Chapter 306

If that were really the case, the Communications Group was already the leader among domestic game companies; if it really reached that point, how many times would their assets multiply?

It was too incredible.

Seeing Little Ma's look of disbelief, Chen Mo just smiled.

Of course, China now had no way of imagining just how profitable the esports industry could be.

Before his rebirth, the annual revenue of the esports industry at that time was 144. billion yuan, already accounting for the lion's share of the domestic entertainment industry.

As long as they started to gain a foothold in the esports industry now and seized the market first, they could become the market leader in the future.

Little Ma didn't understand this.

After saying a few more words to Chen Mo, Little Ma left the filming set.

Chen Mo, meanwhile, called Wang Jinghua and asked her to help poach people.

"Money isn't important; what's important is poaching the people."

Chen Mo emphasized to Wang Jinghua repeatedly.

Seeing that Chen Mo attached such importance to this matter, Wang Jinghua didn't dare to be careless and immediately went to poach people from various gaming fields.

Soon, with annual salaries starting at one million, she signed famous esports players like Sky and Fly to the Mo Team and began the game promotion and training for 1o1.

These esports players were god-like existences in the gaming world and had many die-hard fans.

Because they joined 1o1, a large batch of players flooded into 1o1.

……

A few days later.

"Mo, our *Kung Fu Panda* has finished production, and we've started setting the release date."

Wang Jinghua found Chen Mo to report the situation.

She was still very worried about the box office for *Kung Fu Panda*.

Although *Kung Fu Panda* had the support of many of Chen Mo's fans because of his voice acting, the proportion still wouldn't be very high.

It was estimated that the box office appeal would be far lower than the appeal of other movies from the Mo Company.

"Also…"

Wang Jinghua hesitated, her expression looking very poor.

"Sister Wang, go ahead."

Chen Mo signaled for Wang Jinghua to continue.

Wang Jinghua sighed.

"Pixar heard that we had finished the production of *Kung Fu Panda*, so they followed suit and finished the production of *Ratatouille*, and they are now also determining their release date."

When saying this, Wang Jinghua's tone was somewhat helpless.

It was clearly intentional on Pixar's part.

According to their animation production speed, they should have had more than a month left before finishing.

Now, wanting to catch up and release at the same time as the Mo Company was just to suppress the Mo Company.

After all, since the company's founding, the Mo Company had never had a box office failure when releasing a movie in the same time slot as any other film.

If they could defeat the Mo Company at the box office just once, Pixar would gain excellent publicity.

"It doesn't matter, let them release it."

Hearing Wang Jinghua say this, Chen Mo actually felt a bit more at ease.

Pixar was playing a dangerous game.

The most important thing in animation production is quality; only high-quality animated films will win the word-of-mouth of the audience.

Now, in order to suppress the Mo Company, *Ratatouille* had actually finished animation production ahead of schedule, which was undoubtedly an act of self-destruction.

They didn't know what the quality and level of *Kung Fu Panda* were like.

But one didn't need to think to know it was definitely far inferior to *Ratatouille*; it was precisely this pride and arrogance that made Pixar choose to release early.

Wang Jinghua looked at Chen Mo and knew the reason why Chen Mo wasn't worried.

However, she still couldn't help but worry.

After all, Pixar's fame was too great, and coupled with the outside world's current disparagement of *Kung Fu Panda*, she was very worried that *Kung Fu Panda* would become a runner-up to *Ratatouille*.

"Don't worry, Sister Wang, *Kung Fu Panda* will definitely explode globally."

Chen Mo smiled comfortingly at Wang Jinghua.

Wang Jinghua sighed.

Indeed, worrying was useless.

……

Soon, the news that *Kung Fu Panda* and *Ratatouille* had finished production was released one after another.

The media broke the news at the first opportunity.

The news that *Ratatouille* was scheduled right after *Kung Fu Panda* sparked countless speculations.

"Pixar's move is too crazy."

"This time, the Mo Company will taste failure for the first time."

"The Mo Company will regret making an animated film."

"Why do I feel a bit sorry for *Kung Fu Panda*?"

"This time, I'm siding with Pixar."

The public loved to watch the drama, and seeing Pixar causing such a stir, they all became excited.

They paid even more attention to the box office showdown between the two companies.

On the other side, Chen Mo's establishment of the Mo Team also caused a sensation in the country.

《Can Games Actually Make Money? Is This Hype or a Scam?

《10 Million in Funds to Build a Gaming Team, Chen Mo Supports Gaming?!

《In an Age of Entertainment to Death, Another Controversial Move by Chen Mo!

《Countless Parents Oppose, Games Will Ruin Teenagers!

Newspapers were reporting on this matter frantically.

Mainly because Chen Mo had directly shelled out 100 million to establish the Mo Team.

One must know that in 2007, games were still something the masses would detest upon mention, especially for parents.

For a star with Chen Mo's influence to publicly establish a gaming team was simply leading children astray.

Parents were very puzzled.

Chen Mo ignored the outside voices and began to set up an esports training base in Yanjing.

The equipment inside was very well-equipped, and he was also preparing to vigorously develop industries related to esports.

He had no reason to let go of an industry with such large profit prospects.

As long as he seized the market first, he could eat the biggest piece of the pie later.

Not only that, Chen Mo was also publicly recruiting professional esports players nationwide, publicly stating that the esports industry could also win glory for the country.

The salaries for professional players were not low either.

"You can make money playing games?"

"Since when did playing esports become a profession?"

"It must be fake, they even pay monthly and provide room and board."

"It must be fake, how is that possible?"

"Where would such a pie falling from the sky come from?"

The forums were full of discussions from netizens.

Most people's thinking was still stuck in the belief that internet cafes were harmful places and that playing games was a waste of time.

How could they believe that playing games could become a profession?

Making money was one thing, but winning glory for the country?

It was either a scam or a joke.

Except for many netizens online who laughed off the Mo Team's recruitment of players, a group of young players looked excitedly at the Mo Company's announcement.

"Winning glory for the country…"