No one expected that after Sheng Quan bought the club, even before it launched large-scale publicity, the term "Sheng Quan Call for Action" had already quickly become popular on major platforms.
[After receiving Shengquan’s call, I put down the cold noodles I was making and quickly bought a train ticket to come here]
[What are you doing? I was getting my hair done when I received the call-up order. I am on my way with the barbershop machine.]
[I didn’t even go to the toilet, I just flew away! ]
Some netizens who don’t pay attention to the e-sports circle also saw it and asked in confusion: [I know Sheng Quan, but what is Sheng Quan’s call for action? ]
Immediately, an enthusiastic e-sports fan gave him some scientific knowledge.
Your Third Grandfather: [You don’t know this, right? Let me explain it to you. Ever since Mr. Sheng bought the largest club in the country, he has been recruiting players from all walks of life. Some are from other teams, some have already retired, and some have never been in the industry. It can be said that heroes from all over the world have gathered here!]
[During this period, some people who were working abroad rushed back immediately after receiving the call-up order, some who had already quit the industry and announced that they would not work, but immediately changed their minds and came back, and there was even one who was even more amazing, who had gone home to inherit the family business, but after receiving the call-up order, he did not even want to inherit the family business, and rushed over with his luggage]
At the beginning, netizens knew that Sheng Quan was recalling players from the live broadcast room of a young lady with the nickname [Langzhong]. Her old fans all knew that Langzhong was a professional player of DE and was once called the first show of the season.
As a result, Langzhong had a conflict with the management, and announced her withdrawal from DE after paying the penalty. It is not known whether she was discouraged, but she no longer joined any team or club, and started live streaming instead.
Everyone knows that Langzhong has been reluctant to return to the professional game since that incident, but with just one word from Sheng Quan, she ran away without even turning off her live broadcast.
This was just the beginning. After Langzhong, more former outstanding professional players who had changed careers or returned to school were recalled. Some were working abroad and resigned and returned home after receiving the call-up. Some had changed careers and became barbecue stall owners, and were photographed by customers with their neat backs taking off their aprons and walking out.
As these contestants who were called back unexpectedly became popular, the subsequent contestants no longer needed a third person to shoot, they shot it themselves, and then, in just four days, "Sheng Quan's call for action" became a hot topic.
As I said, on the Internet, once something becomes popular, naturally there will be countless people who make a living by relying on traffic and flock to it, pushing its popularity even higher.
Soon, marketing accounts continued to summarize what had happened in the past few days and expressed it in a humorous and funny way. The three words "call to action" seemed to naturally carry a sense of passion and second-childhood. Even those who were not interested in e-sports would find it interesting after reading the summary.
E-sports, which has been unpopular in China for several years, seems to have regained its glory with these popularity.
This is a pleasant surprise.
When Sheng Quan recalled the players, he certainly hadn't thought of doing it this way, but when it comes to promotions, sometimes not every move is carefully thought out and planned step by step in advance.
There is another kind of promotion called: go with the flow.
For example, now, if Sheng Quan doesn't care, this hot topic may subside after a few days, but if he gives it a push, the situation will be different.
Soon, the popularity of "Shengquan Convocation" became higher and higher, and imitation and meme videos appeared one after another, most of which were accompanied by the BGM of the plot of "The Cultivator" Convocation.
In the Internet age, many strong people emerge.
Sheng Quan has found a lot of interesting videos, and the one she is watching now is one of the meme-filled videos.
——In the video, the two girls obviously didn’t have much money to buy costumes, so they stuck leaves on their foreheads, covered themselves with bed sheets, and stood on flying swords. In the background was a TV that was constantly playing moving scenery.
Even without any special effects, they were able to create the scene of someone stepping on a flying sword and moving forward quickly.
Their faces were filled with serious anxiety, and they actually looked like cultivators with a fairy-like aura: "Senior sister, that ten thousand year old spiritual tree only blooms once every hundred years, and can only stay for one hour at a time. Can we catch up?"
"Don't worry, Junior Sister. I've calculated that as long as we keep going without stopping, we will definitely be able to get that spiritual flower."
"Okay! Senior Sister, then I feel relieved!"
The two continued to be serious and anxious, when suddenly an eagle cried and a wooden sign fell down and was held in the hand of the "senior sister".
She showed a shocked expression: "Ah?! Shengquan summons?"
"What? Shengquan's summons?!"
The junior sister showed an ominous expression: "No! Senior sister! Stay steady! Don't do this! The Ten Thousand Year Spiritual Flower is only a little bit away!"
"I'm sorry, Junior Sister! No one can resist Sheng Quan's summons!"
The flying sword came to a sudden stop, and the "senior sister" jumped off the flying sword directly, carrying the "junior sister" on it with her, turned a big corner, and moved towards the air conditioner with the "Broken Water Club" sticker on it.
It's a very short video, and it can be described as shoddy.
But both of their performances were very good, especially the younger sister. The pain on her face and the tears in her eyes made this short video really give off the feeling of a TV drama.
When others watch a short video and see a blogger with good acting skills, they can do three clicks with one click.
Director Sheng said: "See if they have signed with the company. Do they have any intention to act? If so, let the company sign them. They seem to have good potential."
"If there are suitable roles for this project, let them try it too."
He Xi immediately agreed, took the tablet handed over by Sheng Quan, and quickly contacted Xingmang Entertainment.
Sheng Quan himself continued to look at the documents sent by the club. The beginning of a new asset is always the busiest, but being busy also means that you can make money.
Especially when the popularity is so high now, many companies want to cooperate with the club.
But Sheng Quan is not in a hurry to use traditional e-sports profit methods.
Yes, cooperation.
Why would DE choose to exit the market at a loss? It is because the popularity of e-sports is fading and they have discovered that the market is declining. When the road to profitability in e-sports is gradually collapsing, they would rather cut off their tails and survive.
But Sheng Quan is not like that.
No matter how many companies Sheng Quan has set up, her main battlefield is still Star Entertainment. The profit model of e-sports is very simple, but in essence, it is the same as the entertainment industry.
Popularity, pursuit, and love.
“So, since I own both an entertainment company and an esports club, why not try to make them complement each other?”
After reading the document, Sheng Quan came to Tianying Company and talked to Tan Hongguang about the direction that required his cooperation next.
"Filming a game-related movie? Yes, don't worry, we will do it according to your requirements."
Tan Hongguang is quite familiar with these. He asked: "But if you are shooting polar-related, have you obtained authorization?"
Sheng Quan turned the laptop towards him and said, "Don't worry, I got the full-year shares of Jidi. According to Jidi's regulations, I automatically have all the authorizations."
Tan Hongguang suddenly realized.
He suddenly thought of the news he had read before about "A tycoon in the game spent 200 million yuan on top-ups in one day": "Could that player who topped up 200 million yuan be you?"
"You're preparing these so early?"
After Tan Hongguang asked this question, he felt that he had asked a stupid question. Wasn't he familiar with Mr. Sheng's style of dealing with things? He always took one step and planned ten steps.
Since the broadcast of "War of the Worlds", Tianying has become famous overnight. When this special effects company was first established, many people in the industry thought it was too reckless and had expanded too much from the beginning. However, after only one year, it is recruiting again.
As Sheng Quan said, "War of the Worlds" is Tianying's biggest advertisement. The more people like it, the more domestic and foreign crews will come to Tianying to do special effects.
The client thinks the price is too high? The waiting time is too long? These reasons that have dragged down many special effects companies have had no effect on Tianying, which is backed by Shengquan.
Tan Hongguang now looks like he is five years younger. Although there are still some white hairs mixed in his hair, his mental outlook is very different from before.
He, just like his subsidiary Tianying, has never had a strong presence, but he is always busy and conscientiously completes one task after another.
Tan Hongguang had no objection to Tianying Company's full cooperation with the Po Shui Club and Xingmang Entertainment.
There may still be some minor conflicts between the management of some companies and their subsidiaries, but in fact, all the companies under Sheng Quan have very friendly and harmonious relations with each other, whether employees or management.
The main reason is that there are always various linkages between companies.
Although the companies under Sheng Quan's control are big and small, some are already leaders in the industry, while others are just starting out, and some cover a very large range of industries, it does not prevent her from liking win-win or even win-win-win or win-win-win.
For example, Tan Hongguang, the "Star Wars" produced by Tianying and Xingmang Entertainment is a win-win situation.
"War of the Worlds" was a box office hit, and Tianying became famous overnight.
This time, it was the same. The only thing Tan Hongguang didn't understand was: "But Mr. Sheng, if this is the case, isn't the investment a bit too big?"
He himself also plays games. After Sheng Quan bought DE, although he didn't know whether he would be able to use it, Tan Hongguang quickly made up for his lack of knowledge about e-sports. After all, he only found out after attending the last company meeting that the senior executives around Director Sheng and even the snail noodle factory under her had learned and understood it clearly.
Tan Hongguang is not someone who is willing to fall behind, so he naturally followed suit. Now he knows about some of the e-sports profit situations:
"After the film is made, if we only rely on the box office and the income of the e-sports club, isn't the gap between investment and return too small?"
This doesn’t seem like Mr. Sheng’s usual style.
Sheng Quan smiled: "Have you forgotten what I said? This project is a joint project."
She leaned back in her chair, her face gradually showing a determined look: "Linkage, it's not just the three of you."
Tan Hongguang: “?”
In addition to these three companies, are there any other companies under Mr. Sheng that can participate in this project?
Snail noodle factory? ? Sheng Quan motioned him to look at the project book in his hand: "Take a look at what the subject of this movie is."
Tan Hongguang lowered his head: "Holographic game?"
He was shocked and realized something. He looked up at Sheng Quan in disbelief: "Holographic?!!!"
*** In the research institute under Sheng Quan’s name, Ning Zhou stood up from the holographic simulation cabin.
He slowly raised his hand, took off the transparent eye mask covering his fair face, and said to the assistant who was standing beside him and could hardly contain his excitement, "Notify Director Sheng."
(End of this chapter)