Super Game Empire

"I'll go... The championship prize of "Rider Racing 2" is $200,000? The individual championship prize of "Thor Hammer 1" is also $200,000? "Thor Hammer 1" is actually divided into individuals and groups, and the two-person team competition is also divided into two groups.

The championship bonus is 350,000? Hey, this is US dollars, not Vietnamese Dong! You are so rich and spend a lot of money, do your shareholders know?"

Yang Yun looked at the data in the newspaper and was surprised to hear the news. Looking at the content below, the runner-up can get 40%, the third place can get 10%, and the top ten can also have bonuses of thousands to tens of thousands or equivalent prizes.

, sponsors include ibm, Intel, Warner Bros., Panasonic, Sony and other large companies, all of which are rich big players, and they don’t blink if they throw millions of dollars out of them.

"I haven't announced the amount of the bonus, but I haven't figured out what the criteria for the first session are. Where did they get the confidence from? The quotes are more than twice as high as mine?"

Yang Yun couldn't figure it out. If he wanted to continue playing like this, he might be able to play the entire e-sports competition system in less than ten years. The price level will increase every year, and will the prize money for each session increase in the future.

Is it a few old acquaintances every year? Does the annual competition period become their fixed withdrawal date?

In the future, if you release games of the Interstellar Warcraft Cs level, will it take millions of championship bonuses in a few years? How can you pay hundreds of thousands of bonuses for the first time?

Ten years later in real history, the maximum number of games such as war3 and dota is only about 50,000, and the total bonus of all game games in the entire competition is only 1 or 2 million US dollars. Yang Yun’s original plan was "Red Alert" and "

The champion of Special Forces is given up to 50,000 US dollars in cash + 50,000 prizes. In addition, helping to pay taxes on behalf of others is not the cost of holding competitions around the world.

The recruits are indeed newborn calfs and are not afraid of tigers! Yang Yun shook his head and kept wondering if these guys were kicked by donkeys. What exactly is the reason that they don’t regard money as money?

"Crazy. These guys are so crazy!" Lin Zhihong said angrily: "How can you organize a competition like this? There are only so many outstanding accounts, and the accounts behind organizing such a big event are several times higher! Also, "Order"

"Fa96" and "Nbalive96" have not been announced yet, but they first announced the two game champion bonuses from Namco and Idsoftware. What is ea damaging?"

Um?

I see!

Yang Yun's eyes lit up, and Lin Zhihong's words reminded him of what he thought of!

"Hmph, this more than 400,000 US dollars is probably the promotional fee that Namco and I have paid for themselves! They are willing to provide a high bonus of 400,000, but it is not the EA company that pays it, so they are of course willing to do it! And they are also willing to do it!

Different game makers are different. Unlike us, all the bonuses are paid out of our own pocket. They share the pressure of high bonuses to each company with little pressure!”

If you grit your teeth and follow this price, the four games start at 400,000 yuan, and the distinction between single players and teams will be like this, the first WCG alone will be 2 million US dollars. There are only 4 games, and such a game will be organized.

At least another $34 million investment.

If it is a small fight, it doesn't matter, it's less than $10 million a year. Ke Longteng's purpose is to make it the Olympics in the world of e-sports, promote advertising in media outlets in various countries, and set up branches in the form of regional developments.

. Apply to the government for the legal status of e-sports in sports, all of this requires money. If you want to make such a fuss, you will have more than 50 million US dollars a year!

Longteng shoulders such a difficult task of promoting e-sports alone as a personal company. CPL These annoying competitors not only do not help, but also have to use tricks behind their backs, trying to drag Longteng down by significantly increasing the bonus, but they just don't want WCG to achieve the world

The biggest influence is that they use small money to ruin big things!

After understanding this, Yang Yun's face became very ugly and said to himself: "I made a mistake. I didn't count their determination. I dared to invest so much in a competition that had not seen the publicity effect. This is a devastating task!

Namco, which has difficulty in operating, is willing to pay nearly 400,000 US dollars. It seems that they have invested a lot of money!"

The soft ones are afraid of hard ones, the hard ones are afraid of being arrogant, and the arrogant ones are afraid of being desperate. Now it seems that Namco is the kind of company that wants to be desperate, and it is originally because of the double-digit speed and the Dakar Rally.

A large number of racing players lost when they face the attack. The net profit of "Rider Racing 2" may not be as high as $400,000. They can still get so much at one time. It's really a waste of time!

After hearing Yang Yun's explanation, Lin Zhihong patted the table heavily and said viciously: "It's so shameless, this is a vicious competition! If CPL loses next year, they will pat their butts and leave, but we always wcg

It is impossible to reduce the bonus again, right? They used such a high bonus just to buy our uncomfortable feeling, and we seemed to have been fooled!"

What to do? Follow or not?

It was like playing poker cards. Ea and they threw out a large amount of chips, looked at Long Teng provocatively and said, "I not only follow you, but also want you to be 100,000."

Since that's the case... Yang Yun smiled at the corner of his mouth.

"It's not necessarily the case, let's have fun!"

Yang Yun thought of the method of cracking, and said mysteriously: "It is impolite to come but not go. The CPL Alliance wants us to be uncomfortable, so I will insert a thorn into them. I will ask you Namco and idsoftware to jump out.

, I don’t know if I’m using a gun as a gun! I’m playing tricks and tricks, who is the Chinese who are good at it? Let’s see!"

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...

Four days have passed since CPL's high bonuses were published on the newspaper. Robert is in full swing. The CPL alliance has become the hottest topic in the game industry, and even the IT industry this week, occupying the front page headlines of many professional media.

It took several days.

"No one will say that we cpl are imitators later, right? No one will make noise again. We copied WCG in total, right? Longteng, aren't you rich? Four days have passed, what about your response? Humph!"

Robert was proud. His counterattack was carefully planned. In name, Namco and idsoftware sponsored alone. But in fact, EA and Sony also provided a lot of help. The sponsorship of ibm and Intel was what they helped to bring.

In the early stage, all these bonuses were added to Namco and idsoftware. They could attack and retreat or defend, and they had their next moves.

He just planned to disrupt Long Teng's overall plan and make Yang Yun uncomfortable!

"Mr. President, the reporter of Time magazine has arrived, and they are waiting in the conference room." The secretary came respectfully to ask for instructions.

Time magazine interviewed the president of ea. This is the biggest climax of ea's team's recent operations and the most powerful blow in the interlocking plan.

"Very good! I'll go there right away!" Robert was full of energy. In EA history, only the former president Larry has appeared on the cover of Time magazine. This is not only a personal honor, but also just promotes CPL and is the first to be a member of the ordinary people.

The illusion that the CPL is the leader in vigorously promoting e-sports is what makes Longteng suffer a lot!

The meeting and interview went smoothly. Although Time magazine was entrusted to interview Robert for the sake of several giant media groups, he did not miss any homework he should do. Professional interviews, in-depth analysis, and thoughts.

Sweet and moderately explore insider news in the industry. They are very clear about what people like to watch and know how to maximize the news effect.

Robert swept away the decline and took the important part of EA's development history over the years. At the same time, he avoided talking about the setbacks they suffered, and also disdained the strong competitors they encountered, such as...

"Do you feel sorry for the NBA basketball game "Nbalive96" launched this year without Jordan and O'Neal as image spokespersons?"

"No, I think Olajuwon is the strongest center in the NBA, which is very consistent with our ea-sports brand spirit. Only sports champions will receive attention, and sports games are the same!" Anyway, Jordan is too busy, O'Neal is again aged by the Timberwolves."

After buying out, ea had no indecent thoughts about them. Robert raised Olajuwon without hesitation and implied the others.

"In the past two years, racing games are very popular among game fans. Does ea have any plans to make such games?"

“Yes, racing is also a branch of sports, and we will certainly be involved.”

“Is it the street racing type of Need for Speed?”

"No, street racing is an illegal act, an irresponsible for life, and a wrong act that poses a huge threat to social security. As a game production company with a strong sense of social responsibility, we will never promote this kind of game! We are working with

The FIA ​​keeps in touch and strives to get authorization for F1 events and take the professional racing game route!”

Anyway, EA himself does not have a street racing game, and Robert's vicious tongue sprays at Longteng and KTT companies without hesitation, and he still claims to be his tall and majestic, as if he is so righteous.

"President Robert, please introduce the CPL League! Now everyone is curious about it. Is this the first game in the world for professional electronic game players?"

"Of course! Our CPL is the most formal and highest-end professional e-sports league in the world, we have..."

A bunch of self-boasting words blurted out, Robert's spitting and browsing as he said, he didn't care about the eyes of others, he was immersed in his fantasy countryside and could not extricate himself.

After the interview, Robert was still satisfied and asked: "When will this issue be launched?"

The other party smiled: "A month later."

Robert was a little disappointed, but he was relieved soon. As expected, not everyone can go to Time magazine!

However, just an hour after the interviewer walked away, the subordinates in charge of CPL publicity rushed in in panic, holding a printed A4 paper, and said in a voice: "WCG's game bonus has been announced! They actually..." (

To be continued...)