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Chapter 253 0250 [All Chinese Universities Gather Together]

What can a group of drunk men do in a KTV private room?
They woke up and had no idea what they had done.

I drank myself into oblivion.

Chen Guiliang vaguely remembered that he made a phone call to Yang Shuo last time. As for how he got back to the hotel, his mind was completely blank.

Oh right, I think I recorded a video on my phone.

Chen Guiliang opened his phone and searched through it, only finding a video that was a dozen seconds long.

Tao Chenggang, with his hoarse voice, sang "The Boatman's Love" with a girl. Shi Yuzhu and Zhou Hongwei embraced and danced to the song, while the girl accompanying them stood by and clapped.

Damn it, I'll eat you alive for the rest of my life for this video!

He immediately called Shi Yuzhu: "Mr. Shi, get up."

Shi Yuzhu was groggily awakened by the ringing of his phone. He looked around for it with his eyes closed, and finally put it to his ear and said, "Hello, who is it?"

"I am Chen Guiliang," Chen Guiliang said, "Get up quickly and participate in the Three Kingdoms Kill finals."

Shi Yuzhu was still half asleep: "What final?"

Chen Guiliang said, "You promised me last night when we were drinking."

"Did you agree? I'll sleep a few more minutes." Shi Yuzhu hung up the phone.

He often made promises to others while drinking, such as acting as a business guarantor or lending someone millions.

Whether I remember it when I wake up or not, as long as the request isn't too outrageous, I'll always fulfill it afterward.

Chen Guiliang called Zhou Hongwei again: "President Zhou, get up and participate in the Three Kingdoms Kill finals."

"Huh?" Zhou Hongwei was a little confused.

He looked at the number in his contacts that was labeled "Chen Guiliang," but he couldn't remember when he had exchanged phone numbers with Chen Guiliang.

Chen Guiliang said with a wicked grin, "I have a great video for you to watch. You'll regret it if you don't."

"What time are you leaving?" Zhou Hongwei asked.

Chen Guiliang said, "The leader will give a speech at nine o'clock. You can arrive at nine-thirty if you want."

“Okay, I understand,” Zhou Hongwei said.

Next, Chen Guiliang called Tao Chenggang and Chi Yufeng, who readily agreed. They got up immediately upon receiving the call and even arranged to have breakfast together.

Last night, everyone returned to a hotel near the National Expo Center, which was not far from each other. They met at a restaurant in one of the hotels.

Before long, Shi Yuzhu and Zhou Hongwei also arrived late.

Chen Guiliang grinned mischievously, took out his phone, and showed the video to Zhou Hongwei: "President Zhou, this was accidentally recorded last night."

"What?" Zhou Hongwei leaned closer.

The scene begins with Tao Chenggang and a girl embracing and singing a duet: "Little sister, you sit at the bow of the boat, while your brother walks on the shore..."

Zhou Hongwei laughed and said, "Haha, you sang really badly... huh?"

The camera then pans to Shi Yuzhu and Zhou Hongwei, drunk and embracing, barely able to stand, dancing a ballroom dance. Their female companions are clapping, one of the beauties laughing so hard she's bent over.

"Damn it, delete it now!" Zhou Hongwei reached out to grab the phone.

Chi Yufeng asked, "What is it?"

Zhou Hongwei said to Shi Yuzhu, "He filmed us dancing while hugging. Quickly grab it and delete it!"

Shi Yuzhu looked completely bewildered: "The two of us? And we were dancing while hugging?"

Zhou Hongwei said, "You were definitely the one who hugged me first."

"Then what are we waiting for?" Shi Yuzhu stood up abruptly.

The two men rushed to Chen Guiliang's side, grabbed his wrists on both sides, and forcibly snatched the phone away.

Chen Guiliang didn't resist much, only bluffing them by saying, "I have a backup."

"You don't have a backup at all," Zhou Hongwei said, as he searched for the video to delete.

Shi Yuzhu, however, was very curious: "Don't rush to delete it, let me take a look first."

Chi Yufeng and Tao Chenggang also came over.

Zhou Hongyi was unwilling to let more people see this, and was about to delete it when Shi Yuzhu snatched it away.

Shi Yuzhu clicked on the video.

A few seconds later, everyone except Zhou Hongwei burst into laughter.

Even Shih Yu-chu was laughing.

Zhou Hongwei urged, "Delete it quickly."

Shi Yuzhu took out his phone: "I'll transfer it via Bluetooth."

"Damn it, you still want to keep it, don't you?" Zhou Hongwei quickly reached out to grab it.

Shi Yuzhu was just joking; he teased him a bit and then deleted the video.

Zhou Hongwei was completely relieved this time and said to them, "Anyone here play paintball? I played it in Shenzhen last year, and it's recently become available in Beijing too. Drinking is really not that interesting; playing with guns is the real romance for men!"

Shih Yu-chu asked, "A real gun?"

“Paintball guns. You’ve played CS, right? It’s the offline live-action CS,” Zhou Hongwei explained.

Shih Yu-chu said, "That sounds interesting."

Zhou Hongwei said, "Next time you come to Beijing, I'll take you to play paintball." He then said to Chen Guiliang and Chi Yufeng, "You two are in Beijing, let's get together and play shooting sometime. I'm really good at the AK!"

“Sure,” Chen Guiliang readily agreed.

What man doesn't like playing with guns?
I heard that there are paintball shooting ranges in Beijing. Chen Guiliang not only wants to go and play there himself, but also plans to take ByteDance and Youke employees there for team building at the end of the year.

Zhou Hongwei has three hobbies: football, paintball, and collecting high-end audio equipment. He was overjoyed when Chen Guiliang agreed and then recruited another person to join him in shooting.

Chi Yufeng said to Chen Guiliang, "My flight is this afternoon, so I can only come to your place for the finals in the morning to sit for a while."

“It’s great that you can come. Thanks for your help in making this a good occasion,” Chen Guiliang said. “If you’re into social networking sites, you can register an account on HaiNei.com. They have a follow function there, which can help you gather a group of your own fans. Celebrities like Andy Lau and Fan Bingbing have also joined.”

Shi Yuzhu was the first to agree: "I'll go take a look."

This guy later started using Weibo and especially liked to make sarcastic and sarcastic comments.

For example, his Weibo post, "Yin Yang Dongzi: I've arrived in arrogant America after landing. My rules during my time in America are: 1. No drinking; 2. No getting women drunk; 3. No getting acquainted with female students; 4. No sharing a room with a woman. If I violate any of these rules, I'll be castrated!"

Netizens were baffled, wondering what grudge the two had against each other.

So, resourceful netizens quickly found Dongzi Yin Yang Shi Yuzhu's comments: "Some people make all sorts of fake health products and bombard TV commercials. After making billions, now when people mention him, everyone thinks he's a godfather, a successful entrepreneur. As long as you have money, you're successful."

Yes, Dongzi's words are quite pertinent.

After a quick breakfast, the group headed to the National Museum of China.

This year's Three Kingdoms Kill tournament format has changed, and after several discussions, it has become an offline competition for the top 16.

There are 6 slots for the North Division, 6 slots for the South Division, and 4 slots for the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Division.

In addition, the teams that are eliminated from the top eight in each region can come to watch the competition offline for free. Meals and accommodation are included, and train tickets will be reimbursed.

The top four teams from the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan region are National Taiwan University, National Tsing Hua University, National Chengchi University and University of Hong Kong.

The other four teams from the quarterfinals were eliminated but were invited to watch the live competition. They are: University of Macau, National Taiwan College of Technology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and National Cheng Kung University.

Because the transportation costs from Taiwan to the mainland are too high and the procedures are quite complicated, the contestants from Taiwan's National Taiwan Collegiate School and National Taiwan University of Science and Technology did not travel despite being invited to watch the finals.

The students from the University of Macau and the Chinese University of Hong Kong are here. Just treat it as a trip to the mainland. Anyway, the University of Science and Technology will arrange accommodation and meals.

Some even arrived early to attend the CJ Electronics Show.

"You guys are from Tsinghua University too?"

"Yes, we've always called it Tsinghua. Our former president was the president of Tsinghua when he was in mainland China."

"That's such a wonderful coincidence, brothers born of the same mother."

"..."

The two teams from Tsinghua University were already exchanging ideas privately before the competition even started.

Some of them didn't even know that there was a Tsinghua University on the other side of the strait.

Fortunately, there was no argument on the spot about who was more authentic.

In fact, public interactions between the two sides began as early as 1993. In 1995, a graduate student exchange program was also launched.

However, many students still do not understand this.

"You can read simplified Chinese characters, right? Don't come later saying you can't understand the card descriptions."

"We call it vernacular script, or running script. It's often used when writing letters and taking notes."

"Don't they all use traditional Chinese characters over there?"

"It's not traditional characters, it's standard characters."

"..."

During the Republican era, Chen Lifu published a booklet nationwide titled "Standard Running Script Model".

This thing was once banned in Taiwan.

However, it was reissued in 1978 and reprinted several times.

If you practice cursive script using that booklet, you'll definitely get used to using many simplified characters.

Does the simplified Chinese character for "love" lack the heart radical?

On the other side of the bend, the character for "love" in cursive script also lacks the heart radical.

The character “扰” is simplified to “扰” in running script. The character “东” is simplified to “东” in running script. The character “会” is simplified to “会” in running script. There are many such cases.

Not long after Chen Guiliang and his group sat down, leaders from the State Administration of Press and Publication and relevant departments in Shanghai arrived one after another.

The leaders first shook hands with Chen Guiliang and his group, then with the university students. They were especially warm and welcoming to the students from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, assuring them that the mainland would always welcome them back to visit.

Director Kou and other leaders sat in the front row and said to Chen Guiliang, "You did a great job organizing this event. You should continue to promote it in the future. The Chinese people are one family, which is reflected in every aspect. Playing games together is also a good thing. University students from both sides of the strait can interact with each other through games and enhance their understanding of each other. This is a very natural process."

“Kou Si is right,” Chen Guiliang said. “I just saw Tsinghua students from both sides of the strait exchanging information about the school’s history. They were having a very pleasant conversation.”

Director Kou suggested, "After we finish organizing the Three Kingdoms Kill National College League in several major cities in China, we can also try to hold the finals on the other side of the strait."

Chen Guiliang said with a smile, "This is a bit difficult. The Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan agents of Three Kingdoms Kill need to apply for approval from the other side. As you know, the relationship between the two sides has been very strained in the past two years."

"It should be fine once Chen Shui-bian steps down," Director Kou said.

“That makes sense.” Chen Guiliang thought of the young man, Brother Ma, who was about to take the stage, and realized that there was a real chance of organizing the competition in Taiwan.

In this day and age, the e-sports economy is still not thriving. Chen Guiliang organized the Three Kingdoms Kill League purely to expand its influence.

If it were to be broadcast on CCTV's "News Broadcast," it would undoubtedly have a huge impact.

Chen Guiliang didn't even need to publicize this matter; print media across the country would rush to report on it.

Because it's so novel!

The government has a contradictory attitude towards online games. On the one hand, it suppresses online games and prohibits game programs from being broadcast on satellite TV, while on the other hand, it vigorously supports domestically produced online games.

If "Three Kingdoms Kill" is featured on CCTV's evening news, it will become the first online game officially recognized by CCTV.

Isn't traditional media going crazy?

This is likely to spark a nationwide debate, with arguments raging over whether games should be featured on the national news.

(End of this chapter)