Chapter 1309 Applying the Latest Theoretical Research Results from the Human Resources Department

As another song ended, Chen Lei and Zhang Yuan left the stage.

The audience was waiting for the next song, but Chen Lei didn't return to the stage. Instead, a GPL League host came up.

The main venue for this year's GOG Global Invitational Tournament was in Europe, so most of the GPL League's hosts and commentators had gone to Europe as well. However, they didn't all go at the same time; they went in batches. A small number of them couldn't make it due to visa issues.

Some of the hosts who didn't go were brought in to guest host at the GPL League venue, while others went to various cities across the country to do gigs, providing live commentary from second, third, or even nth locations.

This could be said to be a win-win situation, as it gave them work to do and also allowed audiences in various cities to be taken care of, allowing them to hear different official commentators live.

All of the programs on stage this time, including Chen Lei and Zhang Yuan's performances, as well as the hosts' appearances, were all being done within the GPL venue and broadcast simultaneously to all of the offline viewing points across the country. There were also dedicated live-streaming rooms.

Seeing the host come up, many audience members were immediately unhappy.

"Huh? Where's Chen Lei?"

"Let Chen Lei keep singing! I haven't had enough!"

"That's enough, Chen Lei's already sung so many songs. He must be tired. Does he think he's holding a concert? I suggest Zhang Zong come up and do a lottery! Give away a thousand accounts with all heroes and all skins!"

"There's still an hour before the match starts. Chen Lei's already gone down. Is he preparing for the second half?"

"Don't arrange any awkward dance performances or Cosplay performances!"

While the audience was still wondering what was going on, the host revealed the answer.

With the host's introduction, ten players wearing DGE club uniforms came onto the stage in succession. After greeting the audience, they sat down in front of the computers on either side of the stage.

This was an exclusive benefit for domestic viewers: a warm-up match between two DGE club teams!

These two teams were already the nth generation of teams that DGE club had cultivated; it was impossible to count the exact number.

This was because these two teams had always followed an old-hand-leading-new model, with personnel coming and going, and they weren't all sold off at once.

In any case, whenever any clubs were short of people, they would buy from DGE club, and then DGE club would go to the youth training program to continue looking for good seedlings.

Originally, the audience wasn't too happy to see Chen Lei leave the stage, and the barrage of comments expressed dissatisfaction, but when they saw DGE come to play the warm-up match, the direction of the barrage instantly changed.

"This is good! Let Chen Lei rest!"

"I wonder what this generation of DGE is like. Don't let down Huang Wang, Jiang Huan, and those other seniors!"

"Welcome to the DGE Club Live Recommendation Conference! The player who gets MVP will be favored by major clubs and get a multi-million-dollar annual salary!"

"Good lord, is this putting pressure on the participating teams? If they don't play well in the World Championship, the boss will immediately shell out money to buy a DGE rookie; the old players will be extra motivated!"

The atmosphere, which had already heated up because of Chen Lei's singing, rose to another level.

As the most bizarre club in the country, and perhaps even the world, the legend of DGE club had always circulated in the martial world.

When GOG was still in its infancy, the DGE club members had conquered the audience with their powerful strength and muscular physiques. The ten members were split up into various teams, directly causing the level of the entire GPL League to improve by leaps and bounds.

Many people originally thought that DGE club would gradually fall into silence and decline after the first batch of ten star players were bought out, but the opposite was true.

DGE club had always maintained this high level!

Because DGE club had become an excellent springboard, the place that the most talented young players in the country were desperately trying to enter.

Everyone knew that entering DGE meant being teammates with the most outstanding young players, and after a period of training, as long as they performed well, they would be signed by major platforms at high prices, without having to worry about working for the club at a low price during their peak due to child labor contracts.

And for other clubs, first of all, DGE club was Boss Pei's industry and had an official background, so they had to take care of it appropriately. Secondly, DGE's training and screening allowed them to bear less risk of failing to dig up players.

In any case, as long as a player made a name for themselves in DGE, generally speaking, buying them wouldn't be wrong, even with your eyes closed.

The combination of various factors led to most of the most outstanding young players of the new generation having been gilded at DGE club.

Now it was difficult to say whether it was because DGE club's training was effective, or because DGE club was too famous, resulting in such a good source of students. The youth training players they recruited were all bursting with talent, and they could show their talents with a little bit of casual play.

In any case, most clubs and viewers, as long as they wanted to discover potential newcomers, would turn their attention to DGE club, and they couldn't go wrong.

Arranging a warm-up match for DGE club this time could be said to be a win-win situation.

For the audience, it was a warm-up in advance, allowing them to enter the viewing state earlier. Watching a match was always more interesting than listening to commentators chatting awkwardly.

For the DGE players, it allowed them to go to major competitions to exercise their mentality, laying the groundwork for their official careers.

For the major clubs, they could take this opportunity to see the quality of the new batch of DGE members. If they saw any outstanding players, they would prepare to shell out money to buy them.

For esports competitions, arranging warm-up programs was indeed quite difficult.

This was because esports viewers didn't really like many things.

Doing a Cosplay or a girl group dance might not be popular.

A slightly better activity was singing, which was considered a more universal and acceptable activity, but if you sang for more than an hour, the audience would get tired of it.

What everyone wanted to see most was actually the match.

Therefore, it was best to arrange a warm-up match, and the two sides of this warm-up match had to have a certain weight in order to maximize the emotions of the audience.

Now it seemed that this arrangement could be said to be quite successful, eliciting unanimous praise from domestic viewers.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, the match between the DGE first and second teams officially began!

The young men on both sides had already put in all their effort for this day, trying to show everything they had in their usual training. Their operations and execution were in no way inferior to those of professional teams, especially the unique energy of young people, which made the shouts on the scene rise one wave after another.

Occasionally, there were also mistakes due to nervousness, causing laughter and boos from the audience.

And every time there was a wonderful highlight or a mistake, there would always be comments floating across the screen in the live-streaming room.

"This top laner killed two people under the tower, his worth has directly doubled!"

"How did this support flash into the wall? His worth is zero!"

"This jungler on the first team is good. I estimate his worth at 5 million a year. Is there anyone higher?"

The comments began to estimate their worth, making the live-streaming room seem like a vegetable market, maximizing the program's effect.

While other regions in the world were still watching event highlights and listening to commentators bickering, domestic viewers had already entered the viewing state in advance!

...

Backstage at the GPL venue.

Zhang Yuan was browsing the forums, looking at the audience's comments on his performance.

The comments were surprisingly positive, but slightly too many people were urging him to draw a lottery.

Obviously, everyone's motives were not very pure.

Chen Lei joked, "Brother Zhang, you're still as good as ever. Are you interested in being a guest performer at my next concert?"

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "Forget it, I still know my own limitations."

"Actually, to tell you the truth..."

Zhang Yuan lowered his voice, "My performance this time wasn't to show off, it was purely to avoid disaster."

Chen Lei was stunned for a moment. "Avoid disaster? What do you mean?"

He was a little puzzled. What "disaster" could Zhang Yuan have?

DGE club was the most profitable club in the country, because other clubs had to constantly spend money to buy people in order to achieve results, which was a huge expense, but DGE was purely selling people, and all kinds of merchandise were also selling like hotcakes.

As for the esports division, it was running the GPL League with great success.

Zhang Yuan's transition from Moyu Internet Cafe to esports was clearly very successful, and he was in a period of smooth sailing. What was this talk of avoiding disaster?

Moreover, how was he avoiding disaster?

Why would going on stage to sing a song avoid disaster?

Zhang Yuan looked around to make sure no one was there. Since Chen Lei was a trustworthy brother, he lowered his voice and complained with distress, "It's all because of Bao Xu's Suffering Travel!"

"The first batch of people in charge has already gone to Shennongjia. Counting the days, there's probably only one or two weeks left, and the second batch will be on the road."

"The first batch of names are all important people in charge of Tenda's core departments, like Huang Si Bo, Hu Xian Bin, Xiao Peng, and so on. None of them escaped; they were all caught!"

"I feel that Xiao Peng took the blame for me. If I were still at Moyu Internet Cafe, Xiao Peng's name would have to be changed to mine."

"But you can't hide forever. Now that the GOG World Championship is here, I'm afraid I won't be able to escape Boss Pei's sight..."

Zhang Yuan was simply overwhelmed with sadness.

He had already felt a chill down his spine when the first batch of names came out, and he felt a deep sense of foreboding.

In order to save himself, Zhang Yuan racked his brains and thought hard.

Now that the guillotine of Suffering Travel was about to fall, how could he not be anxious?

Chen Lei was shocked. "Ah? There's such a thing? But, can going on stage to sing a song avoid Suffering Travel? Are you sure?"

Zhang Yuan shook his head. "Not sure, but it's worth a try."

"Actually, this is the latest theoretical research result from the Human Resources Department. I'm experimenting with a pioneer concept. I can't say it will definitely succeed, but what if it does?"

Chen Lei became interested. "The latest theoretical research result?"

"Good lord, your Human Resources Department is also responsible for doing theoretical research?"

Zhang Yuan nodded. "Of course. The Tenda Spirit was summarized by the Human Resources Department. I have to say, it's quite useful."

"The Human Resources Department's summary has changed this time. When I looked at it, wasn't it exactly in line with Boss Pei's original intention of doing Suffering Travel? This is probably the standard answer! So I immediately decided to copy it and try it out."