Chapter 1 Disappointed Again

Moyu Internet Cafe.

Pei Qian sipped his coffee while browsing the latest news.

The Cold Faced Lady's profitable sale of shares had been a major blow to Pei Qian. He was now faced with the very troubling question of where to spend the money he had earned.

"It feels like it's been a long time since I had any good news..."

Things had been happening one after another lately. He casually invested in FV Club, and the club ended up winning the championship. Pei Qian went to the scene in person, and he was even made into a world-famous painting. Even the Cold Faced Lady had made a fortune, adding to the pile of money he didn't know how to spend.

Depressing!

Pei Qian felt melancholy, and even the coffee at Moyu Internet Cafe didn't taste as good anymore.

Suddenly, as he was browsing the web, his eyes lit up.

"Longyu Group released a special promotional video for the IOI national server? Not bad, not bad, at least they're taking action."

"This is good news. Please, IOI, do something!"

Pei Qian couldn't help but be overjoyed. Sure enough, when it came to good news, he had to rely on IOI!

Dayak Corporation, Finger Company, and Longyu Group, three major companies joining forces, should finally be able to put some pressure on GOG.

Pei Qian immediately clicked on the promotional video to watch it.

On the Aili Island website, the promotional video had been posted for two or three hours and was already trending, with various comments and messages rapidly increasing.

"Not bad, pretty cool!"

"It's a bit similar to the promotional video for the GOG Global Invitational Tournament, but the Shanghai scenery gets a good review, and the domestic special edition gets a good review. Longyu Group finally did something right!"

"The FV team members seem to have a different style from the others. It's hard to take your eyes off them!"

"The meaning is good, the lines are good. Longyu Group is still very professional when it comes to promotional videos. It's worth encouraging that they didn't lose to Tengda."

Although some viewers felt that IOI's promotional video was suspected of imitating the GOG World Championship promotional video, there was no need to be too picky.

After all, promotional videos tend to have similar styles. As long as there were no obvious signs of plagiarism in terms of action, shots, or creativity, there was no need to dwell on it.

Longyu Group obviously didn't intend to plagiarize. They just hired the same top-notch filming team and used a similar esports style. In terms of the players' actions, details, and lines, they were all original creations based on the IOI game itself, so the evaluation was good.

In addition, Longyu Group hired some internet trolls, so the promotional video was very popular and received positive reviews on various forums and websites.

Pei Qian couldn't help but nod in approval.

See, this is a good example of copying homework!

The promotional video for the GOG Global Invitational Tournament had already provided the standard answer. If IOI couldn't even copy that, it would be too much.

The current situation was pretty good. As long as Finger Company and Longyu Group worked a little harder, followed behind GOG, and then engaged in price wars and unfair competition, Pei Qian would be grateful.

"It seems that Dayak Corporation is willing to spend a lot of money to make the IOI World Championship a success. It should be worth looking forward to. Hopefully, it can steal all the thunder from the GOG Spring Split."

Pei Qian closed the promotional video with high hopes.

However, he subconsciously refreshed the page and found a new update.

GOG had an official account on the Aili Island website, which Pei Qian also followed. This new update was posted by the official GOG account.

The title of the video was: GPL Spring Split Promotional Video!

Pei Qian was stunned for a moment, and looked at the release time: 1 minute ago.

Obviously, they saw that IOI had released a special World Championship promotional video for the national server, so they immediately followed suit and released the GPL Spring Split promotional video, just to compete with IOI.

This video was probably already made recently, but not released. Seeing that IOI had released a promotional video, they took the opportunity to grab some attention.

Pei Qian was speechless. What a mess!

What's wrong with giving IOI a little attention!

Why are these people in the esports department so petty!

Pei Qian hadn't heard anything about filming a promotional video for the GPL Spring Split recently, so he still had some wishful thinking. What if the GPL Spring Split promotional video wasn't as good as IOI's?

If it was outdone, wouldn't this attention be equivalent to being delivered to IOI's mouth?

With this in mind, Pei Qian opened the GPL Spring Split promotional video to watch.

The video was also about three minutes long, slightly longer than IOI's promotional video.

There were no logos at the beginning of the video. It went straight to the point, probably putting it at the end.

...

On the light yellow rice paper, a few strokes quickly sketched out the scene of an ancient battlefield.

On the desolate wilderness, mountains collapsed, riverbeds dried up, and the ground was full of cracks. Skeletons and armor piled up like mountains, and spears stood unyieldingly, with tattered flags fluttering on them.

A few crows pecked at the corpses, their eyes emitting a strange light.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck from the distant sky, tearing a crack in the dark, heavy clouds.

At the same time, a desolate, deep narration sounded.

"Heaven and earth in calamity, gods fall."

"On the eternal battlefield, light and darkness will engage in the final battle."

"The agents walking in the cruel world will maintain the glory of the gods with mortal bodies!"

The picture outlined by lines on the light yellow rice paper suddenly changed rapidly!

The mountains of corpses on the ground came to life. These undead wore broken armor, dragged their incomplete bodies, their eyes twinkling with two points of ghostly light, and reached out to grab the spears beside them.

The camera quickly zoomed out, and these undead staggered to their feet, forming an ocean of death.

However, at this moment, another flash of lightning lit up in the sky, but this time it was very close to the camera. The mighty power of the heavens penetrated the thick clouds, and a figure descended from the sky!

The camera looked up to the sky from over the shoulders of the undead army. The dazzling, incandescent white light instantly enveloped the entire screen. The lines on the light yellow rice paper disappeared, replaced by a completely realistic CG scene.

Accompanied by the lightning falling from the sky was a figure of standard size. He was strong and muscular, with the H4 Club team uniform stretched by his muscles. The H4 team logo on his chest was particularly eye-catching.

Pei Qian recognized this person at a glance. It was Huang Wang, the mid-laner of H4 Club!

Huang Wang descended from the sky with the lightning, tearing through the dark clouds. As he fell, a golden light began to appear on his body, and countless armors appeared out of thin air, completely wrapping him up.

The golden armor was surrounded by golden light effects. Accompanied by the mighty power of thunder, he smashed into the ocean of undead on the ground like a cannonball, his right fist smashing into the ground. The blazing golden light instantly spread out, sweeping away the surrounding undead!

In the pit that he smashed out, Huang Wang stood up and looked into the distance.

The camera followed his back and pulled away into the distance. The various weapons inserted into Huang Wang's back like a thousand-handed Guanyin were quite eye-catching, highlighting his identity as a god: Modest.

As the camera continued to pull away, more lightning tore through the clouds, and one player after another entered the eternal battlefield and transformed into different heroes.

Jiang Huan transformed into Wind's Calligrapher Ruan, while other professional players transformed into Traveler Bao Xu, Infernal Duke, and other characters in the game, slaughtering the eternal battlefield.

Finally, the scene came to the desolate ancient temple in the very center of the eternal battlefield.

Among the surrounding broken walls, Huang Wang's Modest armor faded away, and he returned to his original appearance. He pressed his hands on the sealed temple door and pushed it open!

A beam of light shot into the long-sealed temple, and the picture switched to a top-down view. The two huge temple doors opened in response, and Huang Wang dragged a long shadow and entered the temple.

Although his figure was strong, he still seemed insignificant in the vast temple.

On the eroded, broken long steps, Huang Wang strode forward, walking towards the huge throne in the very center of the temple.

As he advanced, countless braziers around him lit up one by one, and a huge H4 Club logo instantly appeared above the throne. The broken stone steps became complete, and the entire temple was revitalized.

But as the golden light swept through the entire temple, all the other entrances to the temple suddenly opened. Each of the sixteen teams had an entrance, and in addition to the main entrance that Huang Wang entered, the representative players of each team also walked out of their respective entrances.

These players were all wearing their respective club uniforms and holding the iconic weapons of their respective heroes, seemingly launching an attack on the highest throne where Huang Wang was located.

Another thunderbolt flashed, and the flags of the sixteen teams appeared on the thick stone pillars inside the temple, emitting different light effects and infecting the entire temple.

Finally, everyone gathered in front of the highest throne, looking at the huge GPL Spring Split trophy in front of the throne.

The video's visuals and magnificent background sound ended abruptly at this point, and the Tengda Group, GOG Games, and GPL League logos appeared on the black screen.

...

After watching the GPL Spring Split promotional video, Pei Qian was completely stunned.

This is way too cool!

Pei Qian had just finished watching the IOI World Championship promotional video and felt that it was already very cool. The connection of various external scenes and player shots was very mature.

But after watching this GPL Spring Split promotional video, Pei Qian only had one feeling.

What was that previous promotional video even!

You don't know what's good until you compare.

Just watching IOI's promotional video, you think everything is pretty good. Although the lines are a bit awkward, it's the players themselves who are dubbing, so you can tolerate it.

But after watching this GPL Spring Split promotional video, IOI's promotional video was instantly turned into slag!

Pei Qian was a little puzzled at first. Huang Wang descending from the sky, and the golden armor automatically appearing on his body and transforming into Modest, how was that filmed?

After a closer look, he understood. This wasn't filmed at all. This was a proper game CG!

The lines outlined on the light yellow rice paper at the beginning were hand-drawn by an artist. The series of content after that, including the team members wearing team uniforms and transforming into heroes, the undead, the eternal battlefield, the huge temple, etc...

It was all game CG!

GOG's R&D department specially created a high-precision game model for the representatives of each team, and then directly created a game CG based on this image, which was used as the promotional video for the GPL Spring Split!

Can live-action shooting be compared to game CG?

Different production methods are completely a dimensional reduction strike!

In the previous promotional video, IOI was still filming the scenery of Shanghai and having the players read the narration themselves. In GOG's case, all the team members were directly CG-ified, merging with the characters in the game.

The prestige was instantly pulled away by a hundred and eight thousand miles.

In the video description, there was also a simple explanation.

"Themed skins for each team will be launched one after another after the start of the GPL Spring Split. All skin revenue will be used for team operations and management. Please actively support your favorite team!"

"The championship skins for the first Global Invitational Tournament are still in production. Stay tuned!"