Zhang Yuan sat down on an old greasy wooden chair.

At this moment, Li Xiaofeng seemed to have just reacted.

Why would a "big star" come to my house to see me?

Looking at the tall and handsome young actor in front of him, Li Xiaofeng lowered his head, occasionally looking up to take a few glances, his heart in turmoil.

"He looks about my age, maybe just a few years older than me."

"He's even more handsome in person than on TV."

"Besides, they are already big stars, but I..."

You can't compare yourself. The more you compare, the more you feel like a waste.

At this time, Zhang Yuan looked at the future "No. 1 Chinese e-sports player" with great interest.

He calculated that it would take more than a year before he would become the first person in history to wear the five-star red flag in a world-class e-sports competition and let the national anthem resound throughout the world.

On a road full of thorns, there may be countless people walking on it, but there will always be only one leader who paves the way for future generations.

Like Yao Ming in basketball.

Like Liu Xiang in hurdles.

Such as Zhou Guanyu in F1 racing.

From 0 to 1, from nothing to something is the most difficult.

Li Xiaofeng is the pioneer who proved that Chinese people can also achieve top achievements in e-sports.

Zhang Yuan has experienced that era, so naturally he has some feelings about it.

But sentiment is only one of the reasons.

On November 03, 11, just over a month ago, the state officially announced that e-sports was listed as the 18th real sports competition event.

"Electronic heroin" has received national approval.

From then on, e-sports was placed under the management of the State General Administration of Sport.

This project went from being a wandering wild child to suddenly having a godfather who has all the power.

Although the attitude of the top leaders towards games has changed several times in this era, a new era has finally arrived.

So Zhang Yuan decided to intervene and provide himself with some insurance.

At the same time, the TV series "Legend of Sword and Fairy" has a fatal problem, which is the difficulty in being broadcast on satellite TV.

It’s not that Tangren has no ability, but that "Legend of Sword and Fairy" just happened to run into a new rule of later generations.

So Zhang Yuan found SKY to make plans for "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

"I don't want to play games anymore, I just want to be a doctor." Li Xiaofeng was born in 85 and is only 18 years old now.

Zhang Yuan knew that what he said was discouraging.

The reason for being so depressed is that I was abused by others.

In the previous few months, he had been working as a semi-professional player in an Internet cafe in Zhengzhou, playing "StarCraft".

I only get 100 yuan a month, but I can play on the computer as much as I want and eat for free.

You know, when StarCraft 1 was played, it was a completely Korean era, and all the top players were Koreans.

Because of its strong monopoly, South Korea is still playing "StarCraft 1" even years later.

And in those days, Blizzard was undoubtedly the top gaming company.

Although it was later acquired and drained of blood by a squid-like CEO, and was completely ruined, but at that time, "What Blizzard produces must be high-quality" was not an empty statement.

In fact, Li Xiaofeng is quite good at playing "StarCraft" and even won the championship in a domestic competition.

Logically speaking, since you've already won the championship, why would you give up e-sports?
That’s because, just when he won the championship and was full of pride, a veteran e-sports player gave him a little professional shock.

In the history of Chinese e-sports, there have been many people who called themselves Brother Feng.

Including Li Xiaofeng, all the younger generations have to call him Brother Feng when they see him.

After all, he has the title of the number one person in Chinese e-sports, and he deserves this title.

But there is only one person who calls Li Xiaofeng "Xiao Li".

He is the veteran of Chinese e-sports, the eternal good brother of the traitors, the Yuhang aquatic products magnate, the home-changing master, F91 Sun Yifeng.

Back then, PJ, Luo Xian, 91, and SUPER were known as the Four Heavenly Kings of China's Star League. They could even compete with South Korea's second-tier players... the gap in strength was that big.

Then, Li Xiaofeng, who had just won the championship, met F91 in an online game and was beaten beyond recognition by the opponent.

Therefore, F91 often says that he has made great contributions to Chinese e-sports, because it was he who forced SKY Li Xiaofeng to transform.

"Don't be discouraged by a failure." Zhang Yuan patted his shoulder: "Besides, the StarCraft project has no future."

Hearing this, SKY raised his head angrily and looked at him.

"No matter how much you practice, you can never beat the Koreans."

After Zhang Yuan finished speaking, SKY, who was originally somewhat unconvinced, lowered his head again, a gloomy atmosphere enveloping his whole body.

"Since you can't practice it, why not change the track?" Zhang Yuan said kindly.

Just like if you lose money buying a house, it is better to change track and invest in stocks... Once you lose all your money, you will no longer feel pain.

"The Warcraft 3 project is now on the rise, so why not switch to this project? Who knows, there might be a turnaround."

"After all, they are all RTS games, so the transition is easy."

Speaking of "Warcraft 3", many young people may not be familiar with it.

But since then, DOTA and all the MOBA games that have emerged have become well-known to everyone and are one of the most mainstream game formats today.

"I don't want to fight anymore. I might as well listen to my dad, study medicine honestly, and work in the clinic in my hometown." SKY said softly.

"Okay, it's your choice."

Zhang Yuan didn't try to persuade him any further. He chose to retreat in order to advance and stood up and left.

Only after he stepped out of the door did he straighten his coat and turn around slowly.

“I originally wanted to establish a Warcraft 3 e-sports team.”

"Let you be the captain and recruit team members."

"We will provide you with food and accommodation, and give you a monthly salary of 1000 yuan."

"Since you're not interested, forget it. I'll find someone else."

After Zhang Yuan finished speaking, he turned around and walked away without looking back.

As he walked, he counted in his mind.

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5..."

"Wait!" The short young man in the old house rushed out. He seemed so excited that he even lost one of his shoes.

"Ah?" Zhang Yuan turned around in surprise.

He now feels more and more that being an actor has its benefits.

Because of his acting skills, whether buying a house or fooling people, everything is done with half the effort and very convenient.

"Are you really going to give me 1000 yuan a month?"

Li Xiaofeng said this and swallowed.

Even though a monthly salary of one thousand may not seem like a big sum, Zhang Yuan can afford it easily.

Even the meal expenses for a crew gathering can cost several thousand, which is not a big deal at all.

But for the players in the first year of Chinese e-sports, most of them only earn one or two hundred yuan a month including food and accommodation, and there are even a large number of semi-professionals who don't even get paid, and they are just working for their dreams.

A monthly salary of one thousand is already a high salary for them!

"no sooner said than done."

"Then wait for a while, I'll go with you!"

Zhang Yuan found a curb, squatted down, lit a cigarette and took a puff.

"I didn't expect that the first person who said to me 'I'll go with you' would be a grown man."

In this way, Zhang Yuan brought his little boy back to the imperial capital.

They also rented a courtyard house near Pi Tiao Hutong to be used as a dormitory for the future e-sports team.

After everything was settled, he was told to quickly find some talented players in the industry to train together.

After all, he was given the title of captain so that he could exercise his subjective initiative.

He also posted on the forum, sincerely recruiting e-sports coaches with high salaries.

This is a simple matter, it can be solved with money.

I've finished all my work and looked at the time. It's almost time for the auditions for "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

That morning, Liu Qianqian and Shu Chang came to his home in Pi Tiao Hutong together.

"Hi ha."

"His ha, ha ha..."

As soon as the two of them entered the door, Zhang Yuan heard a burst of sobbing.

When I stuck my head out, I saw Liu Qianqian with red eyes, and Shu Chang, who was stroking her back and comforting her.

"what happened?"

Changchang walked up to her helplessly and said, "She finished the game yesterday and cried all night."

"Whoa whoa whoa!"

As he was talking, Liu Qianqian burst into tears, then walked up to him and punched him in the chest. "It's all your fault that I played this game."

"Zhao Linger and Lin Yueru are so unlucky and miserable."

Look, what I said.

Zhang Yuan secretly felt lucky that he had arranged for Changchang to play with her. If he had left her alone, she would probably have dared not to play anymore after Lin Yueru's head was smashed to pieces in the Demon Locking Pagoda.

"It's just a game, why are you in such a hurry?"

"But after playing for so long, there must be some feelings." Liu Qianqian took the tissue handed to her by Shu Chang and wiped away her tears.

"Actually, this game originally had a pretty good ending." Zhang Yuan led them to sit down: "In the current version, Lin Yueru finally appears at the end holding Li Yiru."

"Isn't that the male protagonist's hallucination?" Xixi asked doubtfully. This was her understanding.

"Of course not. That was Lin Yueru who was resurrected by the Gu worm. Don't you remember that in the game, there was a mission for you to find thirty-six puppet worms? They were sent for this purpose."

After hearing this, Xixi's expression eased a little, and she held her chin with a clenched fist: "But Zhao Linger is dead anyway."

"So, this is the ending now." Zhang Yuan also felt a little regretful.

"According to the design of the original planner Yao Zhuangxian, the Lin Yueru that finally appears should be Yueru's body and Ling'er's soul, combining the two heroines into one, and accompanying Li Xiaoyao for the rest of his life."

"This sounds a lot better, doesn't it?"

Xixi nodded. At least in this way, both of them would be able to accompany the male protagonist for a while.

Zhang Yuan looked at Shu Chang and Liu Qianqian in front of him.

It would be great if the two of them could combine and give Sissi the intelligence and personality of Chang Chang... Unfortunately, that would not be them anymore.

At the same time, Zhang Yuan did not tell them about "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 2", "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3" and what happened afterwards, otherwise Liu Qianqian would have cried again.

"Okay, I'll take you guys to relax today."

Zhang Yuan called the two of them here, on the one hand to check on Liu Qianqian's progress in the game, and on the other hand to take Chang Chang to the crosstalk garden and catering company to familiarize herself with the environment.

She herself said before that she wanted to help share some of the work.

In this case, since the industry is not big and the work is simple, why not let her try her hand at it and help with checking the accounts and managing the money.

Would you feel comfortable letting her manage the money and check the accounts?
Zhang Yuan felt that if Shu Chang betrayed him one day, it must be because he had done something terrible that would anger God and man.

He wasn't afraid of Shu Chang making money, it was good enough that she didn't put any money into it.

"Zhang Yuan, I can also help you settle the accounts!"

After working for a day and returning home with the account book, Liu Qianqian became interested in this job that she had never done before.

"Sissi."

"what?"

"Just stay still and leave the brain work to Changchang."

"Do you look down on me?" Liu Qianqian frowned and bared her teeth.

Zhang Yuan threw a monthly account of the catering company to her: "Then take a look."

Five minutes later, a bunch of garbled characters appeared in Liu Qianqian's almond-shaped eyes...

Seeing a wisp of green smoke rising above her head, as if the system had crashed, Zhang Yuan quickly took the account book away.

"My goodness, my brain is overclocked..."

Xixi was staring at the moon in a daze, mumbling "Aba Aba" slowly.

Zhang Yuan came to Shu Chang, who was wearing pink-framed glasses and was deep in thought, and asked, "Do you understand?"

"I don't quite understand." Changchang lowered his head a little embarrassedly.

She said she wanted to help, but she didn't know how to do anything. She felt anxious and helpless.

"That's right, you don't understand." Zhang Yuan chuckled and said, "I'll send you to Zhao Decai. He has an accountant there."

"You can take your time to study on weekends. There's no rush."

"Okay, Brother Yuan, I will definitely study hard!" Changchang clenched his fists and encouraged himself.

"Xixi, where are you?" Liu Xiaoli's mature voice came from outside the yard.

It was getting late and Aunt Liu came to pick up her baby.

In fact, if Shu Chang hadn't been there today, Liu Xiaoli would not have agreed to let her daughter come and play with Zhang Yuan.

She worried every day that a wild wolf would appear and take her cub away.

As a result, my daughter has become a single young woman of advanced age...

"Hello, Auntie." Zhang Yuan opened the door and let Liu Xiaoli into the yard.

"Is this your house?" Liu Xiaoli looked around and felt that although there were birds singing and flowers blooming, the area was too small and the facilities were not good enough.

"Rented." Zhang Yuan didn't say that he was planning to buy it.

"Oh..." After hearing what he said, Liu Xiaoli was no longer interested and came to her daughter.

"Abba, Abba Abba..." Liu Xixi was still in a state of downtime.

"What's wrong with you!" Liu Xiaoli rushed over in a panic.

When she saw her mother, she came to her senses and immediately started shedding pearls.
"Mom, math is scary!"

Looking at her expression, even if Zhao Linger and Lin Yueru died again, it wouldn’t be as scary as the account book.

When Liu's mother and daughter left, they took Shu Chang with them, leaving Zhang Yuan lonely for the entire night.

Early the next morning, he hurried to the airport to meet Sissi again.

After getting on the plane, we went straight to the Tangren Film and Television office in the MH district of Magic City after landing.

Today, I will be auditioning for the TV series "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

As soon as he entered the door, Zhang Yuan saw three energetic and youthful girls.

All three of them spoke with a Taiwan accent, which was gentle yet a little sweet.

Seeing this, Zhang Yuan took the initiative to step forward.

"Hello, I'm Zhang Yuan."

Liu Qianqian behind him curled her lips.

Bah, rushing forward as soon as you see a pretty girl, shameless.

"Oh, you are Zhang Yuan." The oldest of the three was only in his early twenties.

After hearing his name, she turned around with a smile: "Uncle Wu Dun told me to find you if I have anything."

"That's right, leave it to me." Zhang Yuan replied with a smile, while looking at the remaining two.

The "big sister" among the three is naturally An Yixuan.

Her father is friends with Wu Dun, a gangster from Taiwan, so she must take good care of him.

It's the kind that you really need to take good care of and can't be touched.

Otherwise, you will be like Ma Yuke in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", and easily be hunted down thousands of miles away.

The remaining two are not well-known in mainland China, but they are a well-known girl group in Taiwan, called SWEETY.

There are two girls in the group, one is named Zeng Zhiqiao and the other is Liu Pinyan.

"Hello." Zhang Yuan stretched out his hand habitually, and the two girls smiled timidly and just pointed their fingers at him instead of shaking hands firmly like adults.

I was careless... Zhang Yuan thought, although these two have been in the industry for more than a year, they are actually less than 16 years old, one year younger than Chang Chang and Xi Xi.

Zhang Yuan tried his best to smile friendly and nodded slightly at them.

Anyway, there would be plenty of time to get familiar with each other later, so there was no need to rush. After saying hello, he walked away and went to the office to talk to Boss Cai.

"Sister Yixuan, who is that handsome guy?" Liu Pinyan stretched his neck and shook his head to look in the direction where Zhang Yuan went.

"He's one of the film's investors and also an actor." An Yixuan pinched the other person's chubby cheeks.

"He's so young, he must be so awesome." Liu Pinyan did not resist at all and let the other party play with her face.

"He is quite handsome." Joanne Tseng on the side also nodded in agreement.

"But my brother Jingtian is still more handsome!" Liu Pinyan said to himself.

……

In Boss Cai’s office.

"Zhang Yuan, have some tea."

Cai Yinong smiled and personally brought a cup of green tea to him.

"It will depend on your performance in a moment."

"I tried my best...but." Zhang Yuan said this and deliberately put on a sad look.

"what happened?"

"The investors from Formosa have some ideas about casting, so they temporarily brought in a group of male actors who will also audition for the male lead."

"I guess I'm in trouble." Zhang Yuan sighed with his head down.

Boss Cai was puzzled. Is there anyone who could give Zhang Yuan a headache?

I get a headache just seeing him. Is there anyone who can control him?

"Who?"

“Well, they are not big stars.” Zhang Yuan paused: “It’s just Zhou Yuming, Yan Chengxu, Wu Jianhao, and Zhu Xiaotian…”

Cai Yinong: !!!
This is not a big star! (End of this chapter)