Rebirth 1984: Starting with the development of Hanka

As the first WCG World E-Sports Competition approaches, there is a gaming frenzy around the world.

Both players who signed up for the competition and ordinary players who didn't sign up also flocked to the game hall.

At this time, various WCG game competitions are extremely popular. People in front are often still playing, while a bunch of people stand in the back, waiting and watching. The game hall was almost overcrowded.

Wujiang Arcade took advantage of the WCG trend and its sales surged.

As of December 12, Wujiang Group had sold a total of 12 million arcade machines and 125 million game cartridges, with revenue reaching US$750 billion, creating an unprecedented miracle in the global arcade market.

Wujiang Group has accumulated more than 45 years of experience and made profits of more than billion US dollars!

Wujiang Group was originally the overlord of game consoles and has many games suitable for porting to arcades.

Moreover, there are many third-party games on the two major platforms of "Qiongqi Game Console" and Gameboy that are suitable for porting to arcades.

As a result, Wujiang Group created a huge miracle, which is basically difficult to replicate.

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"Wow, God, there are so many people in the arcade, business is so good!" Jason Wolfe exclaimed.

Although there was some smoky atmosphere in the game hall, such as smoking, shouting, and a very poor environment, Jason Wolfe didn't care at all, and his eyes scanned everything in front of him excitedly.

"Yeah, Jason Wolfe, if we also open a game arcade, we will definitely make a lot of money!" His companion George Stevenson laughed.

"Yes, you are right, we should start a big fight now! We can jointly open game arcades all over Michigan!" Jason Wolf nodded heavily and said excitedly.

Since the game arcade business is booming, it is natural that more people are getting involved in this industry.

Borderless Arcade has naturally become the first choice for these people.

In addition, many supermarkets, movie theaters, and shopping malls have also purchased Wujiang arcade machines in order to attract popularity. In places like these, their main business is not games, so there will not be too much space for displaying arcade machines. If there are few games, it will not be able to attract traffic, but the Borderless multi-card slot arcade machine can just solve this pain point.

Although there are only a small number of arcade machines, there are many games that can be played. As long as people come, they can play their favorite games.

In this way, it not only attracts traffic, but also makes money through the arcade.

Therefore, it is difficult for Wujiang Arcade not to sell well...

At this moment, it is unimaginable in the industry that the arcade industry has been integrated into a large platform by Wujiang Group. Previously, the arcade industry was basically working on its own without a unified industry standard.

Nowadays, any company that wants to release arcade games does not need to develop its own arcade games, but can just choose the Wujiang arcade platform.

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WCG is quite popular among the player base. After all, there are a lot of prizes. The first place reward is US$50!

In order to attract popularity, WCG specially increased the rewards.

The value of US$50 during this period was very high, and many media and TV stations made a sensation.

Recently, many TV stations around the world want to cooperate with Wujiang Group to broadcast this event.

Zhao Ye aims to promote WCG events, so the broadcast fee for the first WCG is free. As long as the TV station is willing to broadcast it, they can broadcast it at will.

Shanghai.

In order to welcome players, game players and media reporters from all over the world.

Wujiang Group had a brief discussion on cooperation with the Shanghai government a long time ago, and invested money to buy the Dongfeng Hotel, and after the renovation, the event will be held here.

Dongfeng Hotel, the original Shanghai General Conference, also known as the British General Conference and the Royal General Conference, is located at No. 2, Zhongshan East 1912st Road, Shanghai. It was built in and was designed by Tallant and Maurice. The interior design was by the Japanese heretic architect Kikutaro Shimoda. . It is a Baroque neoclassical work with double colonnades and a high chandelier hall, which serves as a stage for Shanghai diplomats.

The original Dongfeng Hotel was a bit old. Wujiang Group spent a lot of money to repair it and bought some high-end furniture for decoration, making it look very high-end.

WCG can be regarded as a major international event. The Shanghai government also wants to show the elegance of the city of Shanghai. In recent months, it has carried out infrastructure construction to make the city of Shanghai cleaner and more beautiful.

The financial basis to support the Shanghai government's major infrastructure construction comes from the tax revenue from Wujiang Group.

Although the government has reduced taxes for Wujiang Group, Wujiang Group's taxes are too high. Even if the tax is halved, it will be an astronomical amount.

Last year alone, Wujiang Group paid more than 50 billion yuan in taxes.

This year, more taxes were paid, exceeding RMB 80 billion.

The Shanghai government just came close to treating Wujiang Group as the God of Wealth.

Zhao Ye and others are currently inspecting the results of the decoration at Dongfeng Hotel.

"This Dongfeng Hotel used to be the Royal Club, with a good style!" Zhao Ye praised. When he came here in his previous life, the Dongfeng Hotel had transformed into the most luxurious "Waldorf Astoria Hotel" on the Bund in Shanghai.

The accompanying people all agreed.

"Holding the WCG at the Dongfeng Hotel is luxurious and elegant, and can highlight the prosperity of Shanghai City! The charming scenery of the Bund will definitely make international tourists linger over!" an official said with a smile.

Zhao Ye also nodded in agreement.

However, the venue is too small, and non-invited guests cannot enter. Fortunately, the scale of the first WCG will not be too large.

But in the future, we still have to find a large venue to hold WCG, organize some cosplay activities, and make WCG the largest and most lively event in the global gaming industry, or a carnival!

Whenever WCG is held, game fans from all over the world will come to visit the event like a pilgrimage.

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December 12th will soon arrive.

At the beginning of the WCG preliminary round, each game competition event will first select the five strongest players or five teams from each country.

Then go to Shanghai to participate in the WCG Finals.

The preliminary round lasts for one week.

Players have a day or two to rest before rushing to Shanghai.

On the night of Christmas Eve, December 12th, the finals officially began.

The competition is held during the Christmas period to add excitement, enhance the festive atmosphere and increase revenue for Shanghai's tourism industry.

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Unfortunately, there is not much attention paid to e-sports nowadays, and it is a bit of a buzz in the gaming circle.

The mighty WCG competition has begun.

However, WCG news is rarely seen in the media, and even if it is, it is difficult to make headlines.

For the WCG preliminary round, the major TV stations are not interested at all. If it’s the WCG Finals, I might participate.

In fact, Zhao Ye didn't pay much attention to the WCG preliminary round at this time.

Probably during the finals, he will go there to watch it and build up momentum for WCG.

In Zhao Ye's view, real e-sports will have to wait until the era of computer games arrives, when competitions such as "StarCraft", "Warcraft", "CS Counter-Strike", "League of Legends", and "Dota 2" will be considered Go competitive.

Of course, current fighting games such as "Street Fighter", "King of Fighters", and "Samurai Shodown" are also considered e-sports, but their influence is far less than those mentioned above.