In the morning, Pei Qian, who had slept until he woke up naturally, reluctantly got up from the bed and went to brush his teeth and wash his face.
"Why don't you go to the company today..."
"Damn it, I must review carefully starting from today!"
Pei Qian was annoyed while brushing his teeth, and secretly made up his mind.
The first two days were weekends, and Pei Qian couldn't remember what he did. It seemed that he just slept at home, played games, and browsed the web. Then two days passed.
Originally, Pei Qian planned to find a quiet place to review.
After all, exam week is coming soon. In order to achieve the goal of surpassing the old horse, I must take some time to review carefully.
But the problem is that everyone knows that time is like water in a sponge. There will always be time if you squeeze it, but sometimes you don’t have the strength to squeeze it.
Pei Qian feels that his time is more like water in the desert, always disappearing at the speed of light if he is not careful.
And there is another huge problem, which is the problem of mentality.
From Monday to Friday, the company is working normally. Pei Qian often has to keep an eye on it and deal with some work matters, such as making decisions, etc., which involves some energy and no time to review.
The company did have a holiday on Saturday and Sunday, so Pei Qian had time to review, but he was too lazy to move at home.
You are so busy working from Monday to Friday, why don’t you take a good rest on the weekend? Relax?
As a result, all time was suddenly lost.
Pei Qian couldn't remember how many times he had made up his mind to review carefully starting from today, but the progress of the review was still extremely worrying. He had not read a few pages of the notes he had already copied.
It's too difficult.
After washing up, Pei Qian wiped his face vigorously, then sat on the sofa and began to review his notes.
Five minutes later, he picked up his phone and swiped it out of habit.
"Huh? Mr. Li and Xue Zhebin invested in the cold-faced girl??"
Seeing this message from He Desheng, Pei Qian instantly became alert and frowned.
A bright red character seemed to appear on his head: Danger!
Pei Qian immediately stood up and walked around the living room twice.
Mr. Li regards Pei Qian as a bellwether for investment, so why doesn’t Pei Qian regard Mr. Li as a warning line for investment?
Pei Qian had already carefully recalled his painful experience of investing and making money, and found that Mr. Li played a crucial role in most of the profits.
For many projects that had made good losses before, as soon as Mr. Li and other investors entered the market, the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse, and they suddenly started to make money!
And now Mr. Li has invested in the cold-faced girl, which is a clear signal.
Something is going to happen!
Pei Qian's original plan was to invest 2 million in Meng Chang and buy some token shares. The main purpose was to burn money silently and lose money in silence.
But now Mr. Li is pursuing the investment, which is a very dangerous signal. It means that the Cold Noodle Girl project is probably going to make a lot of money!
Thinking of this, Pei Qian was on pins and needles, feeling that his previous plan to lose money might be completely overturned.
If we continue to give 2 million or 2 million land according to the original plan, if the valuation of the cold-faced girl skyrockets again, won't we have to make another fortune?
Absolutely not!
Pei Qian is now showing signs of a change of attitude. In terms of investment, he almost has Mr. Li's ptsd. He immediately decided to overturn all the previous plans to lose money and run away!
After thinking for a moment, Pei Qian immediately called He Desheng.
"Sell all the shares I bought for 2 million, immediately! You can sell them to anyone, it doesn't matter if the price is high or low, just sell them!"
The person on the phone was obviously stunned for a moment.
He was a little confused. Which song was Mr. Pei singing?
With a small amount of 2 million, I didn't buy many shares. As for selling it in such a hurry? It's going to go back and forth in the short term. Don't expect to make money. It's good not to lose money.
This hand operation is really incomprehensible and very magical.
But hearing Mr. Pei's resolute tone, He Desheng suddenly felt that Mr. Pei must have some higher-level insights.
He Desheng didn't dare to ask any more questions and agreed immediately.
After hanging up the phone, He Desheng began to carefully analyze Mr. Pei's intention.
"Not long after I sent the news about Mr. Li's investment in Cold Noodle Girl to Mr. Pei, Mr. Pei asked me to sell the shares again, even as quickly as possible, even at a low price."
"Could it be that...this is what Mr. Pei and Mr. Li have discussed? Or is it a tacit understanding between top investors? Is it possible that the 2 million yuan that Mr. Pei spent to buy a few shares has any special meaning?
?”
The more He Desheng thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was not simple.
Mr. Li and Mr. Pei seemed to be cooperating, as if they had discussed it in advance.
But He Desheng only vaguely felt that there might be a game here, but he couldn't tell what the game was.
After repeated deliberation but to no avail, He Desheng obeyed Mr. Pei's request and dialed Meng Chang's number.
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"Again selling?"
"No, do you have to sell such a small share?"
On the other end of the phone, Meng Chang was completely confused when he received the call.
He was as shocked as He Desheng and couldn't understand what President Pei was doing with this operation.
It's outrageous that Mr. Pei only invested 2 million before. After all, Mr. Pei spent millions when FV Club went abroad. Comparing this, the 2 million that Mr. Pei gave to the cold-faced girl is nothing like spreading millet.
Pigeons are no different.
It is clear at a glance whether people are close or distant, noble or inferior.
As a result, there are only so few shares, and Mr. Pei still wants to sell them?
Mr. Pei worked hard for a long time and still made no profit!
Isn’t this a disturbing mentality?
If this matter can be done secretly, then forget it. Mr. Pei has sold out all his previous shares. What he sold this time is only the small amount of shares bought for 2 million. Anyone can be deceived and taken advantage of.
But the key is not to do it secretly.
As long as the company's share transfer is involved, other shareholders must be notified in accordance with the company's articles of association, and changes must be registered.
Mr. Li has now invested in Lengmian Girl and is also a shareholder of Lengmian Girl.
Mr. Pei's sale, Mr. Li will definitely know, all other company shareholders will also know, and all investors who are waiting and watching will also get the news.
Then wouldn’t this be bad?
It had not been two days since Mr. Li turned his back on the cold-faced girl, and Meng Chang had not even warmed up to the money in his hand when he suddenly showed up. Who could withstand this?
After Meng Chang got the money, he originally planned to go out and do something big.
As long as investors have confidence in the cold-faced girl again and the game of pushing up valuations can continue, then the entire script can continue to develop in the direction Meng Chang wants.
Although there are some minor twists and turns, the impact will not be significant.
But Mr. Pei's sudden operation was like pouring cold water on Meng Chang's head, completely extinguishing the little fire that had just been ignited in his heart!
There are not many shares, but it sounds nice or not!
Mr. Pei sold out all the shares of Lengmian Girl twice in less than half a month...
If this spreads out, what will others think of Cold Noodle Girl's company?
When Mr. Pei sold all his shares, Meng Chang worked hard to suppress it. But if he scored twice, he would be in trouble!
Meng Chang quickly realized the seriousness of this matter, and he hurriedly said: "Mr. He, why is this necessary?"
"Tengda isn't so short of money, right?"
"Otherwise, you can talk to Mr. Pei and be accommodating and give me another month, no, half a month, even a week, and then sell it after a week, is that okay?"
What Meng Chang wants is to hide this matter first, delay it for a while, and then use this time to quickly find the taker and try to cook the raw rice into cooked rice, so that he can sell Mr. Pei for the second time.
The negative impact of shares is minimized.
He Desheng on the other end of the phone sighed: "Sorry, you know Mr. Pei's character, there is no need to discuss this matter."
Meng Chang's hand holding the phone trembled slightly.
The future of the cold-faced girl was very good and bright ten minutes ago, but now it suddenly became dim...
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Wednesday, December 28th.
10 p.m. local time in Los Angeles.
On the second floor of the Internet cafe, Min Jingchao organized and saved the data tables, copied them all to her laptop, and shredded the source files on the Internet cafe computer.
Although this seems to be a bit of a fuss, it is still important to be careful in everything. The content of the team's training must not be leaked. This is equivalent to military secrets during wartime.
After everything was completed, Min Jingchao stretched himself. His work was completed in stages.
"Brother Bao, you have worked hard these past two days." Min Jingchao said to Bao Xu, who was sitting next to him.
Bao Xu shook his head: "No, no, no, it's not hard at all. If every trip in the future is the same as this one, I think I can accept it..."
Originally, when Bao Xu heard that he was coming to Los Angeles, it felt like another bad news like a bolt from the blue. But after he came, he realized that he was much more comfortable than the previous trips abroad!
I still go to the front line at 2 o'clock every day, stay in a five-star hotel at night, and go to a nearby Internet cafe during the day. In addition to doing data analysis and studying tactics, I can also play games.
Although you are going abroad, you don’t need to check in at various attractions, which is very comfortable!
If every time I go abroad, I can be like this time. When I go to a new city, I not only stay in hotels but also go to Internet cafes. That is not unacceptable.
So this time Bao Xu also contributed a lot in the data analysis process and helped Min Jingchao a lot.
The players are still playing training matches and continuing to improve their tactical routines.
Tomorrow is Thursday, which is also the official start day of the ioi World Finals group stage. The schedule of this ioi World Finals is different from the gog Global Invitational Tournament.
In order to ensure that teams from weaker divisions can advance to the quarterfinals, Chretien decided to adopt the "No. 1 seed walking" rule.
There are a total of 16 teams this time, of which 4 No. 1 seeds were sent to the quarterfinals. The other 12 teams were divided into four groups. The 3 teams in each group played a double round-robin BO1. In the end, only the group leader could qualify.
Afterwards, the quarter-finals will be drawn again, and there will be no avoidance mechanism in the same division. You will fight whichever opponent you draw.
fv club is the number one seed in the country and will start playing in the quarter-finals. The group stage has nothing to do with them, and their opponents in the quarter-finals have not yet been decided.
But that doesn't mean it can be taken lightly.
The players still have to maintain high-intensity training to ensure their condition, and the data analysis team also needs to seize all the time to study the tactics of each team in the group stage to make sure that their understanding of the version is correct.
If we are not fully prepared in the group stage, we will most likely end up in the first round starting from the quarter-finals.
In short, the real tough battle is about to begin.
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At the same time, on the first floor of the Internet cafe.
The other two clubs have also finished today's training, packed up their belongings and headed back.
These days, the training schedules of the two clubs are the same, and they basically train until leaving around 12 o'clock in the evening every day.
The daily training schedule mainly consists of playing training matches, reviewing training matches, holding meetings to discuss tactics, playing high-end games to maintain rank and feel, etc.
Because the group stage will officially start tomorrow, I have to go back a little earlier today to get as much rest as possible.
When they arrived at the entrance of the Internet cafe, everyone saw the minibus from the FV Club as usual, and they all pretended not to see it in a tacit understanding.
At the very beginning, the leaders of the two clubs deliberately studied the training times of the FV Club and deliberately staggered them to avoid those relatively embarrassing scenes.
But later they discovered that there was no need to deliberately avoid it, as the fv club’s training time almost every day was longer than theirs!
Both clubs only get up around 10 o'clock in the morning and go to the Internet cafe for training after lunch in the hotel. But every time they come, they can see the minibus parked in front of the Internet cafe.
These two clubs basically leave around 12 o'clock in the evening, and the minibus is still there when they leave.
So much so that the managers and players of both clubs were very confused.
In fv club, you go out early and come back late every day. What on earth are you practicing?
The two clubs got up late not because they were lazy, but mainly because they were arranged according to their domestic training schedules. There were no people scheduled for the high-level segments in the morning, and there were no training matches to play, so there was no point in getting up early.
Moreover, human energy is limited, and training for too long may affect the state, and the training efficiency may not be high.
On the other hand, the fv club practiced from morning to early morning, which was in sharp contrast to them.
Both team leaders had strong curiosity. They pretended to pass by accidentally several times and wanted to take a peek on the second floor to see the training situation of the FV Club. As a result, they were not surprised by four dedicated bodyguards. , no useful information was obtained at all.
This made both clubs even more curious.
One team member was very confused and said: "The FV club probably only slept six or seven hours that day. The rest of the time seems to be spent training. What on earth are they training? Can their bodies withstand it?"
The other team members obviously had the same doubts.
The fv club is too diligent and looks like a fool.
The team leader hurriedly said: "Don't take it to heart, everyone. The key to training is efficiency, not time. As a saying goes, many people use tactical diligence to cover up strategic laziness."
"Don't worry, everyone. After inquiring about information from various sources, I have basically confirmed that FV Club has not played training matches with Fry or any foreign clubs. There is a question mark as to whether it even competes in high-end rankings."
"They don't have a super account on hand, but we don't rule out the possibility of buying one."
"The most of these people are playing training matches with SUG and their own second team. No matter how many games they play, they are just like two bad chess players playing chess. The more they play, the worse they get. There will not be much improvement."
"Okay, everyone, stop staring at the fv club. The group stage will officially start tomorrow. Everyone should stay in good condition and produce the results of our training matches."
"Although we still can't beat strong teams like Fry, we have improved from the beginning. This time our grouping is okay. We will play steadily according to the rhythm and routine of the training game, and strive to qualify from the group and enter the quarterfinals. It’s still no problem.”
On the way back to the hotel, the team leader cheered for fear that the mentality of the team members would be affected.
Since arriving in Los Angeles, it seems that the people at FV have been trying to manipulate the mentality of the members of these two clubs, intentionally or unintentionally.
Take business class, stay in a luxurious five-star hotel, have a second-floor Internet cafe, hire a car and hire bodyguards to take you all the way. What’s even more outrageous is that the three photography brothers work intensively. In addition to taking pictures every day, they also edit videos. The official Weibo of FV Club is I haven’t stopped, posting at least three or four posts a day.
Although many people are complaining, the official blog is completely unmoved. It will be updated as it should. At most, it will be blocked by someone with a particularly bad mouth.
Eventually, the trolls were all tired of trolling, and they were all conserving their strength, waiting for the fv club to lose before trolling with full force.
After training these days, watching the members of the fv club having fun and enjoying themselves, the other two clubs feel a bit sour.
It's the same today, it's already early in the morning, the breeze on the street is a little bit cool, and everyone speeds up their pace unconsciously.
One of the team members suddenly thought of something and said: "Hey, will the people from the FV Club have to stay in our hotel today?"
The competition officially starts tomorrow, and Zhidou Company will provide food and accommodation for all participating clubs.
The food and lodging expenses of these two clubs were previously covered by the Longyu Group. They will need to change to rooms provided by Zhidou Company in the future, so everyone changed rooms at noon today.
Moreover, other clubs also arrived one after another in the past two days and checked into the Courtyard Hotel.
It stands to reason that the members of the fv club should also be replaced, right?
Zhidou Company provides food and accommodation. If we don’t have accommodation, wouldn’t all the money be wasted?
The other team members obviously hadn't thought much about this issue before. They looked at each other with a trace of expectation in their eyes.
Yes, there is no reason not to come and stay!
In the past, Zhitou Company did not cover board and lodging, so you could just pay to stay in a luxury hotel. Now that Zhitou Company does cover board and lodging, do you still have to pay out of your own pocket?
A bit too luxurious?
If everyone stays at the Courtyard Hotel together, then everyone's food and accommodation conditions will be the same. Although FV Club still has chartered cars and bodyguards, at least the psychological blow to the other two clubs will be slightly weaker.
However, before everyone could finish their sweet dreams, they saw the black minibus passing by and still parked safely at the entrance of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel opposite.
The members of the fv club got off the car and entered the hotel lobby one by one without even looking at the Courtyard Hotel.
Obviously, the fv club will stay here during the game and will not move to the Courtyard Hotel.
The expectations were dashed.
The players of the two clubs entered the lobby of the Courtyard Hotel silently, and their mentality that had finally stabilized experienced some fluctuations...
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Thursday, December 29, 9 a.m.
At 11 a.m. local time in Los Angeles, which is 3 a.m. domestic time, the ioi global finals will officially begin.
In the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, the members of the FV Club are doing basic fitness training in the hotel's gym.
After arriving in Los Angeles, the team members still maintained good fitness habits. It is precisely because of their regular work and rest schedules and good physical condition that they can maintain better status and concentration. The daily training time is longer and more efficient.
The accompanying team doctor carefully paid attention to the status of the players to prevent them from overtraining.
After all, fitness now is not about training to exhaustion and growing muscles, but just to keep the body in a good state, improve concentration during the game, and move the muscles and bones. If you are too tired, it will affect the training effect.
The team doctor must ensure that the players are in optimal physical condition.
In the rest area of the hotel, the coaches and data analysis team are studying the game that is about to start today.
The schedule of this competition will be relatively strange because the No. 1 seeds in each division must be sent to the quarterfinals.
There are a total of 12 teams in the group stage, four groups, playing a double round-robin bo1, and the first place in each group will advance.
There will be a total of four days, from Thursday to Sunday, with 6 games played every day. On Sunday, all the group matches will be played, and the draw for the quarterfinals will be held.
As for why the first game is played at 11 a.m., everyone doesn’t quite understand.
According to GPL's custom, the game is usually played during prime time from afternoon to evening, but Zhidou Company probably considered that there were too many spectators at the scene, and was afraid that if the game was suspended due to bugs or delayed for too long due to other reasons, the audience would not be able to leave. It was convenient, so the time was slightly advanced.
The venue for this competition is a famous local large-scale sports venue, which can accommodate nearly 20,000 people and is very famous around the world.
This time, Zhidou Company is obviously determined to use this global finals to regain its place, so it will spend all its money.
The prize pool for this ioi global finals is 3 million dollars. At the same time, Zhidou Company has also specially released a skin, and 25% of the skin sales revenue will also be included in the total prize pool.
In terms of the distribution of the prize pool, the champion gets 50%, the runner-up 15%, the third and fourth place each get 7.5%, the fifth, sixth and seventh place each get 2.5%, and the remaining eight teams that did not qualify for the group stage share the remaining 10% equally. .
In other words, in terms of prize pool, it is slightly better than GoG's Global Invitational Tournament, and in terms of venues, it is even better.
After all, Zhidou Company has been troubled by Tenda. It had long wanted to host the global finals, but was repeatedly interrupted by Tenda and never happened.
This time, I finally had enough energy to hold the World Finals. Even if I try to sell the iron, I have to surpass gog on the scene. This is a matter of face.
Wu Yue looked at the time and asked Manager Lu to ask the team members to go back to their rooms to wash up, then come down to have breakfast and prepare to leave for the venue to attend the opening ceremony.
There won't be a fv club game until next week, but this week the team members will also selectively go to the scene to watch a few key battles to see the playing style and level of other teams and prepare in advance.
