They could still make it to the top four if they could stand up to it.
They would be able to save face if they were eliminated in the top four.
At that time, netizens would definitely focus their firepower on the other two clubs. FV Club would still be the strongest club in IOI’s local server…
That wouldn’t do!
Pei Qian suddenly felt that the current situation was still not very stable. The main reason was that the performance of the other two clubs was too sloppy, which fired FV club up.
FV Club would still be the best performing domestic team if they made it to the top four without winning the championship.
At that thought, Pei Qian said, “I saw that our club’s official Weibo has been posting daily photos and videos recently.”
Wu Yue immediately understood. “I understand, Boss Pei. Are you saying that the competition is around the corner and that we should not publish such things so as not to attract hatred and affect the players’ mentality? I’ll tell them to stop posting on Weibo.”
Pei Qian raised his hand. “No! That’s not what I meant.”
“I mean, this is a very good thing. We have to work harder on it!”
“You have to post on Weibo with high intensity every day to maintain the presence of the players.”
“Not only that, we also have to work on Weibo to mock the other teams and comment on the competition that just ended. We have to specifically pick on the problem of winning teams.”
“Jokes, an emoji pack, do everything you can! Bring high traffic!”
Wu Yue was a little confused. “Huh? Boss Pei, this is attracting hatred!”
He could imagine what the outcome would be once the content was published. It would definitely be criticized by gamers. What’s more, gamers would take screenshots and dig graves for themselves!
Currently, FV Club was the number one seeded team. They could sit this one out and reap the spoils laters before the top eight competitions. Of course, it would not be a problem for them to talk about the other teams, but that would definitely offend the fans of other teams and might even cause passers-by to feel disgusted.
It would be alright if FV Club won the competition, but they would also be crushed if they lost!
Wu Yue was a little hesitant. “Boss Pei, this… doesn’t seem appropriate. Domestic players don’t like such high-profile behavior.”
Pei Qian pondered for a moment. “Hm… you mean that domestic players don’t like it and foreign players like it? Hm, that’s right. What you said makes sense.”
“How about this, your club will register on the foreign websites, such as twitter and the like, and work in sync with Weibo to make a complete English version!”
“We’ve coincidentally invested in some overseas clubs. I’ll let their official accounts interact with you guys. There’s no need to worry about not being able to attract traffic.”
“Alright, it’s settled then. We’ll start the performance after the competition ends today. I’ll check it tomorrow. I’ll hang up first.”
Wu Yue: “Boss Pei…”
The video call was hung up before he could finish speaking.
Wu Yue was helpless, but he had no other choice but to do as he was told.
Chapter 800 - Strange Ten Million US dollars!
In the hotel, FV Club’s data analysis team was discussing and analyzing today’s competition with the team members.
The members of FV Club only participated in the opening ceremony today and returned after watching the first four matches.
The main purpose of watching the competition live was to feel the atmosphere of the competition venue in advance. After all, the players had never competed in such a large venue before and were cheered by 20,000 audience.
Since the venue was different, the pressure on the team members was naturally different as well.
The audience’s applause and cheers were like a tsunami in a stadium with tens of thousands of people. If it was a critical match, the pressure on the players would increase exponentially.
Under such circumstances, most players would be nervous, their hands would tremble, and they would be sweating. Only a small portion of players would be excited, more focused, and perform beyond their level.
That was the value of the so-called players with big hearts and competition type players.
Of course, big hearts were something that people were born with. Some people could become famous after playing the competition for the first time in their teens, while others had been playing for several years, but their mentality would still shatter with a single touch.
However, this mentality could still be improved to a certain extent.
The members of FV Club had especially felt the atmosphere at the venue today and mentally prepared themselves in advance. They would probably feel better when the top eight competitions start.
Of course, the focus of the discussion was still on the competition.
“There’s no need to talk about today’s first match. The difference in strength between the two sides is too huge. Their understanding of the game version and tactics are wrong. There’s no reference value.”
“Both sides played well in the second round, but the mid-term decisions were too rough. There are many areas that could be improved…”
DGE Club’s current coach, Zhou Pengyuan, was in the midst of reviewing the matches. The other members of the data analysis team, including the team members, were also constantly expressing their views as well.
After analyzing, Zhou Pengyuan gave a simple summary.
“Based on the situation on the first day of the group stage, these teams’ understanding of the game version and play style are very different from ours.”
“It’s hard to say whose interpretation is the correct version. We cannot be too blindly confident.”
“How about this? Tomorrow, SUG and FV Team Two, you can each go and practice with the mainstream play styles that appeared in the group stages. Use this playstyle to play a mock competition with Team One and see how the effects are.”
“We don’t have to learn other people’s playstyles, but we have to at least have a clear understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of such playstyles.”
Zhou Pengyuan assigned the tasks while the others noted them down.
The players would not be watching the competition tomorrow. The stats analysis team would watch the competition and review it. Then, they would tell the players the results of the competition and review it at night.
The players had to continue training. They had to study the playstyles of the other teams and expand their pool of heroes to maintain their hand sensitivity.
After completing all the tasks, everyone dispersed and returned to their rooms to rest.
After the three cameramen finished filming the day’s material, they prepared to return to their rooms to edit the video and post it on Weibo.
Wu Yue quickly stopped the three cameramen, Manager Lu, and the others.
“Everyone, don’t be in a hurry to leave. I have something to tell you.”
“Boss Pei gave us a task just now. He wanted us to work harder on Weibo. What’s more, we have to work on Weibo and Twitter at the same time…”
Wu Yue explained Boss Pei’s requirements in detail.
All in all, how could they generate high popularity and high traffic? Treat both domestic and foreign teams equally and attack them!
After hearing Boss Pei’s request, everyone’s expressions were similar to Wu Yue’s. They were all at a loss.
“How is this a performance job? This is obviously attracting hatred! The local players back at home are filled with resentment now. We were just worried that there was no breakthrough. The other two clubs are pretending to be dead. If we jump out now, wouldn’t we be standing out to take the blunt of the hit?”
“I think it’s alright. We’re not the ones who lost the competition.”
“The problem is that we didn’t win eithe
r… If we do it now, passers-by will think that we are arrogant and kicking others when they are down. The fans of the other two clubs will also hate us. We will definitely be crushed by them!”
“Perhaps what Boss Pei is trying to say is that we should try something funny? We should not mock other teams.”
“That’s impossible. What Boss Pei wants is popularity and traffic. If we don’t form teams against the other teams, how can we have popularity and traffic? Boss Pei is basically telling us to attack without any worries.”
“We will definitely be criticized. The team members will be under a lot of pressure.”
“It’s alright. The team members can’t play with their phones or surf the net. They won’t know.”
“But what’s the point of doing this? The risks and rewards we take are not proportional.”
If it was someone else’s suggestion, everyone would have rejected it without even thinking. Was he afraid that he would not die quick enough before the battle?
There was no need!
However, since it was Boss Pei’s request, they had to think of a way to fulfill it.
Everyone discussed for a long time but could not come to a conclusion. They could only follow his instructions.
It was a good thing that there were many people in the accompanying team. They could go online and search for interesting memes. Then, they could express themselves freely. They could find suitable pictures or videos, and they could quickly find materials to start an attack on Weibo.
The three photographers could photoshop pictures and edit videos, and translate them into bilingual subtitles for the performance.
…
The discussion about the opening day of the IOI International Finals continued throughout the day.
That was because many people did not stay up late to watch IOI’s global finals. They only knew about the results of yesterday’s competition when they woke up. Many GOG players participated in the discussion when they saw that both domestic teams had lost.
The true strength of the domestic teams was obviously the focus of everyone’s discussion.
Both teams had lost their first battle in the group stages. The risk of qualifying had suddenly increased. Naturally, everyone would feel that the overall standard of domestic teams in IOI was much worse than foreign teams.
The world finals had just begun. Many viewers seemed to have already seen its tragic ending.
Comparatively, FV Club was the least spoken about since they had yet to compete, the topics were all focused on the other two teams that had lost.
The audience were busy catching the culprits and naturally had no interest in FV Club’s “extravagant life “.
However, the players did not expect FV Club to post on Weibo again!
What’s more, the content of this Weibo post was not about eating, drinking, and having fun. Instead, it was a mocking picture.
This picture was photoshopped together. The top half was a picture of an overseas swimming pool. In the upper right corner of the picture was a middle-aged man lifting the child high up out of the water with a smile on his face. The middle-aged man had a Tengda logo on his head while the child had an FV Club logo on his face.
On the left side of the middle-aged man was a struggling child who was struggling as if he was about to sink to the bottom. The second half of the picture was a picture of the bottom of the lake. A skeleton was sitting on a chair and seemed to have been dead for many years.
The two pictures were forcefully photoshopped together.
On the faces of the child and the skeleton were the logos of the other two domestic clubs: the one struggling on the surface of the water was the team that had been turned around after a fierce battle; the one at the bottom of the water was the team that had been flattened by 30 minutes during the opening battle.
The main message on Weibo was a sentence in Chinese and English: “My good brothers, are you alright? / Waving / Waving / Waving”
Once this post was uploaded, it immediately attracted the attention of countless players who were fighting.
The sarcasm was fully expressed!
The meaning was very clear. The other two clubs were in a worrying situation now. One of them had sunk to the bottom while the other was still struggling. However, they were not far from the bottom. Only FV Club was floating happily on the water, looking like they did not need to worry and had victory in their hands.
The Weibo post was filled with ridicule. On the surface, it looked like a greeting, but this “/ waving” expression, looked like they were waving goodbye to these two clubs.
As expected, they were criticized not long after it was posted on Weibo.
“That’s so tasteless! Is this how brother teams kick people while they’re down?”
“Hehe, the only reason you can still make sarcastic remarks now is because you did not appear yet. You are waiting for the top eight to be eliminated at 3: 0!”
Of course, there were also some other voices, but they were mostly neutral. They did not criticize or support him.
“It’s alright. This is just a joke. Don’t be too fragile.”
“The problem is that those two teams did not fight well. If they did not fight well, why didn’t they say anything?”
“Sigh, I suggest we don’t post too many controversial Weibo posts at such a critical juncture. It’s really easy to attract criticism.”
Many FV Club fans were also worried for them. They were afraid that these Weibo posts would be criticized like dogs should they lose the competition.
However, less than ten minutes later, FV Club updated another Weibo post.
“We have a hunch that the ‘damage conversion rate’ of the entire FV team is not optimistic.”
There were two more comparison pictures below. The first was “The Economics of Food of Other Teams”. The accompanying picture was the accommodation and food choices of Courtyard by Marriott. The second was “The Economy of Food of FV Team”. The accompanying picture was the accommodation and food choices of Ritz Carlton Hotel.
On the surface, it meant that the food and accommodation conditions were akin to the economy of eating in the game. Since FV Team’s food and accommodation conditions were much better than other teams, they would have more money to eat and the damage conversion rate would be much lower.
However, in reality, they were showing off their better food and accommodation status.
The audience had yet to react, and even the haters had not thought of suitable ways to criticize them before FV Club had also updated their Weibo and tweets!
The content this time was much simpler. They only tagged a few traditional teams from overseas, including the first seed of the European and American competition zones. The attached picture was a promotional slogan on the wall of a village in China: “Recognize the situation and give up on fantasy.”
In less than an hour, FV Club had uploaded four or five posts on Weibo and Twitter, all of which were in Chinese and English.
In China, there were still many people scolding on Weibo at first, but slowly, the number of people scolding became fewer and fewer.
That was because everyone realized that FV Club’s work was still endless even though they were already out of words.
What’s more, FV Club was not only doing it for domestic teams, but also for foreign teams…
For example, the second Weibo post was openly mocking the food and accommodation conditions of all the other teams, while the third post was declaring war on the other foreign seed teams.
Thus, by the time they reached the last few Weibo posts, most domestic players felt that FV Club was overconfident and could no longer continue to comment.
That was because FV Club did not have any competitions now. They had to wait until they lost the competition before scolding them even if they were to scold them for being arrogant. Otherwise, what would happen if they really won the foreign team after scolding them?
While many netizens in the country
did not like such high-profile Weibo posts, they had to admit that it had a very good effect. The attention was immediately maxed out.
At first, everyone had been criticizing the two clubs that had lost the competition. Now that FV Club had suddenly jumped out to mock them, that naturally attracted everyone’s attention.
The attention on the official Twitter account of FV Club was also increasing rapidly!
That was because Tengda had invested in many foreign veteran clubs. Thus, they only had to say hello and these clubs would interact with the official accounts of FV Club. Once they interacted, fans would come.
These live tweets were obviously much more accepted overseas. The comments section was filled with “LOL” and other laughing emojis.
After all, humility was a virtue to domestic players. They felt that they could not speak too confidently, for fear that they would be slapped in their face later on. However, foreign players did not care much about these things. They had the mindset of watching a good show, and would not think too much of it even if they were slapped in the face afterwards.
Thus, the attention of the official account of FV Club on Twitter was rapidly increasing. Several veteran clubs also followed them and expressed their appreciation for FV Club.
However, right after that, FV Club pulled these veteran clubs together to AOE.
The new post and tweet content was: “Genealogy of Tengda Family.”
The bottom part of the picture was a tree-like family tree. Tengda was at the top of the tree-like picture. There was a thicker line connecting FV Club and labeling it as ‘biological son’. There were also some thinner lines connected to other established European and American clubs such as FRY,labelling them as ‘godsons’.
Obviously, FV Club sat in business class and stayed in a luxurious five-star hotel because they were treated by Tengda like its own son. On the other hand, the other clubs were only given sponsorships without giving a care to their food, accommodation, and other things. Naturally, they were treated as godsons.
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