Chapter 638 'Struggle', a breakthrough in ideological expression
It seems that the leaders of these clubs are all wrong.
The first ones to say they wanted to come to Jingzhou were some small clubs that didn't have much money prepared.
They originally thought that the money they prepared for this time was not enough, and it would be difficult to buy core players. At most, they could buy an assistant in the command position. However, they never expected that Mr. Pei actually gave them a core player to complete them.
The most needed short board position!
Moreover, Mr. Pei did not ask for a high price, but directly gave all clubs a similar unified price.
Of the 3 million in transfer fees, 2.2 million was returned to the club to improve the training environment.
For these relatively poor clubs, Mr. Pei is obviously giving them extra favors and care!
I am very grateful and have nothing to repay.
Mr. Pei’s Tengda Group has a big business and is not short of money. How can these clubs repay the favor?
The only thing I can do is move to Jingzhou and support it with my own practical actions!
Moreover, after the h4 club moved to Jingzhou, it seems to be getting better and better, which also makes people think that Jingzhou has some magic power.
The 2.2 million returned by Mr. Pei needs to be spent, and there are relevant supporting facilities here in Jingzhou, which is the most suitable place.
What's more, Jingzhou is closer to Tenda, dge club is a club under Tenda, and Manager Zhang is Mr. Pei's confidant. If Tenda has any policy changes or gameplay adjustments, the club based in Jingzhou will definitely be faster.
Got the news.
With clubs gathering together in Jingzhou, it can be more convenient to play offline training matches, and the effect of offline matches is even better than online matches.
After comprehensive consideration, these small clubs immediately felt that moving to Jingzhou was a very good choice.
Small clubs have already expressed their opinions one after another, and these big clubs are also hesitant.
If several small clubs have moved, will there be any problems if we don’t move?
Will it lag behind in terms of training matches and version news?
Will he not be recognized by President Pei and not be taken seriously by the authorities?
At present, the development of e-sports is still in its infancy, and it is still too far away from the idea of "one club's home stadium in each city". For these clubs, the best option is to gather in places with rich resources.
After forming a cluster effect, all clubs can benefit from it.
Therefore, these clubs quickly reached a consensus and decided to move to Jingzhou!
Pei Qian, on the other hand, looked confused and embarrassed.
What do you mean!
When the h4 club came to Jingzhou, they were deceived by Huang Wang. What happened to you?
The contract hasn't even been signed yet, and you're all rushing to Jingzhou?
Crazy!
Pei Qian said helplessly: "It doesn't matter. In fact, I think the Magic City is pretty good. It's the same everywhere. You don't have to move to Jingzhou."
The club managers were very moved and expressed their determination one after another.
"Don't worry, Mr. Pei, this is our own choice!"
"Yes, we have thought about it carefully, and now no one can try to drive us away from Jingzhou!"
"Mr. Pei, we will handle the moving matter ourselves and will never cause you any trouble!"
Pei Qian: "..."
Yes, it strengthened the misunderstanding of these people, and they became more energetic.
Pei Qian looked at the decisive expressions of the club managers and knew that nothing he said was useless now, so he could only sigh silently.
Okay, if you want to come, come.
Jingzhou is so big, can I add a cover?
Pei Qian was at a loss and said to Zhang Yuan: "You can do the signing of the contract. I'll leave first."
Zhang Yuan nodded: "Don't worry, Mr. Pei, I will arrange it!"
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night.
Zhang Yuan has signed contracts with other clubs one after another, and according to President Pei's requirements, he has also arranged the homes of the remaining nine players.
But this time, the nine team members don't have to leave Jingzhou.
The two big clubs also called the boss. After a detailed discussion, the boss was also moved by Mr. Pei's sincerity. In the end, the seven clubs unanimously decided to move the GoG branch to Jingzhou!
Therefore, these nine old members of the dge club just need to stay here and wait for each club to move in before picking them up.
After learning that everyone was going their separate ways, Jiang Huan and others were a little sad.
However, after Zhang Yuan enlightened everyone, this sentimental mood was quickly diluted by excitement.
It’s finally time to play in the World Invitational Tournament!
Previously, Huang Wang was bought by the h4 club and could participate in the World Invitational Tournament. These team members were more or less envious.
As a professional player, who doesn’t want to stand on the highest level and prove himself?
Therefore, although everyone is very reluctant to leave the dge club, they also look forward to being able to stand on the stage of the World Finals like Huang Wang.
And the current result is already the best result.
The team members have all found a home to make up for their shortcomings. Once they have gone there, they can firmly assume the main role. At the same time, the club has moved to Jingzhou. If you want to gather often or go back to the dge club to visit, it will be very convenient for everyone. Habits and training habits can also be maintained.
Best of both worlds!
After Zhang Yuan comforted the team members, he still felt a little complicated.
I just finished trial training for one position, but I didn’t expect that I would soon have to trial the other nine positions.
After this "clearance sale", the ten members of the dge club have all been replaced. I am afraid that their strength will be out of balance for a long time.
In fact, the best way is to sell part of the team, keep part of it, let the old team members lead the new team members, and then sell the old team members after the new team members grow up. This cycle creates a permanent movement.
But Mr. Pei’s attitude was very firm and he must sell them all.
Zhang Yuan thought about it and realized that this did make sense.
Let the old players stay and lead the new players, who should you keep? All the old players are your favorites, who will you not let go to the World Invitational Tournament?
None of them seem appropriate.
Therefore, Zhang Yuan also made a mistake and let everyone transfer for the sake of the future of the team members.
As for the shortage of talents... let’s take it one step at a time.
Zhang Yuan came outside the villa and planned to smoke a cigarette and relax.
However, just as he put the cigarette in his mouth, he saw Team Leader Su from the h4 club rushing over.
"Mr. Zhang, is it convenient? Can I take a step to talk?" Team Leader Su looked a little anxious.
Zhang Yuan could probably guess what he was going to say, so he put away his cigarette and nodded: "Okay."
The two people came to the small garden of the villa.
Team leader Su was a little embarrassed, but after careful consideration he said: "Manager Zhang, other clubs have formed a group to buy people, right? What was the result of the purchase?"
Obviously, when these clubs come to buy people, the h4 club is the most panicked.
After they sold everything to buy Huang Wang, they were originally strong contenders for the championship.
But what if other clubs buy two, three or more members of the dge club at once?
Isn’t that a fool’s errand?
Therefore, in a sense, the result of the GoG International Invitational Tournament depends on the results of each club's purchase this time.
After this purchase is completed, the paper strength of all clubs will undergo huge changes, which may even make the training period before the game meaningless.
Zhang Yuan smiled: "Leader Su, don't worry."
He briefly introduced Mr. Pei's arrangements to Team Leader Su. To put it simply: everyone buys players for the same transfer fee. The price fluctuates but the difference is not big. Each team pays the same transfer fee according to the team's shortcomings.
There is no situation where a certain team will be able to overwhelm other teams after buying players.
After listening to this, Team Leader Su was surprised and grateful.
The surprising thing is that the paper strength of each club after buying people is about the same, but after all, the h4 club has the foundation and has been running in for a while, so it is still a strong contender for the world championship.
What I'm grateful for is that Mr. Pei didn't package up and sell the strong team members just because the other party offered a high price!
Leader Su knew from the grapevine that Sug had prepared at least more than 20 million to buy someone this time. If they bought Jiang Huan directly at a high price, they would use the remaining money to grab two less expensive ones.
Team members, what else is the h4 club doing?
Mr. Pei sold all the players at the average price. It’s hard to say whether there were any other considerations, but part of the reason was definitely to safeguard the interests of the h4 club!
Team Leader Su felt that the h4 club was the first to buy players from the dge club after all, so it was considered a regular customer. Although it was blameless for Mr. Pei to sell the players according to the method of selling the players to the highest bidder, this approach of taking care of the interests of the h4 club was still
It's quite touching.
"Thank you, Manager Zhang, thank you, Mr. Pei! We will definitely keep this kindness in our hearts!" Team Leader Su was overjoyed. This transfer result is also the least bad result for their club.
Zhang Yuan smiled: "You don't have to be polite, Team Leader Su. You may think that Mr. Pei is doing this with your interests in mind, but that's not the case. I think Mr. Pei is considering the entire ecology and the entire environment!"
Team leader Su was stunned: "How do you say this?"
Zhang Yuan thought for a moment and said seriously: "I think Mr. Pei is doing this to regulate GoG's e-sports ecology. It can be considered from at least three aspects!"
"First of all, the Global Invitational Tournament is coming soon. The result of this selling will directly determine whether there is any suspense in the Global Invitational Tournament."
"The main purpose of Mr. Pei's Global Invitational Tournament is to provide the world with a series of entertaining events. If the strength gap between the teams is too large and the competition becomes a showdown, it will be boring!"
"Ensuring that there is back-and-forth and full of suspense can stimulate the discussion among players to the maximum extent and achieve the effect of promoting the game Gog."
"Secondly, prevent the Matthew effect between clubs."
"In the e-sports industry, money is not everything, but nothing can be done without money. You can't build a dynasty just by burning money and poaching people, but without money, everything will stop."
"But whether you have money or not is actually a relative concept."
"If you have money, you can poach and buy people at will, and rely on poaching to gather all the outstanding players under your own club, while those small clubs without money will fall into a vicious cycle of no money, no attention, and no results!
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"Once caught in this Matthew effect of 'the strong always get stronger', the big clubs are of course happy because they can monopolize the resources and attention of the entire league, but the small clubs gradually become unsustainable and the gap in the entire league becomes wider and wider.
, it will gradually collapse, or there will be a situation of 'domestic violence', where it is domineering at home and abused abroad."
"Now, the strength of each club is similar. If the club wants to win, it must work hard on project management, personnel training, version analysis, etc. There are no absolute strong teams and weak teams, and the ecology will be healthier."
“Finally, prevent excessive capital intervention from affecting the entire e-sports environment.”
"The burning of money affects not only the club, but also the players. Many of the players were originally Internet-addicted teenagers, and they suddenly received an annual salary of one to two million and signing fees. This salary level was actually supported by the popularity and capital.
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"But the team members may not realize this. They may swell, get lost, and compare themselves to each other."
"For some players, if they simply get a sky-high contract, while others are only paid one-tenth of his salary, will the atmosphere of the team be good?"
"Mr. Pei allows the salary of all team members to fluctuate within a certain range to prevent the team members' salary levels from getting out of control, so that the club will not invest all their funds in the battle for players, but force them to use them to ensure the training base and supporting facilities."
"This will create a more benign ecology for the club and the players. In the long run, it will be of great help to the entire GoG e-sports league system!"
Leader Su suddenly understood and nodded frequently.
Well, when you hear it this way, it makes sense!
Nowadays, e-sports is still in its reckless stage, and there are two types of clubs. One is the more established clubs that use love to generate electricity, which have no money, but have better atmosphere, heritage and management; the other is the rich second-generation clubs with involvement of local tycoons.
Money is often poorly managed and people are impetuous.
Both types of clubs have their own problems. If they are allowed to grow freely, it will definitely be a rich second-generation club that spends money wildly to recruit people and destroy the ecology, and then wastes talented players in waste management. In the end, all clubs will not be easy.
The road to formalization of e-sports will become elusive under this kind of disorderly competition.
Mr. Pei's actions are equivalent to preventing wealthy clubs from engaging in price wars, but must learn to work hard on managing and cultivating players.
In the short term, some benefits are given up; in the long term, it allows the gog league to develop better!
Team leader Su couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "I understand! Mr. Pei's move is really far-sighted!"
"However, although Mr. Pei's original intention was not to take care of our club, objectively it has the effect of protecting us, so we will still remember this kindness!"
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "You train hard and get better results, which is the best reward for Mr. Pei."
Team leader Su nodded: "Don't worry, we will go all out to prepare for the war!"
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Friday, September 2nd.
The day before the release of "Struggle".
Everyone at Tenda Games is still busy preparing for online sales.
The official platform has given enough face. It not only negotiated with Tenda Games in advance to determine the best recommended position, but also allowed Tenda Games to prepare promotional materials on its own.
The initial promotion and warm-up for the game "Struggle" has also been completed, and players are all looking forward to it.
However, due to the promotional content, players’ understanding has indeed gone astray!
The promotional content of "Struggle" is: the graphics are exquisite, all actions are collected by real people; the choices are diverse and the strategies are rich; the plot is complex and exciting; the dual protagonist mode.
In addition, there are no specific images of the game, nor detailed content descriptions.
When the players saw these slogans, they thought about it a little, and immediately felt that it was incredible!
What game would require all actions to be collected by real people? This is obviously a large-scale RPG or action game!
There are various choices and rich strategies, which should mean that the combat system is complex.
The plot is gripping, and the dual-protagonist mode also shows a breakthrough in content.
Based on the above analysis, this should be a large-scale action-adventure AAA game with an exciting plot?
Everyone instantly thought of the classic works of some major foreign game companies and were full of expectations for this game.
Moreover, the name of the game is not "Struggle", but the English name "Struggle", which adds a touch of mystery to the game.
All in all, the early publicity was really effective.
It's just that before the game is actually launched, no one knows whether this overwhelming publicity effect is positive or negative...
No one can guess what kind of reaction everyone will have after discovering the true situation of "Struggle".
Hu Xianbin has been very worried recently and has lost weight.
As the person in charge of "Struggle", he was the most unsure of himself.
So far, Tenda Games has the reputation of being undefeated. Every game released has achieved double success in terms of sales and reputation. If this golden brand falls into your own hands, wouldn't you become Tenda's sinner?
Of course, in this "Struggle", President Pei's degree of intervention seems to be much higher than in the previous times.
But even if the project fails, no one will think that it is Mr. Pei's fault.
Hu Xianbin would only think that Mr. Pei had explained everything in detail and I hadn't done it well yet. This must be my problem!
Li Yada saw the worried Hu Xianbin and sat down next to him.
"What's wrong, are you worried about the launch of the new game?"
Hu Xianbin nodded: "Yes. I really have no idea whether this game can be successful! And the current publicity method seems to have the opposite effect..."
Li Yada smiled: "What a coincidence. Do you know "Game Producer"? Before it was launched, Lu Mingliang was as worried as you, because after playing it once, everyone felt that there was not enough motivation to play the game.
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"Then, Brother Bao put forward a point: We don't think it's fun because fans of the game have already read the game script, are already familiar with various choices, and have prepared spoilers in advance, so naturally they can't understand some details.
feelings.”
"But as a bystander, it feels very special."
"He said that this was a highbrow attempt by Mr. Pei, who might become a god or end miserably. Mr. Pei was actually using this game to express some of his thoughts. As a work that transcended the times, it
It may succeed, it may fail.”
"Even if it fails, it is not our failure, let alone Mr. Pei's failure, but the current game market is not mature enough to accept such advanced thinking."
"What happened after the release of "Game Producer" also verified what Brother Bao said. The game market and players of our era are worthy of such a good game!"
"Although the entire market is relatively impetuous now, we must have confidence in Mr. Pei and the players!"
After hearing what Li Yada said, Hu Xianbin felt a lot more relieved.
When "Game Producer" was released, he had not yet come to Tenda, so he did not know these things.
Now that I heard that senior Lu Mingliang once had the same entanglements and struggles as me, but finally succeeded, I feel much more at ease.
Hu Xianbin said: "Then quickly let Brother Bao play "Struggle" with the mentality of a bystander and analyze this game!"
"Uh... By the way, Brother Bao went on a trip..."
Hu Xianbin originally grabbed a life-saving straw, but after thinking about it, he realized that the life-saving straw was now in Africa.
I couldn't help but feel a little more resentful towards Huang Sibo.
Tell me about you, even if you go on a trip by yourself, you still have to drag Brother Bao along with you!
Although Brother Bao doesn't usually work much in the game department, as the saying goes, a family has an elder, like a treasure. At such a critical moment, the entire department is counting on Brother Bao to answer questions!
How can this be done now?
Li Yada smiled: "It doesn't matter, I can roughly guess what Brother Bao will say."
"Actually, the game "Struggle" is essentially the same as "Game Maker"."
""Game Producer" is a lonely expression of Mr. Pei, so why not "Struggle"? It's just that the former is expressed as an expresser, while the latter is expressed as a living being."
Hu Xianbin sighed: "But the theme expressed in "Struggle" is obviously sharper and more painful. When playing "Game Producer", I felt a little annoyed at most, and found the narration very annoying.
But "Struggle" feels very heart-breaking, as if all the despair and pain in reality were mixed together and forced onto me."
“Are players really going to accept it?”
"Moreover, the core of this game always feels more difficult to understand and more complicated than Game Maker."
"I think, as Mr. Zhang Zuting said, this kind of subject matter seems more suitable to be expressed in movies. If it is made into a literary film, it should be more marketable. As for games, there are too many limitations."
Li Yada was silent for a moment and said: "I think since Mr. Pei chose to use games instead of movies as a carrier, he must have his own ideas."
"Maybe it's because "Better Tomorrow" was so successful that Mr. Pei no longer wants to use movies as a carrier. Maybe it's because there are other considerations when using games as a carrier."
"It must be because using games as a carrier can express some content that movies cannot!"
"This may be a breakthrough that Mr. Pei is trying."
Hu Xianbin was stunned for a moment: "What kind of breakthrough?"
Li Yada thought for a while and said: "A breakthrough in the expression of thoughts."
"In fact, every game of Mr. Pei expresses some kind of thought. For example, "Lonely Desert Highway" and "Ghost General" are satirizing the current game industry, and "Game Producer" is based on the creator's
Reflecting on identity, "Return to the Shore" tortures everyone's heart in a way that breaks the dimensional wall, allowing players and the characters in the game to integrate mentally."
"We will find that the stand-alone games produced by Mr. Pei are becoming more and more profound and painful, and the cost of understanding and patience required by players are also constantly increasing."
Hu Xianbin thought about it and found that this was indeed the case.
There is no doubt that the games Mr. Pei makes are more and more encouraging. "Lonely Desert Highway" was just boring, then "Excellent Producer" became provocative, and then "Return to Shore" became multiple levels from difficulty to gameplay.
Discourage to retreat.
But when it comes to "Struggle", it seems that the level of persuasion to quit is higher than before!
What does this mean?
Li Yada said: "Mr. Pei obviously does not really want to persuade players to quit, but is gradually testing the players' psychological endurance through repeated expressions to express his deeper thoughts."
"A deeper thought will inevitably hurt more and require stronger acceptance."
"As an expresser, Mr. Pei actually attaches great importance to the 'degree' of expression. A good way of expression determines whether the audience feels 'preachy' or 'philosophical'."
"Just like "Back to the Shore", Mr. Pei combines the player's mentality with the character choices in the game by breaking the dimensional wall, and then makes this connection unbreakable through the difficulty and various details of the game. In this way, the player
Only when they empathize with the world in the game can they accept the ideas Mr. Pei wants to express."
"The more Mr. Pei's game persuades him to quit, the more it shows that the thoughts expressed in it are hidden deep enough."
"Every one of Mr. Pei's works is actually cultivating players!"
"Perhaps Mr. Pei made "Struggle" at the beginning, so the players would definitely not accept it or understand it. But now, Mr. Pei has used many games to pave the way, and the players' acceptance level is already very high.
If we take out "Struggle" again, the success rate will be greatly improved!"
"And this just proves that Mr. Pei is not a reckless person. In terms of expression, he does not force it on the players, but will consider the players' acceptance. If the players' acceptance is not enough, then cultivate it first and wait for the players.
After reaching the acceptance level, you can express more content.”
Hu Xianbin nodded frequently and asked: "Sister Li, what exactly does Mr. Pei want to express in "Struggle"? Class solidification? Matthew effect? Exploitation? Social irrationality? Or is it just describing a situation?
A phenomenon?”
Li Yada shook his head: "I don't know about this."
"Even Brother Bao can't understand Mr. Pei's thoughts immediately after playing the game."
"Mr. Pei's game is more like a large-scale social experiment. Only when enough players participate, and each different player discusses or even quarrels about it, expresses his or her own opinions, and different opinions communicate and collide with each other can the game be successful.