September 26th, Monday …
Pei Qian planned to make a trip to the DGE Club after having lunch at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and taking photos with three passionate fans and signing autographs.
Pei Qian had been careful when he signed. He had only signed the word 'Pei'.
That was because fans would definitely wonder if 'Pei Qian' was the actor's name or Boss Pei's name if he signed his full name.
If this was the actor's name, then the actor and Boss Pei both had the same surname? What a coincidence!
If this was Boss Pei's name, then … fifty thousand words were omitted.
Therefore, Pei Qian only signed 'Pei'. On one hand, it was to prevent fans from thinking too much and to protect his identity. On the other hand, it was to entrust a beautiful wish.
After the weekend, the number of fans he met at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe decreased.
That meant that Huang Sibo's' I am my own substitute 'was obviously working. It greatly reduced the number of fans interested in Boss Pei's identity.
One could imagine that Pei Qian would be disturbed less and less as time went by.
As for GOG's international invitational tournament, it might have ended successfully yesterday, but the subsequent popularity would continue for some time and involve many other aspects.
GOG's international invitational tournament was an important part of GOG's international publicity strategy for Shang Yang Games. It had played an excellent role!
This competition had deep cooperation with foreign live-stream platforms, and the number of viewers had reached new highs. It was even more popular than IOI on the internet for the first time.
This meant that GOG's plan to spread money overseas had achieved a stage victory!
Of course, MOBA games had a deeper foundation. It was unlikely that GOG would be able to overtake IOI overseas in such a short time. However, no matter what, it was an indisputable fact that GOG was beginning to challenge IOI's first-mover position in the world.
In China, GOG's international invitational tournament had also made GOG's throne more stable. It had even attracted a large number of players from other games!
At the end of the day, this success came from several aspects:
The high prize money and the spread of money had condensed extremely high popularity.
The overseas audience saw that the veteran overseas clubs had entered the top four and ensured attention before the top four. There might not be any foreign teams after the top four, but the domestic teams had contributed top-notch competitive skills. Thus, they continued to pay attention.
The domestic audience gained a great sense of pride when they saw the domestic club beating up the veteran overseas clubs. Their recognition of GOG increased, and they began to associate GOG with the concept of 'E-Sports'.
This competition system was very sneaky, but very effective.
In addition, various memes emerged during the competition. For example, the incident where Huang Wang lifted the 30KG trophy single-handedly at the end of the competition spread like wildfire on the internet, creating a "circle breaking" effect.
Apart from Shang Yang Games, many other industries also benefited from this competition.
Needless to say, there was no need to mention Deposit Fitness. Several Deposit Fitness branches were already full, and there were even many people waiting in line on the app.
Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 also gained more attention.
Xiao Peng originally wanted to make Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 a part of Tengda's esports ecosystem. Now, under the influence of the GOG international invitational tournament, this process was greatly advanced!
Huang Wang lifting the trophy and the H4 Club monopolizing the sky-high prize money had inspired countless high-end players. Many people who wanted to become professional players now had two paths:
One was to go to the major clubs (including DGE) for a trial, and these major clubs happened to be in Jingzhou.
The other was to go to the stairway and find excellent players to form a team. They could go to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 to compete and train together. They could start from the internet cafe competition and then work hard to enter the professional circle.
The number of reserve players that the esports club could absorb was very limited. After all, the club had to produce results. If they found that the results were not ideal after a trial, they would be dissuaded. They would not keep so many idlers.
However, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 was different. If someone could keep winning in the internet cafe competition, then the prize money from these competitions alone could barely support the entire team and maintain basic living standards. That would give those youths another path to pursue their dreams.
As early as when Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 was successful, Pei Qian had already agreed to Xiao Peng to continue opening branches. Xiao Peng did indeed open Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 in several densely populated and young areas of Jingzhou. It happened to usher in the first wave of popularity in the past two days.
Pei Qian could only ignore all of this.
He could no longer manage the internet cafe now. He could open more branches and give more bonuses. As long as they did not pay him, he could do whatever he wanted.
As for whether it would have a greater impact on GOG in the future, that was certainly not something to worry about during this cycle.
As for why he specifically went to the DGE Club …
It was mainly because Pei Qian suddenly felt that the DGE Club could be saved.
The DGE Club had disappointed Pei Qian greatly before, but now, all the players had been sold!
Huang Wang could take the trophy. He was now a member of the H4 Club. Even if he brought a lot of popularity, it still belonged to the H4 Club.
Of course, in the short term, everyone would still associate these players with the DGE Club.
But what about in three months or six months?
The DGE Club was popular before because it was strong.
It was strong because GOG was in its infancy. DGE was ahead of other clubs and had undergone more than two months of high-intensity and professional training. Thus, it quickly opened up a gap with other clubs.
However, after the 'scattered stars' operation, the competitive level of other clubs quickly caught up.
The ten new internet addicts of the DGE Club would definitely be abused to the point of doubting life if they played against clubs like H4 or EK.
In other words, the DGE Club could no longer maintain its previous dominance.
Esports was about strength. If there were no results, the DGE Club would soon be forgotten. At most, it would stay in the esports circle as a joke and not make big money for Boss Pei.
Therefore, Pei Qian was ready to take a look at the DGE Club's situation. If it was optimistic, he could trust them again.
For this, Pei Qian specially booked seats in advance at Boss Li's Ming House and prepared to treat the team to a big meal.
…
DGE Club …
The new DGE Team One and Team Two were playing mock competitions.
The ten people were fully focused, tapping on the keyboard and mouse. The captains of the two teams were also constantly commanding.
Zhang Yuan and Coach Yaling watched and whispered to each other.
"It seems that yesterday's finals gave them a lot of stimulation. All of them are holding their breath today," Coach Yaling said.
Zhang Yuan nodded. "Yes, definitely. These people must be very encouraged to see their seniors kill in the finals and hold the cup with one hand.
"However, haste makes waste. It is useless to simply increase the quantity to improve their strength. The key is to pay attention to scientific training methods. I'm a little worried that their current state is counterproductive.
"But there is no better way."
Coach Yaling looked at the whiteboard next to her. The results of the two DGE teams in mock competitions with other clubs two days ago were written on it. It was almost a complete defeat.
These new players might be selected from countless high-scoring passersby who actively signed up, but they were not regular troops after all. They lacked running-in and could not fight back against other clubs.
It was precisely because of this that the two teams trained exceptionally hard.
However, hard work was important in esports, but hard work would not necessarily be rewarded.
In many cases, talent, a good mentality, and scientific training methods were more useful than inefficient efforts.
The more impatient the players were, the more likely they would fall into such inefficient efforts.
Zhang Yuan was very worried about this, but he could not think of a better way.
Perhaps it was time to find a coach?
However, finding a coach meant that they had to trust the coach's arrangements wholeheartedly. The current coaches were either poached by other clubs or not good enough. Zhang Yuan could not find a suitable candidate in a short time.
Pei Qian walked in just as he was having a headache.
Zhang Yuan and Coach Yaling quickly stood up. "Boss Pei!"
Pei Qian greeted the two of them and found an empty seat to sit down.
He inadvertently glanced at the results of the mock competition on the whiteboard and subconsciously revealed a happy expression.
Why were their results so bad?
These mock competitions were arranged with domestic teams that had been eliminated in the past two days. In other words, they were playing against weak teams, but they still lost more than they won.
That was good news!
Pei Qian could not help but nod slightly. Yes, it looked like the start was much better than the previous batch of players!
Why could the previous batch of players be 'scattered all over the sky'? It was because they started too early and won at the starting line.
However, this batch of players lost at the starting line!
That was very comfortable.
However, Pei Qian immediately saw the focused and serious players in the training room. He realized that they all seemed to be highly focused and training hard.
Pei Qian instinctively frowned.
He could not be too optimistic too early. There were still huge hidden dangers!
This batch of DGE players was trained after the DGE Club had become popular. All of them were very talented and very young passersby with high scores.
If they continued to train like this and their strength soared, wouldn't they immediately fall into the previous vicious cycle?
DGE Club beat other clubs in mock competition → DGE's legend continued → sponsors invested like crazy → other clubs offered high prices to buy players → DGE Club's name became more famous, and more passersby with high scores came to train.
In that case, things would become out of control!
Moreover, compared to other clubs, passersby with high scores preferred to train in the DGE Club. Apart from the DGE Club's brand effect, career prospects were also a very important consideration.
That was because other clubs would try to lower the price when signing a contract. They were more inclined to sign a three-year contract with a lower salary. It was very difficult for many talented players to play out their value before proving themselves in competitions.
After signing a long-term contract, the club would not sell them if they played out their value. That would be a loss for the players.
However, in the DGE Club, everyone knew that they would be bought at the speed of light if they played out their value. It was simply perfect as a springboard.
In other words, the DGE Club did not need to compete with other clubs at all. They did not even need to offer high prices to these players, and they would rush like ducks!
That was because the newcomers who came to the DGE Club were not here for the current meager salary. They were here to prove themselves and get big contracts from other clubs to poach them!
The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more worried he became.
Wouldn't the DGE Club be hopeless if they really developed according to this script and monopolized those talented players from the source?
No, no, this batch of players had such a good start. He had to do something to maintain it! He must not enter such a vicious cycle!
Obviously, these players had seen GOG's international invitational tournament finals yesterday. They were all on steroids. He had to find a way to change their mentality.
It was useless to pour cold water on them. Instead, it would easily have the opposite effect. He had to use generous conditions to corrupt their fighting spirit.
Pei Qian watched silently from the side.
…
The mock competition ended at five in the afternoon.
Next was the post-competition meeting and dinner time.
Zhang Yuan's expression became even more worried.
That was because he could vaguely see that they could not continue training like this!
In the past, the two DGE teams trained with each other. That was because both teams started early, and Huang Wang and Jiang Huan's understanding of the game surpassed the players and coaches of other clubs. Thus, both teams became stronger the more they trained.
However, the two DGE teams training with each other now became rookies pecking at each other!
The drawbacks of the two DGE teams not having professional coaches to lead them appeared when the other clubs were on the right track and constantly developing new tactics. The two team captains' understanding of the game was not as good as the other clubs. No matter how much they trained, they would not be able to achieve very good training results.
However, the key was that Zhang Yuan was only a manager. He could see some problems but did not know how to solve them.
He could only let the two teams discuss the problem of playing. They might seem to be seriously summarizing, but they could not quickly unify their thoughts and lessons learned. Instead, there were signs of them shifting the blame to each other.
Zhang Yuan subconsciously looked at Boss Pei.
Boss Pei had not said much since he came to the club in the afternoon. Instead, he quietly watched the two teams play the mock competition.
Zhang Yuan felt that there must be a special reason for Boss Pei to come at this juncture, right?
He was probably worried about the talent gap in the DGE Club!
Zhang Yuan felt that Boss Pei must have seen the problem if he could see it.
He just did not know how Boss Pei would solve this problem.
Zhang Yuan quietly waited for Boss Pei to speak.
Pei Qian's worry grew stronger as he watched the team members discuss intensely.
That was because the two captains were seriously summarizing the problem, and the team members were also putting forward their own ideas. It looked like they were having a fruitful brainstorm.
They were also training hard and reviewing the post-competition very seriously. If this continued, DGE's two new teams might soon catch up to the other clubs!
After all, DGE's original two teams had used this training method to succeed. Pei Qian felt that he must not fall into the same pit twice.
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