Li Mingzhe is a Starcraft player in the qualifiers.
Because Starcraft has not been officially released yet.
The Zerg, Protoss, and Terran races only have some basic units and buildings available.
There are also only two maps.
Plus, this game is a completely new genre, and many people don't understand it well. Some of them, even if they participate in Starcraft competitions, will be quickly eliminated due to poor performance. Then they turn to choose to invest in those already mature electronic games, such as Street Fighter and the like.
But Li Mingzhe is a person with great talent in Starcraft.
When many people only have a superficial understanding of the rules of Starcraft, he has already begun to calculate time accurately.
Although he has not reached the level of the former Starcraft players in his past life, who could calculate the rhythm every second, he has a rough plan for time.
And this kind of operation immediately made him stand out quickly in the selection of Starcraft.
However, there are actually quite a few players who have similar ideas as him, but they just haven't met each other yet.
Two days before the official release of Starcraft, Li Mingzhe had already successfully become the winner of his region.
Then, under the envy of countless people, he personally received the huge check worth two million Korean won.
Under the spotlight, he became a star at this moment.
Originally, he came just for the prize money.
But when he stood on the podium and looked at the countless respectful and envious eyes below, a sense of achievement quickly swelled.
Suddenly, he felt that the prize money seemed unimportant.
This kind of attention from the public was what he had been longing for.
He longed for the feeling of becoming a star.
"Hello, you must be Li Mingzhe, right?"
Walking down the stage, a person in a suit approached him proactively.
"I am. What can I do for you?"
"I'm a talent agent for the Li family consortium's esports stars. If you're interested in joining an esports club to get more resources, you can contact me."
The person handed a business card and an invitation letter to Li Mingzhe.
Li Mingzhe's heart stirred.
He had just become the winner of the region and already attracted the attention of the consortium?
This was quite a rare opportunity.
But he obviously wouldn't be too hasty to join this consortium. He believed that other consortiums' esports clubs would also come to him.
However, another invitation letter he received caught his attention.
It was an invitation letter from GameStar Entertainment.
When the agent left, he opened the cover of the invitation letter and began to read its contents.
Inside the invitation letter was an invitation from GameStar Entertainment.
GameStar Entertainment would cover all his travel and accommodation expenses, and then invite him to Miami, USA, to help promote electronic games.
He would perform exhibition matches at the game launch event as a professional esports player.
In addition to travel and accommodation expenses, of course, there would also be a fee for hiring him to help with promotion, approximately ten million Korean won.
This immediately made Li Mingzhe excited.
He was only eighteen years old, and it was just the age when he didn't have much money. Being able to go to the USA for free and still receive a salary of ten million won was almost irresistible to him.
The moment he finished reading the invitation letter, he had already made a decision.
He would definitely go.
At the same time, whenever a player from a Korean region won, they would immediately receive an invitation letter from GameStar Entertainment.
There were about twenty such people, all of whom were considered to have some strength in Starcraft now.
This time, GameStar Entertainment did not plan to use traditional marketing methods.
Of course, there would still be TV commercials and the like, but this time GameStar Entertainment didn't plan to use celebrity endorsements. Instead, they would let real high-end players in the gaming field help with promotion.
And if possible, GameStar Entertainment also planned to let these people perform some high-difficulty operations as much as possible, and the performance effect should also be very eye-catching.
This would attract more people who pursued coolness to buy the game.
In addition to the promotion from GameStar Entertainment, Morgan Group was also sparing no effort to promote Starcraft.
Some people within Morgan Group even suggested embedding Starcraft in a completely new operating system.
But this obviously wasn't very appropriate, after all, Starcraft had a large capacity, and not everyone liked electronic games. Embedding such a large thing would greatly affect the favorability.
However, with just the channels of Morgan Group, it was enough to attract many people's attention to the game.
Two top companies were vigorously promoting an electronic game. Other game developers wisely chose not to confront GameStar Entertainment directly.
They each adjusted the release dates of their originally planned games, just to avoid head-on collision.
They still vividly remembered the games released at the same time as Final Fantasy 7 a few months ago.
Almost without exception, those games didn't make any waves.
If they hadn't been released at the same time as Final Fantasy 7, their games might have attracted some attention.
But if they were released at the same time as Final Fantasy 7, especially those role-playing games, almost all of them failed miserably, and all the money invested was lost, which was very tragic.
Then, suddenly, the originally planned release date for Starcraft seemed to form a small vacuum period.
Within ten days of the release of Starcraft, there were no games from any major game companies.
At most, there were a few small-scale games made by enthusiasts, which would not affect the overall situation.
The day before the release, Li Mingzhe, Park Zaihun, and many other young people from South Korea arrived in the USA.
They had never left South Korea before, so stepping out of the country for the first time was full of novelty for them.
But now they didn't have much time to sightsee.
Now they had more important tasks, which were to follow the arrangements of GameStar Entertainment and start promoting in different regions.
"Li Mingzhe, where is Li Mingzhe?"
A person holding a list shouted Li Mingzhe's name loudly.
Li Mingzhe immediately raised his hand in the crowd. "I'm here."
The person with the list immediately walked up to Li Mingzhe and prepared to leave with him.
"Great, come with me. Let's go to Miami together. How's your English?"
"Um... not particularly good."
"It's okay. You're just responsible for performing in Starcraft. Have you seen the previous promotion plan?"
"Yes, I have. I need to show off the cool side of Starcraft as much as possible. I've been practicing toward this aspect."