Volume 1: Little People Return 2014 Chapter 017 Confused PDD
In competitive sports, only the first place is remembered, while the second and even the eighth place are ignored.
Applause and flowers only belong to the champions, everyone else is just a background.
The emerging e-sports industry is also so cruel. The team that won the runner-up in the League of Legends S3 Global Finals last year did not receive any praise, but was drowned in overwhelming abuse in the blink of an eye.
Even though the runner-up gets a prize of 1 million US dollars, and even though being the second in the world is a powerful proof, the angry audience doesn't care about these. You are either a champion or a loser, and the difference between second and eighth is just enduring more or less abuse.
Insults, curses, and some even wished they would crash... Even though these players were still children, with the youngest being only sixteen years old, they had already gone to a foreign country to win glory for their country.
But no one cares about these. No matter how many excuses the losers say, they are all excuses. Under the overwhelming abuse, some professional players cannot see a future and choose to retire.
As for Liu, he did not even become the world runner-up. Due to his age and decline in strength, he no longer had the chance to make a sprint. He could only announce his retirement on Weibo in June.
The cruelty of e-sports lies not only in the fact that only the first place is the winner, but also in the fact that the professional career is short. If you cannot achieve results in the golden age of just a few years, you will lose your career soon.
After retiring, I became just like everyone else. What kind of special skill is playing games? How can it help me find a job? I don’t even know how to introduce myself when looking for a job.
After retiring, he can still use his fame to make some videos and advertisements to make a living, but once the remaining fame is exhausted, he is 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 has a girlfriend, and the two of them support each other. They got together when he only had a salary of 2,000 yuan when he was a professional player.
Now that he has retired, Liu also hopes to get better development and provide a better future for himself and his girlfriend.
This is also Liu's promise to his girlfriend. If he gives himself another half a year, he will definitely be able to achieve some results.
Although his only talent is playing games well, PDD is very optimistic about the future of the game League of Legends.
As long as you can take advantage of your advantages in this game and keep developing in this direction, I believe you will be able to get what you want from it.
However, regarding the current predicament, the young Liu is not yet the future No. 1 live streamer or the "Dong Zhuo" of e-sports, and he still feels a little confused about his future.
At this moment, the ringing of the phone interrupted his thoughts. He picked up the phone and saw that it was an unfamiliar number.
"Hello, is this the former professional League of Legends player PDD, Mr. Liu?"
"I am, who are you?" pdd asked with some surprise.
"I'm Xu Kaidao from Yangcheng Little People Media Co., Ltd. I want to talk to you about cooperation. I wonder if you still have any contract disputes or other issues that have not been resolved after you retire?"
"Ah? Oh, the company in Yangcheng? Are you doing advertising promotion?" At this time, Liu was not yet the big anchor in the future, and his tone was a little embarrassed.
"No, to be precise, we want to sign you as 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 make you our company's number one online artist..."
Xu Kaidao talked freely. He also did his homework and even came up with a name for himself as 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, Xu Kaidao did not think that there was anything special about him.
But since it was the boss's order, he just had to follow it. This was Xu Kaidao's professionalism.
"Ah? Internet artist? I don't have any other special skills except playing games. It may be a bit difficult to be an artist, not to mention my appearance..." Liu was stunned.
"These are not problems. We are optimistic about your potential. The goal of our Little People Media Company is to discover people like you, develop your potential, and make you a household name in the Internet."
"If you are worried, you can come to our company in Yangcheng for an interview. Of course, we will reimburse your air tickets and accommodation."
"Everyone may only have a few precious opportunities to change their lives in their lifetime. I hope Mr. Lu will not miss them."
After saying these words, Liu, who was somewhat confused about his current situation, felt a little moved.
There's no harm in checking it out, what if it helps in your future?
When Liu went to play professionally, he just rushed in with nothing, and moved forward like his signature hero.
Moreover, Xu Kaidao was full of sincerity and reimbursed the air tickets and accommodation. It was enough for me to pay a little time cost. Even if the cooperation could not be reached, I 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 give me an answer as soon as possible. You are not our only target." Xu Kaidao said lightly.
After the call was hung up, Xu Kaidao's last words gave Liu a sense of urgency, but on such an important matter in his life, he also wanted to seek his girlfriend's opinion.
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In less than three hours, Zhou Dongsheng returned to Guzhen from Yangcheng. When he came out of the high-speed rail station, he saw Zhang Xuhui's smiling face.
Zhang Xuhui was sitting on a red Xingfu 125 motorcycle, and a smile appeared on his face as soon as he saw Zhou Dongsheng.
"Brother Sheng, you are finally back. Our online store business has been getting better and better these days, and I am a little too busy." Zhang Xuhui said with a smile.
"I'm back now. Let's go. We'll talk on the way." Zhou Dongsheng got in the car, and Zhang Xuhui skillfully pressed the clutch and started the car in second gear.
"Brother Sheng, what did you do in Yangcheng this time? Can you tell me now?" Zhang Xuhui asked curiously.
"I won the lottery and went to Yangcheng to claim the prize. It's worth tens of millions. Your brother Sheng, I am a multi-millionaire now." Zhou Dongsheng told the truth.
But in this world, no one will believe you when you tell the truth. Everyone only wants to hear what they think is the truth.
"Awesome, Brother Sheng is looking for sponsorship, why would he open an online store?" Of course Zhang Xuhui didn't believe it and joked.
"No problem. We still have to open the online store. Brother Sheng has money now, but we can make it bigger and stronger. We can first rent a place as a warehouse, apply for a brand, design our own products and let the factory produce them for us. How about it?" Zhou Dongsheng continued to speak the truth.
"Okay, then I'll follow you, Brother Sheng. Give me a position as deputy general manager or something, so I can enjoy the feeling of being a leader. I can also hire a secretary, and the secretary will do the work when there's something to do, and when there's nothing else to do, hehehe..."
"Fuck, I didn't expect that a handsome guy like you would be such a person. Where do you put your goddess?" Zhou Dongsheng scolded with a smile.
"Of course I keep the goddess in my heart. Only if I have money can I marry the goddess home as my wife. If I don't have money, she will just be a goddess."
"Don't worry, the goddess will definitely not run away, and we have to make money. Let's take it step by step and 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. Our online store is running out of funds, and we still owe some money to the OEM factory. If we don't pay, we won't be able to get the goods..."
Zhang Xuhui said somewhat embarrassedly.
With less than 10,000 yuan in startup capital, the online store could barely be supported without the need for rent and decoration costs. Even so, it had lasted so long and it was already the limit.
But for Zhou Dongsheng now, those are all trivial matters. Can something that can be solved with money be called a problem?
"That's it? Then let's go directly to the OEM factory. I haven't been there yet. Let's settle the payment and then discuss the next step of cooperation."
Zhou Dongsheng already has the idea of doing something big, but how much would it cost to take over the OEM factory?
