On January 30th, the top 100 competition in the Masters ended. After fierce competition, 32 players finally qualified for the final round.
The list of these 32 people was also hung on the top of the official website.
In addition to publicity, listing the list has another purpose, which is equivalent to advertising to major clubs: "These are the good seedlings who have reached the final round from the National Masters. You can start recruiting people quickly!"
The most intense competition in the club is the publicity stage of the top 32.
This stage is equivalent to betting. Because it seems that the player with the highest ranking may not necessarily win the championship in the final round, and the player with average results in the semi-finals may suddenly get enlightened in the finals and win the championship in one fell swoop.
There have been dark horses in several previous competitions, such as last year's sister Zhou Xiaoqi, who ranked 15th in the semi-finals. The final round relies on her excellent card-making talent. Every game has new cards released, and she went straight to the finals and won. champion. The players who had been ranked first in the preliminary rounds and semi-finals, but because of the mentality of the final round were broken, they did not even enter the quarterfinals.
This kind of reversal happens from time to time, so who the club wants to sign depends on a comprehensive consideration.
The data engineers of the major clubs began to act, analyzing the players' performance, decks, and consciousness in each game, and then picking out the best ones, and asking the player managers to contact them. The action should be fast, and the driving conditions should be good enough. To attract excellent seedlings to join.
The results of the analysis were released soon. Apart from the six already-signed reservists, Uncle Fatty and Yunxiao, the two unsigned clubs with a 100% win rate, of course had the highest potential.
Therefore, Chen Xiao's mailbox is full these days, all of which are olive branches thrown by major clubs.
The big clubs like Ghost Prison, Fenghua, and Judgment didn't look for him very wisely, and obviously knew that he was going to form a team with Fat Uncle. However, several second-tier clubs took the initiative to find him, including Mirage and Sanctuary.
Phantom captain Shao Mengchen is a very good female conductor. She just contacted Chen Xiao with a try attitude, hoping that he would join Phantom and improve the overall strength of the team. The other party was very polite and offered good conditions, so Chen Xiao politely and euphemistically refused.
Sanctuary's approach is a bit difficult to describe: "Consider joining our club, our club is first-class, there are several outstanding players, and we are very hopeful to win the championship in the eleventh season, and you are using a plant card, our club has Lin Shen The plant deck left behind is similar to your style, if you agree to join, you can talk about the treatment, everything is easy to say!"
Chen Xiao was simply pissed off.
There is still the face to use Chen Qianlin's plant card as a selling point for publicity, and he dares to say that he wants to win the championship? Do you know how to write the three words "shameless"? Chen Xiao frowned, and turned back with a cold face: "I heard that the contract of the Sanctuary is very pitiful, I won't go to the Sanctuary, don't insult Lin Shen's plant card, and please don't contact me again, thank you."
Sanctuary's agent: "..."
The other party was blocked so much that he had no choice but to give up the idea of wooing Yunxiao and send messages to others instead.
If you can pull one, it is one, and the news is sent in groups, so Yu Ke and Qin Xuan have received it.
Of course, Xiao Ke knew the grievances between Lin Shen and this club, and he rudely went back: "Sanctuary? I'm so scared! If one day I am accused in court and say that I have breached the contract, I can't fight against your club if I am a little transparent. , let's forget it, life is the most important thing :)"
Qin Xuan simply said, "Don't go, don't bother me."
Only Xie Mingzhe did not receive the email. So, Xie Mingzhe said with a bit of disappointment: "Why have you all received invitations from major clubs, and I don't have any on my side?"
Chen Xiao sighed lightly, patted him on the shoulder and said, "I can only blame you for being too famous. Who didn't know that Uncle Fat wanted to build a club by himself? Looking for you, isn't that taking the initiative to hit the wall? Everyone knows how irritating you are. If you are slapped back, isn't this asking for trouble?"
Xie Mingzhe touched his nose: "Yes."
As a result, that night, he actually received an invitation from... Fenghua Club.
The email read: "I know you have no one invited, so I send you an invitation letter as a sign of comfort. I sincerely invite you to join our Fenghua Club. The annual salary starts at 5 million, and the card copyright is all yours. I look forward to you very much. reply."
Xie Mingzhe was amused and replied, "Senior brother, you are so humorous."
In order to prevent the contestants from being harassed by strangers, the official directly opened a contact channel for major clubs to send letters to the contestants, so as to ensure that the letters will not be overwhelmed by other messages, and the contestants can see them as soon as possible. Besides Tang Muzhou, who else can send this email through official contact channels? He is also boring enough.
In the end, Tang Muzhou replied cheekily: "Is this the meaning of rejection?"
Xie Mingzhe said: "Stop it, you helped to rent the base of our club!"
Tang Muzhou put away his jokes and said, "Go to the alliance another day to get the registration certificate, remember to cover your vest to avoid being beaten."
Xie Mingzhe: "..."
He almost forgot about it, and confirmed that the players who entered the top 32 would receive an invitation letter from the league.
Xie Mingzhe also received an invitation letter in his mailbox: "Invitation from the Star Card Professional League: Congratulations, you entered the top 32 in the National Star Card Masters Invitational Tournament, you will be eligible to become the official registered player of the professional league, please register in January At 2:30 p.m. on the 31st, bring your ID and go to the official headquarters of the professional league to collect the registration qualification certificate and player rules, and look forward to your visit.”
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On January 31, Chen Xiao drove to the Star Card Alliance headquarters with his teammates.
This is Xie Mingzhe's first visit to the headquarters of the Alliance.
The hundred-story building looks extremely imposing, and it is obvious that the alliance is particularly rich. As soon as I walked into the spacious and bright hall, I saw the large icon of the "Star Card Professional Alliance", and there was a "Card Memorial Wall" about 10 meters long and 3 meters high.
At this time, a group of young people gathered in front of the memorial wall, excitedly taking photos with the memorial wall. They should be the top 32 players of this Masters.
"This memorial wall is really much more spectacular than what I saw online!" "Ah, there is my Tang Shen card, the thousand-year-old tree on the top, and the MVP card of the fifth season!" "Old Nie's Lion King is also here. Ah, and Lao Zheng's Stone Giant, Lingshen's Peerless Sword!" "Is this Gui Sirui's first ghost card, the bride in red?" "This transparent butterfly is Xiaozhuzi's favorite tracker. Card!"
Out of curiosity, Xie Mingzhe also walked over with his friends to take a look.
The card memorial wall of the Alliance contains all the original cards that performed well in each season, which can be hung on the memorial wall, which is also an affirmation of the strength of the players' original cards. The tenth season includes several new cards, including the mark flow cards Cursed Doll, Puppet Master and Witch made by Wei Xiaotian, a newcomer to Ghost Prison, as well as some new cards made by other great gods.
The designed cards can be hung on the memorial wall, which is really a face.
Xie Mingzhe was watching with relish when he suddenly heard a short-haired girl next to him say: "There should be a lot of character cards on the memorial wall at the end of this year! Once Fat Uncle's cards are included in the alliance, it's not like one or two can be placed. It must be super spectacular!”
The ponytail girl next to her echoed: "Yes, for so many seasons, only the god cards of the pantheon have been included in the character cards. The card pool is really shallow, and the appearance of Uncle Fatty will definitely change this situation. "
The short-haired girl said, "Did Uncle Fat come to the scene today? I don't know who it is, can I ask for an autograph!"
The eyes of the two swept over the players around them. When they saw Xie Mingzhe, they were amazed by the handsome guy in front of them. They stayed for two more seconds, then automatically excluded the options, skipped the past, and continued to search for the fat uncle in the crowd.
Xie Mingzhe: "..."
Cough, if he stepped forward now and said "I'm Fat Uncle", would he be beaten by the girls
In order to avoid a beating incident on the scene, Xie Mingzhe decided to keep a low profile, covered his vest, and went to the conference room with Chen Xiao and the others.
Every time the league holds a preparatory meeting, there is enough space to accommodate hundreds of people. When entering the conference room, identity verification is required, and only the top 32 players are allowed to enter. The four of them passed the verification and walked into the conference room, picked a few empty seats and sat down.
The seats are all sofas, which are very comfortable. With excitement on his face, Yu Ke moved on the sofa and said, "The league is really rich. It is said that each club has to pay the league an income every year, isn't it true?!"
Chen Xiao said: "It's true, it's equivalent to the protection fee. If you don't pay it, the league will kick you out. We can't pay Nirvana even if we want to pay it, and the club hasn't officially approved it yet."
Xie Mingzhe said optimistically: "Come on! Anyway, the base is built. After the Masters, we will submit the application."
There were more and more people in the conference room, and by 2:30 in the afternoon, all the top 32 arrived on time.
Several league executives walked into the conference room.
A middle-aged man with decent features walked in and sat down on the rostrum. He introduced himself with a smile: "Hello everyone, I'm Zhou Yongsheng, the chairman of the Star Card Alliance. Yongsheng in the name means 'forever victory'. Does it sound auspicious?"
The crowd laughed.
Chairman Zhou smiled and looked very friendly and kind, and everyone's original tension was also dissipated by his jokes.
The tall and long-haired woman next to him followed and introduced: "Hello everyone, I'm Xu Tong, the league's player director. If you have any questions about the league in the future, you can ask me for advice. If you have to ask for leave during the event, you can also contact me directly. , or ask the club's agent to tell me."
The player supervisor is to manage the chores of the players. Naturally, such a person cannot be offended, otherwise they will not be approved for leave.
Chairman Zhou went on to say: "If you can make it to the top 32 out of millions of players, there is no need to doubt your strength. However, the pros in the professional league are much more terrifying than you think, so getting a registration certificate is not a problem. What does it stand for, how far you can go, and you have to work hard. I am here, on behalf of the Star Card Alliance, welcome everyone to join the new blood, and I hope everyone here will make persistent efforts and not forget the original intention!"
There was warm applause at the scene, and getting the registration certificate was the first step in realizing the dream. Of course, everyone was extremely excited.
Xu Tong walked off the rostrum and distributed the prepared qualification certificates to everyone according to everyone's facial features.
The alliance and the official are in a cooperative relationship. The identity information of the contestants can be directly called, and the qualification certificates produced are also based on the ID cards of the contestants when they sign up. Xie Mingzhe opened it and saw that this qualification certificate was very similar to a university student card. His book read: "Star Card Alliance registered professional player, registration number 107715, name: Xie Mingzhe, registration time: the eleventh season".
Xie Mingzhe's mood was as excited as when he got the university admission letter!
He's finally become an official professional player!
In addition to the registration qualification certificate, each person also gets a "Professional Player Code", which contains some rules that professional players must abide by. Xie Mingzhe read it carefully and remembered a few key points in his mind.
Chairman Zhou said: "The player rules must be followed. If the alliance rules are violated, the alliance has the right to cancel the registration of any player, so everyone must look carefully and carefully, so as not to be punished by the alliance."
Chairman Zhou said with a smile: "I hope you can have a good time after joining the big family of the professional alliance! The meeting is over!"
At the end of the meeting, the top 32 players left the office, but many people were watching, as if they were looking for something in the crowd. Everyone didn't say it, and they were very puzzled in their hearts - all the young players came today, and none of them seemed to be over 25 years old.
What about fat uncle
There was even a bold boy who shouted directly in the crowd: "Uncle Fat, who is Uncle Fat? Can you meet me?"
This man's voice was too domineering, Xie Mingzhe was very cowardly, he continued to cover his vest and pretended not to know Fat Uncle.
He also imitated the others, looked around for a while, pretended to look for Fat Uncle, then turned around and left with a look of regret.
Chen Xiao: "..."