Chapter 939: Honor of Kings Selection Tournament Opens, Nationwide Frenzy (2)

As someone who’s been through it and just experienced business competition and dealt with public opinion storms.

Li Yuan naturally knows very well what those rival companies will do, like Tengxun, Wangyi, and other gaming companies, upon seeing such a large market share.

He’s certain that there is definitely more than one company researching games similar to “Honor of Kings” at this moment.

By then, casually changing a game’s name and modifying some hero names and skills to create a “League of Legends” or “Kings’ League” would be no challenge at all.

This game, in a previous life, though very remarkable and consistently enduring.

However, it had a lot to do with its publisher too.

For Tengxun Corporation, anyone with some understanding knows how they handle competitors.

Attack, acquire, imitate – a trilogy they’ve mastered to the peak, too familiar with it.

The reason they haven’t appeared now is that “Honor of Kings” has just launched less than a month ago; even if Tengxun and other companies had the resources, they couldn’t develop something in less than a month.

And facing such an exaggerated profit level from “Honor of Kings,” Li Yuan is 100% sure that Tengxun and other gaming companies won’t miss out on this succulent opportunity.

With QQ, Tengxun doing something like this would seem like divine assistance, very convenient.

Li Yuan can only think of ways to increase the popularity of “Honor of Kings”…

The upcoming “Honor of Kings” national tournament is a great buzz opportunity.

Li Yuan is placing high hopes on this competition; a few days ago, he already had Xie Zheng, Hu Zhenqiang, and Lin Yuwei come up with a specific plan.

In the conference room,

Li Yuan, Xia Zhijin, and Zhong Tingyue were there, sitting on either side of him.

As for Bai Weixi, today she took Li Heng and Xia Qin to the hospital to see Yang Jinyu.

Li Yuan listened intently to Hu Zhenqiang’s report, nodding with a smile.

Starting today, the promotion for the “Honor of Kings” national selection competition officially begins.

The focus is on early publicity to increase influence.

“Director Li, our promotion this time mainly includes both online and offline methods. Online promotion follows previous activities, while offline we’ve added some advertising investments, at major stations, schools, to do some adverts…”

“According to our budget, the total promotional costs for the competition are around 5 million, with an additional 20 million as prize money, and 10 million for various hosting expenses…”

“By holding competitions at county, city, provincial, and national levels, champions will gradually emerge, finally competing for the national championship. At local events, we’ll seek some advertisers for sponsorship based on circumstances. If the results are good, we have a great chance of recouping most of our costs…”

“The whole process will last about a month. Each level of competition will have around a week for preparation, with adjustments made as needed.”

“Director Li, we still need you to do some promotion on your Weibo account.”

“Sure!” Li Yuan nodded. Although he’s not much of a Weibo enthusiast, the platform’s influence is still considerable at this time.

It was after last year’s “Milk Tea Girl” national selection event that he opened a Weibo account.

In just about a month, he’s already garnered over ten million followers.

This number of followers is quite different from that of a celebrity, but his followers are all real, not bought…

After listening to the report, Li Yuan tapped the table and looked at Zhong Tingyue and Xia Zhijin beside him.

“President Zhong, Director Xia, what do you both think of this plan?”

Zhong Tingyue shook her head, “This plan is great, I have no objections.”

She was fully involved in the plan, giving many suggestions, so naturally, she had no other opinions now.

Xia Zhijin smiled slightly and said, “Yes, it looks good!”

Li Yuan has a lot of trust in Zhong Tingyue’s judgment; while Xia Zhijin doesn’t have as many ideas, she’s very thorough, especially with the company’s expenses, reviewing them strictly, which probably relates to their individual personalities…

Li Yuan is quite willing to nurture his three girlfriends, and they can provide substantial help in various aspects.

Of course, the main point is to enhance their participation and sense of attainment.

Once people become busy and have their own work and tasks, they don’t overthink and can derive a sense of accomplishment from it.

If he simply treated them as trophies, providing them only financial and material support, over time the relationship dynamics would inevitably change.

Their mindset and his would change, this is almost predictably unavoidable.

To keep things steady, they need a bond to maintain the relationship; without it, it’d be like a kite with a broken line, issues will eventually arise…

Li Yuan genuinely cares about these three.

Bai Weixi goes without saying, a first love for two lifetimes and a high school deskmate.

Zhong Tingyue, also someone he knew in a past life, a perfect, aloof goddess, has been tremendously helpful this lifetime.

Like the “Tea Color Moonlight” milk tea shop, which they can entirely say was co-founded by him and her, with Zhong Tingyue putting in a lot of effort and dedication…

For Xia Zhijin, although he didn’t know her in a past life, her personality and emotional value make it impossible for Li Yuan not to have feelings for her.

Not only Li Yuan, any man in the country would feel this way toward a girlfriend like this…

Li Yuan gathered his thoughts and looked at the main core members of Datang Technology Company in the conference room, smiling, and made a concluding remark.

“Everyone, I don’t need to stress the importance of this ‘Honor of Kings’ national selection competition. I’ve said it many times already.”

“Now, everything’s ready, the only request I have is for you to execute the event well, stylishly, and uniquely, establishing our brand…”

“Alright, I’ve said enough.”

“I declare, from this moment, the inaugural ‘Honor of Kings’ national selection competition officially begins.”

…

Daxia University,

As Li Yuan’s alma mater, Li Yuan is also a student there, a true star of the campus, and whatever his company does is immediately known and spread.

So, when the “Honor of Kings” national selection competition was officially announced, it quickly stirred up debate across the campus.

Liu Jia, as a part-time member of Datang Technology Company, is quite familiar with the company’s business.

Upon seeing a whopping 20 million in prize money, Liu Jia was stunned, looking incredulous.

“Oh my God, a 20 million prize fund, Yuan is truly extravagant. This must be the highest prize for a domestic gaming competition, right?”

Wu Hao also widened his eyes: “Of course, 20 million is a fortune beyond lifetime, adoptive father is really lavish, lucky to have such a connection.”

Xu Ziqiang, looking at the competition arrangements, thought of something crucial.

“Mouse, Liu Jia, do you think we, as company personnel, can participate in this competition?”

Wu Hao, Liu Jia, and Ren Jun, after hearing Xu Ziqiang’s words, all gave him an odd look.

Xu Ziqiang felt a bit uneasy under their gaze.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

Liu Jia seriously remarked: “Qiang, are you thinking of using an internal channel to let Yuan open a backdoor for you?”

Xu Ziqiang hurriedly shook his head: “No way, I’m genuinely interested in this competition, you all know, I play this game regularly and I’m very skilled with Jing Ke.”

“We often team up in fives too, and I think if we can participate in this competition, even if we don’t win the ultimate championship and get the million-strong prize, just getting in the top ten could earn us a few million…”

“Don’t tell me you’re not tempted by this?”

Liu Jia, Wu Hao, and Ren Jun exchanged glances and all nodded in agreement.

“It’d be a lie to say we’re not tempted; this is the highest prize ever, with national participation, a burning hot event.”

“I’m sure that at this moment, across Huaxia, there are at least 800,000, if not a million people, wanting to participate in this competition.”