December 30th, Friday, 8 AM
Pei Qian switched off the alarm and struggled to get up.
His determination to study for the past two days had finally paid off. At the very least, he had read dozens of pages of notes, which was a good start.
Today was the same. He woke up early in the morning and took advantage of the fact that his mind was clearer in the morning to revise as much as possible so that he wouldn't only think about being a salted fish in the afternoon and evening.
While brushing his teeth, he looked at his phone.
"Hmm? IOI's global finals had already begun yesterday morning? Oh, yes, it seems to be today. "
"The match seems to still be ongoing."
The competition had started at 11 AM in Los Angeles yesterday, which was 3 AM in Jingzhou today. There were six matches a day, and they were now in the fifth match.
If the domestic audience wanted to watch the competition, they would have to watch it from midnight until morning.
Pei Qian was not that interested in IOI's competition. After all, he had never played it before and did not understand much. The time was not suitable. What's more, FV Club did not need to play in the group stages.
Therefore, he did not pay much attention to this matter. It was only after seeing the relevant news that he clicked on the live broadcast platform to take a look.
Obviously, IOI's global finals were relatively popular in the country under Long Yu Corporation's strong promotion. All the major news clients were pushing news, and all the live-stream platforms had also given a lot of recommendation resources. It looked very popular.
In addition, the GPL's pre-season competition had just ended a few days ago. The Spring Competition had yet to begin. During this period, many players who had nothing to do would choose to watch IOI's global finals.
Pei Qian clicked into the live-stream and found two foreign teams that he did not know at all. They were currently in a state of equilibrium and fighting anxiously.
The scene looked very tense, but the bullet screen comments were not discussing the competition itself at all. Instead, the fans of IOI and GOG were fighting crazily.
"Trash! The opening match was a draw. Don't fight the rest of the matches. Swim back! "
"They're playing ridiculously well. Why aren't they using their ultimate heroes? Why aren't they using their original tactics? Did they learn from foreign teams? You can't even learn it well! "
"You're just like a child learning to walk, and you've learned everything you know! It's so ugly! "
"Such a good venue, such a cool opening ceremony, this competition is so well organized, but in the end, the domestic team was beaten up. Isn't this disgusting?"
"Everyone, please be more tolerant. This is only the first match. Moreover, I have no choice but to learn. The version has already changed. If I continue to play according to the previous version, I will only lose even more miserably. "
"Damn it, I stayed up all night, and this is all I got? If it weren't for the fact that the GPL Spring Competition hasn't started yet, I wouldn't have come to watch this lousy competition and suffer! "
"Then hurry up and go back to your GPL! It's a rubbish game that only our countrymen play. "
"Oh, let me tell you something. IOI and GOG's foreign market share has long been the same. GOG is not only played by locals. It's just that GOG's domestic teams are beating foreign teams. "
"I don't know if you saw the GOG logo on the foreign club team uniforms? Could it be that you're blind and can't see it? "
"It's ridiculous to play the IOI finals with GOG's name. Finger Games is probably going to explode in anger."
"There's nothing we can do about it. The club has already accepted the sponsorship. We can't just force them to pay the liquidated damages, can we? I can only say that Finger Games did not think of this before. They did not prohibit clubs from accepting GOG's sponsorship. "
"Stop arguing. GOG's results are indeed good, but that's because Tengda is domineering! If IOI's E-Sports environment had not been so squeezed, how could it be so weak? "
"Didn't Long Yu Corporation say that they would bring their team to Los Angeles to play mock competitions in advance? Then, they trained to this? "
No one was discussing the competition itself on the bullet screen. They were all fighting.
Pei Qian looked at the results of the previous competition and realized that the two domestic teams had each played a competition today and lost both.
One was the opening battle, which was a draw in 30 minutes. The other was the fourth match, which lasted for more than 40 minutes. At the last moment, they did not manage to catch their breath, and the other party seized the opportunity to end the competition in a team battle.
They had lost both matches. It could be said that the sky had collapsed.
That was because the competition schedule this time was rather special. There were three teams in each group, and only one team would qualify. It might be a double loop, but every small point was extremely important.
Losing the first round had already made the situation for them to advance into the next round very grim.
What's more, the two teams that lost were not the strongest European and American teams. That was because the first seeded team in Europe and America was the same as FV Club. They did not need to play in the group stages at all. They were all waiting in the top eight.
If they could not even defeat the non-seeded teams in Europe and America, wouldn't it be even more useless if they met a truly strong team?
Many viewers had stayed up until three o 'clock to watch the competition. In the end, they had only watched two such frustrating competitions after waiting for so long. They must be so angry that they could not sleep and were about to flame in the live-stream.
What's more, it was not just the live-stream. Gamers had obviously already cursed on various forums and video websites.
"Why is the gap between domestic teams and European and American teams so huge?"
"Yes, it's a good thing."
"FV Team's strength is similar to these two teams. Since these two teams have been abused, FV Team will probably be at the level of the top eight. They won't be too popular."
Pei Qian could not help but feel optimistic. He used his cell phone to project the screen on the big television, intending to quickly watch the highlights of the previous few competitions.
On Aili Island, IOI's official account had already updated the opening ceremony of IOI's global finals, as well as the highlights of the previous few competitions.
A certain European and American singer was invited to sing the theme song for the opening ceremony. There was also a dance team doing cosplay performances. The overall feeling was not bad and was more dignified.
The venue was large and there were many people, so it looked more imposing. It was obviously an improvement compared to GOG's international invitational tournament back then. Thus, the bullet screen comments were more enthusiastic.
However, the overall situation took a sharp turn for the worse when it came to the main competition.
Pei Qian jumped to watch the two competitions that the domestic teams had lost. He realized that it was not wrong for these two teams to be criticized. If he had stayed up late to watch these two competitions, he would definitely have criticized them as well.
The first match was completely against the wind and was pushed to a draw. The second match was dragged out for a long time and they missed many opportunities before being taken away by the other party. It was really hard to say which one was more infuriating.
The key was that these two teams did not seem to have the strength to fight. Perhaps it was because of nervousness or some other reason. Their decisions were hesitant, and their operations were restrained.
What's more, none of the heroes that Pei Qian had seen before had appeared in the lineup.
Pei Qian had watched IOI's domestic qualifiers in Shanghai previously. He was quite familiar with a few traditional lineups. He might not know what the hero's skills were but he could barely recognize them.
However, they were not chosen for this competition. It was completely different from Pei Qian's impression of the competition.
Pei Qian suddenly wanted to understand the situation at FV Club.
Pei Qian had not paid much attention to FV Club ever since they arrived in Los Angeles. After all, there was a time difference of more than ten hours between the two places. It was not very convenient to contact them.
However, the timing was just right. Thus, Pei Qian gave Wu Yue a video call.
Pei Qian was a little worried at first because the signal in most stadiums was not good. If Wu Yue and the others were still at the competition venue, he might not be able to make the video call.
However, the video call connected after a while.
"Boss Pei!"
Wu Yue was obviously not in the competition venue but in the hotel. He was using the hotel's wireless network to make this video call, so the signal was quite stable.
Pei Qian nodded. "How's the situation on your side?"
Wu Yue immediately understood. "Boss Pei, are you worried about our condition because you saw the other two domestic teams losing badly?"
"Don't worry about that. Our team members have been training hard. I don't dare to say that we will definitely win, but we will definitely show our style."
Wu Yue did not dare to brag too much. FV Club had always been training with SUG after all. They had never touched European and American teams before. He did not know what would happen if they really fought.
It would be too embarrassing if he bragged too much in front of Boss Pei and ended up losing in the first round of the top eight.
Pei Qian nodded. Wu Yue did not look confident. It should not be a big problem.
However, Pei Qian did not think that FV Club would really lose in the first round of the top eight. After all, his luck was bad. What he had been looking forward to had never happened.
They would still be able to make it to the top four if they really survived.
They would be able to save face if they were eliminated in the top four.
At that time, the netizens' firepower would definitely be focused on the other two clubs. FV Club would still be the strongest club in IOI's domestic server …
That would not do!
Pei Qian suddenly felt that the current situation was still not very stable. It was mainly because the other two clubs were performing too poorly. All of a sudden, FV was brought up.
Even if FV Club could not win the championship and get into the top four, they would still be the best performing domestic team.
At that thought, Pei Qian said, "I saw that our club's official Weibo has been posting some daily photos and videos recently."
Wu Yue immediately understood. "I understand. Boss Pei, you're saying that the competition is imminent. We should not post such things so as to avoid attracting hatred and affecting the players' mentality? I'll tell them to stop posting on Weibo. "
Pei Qian raised his hand. "No! That's not what I meant. "
"I'm saying that this matter has been done very well. We have to increase our efforts!"
"We have to post on Weibo with high intensity every day. We have to make our presence felt in front of the players."
"Not only that, we have to do something on Weibo to mock the other teams, evaluate the competition that just ended, and pick on the problems of the winning team."
"Jokes, emoticons, whatever you can do, put it on! Do whatever the traffic is! "
Wu Yue was a little confused. "Huh? Boss Pei, you're attracting hatred! "
He could imagine what would happen once these contents were released. They would definitely be criticized by players. What's more, players would take screenshots and dig their graves!
At the moment, FV Club was the first seeded team. They could sit back and watch the tigers fight before the top eight. Of course, it would not be a problem for them to praise the other teams. However, this would definitely offend the fans of the other teams and even cause passersby fans to feel disgusted.
At that time, it would be fine if FV Club won the competition. If they lost, wouldn't they be ruined?
Wu Yue was a little hesitant. "Boss Pei, this … doesn't seem too good. Domestic players don't like such high-profile behavior."
Pei Qian thought for a moment. "Hmm … You mean that domestic players don't like it, but foreign players like it? Hmm, that's right. What you said makes sense. "
"How about this? Your club will register all the foreign websites like Twitter and the like. Synchronize it with Weibo and create an English version!"
"Coincidentally, we've invested in some overseas clubs. I'll get their official accounts to interact with you. We won't have to worry about no one reading it."
"Alright, that's settled. We'll start after the competition today. I'll check it tomorrow. I'll hang up first. "
Wu Yue: "Boss Pei …"
The video call was hung up before he could finish speaking.
Wu Yue was a little helpless, but he had no other choice. He could only do as he was told.
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