Chapter 1069 Epilogue 2: Glory Requires a Change

The fifth day after the World Invitational Tournament.

The game had already been played, and the awards were also done. After so many days, the players had almost rested, and it was time for them to return home. However, it was said that the official Glory was going to hold a banquet here, and there was also an event for the players from 16 countries to participate in. The national teams of various countries were temporarily kept here, and even the professional players from various countries who were not selected for the national team who came to watch the game were temporarily left here to watch the fun.

However, early this morning, Ling Zifeng, who had been following the national team and providing assistance as a staff member or intelligence team, suddenly asked Ye Xiu to summon the national team players to the conference room, as well as the All-Star players who were not selected, and the captains of the teams who came to watch the game.

When everyone arrived at the conference room, they found that in addition to Ling Zifeng, there were also the chairman of the alliance Feng Xianjun and a handsome young man in a suit and leather shoes chatting.

"Everyone is here." Seeing everyone coming in, it was the young man who greeted everyone first.

"Everyone, please sit down first." Feng Xianjun greeted.

"Chairman, what's the matter with calling us here all of a sudden?" After everyone sat down, Huang Shaotian couldn't help but speak first, and then looked at the young man who had greeted him and others before, "Who is this person?"

"Let me introduce you to everyone. This person, Zhang Jingyi, is the son of the chairman of Honor Game Company and the new president of the game company." Feng Xianjun said.

"Hiss!" Everyone couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

Good guy, here comes a big boss!

The ones who were a little calmer were Ye Xiu and Mu Qiu, who had a rich family background, and the family members of the first two, Chu Yunxiu and Su Mucheng. For them, the identity of the president of the game company was not small, but it didn't surprise them too much.

But the others couldn't stay calm. To put it bluntly, they were just professional e-sports players, under the jurisdiction of the club, and the club was under the jurisdiction of the league. Above the league, it was the game company, and this person was the boss of the game company!

"So, it was actually President Zhang who came to us for something?" Mu Qiu asked, and at the same time drew the attention of others back.

"Yes." Zhang Jingyi smiled and said.

"Is there something going on that has called so many people here?" Ye Xiu asked.

"There is a big thing, but before I talk about it, I have a few questions I would like to ask you about your opinions." Zhang Jingyi said.

"Please go ahead." Ye Xiu said.

"Everyone, without considering the identity of a professional player, just from the perspective of a game player, without considering the technical level, and without considering the level of technology, just from the perspective of the game, what do you think of the game of Honor?" Zhang Jingyi asked.

Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect that the first question asked by this person would be like this.

But if they were to give an answer, few of these professional players could give an explanation. After all, these were never things they should consider.

"The second question, from the perspective of professional players, is there a problem with Honor e-sports? Where is the problem?" Zhang Jingyi followed up with the second question, "Don't rush to answer, wait until you hear all my questions."

As he spoke, Zhang Jingyi asked one question after another.

The third question, except for the new team, each team has more or less retired veterans. Have you contacted them? What is their life like after retirement?

The fourth question is, can the current professional league be regarded as a qualified e-sports?

The fifth question is, after the World Invitational, everyone should have a general understanding of the professional league environment and level of each country. So which country's league do you think is most suitable for the e-sports environment? In other words, what are the similarities and differences between the leagues of various countries, which are good and which are bad?

Zhang Jingyi threw out five questions in a row, and the professional players present frowned and pondered. For a while, the conference room fell silent. At the same time, some tactical masters who were active in thinking had roughly guessed the hidden information behind Zhang Jingyi's questions after listening to the five questions.

Should it be said that the new official took office with three fires? This young man who looked about the same age as them and had become the president looked very courageous.

If I guessed correctly, Honor Game Company will soon make a big move.

Moreover, this move is unprecedentedly big! It may even affect the basic plate of the game Honor!

This is to reform Honor, or in other words, this president is going to set off a big change in Honor!

"If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Zhang has answers to these questions in his mind, right?" Some of the other players were still thinking, while others had a rough answer but didn't speak. Mu Qiu was the first to break the silence, but he didn't answer the question, instead he passed the ball back to Zhang Jingyi.

"Not bad, you are indeed the youngest Go 9th Dan player, your mind works fast." Zhang Jingyi nodded approvingly.

"Thank you." Mu Qiu smiled, "Mr. Zhang is going to make a big move, I have a guess about this, I wonder if Mr. Zhang wants to hear it?"

"I'd like to hear the details." Zhang Jingyi smiled.

"Change, from the game of Glory to the current professional league, you are preparing to initiate a change. This first World Invitational Tournament is for you to collect data, or you already have a draft, and you are just preparing to pass this The world-class Glory League is here to confirm the correctness of some ideas. It is for this reason that we are now being called to ask these five questions." Mu Qiu said, "You should have looked for teams from several other countries before. Teams such as Japan and Canada were eliminated in the first group stage, Russia, Germany, Switzerland, France were eliminated in the quarterfinals, the United Kingdom and the United States were eliminated in the semifinals, and the runner-up South Korea was eliminated. Finally, we were eliminated.”

Zhang Jingyi nodded and motioned for Mu Qiu to continue.

Although some of the other contestants guessed the same answer, and some were surprised by Mu Qiu's answer, they all knew it and remained silent, waiting for what to say next.

"I would like to hear Mr. Zhang's answers to these five questions from your perspective first," Mu Qiu said.

"Okay, then I'll talk about it first." Zhang Jingyi said with a smile, "First of all, the first question, how is the game Honor?"

Zhang Jingyi slowly expressed his opinion.

"More than ten years ago, when the game Honor first appeared, there was nothing very fun in the game circle at that time, and there were no games that were too technical. At most, they were like Star Wars. So when the game Honor appeared at that time, There is also an unprecedented setting of homemade equipment, which is why the game is very popular and has remained so for many years.”

"I'm not boasting. Although I was just a kid at that time, I personally liked Honor very much." Zhang Jingyi said with a smile, "And in the past ten years, Honor has been constantly updated. With Honor's technological level, even if It is still ahead of other games by several blocks, but it’s just in terms of technological level.”

"Card-drawing games, tower defense games, big world games, all kinds of games have sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain. In terms of technological level, Glory is also far ahead. So, what about attracting players?" Zhang Jingyi Said, "Every year after a new area starts, veteran players with rich technical experience, mainly major guilds, go to the new area. With the addition of new players, the novice village is like a crowded rice dumpling. People are crowded to receive and complete tasks, and a group of people grab them." Strangely, they still have to wait for the refresh. After finally getting out of the novice zone, guilds of major clubs have been established. New players must either join a guild or go alone. But solo players play this game to level up in the wild or form a wild team. Or what about the players who join a guild to join the game with an acquaintance? To be honest, what is the difference between it and working part-time? According to the dungeon record, all the wild map bosses are occupied by major guilds. I think player Ye Xiu understands this very well. "

Ye Xiu narrowed his eyes and had to say that what Zhang Jingyi said was indeed reasonable. Glory did have this problem.

"If you are a new player, who would be willing to work for a major guild if you don't consider supporting your favorite players? But if you don't work, you just level up, form a wild team to compete, or enter the arena. Such a game Will the environment be popular?" Zhang Jingyi asked, "According to statistics, by the tenth year of Honor, the number of registered users worldwide has exceeded 300 million. If divided into countries, how many will our country have? ? The company’s statistics are about 28 million, but divided into ten districts plus the realm of God? One district is only 200,000, and how much water is there in these 200,000 people? "

"Taking into account the old players, the undercover accounts of various guilds, wild accounts, ordinary players' alt accounts, studios, etc., how many new players can there actually be in the new area? It will not exceed 100,000, and there are 14 in the country. With a population of 100 million, the age group suitable for playing Glory, let’s count one-fifth of them, that’s 280 million. Excluding players who are not interested in games or have strict upbringing, if we count the remaining one-tenth, there are still two Eighteen million people, and if you include old players among them, even if new players only account for 1%, that’s about 280,000.”

"Twenty-eight thousand miles, nearly 100,000 people playing Glory, doesn't it sound like a lot? After all, it's one-third." Zhang Jingyi said with a smile, and then his face turned serious, "Well, you know that after the new district opens every year, How many accounts have stopped logging in or rarely logged in within three months?”

"Five to seventy thousand." Zhang Jingyi gave them the answer directly, "In other words, more than half of the two hundred thousand new registered users every year are old players, and the remaining half, almost 80% of the players. They will quit the game within three months, which means that the actual number of new players added by Glory in China every year is only 10,000 or 20,000. "

"More than ten years ago, when District 1 was opened, the number of newly registered players within three months was 1.8 million, and the number of accounts that no longer logged in within a year was only about 10,000. After that, Districts 2, 3 and even Until the fifth district, the number is only increasing. You can compare it with the current data. "

"This is the current glory. There is very little new blood coming out." Zhang Jingyi said, "Whether it is from a business perspective or a game perspective, the game of Honor has now entered a bottleneck."

Everyone was silent. They all felt that their faith had collapsed, including Ye Xiu.

In their eyes, it might even be called a divine glory, but is it actually like this?

"Then the second question is about the professional league." Zhang Jingyi said, "The investment is too great. You are all the mainstays of your respective clubs. You should be well aware of the investment in your clubs every year. Let's not talk about personnel salaries. In terms of equipment research and development alone, as well as the funds provided to the guild and the purchase of materials, the annual investment of wealthy clubs is at least eight figures, and the average club's investment is at least seven figures. Am I right? "

Those present who were not the captain but also important players in the team nodded thoughtfully.

"And this is directly related to the fourth and fifth questions." Zhang Jingyi continued, "The fourth question is, can the current professional league be called a qualified e-sports? My answer is, no ”

At this time, everyone here couldn't help but frowned. Isn't the current league a qualified e-sports? So who are we?

"Don't worry, please listen to me." Zhang Jingyi waved his hand and said, "In my opinion, the most important thing in e-sports is not the account, not the character, not the equipment, but the players, players like you here. "

The expressions of the professional players softened slightly. This is true. They also think so. Characters, equipment, and skill points are all external objects. The winner is still determined by people, that is, the players who control the characters.

"However, in my opinion, the current professional league has deviated from this track." Zhang Jingyi continued, "The bottomless arms race seems to be the mainstream of the current league, and most of the funds of major clubs have to invest in it. Characters are being created, but resources are always limited, so the prices of various materials and equipment are getting higher and higher, and the club’s investment is also increasing. In the competition, players with powerful accounts, coupled with powerful In terms of strength, there are star players like you in the national team, and even players with titles, but what about non-rich clubs? Even if they have strong operators, they can’t keep them, such as Team Excellent Era’s Sun Xiang.”

Sun Xiang frowned, but he also knew that what Zhang Jingyi said made sense. He left Yueyun to join Excellent Era just for One Autumn Leaf, because he didn't like the Hengdao he operated in Yueyun and felt that he couldn't play that role to his own extent. With some strength, especially when he played against players such as Ye Xiu and Han Wenqing in the year of Yueyun, the difference in roles became apparent. Although he is now convinced by Ye Xiu, at that time he at least never Judging from his strength, he is qualified to become an all-star player, not even worse than the number one mad swordsman Yu Feng, but just because of his role...

"Let me give you another example, player Ye Xiu, your configuration of Sanren Lord Grim and Thousand Chance Umbrella. It is true that except for players of your level, it is difficult for others to play Sanren, but if you use it in the tenth season If it's not Lord Grim but One Autumn Leaf, even if Xingxin can defeat Samsara, with the same HP and mana in the fight between you and Du Ming, even if you use One Autumn Leaf, can you defeat Du Ming at that time?" Zhang Jingyi looked at Ye Xiu and said, then looked at Mu Qiu, "Player Mu Qiu, if you didn't have the talent and ability to make silver equipment, what kind of configuration would Qiu Musu have now? If it were that Qiu Musu , can you still play the peak match between the Gunsmoke Dominator and the Gun King in the last arena match of the finals?”

The professional players have begun to look at each other, and they have to admit that these problems raised by Zhang Jingyi do exist.

"Looking at the World Invitational Tournament again, elite players and elite characters from various countries gather together to compete. Is every game as intense as the domestic playoffs or even the finals? Of course there are reasons for the strong opponents, but if What will happen if there are no equivalent character strengths? I think through playing against the Korean team, everyone should have a deep understanding of the difference between non-full silver equipment and full silver equipment." Zhang Jingyi continued, "That's what I'm asking. The significance of the fifth question is in terms of role fairness. For some reasons, countries such as South Korea, Japan, and the United States do better. Because there are no role differences, the outcome depends entirely on the player's technical and tactical skills. The training will be more thorough, and they have been in this competitive environment, so the Korean team has such strength in terms of technology and tactics. Although I don’t like sticks, I have to say that in e-sports, they are indeed better than us. If If it weren’t for player Ye Xiu’s final outburst, we wouldn’t have won this championship, and I don’t think anyone would deny this.”

The professional players nodded with deep understanding. If Ye Xiu hadn't exploded like a human in the end, and if Mu Qiu hadn't sacrificed herself to give Ye Xiu the opportunity to explode, they would not have been able to beat the Korean team under normal circumstances.

"So, to sum up, I think that there is no difference in equipment level, no difference in character strength, only the difference in players' skills and tactics. Only such a game can be called a real e-sports competition." Zhang Jingyi said loudly.

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the professional players lit up, especially the captains of small teams such as He Wu, Zhaohua and Yueyun. They looked at Zhang Jingyi as if they were seeing a savior. It can only be said that they were limited by the strength of their characters. It’s been too long since I struggled to produce results.

Are they weak? To be honest, I am really not weak. Is Su Mucheng strong? Is Fang Rui strong? Even players like them cannot win every time when they face a team like He Wu Zhaohua. Even a team like Samsara with a five-star lineup cannot win every time they play against these teams in the regular season. If they can keep zero seals, if they are given roles of the same level, will their team's results still be the same?

"Finally, there is the second question I raised before." Zhang Jingyi continued, "I have learned about the lives of those veterans after retirement. Some of them have rich families and have earned a decent income in the professional circle for many years. Their lives are not bad, but without any skills, they are no different from living off their savings. Especially the first batch of retired players, take Wei Chen of Xingxin as an example. They don't have much savings in the e-sports circle. Their lives are not too rich."

"Dear e-sports professional players, whether they are brilliant on the stage or become a foil, you are all people who have contributed to e-sports. You will retire in the future. I don't want this to happen again." Zhang Jingyi said, "You have dedicated your youth to e-sports. When you leave, you should not worry about your life anymore."

"These are the reasons why I will do what I am going to do next." Zhang Jingyi said seriously, "Whether it is the people-oriented e-sports in the professional circle, the interest of players in the online game circle in Honor, or the life of the players after retirement, for these, Honor needs a change!" (End of this chapter)