Chapter 819: Dormant Eric
Los Angeles time on January 14th, Saturday morning, and Jingzhou local time on January 15th in the early morning.
Today is the match day for the semi-finals of the ioi global finals, and the FV team is ready to go.
In the hotel, Ye Zhizhou, Bao Xu and others waved goodbye to the team members and watched them board the minibus.
The background space of the competition venue is limited and cannot accommodate so many people, and the data analysis work of Ye Zhizhou, Bao Xu and others has come to an end, so they can take a rest.
Lao Zhou, as the coach, took part of the tactical team to the scene, and Ye Zhizhou and others were free to move about.
Of course, if there are new tactics after the semi-finals, we still need to continue to analyze and provide tactical support for the FV team.
It has been a week since the quarter-finals. During this week, many European and American teams have sent invitations to the FV team for the training game, and the FV team's reply is also the same: Sorry, our training game has already passed. The schedule is full.
This is not a lie, after all, the FV team has indeed lined up with SUG and its second team for training matches, and the training time is more than ten hours a day.
It's just that the FV team is unwilling to change their training plan and play against these European and American teams.
"Go for a drink?" Ye Zhizhou suggested.
The others readily agreed and went together to a small bar nearby. This bar will broadcast the live broadcast of the ioi global finals, and watching the game while drinking is simply flattering.
It's just that they didn't notice that in the corner of the lobby lounge on the first floor of the hotel, there was a westerner with slightly bald hair, drinking coffee silently while paying attention to the situation of the FV team.
Eric looked at the huge logistics team of the FV team and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
Some time ago, Eric's failure to promote the ioi national server made Dayak Group very disappointed, so he replaced Chrétien to be in charge of the operation of the ioi national server.
The domestic market is too huge, and any multinational company does not want to give up.
After taking office, Chretien made a series of drastic changes, including modifying the gameplay of ioi, cooperating with Longyu Group, etc. At present, although it is hard to say whether it is a success or a failure, at least the momentum has been built.
Therefore, in the eyes of Dayak Group executives, the trust in Chretien is unprecedentedly strong.
This is very difficult for Eric.
He is also one of the top executives of the Dayak Group, and it is impossible for him to be directly pushed to the end. He can keep his job and his position in the company no matter what.
But the people who can sit in this seat are all ambitious. It must be difficult for Eric to watch Chretien get better and better in his former seat.
Eric did not give up, but chose to hibernate, silently watching the battle between GOG and ioi, while waiting for an opportunity.
Although the current situation is very passive for Eric, from the outside world, he has no possibility of turning over, but Eric himself does not think so.
Because before returning to Los Angeles, he had carefully and deeply investigated Tenda's various means of promoting GOG, and had a conversation with Mr. Pei.
Eric is very clear, although Chretien is doing well now, he can't be successful.
Because, Chretien had no idea how terrifying Mr. Pei was.
Eric is very clear that the methods Chretien is using now, including changing games, organizing competitions, etc., are all used by Mr. Pei long ago. How can you succeed in using Mr. Pei's routine to deal with Mr. Pei?
Obviously, Mr. Pei's counterattack has already started unknowingly, and the FV team is the way Mr. Pei found to break the situation.
From the qualifiers of the domestic ioi to the series of "performances" of the FV team in the World Championships, there seems to be a vague shadow of Mr. Pei. But Eric did not intend to tell Chretien or the senior management of the Dayac Group about his judgment.
For Eric, his own interests are far greater than those of the finger company, and now handing over the precious information cannot win the biggest bargaining chip for himself, and it may not be adopted.
Eric took a sip of coffee, got up and left.
After the ioi global finals, the second round of confrontation between Dayak Group and Tenda Group should be decided.
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At the same time, Jingzhou.
Pei Qian has already woken up, eating breakfast while waiting for the start of the ioi global finals.
After entering the semi-finals and finals, the game time is much more friendly to domestic players. After all, only one BO5 is played a day, and the schedule will be more free.
"This opponent in the semi-finals looks quite fierce, should it be useful?"
"It's not too much for you to win the FV team by a small round, right?"
Pei Qian inexplicably had some small expectations.
There is still a little time before the start of the game, and the screen is still playing FV and the wonderful performance of the opponent in the quarterfinals to warm up.
Pei Qian was eating breakfast while watching the barrage in the live broadcast room.
"FV charge me! Come on!"
"I don't ask you to improve, just stay where you are in the quarter-finals, and another 3:0!"
"come on, come on, come on!"
But even at the critical moment before the start of the foreign war, there are still sunspots who continue to make trouble, continuing to use words such as "GOG for self-entertainment".
Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh with emotion, these sailors are quite dedicated, and Longyu Group should have stuffed a lot of money.
Of course, there may be some people who are either sailors or simply sunspots.
But the navy is doing things with money, and why Heizi works so hard when he can't get money is very puzzling.
Pei Qian just took a sip of his drink when he suddenly saw a bullet screen and almost spit out all the drink in his mouth.
"Trollers, stop fighting, go fight with the bullshit machine!"
"AEEIS automatic bar lifting machine meets all your demands for bar lifting!"
"The bar lifter is fun. It is recommended that the trolls have one."
"There are still so many people being fished by trolls? You are too young. Buy a bar lifter to exercise your mentality. After lifting with the bar lifter, you will feel that the ranks of trolls are too low and it is not worth it at all." A stick!"
Seeing that the wind direction of the barrage turned inexplicably, Pei Qian was dumbfounded.
"What's the situation? Why did the topic change to the bar lift?"
"Didn't it sell a lot when I checked on Friday?"
Pei Qian has been busy checking the work status of various departments in the company for the past two days, and didn't care about the bar lifter anymore. As a result, something happened if he didn't pay attention!
He hurriedly took the mobile phone, clicked on the mall to check, and found that more than 300 units had been sold in the mobile phone mall alone!
Moreover, this is only the quantity purchased by OTTO mobile phone owners. The fully automatic smart bar lifter is also available on some other shopping platforms, and the official website of OTTO Technology is also selling it. If this is added together, the sales volume will be very impressive!
"Could it be that Chang You didn't listen to me, or did you spread the word?"
Pei Qian hurriedly checked on the Internet, but found no promotion about the fully automatic bar lifter at all.
"It's crazy, it seems to be a bit inexplicable, and it seems to be from the game forum?"
"Fuck! Old Joe!"
Pei Qian browsed for a long time, and finally found Qiao Liang's Weibo, gnashing his teeth angrily.
But he took a closer look at the number of comments and retweets on this Weibo, isn't it high?
Obviously, Qiao Liang played a role in fueling the explosion of the fully automatic bar lifter, but it was not the main cause.
This thing seems to have become popular naturally, there is no particularly obvious relay node, but everyone seems to be particularly fond of this set.
Pei Qian is also completely confused, and really doesn't understand why everyone likes this thing.
Amidst Pei Qian's confusion, the game officially started.
The state of the two commentators is also full, working hard to drive the atmosphere in the arena, and they are not stingy about the FV team, blowing wildly.
Although the FV team is not seen by ioi officials, after all, it is the only remaining domestic team. If you don’t brag about FV, why not go to foreign teams? That's definitely not appropriate.
Pei Qian could only comfort himself: "It's okay, you all work hard, and try to overturn the FV team..."
The game quickly entered the BP interface.
For the FV team, the coach Lao Zhou held a small notebook with a relaxed and indifferent expression. The players were also talking and laughing, and they didn't seem to be under any pressure.
The mentality before the game is very important. It is important to be serious and serious, but if it is too tense, it may cause the players to be restrained and perform abnormally.
What's more, the FV team has already made sufficient preparations tactically, and the players are in a hot state, of course they are full of confidence.
On the other hand, the opponent's state is also full of confidence.
Especially the opponent's coach, standing behind the players holding a small book, with a strategizing and high-spirited look.
This coach looks to be in his early thirties, with a very regular beard and a suit and leather shoes. He looks very reliable at first glance.
Pei Qian let out a sigh of relief. It's already the semi-finals, and there really are no weak teams.
The quarter-final match was played a week ago, and the opponent must have repeatedly studied the game video and found a way to target the FV team.
Everything was normal in the banning session. The opponent banned the hero that the FV team performed well in the previous quarter-finals, and it was the FV team's turn to choose first.
Then the FV team backhanded a hero whose appearance rate in this World Championship was zero.
The camera showed the opponent's coach. The coach who was full of confidence before, his expression changed from confidence to suspicion, and then to confusion and confusion.
He looked at the game screen in disbelief, almost thinking that he had seen it wrong.
Then, he began to communicate frantically with his players.
Although he speaks English, and the content of these exchanges will not be released, the audience can roughly make up what he is talking about.
"Can you play this hero?"
"Which way did you go?"
"This should be specifically for popular systems, which one is it for..."
The coach was confused and didn't understand why FV wanted to grab this hero, and he had never played against this hero before in the training match!
The selection time passed by second by second. The opposing team obviously didn't figure out why. In the end, they chose two versions of strong heroes they thought were strong, and played the tactics they were best at and most familiar with.
However, this seemed to be in the hands of the FV team. Lao Zhou hardly hesitated, allowing the team to lock down two more heroes in seconds, specifically targeting the opponent's good tactics!
This second lock directly produced a powerful psychological deterrent effect.
One side considered over and over until the time ran out before locking the hero, while the other side locked it in seconds without hesitation, and decided the verdict.
Pei Qian sighed with some melancholy, deeply worried about the fate of the opposing team.
I'm sorry that there is only one chapter today, and it's hard to say tomorrow. The house will be handed over for house inspection this weekend, and there are a lot of things like decoration. Let's take advantage of my wife's weekend house price to go through it together, and continue to add more updates on Monday.