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Mid-October is coming, and fans from all over the country, and even fans from all over the world, have arrived in Shencheng one after another. Many young foreign players are coming to China for the first time.

Thousands of floating people have poured into Shanghai, and the economic boost to the local area has also been extremely impressive. During this period, the business of hotel rooms has increased significantly, and then there is the surrounding food.

There is a reason why the leaders of Shencheng City attach importance to it. Such large-scale activities are quite effective in stimulating economic consumption, especially in the current economic cold winter environment, the country is stimulating domestic demand, and home appliances to the countryside are taking off.

For China, 2008 is a key node for the economy to take off again. It can be said that it is the beginning of the great changes unseen in a century.

This is all thanks to the country's foresight. The financial crisis broke out and China was able to get out of the economic quagmire. Apart from the trillions of water released, one of the important reasons was to stimulate domestic demand.

And this is premised, not only Chinese people like storage, another key is that infrastructure construction keeps up, you have money but can't spend it is another embarrassment.

By now, cement roads have basically been connected to every village, and every household has electricity. If you have a road, you can buy a car. Once you have electricity, you can sell home appliances. The common people are gradually getting richer. has a foundation.

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The foreigners who came to Shencheng a few days in advance were the first to start shopping, buying, and eating. For the variety of delicacies in China, the foreigners who came for the first time seemed to have opened the door to a new world.

And the first impression that Europeans and Americans feel about the consumption here is... It's really cheap and affordable, don't be too cool.

Chinese people must be very upset when they hear it, but there is nothing they can do.

After all, they came with US dollars. The country needs to earn US dollars. After entering China, they have to exchange foreign currency. 1,000 US dollars can be exchanged for more than 6,800 yuan. The domestic consumption is tens of thousands of RMB, and you can stay in a star-rated hotel for a few days, and there is no pressure on the meals.

The country of China is also happy to see this picture. There is no way. The country has to earn dollars and use dollars to buy commodities such as oil and mineral resources overseas to meet its own development.

Moreover, when they go abroad to do business, people only recognize the US dollar, especially for oil delivery and settlement. Those countries that dare not use the US dollar are all slapped down by the US aircraft carrier.

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The pre-heating finally ended with the arrival of October 15th, the opening day of the first WRPO World No. 1 Player Championship.

The home game is held in the century-old large-scale building in Shencheng, that is, the "80,000-person Stadium", but it can only accommodate a maximum of 56,000 seats, but it is also a huge venue.

Luo Sheng originally wanted to arrange the first WRPO event in the capital's Bird's Nest, but since the world-renowned Olympic Games had just been held, it was impossible to prepare for the event a month or two after the event ended.

However, the modern metropolis of Shencheng is not far behind.

October 15th is a working day on Wednesday, and the opening ceremony is scheduled for 18:00 on the same day. Everyone has already got off work and has time to pay attention to this event on the spot or through online channels.

The WRPO event lasted for four days. The opening ceremony was completed tonight, and the game will officially start tomorrow. The 16th and 17th are Thursday and Friday, and the group stage will be played. The weekend is the finals.

The first two working days were played on the sub-stage, and the last two weekends were played on the main stage. The first WRPO No. 1 Player Competition had 12 competitions, among which the quarterfinals of Warcraft 3, Interstellar and CS to the finals will be held. On the main stage.

Other events can only have the finals on the sub-stage, the influence is not enough, the resources will not be too inclined, and the sub-stage is much higher-end than the main stage of other e-sports events. After all, the brand of this event is backed by Bluestar Technology. Large multinational technology group.

In today's e-sports field, Interstellar, Warcraft and CS are the representatives, with the highest popularity and influence.

WRPO operations also look at commercial benefits.

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Around 17:20 in the afternoon.

The spectators who have purchased tickets have already started to enter the arena through the major intersections of the stadium one after another. Many people came to attend the opening ceremony after get off work, and many people are running for the popular rock bands in Europe and America. From Linkin Park.

A young Korean successfully passed the ticket verification channel and entered the "80,000" stadium. He was also shocked by the big scene in front of him.

Although I feel uncomfortable, I have to admit that the Chinese people are indeed very good at holding large-scale events. Not to mention the Olympic Games some time ago, this level is simply embarrassing for other countries to hold in the future.

How can this surpass the force of the 2008 Olympics...

If nothing else, the wallet does not allow it.

In fact, during this period of time, the Internet is still tearing up. The domestic media and the majority of netizens who eat melons scoff at the stick. It is rumored that the Koreans leaked the ignition ceremony of the Olympic Games. Everything was perfect, and the ignition ceremony became a big regret.

Whether the news is true or not is unknown.

The current 80,000-person stadium has a occupancy rate of more than 90%, and there are still people who have not come. More than 58,000 people have gathered here, and the crowd is full of people.

It is worth mentioning that the number of seats in the 80,000-person stadium is 56,000, but e-sports is different from ordinary sports, and a large number of seats are also arranged in the stadium. These A-level seating areas cost up to 1,500 yuan for tickets. It has already been sold out, and was once fired by the scalpers to 2,000 yuan/piece.

In the middle of the stadium, there are six super-large high-definition giant screens, which are an equilateral hexagon when viewed from above.

On the main stage is the confrontation stage, including a main commentary platform in the backstage, as well as multiple deputy commentary platforms. Each sub-competition area has a dedicated deputy commentary platform, and the infrastructure is full and everything is available.

In addition, several special vehicles have been driven early outside the stadium. This is the mobile operator to build more mobile signal base stations around. Without them behind the scenes, the network here will become overcrowded. Even getting stuck and wanting to curse, this is not something the tournament party wants to see.

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At around 17:35, the rock band Linkin Park quietly arrived at the stadium and entered the backstage.

At about 17:40, a luxury convoy came, and Wang Qiwei, the leader of the WRPO business department, had come to greet him. When he saw the young man who got out of the car and was surrounded by several bodyguards, Wang Qiwei couldn't help but take a small step. Hurry up and meet up.

It is Luo Sheng, the ultimate boss of Bluestar Technology Group, and the number one player in the minds of countless e-sports players.

"Mr. Luo..."

Wang Qiwei ushered in small steps, but the other party was a young man ten or twenty years younger than him, but he did not dare to neglect him at all.

Although this boss is young, he has a strong aura.

After Luo Sheng got out of the car, he looked around aimlessly, but this time Qin Weimu didn't follow him to Shencheng. In the past, when he traveled, Qin Weimu would definitely follow him, but this time it was not a business trip.

"Good job, hard work." Luo Sheng retracted his gaze and said casually.

"Where, this is what it should be, and it is my duty." Wang Qiwei quickly replied with a smile: "Mr. Luo, please come here."

Luo Sheng nodded and followed Wang Qiwei away. Some media who came here also captured Luo Sheng. After seeing the appearance of the hottest tech giant at the moment, they also quickly pressed the camera shutter to take pictures frantically.

Earlier it was rumored that Luo Sheng would show up, but now it's a real hammer.

I didn't expect the founder to actually show up.

This has also made many people more interested in the e-sports industry, and they are very curious about why Luo Sheng is optimistic about this "small" industry.

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"Boss Luo!"

"Mr. Luo good evening!"

"Boss Luo!"

Under the leadership of Wang Qiwei, Luo Sheng came to the backstage to watch the work progress and situation of the behind-the-scenes work team. This time, no one finally came up to take pictures. Last time, many people lost their jobs because of this incident.

It's vivid in my eyes.

Most people are seeing the legendary boss up close for the first time, the ultimate boss of the company. Some people are excited and some are nervous. Most of the staff here are young people who are engaged in the field of e-sports. It's normal to be young.

But they didn't bother to look directly at Luo Sheng, and they were very nervous when they saw the other party's gaze.

Nonsense, try it for you.

This is the existence of the same level as the legendary bosses such as Gates and Warren Buffett. He earns tens of thousands of monthly salary. This hot man is the boss of the boss's boss. It's strange that he is not nervous.

"Mr. Luo, the operating income of the first WRPO is expected to hit a total of about 2 billion yuan, all of which will be diluted to the operating expenditure budget. This year, it will probably lose about 50 million yuan." Wang Qiwei, who followed Luo Sheng, chatted.

"A total of 2 billion?" Luo Sheng was quite surprised and nodded affirmatively: "Well done, I thought it was about 1.8 billion at most, and I would lose two or three billion."

As for the loss of 50 million after the first session, Luo Sheng didn't care at all. In order to lay out the plate of the e-sports industry, more than 10 billion soft sister coins have been smashed. Do you still care about this small 50 million?

What Luo Sheng cares about is income. As long as the revenue data is bright, everything will be fine. The current loss is to pay for the expansion of the entire market in the future.

"Well, it should be possible to stop losses within five years of the successful operation. In 2013, WRPO will be able to turn losses into profits and make a profit of 1 million, but the premise is that the profit cannot be squeezed by suppressing the budget and expansion." Luo Sheng said. , he said casually that Wang Qiwei's pressure came up.

Is this the performance target given by the ultimate boss?

Absolutely!

And the real pressure is not the 1 million profit, but the phrase "can't suppress the budget and expansion", which is too flexible, what is the budget and how much expansion? There are no clear indicators, it is all up to you to comprehend.

Wang Qiwei has to admire the leadership of this boss. It seems that just a few words can make you feel stressed and drive you to work hard.

No way, who made most Chinese people like to figure out the thoughts of their bosses? If you give a hard indicator, he will still figure it out, because he doesn't believe it.

Well, don't you like to speculate? Then I'll say a little more flexible, you can figure it out for yourself.

Luo Sheng was actually conservative. He didn't say anything after that, that is to try to earn back the initial investment of more than 10 billion around 2017, which means that his psychological expectation is at this time point in 2017. The cost of the company's investment in the e-sports industry is fully recovered without inflation.

If this is said, Wang Qiwei will probably be crushed, maybe he will voluntarily resign and quit, so it will not be beautiful.

After watching Luo Sheng in the background for a while, he left. He didn't want to affect the front-line staff here. He actually made many people nervous here, and if he was nervous, he might go wrong.

During the period, Luo Sheng and the North American rock band Linkin Park met backstage and had a simple chat.

Speaking of which, the organizers have spent about $3.5 million for the appearance fee of this band, which is not cheap, but it is not very expensive either, which is very reasonable.

Luo Sheng stayed in an office in the backstage for a few minutes, and Wang Qiwei briefly reported to him the progress of his work.

Time passed quickly, and there were only five minutes left before the official opening ceremony. At this moment, nearly 58,900 people gathered in the 80,000-person stadium, which was brightly lit.

At this moment, viewers who can't come to the scene are also watching the live broadcast on TV or streaming video sites.

The Bluestar Video website, a subsidiary of Bluestar Technology Group, has opened a live e-sports channel, but it uses satellite live broadcast. Fortunately, the streaming media technology is powerful, and the parent company provides technical and financial support behind it, so that netizens can live in this channel. You can enjoy high-definition streaming live quality.

As for live TV, this is only available abroad, such as South Korea's OGN TV.

But mainland China does not have it, there is no other, because the country has not yet opened up, this is the sequela of the "Blue Pole Bunch" Internet cafe incident in the past, in fact, even Yangshi Sports Channel has broadcast e-sports related programs before. .

But a "blue pole beam" incident almost gave a fatal blow to the fledgling e-sports industry in China, and was even more unacceptable to mainstream voices.

Nowadays, big coffee like Luo Sheng has personally come out to support e-sports, which has finally reversed some of the situation, but in fact, Luo Sheng's reputation has also been criticized by many parents in this regard, and World of Warcraft has also been named and criticized by "experts", and The rhythm of the media has also been brought to Bluestar Technology.

Because, World of Warcraft developer Blizzard Entertainment is now a subsidiary of Bluestar Technology Group. However, Luo Sheng never paid attention to and cared about these remarks.

After all, he is not a soft sister coin, and he cannot be loved by everyone.

The e-sports industry will eventually usher in a golden age. Whether you like it or hate it, what should come will always come. It is only a matter of time. There is no doubt that Luo Sheng's entry will accelerate the arrival of this golden age.

The opening ceremony did not have so many red tape, and there were no various leaders who came to the stage to give speeches or anything. Adhering to the parent company's concept of "moving quickly and breaking the rules", the process was as streamlined as possible, so that more time at the opening ceremony could focus on e-sports itself, The competition itself focuses on the part that players and spectators care about the most.

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At 18:00, the sky just dimmed, the lights in the auditorium area of ​​the stadium were turned off without warning, and the original chattering discussion gradually disappeared.

As the lights just went out, the melody of music suddenly floated across the scene.

The audience at the scene and those watching the live broadcast will laugh when they hear the opening melody of the music, which is the theme song "Ready ;One" of the first WRPO sung by Linkin Park.

This is the latest single released globally, but it is no stranger to e-sports fans. Now the number of hits on the BV video website has exceeded 10 million, and the foundation of the e-sports industry can also be seen from it. and potential.

At this moment, the scene is still dark, only the sound of music.

But this situation did not last long, and after just a few seconds, the six super-large giant screens in the midfield of the stadium quickly appeared.

It is the MV video of the theme song of "Ready;One", which appears in the form of animation. The lead singer band linkin Park does not appear in the MV, but another version is included in his latest album, but this version of the MV video Prominent themes are elements such as WRPO, esports, and star pros.

It is worth mentioning that the virtual singer Hatsune Miku also appeared in a glimpse inside.

Shortly after the MV screen appeared on the six super-giant screens, the main stage was also illuminated with lights. The Linkin Park band had been preparing on the stage for a long time, but it was only at night, and the audience at the scene basically could not see it.

As soon as the lights were turned on, they instantly shone in the audience.

The style of this single is shown with a bloody battle song. Linkin Park, this rock band is a new generation of music urchins. It can integrate many elements such as alternative rock, hip-hop rhythm, brilliant electronic music, etc., and has become the spiritual fortress of the E generation of rock music.

For domestic music fans, Linkin Park also has a very high reputation. There are a large number of fans, including many game players. Their two songs "Numb" and "In The End" are probably popular among domestic players. Not unfamiliar.

At the beginning of this year, "QQ Speed" released by Tengxun was launched. Players who have played this PC game are basically no strangers to the song "Numb".

Even if you don't know who sang this song, as soon as the melody comes out, you know where you've heard it.

At this moment, while the Linkin Park band is singing the theme song on the main stage, the staff behind the scenes are not idle, another electronic music production team will pick up soon, but the DJ will not show up on the stage, but The image of the virtual singer Hatsune Miku is displayed in the form of real-time calculation through the giant screen.

There's a motion capture team behind the scenes, including a female "DJ actor" in a characteristic bodysuit, full of face and full-hearted points, and a DJing device.

Her movements are synchronized live to Hatsune Miku's model, and the form of the virtual singer Hatsune Miku is played on a giant screen for a global audience.

All of this is escorted by a large technical team behind it.

All of this seems to be nothing more than a game competition, but a lot of advanced technology is used behind it, but these technologies will not be directly handed over to individual consumers like the blue mobile phone, so they cannot feel the subversive life brought by technology.

The team's task is very simple. In the next opening ceremony, the professional players of major e-sports clubs will provide background music during the entrance ceremony.

Virtual singer, online DJing.

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