Chapter 152 The Corpse

Yu Ping An was dumbfounded.

He never expected President Pei to say something like that!

"Xueba Kuai Lai has already fulfilled its mission?"

"It can die a natural death?"

"You can take a good rest?"

Did that mean that the project was over just like that? No more saving it?

Although Yu Ping An had considered this possibility, hearing it from President Pei's mouth still surprised him.

Wasn't President Pei supposed to be omnipotent?

Yu Ping An, who thought he would gain a lot of useful experience from President Pei and stop the decline of the Xueba Kuai Lai App, was stunned.

But on closer thought, President Pei's attitude was already very clear. And it had to be said, this seemed to be a way of dealing with reality.

From its birth, the Xueba Kuai Lai project had indeed fulfilled its historical mission well. President Pei's capital operation had earned at least tens of millions, and the subsequent advertising revenue was immeasurable.

Dying a natural death wasn't such a pity.

However, as the person in charge of this project, Yu Ping An still felt a little unacceptable, logically speaking.

He was silent for a long time, and finally nodded, "Okay, President Pei, I understand."

"Then... President Pei, what do I need to do now? Should I go work on other projects?"

Go work on other projects?

No, no, no, that would never do.

Pei Qian knew that Yu Ping An was still capable. The Xueba Kuai Lai project also had good App development capabilities. What if they became popular again if they went to work on other projects?

Pei Qian coughed lightly, "Continue to stay at Xueba Kuai Lai, guarding its corpse and providing nourishment for Tengda Group. While we don't expect much more, routine iterations and updates must still be done. We cannot abandon our users."

Yu Ping An nodded, "Okay, President Pei."

After seeing Yu Ping An off, Pei Qian was satisfied.

Work done!

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Wednesday, July 6th.

DGE Esports Club officially arrived in Shanghai!

So far, many domestic clubs had established GOG divisions, and most of these clubs were in Shanghai.

This was a legacy issue.

In the earliest days, several players gathered together to form a team, without bosses or sponsors, just casually playing in internet cafe competitions, with very low prize money.

Later, manufacturers organized competitions, and bosses invested in teams, so clubs slowly formed. However, the early clubs were very immature, and the training grounds might be in internet cafes or in rented rooms in residential buildings.

Based on online esports games, theoretically, as long as the network conditions were sufficient, it was normal to settle anywhere. However, Shanghai, as the economic center, had the best capital resources, information resources, network resources, media resources, etc. It was convenient to go abroad for competitions, and the network conditions were good, so most clubs gradually gathered in Shanghai.

In this process, as more and more esports clubs appeared in Shanghai, it became the domestic esports center. It was an inevitable result.

Among them were many established teams that had initially made a name for themselves in China.

For example, the first club to visit this time, H4 Esports Club, was an old club that had existed since the "Star Sea" era, and was also a place of yearning in the hearts of many internet addicts.

Its team name accurately meant "hero4," that is, "four heroes." When it was first established, there were only four people, mainly participating in individual esports events.

Considering everyone's English level at the time, it was considered relatively high-end to come up with this name. Many club names were even more casual than this.

DGE Esports Club had a total of 13 people. Considering that they would be staying in Shanghai for a long time, Zhang Yuan arranged a minibus in advance to pick up and drop off the players to and from the various clubs.

After a night of rest, the players' fatigue from the journey had been swept away, replaced by anticipation for H4 Esports Club and excitement about the upcoming matches against other teams.

Jiang Huan and Huang Wang were the captains of DGE's first and second teams, respectively.

The two people's personalities were completely opposite. Jiang Huan was the kind of person who was silent and sparing with words, only saying a few extremely concise words when commanding. In Huang Wang's words, he was "a biting dog doesn't bark," that is, he focused on playing tactics silently, a typical example of good technology and a dirty heart.

Even though he was playing top lane, he could still pay attention to the movements on the field while completing the lane pressure. He commanded the mid-jungle duo and the bottom lane to roam. In Huang Wang's words, "It's really perverted."

The first team's members trusted Jiang Huan very much, and basically unconditionally executed his tactical arrangements. The entire team had a high degree of ideological unity.

Huang Wang, on the other hand, was a very active and talkative person, with a lot of trash talk at all times, regardless of whether he was commanding or not.

Huang Wang seemed silent when he first came to DGE Club, but once he became familiar with everyone, his true nature began to be revealed.

However, he was obviously not as good as Jiang Huan in terms of tactics. As the mid-laner, he often needed the old Zhou, who played support, to help share the commanding tasks.

The support in GOG was called "commander" simply to improve the status of the support and get more people to play it. In fact, in each team, who commanded still depended on who had the commanding ability.

Although the commander position was indeed the most suitable for commanding, because support heroes required less micro-management and needed to frequently assist, roam, and observe the movements on the field, not everyone who played support had commanding ability.

If some players had poor reading ability of game information and were not good at grasping opportunities, distracting them with commanding would also affect their own operations. Forcing them to command would be a disaster for the entire team.

The final selection of captains and commanders for these two teams was also based on natural integration during training matches.

However, the combined commanding ability of Huang Wang and Lao Zhou was still inferior to that of Jiang Huan, so the second team clearly trained more than the first team. It was not obvious in a short time, but over time, the difference in muscle mass was obvious.

Now, it could be seen from their appearance that the first team basically maintained a slender figure of being thin when dressed and muscular when undressed, while the muscles of several members of the second team were already straining their clothes.

Now that it was summer, everyone was wearing t-shirts. Huang Wang felt more like a fitness coach.

After all, as the captain, he trained the most.

Jiang Huan was closing his eyes to rest, while Huang Wang was whispering with Lao Zhou in the back row about their expectations for H4 Esports Club.

"Actually, when I skipped classes to play games before, I heard about H4 Esports Club. At that time, I was very excited to see the players in H4 win honors in world competitions, and I thought that one day I would be able to join this club and become a professional player."

"It can be considered a dream come true to be able to visit H4 Club this time." Huang Wang's expression was full of anticipation.

Lao Zhou nodded, "Indeed, H4 Club is also an old club in China. It doesn't fall behind when playing against those foreign clubs. Many people want to join."

Huang Wang said expectantly, "I don't know what their training base is like. I heard people on the internet say that it seems to be very high-end and more formal than most domestic clubs."

Lao Zhou: "We'll know when we see it. But speaking of which, I think our team leader and coach probably want to take this opportunity to observe and learn as well, to learn the management concepts and advanced experience of old clubs like H4. Otherwise, we can just play the training matches online. Why do we have to come here in person, wasting money and manpower."

Huang Wang nodded, "Well, there must be considerations in this regard. After all, we are still a new club that hasn't been established for long."

After the two chatted for a while, H4 Esports Club arrived.

H4 Esports Club was located in an apartment in the suburbs of Shanghai. To be precise, it was a rented townhouse. The entire community had a quiet environment and complete supporting facilities. H4 Esports Club also often organized players to play basketball in the community to strengthen their bodies.

The minibus greeted the gatekeepers of the community, drove directly into the community, and arrived at the downstairs of H4 Esports Club.

At this stage, most esports clubs rented apartments or villas. Building their own buildings and building their own training bases were things that happened after a lot of capital entered the market.

Being able to live in a villa like this was already considered a club with extremely high treatment.

Zhang Yuan and Coach Ya Ling got out of the car first, followed by Ma Yang.

Team leader Xiao Su from H4 Esports Club was already waiting downstairs.

Zhang Yuan immediately greeted him.

"Team leader Su! Hello, hello. Let me introduce you. This is the coach of our esports club, surnamed Li, this one..."

When introducing Ma Yang, Zhang Yuan paused slightly because he didn't know what position to arrange for Ma Yang.

Strictly speaking, Ma Yang was just there to make up the numbers and didn't have any position.

But after all, he was the old leader. It would be too disrespectful to say that he was just there to make up the numbers, right?

Zhang Yuan had a flash of inspiration: "This is our special tactical advisor, Advisor Ma."

Team leader Su was in awe.

This DGE Esports Club was clearly a new club, but its logistics configuration was quite complete!

A team leader, a coach, and a special tactical advisor?

Looking at H4 Club, the GOG division had only just been established for not long and only had a team leader and five players. As for a coach... Sorry, coaches were not popular in domestic clubs at the moment.

And the team leader was basically mainly responsible for ordering takeout. Even if a training match was arranged, the captain of the team would command, review, and summarize.

In the current general environment, the team leader was only responsible for ordering takeout and not for doing anything else, which had already killed at least 70% of the people in the same industry.

Because there were also many team leaders who not only did not do their jobs properly but also often took the players out for drinking and entertainment. Even more extreme ones took the players to play cards, which had no positive effect at all and even had a negative effect.

Therefore, a team leader like Su, who conscientiously ordered takeout and didn't cause trouble, was already a conscientious member of the industry.

The two sides shook hands cordially.

However, after shaking hands, Team Leader Su always felt that something was wrong. How could this beautiful female coach in a long-sleeved thin jacket have such a strong grip?

For some reason, he could always feel a suffocating sense of oppression from this Coach Li, and as a girl, being able to become a coach of the team, she must have a unique understanding of the game! Otherwise, how could she convince the crowd?

And this Advisor Ma, no matter how he looked at it, seemed to be not very smart. Could he really advise on tactics? Or was he actually a smiling tiger who had completely hidden his true strength?

Really… the visitors were up to no good!