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Mid-October is coming soon, and fan audiences from all over the country, as well as fan audiences from all over the world, have successively arrived in Shanghai. Many young foreign players have come to China for the first time.

The influx of thousands of migrants into Shanghai has also been extremely impressive in driving the local economy. The business of hotel rooms has increased significantly during this period, followed by surrounding food.

There is a reason why the leaders of Shencheng City pay attention to it. Such large-scale activities are quite effective in stimulating economic consumption. Especially in the current economic winter environment, the country is stimulating domestic demand and home appliances are going to the countryside.

For China, 2008 is a key node for the economic take-off again, and it can be said that it is the beginning of a major change unseen in a century.

This is all thanks to the country's foresight. The financial crisis broke out and China was able to get out of the economic quagmire. In addition to the trillions of water released, one of the very important reasons was to stimulate domestic demand.

There are prerequisites. Not only Chinese people like storage, but the other key is that infrastructure construction has kept up. You have money but can’t spend it is another embarrassment.

By now, almost every village has cement roads. Every household has electricity, and the road can be bought with a car. Only when the electricity is available, home appliances can be sold. The people are gradually getting rich, so what about home appliances going to the countryside? There is a foundation.

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The foreigners who came to Shanghai a few days in advance took the lead in buying, buying, and eating. For the diversified cuisines of China, the foreigners who arrived for the first time seemed to have opened the door to a new world.

And the first impression of consumption here for Europeans and Americans is that it is so cheap and affordable, not too cool.

The Chinese must be very upset, but there is no way.

After all, they came with U.S. dollars. The country needs to earn U.S. dollars. After entering China, they have to exchange foreign currency. 1,000 U.S. dollars can be exchanged for more than 6,800 yuan. National consumption is tens of thousands of RMB, and you can stay in star-rated hotels for a few days without any pressure on meals.

China is also happy to see this picture. There is no way. The country has to earn dollars and use dollars to buy oil, mineral resources and other commodities to meet its own development. Moreover, when doing business abroad, people only recognize dollars, especially oil. In the delivery and settlement, those countries that dared not use US dollars were all put on the ground by the American aircraft carrier.

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The pre-warming finally ended with the arrival of October 15th, the opening day of the first WRPO World Number One Player Tournament arrived.

The home stadium of the event is held in the large-scale building that spans the century in Shanghai, the "80,000 people stadium", but it can only hold 56,000 seats at most, but it is also a huge venue.

Luo Sheng originally wanted to arrange the main venue of the first WRPO event in the Capital Bird's Nest, but because the world-famous Olympics had just started, there was no way to make preparations for one or two months after the event.

However, the modern metropolis of Shanghai is not much worse.

October 15th is a Wednesday working day. The opening ceremony is set at 18:00 that night. Everyone is off work and has time to feel live or follow this event through online channels.

The WRPO event lasts for four days. The opening ceremony will be completed tonight, and the game will officially start tomorrow. The 16th and 17th are on Thursday and Friday. The group stage will be played, the 18th will be played in the quarterfinals and semi-final knockouts on Saturday. The weekend is the finals.

The first two working days are played against on the secondary stage, and the last two weekends are on the main stage. The first WRPO Top Player Contest has 12 competitions, among which the quarterfinals of Warcraft 3, Interstellar and CS will be held to the finals. On the main stage.

For other events, the finals can only be held on the secondary stage. The influence is not enough. Of course, the resources will not be tilted too much. The secondary stage is also much higher-end than the main stage of other e-sports events. After all, this event brand is backed by Bluestar Technology. Large multinational technology group.

In today's e-sports field, Starcraft, Warcraft and CS are the representatives, with the highest popularity and influence.

WRPO operations department also depends on commercial benefits.

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Around 17:20 in the afternoon.

The audience who bought the tickets have begun to enter the stadium through the major intersections of the stadium one after another. Many people came to attend the opening ceremony after get off work, and many people are running for popular rock bands in Europe and America. From LinkinPark.

A young Korean successfully passed the ticket verification channel and entered the "80,000" stadium. He was also shocked by the big scene in front of him.

Although I feel uncomfortable, I have to admit that the Chinese are indeed very good at organizing large-scale events. Needless to say, the Olympic Games some time ago, this height is simply difficult for other countries to hold in the future.

How can this surpass the compelling standard of the 08 Olympics...

Don't say anything else, the wallet is not allowed.

In fact, during this period of time, the Internet is still tearing up. The domestic media and the majority of netizens sneered at the stick. It was reported on the Internet that the Koreans revealed the Olympic ignition ceremony. Everything was perfect. The ignition ceremony became a big regret.

Whether the news is true or not is unknown.

At present, the 80,000 people stadium has an attendance rate of more than 90%, and there are still people who have not come. There are more than 58,000 people here, and you can look at the crowds.

It is worth mentioning that the number of seats in the 80,000 stadium is 56,000, but e-sports is different from ordinary sports. A large number of seats are also arranged in the stadium. The ticket price for these A-level seating areas is as high as 1,500 yuan. It was sold out a long time ago, and was fired up to 2,000 yuan by the scalpers.

In the middle of the stadium, there are six super-large high-definition giant screens, which is an equilateral hexagon when viewed from directly below.

The main stage is the confrontation stage, including a main commentary station and multiple auxiliary commentary stations in the backstage. Each major division has a dedicated subsidiary commentary station, and the infrastructure is fully fully equipped.

In addition, several special vehicles have been driven early outside the stadium. This is mobile operators building more mobile signal base stations in the surrounding area. Without their behind-the-scenes staff, the network here will become overcrowded. Even getting stuck and wanting to swear, this is not what the tournament side wants to see.

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At around 17:35, the rock band LinkinPark quietly arrived at the stadium and entered the backstage.

At around 17:40, a luxury motorcade arrived, and Wang Qiwei, the head of the WRPO business department, had already come to greet him. When he saw the young man who got out of the car and was surrounded by several bodyguards, Wang Qiwei couldn't help but take a small step. Hurry up to meet him.

It was Luo Sheng, the ultimate boss of Bluestar Technology Group, and the number one player in the eyes of countless e-sports people.

"Mr. Luo..."

Wang Qiwei ushered in small steps, but the other party was a young man ten or twenty years younger than him, but he did not dare to neglect.

Don't look at the young boss, but his aura is strong.

Luo Sheng looked around aimlessly after getting out of the car. This time Qin Weimu didn't come to Shencheng with him. In the past, Qin Weimu would definitely follow him when he traveled, but this time it was not a business trip.

"Good job, hard work." Luo Sheng regained his gaze and said casually.

"Where, it should be the responsibility." Wang Qiwei quickly replied with a smile: "Mr. Luo, please here."

Luo Sheng nodded and followed Wang Qiwei. Some of the media who came here also captured Luo Sheng. After seeing the hottest tech industry star appeared, they also quickly pressed the camera shutter to snap a crazy shot.

Earlier, it was reported that Luo Shenghui appeared on the Internet, but now it is a real hammer.

I didn't expect the founder to actually show up.

This has also made many people more interested in the e-sports industry, and they are very curious about why Luo Sheng is optimistic about this "small" industry.

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"Manager Luo!"

"Good evening, President Luo!"

"Manager Luo!"

Under the leadership of Wang Qiwei, Luo Sheng came to the backstage to watch the work progress and situation of the behind-the-scenes work team. This time no one finally came up to take photos. Many people lost their jobs because of this last time.

It's vivid.

It’s the first time most people have seen the legendary boss and the ultimate boss of the company. Some are excited and some are nervous. Most of the staff here are young people who are engaged in the field of e-sports. It's normal to be young people.

But they did not fight and looked directly at Luo Sheng, and they were very nervous when they saw the other person's eyes.

Nonsense, try it for you.

This is the same level of existence as the legendary bigwigs like Gates and Buffett. He earns tens of thousands of monthly salary. A hot man is the boss of the boss’s boss. It’s no wonder if he is not nervous.

"Mr. Luo, the operating income of the first WRPO is expected to total about 2 billion yuan, all diluted to the operating expenditure budget, this year's loss is about 50 million yuan." Wang Qiwei who followed Luo Sheng chatted.

"A total of 2 billion earned?" Luo Sheng was surprised and nodded in affirmation: "It's a good job. I thought it would be around 1.8 billion at most, and I would lose two or three billion."

As for the loss of 50 million yuan after the first session, Luo Sheng didn't care at all. In order to lay out the e-sports industry, more than 10 billion soft sister coins have been dropped and still care about this small 50 million?

Luo Sheng cares about income. As long as the revenue data is bright, everything is fine. The current losses are to pay for the future expansion of the entire market.

"Well, it should be possible to stop the loss in less than five years. In 2013, the WRPO will make a profit and make a profit of 1 million. It will be a big success, but the premise is not to suppress the budget and expand to squeeze the profit." Luo Sheng said. , He just said that Wang Qiwei's pressure came up.

Is this the performance target given by the ultimate BOSS?

Surely count!

And the real pressure is not 1 million profit, but the phrase "cannot suppress budget and expansion". This is too flexible. How much budget and expansion is it?There is no clear indicator, it's all on your own understanding.

Wang Qiwei has to admire the leadership of the boss. It seems that a single sentence can make you stressed and drive you to work hard.

There is no way, who makes most Chinese people like to figure out the thoughts of their bosses? If you give a hard indicator, he will still figure it out because he doesn't believe it.

Well, don’t you like to figure it out?Then I'll just talk about flexibility, you can figure it out for yourself.

Luo Sheng actually said that he was conservative. He didn’t say another sentence afterwards, that is to try to earn back more than 10 billion investment in the early stage around 2017. In other words, his psychological expectation is at this time node in 2017. The company recovers all the cost of the investment in the e-sports industry without accounting for inflation.

If this is said, Wang Qiwei might be overwhelmed, and he might quit his job, which would be unsightly.

After watching in the background for a while, Luo Sheng left. He didn't want to affect the front-line staff here. He actually made many people nervous here, and when nervous, mistakes may occur.

During the period, Luo Sheng and the North American rock band LinkinPark met backstage, and they also had a brief chat.

Speaking of, this time the organizer invited the band to spend about 3.5 million US dollars in appearance fees. It is not cheap, but it is not very expensive, which is very reasonable.

Luo Sheng stayed in an office in the backstage for a few minutes, and Wang Qiwei briefly reported the work progress to him.

Time passed quickly, with only five minutes left before the opening ceremony officially began. At this moment, nearly 58,900 people gathered in the 80,000 people stadium, which was brightly lit.

At this moment, the audience who failed to come to the scene are also watching the live broadcast on TV or streaming video websites.

The Bluestar Video website under the Bluestar Technology Group has opened up a live e-sports channel, but it uses a satellite live broadcast method. Fortunately, the streaming media technology is strong, and the parent company provides technical and financial support behind it. You will be able to enjoy the high-definition streaming media live broadcast quality.

As for live TV, this is only available abroad, such as South Korea’s OGN TV station.

But the mainland of China does not, nothing else, because so far the country has not opened up. This is a sequelae caused by the "Blue Polar Beam" Internet cafe incident. In fact, even the Yangshi Sports Channel has broadcast e-sports related programs before. .

But a "blue pole beam" incident almost caused a fatal blow to the domestic e-sports industry that was just starting, and it was not accepted by mainstream voices.

Nowadays, big coffee like Luo Sheng has come out to support e-sports in person, and finally turned some of the situation, but in fact, Luo Sheng’s reputation has been criticized by many parents in this regard, and World of Warcraft has also been criticized by "experts". The rhythm of the media has also been brought to Bluestar Technology.

Because Blizzard Entertainment, the developer of World of Warcraft, is now a subsidiary of Bluestar Technology Group.However, Luo Sheng never paid attention to these remarks.

After all, he is not a soft sister coin, and he cannot be loved by everyone.

The e-sports industry will eventually usher in a golden age. Whether you like it or hate it, what should come will always come. It is only a matter of time. Luo Sheng's entry will not have any suspense that will accelerate the arrival of this golden age.

The opening ceremony did not have so many red tapes, and there were no various leaders taking the stage to give speeches. Adhering to the parent company's concept of “acting fast and breaking the rules”, the process was as streamlined as possible, allowing more time for the opening ceremony to focus on e-sports, The competition itself focuses on the links that players and audience care most about.

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At 18:00, the sky just dimmed, the lights in the auditorium area in the stadium were turned off without warning, and the chattering discussions gradually disappeared.

As the lights just went out, the melody of music suddenly floated throughout the scene.

The audience on the scene and the audience watching the live broadcast smiled at the opening melody of the music. It was the first WRPO theme song "ReadyPlayerOne" sung by LinkinPark.

This is the latest single released globally, but it is no stranger to e-sports fans. Now the number of clicks on the BV video website has exceeded 10 million, and we can also see the foundation of the e-sports industry. And potential.

At this moment, the scene is still bleak, with only the sound of music.

But this situation did not last long. After only a few seconds, the six huge screens in the stadium's midfield soon appeared.

Amazingly, it is the MV video of the theme song of "ReadyPlayerOne". It appears in the form of animation. The lead singer linkinPark did not appear in the MV, but another version is included in his latest album, but this version of the MV video highlights the theme. It is the elements of WRPO, e-sports and star-rated professional players.

It is worth mentioning that the virtual singer Hatsune Miku has also appeared inside.

Soon after the MV picture appeared on the six super large screens, the main stage was also illuminated by the lights. The LinkinPark band had been preparing on the stage for a long time, but it was only at night that the audience on the spot was basically invisible.

As soon as the light turned on, it instantly shining in the audience.

The style of this single is shown as a bloody war song, LinkinPark, this rock band is a new generation of music urchins, who have no style but can gamble on the strengths of others. It is the unique king of mixed music in this era. Incorporating many elements such as alternative rock, hip-hop rhythm, and brilliant electronic music, it has become the spiritual fortress of the E generation of rock music.

For domestic music fans, LinkinPark also has a very high reputation. There are a large number of fans, including gamers. Their two songs "Numb" and "InTheEnd" are probably familiar to domestic players.

At the beginning of this year, "QQ Speed" released by Tengxun was launched. Players who have played this PC game are basically no strangers to the song "Numb".

Even if you don't know who sang this song, as soon as the melody comes out, you know where you heard it.

At this moment, while the LinkinPark band is singing the theme song on the main stage, the staff behind the scenes are not idle. Another electronic sound production team will immediately pick up. However, the DJ will not appear on the stage, but in a virtual The image of singer Hatsune Miku is displayed in the form of real-time calculations through huge screens.

Behind the scenes there is a motion capture team, one of which is a female "DJ actor" wearing a special tights, her face and full focus, and a DJing equipment.

Her actions are synchronized to the model of Hatsune Miku through live action, and the form of the virtual singer Hatsune Miku is played on a giant screen, facing a global audience.

All this is supported by a huge technical team behind it.

All of this seems to be nothing more than a game event, but a lot of advanced technology is used behind it, but these technologies will not be directly delivered to individual consumers like blue mobile phones, so you can't feel the subversive life brought by technology.

The task of the team is very simple. In the next opening ceremony, professional players from major e-sports clubs will provide background music during the admission ceremony.

Virtual singer, online DJing.

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