March 24th, Saturday afternoon …
The boss of SUG Club, Ding Gan, had nothing to do today. FV and SUG teams did not have any competitions today, so he went to visit Wu Yue.
The relationship between SUG Club and FV Club continued to warm up after returning from the international competition in the United States. It was quite like they were brother teams.
This might be the so-called "we are not fated to begin with. It's all because I have money".
These two teams originally had nothing to do with each other. SUG Team was a famous team in the domestic e-sports field no matter what. FV Team could only be considered unranked. It would be difficult for Wu Yue to climb up to them even if he wanted to.
However, the two teams went to Los Angeles together during the international competition. SUG also benefited a lot as a sparring partner. Coupled with Boss Pei's relationship, the two bosses became closer and closer and their relationship became better.
Of course, Ding Gan often visited FV Team to learn from FV Team's advanced experience and strive to achieve better results in SUG.
However, unlike usual, Ding Gan felt that the situation was different the moment he entered.
The main members of FV Team were not training. The training room was empty. Only Manager Lu and a few substitutes from Team Two were there.
Manager Lu immediately stood up and greeted Ding Gan when he saw him enter. "Boss Ding."
They were all old acquaintances, so there was no need to be so polite. Ding Gan asked directly, "Eh, where are Boss Wu's team members? Why aren't they training today? Is there any special activity? "
Manager Lu explained, "Boss Ding, they're all in the conference room. Someone from Finger Games is here today to talk to the team members about the champion's skin."
Ding Gan was stunned. "Oh! Are we only talking about the champion's skin now? "
Manager Lu nodded. "Yes, it seems like Finger Games has been busy with IOI's version update and preparations for the outer region league. They only made time now."
"After all, it was someone from Finger Games' headquarters who came personally. That's why there was a delay."
Ding Gan nodded. He had heard a little about IOI's version update.
The upper echelons of Finger Games and Dayak Corporation were definitely very dissatisfied with FV Team winning the championship.
It was not because they had any prejudice against domestic teams. The key was that FV Team was a competitor's team. What's more, the key to their victory was the data support of Tengda Games. This was equivalent to slapping Finger Games in the face in front of all the players in the world. It proved that Tengda Games' designer and Balancer were better than Finger Games.
It also confirmed the rumor that GOG was imitating IOI.
Thus, in order to weaken FV Team's strength and regain their ground, Finger Games definitely had to plan a new version update. In addition, the various overseas leagues, including the Northern American Region, were also in preparation. That was why they only took the time to send a design team to FV Club to discuss the champion's skin now.
Manager Lu said, "Mr. Ding, they may need some time. Would you like to sit here for a while?"
Ding Gan nodded and sat down on the sofa beside him, waiting for them to finish the meeting.
…
Meanwhile, in the conference room.
FV Team's boss, Wu Yue, the translator, and the five main players sat on one side of the conference table. On the other side were two skin designers from Finger Games.
Wu Yue said, "We're almost done discussing the champion's skin."
"The heroes are the signature heroes that our team members chose in the finals, including Ancient Lava Tree, Storm Swordsman, Wings of the Blade …"
"Then, the overall style of the skin."
"Since it's FV Team's skin, it must have FV Team's logo. In any case, we'll add the teleport special effects and signature. That should be the most basic. "
"Then, there are two elements that our team likes. I hope they can be added."
"As you can see, our team's logo has golden elements. What's more, our team members like the golden effect. Thus, we hope to add a large number of golden elements in the special effects of the skin. For example, a large number of golden light special effects for area skills to explode."
"Secondly, our team members use their brains to play games. What's more, we prefer cool and technological skins. Thus, we hope to add some special effects like program codes and scientific formulas into the skin. For example, it would be displayed when guiding and returning to the city. "
Wu Yue first explained the overall idea of FV Team's champion's skin design.
After finalizing the overall style, the players had to raise some special customization requirements for their skin, such as what kind of teleport action to use, whether they should add any special elements to their skin, and so on.
The two designers nodded as they listened to the translation and took notes seriously.
FV Team's request sounded very reasonable.
Everyone loved ballers. The sense of technology and numbers was also very suitable for internet addicts. This series of skins should be quite popular.
One of the designers thought about it seriously. "We can set the theme of the skin as' Black Gold Technology '. The normal skin is black as the main color with some golden lines. The shape of the armor is high-tech battle armor. All the weapons, be it cold weapons or firearms, will be changed to high-tech ones. "
"As your level increases, the golden elements on your body will gradually increase and the sense of technology will become stronger."
"As for special effects similar to program codes, they can be added in large numbers when releasing guidance skills or returning to the city, giving people the feeling that they are in the hacker world."
Wu Yue was very happy. "That's right, that's the feeling we want!"
"Let the team members talk about the requirements for their skin in detail. I'll leave first."
…
The corners of Wu Yue's mouth could not help but curl up into a smile after leaving the conference room.
Sure enough, the two designers from Finger Games' headquarters did not have any doubts.
In fact, Wu Yue and his team members had already discussed the champion skin many times and reached a consensus.
Who was the main contributor to FV Team winning the championship?
Of course, it was Boss Pei!
If Boss Pei had not spent a lot of money, provided food, accommodation, and internet cafes, provided a perfect training environment for the team members, and found a special data analysis team and sparring team to greatly improve FV Team's understanding of the game in a short period of time, how could FV Team win the championship with their original strength?
Thus, they had to commemorate Boss Pei with this champion skin!
However, this matter could not be made too obvious. It would be best if the designers of Finger Games could not tell, but domestic players could tell at a glance.
Thus, Wu Yue and his team members discussed for a long time and finally decided on the two elements, gold and numbers.
The gold element was similar to Modest, the Coin-Scattering Hedgehog in GOG. It was to commemorate Boss Pei's generous spending on FV Team, while the number element represented the strong data support provided by Tengda Games.
Leaving the first set of champion skin for Boss Pei in IOI as a commemoration could be considered as barely repaying Boss Pei's kindness to FV Team!
Ding Gan was sitting on the sofa in the training room. He immediately stood up and greeted Wu Yue when he saw him walk out of the conference room.
The two of them were very familiar with each other. They sat on the sofa and exchanged a few pleasantries. At the same time, they talked about the recent events of the two clubs.
Ding Gan looked at the members of Team Two who were training in the training room and suddenly felt that something was amiss.
"Eh, Boss Wu, why do I feel that your team members seem to be stronger than the last time? The effects are too fast. They're almost catching up to those monsters from DGE! "
"Why don't my team members see any effect after practicing for so long?"
Wu Yue was stunned. "How would I know? Perhaps people's physiques can't be generalized. "
Ding Gan pondered for a moment. "That's not right either. Your team members' physiques are indeed different, but their overall physiques have become better. My team members' physiques are also different, but they are still fat and thin. There's no change at all!"
"Could our team members be going to a fake gym?"
Wu Yue thought for a moment. "Then … could it be a problem with diet?"
Ding Gan slapped his thigh lightly. "Yes, that must be the reason!"
"At that time, Zhao Xuming asked us to hire our own cooking auntie and find a nearby gym to apply for a membership. He told us that the subsidy price was the same, so I didn't pay much attention to it."
"Now, it doesn't look like that at all!"
"The subsidy price is the same, but the effect is too different!"
As a rich second-generation heir, Ding Gan did not visit the club often. He only went there occasionally. Previously, Zhao Xuming had given all the clubs the same subsidy, so Ding Gan did not think too much about it.
He did not expect the difference to be so huge after some time!
Ding Gan could not sit still anymore. "No, I have to go back and take a look!"
…
After leaving FV Club, Ding Gan drove back to SUG Club.
However, he did not go in directly this time. Instead, he found a place by the side of the road to park the car and waited patiently.
According to the club's arrangements, they would arrange for fitness time after the afternoon mock competition. After the fitness, they would come back for dinner, rest, and continue playing the night's mock competition.
Looking at the time, the mock competition should be over by now. As long as he waited at the door, he should be able to see the team members going to the gym for training.
Ding Gan waited in the car for more than half an hour. Indeed, he saw the members of SUG walk out of the club and walk towards the nearby gym.
There were many cars parked by the side of the road. Ding Gan had specially chosen a place far away to hide, so the team members did not realize that their boss was watching their every move.
After the team members walked away, Ding Gan got out of the car and followed them quietly.
The members of SUG had been training in the nearby gym for a period of time, but it was completely ineffective. Not only did they not close the gap with the members of FV Team, but they were also getting further and further away.
As the boss of the club, Ding Gan found it hard to accept!
He followed them silently to the gym near the training base and then followed them in.
At first, Ding Gan was a little worried about being discovered, but he soon realized that he was overthinking. There were many people in the gym on the weekend afternoon. The team members did not notice him at all when he mixed into the crowd.
In order to avoid being exposed, Ding Gan deliberately hid for a while. He waited for the team members to change their clothes and start training before hiding in the crowd to observe.
The team members found a private trainer to train with them and began today's training.
However, Ding Gan frowned very quickly. That was because he saw that the team members were not training seriously at all. Instead, they were slacking!
There were many people in the gym to begin with. Many of the equipment in the strength area were occupied. If they wanted to use it, they could only queue up. The private trainer only brought the team members to do some physical training on the yoga mat. The team members were not particularly serious. They would lie on the yoga mat and give up when they were slightly tired. It did not achieve the best training effect.
Ding Gan now understood why the effects were not obvious after training for so long.
That was because the cooking auntie and ordinary gyms could not replace Fish-Catching Take-Out's fitness meals and Deposit Fitness!
The trainers in the gym might be considered responsible, but on one hand, the equipment in the gym was not that free. They had to queue up. On the other hand, the private trainer did not dare to train the team members so harshly. The private trainer was too embarrassed to say anything harsh when the team members were slacking. He could only let them be.
Thus, this fitness slowly became a formality.
Ding Gan even suspected that these team members usually came to the gym based on their mood. If they did not come when the club manager was not around, the private trainer at the gym would not say anything.
What's more, SUG Club was definitely not the only one like this. The other clubs other than FV Team must be similar. That was because the physiques of the other clubs were obviously about the same as SUG. There was no difference.
Ding Gan was unhappy at that time.
Why could FV Team use Fish-Catching Take-Out and Deposit Fitness when everyone's money was the same? The training effect was so good, but they could only hire the cooking auntie and ordinary gyms. They could not see the effect after training for a long time?
He did not mention it previously mainly because he did not realize that there would be such a huge difference.
Now, he had joined forces with the bosses of several clubs to suggest it to Zhao Xuming. It should not be a problem to change it to Fish-Catching Take-Out and Deposit Fitness now, right?
Fish-Catching Take-Out and Deposit Fitness had been opened in Shanghai recently after all. It should not be a problem to take in these professional players.
At that thought, Ding Gan left directly to contact the other club owners to pressure Zhao Xuming.
Why did the team members want to slack off instead of working out? Absolutely not!
…
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March 26th, Monday …
Pei Qian came to the office as usual to check on the situation of the various departments.
"I haven't seen the situation of these physical industries in a while."
"Let's take a look today."
Pei Qian found the reports of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, and Deposit Fitness in the various departments' work reports and clicked on them one by one.
Pei Qian had not seen the work reports of these departments for a while ever since the physical industry entered the super first-tier cities.
The main reason was that he was afraid that business would be booming and the venue would be full. He would only cause trouble for himself if he saw it.
However, Pei Qian was in a good mood today. He was mentally prepared in advance, so he clicked on it.
"Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is indeed full not long after it opened."
"Alright, as expected. There's nothing to say."
"Eh? Deposit Fitness' situation is not bad? Many people have refunded their money? "
Pei Qian could not help but smile when he saw Deposit Fitness' work report last week.
It seemed like Deposit Fitness was not acclimatized in Shanghai!
Many people signed up for Deposit Fitness in Shanghai when it first opened, but a group of them were quickly dissuaded.
That was because Deposit Fitness had too many requirements. They had to buy fitness meals from Sloth Apartments and strictly follow the fitness schedule. Many people could not persevere at all.
In fact, Deposit Fitness was in the same situation when it first opened in Jingzhou. It was only after a few batches of people were washed out that the customer base was roughly determined. After a period of time, Deposit Fitness became popular because the fitness effects of these customers were very obvious.
The white-collar workers in Shanghai had obviously overestimated their perseverance.
"Not bad. This situation can last for at least a month or two, right? I don't want to incur losses. I just want to earn money slowly. "
Pei Qian opened Fish-Catching Take-Out's report again. The situation was better than Deposit Fitness, but it was far from as popular as Jingzhou.
The reason was very simple. On one hand, it was because Shanghai did not have garbage classification yet. On the other hand, there were many delicacies in Shanghai. Fish-Catching Take-Out's competitiveness in Shanghai was far inferior to Jingzhou.
"Eh, that means the situation is much more optimistic than I imagined?"
Pei Qian could not help but smile.
Just as he was feeling happy, the new week's work reports were sent over one after another.
Pei Qian clicked on Deposit Fitness' work report for the new week.
However, Pei Qian's smile froze on his face after reading two lines.
"All the club members of the ICL league have transferred to Deposit Fitness? What's more, their daily meals have all been changed to Fish-Catching Take-Out's fitness meals?! "
A bolt out of the blue made Pei Qian feel dizzy.
What was going on?
Wasn't everything fine last week?
Didn't they not use any Tengda businesses before the ICL league? What was going on?
Pei Qian immediately called Chang You.
"All the teams in the ICL league in Shanghai have changed to our gym. What's going on?"
Chang You was a little surprised. "Eh, Boss Pei, don't you know?"
"That's right. You might not have paid attention to the business in Shanghai."
"It's like this. SUG Club's Boss Ding realized that his team members' fitness effects were very poor. After training for a long time, there was no effect. In the end, he realized that it was because the gym they found was not good enough. The team members did not train hard when they were working out. They were all slacking."
"The other clubs are more or less in similar situations. Only FV Club uses Deposit Fitness. The effects are very fast."
"That's why these club owners are unhappy. Everyone has the same subsidy. Why are we using inferior service?"
"These bosses still care about these things. After all, the subsidy is the same. The training effect of the team members is not good. On one hand, it affects the impression, and on the other hand, it wastes time."
"That's why the bosses of a few clubs went to look for Zhao Xuming together and asked him to change all of them to Deposit Fitness and Fish-Catching Take-Out's fitness meals. They cannot treat them differently."
"What's more, their reason is very good. The team members' bodies are considered a part of their appearance. It's beneficial for the club and even the entire ICL league's commercialization. What's more, the higher the quality of the team members' training, the more hope they have of winning glory for the ICL league in the international competition in the future …"
"Zhao Xuming probably thinks that they're spending the same amount of money anyway. They've already worked with Tengda on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. It doesn't matter if they cooperate more."
"Coincidentally, Deposit Fitness's shop still has enough empty spots. That's why I signed them all and even gave them a friendship price."
"I've already told the coaches over there that we have to be strict with these professional players. We have to train them all into muscular men and make Deposit Fitness famous in Shanghai!"
Pei Qian hung up and fell silent.
It was bad!
The ICL league had already made Pei Qian suffer once. Bunny Tail Live-Stream had inexplicably attracted a lot of attention because of the ICL league. There were more and more viewers, and he could not chase them away.
Now, even Deposit Fitness and Fish-Catching Take-Out could not escape the claws of the ICL!
Pei Qian could not sit still anymore. He immediately stood up and prepared to go to Bunny Tail Live-Stream.
He had to do something to save the current situation!
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