Chapter 131: World Esports Series (Grand Chapter)
The salespeople of the Wujiang flagship store are all commissioned, and the more they sell, the more they earn.
If it weren't for Kono Daro's empty wallet, the salesman would recommend more products to him, such as buying more "officially designated batteries", other battery brands are not produced by Wujiang Group, so they will not be very compatible with Gameboy, not only does it consume a lot of power, but also... It may cause damage to the Gameboy, so it is highly recommended that users purchase an "official designated battery".
As soon as the user hears that other brands of batteries will cause damage to the Gameboy, he asks him what to choose?
User: Do I have a choice?
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Akihabara, Japan.
"I finally found out that playing Tetris with Gameboy was the coolest !!" A Gameboy player shouted excitedly.
Friends around you,One person a Gameboy,Infrared online at the same time,You can play "Tetris" when you play,After the game is online,The game will be launched at the same time,The order of the children in the game is all the same,To avoid unfair situations,There is a ranking and a ranking leaderboard after the gameγ
"Indeed, it's really fun, it's exciting to play, and finally the blocks are falling faster and faster, and the eyes can't keep up, and it all depends on the feel of the game. Kinoshita Wild, you are so powerful, you can go to the "Tetris" Global Championship held by the Borderless Group. Players with more than 10,000 points have the bankroll to sign up for this tournament, which not only has a prize fund of more than $100,000, but also has a chance to win a mystery prize!! β
"Yes, no Kinoshita, you can go to the competition, maybe you have a chance to win the first place!"
The eyes of several friends looked at a shy little boy with a little freckles on his face.
Kinoshita Wild shook his head and said shyly: "I, I still forget it, I can't compare to others." β
"Kinoshita Wild, you are too modest, I have never met such a talented master as Ling, the points of "Tetris" are as high as 24,000, far exceeding the requirements for signing up for the competition, you can definitely win the prize!"
"Okay, then I'll try ......"
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At this time, with the best-selling Gameboy, "Tetris" also exploded.
The Borderless Group is even preparing to host a world-class Gameboy Tetris competition at the end of the year.
The prize money for the winner of the competition is $100,000, the second place is $50,000, the third place is $30,000, and there are also prizes for fourth to tenth place, but not much, all of them are $1,000.
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Lunch break room.
"Oops, the game is over again~ Boss, Tetris is so difficult to play, I only got 8989 points at the highest!" Liu Yinyin said distressedly.
Zhao Ye glanced at the little secretary with disdain, Xiao Cai B, I only scored 8989 points after playing for so long, and I had the highest score of 33,000.
Retracting his gaze, Zhao Ye's mind was running rapidly, continuing to control the block, finding a suitable place to transform and land.
On the screen, the left side is almost completely blocked, and the rightmost vertical row is still empty.
At this time, a horizontal long square appeared on the screen, Zhao Ye was overjoyed when he saw this, and hurriedly pressed the button to put it up, and then quickly moved to the far right.
"Whoa!!"
This is a big mistake.
Listening to the sound of the cube elimination, Zhao Ye's mood was refreshed.
And that's the beauty of Tetris.
Even Zhao Ye's boss likes to play this kind of game.
In the previous life, "Tetris" has been popular for decades, selling 500 million copies, and there is also a "Tetris" live-action movie based on the copyright war of the "Tetris" game.
"Damn, hang up again!" Zhao Ye said regretfully.
At this time, the square reaches the top of the screen, and the game is over, this time only 26,000 points, which is not as high as his highest score.
Probably because there are women around.
As the saying goes, "There is no woman in your heart, and you draw a sword from nature!" β
"It must be the little secretary's chatter, which affects my own performance!" Zhao Ye cast a disgusted look at Liu Yinyin.
The little secretary didn't see Zhao Ye's gaze, and complained to himself: "Tetris is so difficult to play, you have to be quick-eyed, I'm afraid my brain can't keep up with the speed at which the block falls." β
"By the way, boss, how many points do you have to clear the customs?" Liu Yinyin turned her head to look at Zhao Ye and asked.
"50,000 points!"
"Inhuman, can anyone achieve such a terrifying score?"
"I don't know, maybe there are, after all, there are so many people in the world, there are always some people who have outstanding talent in playing games!" Zhao Ye thought for a moment and replied.
"Boss, what's after the game is cleared?" Liu Yinyin asked with some curiosity.
Zhao Ye was busy fighting again, restarting the game, and when he heard Liu Yinyin's inquiry, he replied casually: "Maybe it's a short spicy dance ...... of blonde beauties."
He really didn't know what would happen after the game passed.
However, many games in the previous life were set up like this, after all, after the game is cleared, there is no color, I'm afraid it will be difficult to attract players......
When Liu Yinyin heard this, she was immediately shy, her ears were red, and she secretly glanced at Zhao Ye, but saw that Zhao Ye was engrossed in playing "Tetris", and she didn't notice the change in her expression at all.
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"Damn, Tetris has competitions, why doesn't the fighting series have competitions, it's not fair! We asked Borderless Group to hold a fighting game competition!! β
"That's right, if the Borderless Group ignores our demands, we'll smash the "Poor Odd Game Console", "Gameboy" and game cartridges!" A little fat man of twelve or thirteen years old shouted angrily.
As soon as these words came out, some people next to them looked at each other, and they were so frightened that they didn't even dare to speak.
At this time, as the popularity of the "Tetris" competition grew, many fans of the fighting series couldn't help it, feeling that the Borderless Group discriminated against fighting games.
As a result, they spontaneously gathered at the door of the Japanese branch of Wujiang Group to demonstrate.
As everyone knows, this is the strategy of Wujiang Group.
So many people gathered at the door of the company to demonstrate, and the heat came all at once!
Well, in fact, Wujiang Group didn't take this into account, who would have thought that so many players would come to their doorstep to do this?
The reason why Borderless Group did not announce the holding of a fighting tournament is because the company will launch an arcade machine later.
Wouldn't it be possible to use arcade machines to hold contests so that arcade machines could be promoted smoothly?
Besides, playing fighting games with arcade machines is much cooler than playing fighting games with a controller.
Seeing that more and more people are gathering outside the company's door.
The employees of the Japanese branch of the Borderless Group were a little panicked.
"This, there are a lot of people out there, they won't rush in and beat us, right?" A little girl was scared, she had just graduated and entered society, and she had never seen such a battle.
A young male colleague next to him patted his sturdy chest and said confidently: "Miss Chiba, don't be afraid, with my Ishida Yoo to protect you, you will definitely not be harmed." Most of the people out there are just a bunch of kids, and I'm able to kick one out there with a single kick!! β
As soon as the words fell, I saw Ishida Yangwei being reprimanded by his supervisor: "Ishida Yango, you beat children very well, but if you dare to move your fingers, the company will immediately dismiss you." These people outside are all users of our company, users are God, you dare to fight God, you don't want to live? β
When Ishida Yoo heard the supervisor's reprimand, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to move his fingers.
Not long after, more than a dozen senior executives of the Japanese branch of Wujiang Group hurriedly went outside the company to appease many players.
"Everyone, be quiet, I am the general manager of the Japanese branch of the Wujiang Group, as for the fighting competition that everyone is talking about, in fact, the Wujiang Group has a plan, as for when the competition will be held? How much is the bonus? Just go back and wait for news. In short, Wujiang Group will not disappoint everyone! β
As soon as the words fell, everyone was relieved, they only wanted one result, since the Wujiang Group had a plan to hold a fighting competition, then it would be fine.
Then they gradually left the scene.
Not far away, reporters filmed the scene, which was broadcast on the evening news on television that night.
Newspapers were a little slower and didn't come out until the next day.
This wave of popularity quickly caused a sensation in the player circle.
Players are excited, and some people are working hard to improve their skills from now on in order to win prizes in the competition.
And some people are curious, they also buy fighting game cartridges and play them, and then indulge in them and can't extricate themselves.
With the help of this wave of popularity, the "Poor Strange Game Machine" has become a big hit again, and the active players have surpassed the users of the "FC Game Machine".
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Zhao Ye also knew the news that Japanese players were blocking the company's gate at this time.
He thought for a while and said to Liu Yinyin beside him: "Inform reporters, just say that Wujiang Group will hold a press conference in the company at 8 o'clock tomorrow night!" β
"Okay, boss, but what will be the news at the press conference? The colleagues who are preparing for the press conference are well prepared. β
"Something about the game competition."
"Okay, boss, I got it." When Liu Yinyin heard this, she hurriedly turned around and went to arrange work.
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The next night at 8 o'clock sharp.
Journalists from major media outlets around the world came to attend the press conference of Wujiang Group.
Zhao Ye was dressed in a black suit and slowly walked to the center of the stage of the press conference.
"Everyone is welcome to come to the press conference of Wujiang Group."
"Two days ago, Japanese players gathered at the door of the group's Japanese branch to demonstrate because the Wujiang Group did not announce the fighting competition game. Today, I would like to briefly announce the plans of the Borderless Group to the global media. β
"At the end of this year, starting on December 12th, Borderless Group will hold a number of game competitions. In order to organize these tournaments, Borderless Group will create an event called 'World Cyber Games' or 'WCG'. Tetris, Street Fighter, The King of Fighters and many other games are among the competitions. β
"Wujiang Group will strive to build WCG into the world's most influential international e-sports pinnacle event, and the event will cover more games in the future, so stay tuned!"
"I hope that one day, the WCG event created by Borderless Group will become the fourth largest sporting event in the world, on a par with the Formula One World Championship (F1), the Olympic Games and the World Cup!"
"Okay, that's the end of my speech, the next step is the reporter's question session, if there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me now!"
At this time, everyone was shocked.
It is just that the Wujiang Group will hold the event, and with the strength of the Wujiang Group, it is the most qualified. However, Zhao Ye said that he hoped that the WCG event would be comparable to the world's three major sports events, which was simply wishful thinking and a daydream!
Many people couldn't help but laugh in their hearts, and this young man who was a genius in science and technology spoke wildly.
The subsequent reporter's inquiry showed that everyone was very contemptuous of Zhao Ye's unrealistic ideas.
Actually, Zhao Ye just said that he hoped for one day, and he didn't know how long it would be until this day.
In fact, in the future, the influence of e-sports will definitely not be worse than other sports, and even the annual income of many game players will easily exceed 100 million.
If Wujiang Group can master a top-level event, it will be equivalent to mastering the traffic password in the future.
That's why Zhao Ye is so keen on building a good WCG now.
In its previous life, WCG was founded in 2000 by Hanbit Soft Inc., a Korean game development company.
In the first few years, WCG's influence in the industry was huge.
This event was once a symbol of esports. However, with the start of the MLG League in North America, many events in Europe, and the vigorous development of major single-game world events led by game manufacturers, the influence of WGC's global esports market has weakened, making WCG no longer the only one in this field. In addition, the number of participating countries in the WCG's Olympic model is more than 50, but the e-sports market in most countries is very small, resulting in the organizer's brand communication and sponsorship costs are not ideal, but overdraft the brand value of WCG.
The second is the change in strategy of Samsung, the title sponsor and owner of WCG, when Samsung was fully committed to developing mobile products, such as mobile phones. WCG is a game competition, and it cannot be effectively combined with Samsung's mobile products in a short period of time, resulting in Samsung having no incentive to continue sponsoring WCG.
But if it is Wujiang Group that owns WCG, the situation is completely different, and it will definitely build the WCG event into the world's most popular and influential global e-sports pinnacle event.
In addition, mastering the top events has a huge effect on the promotion of your own game, after all, which game can become a game competition is not up to me.
This has also virtually established the hegemony of Wujiang Group in the game industry.
If the event is popular, the broadcast fee alone can make a lot of money; The second is advertising revenue.
All in all, there are many benefits to mastering the top events.
In the face of everyone's incomprehension and ridicule, Zhao Ye will only use his strength to slap his face!
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The next day, what Zhao Ye said at the press conference spread around the world at a rapid pace.
Soon, players around the world were excited, as if they were in a carnival, and they were talking about WCG.
Immediately afterwards, Wujiang Group announced that WCG has individual competitions and team competitions, and the players who sign up for the competition can be individuals, small game teams, or game clubs. If you participate as an individual, you will not be able to participate in the team competition.
For a while, the WCG event was unprecedentedly hot!
"Brothers, don't play Nintendo's games, no matter how good you are, you can't participate in WCG, it's better to play Borderless Games with me, at the end of the year, we brothers and three teams up to make a name for themselves in WCG! Besides, what games does Nintendo have that can participate in WCG. The three of us signed up for the "Street Fighter" game project together, so that the world knows that Tokyo No. 1 Elementary School 'Three Tigers' is invincible! "At an elementary school in Japan, three secondary and second elementary school students were so excited that they were discussing going to the WCG competition.
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A teenager smashed his piggy bank, hurriedly took the money, and rushed to Akihabara, "Wujiang Group is about to launch the 'World E-sports Championship WCG', it's so exciting!" As a competitor to the Borderless Group, Nintendo has nothing. I'll never play Nintendo games again! β
The boy immediately came to the Wujiang flagship store, and then walked up to the saleswoman and said loudly, and actually read more than ten game names in one breath: "Sister, I want to buy a "Poor Strange Game Console", by the way, there are "Tetris", "Pokemon", "Street Fighter", "The King of Fighters" ......"
The saleswoman's eyes lit up, and she liked such customers. "Okay, little brother, my sister will get it for you right away~" The young lady's voice was unusually gentle, and the young man was a little embarrassed shyly, and lowered his head and said "um".
At this time, affected by the popularity of WCG, "Poor Strange Game Machine" and "Gameboy" both exploded!
"President, WCG is unprecedentedly popular, and the "Poor Game Machine" and "Gameboy" of the Wujiang Group are on sale. On the other hand, the sales of our "FC game consoles" have dropped sharply recently, and many stores are crowded. Yamauchi's secretary was cautious and whispered to Yamauchi.
When Yamauchi Pu heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded.
At this moment, he seriously suspects that the WCG held by Borderless Group is actually just a pretense, and the real purpose is actually to hype Borderless Games and increase the sales of "Qiqi Game Console" and "Gameboy"!
"The Wujiang Group is simply treacherous......" Yamauchi thought hatefully, scolding.
(End of chapter)