Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Thursday, December 22.

Magic Capital Airport.

Zhao Xuming and the leaders and players of the other two clubs are waiting for the flight.

The time for ioi's global finals has been finalized. It will officially kick off on December 31, which is the next Saturday, and will last until the end of January for a month.

The competition system is similar to GOG's Global Invitational. There are 16 teams and four groups, divided into two stages: group stage and knockout stage.

In terms of the schedule, the focus of group matches and knockout matches are basically arranged on weekends and statutory holidays, while less important matches and rest days are arranged as much as possible on working days.

Although the arrangement is not perfect, it is quite reasonable.

It's just that because of the time difference, the watching experience of the domestic audience is relatively poor. Take the group stage as an example. The watching time in the country is from 3 am to 12 noon the next day, highlighting a cultivator.

After all, it is held in Los Angeles, and there is no alternative to this schedule.

The Finger Company will only provide hotels, board and lodging one day before the start of the game, until the team is eliminated.

Therefore, most of the poorer clubs only arrive at the arranged hotels near the competition venue one or two days before the start of the game.

In order to allow the two domestic clubs to play training games with European and American teams in advance and adapt to the local environment, Zhao Xuming decided to go by more than a week earlier and stay at the hotel arranged by the Finger Company.

The air ticket and board and lodging expenses for this week are fully reimbursed by Longyu Group.

There are a total of 20 people in the two clubs. The two clubs consist of five players, team leaders and coaches, a total of 14 people. In addition, Longyu Group is accompanied by six staff including Zhao Xuming.

Zhao Xuming went to Los Angeles purely to take this opportunity to go out to play and watch ioi games. After all, the work of the ioi operation cooperation department of Longyu Group for the next period of time is mainly to use ioi world games for publicity and promotion. He went there. Los Angeles is just right.

After arriving in Los Angeles, Zhao Xuming will not only settle the members of the two clubs, but also visit and communicate with other colleagues from the ioi operation and cooperation department at the headquarters of Zhitou.

A group of 20 people was waiting at the airport.

At present, only a few cities in China such as Imperial Capital and Magic Capital can fly directly to Los Angeles, and the fares are relatively more expensive.Most other cities require transfers. Although the fare is relatively cheap, the entire journey will take a lot longer.

Zhao Xuming did not choose a cheaper connecting route, but chose a relatively small number and more expensive direct flight, which only took about 13 hours.

Zhao Xuming is also a little proud. After all, the air tickets are also reimbursed by Longyu Group. For these clubs, it is more generous to choose direct flights.

Most of the players in these clubs are internet addicted teenagers, who have basically never been abroad and have never seen anything in the world. Zhao Xuming feels that his sincerity is already very good.

As for seats, Zhao Xuming, as an executive of Longyu Group, can of course choose business class for business trips, but he considered it again and again and chose economy class.

It's not that he saves money for the company, but the main reason is that he doesn't look good.

Because the number of people this time is relatively large, it is really too expensive if all 20 people fly in business class. After all, the price of business class tickets is three times that of economy class. If all reimbursements are made, it will cost three to four hundred thousand more, which is somewhat substandard.

And Zhao Xuming was embarrassed to go to business class by himself and let people like the club go to economy class, so he had to feel wronged.

Of course, the leaders and players of these two clubs don't care about this. Longyu Group reimbursement of direct flight tickets is already very good, and it is a bit too much for people to spend three times the money on business class.

What's more, Mr. Zhao himself is also in economy class.

There is still a long time before boarding. Zhao Xuming was chatting with the leaders of the two clubs and briefly introduced the arrangements after arriving in Los Angeles.

"This time, the hotel arranged by the finger company is the Courtyard Hotel, which is about 200 meters away from the competition venue and can be reached on foot. It is very convenient."

"I didn't say anything about the environment of the hotel. It's very good. Anyway, it has everything that should be there."

"After we get there, we will check in directly at the hotel, and we can come to me for reimbursement for hotel expenses before the start of the game. Wait until the day before the start of the game, everyone will check out and check in again, and live in the room arranged by the company."

"Our company has assigned an interpreter here. When the time comes, the two team leaders will work hard and go to the Internet cafes and restaurants nearby with our interpreters to see where training and eating are more suitable."

"Although the finger company will also arrange training rooms, board and lodging, it has to be officially in place the day before the game, and we have to rely on ourselves this week."

Zhao Xuming explained some details, and the two team leaders nodded frequently.

The other team members also had a little excitement, and some of the team members were a little nervous when flying for the first time.

Zhao Xuming was chatting with the two team leaders when he suddenly heard footsteps in the distance.

"Come on, right here. Everyone should stand according to their height. Yes, stand in three rows. The main players should stand in front and raise the flag of the club. Okay, I'm going to take pictures."

"One, two, three! That's great, one more one."

Zhao Xuming couldn't help but stunned for a while, and when he turned his head to look, he was stunned for an instant.

Isn't this FV club?

Why are so many people!

At this time, about thirty people stood together to take pictures, and the front row was holding the flag of the FV club.The five main players stood in the front, and Zhao Xuming recognized them at a glance.

I saw two photographers each holding a long gun and a short cannon at the crowd, and another cameraman was carrying the camera to record the whole process.

Zhao Xuming soon saw more familiar faces in the crowd, including Ding Gan, Wu Yue, Manager Lu, and SUG club members.

Zhao Xuming fell into a state of confusion.

What's happening here?

Since these people have arrived here, it means that they are all here by plane. Since they are by plane, they must fly to Los Angeles.

But even if everyone in the FV club has to fly to Los Angeles, only seven or eight people will die?

How come there are so many people?

Why are the people from the SUG club there?

Zhao Xuming originally thought that he was carrying players from two clubs. This team was already very large, but when looking at the FV club, one club overwhelmed himself in terms of numbers!

Zhao Xuming was a little confused about the situation for a while, and the unexpected encounter this time was completely beyond his expectation.

Wu Yue, who had just finished taking pictures, also saw Zhao Xuming who was waiting for the flight.

Wu Yue was also a little surprised. Although he didn't have a good face to Zhao Xuming, the two sides looked at each other at this time, and it was a bit too much to pretend not to see him.

So Wu Yue immediately stepped forward and greeted Zhao Xuming.

"Mr. Zhao! I didn't expect to meet here, what a coincidence."

Zhao Xuming reluctantly pulled the corner of his mouth to show a smile, and stood up: "Mr. Wu, you also want to fly to Los Angeles on this flight?"

Wu Yue nodded: "Yes, so does Mr. Zhao? Oh, isn't this a coincidence."

"But this is also normal. This flight is more suitable in terms of time. We can be regarded as the heroes."

Although there are people like Min Jingchao and Ye Zhizhou living in Jingzhou on Wu Yue's side, the two clubs FV and SUG are both in Magic City, and there is no direct flight from Beijing to Los Angeles, so everyone still chooses to start from Magic City.

And considering various factors such as take-off and landing time, schedule, flight seat, ticket price, etc., this flight is the most suitable, so Wu Yue and Zhao Xuming happened to meet together.

This meeting was a bit awkward.

Because Zhao Xuming deliberately did not bring the FV club to Los Angeles, both sides knew this well.

In this situation, Zhao Xuming has nothing to do. He can only say nothing about it, and pretend to be polite: "Mr. Wu, there is still some time before boarding, so let's find a place to sit."

Wu Yue smiled: "Okay, I don't need to worry about this, Mr. Zhao."

After the greeting, Wu Yue greeted the others who accompanied him: "Come on, come and find a place to rest with me."

However, to Zhao Xuming's surprise, Wu Yue and others did not sit in the rest area next to them, but went straight into the VIP lounge a little further away.

A string of question marks floated on Zhao Xuming's head.

what's the situation?

The VIP lounge is specially designed to provide waiting services for business class passengers or high-end members. There are various supporting services such as TV, newspapers, magazines, snacks and beverages, and it can provide airline services such as change of booking and seat, and all the functions They are all single leather sofas, which are much more comfortable than the hard row seats in the lounge area!

Zhao Xuming was even more shocked when he saw that all these thirty people had entered, and even the cameraman who followed behind had all entered.

What do you mean?

Could all these thirty people book the business class?

Zhao Xuming is very aware of the ticket price, which is about 10,000 for economy class, while the price for business class is close to 30,000. These 30 people all book business class, which costs 600,000 more than economy class!

That's ridiculous!

Zhao Xuming quickly rejected this idea.

Why does the FV club have to spend 600,000 more on a plane? This is simply unreasonable!

Well, it should be to pretend to be in front of us and pay to enter the VIP lounge to rest!

Zhao Xuming is very clear that although these business class lounges claim to be used by business class or high-end members, they can also enter them for a fee.The price is 100 yuan per person.

If this is the case, 30 people would actually be 3,000 yuan, which is fine.

Zhao Xuming felt that he could also spend 2,000 yuan to install this force, but then again he thought that the plane was not delayed, and it would take off in a while. The money spent was really unnecessary.

It's better to let nothing happen.

After being interrupted by Wu Yue and others, Zhao Xuming was not in the mood to chat with the club leader. Everyone was waiting for the flight silently while swiping their phones.

For some reason, Zhao Xuming's mind will still involuntarily reflect the scene in the VIP lounge.

The environment is quiet and no one is noisy. Sitting on a comfortable single leather sofa, reading magazines and watching movies, free snacks and unlimited drinks...

The more I think about it, the more I feel a little bit lemony.

Zhao Xuming frequently reads his watch, but fortunately, he will board the plane soon.

The crowd came to the boarding gate and waited in line.

The direct flight to Los Angeles this time is a large passenger plane that can take nearly 500 people. It is divided into two levels, so there are more people in line.

Zhao Xuming and others got up early, stood at the front of the team, and waited patiently.

Seeing the line getting longer and longer, but Wu Yue and others did not come out of the VIP lounge, Zhao Xuming became more and more suspicious.

what's the situation?

Are they in a hurry to line up, or are they...

Finally, Wu Yue and Ding Gan led more than 30 people from the VIP lounge, but they did not line up at the end of the line, but went straight to another boarding gate.

Under the gracious reception of the flight attendants, Wu Yue and others went unimpeded.

In contrast, the long queue here forms a sharp contrast.

Zhao Xuming and the leaders and team members of the two clubs watched Wu Yue and others have begun to board the plane, and the queue they were in was as slow as a turtle crawling.

This large passenger plane is divided into upper and lower levels, with two independent gates, no matter whether it is boarding or disembarking, it will not interfere with each other.Business class is on the upper deck, economy class is on the bottom, business class does not need to queue up.

Zhao Xuming: "..."

Looking at the back of Wu Yue, Ding Gan and others, he silently shut himself down.