Chapter 184 The Grand eSports Ecosystem

At 12:30 PM, Pei Qian finished his lunch and arrived at the Touching Fish Internet Cafe eSports Life Hall right on time.

Along the way, Pei Qian grew angrier the more he thought about it.

"This Xiao Peng probably wants to be the first to be eliminated."

"Before, the heads of the various departments would do things secretly, but he actually dared to send me a notice!"

"Sending a notice is fine, but he even changed the time temporarily and sent the notice two hours in advance!"

"Is he afraid that I'll react too quickly and won't get pricked?"

"Next time, I'll arrange for you to be an outstanding employee and let you accompany Zhang Yuan! You guys can spend all day watching internet-addicted teenagers show off their muscles!"

Arriving on the fourth floor of the mall, Pei Qian still hadn't calmed down.

The main thing was that he had finally gotten information from Guan Peisheng and analyzed the general scope of the information, and he was about to find the answer, but Xiao Peng's invitation arrived.

This was like a detective solving a case, but at the last step, the suspect suddenly surrendered to the police and wouldn't play with you anymore!

Even the onlookers dispersed, and no one listened to your final step of reasoning.

Wouldn't that be annoying?

That was how Pei Qian felt right now.

However, as soon as he arrived on the fourth floor of the mall, Pei Qian's indignant mood was immediately replaced by shock.

Why are there so many people!

The fourth floor of the mall was already packed with people. Several staff members wearing Touching Fish Internet Cafe uniforms were maintaining order. Some customers seemed to have received invitations and were allowed to enter, while those who didn't get invitations could only stand outside and watch.

After all, the capacity of the entire Touching Fish Internet Cafe was limited, and it was impossible to squeeze everyone in.

But the people standing outside didn't mind. Instead, they bought drinks, ice cream, and snacks from the nearby dessert and snack shops, eating, drinking, and chatting as if they were waiting for a movie to start.

In the vast sea of people, Xiao Peng saw President Pei at a glance.

He immediately stepped forward and said in a low voice, "President Pei! Please come inside, and put this on."

Pei Qian: "?"

Xiao Peng stuffed something into his hand. Upon closer inspection, it was a custom-made mask with Modest's image printed on it.

Pei Qian: "..."

What the heck is this!

What happened to the Touching Fish Internet Cafe 3.0 opening ceremony? Why do I have to wear a mask?

Are you trying to turn this into a masked ball or something?

Xiao Peng said in a low voice, "President Pei, I know you don't want to reveal your identity, so I specially arranged a masked theme. You can speak if you want to speak later, and it's fine if you don't want to."

Pei Qian immediately put on the mask: "I won't speak."

It seemed that Xiao Peng was quite thoughtful. He was probably afraid that President Pei's identity would be exposed, so he specially prepared masks for everyone entering the venue, dressed as different heroes and different appearances.

President Pei's mask... obviously had to be Modest.

No wonder he had been preparing for such a long time for just an opening ceremony.

"Okay, President Pei, please follow me."

Xiao Peng led President Pei inside, and at the same time, he thought to himself, as expected, President Pei didn't speak because he wanted to see my speaking skills.

I must speak well later and not embarrass President Pei!

Passing through the sea of people at the entrance, Pei Qian looked around.

His first reaction was, this is so cool!

This was Pei Qian's first time at Touching Fish Internet Cafe 3.0. He had already told Xiao Peng that the location had to be expensive, the decoration had to be good, and the seats had to be empty, so Pei Qian had prepared himself for the gorgeous scene he was about to see.

However, when he actually saw it, Pei Qian still felt like he was about to have a heart attack.

This is too cool, right?

Especially when combined with the crowded scene, Pei Qian felt even more panicked.

"Here, President Pei, please sit here." Xiao Peng pointed to the first row of seats in the lounge area.

The lounge area of Touching Fish Internet Cafe 3.0 was not very big, but it wasn't small either. There was a bar selling drinks, and it could also be used by various teams to discuss tactics.

Because there was still an hour before the official start, the lounge area was still empty.

"No, I want to sit in the last row."

Pei Qian shook his head, walked past the seats, stepped up the steps, and came to the corner of the last row.

Because the needs of watching the games in the lounge area were also considered when designing this lounge area, the seats were specially designed in a stepped shape, and the seats in the last row were slightly raised.

Pei Qian felt that if he sat in the first row, he would definitely become the focus of the audience, which was too dangerous. It was safer to be in the last row where he wouldn't attract attention.

Of course, Xiao Peng didn't say much. President Pei's psychology was also easy to understand, probably like the head teacher who listens to the class in the last row.

Xiao Peng came to President Pei's side, bent down and said in a low voice: "Okay, then President Pei, please take a rest. Wait a moment, I will ask the waiter to bring drinks. The opening ceremony will start at 1 o'clock."

After Xiao Peng finished speaking, he went to work.

The waiter shuttled through the crowd, constantly delivering drinks to the customers in the internet cafe, and soon delivered them to Pei Qian.

Pei Qian took the drink and asked on a whim, "Are there no drinks prepared for the people outside?"

The waiter was stunned for a moment: "President Pei, the people outside... were not invited by us. They all came to join in the fun after hearing the news, so no drinks were prepared."

Pei Qian waved his hand: "Send them, send them all."

The waiter was stunned for a moment: "All of them?"

Pei Qian nodded: "Yes, send them all, no matter how many people are outside!"

Although these drinks won't cost much money, everyone is here, so please share the burden for me!

President Pei will never give up any opportunity to spend money!

The waiter nodded: "Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

Pei Qian thought for a while, then stopped the waiter again: "Also, where is the nearest furniture market? Arrange for someone to buy me the most expensive folding chairs! Everyone has come from afar, how can we let them stand? Arrange for them all to sit down!"

"I want spot goods, the faster they are delivered, the better."

The waiter was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly: "Okay, President Pei!"

Pei Qian thought to himself, anyway, it's all spending money. A lot of people have gathered outside, and there's no big problem with placing dozens of folding chairs in such a big place.

Even if it's calculated at seventy or eighty yuan each, wouldn't that be able to spend thousands of yuan?

Anyway, these chairs will be useless after one use, so why not spend the money?

The waiter quickly came to Xiao Peng, whispered a few words, and told him President Pei's request.

Xiao Peng was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Well, President Pei is still thoughtful! I blame myself for not thinking that so many people would come before. Okay, immediately call the internet cafes near the furniture city and let them arrange for someone to do it! Deliver them as soon as possible!"

Pei Qian drank his drink while observing the current situation.

It could be seen that the audience in the opening ceremony were all specially invited.

As for the criteria for special invitation, it was not difficult to guess. Most of them were old customers of other Touching Fish Internet Cafes.

The lounge area was gradually filled, and it was obvious that the people sitting here seemed to receive more attention.

He could even see photographers carrying cameras to film, three camera positions, which seemed very wasteful.

Drinking the cold drink, Pei Qian calmed down a little.

"Well, this kind of heat should just be an illusion, deliberately created by Xiao Peng."

"All the audience came from all over Jingzhou, just because they received an invitation, so they came to see the opening ceremony."

"If it's just surfing the Internet on weekdays, people shouldn't run so far. What's more, other Touching Fish Internet Cafes are cheaper than Touching Fish Internet Cafe 3.0, and the machines are the same machines. There's no special reason to come here to surf the Internet..."

"No, it still seems too far-fetched..."

However, after thinking about it, Pei Qian still felt that he couldn't convince himself well, so he could only silently drink his drink and wait and see what happened.

Soon, it was 1 o'clock.

The people in the venue had already taken their seats. All the machines in the hall were full, but the left-hand side facing the soundproof room, that is, the training room area where the inverted v-shape was located, was not arranged for seating.

Like Pei Qian, those sitting in the lounge area should be some more distinguished customers, but everyone was wearing a mask, so no one knew anyone.

Some people in the front row of the lounge area exchanged business cards, but Pei Qian was not interested in this.

Finally, Xiao Peng came to the stage with a microphone in his hand. Behind him were the red and blue soundproof rooms.

The projection screen had been lowered, and the background of the ppt appeared on it.

Xiao Peng cleared his throat, and the venue immediately quieted down.

"Welcome everyone to the opening ceremony of Touching Fish Internet Cafe's first eSports Life Hall. I am Xiao Peng, CEO of Touching Fish Internet Cafe of Tengda Group. Here, on behalf of President Pei of Tengda Group, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all the new and old customers of Touching Fish Internet Cafe, as well as the media friends who have come from afar!"

"Today's opening ceremony is not just to announce the opening of a new Touching Fish Internet Cafe to everyone. It also has extremely important and special significance."

"Next, please allow me to give you a preview and predict the upcoming grand eSports ecosystem for everyone!"

Accompanied by Xiao Peng's speech, there was thunderous applause at the scene.

In the "VIP seats" in the lounge area, someone was discussing in a low voice.

"Grand eSports ecosystem? It sounds amazing."

"Touching Fish Internet Cafe is always ahead in this regard. It is estimated that this will become the next trend in the internet cafe industry."

"Not just Touching Fish Internet Cafe, which industry of Tengda is not ahead?"

"Listen carefully, maybe this is President Pei's next stage of layout for Tengda Group."

And Pei Qian, who was sitting in the corner, was full of question marks.

???

Grand eSports ecosystem?

What the heck is this!

Xiao Peng, Xiao Peng, I have never said such a thing to you, don't give me a fake imperial edict here! If everyone has any misunderstandings, you will be responsible!

Xiao Peng calmly pressed the remote control of the projection and switched the ppt to the next page.

"First of all, let me state that this grand eSports ecosystem is just my personal prediction of the future development direction of the eSports industry and the internet cafe industry, and does not represent the official position of Tengda Group."

Pei Qian breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, I am sitting here, Xiao Peng would not dare to give a fake imperial edict.

However, after two seconds, Pei Qian keenly felt that something seemed wrong.

This sentence, on the surface, cleared the relationship, but the people at the scene were completely accustomed to it, and no one took it seriously.

Even completely ignored this sentence.

The two people in the front row of the lounge area said in a low voice: "You can't say too much, understand, understand."

"Yes, no one can guarantee 100% accuracy for future industry model predictions. It's okay to be rigorous. However, as the person in charge of Touching Fish Internet Cafe, the person who can directly talk to President Pei, what he predicts must be partly from President Pei, and it is still very valuable to listen to."

Pei Qian silently clenched the drink cup in his hand: "I f***ing..."