Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

November 27th, Sunday.

Pei Qian didn't set the alarm clock this morning. He wanted to sleep happily until noon, but he woke up at 7 o'clock in the morning, and he was completely drowsy.

I always feel a little flustered in my heart inexplicably, very unsteady.

"Which department is doing things for me again..."

Pei Qian was speechless. After tossing around and couldn't continue to fall asleep, he touched the phone from the bedside and swiped aimlessly.

Then he habitually entered the ioi forum.

During this period of time, Pei Qian has been paying attention to the situation of ioi, hoping that the game can quickly improve, so that he can justify and burn money for GOG.

The Internet public opinion of the previous two days was not very good for ioi and finger companies, which made Pei Qian very worried.

After two days, Longyu Group should be doing something, right?Should the anger of the players also calm down?

Hope ioi is okay.

However, Pei Qian just clicked into the ioi forum, and Pei Qian saw a post that made him a little frightened.

"Transfer a wave of extranet comments and see how the ultimate stunner of Finger Company is not a person inside and outside!

"Before I thought that the old players of the national server have been blown up by the changes of ioi. I did not expect that foreign players will be more bombed than us! Because ioi will classify the national server as a low-price zone, and the price of the foreign server is two Double or even triple!"

"The old players of the national server just lost money in the previous purchases, and they can still enjoy discounts in the future, but foreign players have always been able to buy at the original price. The world is true..."

"It's okay in the low-price zone. Don't many game platforms also implement the low-price zone strategy? Besides, GOG's national server skin seems to be much cheaper than abroad, right? We haven't seen foreign players rebel? "

"GOG's situation is completely different. In fact, in terms of pricing, domestic and foreign are the same. Domestic epic skins and legendary skins are 18 and 45, respectively, and foreign countries are 2.49 and 6.99 dollars, basically the same. "

"The reason why GOG is cheap in China is that there is a skin that is almost free. The key is that there is a creative community in China! This is our exclusive benefit. All players who provide creative heroes and new skins will have them when they are just starting to sell. Super discount."

"The foreigner has no objection?"

"The opinions are very small, because not every foreign player knows about the creative community. The prices in all districts are the same from the original price. Besides, the prices of $2.49 and $6.99 are already low enough. What more bikes?"

"I think there is another reason that the skin of GOG is the price of cabbage from the beginning. Everyone is used to it, and there is not much room for price reduction. However, the skin of GOG is very expensive at first, and there are too many old players already I bought a lot of skins, but now I suddenly cut it down. People can't accept it."

"It's true. It's the same as buying a house or a car. The price will be cut short after the purchase, but the price cannot be guaranteed. Although it is a commercial activity, most people's mentality will collapse..."

"Didn't you say that you are going to make memorial skins and memorial portraits for old players?"

"In the beginning, it was meant for players of the national server, but the old players of the foreign server stopped doing it, so now Zhitou has changed its words and said that all old players will have it. The result is basically not much comforting..."

Looking at the comments at the bottom of this post, Pei Qian became more panicked as he watched, and a salted fish sat up from the bed.

"Broken, ioi seems to have entered a vicious circle."

"Damn, so envy..."

Pei Qian thought that Zhitou Company should soon calm the anger of the players, but now it seems that this is really not that simple to do!

Because now the player group that ioi faces has shown a clear split, and it is still split into three pieces.

New players in the national server, old players in the national server, and players in the world server, these three player groups ioi are reluctant to let go and want to please, but the interests of these three groups are too different.

Fingering the company to please any group will trigger a fierce backlash from the other two groups.

This has fallen into a kind of "luxury car dilemma". When luxury car brands have problems, brand value drops and sales decline, many luxury car brands can only choose to sell at lower prices in order to stop losses.

However, once the price is reduced, the loyal and loyal old car owners will not be happy, and it will give people the impression that "this car is not in value", which will further damage the brand value and no one will buy the car.

Raising prices is not okay, and lowering prices are not okay. Whatever you do is wrong.

Pei Qian panicked a little.

Brother, I did nothing.

You can't kill yourself and give up the market to GOG, right?

I've already split the Zangyang game into two halves, and only used one hand to fight you. As a result, your backhand will abolish your martial arts?Doesn't it have the strength to fight back?

No, no?

Pei Qian felt inexplicably irritable, brushing his teeth while continuing to browse the forum.

Finally, the hard work paid off, and successfully turned to a piece of news that seemed relatively optimistic.

"Gadgets, ioi's world finals are about to be held! It is said that this time the blood capital has been laid down, the prize pool will definitely exceed the GOG game, and it will be held in Los Angeles, the cards are absolutely full!"

"It sounds pretty good, and ioi should be more competitive than GOG. If the game can be held well, it will definitely increase the heat. Moreover, this storm is estimated to have successfully transferred."

Pei Qian had actually heard the news many times, and this time it should be coming.

It can only be said that ioi's first World Finals is really ill-fated.

In fact, this competition should have been held a long time ago, but at that time Dayak Group was bleeding heavily in order to acquire the Finger Company, and the funds were not very sufficient. GOG directly pushed the prize pool to a new height, and the ioi finals could only be shelved. Up.

After all, it was done late and the prize pool was lower, which is pretty good to say.

Now that Dayak Group and Finger Company have vacated their hands, they should have prepared the funds and venues and confidently believe that it can be better than GOG's Global Invitational. That's why they let out the wind and appease the players.

Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh, and the progress of history seemed to be greatly advanced by himself.

In my memory, lol's S1 finals were quite do-it-y. A year later, with the rapid development of lol, S2 moved to Los Angeles and exerted great influence.

Although ioi and lol are two very different games, Zhitou and Riot are not the same at all, but there is still a certain similarity in this matter.

The finger company originally just wanted to do S1 casually and try the water.

As a result, he was forced to raise the amount of money invested to the level two years later.

"Speaking of e-sports...should I go to the clubs?"

"Since the last auction of GPL quotas, I haven't paid much attention to these clubs, and I don't know how well their teams are formed."

Pei Qian finished washing, ready to go out for breakfast, and then went to Mingyun Villa to take a look.

It is said that the new GPL clubs have basically selected their training bases in the villas of Mingyun Villa, but I don’t know what the specific situation is now.

...

After breakfast, Pei Qian drove to Mingyun Villa.

When approaching Mingyun Villa, Pei Qian noticed that the driver Xiao Sun made a special turn, instead of following the previous route, but changing the route.

"President Pei, today is Sunday, that road may be particularly congested, I change the road, although a little detour, but it should save some time."

Pei Qian didn't care, and nodded: "Okay."

But after Xiao Sun turned to the side road, Pei Qian suddenly felt something was wrong.

I always took that road to Mingyun Villa before, and it didn’t seem to be blocked?

Mingyun Villa is located in the southeast of Jingzhou City, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the scenery is good, but at the beginning, because of poor supporting facilities, the occupancy rate was not high, and it was a state of no one to care about.

Later, Moyu Internet Cafe opened a branch here, and then the nameless restaurant also opened here.With the popularity of the nameless restaurant, it has gradually become a gathering place for many wealthy businessmen and celebrities in Beijing, and the surrounding neighborhoods have also been driven into a small commercial center and food street.

But even so, Pei Qian did not often encounter traffic jams before.

After all, the nameless restaurant can accommodate too few guests. Even if the restaurant is full every day, how many cars can there be?

As for deliberate detours?

"Maybe because... today is Sunday? Everyone just got together to go out? Well, it must be so."

"Ok?"

Pei Qian was enlightening himself and suddenly found that the situation outside the car window seemed a bit wrong.

Because he saw an Internet cafe whose business was still very hot, he seemed to have no impression of it when he came before.

"Huh? Who is so insane? Open an Internet cafe to spread the traffic of the fish fishing Internet cafe?"

Pei Qian was surprised to see that this internet cafe is doing well, but after a closer look, isn't this really a fish-catching internet cafe?

And this is not the earliest Moyu Internet cafe Mingyun Villa store, but a few hundred meters away from the original Moyu Internet cafe.

This road was not often taken before, so Pei Qian had no impression of it.

Pei Qian was shocked and asked Xiao Sun, the driver, "Why is there a fish-catching Internet cafe?"

Xiao Sun said: "Ah, President Pei, it just opened recently, and there is also a branch in the hosting gym, don't you know?"

Pei Qian: "?"

Xiao Sun continued: “Because all major clubs have recently moved in, teams have been formed, and people from all over the country have come to try out. Mr. Xiao and Guo always feel that an internet cafe and a gym are definitely not enough, so he prepared in advance. I opened a branch here."

"Sure enough, it was full immediately after driving! It is said that all the members of the clubs now have to go to the hosting gym to exercise. These two Internet cafes are also Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and you can see a lot of them if you organize an Internet cafe game. Master."

"Mr Xiao and Mr. Guo have discussed it, and think that in a while, depending on the situation, they can open one or two more, and they should still make money.

"Of course, making money is not the main purpose, but mainly for fulfilling the functions and cooperating with the e-sports environment here."

Pei Qian: "..."

unlucky!

Although the two popular branches will not make Pei Qian make much more money, this is not a good sign.

Obviously it is a remote villa area that few people pay attention to. Could it be that it has been transformed into a new business district in Beijing and the capital of e-sports?

Don't mess with me!

Pei Qian felt a little dull for a moment, leaning on the seat a little unlovably.

Soon, Mingyun Villa arrived, and Xiao Li stopped the car at the entrance of the DGE club.

Pei Qian opened the door and got off the car, just in time to see Zhang Yuan and Manager Cui, the project marketing manager of Mingyun Villa, walking out of the club talking and laughing.

"President Pei?" Zhang Yuan didn't know that Mr. Pei was coming over in advance, so he was slightly surprised.

"President Pei!!" Manager Cui was overjoyed, and instantly smiled into a flower.

He stepped forward and grabbed Pei Qian's hand in one hand, even closer than seeing the closest relative.

Pei Qian was stunned for a moment, but he didn't realize why Manager Cui was so happy.

Manager Cui said happily, "Mr. Pei, you just came. I just brought a small gift to visit Mr. Zhang. I wanted to visit you, but Mr. Zhang said that you are too busy, so I am not embarrassed to go to Tenda. The headquarters is looking for you. I didn’t expect to meet it well, it’s not a coincidence!"

Pei Qian looked at Zhang Yuan blankly: "What's the matter?"

Zhang Yuan smiled and said lightly: "Oh, nothing serious, President Pei."

"Not all GOG clubs are moving to Jingzhou recently. The villas here are quite suitable for club training bases, and all the clubs are together, making appointments for training games or daily exchanges more convenient."

"Then all these properties have appreciated in value, including supporting shops and parking spaces. Of course Manager Cui is happy."

Zhang Yuan turned his head to look at Manager Cui: "But Manager Cui, you don't have to worry about it. This is a trivial matter to Pei in general. It's not enough.

Manager Cui hurriedly said: "Hey, you can't say that. It is really a trivial matter to Pei in general, but it is a big deal for us at Mingyun Villa!"

"President Pei, if you have any problems on your side in the future, we need our cooperation. You can speak directly and will definitely arrange for you immediately!"

Manager Cui smiled happily, and he didn't know how much bonus he got from the boss.

Pei Qian's expression was a little stiff, and he barely forced a smile: "You're welcome..."

Manager Cui said with a smile: "Okay, then I won't bother, Mr. Pei, Mr. Zhang, you guys talk slowly, I'll go first."

"If you have anything to find me anytime! Don't be polite!"

Manager Cui left thankfully.

Zhang Yuan smiled: "This manager Cui is a bit too polite, what a big deal."

"But think about it, Mr. Pei, a random decision made by you will bring such great benefits to Mingyun Villa. If I were Manager Cui, I would wake up in my dreams."

"Uh... President Pei?" Zhang Yuan noticed that President Pei seemed a little absent-minded.

Pei Qian shook his head: "It's okay."

He said nothing, but his heart was bleeding.

Has the price of the villas in Mingyun Villa increased again?

Doesn't it mean that your fixed assets have risen again?

Of course, the happiest person should be President Li. After all, Pei Qian only has one house in Mingyun Villa, and President Li has several sets in his hands.

But for Pei Qian, this is not a big news.

However, Pei Qian had seen all kinds of big winds and waves after all. This little setback was quickly overcome, and said: "There is nothing special here today, just want to see the situation of the clubs."

Zhang Yuan nodded immediately: "Okay, then I will take you around."

Although individual clubs choose their training bases in other places in Jingzhou, most clubs still choose to be near Mingyun Villa.

There were five or six young people on the side of the road wandering in private. After seeing Pei Qian, their eyes lighted up and they came over.

"Hey, isn't this President Pei's actor? Hello, hello, can you take a photo together?"

"Yes." This is not the first time that Pei Qian has encountered this situation. He often met people asking for a group photo when he was fishing and drinking coffee in Internet cafes, so he showed a very signature smirk and took pictures with this group of people. Took one.

After the filming, these young people left thankfully.

Zhang Yuan pretended to be an unrelated passer-by throughout the whole process, and after seeing President Pei and these enthusiastic young people, he continued to lead President Pei to the club.

Pei Qian felt a little strange: "Why are these people here? Why do they seem to be sightseeing?"

Zhang Yuan smiled: "Mr. Pei, they are just sightseeing. Now all home appliance competition clubs are gathering here, and many players who like to play GOG will come and see. Although they can't get into the club, they may I met players who came out to eat and work out."

"So it's good to go here for a bite, go to an Internet cafe to open a black spot, and take a look at the clubs' bases by the way."

Pei Qian frowned and said, "Then Manager Cui, can they be happy?"

Zhang Yuan said: "Then what's unpleasant? The Wuming Restaurant was originally used for commercial and residential purposes, and there are shops over there. Now that the flow of people is increasing, Manager Cui is too late to be happy!"

"As for the training at the club, don't worry. There are more people here during the weekend. Besides, the club is closed and the players will not be affected."

Pei Qian was silent for a moment: "All right."

I don't know why, Pei Qian always has a feeling that everyone is very happy and each has got what they want, but he has to bear all the feelings.

"President Pei, this building and that building are Shenhua's club SHG."

Zhang Yuan pointed to the villa in front of him, and then to the one next to him.

Pei Qian was stunned for a moment: "Which building is it?"

Zhang Yuan said: "Both buildings are both. Mr. Lin looked at them and found them to be good, and he said that the club should raise more candidates. The GPL team raises ten people, the GDL team raises ten more people, and 20 people are not a good starting point. Do you want two villas?"

Pei Qian: "Don't you think it was a waste?"

Zhang Yuan smiled: "I also asked Mr. Lin this question. Mr. Lin said it's not expensive. The venues and buildings of the Shenhua Football Club are all built by themselves. The star players of foreign aid live in townhouses as dormitories. Buying two villas now, that's how much money."

"Mr. Lin is also worried that living in this kind of villa will not be enough. After all, you have to shoot some club promotional videos during the game? By then, the training base for the promotional videos will have no license, and the impact on Shenhua's corporate image will be more than worthwhile. ."

"What if the training base is too bad and others think Shenhua is going bankrupt?"

Pei Qian was silent for a moment: "Well, what he said is very reasonable, and I can't refute it for a while."

Shenhua's annual investment in football can be squeezed out to play e-sports. Compared with other clubs, it is a dimensionality reduction blow. There is even a feeling that the money is too much to know how to spend.

Building, buy two!

Team members, buy twenty!

Highlight an inappropriate person.

These clubs are managed in a closed manner. The main reason is that they do not want the audience to run into the club too enthusiastically to affect the training of the players, so the doors are closed.

Zhang Yuan called, and after a while, Lin Chang walked out of the villa to open the door.

"President Zhang! Hey, there is also President Pei, a rare guest!"

Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment: "Huh, President Lin? Didn't you leave Jingzhou a few days ago? When did you come back?"

Lin Chang smiled and nodded: "Oh, I went to Magic City with other club owners and bought a few players. I just came back yesterday."

Zhang Yuan was taken aback for a moment: "Huh? Buy it again?"

Lin Chang nodded: "Yes, buy more good seedlings with potential. Anyway, you can play GDL if you can't play with GPL. If you can't play with GDL, you can go to youth training or watch the drinking fountain. If you can't, you can sell it to other teams."

"Our team started late and has a weak foundation, so we have to work harder. In the long run, talent is the most important thing. It is always right to buy more talent."

"Furthermore, these are newcomers with little worth, and now they can't cost much to buy."

Lin Chang said it lightly.