RoleplayNovel Chapter 468 The Battle Begins
Chapter 468 The Battle Begins
Jiang Feng nodded.
"Can."
"Airport pickup and hotel arrangements are normal."
"Don't interfere with the live stream; let them stream whatever they want."
"Don't design it too deliberately."
"The more realistic it is, the better the effect."
Netizens aren't stupid; they don't like scripted or deliberately acted performances. They prefer natural and genuine emotions.
Fang Ningxue responded, then added a reminder:
"There's one more thing."
"What if these overseas players make it into the qualifying rounds?"
Jiang Feng didn't even think about it.
"The principle remains unchanged."
"Domestic players who make it into the qualifying rounds need to sign contracts, and the same goes for overseas players."
"The specific type of contract can be adjusted by the legal department based on their nationality, tax status, and work location."
"But just because they are overseas streamers doesn't mean they can only come for traffic and prize money and refuse to accept the signing rules of the Zhengfeng Cup."
"I'll remind them of this again after they land."
"Let's avoid misunderstandings due to language barriers."
The Zhengfeng Cup is not an invitational tournament.
It's not just a simple exhibition match with prize money.
The preliminary selection is open to everyone.
To advance to the qualifying rounds after passing the preliminary rounds, one must officially join Zhengfeng Esports.
This rule will not change based on nationality.
Jiang Feng paused, then added with a smile:
"They have the ability to win the gold."
"People must also leave room for the competition."
Fang Ningxue smiled too.
"I knew you'd say that."
"I have my legal department prepare the contracts for international athletes separately."
"Their nationality, taxation, and work location are different, so we certainly can't directly apply domestic labor contracts to them."
"But regardless of the signing method, once you enter the qualifying rounds, you must become a contracted member of Zhengfeng Esports."
Jiang Feng suddenly thought of something.
"Since overseas players are actively coming to us."
"Preparations for competing overseas can begin now."
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.
Fang Ningxue had obviously thought of this as well.
It's obviously unrealistic to expect these overseas players to take orders on the Chinese server, as language barriers are a major obstacle.
Wouldn't it be perfectly logical to let them return to their respective regions and provide support for their local bosses?
In the past, the international version of the game was plagued by cheating.
Even ordinary experts can hardly protect themselves, let alone their boss.
In that environment, so-called escorting either means fighting against cheaters head-on, or going astray yourself.
Legitimate escort services simply cannot be developed.
However, servers in various overseas regions will soon be launched.
Synchronize S3.
Connect to ACE anti-cheating system.
Establish a clean pool.
Once overseas players truly experience a clean and fair S3 environment, the demand for support will inevitably surge.
Once all regional servers are deployed, the daily active users overseas can conservatively reach 200 million.
It even has a chance to reach 300 million.
Even if only one in ten thousand players has demand, it is still an extremely terrifying market.
Moreover, overseas players generally prefer aggressive attacks.
Equipment is consumed quickly.
Bankruptcies happen even faster.
Many people in Europe and America have sold expansion cases and are preparing to equip themselves for aerospace applications.
If such a player goes bankrupt, the need for protection will only be stronger than in China.
As for the Middle Eastern tycoons...
Abdullah has already taught Jiang Feng a lesson.
Those people are really rich.
Fang Ningxue quickly sorted out her thoughts.
"I will contact Chen Yichen."
"Let him take the lead in preparing for the overseas business of Zhengfeng Esports."
"We're also creating an English version of the app."
"Short video displays, the main page for escorting users, voice chat rooms, and the ordering system can all be retained directly."
"Customer service, payments, contracts, and regional rules need to be relocalized."
"Let's start with the English-speaking areas."
"As for South Korea, the Middle East and Europe, we can choose from the overseas contestants participating this time."
"If a suitable one is found, we will include it in the first batch of overseas contracts to support the competition."
Jiang Feng smiled.
The second Zhengfeng Cup was originally just a casting net cast for top domestic players.
As a result, a six-kilogram golden gazelle was placed there.
An expert from overseas actually took a plane and voluntarily came in.
Overseas broadcaster.
Overseas traffic.
Overseas broadcasting rights.
Now, even the first batch of overseas signings for Zhengfeng Esports could be resolved at the same time.
Thinking about it that way...
Jiang Feng even felt that he had cast his net further than Li Shimin had back then.
When Emperor Taizong of Tang established the imperial examination system, there were no blond-haired, blue-eyed candidates who traveled halfway around the world by plane to take the exam.
What does it mean to have all the heroes of the world under my control?
That's what I call it.
Fang Ningxue said:
"Understood."
"Airport pickup, competition schedule, signing contracts, overseas branches."
"I'll arrange it right away."
The phone hangs up.
Jiang Feng glanced at the time.
1:13 AM.
The second edition of the Zhengfeng Cup has not yet officially started.
The globalization of competitive esports has already begun ahead of schedule.
……
March 1, midnight.
The registration channel for the second Zhengfeng Cup has officially closed.
The final number of applicants was over 56,700.
After the system completed the first round of automatic review, more than 50,300 people met the requirements for peak rank, K/D ratio, valid matches, and account security.
The organizers ranked the players according to their peak star count, K/D ratio, and number of valid matches to determine the final official roster.
There are 50031 domestic players.
There are 306 overseas athletes.
In order to make it to the audition at 8 a.m., Fang Ningxue and her staff worked all night.
Account verification.
Identity verification.
Match schedule and groupings.
Examiner assignment.
Abnormal data is manually checked.
The final list was not finalized until 7:40 a.m.
The scale of the competition was something Jiang Feng and his team had not anticipated.
The original estimate that 30,000 people would sign up was already quite exaggerated.
When the six-kilogram golden gazelle was announced, the final number of participants exceeded expectations by nearly double.
The originally planned thirty examiners were simply not enough.
Zhengfeng Esports can only temporarily expand to fifty people.
The first batch of signed streamers from Zhengfeng MCN were almost all mobilized.
Chen Yulin.
Chen Dexing.
BB.
King Chengcheng.
You asked.
Qingnuo.
A group of stars who emerged from the first Zhengfeng Cup were also brought in temporarily to serve as examiners.
Even Jiang Feng, the boss, couldn't continue being a hands-off manager.
They also received their own twenty assessment groups.
Eight o'clock in the morning.
The preliminary rounds for the second Zhengfeng Cup have officially begun.
Fifty thousand contestants completed the assessment over five days.
Ten thousand people per day.
Ten people form an assessment group, and there are exactly one thousand groups per day.
There are fifty examiners, each responsible for twenty groups.
Because this is a preliminary round, it won't be like a traditional assessment where the examiners choose an Uluru (a mythical creature) to enter and kill themselves to see how the contestants perform.
The purpose of the preliminary selection is to screen out people who can act as escorts in the top-ranked dragons, rather than locals who struggle in the top ranks.
Ten contestants will be selected for each assessment and ranked using appropriate accounts. After ranking, the data will be compiled and uploaded immediately.
With Delta's official support and anti-cheat motherboards in place, there's basically nothing to worry about.
Each player has two chances to be assessed, and the scores from the two games are not cumulative.
Only the game with the highest number of eliminations will be counted.
The top seed in their group advances to the qualifying rounds.
The other nine people were eliminated immediately.
simple.
rough.
cruel.
Each day, one thousand groups are formed, resulting in one thousand finalists.
It's cruel, but there's no other way.
Luck is an integral part of a team's ability to provide support.
Especially betting on winning tickets...
Five days later, only 5,000 people remained out of the original 50,000.
All 5,000 people will sign labor contracts with Zhengfeng Esports and officially enter Zhengfeng Esports' support system.
It was exactly 8:00 AM.
The assessment began. Because it was a single-player assessment, it was rare to encounter a single-player assessment again. However, at this moment, a large number of top players with a KD ratio of over 1.5 entered the map in single-player mode.
The overall strength of the top-ranked match pool has visibly increased.
On Douyin, there are countless live stream titles that are exactly the same.
[Second Competition Cup Preliminary Rounds: 50,000 Compete for 5,000 Spots]
Two chances to make the cut
[Top 10 to Top 1, Winners Sign Contracts]