game.

The King of Fighters' previous fights were all broadcast, but the regional finals were live, and the TV footage that the audience saw was only half an hour later than the scene.

Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "I definitely want to participate in the finals in Tokyo, and the competition here in Hong Kong will be forgotten." ”

Zhou Huimin looked at the TV and said, "What's so good about this kind of game competition? ”

Kang Jianfei said: "Young people like it. ”

Zhou Huimin glared at Kang Jianfei and asked with a playful smile: "Then you mean I'm old?" ”

"This is your own admission," Kang Jian quickly hugged Zhou Huimin into his arms, kissed her face and smiled, "I like you little old woman, give Uncle Ben a fragrance." ”

"Nasty, let me go!" Zhou Huimin pushed, and the two were unashamed to play and make love.

The match on TV has begun, and the host introduced 16 fighters from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, announced the rules of the fight, and then put a King of Fighters advertisement on the big screen.

The King of Fighters commercial on TV was just over 10 seconds, but the full 5-minute version was shown at the show, and many celebrities were invited to shoot it. Although it was only an advertising film, when Ye Zilin's Ignorant Fire Dance and Li Saifeng's Chunli appeared, the scene still erupted in bursts of cheers.

Sixteen contestants began to draw lots, and the host also took the opportunity to introduce the situation of each contestant.

The audience at the scene reacted quite enthusiastically, but Zhou Huimin was not interested, she lay tightly in Kang Jianfei's arms and talked, chatting about some interesting things she had encountered recently.

The match finally began, with the first match between Macau and Hong Kong, and the two put on headphones and began to choose the characters.

Kang Jianfei looked at TV with his eyes, but his hand gently stroked Zhou Huimin's waist and advised: "Hong Kong is very chaotic this year, and you must bring your bodyguards when you go out in the future, and you must not be careless." ”

Zhou Huimin wanted to say that she was uncomfortable with her bodyguards, but she couldn't refuse Kang Jianfei's concern, so she had to agree in a low voice.

Not only told Zhou Huimin, this year Kang Jianfei has equipped all his women with bodyguards, and several children are under strict protection.

It's not that Kang Jianfei is too careful, but the law and order in Hong Kong this year is really bad, and both the rich and ordinary citizens are scared. In the past few months, the security company he and Ye Laosan have opened a prosperous business, and the number of wealthy Hong Kong people who hire bodyguards has increased exponentially.

On the Hong Kong Peninsula, which is the size of a palm, there are one or two violent incidents every month this year:

On January 19, four robbers robbed Tak Shing Watch Company on the ground floor of No. 5 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, losing a total of $3 million worth of watches, and a foreign female tourist was injured by stray bullets.

On February 24, a shootout between police and bandits broke out in Sha Tin urban area, in which a total of 19 shots were fired by both police and bandits, and one man died. On the same day, a street fight broke out between police and bandits on Lai Tak Street, Tai Kok Tsui.

On February 25, a rare Remington shotgun robbery occurred in Yau Ma Tei, in which two thieves robbed a gold store and robbed a gold ornament worth about $5 million, one of whom fired a shot and injured several people.

On 10 March, an armed robbery occurred in Sham Shui Po, but fortunately there were no casualties.

On April 21, the Tai Kok Tsui police rounded up the robbers of Kam Hong, and 17 police officers and civilians were injured by the robbers.

On April 24, the police rounded up the gang in Tai Kok Tsui, and the two sides opened fire more than 100 fierce shots, and the bandits detonated five grenades, injuring 12 city names and one police officer.

On May 5, five robbers robbed the Shui Hing Sparrow Shop on Portland Street in Mong Kok, and a customer of the Mahjong Shop was shot dead for failing to hand over a gold watch. When the robbers left, they took hostages in the downtown area, opened fire on the police, and threw multiple grenades, killing 2 and wounding 19.

Just last month, the Social Sciences Research Centre of the University of Hong Kong published a survey report showing that 84 percent of Hong Kong citizens supported the resumption of the death penalty, all of which were caused by the endless number of murder cases. In the past, robbery was a big deal to use knives and guns, but now it is a grenade at every turn, so it is not too cruel.

Zhou Huimin is actually a housemaid, she doesn't go out at all if she doesn't have to, she stays at home and plays the piano and paints to pass the whole day. So she didn't care about bringing bodyguards or something at any time, and no matter how chaotic Hong Kong was, it didn't matter much to her about it.

did not wear contact lenses at home, and at this time, Zhou Huimin had a pair of black-framed glasses on the bridge of her nose, which was not only ugly, but also gave people a dignified and intellectual feeling. Her white and tender fingers poked Kang Jianfei's chin and said, "I'm going to Taipei for a concert next month, will you come and accompany me?" ”

"Okay." Kang Jianfei promised that "Jurassic Park" is tentatively scheduled to be released at the end of July, and he will have time next month. Originally, it was very busy to do post-production for the film, but most of the work was handed over to the assistant director Cameron, and Kang Jianfei, the director, was in charge of the whole thing.

Zhou Huimin's glasses were too obstructive, so Kang Jianfei took them off and threw them on the coffee table, and the two kissed together on the sofa. At the moment of confusion, Zhou Huimin held Kang Jianfei's hand and said with a red face: "Go back to the bedroom, I'm afraid that my mother will come back and bump into me." ”

Kang Jianfei hugged his waist and carried Zhou Huimin back to the bedroom, and before he closed the door, the emotional head of the girl hooked Kang Jianfei's neck and couldn't wait to kiss him on the face.

Zhou Huimin's intoxicating panting sound was heard in the room, and the game on the TV continued.

In the end, 17-year-old Lin Zhengquan from Taipei County won the Chinese championship, 19-year-old Zhang Jinsheng from Tuen Mun, Hong Kong won the second place, and the third place was a player from Tainan.

When the three winners lifted the prize money high, the audience was boiling, and many young people in front of the TV were also excited.

The prize money for the champion of the competition is 5,000 US dollars, which is 39,000 yuan when converted into Hong Kong dollars, and more than 100,000 yuan when converted into Taiwan dollars. Now that you can win so much money by playing games, how can you not excite those young people who like the King of Fighters? The three winners became icons.

I heard that the prize money for the World Championship was $100,000, and those who thought they had good skills and missed out on this year's registration were regretted. More are gearing up, ready to hone their skills and wait for the next year.

Whether in Europe, the United States or Asia, the "King of Fighters" tournament is not a mainstream thing, and only some young people who love to play games pay attention to it. However, in the video game industry, it has attracted the attention of countless people, and its successful operation has brought a lot of inspiration to its peers, and the concept of e-sports has been proposed for the first time, bringing great prestige to Sega Games.

When it comes to e-sports, Kang Jianfei has to think of the famous Blizzard game company, which seems to have been founded at this time.

Some time ago, when he was filming in the United States, Kang Jianfei asked someone to inquire about Blizzard's news, and naturally had the intention of acquiring Blizzard. It's a pity that after asking for a long time, no one has heard of the name of this company, so Kang Jianfei had to give up for the time being. What he didn't know was that the Blizzard in 1992 was not called Blizzard, but the ugly and hard-to-remember broken name of "Silicon and Neural Bonds". R1152