On December 24, 2001, a shocking news broke on the Internet, that is, Jiangnan Games signed an agency agreement with Blizzard Games in the United States, and will fully represent the copyright of Blizzard's latest Warcraft 3 series of games.

However, this news did not cause a huge stir. Firstly, the reputation and impression of Blizzard games in China are only average. Not many people know about it. Except for Diablo 2, its games are not very popular in China.

Big response, so the response is average.

Only Ogilvy Electronics said it was hurt, but no one cared about them. After all, the size of Jiangnan Group and Ogilvy Electronics were not at the same level. Ogilvy Electronics had no other option except crying.

The second reason is because the entire gaming circle is currently discussing the news that the Chinese team won three gold medals in the first WCG.

In its original history, WCG's popularity in China during this period was actually very average. Even people in the gaming circle didn't know that there was such a competition.

This can be seen from the fact that these champions have no reputation in the later e-sports circles. Except for those who love e-sports, no one really cares about WCG.

Historically, some media reported on the WCG and that was the end of it.

But this time, the situation seems to be a little different. First of all, Volkswagen Software, the most famous game media in the gaming circle, actually published an extra special issue to report on WCG.

This special issue has about 50 pages, half of which are color pages, but the price is only 1 yuan, which is almost like giving it away. So when this special issue was sent to various newsstands, it quickly

It was bought up by the students.

And this special issue is all about WCG reports, including the early preparations, the domestic qualifiers, and then the players' itinerary after entering South Korea, the schedule, and every important battle, etc., especially every one who won the gold medal.

All projects were reported in the special issue.

In addition, there is also an affectionate commentator's article, which took five pages and more than 20,000 words to describe the process of accompanying these players to fight hard.

The contestants couldn't afford to take the bus and had to walk to the venue. They couldn't afford a hotel, so they could only squeeze 21 of them into a rental house. Many of them didn't bring winter clothes, and there weren't enough quilts in the rental house, so they had to

Take down all your clothes and curtains in the house and use them as your own bedding, etc.

Some players even caught cold on the spot because the venue was not air-conditioned enough.

But even so, all the players still put their motherland, victory, and e-sports at the most important position in their hearts. They continued to fight and finally won three gold medals, winning world-class honors for China and making China

People are also number one in the e-sports arena.

This editor's writing is very good, at least much better than a certain pudding. Many readers were moved to tears after reading it. Fortunately, the editor said in the end that the outstanding performance of these players also moved those who were watching the game at the time.

Also loves eSports

President Leng Zhimeng, the person in charge of Haozhe OO, with a stroke of her pen, decided to become the sponsor of all Chinese players, so that the players can finally stay in the hotel, have warm down jackets, get on the bus, and also include

Go to the Internet cafe and play training games for them.

In addition, there are exclusive interviews with several players in the special issue, and they all told their own stories.

Usually they start from their own families, without the support of their parents, break up with the family to play games, and finally win glory for the country, etc. At the end of the article, there will be more or less words of thanks to Leng Zhimeng, saying that Leng Zhimeng

Moe is their biggest source of warmth in cold Korea.

By the way, this is the first time in history that Volkswagen Software has included a CD in a special issue. But don’t get me wrong, this CD is not that kind of CD, nor is it a game, but a CD that collects all the videos of the game at that time.

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Users only need to insert the CD into the computer, and then they can read all the important game videos of the WCG competition from the CD. To put it bluntly, it is the game videos of the three players who won the gold medal, starting from the semi-finals and going all the way to the finals.

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Everyone knows how big a sensation such a special issue will cause in the domestic gaming circle after it is published. After all, the Volkswagen Software special issue only costs 1 yuan and comes with a CD. As a result, the first batch of 300,000 copies of the special issue prepared by Volkswagen Software

, all of them were sold out in two days, forcing Volkswagen Software to reprint it, twice, three times, and three times within a week. In the end, nearly 2 million copies were distributed nationwide, setting a record for Volkswagen Software.

An unprecedented peak.

More than ten years later, an editor at Volkswagen Software lamented during an interview that he never dreamed that the pinnacle of his magazine's life would be an unexpected special issue, and this special issue was requested by investors.

Special issue published.

Yes, this special issue was not created by Volkswagen Software itself at all. After all, it only took more than ten days to produce a special issue with content as good as the monthly magazine, and it cost 1 yuan a copy. At this price, it was not sold.

If you buy a copy, Volkswagen Software will lose nearly 3 yuan, and if you sell 2 million copies, you will lose 6 million yuan. This is not what a poor editorial department like Volkswagen Software can afford.

In fact, on December 8, the organizer of Volkswagen Software, the China Association for Science and Technology, accepted investment from social funds. The other party invested 3 million yuan and obtained 90% of the shares of Volkswagen Software, and then jointly established Jiangnan Media

company, so Volkswagen Software has changed from a public unit to a private unit.

There are pros and cons in this. The good thing is that all the editors were surprised to learn that their salary had been increased, from the basic salary of 600 yuan to 1,000 yuan, which was a huge improvement.

The bad news is that they have to work overtime and follow the new boss's requirements to produce such a special issue.

The editors of Volkswagen Software originally wanted to refuse, but when they saw the soaring wages and the pride of the Chinese team in winning multiple WC titles, they took the initiative and worked overtime for more than ten days in a row to spare the money.

Such an unprecedented special issue is released.

The result is such a special issue, which has created an unprecedented sales miracle in the six years since Volkswagen Software was first published, making Volkswagen shout that it can no longer understand the world.

However, this special issue is very successful. First of all, all the players who saw the special issue know these things, and then it spreads to the entire game player group at a geometric speed, and even spreads to the Internet through these players.

Inside their parents' ears.

Why did it reach the ears of parents?

Naturally, this is because 90% of players receive severe restrictions from their parents and families when playing games, and then conflicts arise between the two parties.

The most common excuse used by parents to stop their children is that games cannot be used as food, and playing games is a waste of time and has no future.

In the past, players have been unable to refute their parents on this point, because it seems that they can't make money playing games. Until WCG won this time, these players had the most advantageous weapon to argue with their parents.

"Look, I can not only make money by playing games, but I can also become an international athlete and bring glory to my country. You can't stop me from playing games. You are stopping a world champion!"

All in all, the influence of this special issue is very huge. This has made other game media notice the popularity of the event and follow up the reports. At the same time, they are trying to dig out more new materials and increase the sales of their own magazines. In this way,

The influence expanded further.

Several domestic game TV programs, such as "Game Stuff", "Game on My Way", etc., also smelled the news and began to produce program news, even special reports and so on. In the end, even CCTV reported that

There are rumors that we are considering producing a game show or something.

Finally, it is not limited to game media. Even traditional news programs will give tens of seconds to tell everyone that Chinese athletes have achieved three gold medals in WCG and ranked first in the medal list.

The second place, this fully proves that we Chinese people have extremely strong abilities no matter what kind of competition we compete in.

In the words of 2021, this matter is a breakthrough.

As for the protagonists of this incident, that is, the players who have won three gold medals, they are all gathered in a villa in Wenzhou. There is also a sign that has just been hung outside the villa that says

The words "Jiangnan E-Sports Club Training Base" filled my heart with passion.

They suddenly found that overnight, their world seemed to be different. All their friends came to congratulate them, many people on their network praised them, even fans showed up, and even their parents were willing to take the initiative.

Called over, Xu heard about their situation and said that the relatives who usually sneered at them congratulated them and asked if their children, who usually play games every day, could become e-sports players or something.

Some players even received invitations from other organizations, asking them to join another team as the top player or something. Anyway, the world has changed from a bleak winter to a hot summer.

At this moment, everyone seemed to start to swell, until Pei Le pushed open the door of the base and appeared in front of them.

"Do you know how much money the boss spent to promote you?" Pei Le, who is the team manager, asked very simply when they met.

"Hype?" Everyone was stunned.

"Let me tell you, I spent a total of more than 10 million to buy the entire Volkswagen Software to give you the fame you have now. If there was no boss, none of us would know which Internet cafe the cat is eating instant noodles in!"

"The boss specially asked me to tell you not to expand, train well, don't want to do something without brain, after all, you have signed a five -year contract, and the liquidated damages are 3 million yuan, and you think about it." Pei Le very clearly knew very well.
Chapter completed!