They did not know what kind of brainwave communication these buyers had, but the situation had taken a turn for the worse. The script had developed unexpectedly.
Originally, they were in high demand, but now, they had suddenly become hot potatoes.
Everyone had fought for them, but now no one was interested!
The managers of the three clubs were anxious as if they were sitting on pins and needles.
If possible, they would not mind competing with each other. You buy me, I buy him, and he buy you. That would be a perfect cycle of the same price. At least, they would not lose the GOG teams.
However, the problem was that Boss Pei seemed to have expected this and blocked this possibility in the rules in advance.
The companies present had all paid the deposit in advance. Those who did not pay the deposit were not qualified to bid.
The three clubs did not intend to play this kind of game of buying each other, so they did not prepare in advance.
What's more, wouldn't they be a joke if they jumped out to play such a trick now?
Whether Boss Pei was happy or not aside, they had probably offended Boss Pei when they decided to sell GOG's teams.
More importantly, if the three clubs really played such a trick, wouldn't it become big news in the esports circle?
The clubs would probably be laughed at to death by the audience. The club owners might be able to accept a loss of millions, but they could not accept the club's reputation being damaged and becoming a joke on the internet!
Therefore, the managers of the three clubs looked at each other and saw panic in each other's eyes.
They were finished!
There was no solution to this problem now!
No matter how it was dealt with, the three of them would have to take the blame. Being scolded and having their salaries reduced would be considered light punishment.
They might not even be able to survive in the esports circle anymore, much less be fired!
The foreheads of Manager Li and the others were covered in cold sweat.
The two club managers, in particular, looked at Manager Li with anger in their eyes.
Manager Li had been fanning the flames from beginning to end. If not for Manager Li's insistence, they would not have reached this stage inexplicably.
However, Manager Li could not protect himself now. He could only silently lower his head and rack his brains to think of countermeasures.
The bidding was still going on, and it was slowly approaching the psychological limit of all the buyers.
As for Boss Pei's psychological limit, it had long been exceeded.
Pei Qian had originally thought that the three clubs' GOG teams would be sold for twenty million yuan and each GPL slot would be sold for fifteen million yuan.
The eSports industry had just started. Selling the slots for more than ten million was a lot. They had to follow the rules of the market, right?
However, the problem now was that the GOG teams of the three clubs had stopped at 15 million yuan. On the other hand, the GPL quota was approaching 20 million yuan!
The six slots looked like they were going to sell for 120 million yuan. That was more than 30 million yuan higher than Pei Qian had expected.
One had to know that the three clubs had received less than 10 million in liquidated damages some time ago!
Pei Qian felt like his brain was lacking oxygen.
Some buyers were frantically typing on their phones, possibly asking their subordinates to raise funds urgently.
Although everyone had a price limit in their hearts, it was easy to get carried away in an auction like this.
Because the more people raised the price, the more valuable the spot was!
Lin Chang observed the reactions of the others with interest. He looked like he was sitting on a fishing platform.
Of all the people present, he was the most relaxed.
Because he had the most funds in his hands, no one could threaten him. Moreover, he was not spending his own money, so he did not feel bad at all.
However, as the atmosphere became more and more heated, Lin Chang suddenly realized a problem.
"Eh, could this situation have been planned by Boss Pei a long time ago?"
"Auctioning all the slots together might not be able to raise the price, but it can create an atmosphere of 'fairness, justice, and value for money'."
"If it was auctioned one by one, some people would choose to wait and see. There would definitely be differences between the bids for each slot. It would be inevitable that they would think that there was a bubble and that they had bought at a loss."
"However, if they were auctioned together, the value of all the slots would increase at the same time. No one would be able to take advantage of the loopholes. That would make people give up on their wishful thinking and realize that these slots were indeed worth so much money. Then, companies that had originally planned to give up would also grit their teeth and work hard, thinking that they could get a slot with another million yuan. "
"In other words, the buyers would subconsciously think that the slots were indeed worth the money …"
"Impressive!"
"From the location of the auction to the method of the auction, everything seems ordinary, but there's a deep meaning behind it!"
"However, I'm not bad either. If I hadn't given everyone a clear hint, how could everyone have understood that the slots were actually more valuable so quickly? "
Lin Chang could not help but feel a little proud.
It could be said that he had successfully completed his mission by buying a GPL slot for his second brother, Lin Zhou!
However, as the saying went, one had to be halfway through a journey. He had to end it beautifully.
How should he end it?
Lin Chang fell into deep thought again.
The frequency of people raising their hands to bid decreased. Finally, the scene fell into a short silence.
In the end, no one raised the price of the three E-Sports Clubs. It was fixed at about 15 million yuan. The GPL slots were basically maintained at 20 million yuan.
The figure of 20 million yuan had already exceeded the psychological expectations of most buyers. Many people gritted their teeth and increased the price at the last minute.
It would be very difficult to increase the price further.
After all, the current E-Sports industry's popularity, traffic, and profit model were not mature enough. It could not be compared to some mature traditional sports leagues at all. It was already an astronomical figure to be able to raise the price to such a high level because of everyone's trust in Boss Pei.
Everyone had no doubt that once today's auction ended and this figure was released, it would immediately become a hot topic.
Even if it was not popular enough, everyone would spontaneously hire fake reviewers to hype it up because it was in line with everyone's common interests.
Of course, they had to let the whole world know about it after spending so much money!
It would not be a loss if they could recoup some of the money they spent from the attention.
When the time came, his company would be on the GPL list. Wouldn't that be equivalent to a wave of advertising?
As for those companies that could not afford so much money, they could only give up helplessly.
Pei Qian felt a little numb. He heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that everyone had finally stopped bidding.
It was finally over!
Twenty million yuan for a slot might be difficult to accept, but there was nothing more to say now that things had come to this.
However, just as the staff was about to announce the end of the auction, something unexpected happened.
Lin Chang raised his hand. "Number 4, 21 million yuan."
Everyone in the conference room immediately turned to look at him with astonished expressions.
Pei Qian was also very surprised.
That was because Lin Chang had originally bid for the GPL slot for Number 4. 20 million yuan.
He had already bid for it, but he still had to increase the price. What was going on?
Everyone else was obviously confused as well. Even the staff in charge of recording was stunned. For a moment, they did not know if they should write it down.
Lin Chang, who was the focus of everyone's attention, spread his hands. "Why are you looking at me? The rules only say that each company can only bid for one slot, but they don't restrict themselves from increasing the price, right? "
The staff thought about it. That seemed to make sense.
Lin Chang had increased the price for himself without hindering anyone else. How could he stop him from giving money to Tengda?
He quickly changed the price.
Thus, all the GPL slots were priced at 20 million yuan. Only Shenhua Real Estate offered 21 million yuan for Number 4.
Boss Li reacted instantly. He raised his hand and said, "I'll increase it to 21 million yuan as well."
Lin Chang could not help but give him a thumbs-up.
Good, you understood what I meant so quickly!
Li Shi smiled slightly.
How could he let Lin Chang take advantage of such a good thing?
A simple GPL slot could be raised to 20 million yuan, but the GOG division with a GPL slot could only be sold for 15 million yuan. One of the important reasons was that everyone trusted Boss Pei and wanted to show goodwill to him.
The problem was, who would Boss Pei remember if everyone had the same twenty million yuan?
If Lin Chang took the initiative to add another one million yuan, he would stand out among all the companies that had bought a GPL slot.
When it was reported on the hot searches, Shenhua Real Estate's name would also be mentioned as the 'king' of the GPL slots.
In other words, adding one million yuan would not only make his presence known to Boss Pei, but he would also snatch the title of 'first place'.
Wouldn't that be very profitable?
Boss Li obviously understood this logic in an instant, so he also added one million yuan.
As for why he did not add two million yuan, it was because he had limited funds. 21 million yuan was already his limit. What's more, he knew very well that he would definitely not be able to compete with Shenhua Real Estate.
Since that was the case, adding one million yuan would be enough.
With Lin Chang taking the lead, Li Shi followed closely. Soon, someone else increased the price. Some added one million yuan, while others added 500,000 yuan. What's more, they were all increasing the price themselves!
That was because the companies that did not have money had long been eliminated. The companies that still had money now were all increasing the price on their original basis.
Some companies wanted to add more, but they really could not afford it. They could only add the lowest 500,000 yuan to express their sincerity.
Lin Chang raised his hand again. "22 million yuan!"
His attitude was very clear. I'm definitely going to be the king.
Xue Zhebin thought about it for a long time, gritted his teeth, and added 1.5 million yuan.
Jinding Corporation's Yao Bo also added 500,000 yuan after much consideration.
Compared to the original 20 million yuan, 500,000 yuan or one million yuan was a very small amount.
However, the key was that this small amount would affect the order of everyone's ranking.
Adding 500,000 yuan or one million yuan would allow them to move up three or four places from the bottom. That was very worth it!
On one hand, this could show that they were rich and attract the attention of the audience. On the other hand, it could also be considered as showing Boss Pei an attitude of 'I've really emptied my entire fortune to support you'.
They had already paid 20 million yuan. Why would they care about 500,000 yuan or one million yuan?
Of course, there were also some companies that really had no money or felt that their rankings were at the bottom. In any case, they had already bought the GPL spots. The rankings were not too important, so these companies automatically gave up.
However, the two or three richest companies still increased the price by 500,000 yuan or one million yuan. They only stopped when the highest price stopped at 26 million yuan!
After Lin Chang's final bid of 26 million yuan, the scene finally fell silent. No one followed.
The bids of the various buyers were originally all 20 million yuan. However, after Lin Chang's interference, it instantly became disorderly.
From 26 million yuan to 20 million yuan, there might only be a difference of 500,000 yuan or one million yuan between them.
It did not seem like a big difference, but in fact, this ranking was the real ranking.
Most buyers had already broken through their psychological bottom line. They really could not squeeze out another 500,000 yuan.
But no matter what, whether it was a moment of impulse or a value for money, the auction was over, and everyone was tied to the same boat.
If the GPL could be done well, everyone would earn money together.
If the GPL could not be done well, everyone would suffer losses together.
The auction might have ended, but the preparations for the GPL league had just begun. How well the league would turn out and whether the buyers could earn back the money they had invested would depend on their future performance.
No matter what, the dust had settled at this stage!
The corners of Pei Qian's mouth twitched as he looked at the numbers on the projection screen.
The three GOG teams were sold for an average of about 15 million yuan. The highest GPL spots were sold for 26 million yuan, and the lowest was 20 million yuan.
All of them added up to 1.8 billion yuan. Including the GPL spots, it reached 136 million yuan.
This was a f * cking windfall!
At first, Pei Qian had thought that all the spots would be sold for about 70 million yuan. His bottom line was to sell them for 90 million yuan to 100 million yuan.
However, the worst-case scenario that Pei Qian had expected was nearly 40 million yuan more!
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