A few days later, Wang Sicong returned from his day out and went to Lin Chen's office.
"Why did you suddenly decide to start an esports club?"
"It's the same mindset I have when I do live streaming."
"Okay, I understand. It seems you really love esports."
"Ah, yes, yes, yes."
“I had already contacted a club that was about to disband. I originally wanted to acquire it directly and set it up as a separate club. But it seems that I don’t need to do that now. I can just merge it into your XC Club.”
"No problem, I only have one player right now anyway."
"Huh? You only have one player? Then why did you start an esports club?"
"Well, we can recruit the others slowly, since the Chinese server hasn't even launched yet anyway."
"How did you find professional players when the Chinese server wasn't even open?"
"Um, if I said I observed the stars last night and did a divination, would you believe me?"
"Nonsense. I'd like to see what kind of genius you've found when I have the time."
A week later, Tencent released the Chinese client for League of Legends.
Tencent's game promotion this time was very thorough. Not only were there ads everywhere online, but offline physical advertising spaces and major chain internet cafes also featured advertisements for "League of Legends".
Even the streamers on Panda TV received offers to promote League of Legends.
It's important to know that Little Ma would never have given Lin Chen money before.
Since Jack Ma has let go of his obsession with mobile games, he has been much more relaxed. This time, the news of Tencent launching "League of Legends" has become widely known. He is in Hangzhou, drinking tea and quietly watching the show.
Hmph, this time, I won't get involved. I'll just watch you two fight. I don't know if it's because you, Lin Chen, are young and strong, or Tony's martial arts skills are superior.
In fact, it's not just Jack Ma; many people in the gaming industry are waiting to see this clash between Tencent and StarCraft Technology.
After all, these two big shots have fought quite a few battles in the gaming world; their combined history is enough to make a TV series.
However, to everyone's surprise, this time, Star Technology remained completely silent and showed no intention of stopping Tencent from operating League of Legends.
When Little Ma saw this, he burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, Lin Chen, I knew it. Your resources are still no match for Tencent. You're helpless on the PC side, aren't you? Just watch me make money."
League of Legends has already been launched in the US, Europe, and South Korea, so Tencent has a lot of experience to draw on, which is one of Tencent's strengths.
Tencent itself has experience operating "Honor of Kings".
The game quickly became a hit, with five or six out of ten computers in internet cafes being used for it.
Looking at the ever-increasing number of registered users in the backend, Pony Ma couldn't stop smiling.
What Little Ma didn't notice was that a gamer named XC.Faker had already started dominating in League of Legends.
Lee Sang-hyeok didn't know why he was so proficient at this game from the very beginning. It was so comfortable to play, as if it was tailor-made for him.
At first, they could only matchmaking, and everyone could choose any hero. Lee Sang-hyeok began to familiarize himself with each hero.
The lights at the XC eSports base often stay on until 3 or 4 a.m.
Five days later, ranked matches began, and XC.Faker shot up to number one like a rocket and held onto that position for good.
Many esports clubs have noticed this person and are preparing to recruit him.
After all, Tencent (TX) is definitely aiming for a professional league when it develops League of Legends, which is where the real money is made.
As soon as the boss found out, he slammed on the brakes and stopped the coach who was planning to poach him.
"What's wrong, boss? This is a great prospect. He'll be very useful whether he plays League of Legends or Dota. You won't regret buying him. We need to act fast, or other teams will snatch him up first."
"Heh, what are you talking about? Do you even know what his ID means?"
"What does that mean? XC? It's not the name of some internet cafe, is it? Hahaha."
The boss rolled his eyes at the coach and said indifferently.
"XC stands for Star, the Star in Star Technology."
"Star...Star Technology?"
The coach swallowed hard. Good heavens, what's this internet mogul doing in esports?
"Well, boss, I just remembered I have something to do, I'll go take care of it now."
These esports clubs didn't intend to poach players, but Lee Sang-hyeok had no such concerns and fully implemented Lin Chen's orders.
In regular gameplay, I keep a record of the game IDs that I've matched with most often.
In high-level matches, he often encounters the same players, so he is already very familiar with these IDs, including the positions they play, the heroes they are good at, their fighting styles, and so on.
Finally, he selected a few people as candidates for his teammates and then sent the list to Lin Chen via his mobile phone.
Looking at the Xiaomi Mi 2 in his hand, he really couldn't imagine what kind of person his boss was. According to Boss An, even this phone was designed by his boss himself, and the Meituan app he used to order takeout every day was also from his own company.
Two weeks later, Tencent organized the first national League of Legends internet cafe league, where teams could freely form and register at designated internet cafes in various cities to compete.
The XC team has already been formed.
Top lane, XC. Caomei.
Mid laner, XC.Faker.
Jungler, XC.Clearlove.
ADC, XC.weixiao.
Support, XC.fzzf.
Lin Chen met with the coach and unnamed teammates of the XC team at the base and made a request: Faker is the absolute core, so do everything you can to protect him.
Before leaving, Lin Chen couldn't help but offer a reminder.
"Hey, Clearlove, practice your Lee Sin skills."
This made Mingkai feel embarrassed; how did the boss know I couldn't play Lee Sin?
Subsequently, Team XC registered for this internet cafe league.
With his outstanding individual skills and clear tactical system, he was simply unstoppable.
They won all the way from Shanghai to Shenzhen.
Looking at the eight teams from all over the country who came to Shenzhen to participate in the finals, especially the team called XC, Xiao Ma felt worse than if he had swallowed a fly.
That Lin Chen is a real scoundrel! He can't beat me on PC, so he actually set up a team to make money off my game.
If this team wins this year's championship, Tencent will be laughed at by everyone in the gaming industry.
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