"Ah, then aren't we too miserable?" Duan Xuan, who was originally full of interest, suddenly became a little dispirited.
"Not really. Anyway, it's a global live broadcast. Audiences all over the world can see our faces. It's not a loss!" Sabenin comforted. Originally, when other TV stations around the world broadcast, they would not broadcast hosts or commentators. Instead, all of them would be replaced by their own hosts and commentators. There was almost no chance for them to show their faces in the world.
But this time, because the TV stations did not pay much attention to them, it was estimated that English-speaking countries would not replace their own hosts to cover their commentary.
As the two people talked, they entered the live broadcast room of the WCG competition.
"This competition is quite formal!" This time, the WCG competition was naturally held in the largest provincial stadium in Xijiang Province … Anyway, this provincial stadium had basically been contracted to the Daqian. Half of the year's activities were Daqian activities.
However, it was said that Boss Jia was very dissatisfied with the provincial stadium. He disliked the stadium for being shabby and small. It was said that the Daqian had planned to buy a piece of land near Shengmi Town and build a Daqian stadium. Boss Jia also gave the stadium a very strange name, called the Bird's Nest, because it was said that the final version of the stadium was similar to a bird's nest.
Duan Xuan and Sabenin had already sat in the studio early and began the final preparations for the live broadcast. Although the two people knew that this was not an important job, for the two newcomers, it was their first global live broadcast in their lives. At the very least, they had to make a good start.
"Dear hosts, this is the list of our sponsors and the entry for the livestream. You must remember to give these sponsors a unified livestream before the start of the competition. After that, you must also do a livestream during the interval of the competition."
"By the way, each sponsor has a different number of broadcast times. It is marked at the back of the list. You must strictly broadcast the advertisements according to these times, no more or less!" The person in charge of the Daqian team and the CCTV team handed a list to Duan Xuan and Sabenin.
"Okay!" The two of them were wondering how much sponsorship could a competition that only sold 400,000 USD worth of advertisements in the world get?
However, when they saw the name list, they couldn't help but be stunned.
Although there weren't many sponsors, there were Pepsi, Nvidia graphics cards, IBM computers, 51 search, KFC fast food, and so on. Not to mention, there were many internationally renowned companies.
Strange. Didn't the TV station only get 200,000 USD of advertising fees? Why are there so many sponsors?
It was impossible for the sponsors to only pay such a small fee.
In fact, Duan Xuan and Sabenin had mistaken the difference between sponsorship and TV commercials.
The sponsorship was for the WCG competition itself, and the money was collected by the Daqian. Then, the advertisements of these companies would appear in various spots of the competition, as well as on the players' uniforms. At the same time, the broadcasting stations were not allowed to erase the advertisements of these sponsors.
As for the advertising fees collected by the TV station, they were the fees for inserting advertisements during the live broadcast. These were two different fees.
The Daqian had won the recognition of many brands through the Pokemon World Championship, so this time, WCG also won the sponsorship of some international brands.
However, TV commercials were different. This was because WCG was the first time it was broadcasted globally. Da Qian didn't invest too many resources to promote it. Only the players knew about WCG. Therefore, it was very difficult for advertisers to advertise during the live broadcast.
Although Duan Xuan and Sabenin didn't understand what was going on, they could only follow the Daqian's request and announce the names of these sponsors.
As the hosts of CCTV, Duan Xuan and Sabenin's professionalism was unquestionable, so when they got the list of sponsors, they immediately began to memorize it in their hearts. When they remembered all the sponsors' names, a burst of fireworks sounded in the sky, and WCG officially began.
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Although the first WCG didn't get many TV commercials, and no one knew the future of this competition, Boss Jia didn't want his competition to be too shabby. After all, when WCG was being promoted, the title of the Esports Olympics was given to him.
So it had to be similar to the Olympics, and there had to be an opening performance.
But as a loyal LPL fan in the future, Boss Jia had watched LPL and S series for many years. He fully knew that on a stage like Esports, no matter what you did, it would be awkward.
What Boss Jia could not stand the most were the awkward dances or performances before the LPL's spring or summer finals. Really, it was as awkward as it could be. Although he could tell that a lot of effort had been put into it, the quality of the program was really terrible.
So of course, Boss Jia wouldn't make the same mistake. So when WCG officially began, the stage in the stadium was dark, and when the light came back, a symphony orchestra was sitting in the middle of the stage.
"Well, dear viewers, welcome to WCG's opening music show," Duel "!"
As Sabenin's voice fell, the symphony orchestra on the stage began to play their first note. A piece of music burning with the passion of battle instantly rang in the ears of all the viewers watching the live broadcast.
And when they heard this piece of music, almost all the Pokemon players stood up at this moment, excitedly watching the scene on the television.
"This is the classic game soundtrack 'Arena Song' from the game 'Pokemon Red/Green'. The moment all the Pokemon stand in the arena, the music will start!" Although Sabenin had never played Pokemon before, so the commentary was emotionless, all the viewers went crazy.
This was because they were the most familiar audience with this piece of music. Just like what the host said in the commentary, every time the duel began, this piece of music would burn with the passion of all the viewers.
In fact, if they heard this piece of music usually, they wouldn't be so excited. However, the key was that this time, the music was not performed by GB, which had a very simple sound, but by a complete symphony orchestra. Moreover, it was the performance of the Hua Xia National Symphony Orchestra.
The entire music was filled with layers of texture of various instruments. It was hard to describe this feeling in detail. Anyway, in the ears of the players, it was so good that it almost flew. This was a new version that all the players had never heard of before.
More importantly, they never thought that some simple and humble game music that had never entered the music industry would one day be performed by an entire symphony orchestra. Moreover, it sounded so beautiful and perfect. It didn't seem to be too far off from the symphonies of Mozart and Beethoven.
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