Sunday, November 27th.
Pei Qian did not set the alarm clock this morning. He originally wanted to sleep happily until noon, but he woke up at around 7 o'clock in the morning and was not sleepy at all.
I always feel a little panicked and uneasy.
"Which department is causing trouble for me again..."
Pei Qian was speechless. After tossing and turning and failing to fall asleep, he touched his phone from the bedside. Brush aimlessly.
Then I habitually entered the ioi forum.
During this period, Pei Qian has been paying attention to the situation of ioi, hoping that the game will improve quickly, so that he can legitimately and logically spend money on GOG.
The online public opinion in the past two days was not very good towards ioi and Zhidou Company, which made Pei Qian very worried.
After two days, Longyu Group should take some action, right? It’s time for the players’ anger to subside somewhat, right?
I hope ioi is okay.
However, as soon as Pei Qian clicked into the ioi forum, Pei Qian saw a post that made him a little frightened.
"Reporting a wave of external comments, let’s see how the Zhidou Company’s ultimate foolhardy move is so inhuman inside and out! 》
“Before, I thought that the old players of the Chinese server would be outraged by ioi’s changes, but I didn’t expect that foreign players would be even more outraged than us! Because ioi wants to classify the Chinese server as a low-price area. The price of the foreign server is twice or even three times that of the national server!”
“Old players of the national server just lost money on their previous purchases and can still enjoy discounts in the future, but foreign players have always been able to buy them at the original price. The reality of the world..."
"The low-price zone is not bad. Aren't many game platforms also implementing the low-price zone strategy? Besides, GOG's national server skins seem to be better than those in foreign countries. Is it much cheaper? I haven’t seen any rebellion from foreign players?”
“The situation in GOG is completely different. In fact, in terms of pricing, domestic epic skins and legendary skins are the same. They are 18 yuan and 45 yuan respectively, and they are 2.49 knives and 6.99 knives abroad. There is basically no difference."
"The key to why GOG is so cheap in China is that it has skins that are almost free. Creative community! This is our exclusive benefit. All heroes who provide creative ideas will have super discounts when they first go on sale."
"Do you have any objections to foreigners?"
p>“My opinion is very small, because not every foreign player knows about the creative community. Just looking at the original price, the prices in all areas are the same. Besides, prices like 2.49 knives and 6.99 knives It’s already low enough, what else do you need for a bike?”
“I think another reason is that GOG’s skins have been cheap from the beginning, and everyone is used to it, and there is not much room for price reduction. But GOG skins were very expensive at first, and too many old players have already bought a lot of skins., but now it is suddenly cut in half, which is unacceptable to people. ”
“Indeed, this is just like buying a house or a car. The price will be cut in half not long after the purchase, and the price cannot be guaranteed. Although it is a commercial behavior, most people’s mentality will collapse...”< /p>
“Didn’t you say that we are planning to release commemorative skins and commemorative avatars for old players? ”
“At the beginning, it was originally said to be for players in the Chinese server, but the old players in the foreign server quit, so now the company has changed its words and said that all old players will have it, but the result is basically not very effective. It has a great soothing effect..."
Looking at the comments below this post, Pei Qian became more and more panicked, and sat up from the bed in a panic.
"It's broken. , ioi seems to have entered some kind of vicious cycle. ”
“Damn, I’m so envious...”
Pei Qian thought that Zhizou Company should be able to calm down the players’ anger soon, but now it seems that this has not happened yet It can be done easily!
Because the player group that ioi targets now has shown obvious fragmentation, and it has been divided into three parts.
New players in the national server. Veteran players of the national server and players of the world server, these three player groups ioi are reluctant to let go, and they all want to please, but the interests and demands of these three groups are too different.
Zhitou Company cannot please any one group. This will trigger a fierce backlash from the other two groups.
This will lead to a kind of "luxury car dilemma." When luxury car brands have problems, brand value drops, and sales decline, many luxury car brands want to To stop the loss, the only option is to sell at a reduced price.
However, once the price is reduced, the loyal old car owners will not be happy, and it will also give people the impression that "this car does not maintain its value", further damaging the brand value. , and no one bought the car.
It won’t work either by raising the price or by lowering the price.
Pei Qian is a bit panicked.
Brother, I haven't done anything.
You can't kill yourself and give up the market to GOG, right?
I have already broken down Yangyang Games. Two halves, I only used one hand to fight you, so your backhand will be useless, right?
Isn’t it possible?
Pei Qian felt inexplicably irritated and continued to browse the forum while brushing his teeth.
Finally, his hard work paid off and he successfully found a piece of news that looked relatively optimistic.
"Rumors, the ioi World Finals is about to be held! It is said that a lot of money has been spent this time. The prize pool will definitely exceed the GOG competition, and it will be held in Los Angeles. The cards will definitely be full! ”
“It sounds pretty good, and ioi should be more competitive than GOG. If the competition can be held well, it will definitely increase the popularity. Moreover, this time the storm was probably successfully transferred. ”
Pei Qian has actually heard the news many times, and this time he shouldThe time is really coming.
It can only be said that ioi's first World Finals was really ill-fated.
In fact, this competition should have been held a long time ago, but during that time Dayak Group was hemorrhaging money to acquire the Finger Company, and the funds were not very abundant. GOG directly pushed the prize pool to a new level, ioi The finals can only be shelved.
After all, it was held late and the prize pool was even lower, which is hard to say.
Now that Dayak Group and Finger Company are free, they must have prepared funds and venues, and they are confident that they can do better than GOG's Global Invitational Tournament, so they spread the word. appease the players.
Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh that by some mistake, the process of history seemed to have been greatly advanced by himself.
In my memory, the S1 finals of LoL were quite manageable. A year later, with the rapid development of LoL, S2 moved to Los Angeles and had a huge influence.
Although Ioi and LoL are two very different games, and Finger Company and Riot Games are completely different, there are still certain similarities in this matter.
Originally, Zhidou Company just wanted to handle S1 casually and test the waters.
As a result, I was forced to increase the amount of funds invested to the level two years later.
"Speaking of e-sports...should I visit various clubs?"
"I haven't paid much attention to these clubs since the GPL quota was auctioned last time. I don’t know how their team is organized.”
Pei Qian finished washing and was about to go out for breakfast, and then went to Mingyun Villa to take a look.
It is said that several new clubs that have joined the GPL have basically chosen the villa in Mingyun Villa as their training base, but I don’t know what the specific situation is now.
......
After breakfast, Pei Qian took the car to Mingyun Villa.
When he was approaching Mingyun Villa, Pei Qian noticed that the driver Xiao Sun had made a special turn and changed the route instead of following the previous route.
"Mr. Pei, today is Sunday. That road may be particularly congested. I will take another route. Although it is a little detour, it should save some time."
Pei Qian didn't care and nodded: "Okay."
But when Xiao Sun turned to the side road, Pei Qian suddenly felt something was wrong.
When I went to Mingyun Villa, I always took that road, and it didn’t seem to be too busy?
Mingyun Villa is located in the southeast of Jingzhou City. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has good scenery. However, at the beginning, due to poor supporting facilities, the occupancy rate was not high and no one cared about it.
Later, Moyu Internet Cafe opened a branch here, and then Wuming Restaurant also opened here. As Wuming Restaurant became an instant hit, it gradually became a gathering place for many wealthy businessmen and celebrities in Jingzhou, and the surrounding neighborhoods were also driven and turned into aSmall commercial center and food court.
But even so, Pei Qian didn't often encounter traffic jams before.
After all, the nameless restaurant can accommodate too few guests. Even if the restaurant is full every day, how many cars can there be?
As for taking a detour on purpose?
"Maybe it's because... today is Sunday? Everyone just went out together? Well, that must be the case."
"Huh?"
Pei Qian was enlightening himself when he suddenly realized that something was wrong outside the car window.
Because he saw an Internet cafe, and the business was very prosperous. He seemed to have no impression of it when he came here before.
"Huh? Who is so enlightened? Open an Internet cafe to distract the customer flow of Moyu Internet Cafe?"
Pei Qian was pleasantly surprised to see that the Internet cafe was doing well. After taking a closer look, isn't this just a fishing internet cafe?
And this is not the earliest Moyu Internet Cafe Mingyun Villa store, but it is only a few hundred meters away from the original Moyu Internet Cafe.
This road was not often traveled before, so Pei Qian had no impression of it.
Pei Qian was shocked and asked the driver Xiao Sun: "Why is there a Moyu Internet Cafe here?"
Xiao Sun said: "Ah, Mr. Pei, it was opened recently. , and the managed gym has also opened a branch, didn’t you know?”
Pei Qian: “?”
Xiao Sun continued: “Because all the major clubs have moved in recently? Now, the team has been formed, and people from all over the country are coming for trial training. Mr. Xiao and Mr. Guo feel that one Internet cafe and one gym are definitely not enough, so they are preparing to open a branch here. ”
"Sure enough, it was full as soon as it opened! It is said that the players of each club are now going to the managed gym to exercise. There are also crouching tigers, hidden dragons in these two Internet cafes. If you organize an Internet cafe game, you can see a lot of them. "Mr. Xiao and Mr. Guo discussed it and thought that we could open one or two more stores in a while depending on the situation, and we should still be able to make money."
"Of course. , making money is not the main purpose, the main purpose is to perform well and cooperate with the e-sports environment here."
Pei Qian: "..."
Unlucky!
Although the two popular branches will not make Pei Qian much money, this is not a good sign.
It is obviously a remote villa area that no one pays attention to. Could it be that it has been transformed into a new business district and e-sports capital in Jingzhou?
Don’t mess with me!
Pei Qian felt a little dull for a moment, and leaned on his seat helplessly.
Soon, Mingyun Villa arrived, and Xiao Li stopped the car in front of the DGE Club.
Pei Qian opened the door and got out of the car, just in time to see Zhang Yuan and Manager Cui, the project marketing manager of Mingyun Villa, walking out of the club talking and laughing.
"Mr. Pei?" Zhang Yuan didn't know in advance that Mr. Pei was coming, so he was slightly surprised.
"Mr. Pei!!" Manager Cui was overjoyed, and his smile instantly turned into a flower.
He stepped forward directly and took Pei Qian's hand, which was closer than meeting his closest relative.
Pei Qian was stunned for a moment, unable to realize why Manager Cui was so happy.
Manager Cui said happily: "Mr. Pei, you came just in time. I just brought some small gifts to visit Mr. Zhang. I originally wanted to visit you, but Mr. Zhang said you were too busy. So I didn’t have the nerve to go to Tenda headquarters to find you. I didn’t expect to meet you. Isn’t it a coincidence?”
Pei Qian looked at Zhang Yuan in confusion: “What’s wrong?”
p>Zhang Yuan smiled and said lightly: "Oh, it's no big deal, Mr. Pei."
"Aren't all GOG clubs moving to Jingzhou recently? The villa is quite suitable as a club training base, and all the clubs are together, so it is more convenient to make appointments for training matches or daily communication.”
“Then the value of these properties has increased, including supporting shops. The parking spaces have also increased, of course Manager Cui is happy."
Zhang Yuan turned to look at Manager Cui: "But Manager Cui, you don't have to worry about it, this is a trivial matter to Mr. Pei. It’s nothing, not worth mentioning.”
Manager Cui hurriedly said: “Hey, you can’t say that. It is indeed a small matter to Mr. Pei, but to us at Mingyun Villa, it is a big deal. "Mr. Pei, if you have any questions that require our cooperation in the future, just ask, and we will definitely arrange it for you immediately!"
Manager Cui! There was a happy smile on his face, and he didn’t know how much bonus he got from his boss.
Pei Qian's expression was a little stiff, and he forced a smile: "You're welcome..."
Manager Cui said with a smile: "Okay, then I won't bother you, Mr. Pei. , Mr. Zhang, please take your time and I’ll leave first.”
“If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me!”
Thank you very much. The ground is gone.
Zhang Yuan smiled: "This Manager Cui is a bit too polite. How big of a deal is that?"
"But think about it, Mr. Pei, you just made a random decision." , It has brought such great benefits to Mingyun Villa. If I were Manager Cui, I would laugh out of my dreams.”
“Uh...Mr. Pei?” Only then did Zhang Yuan notice that Mr. Pei seemed to be laughing. Somewhat absent-minded.
Pei Qian shook his head: "It's okay."
He said it was okay, but in reality his heart was bleeding.
The price of the villas in Mingyun Villa has increased again?
Doesn’t that mean that your fixed assets have increased again?
Of course, the happiest person should be Mr. Li. After all, Pei Qian only has one house in Mingyun Villa, while Mr. Li has several houses.
But for Pei Qian, this is not a big bad news.
However, after all, Pei Qian has seen all kinds of storms. He quickly overcome this small setback and said: "There is nothing special about today. I just want to see the situation of each club."
< p>Zhang Yuan nodded immediately: "Okay, then I will take you around."Although some clubs have chosen their training bases in other places in Jingzhou, most clubs still choose Near Mingyun Villa.
There were five or six young people hanging out privately on the roadside. When they saw Pei Qian, their eyes lit up and they came over.
"Hey, isn't this Mr. Pei's actor? Hello, hello, can we take a photo together?"
"Okay." This is not the first time Pei Qian has encountered In this situation, when I was drinking coffee at Moyu Internet Cafe, I often encountered people asking for a photo, so I put on my signature fake smile and took a photo with this group of people.
After the filming, these young people left with great gratitude.
Zhang Yuan pretended to be an unrelated passerby throughout the whole process. After watching Mr. Pei take a photo with these enthusiastic young people, he continued to lead Mr. Pei to the club.
Pei Qian felt a little strange: "What are these people here for? Why do they seem to be sightseeing?"
Zhang Yuan smiled: "Mr. Pei, they are just sightseeing. Ah. Nowadays, various e-sports clubs gather here, and many players who like to play GOG will come to check it out. Although they can’t enter the club, they may meet players who come out to eat and exercise. ” p>
"So it would be nice to eat something here, hang out at the Internet cafe, and take a look at the bases of various clubs."
Pei Qian frowned and said: "Then Are Manager Cui and the others happy?"
Zhang Yuan said: "Then there is nothing to be unhappy about. The buildings of the Wuming Restaurant were originally used for commercial and residential purposes. There are shops there, and now there is a lot of traffic. It’s so big that Manager Cui is too late to be happy.”
“As for the training at the club, there are more people here on weekends. Besides, the club is under closed management. The team members will not be affected."
Pei Qian was silent for a moment: "Okay."
For some reason, Pei Qian always has a feeling that everyone is happy and happy. When you get what you want, you alone bear all the feelings.
"Mr. Pei, this building and that building are Shenhua's club SHG."
Zhang Yuan pointed to the villa in front of him and then to the one next to him.
Pei Qian was stunned for a moment: "Which building is it specifically?"
Zhang Yuan said: "Both buildings are there. Mr. Lin looked at them and thought they were both good, and he said the club We should support more reserve players. If the GPL team supports ten people, and the GDL team supports ten more, doesn’t it take two villas to start with twenty people?”
Pei Qian: “Don’t you think it’s a waste? ”
Zhang Yuan smiled: “I also asked Mr. Lin this question. Mr. Lin said it is not expensive. The stadium of Shenhua Football ClubThe land and buildings were built by ourselves, and the star foreign players all lived in townhouses as dormitories. How much does it cost to buy two villas now? ”
“Mr. Lin is still worried that living in such a villa will not be grand enough. After all, during the game, you have to shoot some promotional videos for the club, right? At that time, the training base where the promotional video was shot will not have a brand name, and the impact on Shenhua's corporate image will be more than worth the loss. "
"What if the training base is too bad and others think Shenhua is going bankrupt? "
Pei Qian was silent for a moment: "Well, what he said makes sense. I can't refute it for the moment. ”
Shenhua can just squeeze out a little of its annual investment in football to play e-sports. Compared with other clubs, it is simply a dimensionality reduction blow. It even feels like there is so much money that you don’t know how to spend it.
Buy two buildings!
Buy twenty of them!
Highlight an inappropriate person.
These clubs are closed. The main reason was that he didn’t want the audience to be too enthusiastic to come into the club and affect the team members’ training, so the door was closed.
Zhang Yuan made a phone call, and after a while, Lin Chang walked out of the villa quickly. Open the door.
“Mr. Zhang! Hey, there is also Mr. Pei, a rare visitor! "
Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment: "Hey, Mr. Lin? Didn’t you leave Jingzhou a few days ago? When did you come back? "
Lin Chang smiled and nodded: "Oh, I went to Magic City with other club owners to buy a few team members. I just came back yesterday. "
Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment: "Huh? Buy again? ”
Lin Chang nodded: “Yes, buy a few more promising young talents. Anyway, if you can’t win the GPL, you can go to the GDL. If you can’t win the GDL, you can go to the youth training or watch the water fountain. If it doesn’t work, you can go to the water fountain.” Can it be sold to other teams? ”
“Our team started late and has a weak foundation, so we have to work harder. In the long run, talent is the most important, and it is always right to buy more talents. ”
“Besides, these are newcomers with little worth, and they don’t cost much to buy now. ”
Lin Chang said it in an understatement.