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Chapter 678

Although the grass-stage team's game was still broadcast, the atmosphere was very lively. Whenever a player made a wonderful move, the nearly thousand spectators in the small gymnasium suddenly burst into violent cheers.

Not only at the scene, but Gallo in front of the TV watched it yelling and took a few sips of wine from time to time.

No matter what kind of competition, as long as it is competitive, it can naturally arouse people's emotions. Those actions and things that ordinary people can't do at all, after being done by others, will naturally cause exclamation and even add a sense of substitution.

For those who like games, seeing games appear on TV as a competitive game and seen by mainstream audiences is a huge change in itself, just like animation and Two-dimensional, from niche hobbies to mainstream culture one of the same.

The launch of the ICNC game e-sports channel is actually a process of recognition for all players who like games and the engineers who make games. They can speak out about their careers and hobbies, and No need to be cast a strange look!

The ratings of the new TV channel are definitely not going to be so high. ICNC TV station did not call Song Yang. Obviously, the ratings of this program have not yet reached the million-level audience, otherwise Song Yang would have asked for credit. .

But on the Internet, the game forums of Yahoo game channel, MSN, AOL, IGN and other game forums, and the ICNC game channel are quite popular and discussed!
Even ICNC's Internet online TV station, the number of visits from overseas has begun to soar, and they are all overseas game users who are watching the game through ICNC Internet TV station.

Gallo watched the game broadcast on TV, the dazzling operation, and Gallo was a little skeptical whether they were playing the same game.

"Song, what do you think I'll start a team too?"

Looking at the game team on the field, Gallo suddenly asked Song Yang, of course he wasn't for the millions of dollars in bonuses, Gallo's current net worth is already close to a small goal, double-click, ICQ option rewards, Heishui's shares, if all added up, Gallo is definitely worth a lot of money, more than enough to support a team.

Song Yang cast a glance at Gallo, knowing that he was playing the team, probably just for fun, and by the way, he had a training partner when he was playing.

"Now is an opportunity. When the seats in the TGA E-sports League are fixed, we can sell the seats!"

Song Yang rubbed his chin and said to Gallo, it’s not a problem to build an e-sports club for fun now. You will definitely lose money at the beginning, but after the league seats are fixed, you can sell the team and basically recover your blood. Maybe they can still make a fortune. As for keeping the team going, after a few years, when e-sports competitions start to become regular, it will be a real gold-swallowing beast.

Now even the TGA e-sports league is a grassroots team, let alone a team club. There are no training bases, coaches, analysts, etc., and even the player transfer system has not yet been launched.

There is no professional training, and the competition depends on talent. Such a game team can't spend a lot of money. Counting on winning the game to get a bonus, all relying on a breath of immortality...

For such a game team, the cost is no big deal, 10,000+ a year, or even tens of thousands of dollars is enough.

But when Xueleshan establishes the various rules and systems of the TGA league, fixes club seats, introduces sponsors, billboards, establishes a transfer system, and offers player salaries, the team's club expenses will start to increase. , Small game clubs will gradually be eliminated and bought by major groups, buying game teams for publicity and advertising for themselves.

The next day, the major American media, even the mainstream media, such as Washington Post, New York Post, America Today, etc., reported on the sales of "Half-Life".

"Xue Leshan's new game, the "Half-Life" game created a new game record. Yesterday, "Half-Life" drove the entire game industry chain, with revenue exceeding 11 billion US dollars. The single-day revenue of Xuele Mountain and Sega game consoles is nearly One hundred million dollars!"

"America Today" commented that "Half-Life" is a phenomenal product. One game directly drives the entire game industry chain, making game discs, consoles, game retail stores, game peripheral products, etc. Generated over one billion dollars in revenue.

After the opening of the market today, as long as there are stocks that have anything to do with games, they are all rushing. The voice of making 3A game masterpieces has almost permeated the entire game and Internet industry. Major Internet companies, including Microsoft and Yahoo, are all Announcement, will launch its own 3A game masterpiece.

Nasdaq, which was already in a frenzy, was stimulated by game concept stocks, and it took advantage of the trend to soar. What news is now, is good for Nasdaq, not to mention the way games are so profitable. Don’t you see that so many technology companies are all interested in the game industry, are they afraid of poor performance in the future? !
Some people eat meat, and others are beaten. The stock prices of Yahoo, AOL and other companies that have nothing to do with Xueleshan are soaring. Half a year ago, the stock price of ICQ, which was still wearing a pair of pants with Xueleshan, collapsed at the opening.

After Christmas, the stock prices of major Internet companies began to skyrocket again. Stimulated by Internet concept stocks last year, those who bought stocks such as Yahoo and ICQ doubled their value. These "success stories" were widely publicized. Let countless leeks in America begin to enter NASDAQ one after another.

Not only the leeks in America, but also the major overseas investment institutions couldn’t sit still anymore, and began to invest money in Nasdaq. The hot money from all over the world poured into Nasdaq at a speed visible to the naked eye. .

No one thinks that Nasdaq will collapse. Countless analysts on Wall Street have vowed to recommend stocks that can increase tenfold in the next year to leeks all over the world. There was a surge.

But today, after the opening of the market, ICQ, whose market capitalization has exceeded US$440 billion, has seen its share price drop from US$120 to around US$110. There are rumors about ICQ.

The conspiracy theory report of the "Wall Street Telegraph" is even more popular, questioning the insider trading between ICQ and Sierra, and the news that ICQ will be sued by class action is flying all over the sky.

"The split of the Xueleshan game department was passed by ICQ's board of directors and approved by the Nasdaq Securities Commission. There is no insider trading. Losing Xueleshan will not have any impact on ICQ!"

Irene still maintains her attitude of being a strong professional woman, and she insists on "Wall Street Telegraph" and other media. At the beginning, Sierra was split up to let ICQ go public as soon as possible, otherwise ICQ might be dragged down. Everyone knew this at the beginning. of.

In the end, Irene, although she didn't say it clearly, still insisted that the loss of Xueleshan is nothing to ICQ, and ICQ will have a new plan. Is it possible that without Wang Butcher, you can't eat meat anymore?

Regarding Irene's response, the outside world was in an uproar, and they couldn't figure out whether Irene was confident, or playing tricks to find a company that was more profitable than Xueleshan. They didn't know where Irene was going to get it.

Just when there was a lot of discussion from the outside world, the stock price of ICQ suddenly rose sharply, regaining the lost ground in an instant, and the stock price rushed towards the sky-high price of $130.

Goldman Sachs suddenly released an analysis report on ICQ, announcing that it classified ICQ's stock as "buy", and estimated the market value of ICQ to an astonishing $600 billion. If you buy it, you can't buy it!
"ICQ has the largest Internet user group in the world. The splitting of Xuele Mountain will not affect ICQ's revenue, and ICQ has increased advertising and traffic fees, so that more companies can cooperate with ICQ. ICQ's future It will be the traffic provider of the Internet industry!"

In terms of the ability to open their eyes and tell nonsense, these Wall Street analysts are real experts. They obviously lost the hen that lays golden eggs. When they got to the analysts of Goldman Sachs, they became ICQ's splitting of Sierra Mountain. In order to maintain neutrality, more third-party companies can safely cooperate with ICQ and earn more dollars.

(End of this chapter)