The DDR championship crown was finally taken away by the French player Alfred. Amidst the fierce music, WCG ended

But its heat has not dropped.

Lu Yuan's final big kill helped the Chinese team win the championship, which became the headlines the next day.

"Looking for the story behind the champion..."

The cover is almost entirely a picture of Lu Yuan kneeling on the ground and shouting to the sky.

Due to the special nature of this WCG, all the players who have appeared on the stage have become famous, among which Lu Yuan, God of War, is the most famous.

WCG was held at a loss because Liu Zhiyuan refused any form of sponsorship. He didn't even advertise his own products. He couldn't make back the cost of the event just by relying on ticket money.

WCG must ensure its purity and pure competitiveness!

He doesn't care about the Han Dynasty Extreme Masters. After all, certain business cooperation is indispensable. At least he can do something to promote some clubs, right?

He can't control the future Olympics even if he wants to, so he must leave an impression on all gamers.

E-sports still has the impression of a pure land, and WCG is this pure land. This arena does not involve any profit methods that are not part of the game. Want to make money?

Yes, work hard on your skills to get a ranking!

The prize money of WCG will become higher and higher. It will not be a problem for the prize money of a single event to exceed 50 million US dollars in the future.

With such a huge bonus payment, Liu Zhiyuan is not worried that he will not be able to get the money by then.

because...

The Han Dynasty game exploded, and the number of registered users of StarCraft tripled in just a few days!

Warcraft has doubled.

CS is so exaggerated that it has more than 20 million registered users!

Regardless of whether one person has multiple accounts, CS’s more than 20 million registered users have made countless people jealous.

Because this is all money, lots and lots of money!

The Han Dynasty updated these games as soon as WCG ended. No one knows how much money can be made from champion skins.

The key point is that no one has criticized the Han Dynasty for being popular and ugly. Why!?

Dividends!

Every time a champion skin is sold, the champion player will receive a certain dividend, and there is no time limit!

Not only that, Liu Zhiyuan even created a title-limited skin. This limitation is not a quantity or time limit, but a player limit.

For example, if the strongest sniper in this WCG is Tool, then there will be a Tool-named limited skin in CS.

This AWP has Tool's name and NO.1 written on one position. Similarly, players with these limited skins can also share dividends until the strongest player is replaced by another player.

Not to mention how many players this move made them give up on the Han Dynasty, the income alone can easily make back the cost of WCG.

In just one day, Han Dynasty gained more than 26 million US dollars in net income from selling skins!

In 1997, the net income was more than 26 million US dollars in one day, how could anyone not be jealous!

That's right, pure income, is this thing difficult?

Just changing the skin, is this a problem for the designers at the Han Dynasty headquarters and the temporary designers hired with high salaries?

As for the original paintings, the original painting department of the Han Dynasty went around the world to inquire, and within a few days they could come up with a large number of finalized works!

This is also the reason why he dares to lose money to hold competitions. To put it bluntly, competitions are also a way of promotion. Obviously, the promotion effect of this WCG is full marks.

"The United States officially recognizes the significance of e-sports..."

"Italy officially recognizes eSports..."

The day after the WCG ended, many developed countries, led by the United States, announced that they recognized the legality and rationality of e-sports.

These big countries of computer users nodded. With this nod, Liu Zhiyuan really no longer worried about e-sports.

"Mr. Liu, sales have increased again."

Zhang Chaoyang is not yet able to operate Taobao International independently, so he is still Liu Zhiyuan's secretary.

"Tiger Talisman is officially sold out, and the sales of other games are higher than all previous games in the same period."

No wonder Zhang Chaoyang is excited, you must know that only one month has passed since the release of Tiger Talisman 2.

Tiger Talisman 2 sold more than 60 million units in just one month, which means it is completely successful and players fully recognize it!

In the second-hand market, Hu Fu 2 has been sold for a sky-high price of US$1,000. You can imagine how many players are eager to get it.

"Yes, pay attention to collecting suggestions from players."

The reason why the sales volume is higher than that of the same period is not only that the game is indeed better than the previous generation, but also the reason why WCG and e-sports are recognized.

Although console games are almost never on the e-sports stage, players are using their actions to support the Han Dynasty.

"There is also good news. The sales volume of Zhulong has exceeded 40 million, and China and the United States are the countries with the best growth."

“How much is China?”

"More than 13 million!"

Liu Zhiyuan is not surprised that Zhulong broke 40 million, because this year is the year when the IT industry explodes.

In 1996, there were less than 100 million computer users in the world, but in 1997, the number of users in the United States alone exceeded 100 million.

In 1998, the official statistics of global computer users were more than 200 million, but the real data is definitely more than that. The official data of China is more than 6 million.

"Give me the data."

He was not surprised that the sales of Zhulong suddenly started to increase sharply. What surprised him was that more than 10 million people in China could now afford Zhulong!

"Enterprises account for 73%, and individual users account for 27%."

Sure enough, including previous sales, most of the nearly 20 million units Zhulong was able to sell were purchased by companies. However, the 27% also surprised him!

5 million individual users is quite a lot. Historically, China only had a total of more than 6 million users at this time.

"Give me the data on the proportion of other brands of computers in China."

Now that Chinese people have begun to have spending power, they have to keep an eye on their basic base!

Developed countries such as the United States do not say that China must be the exclusive market of the Han Dynasty. It is not that the products of other companies are not allowed to exist, but that they can only pick up the residue left by the Han Dynasty.

China's development potential is so great that as long as the Han Dynasty firmly controls this market, it will always have its own place in the world.

"Dell, 4%"

"IBM, 59%"

"Acer..."

"apple..."

"..."

Looking at the data, Liu Zhiyuan began to think deeply.

Dell and Acer are nothing to worry about. Dell has always maintained its high value even in subsequent price wars. They must not have any intention of changing it when Candle Dragon appears in this era.

But even if it is changed, he is not afraid. He sells computers at a loss. The only computer manufacturer in the Han Dynasty in the world dared to do this.

As for Acer, the price-performance ratio is there, but the price-performance ratio is really that you get what you pay for, which is completely different from the price-performance ratio of the Han Dynasty.

Apple has become one with the Han Dynasty, mainly IBM, a super giant in the IT field.

"Send someone to find out why these users choose these brands. Be real and use some snacks."

"yes."

The reason why IBM has such a high market share in China is not only because it is a super giant itself, but also because it cooperates with China.

If the main reason is because of cooperation with China, then he is not too worried. In China, the Han Dynasty is the biological son, and IBM is not even the godson.

He was afraid that users would recognize the IBM brand. After all, as the oldest computer manufacturer, people still believed in it.

When Liu Zhiyuan had already taken his mind back from WCG, in an antique courtyard in Japan...

"Father-in-law, have you seen the evaluation of the Han Dynasty by outside players?"

Minoru Arakawa said bitterly to the old man opposite.

"We really can't win against this kind of person. To say a disrespectful word, I am far less afraid of you than I am of him."

The old man listened quietly. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip. This man was none other than the retired former Nintendo president, Hiroshi Yamauchi.

"He is always ahead of everyone. When we are still racking our brains to think of new settings, he can always come up with super masterpieces easily."

A super masterpiece?

The light of memory flashed in Hiroshi Yamauchi's eyes.

At that time, how brilliant and awe-inspiring Nintendo was with FC and Super Mario...

Yes, a super masterpiece, a super masterpiece that beat Super Mario.

"The handheld console that everyone was not optimistic about at the beginning became the beginning of the glory of the Han Dynasty."
To be continued...