High School Belle Fell in Love with Me

Chapter 581 - 254: Watching Him Play Games Makes Me...

Li Yang knew that Bai Qing was capable of making a good game, but handling a competition was more challenging.

He wasn’t sure if he could succeed, but he had to try.

Wu Tianqi was already preparing the team uniforms for him overnight. The match would start at 6 PM the next day, and he planned to head over in the morning.

Overall, this lower-tier competition wasn’t hard; truly strong teams didn’t need to play in this to get a ticket.

Li Yang was being very thoughtful this time. With the online situation blowing up, if he could turn things around, it could firmly establish PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds as a solid esports project, and more people would watch the competitions in the future.

The IP of the competition could potentially be worth tens or even hundreds of billions.

For example, the global competition of LOL, in the previous life this IP was worth $13 billion.

This time it had fallen behind a lot and was just getting started.

If Li Yang could succeed tomorrow, the value he would add to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds competition would not be less than a billion.

No matter where he went, he couldn’t earn that much in a single day.

Not to mention, Bai Qing gave him an emotional lifeline, providing him with plenty of space.

After he announced on Weibo that he was going to participate, with the push from the project team and fans, it topped the trending search within just two hours.

That was the influence he currently held online, and this influence could save him over a billion in marketing costs every year.

And he returned the money saved to his fans.

There were plenty of topics surrounding him; he himself was evolving into a highly trusted media outlet.

As long as he was good at utilizing topics, just one ad from him could empower over a billion, and there weren’t many advertisements in the world that could beat that.

Early the next morning, he arrived at the Koala Club, and according to Wu Tianqi, he was to lead the first team, which had a stronger overall strength.

But even with the first team, Li Yang wasn’t confident in overturning things.

It might be better to lead the second team, play the fourth position honestly, and at worst, his stats would look great.

"I’ll lead the second team, and I’ll play the fourth position."

As soon as Li Yang said this, the first team was very disappointed, while the second team was rather excited.

Except for Ning Hao.

He knew the pressure would be immense, as the second team was only mediocre, not even being able to make it to the top sixteen.

Now, the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds teams were different from when they were in the city league; they had evolved over the months.

The second team, after all, was a group of substitute players who had long adapted to the rhythm of being substitutes. Even if their shooting skills were good, problems arose at crucial moments.

A few days ago, he played a couple of training matches with Li Yang and could tell that Li Yang’s skills were still solid, but they couldn’t let him engage in close combat with others; they could only create opportunities for him to shoot targets from afar.

After confirming the players who would go on stage, they immediately started training.

Ning Hao decided to change the strategy; nominally, Li Yang was the fourth position, but in fact, he was in the War God position, and the other three teammates were to create output opportunities for Li Yang.

The overall operation needed to be greatly revised, and their lives, strictly speaking, were no longer considered lives.

Whether they could turn the tides or not was uncertain, but at least they could give Li Yang room to perform.

Otherwise, no matter how well they operated, the team’s strength was fixed, and they couldn’t score high.

The strongest players in the entire Koala Team were those two seventeen-year-olds, both not only had sharp shooting skills and quick reflexes but also had room for improvement.

But this year, they couldn’t go on stage; they had to wait until next year.

Not sure why the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds event organizers would make such a rule, as other esports projects usually permit sixteen-year-olds.

Ning Hao still wanted to compete with Li Yang, as Li Yang obeyed commands, and aside from adding information, never expressed any extra opinions. Even when there were occasional decision-making errors, he wouldn’t say anything.

After all, given Li Yang’s status, the results of a mere one or two games probably wouldn’t cause the slightest ripple in his heart.

The whole morning was spent training and devising tactics.

After Ning Hao shared his strategy, no one objected.

Li Yang thought it seemed fine too...

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By 5 PM, Li Yang arrived at the venue with the team.

By this time, the place was already packed with people, even though many didn’t get the free tickets, they were still willing to watch the big screen outside the venue.

A lot of them were people who couldn’t play games every day because of work or other reasons.

But games were a form of emotional support, especially the scene when Li Yang won the championship three years ago.

They were certainly hoping for Li Yang’s success, but if he didn’t succeed, it was fine; it was merely nostalgia.

Just seeing Li Yang on the stage again made them very happy.

Especially those who made money with Li Yang before, they were incredibly enthusiastic.

Li Yang didn’t get off the bus; he went straight into the venue to avoid causing chaos outside.

Before the match, he even went to give a special interview.

The competition was exclusively livestreamed by Mouyu, and at this moment, over 5 million people had flocked into the livestream room. For a lower-tier league to have this popularity was solely because of one person.

If Li Yang focused on making games and esports, he wouldn’t face too many hurdles in life.

Although Bai Qing didn’t go to the event, she didn’t go to the office either; she was watching the match at home.

She especially liked Li Yang’s composure and confidence on the esports stage.

Chen Peipei beside her said, "I just saw him boasting about his affection with Jiang Banxia a few days ago. You’re about to get married, aren’t you even a bit concerned?"

"Huh? We’re already married. That night after dinner, we took some time to get married."