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Chapter 147 Value
The first day of the offline competition and opening ceremony of the Breakout Challenge was a success.
A great success.
In the final match, the more favored NO.1 lived up to expectations and won the BO3.
The two teams fought back and forth in the game.
But in the end, NO.1 was more skilled and won the first victory on the first day.
CNG left the stage with regret.
E-sports is very cruel. There are always more sad and regretful moments than exciting and happy moments.
Because there is only one winner in the end.
But there are many who fail along the way.
But this is also the charm of e-sports. You can say that it is different from traditional sports events, but the core of the two is indeed similar. Players and supporting audiences all want to win.
Until they win the championship in the end.
If they don’t want to win.
Then they don’t deserve to stand on the field.
Even if they know that they are the underdog, even if they know that the opponent is stronger, they must fight to the last bit of strength on the field to win a chance to win.
Such players.
Even if they lose.
They are worthy of respect.
CNG really tried their best. After being easily defeated in one round, they adjusted quickly in the second round and even suppressed NO.1 for a while. However, the opponent adjusted faster and there was still some gap in strength, so they still lost in the end.
Facing the CNG players who sat in the chair sadly and did not move for a long time.
In addition to cheering for NO.1, the audience at the scene also cheered for them in the end.
Because they deserve it, everyone can see that they want to win, really want to win. The CNG players on the small screen of the game still roared with red faces and thick necks when they walked to the edge of the cliff.
They want to win.
Lin Yao saw this scene and also felt a little emotional, and then sighed softly.
This may be a good era.
Anyway.
Tonight's event has come to an end for the time being.
The opening ceremony and the game ended perfectly.
After Lin Yao finished, she didn't care about anything else and went back to take a shower and sleep.
Because it was really late.
There will probably be a lot of things to do tomorrow, and she won't even have time to see the feedback from the opening of the offline quarterfinals.
But whether Lin Yao sees it or not.
This competition was destined to go viral.
In fact,
that night,
both the audience who went to watch the event live and the audience who watched the live broadcast gave the event extremely high praise.
The forum was full of posts.
"I would call it the strongest e-sports competition!"
"The scene was really exciting! Especially when the NO.1 team came on stage, you have no idea how exciting the music and lights were!"
"Oh my god, this is the first time I felt that e-sports competitions are so awesome!"
"Linmu Studio is awesome! NO.1 team is awesome!"
"It's a pity for CNG, they are just respectable opponents. During the second game, I was so nervous, it was a complete fight!"
"The opening ceremony was awesome! It looked so simple! Why was it so exciting!?"
"Linmu Studio was really shameless. Even the boss got on stage to make a fool of himself, just to pave the way and prepare for the final explosion of the whole audience. It would be great if other online game companies had this awareness."
"Other online game companies? Are you kidding me? And how can this be considered an embarrassment? Doesn't the beautiful boss have a bad voice?"
"It sounds good! But you don't know, she is more beautiful!"
"Oh? Are there any pictures?"
"Go watch the video of the face-to-face meeting."
There were all kinds of discussions on the forum, and the players were very enthusiastic about the discussion, but the topic seemed to have gone astray...
and time came to the next day.
Lin Yao had just arrived at Lin Mu's studio.
Mu Wanqing hurried over with a newspaper.
"A pioneering effort, the Breakout Challenge was successfully held at the Spring Cocoon Sports Center with the support of the municipal government..."
Lin Yao took the newspaper handed over by Mu Wanqing, and then read the headline of the newspaper quietly.
Then she glanced down at the main text.
Although it was mostly polite words, the whole article was full of praise, almost all praising the organizer, Lin Mu's studio.
Then there were photos attached at the end, detailing how warm the atmosphere was, how many overseas spectators there were, and even interviewing overseas spectators.
And the overseas spectators were also very respectful, praising the game as really good, the city as beautiful, and so on.
If this kind of article was a tabloid, Lin Yao would not care, and might even think that Mu Wanqing gave them money, but this newspaper was official, so it was different... As expected
.
Lin Yao turned the newspaper over, and on the back page, people from the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports also came out to cooperate with the interview, saying that they would try their best to coordinate and organize this international top e-sports event...
International top e-sports event.
Seeing this word.
Lin Yao was a little panicked...
This tone was really too flattering.
But if you think about it carefully, in this world, Breakout can really be considered a top international e-sports event...
"...very good."
Lin Yao put down the newspaper and commented.
"Well, there must be no trouble next time. The pressure will be a little greater. After all, more people will pay attention to it next time."
Mu Wanqing nodded, and then smiled gently: "After all, the opening ceremony last night has become the hottest topic today. Not only are major game forums discussing it, but also major social media that have nothing to do with games have users discussing the opening and competition topics. Audiences everywhere say that this is the biggest and best e-sports competition they have ever seen. Linmu Studio has also appeared in the sight of people outside the game."
"There is motivation only when there is pressure."
Lin Yao smiled happily. She was of course happy that the competition was successful. After all, the entire studio was working non-stop for this offline competition.
"Yeah."
Mu Wanqing nodded again, and then began to report the subsequent impact of the competition: "Last night, the offline opening and the live broadcast of the competition were broadcast simultaneously. After confirmation with Reflecta, the highest number of viewers in China and overseas even exceeded six million at one time. The feedback from the final sampling survey was also very good. At the same time, the effect of the offline competition began to show. Last night, the number of online users of "Breakout" set a record for the number of simultaneous online users in the middle of the night, and the number of game registrations ushered in a surge..."
Mu Wanqing said a lot.
While listening, Lin Yao looked at the posts on the major game forums.
Sure enough, there were discussions about last night's offline competition everywhere.
Many people shared the atmosphere on the scene.
But more people were envious. Seeing so many people say that the scene was great, they regretted it so much, saying that they didn't get tickets, and then asked Lin Yao to increase the standing tickets for the finals...
How to say it.
One game.
Even let the player community think that Linmu Studio is currently the number one game company in China... Tianhu would probably be mad to death if he saw it.
Lin Yao looked at various posts, and then saw discussions about herself, which made her angry and funny.
After Mu Wanqing finished her report, she lowered her head to look at her mobile phone and smiled gently.
"Ms. Mu, you are talking about good things. Is there anything worth noting?"
Lin Yao noticed her gaze, put down her mobile phone and looked up, looking at Mu Wanqing's fair face close at hand, and asked.
"Worthy of note? Does it count if my phone is bombarded with calls?"
Mu Wanqing lifted a strand of hair that was sliding down her face and tucked it behind her ear, and said softly: "I just got home and the phone rang, and then I slept for a short while and was woken up by the phone again..."
"Ah? What for?"
Lin Yao asked, while helping her tuck the hair that had slipped down on the other side behind her ear.
"I want to sponsor the event, and then I want the authorization of the competition."
Mu Wanqing pursed her bright red lips, then pulled out a chair, smoothed her skirt and sat down, explaining: "What happened on the scene, people who were paying attention knew it clearly, that kind of atmosphere, the brand's extremely high exposure, many companies that were just watching realized the value of it, even if people who didn't pay attention to the game or didn't watch the live broadcast might not know it at the time, but the city must have known it clearly. When this report came out, they also smelled it, and then they called one after another to want to cooperate."
Mu Wanqing glanced at the newspaper on the table.
"Now that the competition has started, they want sponsorship?"
"Yes, among the companies that want to cooperate are functional drinks, peripheral manufacturers, computer-related hardware manufacturers, clothing brands, and health products..."
Mu Wanqing listed them all: "All of these want to be exposed in the next competition, especially the most important finals."
"This..."
Lin Yao lowered her head and thought about it.
In fact, before the offline competition started, some manufacturers came up to them and wanted to sponsor, but everyone was in the wait-and-see stage at the time, and their sincerity was average, so Lin Yao didn't care.
But now, all manufacturers have realized the power of e-sports competitions, and their sincerity is obviously greater.
So... can we try commercialization?
There is still one chapter. If I can find it back, I will update it later. If I can't find it back soon, I will update it tomorrow. It's the same problem again. I suspect that I accidentally deleted it when I checked it. The same is true for WPS. The historical version around 10 o'clock is gone, and I can't return to the original version. I'm really scared.
(End of this chapter)