The main sponsor of the "King of Fighters" World Championship is Intel, and there are always some small sponsors in each division. In order to get these sponsorships, the event preparation team broke its leg, and it took three years to persuade Intel to pay for the money.

The publicity of the competition is also quite painstaking, and the registration news is mainly published in some electronic magazines around the world. There is no such thing as e-sports these days. When various e-magazines heard that Sega was going to hold the King of Fighters Championship, they all charged no advertising fees, and they helped to promote it with great enthusiasm.

In addition, as one of the organizers of the competition, Oriental DreamWorks also shot a global unified publicity advertisement for the King of Fighters Championship. In each region, there is a partner TV station that pays to broadcast the regional finals and world finals of the King of Fighters Championship.

Of course, since no one knows the ratings of this kind of e-sports competition, the broadcast fee paid by the TV station is very low, and the competition team does not expect the first competition to make money from the broadcast fee.

In any case, the world e-sports competition was successfully held in this way.

In another time and space, although "The King of Fighters" is very famous, it is far from being the first in the industry. However, due to the emergence of Kang Jianfei, "The King of Fighters" came out several years in advance, and its high-quality characters and relatively balanced fighting system quickly gathered a large number of loyal fans.

As soon as the news of the "King of Fighters" World Championship came out, the passion of countless players was ignited, and the low registration fee could not stop their impulse. In just half a month in the US Division, there were more than 1,200 applicants, which greatly increased the workload of the pre-qualifiers.

Since it was the first time to hold such an event, there were omissions in many details. There were various unexpected situations in the qualifiers, and there were a lot of jokes in each competition area.

Europe and the United States are okay, the "King of Fighters" competition has also caused a lot of public opinion in Hong Kong and Taiwan. For the vast majority of parents, video games are definitely something to play with, and many students skip class with pocket money to go to the game hall. This time, the game company actually held a public competition and set up a high bonus. Isn't this using money to tempt children to play games?

In Taiwan, some parents wrote to the Information Bureau, requesting that such unscrupulous competitions be banned, and some media also joined in to discuss this topic.

In the end, the "King of Fighters" competition had to revise the rules of the competition, requiring applicants to be at least 16 years old, and setting each competition date on a holiday.

As a result, the budget competition in Taiwan took a full two months, and finally the "First King of Fighters E-Sports Tournament - China Division Taiwan Division Finals" was held at the Plaza Hotel Taipei.

Tickets for the finals, ranging from NT$500 to NT$1,000, were booked out half a month in advance, and more than 1,000 seats were packed.

Taiwan's qualifier registration fees, final tickets, brand sponsorships, TV broadcasts, game peripherals, etc., add up to more than 20 million, excluding organizational publicity expenses, venue rental fees, etc., and a net profit of 1,000 million Taiwan dollars.

Therefore, holding an e-sports competition is definitely not to make a profit at a loss. It can further promote the "King of Fighters" game and make a fortune in each competition area. Taiwan and Hong Kong are relatively few, and the US and Japan competitions both generate millions of dollars in revenue, not counting the World Finals.

According to the approximate regional population ratio, 8 Taiwanese players, 5 Hong Kong players and 3 Macao players will gather in Hong Kong to participate in the finals of the China Division at Taiping Theater.

It was already early June, Kang Jianfei had returned from filming in the United States, and "Jurassic Park" had entered the post-production stage.

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"Why don't you go to the game and come to me to watch TV?" Zhou Huimin came over with a cup of milk tea and said to Kang Jianfei, who was watching the game.

The previous games of the King of Fighters were all broadcast, but the finals of the competition area were broadcast live, and the TV screen that the audience saw was only half an hour later than the scene.

Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "I will definitely go to the finals in Tokyo, let alone the competition in Hong Kong."

Zhou Huimin looked at the TV and said, "What's so good about this kind of game competition?"

Kang Jianfei said, "Young people like it."

Zhou Huimin glared at Kang Jianfei and asked with a playful smile, "Then you mean I'm old?"

"This is your own admission," Kang Jianfei hurriedly hugged Zhou Huimin into his arms, kissed her face and smiled, "I just like you, this little old woman, give this uncle a fragrant one."

"I hate it, let me go!" Zhou Huimin pushed and shoved, and the two of them slapped and made out without shame.

The competition on the TV has already started. The host introduced 16 contestants from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, announced the rules of the competition, and then put the King of Fighters advertisement on the big screen again.

The King of Fighters commercial on the TV only lasted for more than 10 seconds, while the full 5-minute version was shown on the scene of the game, and many stars were invited to shoot. Although it was only a commercial, when Mai Shiranui played by Ye Mei and Chun Li played by Li Saifeng appeared, there were still bursts of cheers.

Sixteen contestants began to draw lots, and the host also took the opportunity to introduce the situation of each contestant.

The audience at the scene responded enthusiastically, but Zhou Huimin was not interested. She leaned tightly in Kang Jianfei's arms and talked, chatting about some interesting things she had encountered recently.

The competition finally started. The first match was between a Macau player and a Hong Kong player. The two put on headphones and began to select the characters.

Kang Jianfei looked at the TV, but gently stroked Zhou Huimin's waist with his hand, and warned, "Hong Kong is very chaotic this year. In the future, you will have to bring your bodyguards when you go out. Don't be careless."

Zhou Huimin wanted to say that she was uncomfortable with bodyguards, but she couldn't refuse Kang Jianfei's concern, so she could only agree in a low voice.

Not only did he instruct Zhou Huimin, this year Kang Jianfei has assigned bodyguards to all his women, and several of his children are under strict protection.

It's not that Kang Jianfei is overly cautious, but that the law and order in Hong Kong this year is so bad that both the rich and the common people are made to feel nervous. In the past few months, the security company he and Ye Laosan jointly opened has been booming, and the number of wealthy Hong Kong people who hired bodyguards has doubled.

A palm-sized Hong Kong peninsula has seen one or two violent incidents every month this year:

On January 19, four robbers robbed the Tak Shing Watch Store on the ground floor of No. 5 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, losing watches worth 3 million yuan. A foreign female tourist was injured by a stray bullet.

On February 24, a shootout between police and bandits took place in downtown Shatin. Both police and bandits fired a total of 19 shots, and one man died. On the same day, there was a street fight between police and bandits on Lee Tak Street, Tai Kok Tsui.

On February 25, there was a rare Remington shotgun robbery in Yau Ma Tei. Two thieves robbed a gold shop and stole gold ornaments worth about 5 million yuan. One of the thieves fired a shot and injured several people.

On March 10, an armed robbery occurred in Sham Shui Po. Fortunately, no one was injured.

On April 21, the police in Tai Kok Tsui rounded up the robbers from the Golden Bank, and 17 policemen and civilians were injured by the robbers.

On April 24, the police rounded up gangsters in Tai Kok Tsui. The two sides opened fire more than 100 times. The gangsters detonated 5 grenades and injured 12 city names and 1 police officer.

On May 5, five robbers robbed the Shui Hing Sparrow House on Portland Street, Mong Kok. When the robbers left, they took hostages in the downtown area, shot at the police and threw multiple grenades, causing 2 deaths and 19 injuries.

Just last month, the Center for Social Sciences Research of the University of Hong Kong released an investigation report that 84% of Hong Kong citizens supported the resumption of the death penalty, all of which were caused by endless murders. In the past, robbery was a big deal with knives and guns, but now it's just grenades, so don't be too brutal.

Zhou Huimin is actually a house girl. If she doesn't need to go out, she can spend the whole day playing the piano and painting by staying at home. So she doesn't care about bringing bodyguards at any time. No matter how chaotic Hong Kong is, it has nothing to do with her.

She didn't wear contact lenses at home. At this time, Zhou Huimin wore a pair of black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose. Not only was she not ugly, but she also gave people a dignified and intellectual feeling. She poked around Kang Jianfei's chin with her white and lush fingers, and said, "I'm going to a concert in Taipei next month, will you come with me?"

"Okay." Kang Jianfei agreed, "Jurassic Park" is tentatively scheduled to be released at the end of July, and he has time next month. Originally, I was very busy doing post-production for the film, but most of the work was handed over to the assistant director Cameron, and the director Kang Jianfei shook his hand.

Because Zhou Huimin's glasses were too obtrusive, Kang Jianfei took them off and threw them on the coffee table, and the two kissed on the sofa. Just when she was worried about the chaos, Zhou Huimin held Kang Jianfei's hand and said with a red face, "Go back to the bedroom, I'm afraid my mother will come back and see you."

Kang Jianfei hugged him by the waist and carried Zhou Huimin back to the bedroom. Before closing the door, the emotional head of the female head hooked Kang Jianfei's neck and couldn't wait to kiss him on the face.

Zhou Huimin's intoxicating gasping sound came from the room, and the game on the TV continued.

In the end, Lin Zhengquan, a 17-year-old player from Taipei County, won the championship in the China Division. Zhang Jinsheng, a 19-year-old player from Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, won the second place, and a player from Tainan came in third.

When the three winners raised their prize money, the audience was boiling, and many young people in front of the TV were also excited.

The prize money for the champion of the division is 5,000 US dollars, which is 39,000 yuan in Hong Kong dollars, and more than 100,000 yuan in Taiwan dollars. Now that you can win so much money by playing games, how can you not make those young people who like the King of Fighters excited? The three winners have become idol-like figures~lightnovelpub.net~ I heard that the prize money for the world championship is 100,000 US dollars. Those players who think they have good skills and miss the opportunity to register this year are regretful. More people are gearing up, preparing to practice their skills and waiting for the next year to register for the competition.

Whether in Europe, America or Asia, the "King of Fighters" competition is not a mainstream thing, and only some young people who love to play games pay attention to it. However, in the video game industry, it has attracted the attention of countless people. Its successful operation has brought a lot of inspiration to its peers. For the first time, the concept of e-sports has been proposed, which has brought incomparable prestige to Sega Games.

When it comes to e-sports, Kang Jianfei has to think of the famous Blizzard game company, which seems to have been established at this time.

When he was filming in the United States some time ago, Kang Jianfei asked someone to inquire about Blizzard, naturally with the intention of acquiring Blizzard. Unfortunately, after asking for a long time, no one had heard of the name of this company, so Kang Jianfei had to give up temporarily. What he didn't know was that Blizzard in 1992 was not called Blizzard, but the ugly and unrecognizable name of "Silicon and Neuron". r1152

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