Chapter 15 Korean Video Game League
One after another, the Internet cafes that seem to be booming are opening one after another, which is an opportunity for a group of people to make money wildly, but it also means that South Korea's economy is not easy.
Li Yongjun, 18 years old this year, walked slowly towards the Internet cafe. He has graduated from high school for more than a year. It’s not that he has not been admitted to university, but that he has been admitted to university and cannot afford to go to university.
Besides, going to college seems to be a matter of not being able to make ends meet for the vast majority of Korean youths.
Those truly noble positions are either left to the descendants of the two nobles who went abroad to study, or those rich businessmen who inherit themselves.
Even if you study in a Korean university, the best result is to become a public official in the government, or you will enter the factory to work.
After the Korean War, the South Korean economy supported by the United States has been greatly improved.
Even those illiterate country farmers were dug up by factory owners to work in the factory.
Since you are illiterate and work as well as you work as you go to college, it is better to study and learn to read after high school. It is not good to make money a few years earlier.
With the help of the United States, South Korea's economy can be said to be a new change every year. If you work for a year, you don't know how much more money you can make.
But Li Yongjun's luck was a little worse. Not long after he graduated from school, the Asian financial crisis broke out.
Whether it is South Korea, even Japan, Southeast Asia and other places, it is very difficult to live.
How could a small country like South Korea consume its own industrial products produced by South Korea?
South Korea is also in an economic crisis.
Li Yongjun didn’t know if it was his own illusion. Since the work became more and more difficult to find and more people were fired in factories, more and more Internet cafes have opened.
People are idle, and when reading books, Li Yongjun only knows Korean, but the history of large-scale use of Korean has only been decades.
Professional books are fine, but professionals translate them.
However, there are very few interesting novels that can be used to spend time, and the price is not cheap.
As for traveling, now that money is becoming increasingly difficult to make, I am almost worried about whether I can buy rice tomorrow, so naturally no one is as arrogant as that.
At first, the uncles and elders around them planned to march and protest and let them resume their work.
But after the Internet cafes opened one by one, the young people went to play games, and the momentum of the parade could not be fought.
Speaking of Internet cafe, Li Yongjun smiled.
When he first entered the Internet cafe, he still didn't understand why so many people were so obsessed with a computer screen.
But now, he relies on his income from Internet cafes to give himself a bite of food, rather than being like a friend, because he has no job and is scolded by his family every day when he stays at home.
Li Yongjun never felt that he was different before.
Studying is not good, and studying is not strong. Even if you fight with others, you are the kind of person who is afraid of hurting yourself and avoiding you from afar.
However, after he came into contact with StarCraft, everything was different.
"StarCraft", a game that is said to be developed by Americans, allows everyone sitting in front of a computer to control their own units to carry out various activities like a general.
While others were still just using the mouse to dot, Li Yongjun was able to remember all the shortcut keys on the keyboard and be able to use them proficiently.
When others can remember the shortcut keys, he has already begun to study strategies and tactics, trying to use limited information to analyze the opponent's every move during the game.
He was one step ahead of others and crushed others in terms of game understanding. In just a short time, he became a big name in the Internet cafe where he often went.
As Internet cafes become more and more open, the conditions for new Internet cafes have gradually surpassed the old Internet cafes. In order to attract old customers, the Internet cafe owners have gradually started to hold competitions.
"Starcraft", which occupies almost all market share of Korean Internet cafes, is naturally the first project to compare.
And in the Internet cafe competitions, Li Yongjun won again and again.
When others spend money on going to Internet cafes, they can already make money in Internet cafes.
Even the money he won was enough for him to buy the best computer, but he did not choose to do that.
Because now when he goes to an Internet cafe, the boss doesn’t charge him any internet fees at all. From time to time, he even comes to deliver some food and drinks.
People who want to come and see his style every day are enough to make the boss laugh.
Because you can play games for free every day and eat and drink for free, you can get a bonus at least once a week.
Li Yongjun also regards playing games in an Internet cafe as a formal job. Although he never stays up late, he can't stand the style of going to the Internet cafe on time at 8 o'clock in the morning and leaving on time at 6 o'clock in the evening.
The wind in the morning was slightly cool. Li Yongjun, who had just walked into the Internet cafe, saw the owner of the Internet cafe and came over and asked, "What's wrong with Brother Jin?"
"Yongjun, come and have a look! This is a great thing for you!" said the Internet cafe owner with his unique exaggerated expression.
"What a great thing? There is another game? Or a big game?" Li Yongjun asked curiously.
"Yes! It's a big game! And it's not an ordinary big game!" said the Internet cafe owner, with a strong voice, "If I were as powerful as Yongjun, I wouldn't have to guard this broken Internet cafe. I would also go to the competition to make a lot of money!"
"What competition is so attractive?" Li Yongjun became even more curious. Although the Internet cafe owner said that this was a broken Internet cafe, as long as he was not blind, he could see that this Internet cafe can only be described as a daily gold medal. What kind of competition should it be?
The boss said that he didn't stifle Li Yongjun's appetite. He handed the newspaper directly to Li Yonghao. The top of the first page of the newspaper said that South Korea's economy is recovering, and the bottom of the first page reads, "The government will join forces with the consortium to hold the electronic game league. Samsung, Lejin, skt, KT, Hyundai and other domestic chaebol giants will set up their own teams and invest in the league."
"Yongjun, didn't you say you want to work in a big company? With your strength, you can join any company you want to join this time. This is directly managed by the headquarters of your consortium, not those affiliated companies of Acamao and Agamagod!" The owner of the Internet cafe said enviously.
These consortiums listed in newspapers control at least 95% of South Korea's economy.
Samsung alone spans many fields such as military industry, electronics, daily necessities, etc.
Samsung consortium-based companies have directly or indirectly hired at least 30% of South Korea's manpower.
Chapter completed!