Because it is the first WCG, there has never been any other high-level professional competitive competition in the world, so there is no zài S1 champion team, and the top three teams in the WCG Spring League can directly advance to the finals.

Yang Yun introduced: "In the final 32 finals, there are 6 teams in North America and South America, 8 in Europe and Africa, 8 in China (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), and 6 in Asia except China. ”

Lin Zhihong smiled bitterly: "Mr. Yang, I doubt now that we can afford to have 32 teams of a high enough level......

On June 1st, Children's Day, the first WCG has begun the qualifying qualifying tournament, according to the rules, the top 100 teams in each event will be rewarded, after almost a month of offline competition, each sub-division by country has a list of outstanding teams in hand, just waiting for the WCG to announce the rules of the July finals, from the qualifying competition.

It's mid-June, and WCG has not yet announced the qualifying plan for the finals on its official website, mainly because EA's CPL league is in the limelight and the movement is bigger.

In terms of prize money, CPL is much higher than WCG, CPL's main real-time strategy game "Command & Conquer 1" has a champion prize of 600,000 US dollars, a runner-up of 300,000 yuan, and a third place of 150,000 yuan. The 4th-10th place winners also have thousands of dollars in prize money and physical prizes each, and the total amount of this game is as high as 1.2 million. Become the tournament with the highest prize money in the history of competitive video games.

The maximum prize for the solo champion of "Saloman: Red Alert" is $50,000, plus $50,000 in physical prizes. Even with the top 100 teams each with prizes ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars, the total prize money for the entire project does not exceed $300,000, which is less than a quarter of the prize money of Command & Conquer 1.

Looking at another heavyweight shooter game in the CPL camp, "Quake 1" is divided into two groups: individual and team, with a prize of 200,000 for the individual champion and 350,000 for the duo team champion, counting the runner-up and third place, the top ten consolation prizes, the total prize money is more than 1 million US dollars.

And WCG's "Special Forces 1". It is also a reward of up to 5+5, but because there is no single-player competition mode like Zài "Quake 1" in the game, there is only a team mode of 5 people, and the team is only rewarded with a maximum of 100,000, and the total amount is still no more than 300,000, which is less than one-third of "Quake 1".

These two most important competitive competitions, WCG does not have as much prize money as CPL, and WCG's "NBAGame96" has a total prize fund of 200,000 yuan, and "Pro Evolution Soccer 96" has a total prize fund of 200,000 yuan. The third-party sponsorship of the game "Need for Speed" is 1 million.

CPL's "NBALive96" and "FIFA96" each have a total prize fund of 1 million, and the third-party sponsored game "Ridge Racing 2" has a total prize fund of 500,000 yuan.

Overall, CPL is much more attractive in terms of prize money than WCG. Because it was a concurrent competition, both teams were selected in 678 for three months, and many teams could only choose one game at the same time. Can't do it at the same time, making game fans around the world controversial. It's a must-have!

Therefore, Lin Zhihong was very embarrassed, he was worried that the final level of WCG's top 32 was not high. Wouldn't it be a laughing stock if the WCG champion couldn't beat the top three in the CPL?

Yang Yun shook his head: "What else are you worried about?" I ask you, which game has the most impact on the Asian side? ”

Lin Zhihong did not hesitate: "Of course it's us." Oh, I see, 14 in Asia, plus 4 selected by the network, we can guarantee at least 18 teams that are the strongest in all of Asia. ”

Yang Yun smiled with satisfaction: "Of course." Hey, you don't know how good Asians are at playing competitive games, but when the time comes, you see, it will definitely be China, Japan and South Korea again. ”

Lin Zhihong laughed: "Is this to make WCG occupy Asia, and CPL to include Europe and the United States?" ”

"Who said that? Didn't you explain the rules of the preliminary round? The results of the first WCG competition will directly determine the ranking of each club in the second competition next year, and the seeded teams will appear next year, and the top four teams in the first WCG competition will go directly to the finals. ”

"I see!" Lin Zhihong suddenly realized, he clapped his fists excitedly, and said: "Let's add a rule this year, all professional competitive clubs that want to participate in WCG competitions, their ranking and point calculation must meet the requirements of the WCG organizing committee, as long as we do not recognize the points of CPL competitions, those clubs will definitely consider carefully." ”

"The children can be taught! In the first CPL this year, EA invested at least tens of millions of dollars, and I want to see if their costs can be recovered, and whether they will continue to burn money next year! As long as they can't hold on, or reduce the bonus, they are slapping themselves in the face, and the credibility and authority of the CPL will be greatly reduced! ”

Lin Zhihong finally put his mind at ease, this is a long-term battle, Longteng is sustainable development, step by step, EA is a little willful, EA wants to set a trap on Longteng, but he didn't expect to fall down, so he can only go all the way to the black.

Yang Yun sighed and said: "If EA has a lot of money and doesn't pay attention to 10 million a year, maybe CPL can become the top end of the e-sports world." However, as a competitor, it is absolutely impossible for me to license games such as "Special Forces" and "Red Alert" to CPL, so from the very beginning, they made a mistake in their calculation of wanting to spend money to grab the market, and EA is destined to lose in this battle! ”

EA's only way to break the game is to develop or acquire the license of excellent competitive games, but who in this world does competitive games better than Dragon? Just by the number of followers in WCG and CPL, there are more people playing Red Alert than Command & Conquer, and more people teaming up to play Special Forces than Quake, so it's tough for EA to break the game.

Lin Zhihong was convinced, gave a thumbs up and said: "If you want to make the e-sports league the most high-end, excellent e-sports clubs and talents are very important, bonuses are important, but the quality of the game is even more important!" ”

The two laughed, after the WCG several things were arranged, there was nothing particularly important, and for several other problems that Lin Zhihong had a headache, Yang Yun only pointed out the direction, and did not need to interfere in every detail.

CCTV Longteng Game Program Host Contest has long ended, CCTV also specially edited and recorded the ten into eight and the finals, and finally selected Pan Lele, Zhang Xiaolu, Yang Liu (Liu Yan), the three girls who meet the most requirements, signed contracts with Longteng Entertainment Game Company.

Pan Lele is a cute girl nicknamed KiKi, who just graduated from Ningcheng Radio and Television University, because of her professional counterpart, skilled game skills, and appearance and figure, she soon became the first female anchor to be praised, and participated in the "Dragon Teng Game Fengyun" program system of Xiang Provincial Satellite TV Mango Channel, becoming the first Dragon Teng Game Baby.

Zhang Xiaolu, who is still a sophomore at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, and Liu Yan, who has just turned 16 years old, under the special instructions of Yang Yun, the two were hidden by the company, and they do not need to show up for the time being.

After the end of the host competition, Xiangzhou Satellite TV Mango Channel, which was established on January 1, 1997, directly took the host selection competition as a trainer for the talent show, and the planning team participated in the whole process, covering colleges and universities across the country.

Mango TV has three nights a week in the prime time to broadcast the video of the preliminary rounds, in April and May, it is a weekly live broadcast of the finals, not only the selection of the TV host of the Longteng game program to spread influence to the whole society, but also to take the opportunity to expand their own popularity, the TV station has determined the positioning of the station as a national entertainment, the new program "Happy Camp" has been prepared, and in early July, it can meet with the national TV audience, and the first guest is said to have invited Yang Yun, president of Longteng Entertainment Game Company!

As for the overseas version of the WCG image endorsement girl selection, Wang Zhe and Lin Zhihong and others unanimously decided to outsource it to Fox TV, and also authorized it to Canal+ in France.

It's almost July again, the first WCG and CPL will begin, and the global gaming community is staring at these two heavy events, and Yang Yun is no exception.

As for Huang Weiqiang, who found a good project, inadvertently saw the scene where Zhao Yongping and Ma Yun of Longteng met for dinner, because he was worried that Yang Yun would say one thing positively and do another thing behind his back, after urgent consultation, Huang Weiqiang found Ma Yun with cash the next day and spent 5 million to buy China Yellow Pages, but unfortunately Ma Yun disappeared after taking the money, Huang Weiqiang felt very regretful.

At the same time, no one can stop the Yellow Sea Group from entering the Internet industry in a big way, just a few days after the phone call with Yang Yun, the Yellow Sea Group announced a high-profile investment of 120 million yuan in the company, becoming the largest shareholder of the company, and merging China Yellow Pages into the company, Huang Weiqiang served as the general manager.

For a while, Huang Weiqiang was in the limelight for a while, he washed away the shame of a few months ago, set sail again, and stepped into the IT industry for the second time, trying to change his mind and face again, and get up where he fell. (To be continued......)