"E-sports? What is that? A brand new sport? You young people really like to play around."
"No, no, it should have nothing to do with sports. It's just lying in front of the computer or the TV, playing games, and then competing."
"Huh? Is there competition for this thing?"
"Yes, there is competition in this thing, and it has become very popular recently. Our country is vigorously supporting it."
In a certain hotel in South Korea, several people in the sports field were gathering for dinner.
What younger people are most concerned about recently is the new policy just announced by their country.
In order to take the lead in a new field, South Korea is preparing to mobilize nationwide efforts to develop e-sports.
Of course, this is not something that was just thought of casually, but after many discussions and it was determined that e-sports has great development potential, we plan to vigorously promote it.
This kind of thing has nothing to do with the traditional sports industry.
But suddenly the idea of sitting in one place motionless was called competition, which made them a little unhappy.
And what worries them even more is that if they achieve world-class rankings in e-sports, the South Korean government is willing to exempt them from compulsory military service.
In the normal laws and regulations of South Korea, exemption from military service is a very gimmick.
The vast majority of South Koreans do not like the policy of compulsory military service, but this has never changed no matter how many governments have been in the past.
Many people hate military service to the point where they are willing to flee their country.
Especially for a group of young people who like to play games, these people had almost no chance of exemption from military service in the past and could only wait desperately to serve in the military.
In the past, people who wanted to be exempted from military service had to be diagnosed with mental illness, or they had made significant contributions to the country, or they had won medals in major sports games.
But now there is a new opportunity for exemption from military service.
That is to become number one in world-class e-sports.
According to the information released by the Korean government, a game that is still under development is the highest priority project.
The world-class champion, runner-up or third runner-up every year in this project can be exempted from military service.
Other e-sports projects require the annual champion of that year.
"What? These guys who just sit at home and play video games every day can actually be exempted from military service? Are those guys in the government crazy? Why do they dare to do this?"
This person from the traditional sports industry stared, obviously unable to believe what his juniors told him.
"Senior, this is indeed a policy that our country has just implemented, and it is planned to be vigorously developed. I heard that it has already reached a cooperative relationship with a game developer in Japan, and the impact will be deepened in the future."
"This current South Korean government is really full. Why should I choose a group of guys like this to become the new leadership group?"
People in this traditional sports industry said angrily.
Originally, he was in a good mood today, because this year is the year when the Olympic Games will be held, and those in the traditional sports industry will be very popular in this year.
Grain state
But suddenly he felt very bad when he heard what his junior said.
This group of damn high-level government officials should have given my vote to another group of people.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and his good mood for the day was ruined.
No, he felt that he couldn't accept it no matter what.
A group of guys who only know how to play games can be exempted from military service. This is obviously the Korean government's intention to compare with their serious sports industry.
How can something like just sitting in front of a screen and watching little people on the screen move compare to their real movements?
"I won't drink anymore. I want to go back."
The drink did not make him happy. He returned home gloomily, then lay in bed and tossed and turned for most of the night without falling asleep.
Finally, he couldn't help but get up again, then picked up his cell phone and dialed a number.
"Hey, Jin Zhihe, senior? I'm sorry to bother you so late. I wonder if you have heard about the Korean government's new policy recently? They seem to want to promote new e-sports projects, and they also offer exemptions from military service.
policy."
"Oh, e-sports is just a bunch of guys playing video games in front of the TV. I heard that they are going to form a brand new competitive event. This is a complete joke!"
"That's right, senior, you think so too, right? It's really annoying the more I think about it. We obviously work so hard to bring honor to the country, but only a few people can win national awards, and e-sports is a brand new industry.
It’s obviously unfair to be treated as equals to us when we just started!”
"What? Senior, you want to talk to the congressman? That's great. I have the same idea. In fact, I even want to organize a joint protest, so that these people only know how to play video games in front of the TV every day.
Guys understand that there is no future in that thing. If you have that time, you might as well go out and exercise more!"
"Okay, okay, senior, you are really far-sighted. With your words, I feel relieved."
After hanging up the phone, this person in the traditional sports industry suddenly felt much more comfortable.
He showed a disdainful expression.
People who play video games also want to gain social status. This is obviously just wishful thinking.
Since they really want to gain status, they should find a way to suppress them and let them understand who is the real boss.
That night, many people in the Korean traditional sports industry jointly launched an initiative, hoping that the government would not be obsessed with it. If you want to vigorously develop the national economy, wouldn't it be better to invest money in these more mature traditional sports? Why do they have to do this?
Bet on that new and unknown territory.
As for electronic things that your government can't handle, it would be better to cooperate with our traditional sports.
These people in traditional sports also have some official friends.
Naturally, through these friends, they quickly sent their initiatives to the government.
However, after seeing this, the senior government officials of this term decisively ignored the initiative of this group of people.
Then continue to connect with Japan.
They may not know whether this choice is correct, but the development of the cultural industry is inevitable.
E-sports is a part of the cultural promotion strategy, which does not conflict with traditional sports.
They had to come out to get some benefits. A group of veterans in the government already knew them thoroughly, so they didn't pay attention to the other party's demands at all.