In the conference room of the Leaping Nuclear Training Base.
President Yin rubbed his forehead as he listened to the secretary beside him reporting a lot of things... that gave him a headache.
"Boss, someone is hiring internet trolls to throw dirty water on our team. The fans are very dissatisfied and attribute the defeat in this summer season to the players playing the game Holy Spirit during the competition." said the secretary.
"What about our public relations tactics?"
Mr. Yin kept clicking his mouse and keyboard, refreshing the news on Weibo related to the Intercontinental Championship departure ceremony.
Now on Weibo, the hot search "The four major teams played games and delayed the departure ceremony for the Intercontinental Championship" is almost ranked fourth on Weibo's hot search list.
There are also all kinds of rumors on other bulletin boards and forums.
The e-sports club industry is very dependent on fan economy. Although ranking is also important and part of the income comes from dividends from various league sponsors, the most important thing is the popularity of the club itself.
Mr. Yin built Leaping Nuclear just for fun, but he never expected that the club he built casually for fun would become the strongest e-sports club in China.
Now that you have done your best, you must keep it up!
If the intercontinental competition event is not handled properly...it won't be too troublesome, just a little tricky.
While Mr. Yin was browsing various messages on Weibo...there was a knock on the door of the conference room.
"The team members' luggage has been packed." Mo Shigui stood at the door of the conference room and said to President Yin who was putting his hands on his forehead.
"I remember the flight was at six in the evening? Coach Song will sit first."
President Yin glanced at his watch. The current time was eight o'clock in the morning. He now had plenty of time to finish things in the base before going to South Korea.
Mo Shigui took a bunch of itinerary arrangements and found a seat near Mr. Yin and sat down.
"Coach Song, what do you think of the game Holy Spirit?" asked Mr. Yin.
"Do you want me to answer from the perspective of a team coach or from the perspective of a player?" Mo Shigui has been the coach of Yuedong Nuclear for almost three years, and his relationship with Mr. Yin is so close that he can be arranged to have dinner with him just by calling him.
"I want to hear them all." Mr. Yin took out some wind oil and rubbed some on his temples. His brain had been working frantically since last night. Now his head was a little dizzy, but he attached great importance to Mo Shigui's evaluation of the Holy Spirit.
"From the perspective of a team coach, it was my fault for not prohibiting the players from playing other games during the competition. After all, I myself have the experience of playing online during the competition."
Mo Shigui thought that President Yin wanted him to take the blame this time. In fact, the pace on Weibo and Tieba was now very high, and Mo Shigui was already prepared to take the blame.
"Don't take the blame on yourself. What I want to ask you now is your opinion on the game Holy Spirit. Please talk about it from the perspective of a gamer."
Although Mr. Yin has been paying attention to Holy Spirit for some time, he is ultimately just a cloud player. He still needs to ask the opinions of senior players to decide whether Holy Spirit is a fun game or not.
“… I personally think that the game graphics, gameplay, combat feel, skill performance, somatosensory control, task flow design, and NPC interaction are far superior to Dispute. As the main storyline is secondary, I can’t judge it for now.” Mo Shigui thought for a while and expressed his opinion.
"So what do you think about the viewing experience of Holy Spirit PVP?" Mr. Yin asked again.
When President Yin asked this question, Mo Shigui thought for a while... because he knew that President Yin was no longer simply talking to him about the Holy Spirit.
Instead, I discussed with him the commercial value of the Holy Spirit game.
"I think it's better than Dissidia. The combat system is very well designed." Mo Shigui said seriously.
Many years ago, when players were still using mouse and keyboard to play games, the MMORPG game format had completely declined, with very few people playing it. What became popular were competitive games that tested micro-management and where victory or defeat could be decided in twenty to forty minutes at a time.
It was not until VR games became mainstream that MMORPG was reborn and entered a golden age.
This has led to the birth of a series of VR e-sports clubs. After all, the audience can see their favorite players fighting in the game like real supermen in a gorgeous and exciting way, and Dispute is the best among them.
"Then do you think it is possible for the Holy Spirit to replace disputes?" Mr. Yin asked again.
"Impossible." Mo Shigui answered decisively this time.
"reason?"
"Playing Holy Spirit does not prevent Dissidia fans from watching Dissidia's e-sports competitions. Although there is a certain degree of competition between the two, they are not mortal enemies. If you, Mr. Yin, want to transfer Dissidia's professional players to play Holy Spirit games... I suggest that you should not have such dangerous thoughts. Holy Spirit is still in the closed beta stage, with only 60,000 players, and there is no way to establish and improve the professional league."
Mo Shigui's analysis was very rational.
"Coach Song, are you showing off that you are one of the 60,000 players?" Mr. Yin asked after a moment of silence.
"No, I haven't."
"Let's get back to the point. First, let me tell you my opinion. I think the game "Holy Spirit" has huge commercial potential. Not from the perspective of a game investor, but from the perspective of an e-sports club... a guild's behind-the-scenes investor. Coach Song, you have worked hard to run the Leaping Nuclear Guild in Holy Spirit during this period of time. This guild will definitely bring us rich returns in the future."
As Mr. Yin spoke, he took a look at the latest guild rankings on the Holy Spirit official website. The Leaping Nuclear Guild dropped two places in the Holy Spirit Guild's overall strength ranking to third, but it was still an eye-catching ranking.
"I don't think that at the current rate of development of Holy Spirit it will take at least one or two years to get returns that will benefit our club," said Mo Shigui.
After the launch of the game Holy Spirit, players can make a lot of money just by earning and selling gold in Holy Spirit. This is the income that individual players get in reality after their hard work in Holy Spirit.
But for a game club or an entire company to make more profits from the Holy Spirit game... it is not an easy thing.
The eight major guilds are now competing with each other, actually just for one thing: "fame". As for the professional players and teams that cultivate holy spirits, that is a matter for a long time in the future.
"That's true. The player base of Holy Spirit is really too small, and I don't understand why the number is restricted so strictly!" Mr. Yin said again.
"Maybe it's because the game Holy Spirit is still in the closed beta stage?" Mo Shigui heard the deep resentment in President Yin's voice.
"The closed beta will have two major versions updated in a row? Also, the speed at which this game is updated is not normal, so I asked someone to investigate the production company of Holy Spirit some time ago, and the result is this."
President Yin turned the notebook in front of him and pointed it at Mo Shigui. Mo Shigui saw that the display on the notebook screen showed...'404'.
"Isn't it the Tiangong Game Production Company?" Mo Shigui took a look at the company while downloading it. It was the official company of the Tiangong game platform.
If it is the official company of Tiangong Game Platform... maybe it has the technical ability to make a game like Holy Spirit.
“No! My friends in Tiangong were also surprised by the emergence of the game Holy Spirit, and ultimately attributed it to a game created by artificial AI,” said Mr. Yin.
"Is this possible?"
If it were ten years ago, Mo Shigui would definitely argue that it was impossible, but now artificial intelligence is emerging in various fields, and some AI can already act like real people.
“I don’t know whether it’s possible or not. After all, I’m just a cloud player of Holy Spirit. But the game’s official website and various activities must be planned by someone behind the scenes, so Holy Spirit has an official that can be communicated with.” Mr. Yin said.
“So did you find the authorities to communicate with?”
"No, I asked all the people in charge at the Tiangong, and none of them have the slightest authority over the game Holy Spirit. I guess the Tiangong officials are now worried because the Tiangong's intelligent brain has once again 'rebelled'."
Mr. Yin's tone sounded very helpless.
The previous generation of Tiangong also did the same thing, which was to upload a game.
"I still hope you don't have too high expectations for the game of Holy Spirit."
Mo Shigui said to Mr. Yin from the perspective of a senior player
"It is impossible for it to surpass Dissension's current popularity. Perhaps in three or four years, when Dissension's popularity declines, Holy Spirit will have a chance to surpass Dissension. But Dissension has just launched a holographic projection viewing system, which has injected a large wave of viewing enthusiasm into it. It will take at least three or four years for Holy Spirit to become the second Dissension, and it also requires Holy Spirit to operate without making any mistakes during this period."
Mo Shigui's words were very pertinent. In the world of Seven Years of Conflict, countless competitors have emerged, but all of these competitors, without exception, cannot reach the heat of the conflict. The reason is very simple... that is sentiment.
Dissidia is one of the first leaders to emerge in the VR gaming era and the first choice for all VRMMORPG players. Even if the game graphics and gameplay that appeared later were better, they could not shake the number of Dissidia players.
"You don't have to tell me, Coach Song... I'm not stupid enough to set up a Holy Spirit professional team at this time and transfer you guys in. I'm just discussing the potential of the Holy Spirit game with you now."
President Yin knew what Mo Shigui was worried about... He was afraid that he would suddenly go crazy and start promoting the professionalization process of Holy Spirit. However, with Holy Spirit currently having a player base of only 60,000 and the unknown background of the operating team, President Yin would be jumping into a bottomless pit by doing so.
"I personally still think that unless the Holy Spirit introduces some kind of revolutionary changes, its popularity and heat will definitely not be comparable to that of Conflict in the near future," said Mo Shigui.
"As expected of the first batch of closed beta players of Holy Spirit, maybe I should really wait and see for a while." Mr. Yin really saw the huge commercial potential in the game Holy Spirit, but he didn't know how to bring it out.
It felt like there was a mine full of gold, jewels and diamonds in front of him, but he didn't even have a ticket to enter. Moreover, the entrance to the mine was too small, so players could only bring out things little by little.
"I still have some luggage to pack. If there is nothing else to discuss, I will leave first." Mo Shigui said.
"Yeah." President Yin nodded slightly, and Mo Shigui pushed open the door and walked out of the meeting room.
But...less than two seconds after he left the meeting room, President Yin's voice rang out behind him.
"Wait a minute! Coach Song!"
"Is there anything else?" Mo Shigui turned around with a puzzled look on his face. He was puzzled by President Yin's current expression... unexpectedly excited.
"Oh! I won!" said Mr. Yin.
PS: I originally wanted to make it so that Yin Zong would never be eligible for the test, after all... this is his character setting, but after thinking about it, it was too cruel, so now the setting has become that the equipment you want in the game will never drop...
(End of this chapter)