Create a great era of e-sports

"The power of the Huo family can indeed be of great help to me. Since you, Uncle Shang, have reached an agreement with him, I will call him tonight and make an appointment to meet."

Mo Yu nodded, looking forward to this meeting in his heart.

As long as Huo Qizhen is willing to help and can make e-sports an official event of the Asian Games, he will be willing to do so even if he has to pay some price.

As long as things can work out, everything is easy to say.

"good."

Shang Cunyuan nodded when he heard the words, picked up his mobile phone from the desk, and found Huo Qi's phone number in the address book: "His number is 139. Just contact him directly. If there are any difficulties, tell me when you get back." , even if things don’t work out, it’s still good to meet and have a relationship.”

"clear."

Mo Yu saved the phone and was thinking about meeting Huo Qi.

The next day.

A certain street in the imperial capital.

Mo Yu drove his car and stopped in front of a large street store, and the store sign had several big words written on it - Green Power E-Sports Arena.

“I didn’t expect that this place would get bigger and bigger, and it would even be renovated.”

Looking up, Mo Yu found that the place in front of him was very different from what he remembered.

He came to the Imperial City before, when the GPL had just been formed and started. He wanted to see the scene but couldn't find a place, so he was brought here once by Shang Xingyue.

At that time, the concept of e-sports stadiums was just taking shape. It can be said that except for Jingzhou, other cities did not have them at all. They were all still Internet cafes and Internet cafes.

As a result, Green Power took the lead early and opened an e-sports stadium directly in the Imperial Capital, or it could be said to be the first e-sports stadium in the Imperial Capital, which surprised Mo Yu.

I vaguely remember that the decoration style is quite avant-garde. There is not only a beverage bar in the lobby, but also a special venue for customers to watch games. It is like a small competition venue with a very strong e-sports atmosphere.

Unexpectedly, I came back this time and found that there have been great changes here. Not only is the store bigger and more people flow, but the decoration inside has also changed a lot.

Especially when you enter the door you can see a large poster.

The poster actually shows the starting members of a professional GDL team, who will come to the e-sports stadium for an exhibition match in the near future.

"Mr. Mo?"

While he was in a trance, someone heard a voice in his ear, and Mo Yu turned around to look.

He saw a man wearing a T-shirt and jeans standing behind him, with a slightly round face and a gentle smile.

That face instantly overlapped with the picture in his mind, and Mo Yu recognized it immediately. It was Huo Qi.

"Hello, Mr. Huo."

The two reached out and shook hands.

After letting go, Huo Qi looked around and said with slight surprise: "I thought Mr. Mo would meet me at a high-end hotel or golf course, but I didn't expect that he would choose an Internet cafe?"

Mo Yu smiled when he heard this: "Since we want to talk about e-sports, of course we have to choose a place with a strong e-sports atmosphere. What's the point of a hotel stadium? And I heard that Mr. Huo has always been informal and even went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables and bargain for them. , I don’t mind if I think about it.”

"Right."

Huo Qi nodded in agreement.

He is indeed very low-key on weekdays. In a place like Hong Kong Island, there are not many scandals. He is considered a clean and self-sufficient person. Later, after he met the Diving Queen, he became even more honest and did not dare to do anything out of the ordinary.

The paparazzi in Hong Kong are all-pervasive, and there is no news about celebrities that cannot be photographed. All kinds of dirty things about rich young men are always happening one after another. However, when it comes to Huo Qi, they can't find any black spots.

It can be seen from this that regardless of Huo Qi's appearance or his true inner thoughts, at least he maintains an approachable and down-to-earth image.

"This e-sports stadium is a place I am familiar with in the Imperial Capital. Mr. Huo, I wonder if you would mind watching a game before we talk about it?"

Mo Yu stretched out his hand to signal.

Huo Qi smiled and followed him.

The two of them walked forward and entered the green power. Huo Qi was obviously very curious.

This may also be the first time in his life that he has been to an Internet cafe, which is an extremely novel experience.

"Speaking of which, this is the first time in my life that I have been to a place like an Internet cafe. The feeling is very different from what I remember." Huo Qi looked around: "I thought Internet cafes were all filled with smoke and people picking their feet. I yelled about playing games, but this place completely subverted my inner thoughts. Compared with an Internet cafe, this place is more like a movie theater? A bar? A coffee shop?"

He couldn't find a suitable description for a while.

Just because in the Green Power E-sports Arena, not only are there signs of quitting smoking everywhere, but the air inside is not filled with smoke, but has a light fragrance.

The bar at the entrance has a full range of drinks, snacks, coffee, and milk tea. There is even a kitchen, and there are many types of drinks on the counter.

There are rows of red sofas next to the bar, and in front of it is a huge TV screen, with commentary coming from it. There are also many customers chatting with drinks in their hands, waiting for the game to start.

The staff are all wearing uniforms, men wear shirts and suits, and women wear JK skirts. How does it look like an Internet cafe?

"Actually, using the term "Internet cafe" to describe this place is outdated. It should be called an e-sports hall. You should have seen the sign in front of the door just now, right?" Mo Yu asked.

"I see it."

Huo Qi nodded: "I thought it was strange when I saw it. Why is an Internet cafe not called an Internet cafe but called an e-sports center?"

"Sit down first."

Mo Yu and Huo Qi found a sofa to sit down, glanced at the screen, then turned around and said with a smile: "You can say that an Internet cafe can be regarded as an Internet cafe, but it is not a simple Internet cafe, but a combination of leisure, entertainment, catering, and e-sports. It is a high-end Internet cafe that integrates various elements.”

"Really speaking, the emergence of this kind of high-end Internet cafes or e-sports halls has only happened in the past few years."

Huo Qi thought for a while and said, "It should be the last two years, right?"

"That's right." Mo Yu nodded: "The rise of e-sports has in turn led to the progress of the Internet cafe industry. Customers no longer need simple Internet services, but more diversified enjoyment, and e-sports halls also It came into being.”

“We gather customers through live streaming of popular e-sports games, and then use various services to retain customers, but still retain the basic services of Internet access. In the end, it is integrated into an e-sports stadium.”

"This model has become more and more popular in the past two years, and many Internet cafes have begun to upgrade and transform."

"So that's it." Huo Qi felt that it was an eye-opener and couldn't help but said: "It seems that the rise of e-sports will first drive the Internet cafe industry."

"Well, I don't know how many Internet cafes there are in China. With the advancement of the Internet, fewer and fewer people go to Internet cafes to surf the Internet. E-sports halls are a new model." Mo Yu said with a smile: "But the two of us won't talk about that today. For high-level things, just watch the game. As for all other matters, wait until after the game."

"how?"

Huo Qi readily agreed: "Okay."