In competitive sports, only the first place will be remembered, while the second place and even the eighth place are all roles that no one cares about.
Applause and flowers belong only to the champion, and everyone else is just a backdrop.
The emerging e-sports industry is also so cruel. The team that won the second place in the League of Legends S3 Global Finals last year did not receive praise, but was drowned in overwhelming abuse in the blink of an eye.
Even if the runner-up has a bonus of 1 million US dollars, even if it is second in the world, it is proof of strength, but the angry audience does not care about these, either the champion or the loser, the difference between second and eighth is just more or less abuse.
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Abuse, curses, some even wished they would crash... Even though these players are just children, as young as sixteen years old, they have already gone to a foreign country to work hard to win glory for their country.
But no one cares about this. No matter what the loser says, it is just an excuse. Under the overwhelming abuse, some professional players cannot see the future and choose to retire.
For Liu, he is not even the world runner-up. Due to his age limit and the decline in strength, he has no chance to sprint again. He can only announce his retirement on Weibo in June.
The cruelty of e-sports is not only that only the first place is the winner, but also that the career is short, if you cannot achieve results in just a few years of golden age.
After retiring, he disappeared from the public. What kind of specialty is playing games? How does it help with employment? I don’t even know how to introduce myself when I’m looking for a job.
When you have just retired, you can still use your fame to make a living by doing some video contact advertisements. Once the remaining fame is used up, you will be just an ordinary person who is good at playing games.
The ID PDD is quite famous in the e-sports arena, but in reality, Liu is just an ordinary 200-pound fat man.
And he is not alone, he also has a girlfriend. The two of them get along well with each other. They got together with only 2,000 yuan in salary when they were working professionally.
Now that he has retired, Liu also hopes to develop better and give himself and his girlfriend a better future.
This is also Liu's promise to his girlfriend. If he gives himself another half year, he will definitely be able to make some achievements.
Although his only specialty is playing games well, pdd is very optimistic about the future of League of Legends.
As long as you can use your advantages in this game and keep developing in this direction, I believe you will definitely get what you want.
However, regarding the current predicament, the young Liu is not yet the number one live broadcaster in the future, the "Dong Zhuo" of e-sports, and is still a little confused about the future.
At this time, his thoughts were interrupted by the ringing of the phone. He picked up the phone and saw that it was an unfamiliar number.
"Hello, are you Mr. Liu, pdd, the former professional player of League of Legends?"
"I am, are you?" pdd asked somewhat unexpectedly.
"I am Xu Kaidao from Yangcheng Little Man Media Co., Ltd. I want to talk to you about cooperation. I wonder if you still have any issues such as contract disputes that have not been resolved after you retired?"
"Ah? Oh, the company over in Yangcheng? Do you want to do advertising or promotion?" At this time, Liu was not yet the future anchor of No. 1 Brother, and his tone was a little awkward.
"No, to be precise, I want to sign you to be our company's online artist. Our boss is very optimistic about your potential. As long as you agree, we will carry out a series of work around you in the future to build you into our company's number one network
artist……"
Xu Kaidao talked eloquently. He also did his homework and came up with the name of an online artist. After all, the term anchor is not mainstream yet.
As for this person, apart from the title of a retired professional player, from Xu Kaidao's perspective, he didn't think there was anything unique about this person.
But since it is the boss's order, he only needs to follow it. This is Xu Kaidao's professional quality.
"Ah? Internet artist, I have no other specialties except playing games. It might be a bit difficult to be an artist, not to mention my appearance..." Liu was stunned for a moment after hearing this.
"These are not problems. What we are optimistic about is your potential. The goal of our Little People Media Company is to discover people like you, develop your potential, and make you a well-known Internet celebrity."
"If you are worried, you can come to our company in Yangcheng for an interview. Of course, we will reimburse you for air tickets and accommodation."
"Everyone may only have a few precious opportunities to change his life in his life. I hope Mr. Lu will not miss it."
After having to say something, Liu, who was a little confused about his current situation, felt a little moved.
You won’t suffer any loss if you go and take a look. What if it will help your future?
When he went to play professionally, Liu went in with nothing, and moved forward like his signature hero.
Moreover, Xu Kaidao was full of sincerity and reimbursed him for air tickets and accommodation, as long as he paid a little time cost. Even if the cooperation could not be reached, he would only lose a little time.
"Okay, but... I still need to discuss it with my family before I can make a decision. Can I give you an answer later?" Liu hesitated for a moment and did not agree immediately.
"No problem, but I hope you can reply to me as soon as possible. You are not the only target we have." Xu Kaidao said lightly.
After hanging up the phone, Xu Kaidao's last words gave Liu a sense of urgency, but he also wanted to seek his girlfriend's opinion on such a major life matter.
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In less than three hours, Zhou Dongsheng returned to Guzhen from Yangcheng. After leaving the high-speed rail station in the dust, he saw Zhang Xuhui's smiling face.
Zhang Xuhui was sitting on a red Happy 125 motorcycle, and a smile appeared on his face as soon as he saw Zhou Dongsheng.
"Brother Sheng, you are finally back. The business of our online store has been getting better and better these days, and I am a little overwhelmed." Zhang Xuhui said with a smile.
"I'm coming back soon? Let's go, let's talk on the way." Zhou Dongsheng got into the car, Zhang Xuhui skillfully pressed the clutch to start the car, and started in second gear.
"Brother Sheng, why did you go to Yangcheng this time? Can you tell me this time?" Zhang Xuhui asked curiously.
"I won the lottery and went to Yangcheng to redeem my prize, which cost tens of millions. Brother Sheng and I are now multimillionaires." Zhou Dongsheng told the truth.
But in this world, no one will believe you if you tell the truth. Everyone just wants to hear what they think is the truth.
"Niupai, brother Sheng is asking for support, why should I open an online store?" Zhang Xuhui certainly didn't believe it and joked.
"No problem, the online store still needs to be opened. Now that Brother Sheng has money, we can become bigger and stronger. First rent a place to be a warehouse, then apply for a brand, design our own products and let the factory produce them for us.
How is it?" Zhou Dongsheng continued to tell the truth.
"Okay, then I'll hang out with Brother Sheng. Give me a deputy general manager or something, and I'll enjoy the feeling of being a leader. I'll also raise a little secretary. The secretary will do whatever I need, and it'll be fine hehehe..."
"Damn it, I didn't expect that this handsome guy like you would be like this. Where did you put your goddess?" Zhou Dongsheng laughed and scolded.
"Of course the goddess takes it to heart. Only when you have money can you marry a goddess as your wife. If you don't have money, you can only be a goddess."
"Don't worry, the goddess can't run away, and money has to be earned. Let's take it step by step. We'll find a place to rent first."
"Speaking of this, I just remembered that there is something important that I haven't told you, Brother Sheng. The funds in our online store are no longer enough. We still owe some money to the foundry. If we don't pay, we won't be able to get the goods.
arrive……"
Zhang Xuhui said a little embarrassed.
The start-up capital of less than 10,000 yuan, which means that the online store does not require store rent and decoration costs, can barely support it. Even if it lasts for so long, it is already the limit.
But for Zhou Dongsheng now, it's all a trivial matter. Can something that money can solve be a big deal?
"That's it? Then let's go directly to the foundry. I haven't been there yet. We'll settle the payment and then talk about the next step of cooperation."
Zhou Dongsheng already has the idea of doing something big, but how much will it cost to take over the foundry?
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ps: As soon as I send you an update, I unexpectedly found that this book is on the list of new books for newcomers. Is it still far away from signing the contract? Hahaha, please continue to ask for recommendation votes!
