Chapter 1323 Qiao Laoshi Wins the Lottery!

After arranging the Suffering Travel in the morning, Pei Qian had lunch, wrapped himself in a small blanket in the office for a good nap, and then got up to watch some dramas.

Before getting off work in the afternoon, he began to think about the IOI World Finals.

From the current situation, the IOI World Finals have basically held up and haven't had any major problems.

However, due to a series of reasons such as the live-streaming platform and offline viewing events, the popularity of the IOI competition is still far behind GOG.

Finger Company and Longyu Group don't seem to have found any good solutions for the time being, or they are brewing something and haven't taken action yet.

But if they don't do something, the popularity will obviously not catch up.

Because esports competitions are at their peak during the semi-finals and finals, which is built on the continuous accumulation of popularity from the group stages.

If the popularity in the early stages is dismal, it's impossible for the semi-finals and finals to suddenly explode.

Pei Qian wondered if there was a way to help them.

Although he can't interfere with the specific arrangements of the IOI World Finals, nor can he blatantly give them money, he still has one card in his hand: the FV team!

This time, the FV team also participated as a representative team of the ICL league, and from the performance of the group stage in the past few days, they still have good dominance and are strong contenders for the championship.

Of course, Finger Company has also put a lot of effort into preventing the FV team from winning consecutive championships, nerfing all the heroes that the FV team is good at, and strengthening the heroes that the European and American teams are good at, making it difficult for the FV team to reach the level of not losing a single small game last year.

However, FV still maintains its dominance as a strong team with the efforts of its players, its hero pool, and its tactical execution.

This also makes this year's IOI World Finals more suspenseful.

Pei Qian decided to call Wu Yue, the owner of FV Club, to ask about the current situation of the FV team.

Looking at the time, it should be morning in Europe, and Wu Yue is probably already up, so he sent a voice request.

Not long after, Wu Yue answered the phone.

"President Pei?" Wu Yue was obviously a little surprised that President Pei would call in person.

Pei Qian asked, "How is the FV team doing in Europe?"

Wu Yue hurriedly replied, "Thank you for your concern, President Pei. The logistics support for the FV team here is perfect. The team members are all energetic and in good shape!"

"Although the version changes in the World Championship have nerfed many of the players' best heroes, and we are still adjusting, please rest assured, President Pei, that the team members are adjusting quickly, and there is a dedicated data analysis team studying the new version of IOI day and night."

"This time, we will definitely work hard to win the IOI World Finals trophy again!"

Pei Qian was silent for a moment: "Alright."

Although FV winning another championship will definitely increase the value of the club again and make a lot of money, Pei Qian can't stop it even if he wants to. Secondly, winning the World Championship is also a way to win glory for the country, so Pei Qian has nothing to say, just look at the performance of the FV team itself!

"Don't put too much pressure on the players. If you win, you win; if you can't win, then so be it. Esports, winning and losing are common."

"Don't set a goal for yourselves to win at all costs just because you were the champion last year. Maintain a relaxed attitude."

Wu Yue hurriedly said, "Okay, President Pei, I understand!"

Pei Qian thought to himself, you understand my ass you understand.

Forget it, don't dwell on this, it's not the main problem.

Pei Qian decided to get to the point: "The main reason for calling you this time is to arrange a task for the FV team."

"Try to create some entertaining content, do some fun stuff before, during, and after the game."

"Of course, just do it as you go along, there are no rigid goals."

As soon as he heard about creating content, Wu Yue became energetic: "President Pei, we were planning to do that even without you saying it!"

"After all, we already did it last year, and the effect was pretty good. Creating content is a fine tradition of our FV team, how can we abandon it?"

"It's just that the version changes in this year's World Championship are relatively large, and our club is preparing for the competition, so the content creation has been temporarily put on hold."

"President Pei, don't worry, the group stage has been going on for a while, and we should be able to free up our hands. We will definitely continue to carry forward the tradition of creating content! Continue to maintain the villainous boss persona of the FV team!"

Pei Qian nodded: "Okay, then I'm relieved."

During the IOI World Finals last year, the FV team created a lot of entertaining content, which brought a lot of popularity to the World Finals.

Although the FV team grabbed most of the popularity after winning the championship, that was last year after all.

This year, Finger Company has been trying its best to target the FV team. The version changes are so huge, and several old European and American powerhouses have been greatly strengthened. The possibility of the FV team winning consecutive championships has been greatly reduced.

Therefore, Pei Qian asked the FV team to continue creating content, mainly to create popularity for the IOI World Finals, so as not to be overwhelmed by the GOG Global Invitational Tournament.

As long as the FV team doesn't win the championship in the end, but is won by a European or American team, then the popularity will go to the European and American teams, which will be very helpful for IOI to expand the European and American markets.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to continue burning money with IOI in the European and American markets?

As for the specifics of how to create content, Pei Qian won't ask, because the FV team has already tried it once last year, and they are familiar with the routine of creating content, and the effect is very good, so it is trustworthy.

The group stages of the two competitions are coming to an end, and the knockout stages are about to begin. Now is an excellent time to create content.

As for the specific effect of the content creation, we can see it this weekend!

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November 22, Thursday.

Near noon, Qiao Liang was still fast asleep in bed.

Mainly because he was watching the game while playing games last night, and staying up late was too late. The weather is good today, the sun is just right, and he slept quite soundly.

Suddenly, the mobile phone placed by the bed vibrated and popped up a message prompt.

Qiao Liang opened his sleepy eyes and glanced at it: "Winning information?"

"What kind of scammer is this, boring."

Seeing it was a lottery winning message, Qiao Liang didn't even bother to look at it carefully, threw the phone aside, and continued to sleep.

As a result, he couldn't fall asleep again, because more chat messages came every now and then.

"Who is it! Why are you sending me messages like crazy early in the morning instead of sleeping?"

Qiao Liang was very angry. He picked up the phone and took a look. He found that the messages were not sent by one person, but by several friends.

"Awesome, Lao Qiao, you're a lucky star! You can win the lottery?"

"Let me rub against you, get some good luck!"

"Be sure to record the whole process over there, it would be even better if you can live stream it. If you don't have the equipment, buy it now. I recommend the waterproof one that can be hung directly on your body to directly show the first perspective!"

These messages left Qiao Liang confused.

"What's going on?"

"What prize did I win?"

"Wait, is that winning message just now real?"

Qiao Liang hurriedly clicked on the text message and followed the address in the text message to enter the official website of Suffering Travel, where he saw the latest announcement posted above.

Tengda Group conducted a lottery among all active players based on weights, and Qiao Liang's name was on the list!

A total of 3,000 people were drawn in this lottery. After sorting according to the weighting algorithm such as popularity and contribution, Qiao Liang and Ruan Guangjian's names ranked first and second respectively.

Although the quota of 3,000 people seems like a lot, it can't stand the large number of Tengda game players!

If you really calculate it strictly, the probability of winning the lottery is about the same as winning the lottery.

Of course, the official has clearly stated that there are weights, and players with greater contributions are more likely to be drawn.

The sorting after the draw is based on the contribution value, so Qiao Liang's ranking first does not mean that he was the first to be drawn, but that the list after the draw is ranked by contribution, he is ranked first, so he can participate in the Suffering Travel first.

But players will not be dissatisfied with this, after all, the lottery does not cost money, it is a pure benefit, and it is not unacceptable to give these excellent players some probability tilt.

When *Fortress at Sea* drew epic weapons, it was also this rule, and the players basically recognized it.

What's more, the prize itself is not so enviable…

Qiao Liang was ecstatic at first, but then he looked at the specific rewards and withered again.

He was ecstatic because he felt that he had been unlucky for so many years, and he was finally lucky once, which is gratifying; at the same time, his ranking is so high, which shows that he has indeed made a great contribution to Tengda games, and deserves the title of core player.

But… why is the prize a free experience of Suffering Travel?

The promotional video of Suffering Travel still lingers in Qiao Liang's memory. He doesn't want to go at all, and *Real Estate Agent Simulator* is about to be released at the end of the month, and he still has to play games!

Therefore, Qiao Liang's first reaction was to refuse and give this opportunity to those who need it more.

Clicking on the fan group, sure enough, the fan group also exploded and was discussing this matter.

Some fans are even looking forward to Qiao Liang's live stream during Suffering, and can't wait for Qiao Liang to set off now.

Qiao Liang hurriedly spoke in the group: "Everyone, stop talking, I don't plan to go at all!"

"I'm going to post a Weibo statement to withdraw from this event and let the quota be extended to the next person!"

However, the fans in the group immediately disagreed.

"Don't go? How can you not go?"

"Damn, Lao Qiao, there's a saying 'Heaven gives but you don't take, you will suffer the consequences,' you know? You finally had a stroke of good luck and won, but you don't go, then good luck will never favor you again! You just wait to eat instant noodles without seasoning packets!"

"How can you not go? I'm the first to disagree, you have to go!"

"That's right, as long as you go, it doesn't matter if you don't post a video for two months, we forgive you!"

"Live stream on the spot, and then make a video when you come back, isn't this a comfortable way to make money? You keep saying that you don't have any material, and you don't make videos. Now the material is coming to your door, and you don't want it? I see it, you just want to be a salted fish! You liar!"