Chapter 362: A Movie That Came Out of Nowhere
The entire qualifying elimination match lasted for four hours before it finally came to a successful conclusion, deciding the final top 60.
During this period.
The contestants were dancing wildly, each showing off their special talents, using all kinds of tricks, which made the audience feel very excited.
Even after the game was over and people left the field, they were still discussing the incident with great interest, and various recorded videos began to emerge on the Internet.
I guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow morning.
The entire network will be ignited instantly, and related topics will be everywhere.
As for the contestants, they were teleported back into the "Pokémon" game to study various new lineups.
And at this time.
Above Hualan City Square.
"Ahhh! Why!"
"We were only one step away from the top 64!"
Ouyang Xiao, who had just been teleported back, looked unwilling and stomped his feet wildly.
Xiaoqian and the other two also looked regretful as they all lost before the top 64.
It’s not that they are too weak, but that their opponents are too strong.
After all, this competition covers the whole country, and there are all kinds of evil people. Their little tricks are not enough.
“It’s pretty good to get to the fifth round.”
"I thought the anchor would be eliminated in the first round."
"It was really fun to watch tonight. I look forward to tomorrow's rematch."
"Many people didn't receive the news today, and tomorrow will probably be even busier."
"There are still two hours until dawn. How about getting some rare pets?"
"I can't do it anymore. I'm so sleepy. Go to bed now."
Barrages of comments floated across the live broadcast room, with many people eagerly discussing the game that had just happened.
Those who did not have virtual equipment went to catch up on their sleep, planning to come back and continue watching the game tomorrow night.
An unprecedentedly grand e-sports event.
This is where the curtain temporarily falls.
…
Time passes.
Soon it was morning.
When the sun rises and illuminates the whole earth.
A piece of breaking news set off the entire gaming community.
"100 million! The number of people online simultaneously around the world has actually reached 100 million!?"
A group of senior executives of manufacturers stared with wide eyes at the viewing data released by Honghuang, in disbelief.
All major gaming media were in an uproar and rushed to report on this incident.
The news that the Honghuang Virtual Sports Games was a great success and attracted 100 million simultaneous online users swept across major forums and websites at home and abroad like a hurricane.
"One hundred million! It actually reached one hundred million!"
Su Peng, who had just arrived at the B station headquarters to work, was shocked when he looked at the data handed over by his subordinates and thought he was dazzled.
But immediately, he became excited.
Take the report and go straight to the meeting room.
Not to mention other companies that also invested in advertising sponsorship, they were already cheering and laughing so hard that their mouths were crooked.
Originally, they thought that having hundreds of millions would be very good.
However, they did not expect that Honghuang would give them such a big surprise and directly break through the 100 million mark!
The tens of millions of dollars invested in publicity and promotion are totally worth it!
"Director, the marketing department just sent a message that today's order volume is nearly 30% more than usual!"
At this moment, an employee came running in from outside, full of excitement.
“30%??”
The director suddenly stood up from his seat, and the senior executives below also showed their joy.
This is just the beginning. The order volume has increased by 30%. What will happen next?
Even though they have seen many storms and waves, they have never seen such a terrifying publicity and promotion effect. This is much better than those of celebrities, and the effect is immediate!
"Okay! Okay! Let the production department cooperate immediately and increase the production capacity!"
The director said two good words in a row.
He was always calm and composed, but at this moment he couldn't suppress his excitement.
Thirty percent of the orders are enough to revive many declining companies.
them……
I still underestimated the power of Honghuang.
Even more than them.
Even virtual competitors like Suoni, Ren Tiandi and others underestimated the power of online competitions and were forced to hold an emergency meeting early in the morning.
After intense discussion, they reached a unanimous conclusion.
That is to increase the degree of realism to 50% as soon as possible and establish our own online competition platform!
However.
Not long after they made the decision.
Another message appeared under the Honghuang account.
[Honghuang (official): From now on, the Honghuang virtual sports venue will be open to the public, accepting various e-sports competition venues for rental and customization, and charging according to large, medium and small scales. All friends are welcome to come for consultation. 】
boom!
As soon as this news came out, the gaming world exploded again.
Especially those manufacturers and e-sports clubs that often organize competitions became agitated by this news.
As early as when Honghuang announced the virtual e-sports project, they guessed that this day .
But we don’t know the effect, so we are all keeping a wait-and-see attitude.
But now.
After witnessing the horror of virtual e-sports, they could no longer sit still.
Someone was immediately sent to make an appointment to go to the Honghuang headquarters, and he also prepared to organize an online event himself to take advantage of the popularity.
You can say that.
The present chaos.
We have completely grasped the initiative of the virtual industry.
Except for the accumulation of original capital, it is far ahead of other platforms in every aspect.
…
"It's okay. At least we have the initiative now."
Chen Lin sat in front of the computer, browsing the data on it.
Although they invested a huge amount of money in this project, they were able to successfully block the impact of capital without any major problems.
"Those guys are really ruthless. They basically sell all the equipment at a loss. I don't know how much they lost after selling these millions of units."
Old Li held the tea in both hands and said with emotion.
“It’s just the pursuit of capital.”
Old Song at the side shook his head: "Every emerging industry starts with a price war to quickly seize the market. After eliminating most of the competitors and basically stabilizing, they will start to reap the benefits."
“I understand this!”
Old Li's eyes lit up: "It's just like the food delivery and live broadcast platforms. At the beginning, all kinds of preferential treatments were good, which attracted a lot of riders and anchors to join. After all the competitors died, they started to squeeze them hard, and then moved to another place and started all over again!"
Having participated in the high-level decision-making of the studio in the past few years, Lao Li has learned something. Although not much, he has understood the principles of capital operation.
Or say.
He now.
In fact, it is already considered a member of capital.
"Not bad, that's progress."
Chen Lin looked up at him with a teasing look on his face.
"The competition in the early stage was indeed like this, so the winners in the end were basically the big companies with strong financial resources. They couldn't keep losing money. Since they couldn't move us, they would definitely turn to annex those small companies to expand their strength."
"There's one more thing." Old Song interrupted, "In order to increase the attractiveness of the platform, they should secretly contact those major game companies and get exclusive rights to those blockbuster resources. In this way, other platforms will have one less blockbuster."
To put it bluntly.
It’s still a competition of quantity and quality of games at the beginning.
For example, Juying is one of the top 50 companies in the world in terms of strength.
If they are willing to spend huge amounts of money, they may even be able to directly buy out a game company's games and prevent that company's games from being released on other platforms.
This type of competition is common between platforms.
But it also costs a lot of money.
"Then what should we do next?" Lao Li asked hurriedly.
If those well-known masterpieces were all exclusive to other platforms, wouldn't they just be left to gather dust?
This platform competition is indeed much more dangerous than the competition between enterprises.
"Don't worry, we don't have to worry about such things yet."
Chen Lin smiled, having expected this situation.
"We have been preparing for so long in advance, and the number of users on our platform is more than that of other platforms combined. Unless they offer too much, those manufacturers will still give priority to listing on the Honghuang platform."
After this virtual sports event, their total equipment sales have reached 900 million.
Just like Steam's dominant position on the PC side, game manufacturers will basically choose the platform with the largest number of users, or they will choose multi-platform interoperability.
"It's better to be a little more careful."
Lao Song took over and said, "Those platforms have been very active in visiting game manufacturers recently, so there may be new moves."
"Too."
Chen Lin nodded: "Let's keep an eye on their actions for now, and send someone to find out what the manufacturers are saying about them, to see if there are any new games coming out recently, so we can prepare in advance."
"I'll arrange it in a moment."
Some heavyweight 3A masterpieces still have huge appeal to players.
If Juying and Sony are determined to negotiate for exclusivity, it will indeed cause them a lot of trouble, so it would be better to understand this as soon as possible.
So very quickly.
The discussion among the three ended.
Old Song and Old Li got up and left to go about their own business.
…
Compared to the calmness within the prehistoric world.
The virtual sports venue is much more lively.
Every night.
Players gathered to watch the Pokémon regional competition.
Moreover, the number of people is getting bigger and bigger, and the atmosphere is getting more and more heated.
By the time of the final, the number had reached a staggering 140 million, setting an unprecedented record of simultaneous online viewers!
And the much-anticipated championship battle.
The show also came to a successful conclusion amid thunderous cheers from hundreds of millions of viewers.
"Great! It was worth the wait!"
"The semi-finals and finals were so exciting!"
"Especially that counter-kill move, it makes my blood boil!"
"It was too fast. I really hope there will be more games like this."
"Yes, so that we can have some entertainment in the evening."
When leaving the stage, the audience was still reluctant to leave and was still discussing the battle intensely, praising the new gameplay of Honghuang.
It has been a long time since they had been able to vent their emotions like this and share their happiness with so many people.
Many people fell in love with this unique experience and are looking forward to the next competition.
All over the Internet.
This topic has been discussed for a long time.
At one point, Honghuang was pushed to the top of the hot searches.
Even people who don’t play games have heard about this incident and were shocked by the grand scene in the game video.
Until half a month later.
This topic was finally covered up by a movie that came out of nowhere.
It was a movie called "Mechanicus", a futuristic science fiction blockbuster directed by internationally renowned director William Gilson and involving more than a dozen film and television companies.
As soon as this movie was released, it caused a sensation around the world and attracted great attention from all walks of life.
Because it is not an ordinary science fiction movie.
Instead, it is a film set against the backdrop of humanity's future mechanical civilization, built on the basis of "a combination of low-end life and advanced technology", with advanced science and technology but a social structure that is somewhat collapsed.
Especially the various lights and feasting in the movies, the iconic advertisements on the streets, the steel-cast high-rise buildings, and even the chaotic living environment and order.
The diverse yet extremely contradictory visual impact instantly won countless fans among movie fans from all over the world.
It even won various film and television awards in a row.
It overshadowed all other movies.
This new film style also reminded netizens of the very unpopular science fiction theme, cyberpunk!
Yes.
In just a few days.
A cyber craze has swept the entire film, television and even gaming circles, and related discussion topics can be seen everywhere.
This also allowed many film, television and game companies to discover business opportunities, and they held emergency meetings to prepare to move into this suddenly popular subject matter.
And as a game studio, Honghuang.
Nature is no exception!
