Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Yu Pingan felt dizzy. He never thought that Boss Pei would say something like that!

'Top Student, Come Quick' had completed its mission?

It can now come to a graceful end?

You can have a good rest?

That meant to leave the project this way? Don't try to save it anymore?

Yu Pingan had thought of such a possibility before, but it came as a complete surprise to him for those words to come from Boss Pei.

Wasn't Boss Pei invincible?

Yu Pingan was shocked. He came to Boss Pei because he thought he would be able to obtain a lot of useful experience from Boss Pei to stop the decline of the 'Top Student, Come Quick' application.

However, after careful consideration, Boss Pei's attitude was very clear. Moreover, it was indeed a way to accept reality.

The 'Top Student, Come Quick' application had indeed served its purpose very well. Boss Pei had made at least tens of millions of yuan in the capital operations. The advertisement revenue it generated was immeasurable.

For it to come to a graceful end would not really be a pity either.

It was just that Yu Pingan found it a little hard to accept emotionally as the person-in-charge of this project. He was silent for some time before he finally nodded. "Okay Boss Pei, I understand.

"Then… Boss Pei, what do I need to do now? Work on other projects?"

Work on other projects? No, no, no, definitely not.

Pei Qian knew deep down that Yu Pingan was capable. The 'Top Student, Come Quick' application had good application development capabilities. What would happen if he were to work on other projects and made another hit?

Pei Qian coughed lightly. "Stay in 'Top Student, Come Quick' and guard its corpse to provide nourishment for Tengda Corporation. We do not need to do much more, but to continue regular updates and debugging. We cannot abandon our users."

Yu Pingan nodded. "Alright, Boss Pei."

Pei Qian sent Yu Pingan on his way with contentment.

Time to get off work!

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July 6th, Wednesday…

The DGE Esports Club arrived officially in Shanghai! Many domestic clubs had established GOG divisions as well; most of them were in Shanghai.

That had a historical reason.

In the early days, a few members formed a team without bosses, without sponsors. They were casually competing in internet cafes; rewards were very low as well.

Sometime later, some manufacturers organized tournaments, and some bosses invested in teams. These slowly became clubs. However, the initial clubs were very immature. The training venue might be rented computers in the internet cafe or in a rented flat.

In theory, competitive esports only required internet connection. It did not matter where they set up, but Shanghai was an economic center. It had the best financial, network, information, and media resource.

It was more convenient to go abroad for competition, but the condition of the internet was good as well so most clubs gathered in Shanghai. In this process, more clubs gathered in Shanghai. It was inevitable for it to become the center for esports.

Many of them were veteran teams who had already gained initial fame domestically.

For example, the first club that they were visiting this time, H4 Esports Club, was an old club that existed since the Starcraft time. It was also the place where many internet-addicted teenagers aspire to join.

The exact meaning of its name was HERO4, which literally meant four heroes. They only had four members when they first established. They mainly participated in single-player esports events.

Taking into account everyone's level of English by then, such a name was considered relatively well-thought-out. Many club names were more casual than this.

The DGE Esports Club had 13 members. Zhang Yuan arranged for a minibus for transportation to different clubs, considering that they would be staying for some time in Shanghai.

The fatigue of the members was wiped out after a night of rest. It was replaced by the excitement of fighting the H4 Esports Club and other clubs.

Jiang Huan and Huang Wang were the captains of DGE Team One and Team Two respectively.

They had completely opposite personalities. Jiang Huan was silent and cherished his words. When he spoke, he gave very concise instructions. To describe him in Huang Wang's words would be 'a dog that bites does not bark'. He was the kind who played tactics with the enemy.

He would completely suppress his counterpart and pay attention to everything on the field, commanding the Nakano twins and those in the lower lane when he was obviously a top-laner. He was a 'real abnormality' in Huang Wang's words.

The members of Team One placed great trust in Jiang Huan and carried out his tactical arrangements unconditionally. The entire team was very united.

Huang Wang, on the other hand, was an active and talkative person. He was talkative no matter whether he was commanding or not. Huang Wang appeared quiet when he first arrived at DGE Club, but his nature was exposed when they became familiar with each other.

However, he was obviously inferior to Jiang Huan in terms of tactics. As a mid-laner, he often needed Old Zhou, who was playing a command position (auxiliary), to help to share the responsibilities.

The auxiliary in GOG was called 'command' simply to improve the status of the auxiliary players and let more people play it. In fact, the person with the most aptitude for command would command in the end.

This position might be the most suitable for commanding, but there were fewer operations for auxiliary heroes and required them to constantly wander around to observe the movements in the field. However, not everyone who played auxiliary had the commanding ability.

If some of these players had poor reading ability and could not seize the timing, it would distract the commander and their own operations. It would be a disaster for the entire team if they forced him to command.

The election of Captain and commander was the natural result of a certain mock competition.

Huang Wang and Old Zhou commanding together was still not enough to defeat Jiang Huan. Therefore, Team Two had significantly more training than Team One. No significant results could be seen in the meantime, but the difference in muscle mass was obvious once time took its course.

It could be seen purely from their appearance. Team One basically maintained a slim figure while some members of Team Two were already ripped.

It was now summer; they were all wearing T-shirts. Huang Wang felt even more similar to a personal trainer now. He had the most extra training as the Captain after all.

Jiang Huan was resting while Huang Wang and Old Zhou were discussing their excitement to compete with the H4 Esports Club in the back row.

"Actually, I heard about the H4 Esports Club when I skipped class for gaming sessions. I was so excited when I saw the members of H4 obtaining glory in international arenas. I dreamed of joining this club to be a professional player one day."

"To be able to look at the H4 Club is like fulfilling my dream." Huang Wang's face was filled with excitement.

Old Zhou nodded. "Indeed, the H4 Club is an old brand here; they can rival many foreign clubs as well. Many people want to join."

Huang Wang said expectantly, "I wonder what their training base looks like. People on the net say that it seemed to be rather big and was more formal than most clubs here."

Old Zhou: "We'll know when we see it. However, I think most of our members and coaches want to use this opportunity to observe and learn the management concepts and experiences of old brands like H4. Why else would we all come here in person when we can compete online? Waste of money."

Huang Wang nodded. "Yes, there is definitely such a consideration. We're a newly established club after all."

They arrived at H4 Esports Club while they chatted.

H4 Esports Club was housed in an apartment in the suburbs of Shanghai. To be precise, it was a villa. The entire community was quiet and had complete supporting facilities. The H4 Esports Club often organized fitness activities like basketball matches to keep fit.

The bus got through the guards and went into the compound of H4 Esports Club.

Esports clubs during this period were basically housed in rented apartments or villas. Those who built their own buildings and training bases were things that happened only after many venture capitalists entered the market.

A club housed in a villa like this was already very respectable.

Zhang Yuan and Coach Yaling got down the bus first, followed closely by Ma Yang. The leader of H4 Esports Club, Xiao Su, was waiting downstairs for them.

Zhang Yuan went up to him immediately.

"Leader Su! Nice to meet you, let me introduce them to you: this is our personal trainer, Ms. Li; this is…"

Zhang Yuan was a little stuck when introducing Ma Yang. He did not know what position was suitable for Ma Yang.

Strictly speaking, Ma Yang was a calefare without any title. However, he was one of the experienced leaders of Tengda. It would probably not be giving him face if he said that he was a calefare, right?

"This is our special tactical coach, Coach Ma." Zhang Yuan thought up on the spot.

Leader Su was in awe.

This DGE Esports Club was a new club, but their entire support team was rather complete! A team leader, a personal trainer, and a special tactical coach?

In contrast, the GOG division of the H4 club was just established. There were only one team leader and five members. As for the personal trainer… sorry, that was not popular among domestic clubs yet.

The team leader was basically responsible for ordering takeaways. Even if there were mock competitions, the team leader was responsible for commanding, reviewing, and summary.

As far as the current environment went, the team leader was only responsible for ordering takeaways without doing anything else. By doing that, he was at least better than 70% of his counterparts.

Many team leaders did not do anything or bring their members out for entertainment. Some of the more excessive ones even brought their team to play cards, which had no positive effect at all.

Therefore, someone like Team Leader Su—who ordered takeaway conscientiously and did not engage in other stuff—had a good conscience.

They shook hands warmly.

Team Leader Su felt something was wrong. Why was the strength of this sweet-looking female coach with a long-sleeved thin jacket so strong?

He did not know why, but he could feel a suffocating sense of oppression from Coach Li. As a female and as a personal trainer of this team, she must possess a unique understanding of this game! How else would she be able to train them?

However, this Coach Ma did not look very smart. Was he really able to coach them on tactics? Or was he a person who hid a knife in his smile whose strength was completely hidden?

This team… looked really unfriendly!