FV E-Sports Club.
Wu Yue, who had just received the news, was very speechless and angry.
"Is there a need for the officials to do this? Our FV Club's quota was given by the officials. The first seeded spot was obtained based on our own abilities. In the end, there were a total of three teams. The other two teams were arranged to go to Los Angeles for training, but there was no news from us at all? "
"Do they really not treat us as their own team?"
"Just because they had a little conflict with Boss Pei, they're messing with people's mentality?"
These E-Sports Clubs were very well-informed. FV E-Sports Club quickly received news that Long Yu Corporation had officially organized the other two teams to train in Los Angeles in advance. The urgent visas were already being processed. It was said that Long Yu Corporation would cover all the food and accommodation expenses in Los Angeles this time. They would also pull strings to help arrange for European and American teams to play mock competitions.
In the end, all of this news was obtained from other channels. Long Yu Corporation had no intention of informing FV Club at all. They did not even give a hypocritical explanation!
That could only mean one thing: Long Yu Corporation deliberately did not bring FV Club to Los Angeles.
Manager Lu quickly tried to persuade him. "Boss Wu, calm down. This is indeed too much, but we don't have any good ideas."
"Long Yu Corporation should have organized the mock competition in Los Angeles on their own initiative. It's not part of the international competition organized by Finger Games."
"Therefore, Long Yu Corporation can also say that it's a favor to bring us along. It's their duty to not bring us along. They can bring whoever they want with their own money. Many teams from other competition zones do not enjoy such treatment. "
Wu Yue said, "This is discrimination! It's differential treatment! We should appeal or simply post it on Weibo to the public so that everyone can see the true colors of the people from Long Yu Corporation! "
Manager Lu quickly shook his head. "Boss Wu, that's not appropriate!"
"The Long Yu Corporation did not publicize this matter in an official capacity. If we were to expose it, the Long Yu Corporation could immediately change their tune and say that this was a spontaneous act of the club. The Long Yu Corporation was only responsible for building bridges and playing a small role. That's because the truth of this matter is very easy to cover up. If we rashly set up a team, it would be very easy to cover it up as long as Long Yu Corporation plays Tai Chi with us. Instead, it would seem that we are calculative and measure the heart of a gentleman with the yardstick of a villain. "
"As for appealing, that's even more useless. Isn't that equivalent to 'Who is suing me'?"
"What's more, results speak louder in eSports. "Let's blow this matter up on the internet and set the pace. What if we don't do well in the World Championships? At that time, public opinion will definitely bite back. At that time, even if we are in the right, we won't be in the right. "
"Just thinking about it, I know what the netizens will say when they lose in the World Championship: How dare such a lousy team ask the officials for money to go to Los Angeles to play mock competitions? We should have given up the quota to the SUG! "
"Anyway, as long as we lose, the tempo will definitely soar. We can't ignore the consequences now."
Wu Yue nodded with a dark expression. "Yes, it looks like Zhao Xuming is sure of this. He thinks that we won't be able to get anything out of it even if we expose it. That's why he's so brazen. He wants to make an example out of us and teach Tengda a lesson."
"Then … don't tell me that we can only suffer in silence? Can't we even say that Long Yu Corporation did such a disgusting thing? "
Manager Lu thought for a moment. "Of course I can, but not now."
"Only idiots would jump out and start a team before the results of the competition are out. On one hand, it would increase the pressure of public opinion on our team members and affect their performance. On the other hand, if we lose the competition, the other party would take the opportunity to kick us while we're down. The audience would not stand on our side either. Then, we would really be buried. "
"The best way is actually to settle the score after the fall. If we win the competition, we can use the victory to clarify all these things. The best choice is to go with the flow."
"Therefore, the best choice for us now is to endure the humiliation and bear the burden. Try not to let this matter affect the mentality of our players and actively prepare for the competition. We can use the pressure of public opinion to fight back against Long Yu Corporation when we get good results in the World Championships. "
"As long as we do better than the other two clubs, we will have an excuse even if we don't get the championship or the runner-up, even if we are only in the top four or top eight."
"At that time, we can say that the officials' differential treatment caused the results of the entire competition zone to be bad. If we were given the same treatment, our results might be better. Wait."
"All in all, everything depends on results. Without results, everything is useless."
Wu Yue was silent for a moment and sighed softly. "It's difficult!"
"Our current lineup might be not bad on paper, but based on the situation of the qualifiers, our strength is only on par with the other two teams. What's more, we've benefited from the competition schedule. We might not be able to win against them even if we play another non-bladder game. "
"The benefits of going to Los Angeles to train are obvious. We can play the European and American servers with low latency and adapt to the version better. We can play mock competitions with the stronger European and American teams. Our strength will definitely improve faster than us."
"We can't just rely on fantasies if we want to win against them."
Manager Lu nodded. He felt that the situation was indeed very serious.
E-Sports was not something that could be won with determination and perseverance. It also required scientific training methods and good facilities.
Many players were extremely talented, but they could not produce results in some clubs. This was often because the club's management was not good, their training methods were not right, and the facilities could not keep up.
Wu Yue said, "Why don't we go to Los Angeles too?"
Manager Lu was silent for a moment. "Long Yu Corporation organized them to go to Los Angeles because they can get in touch with Finger Games. When they get there, they can get high-end accounts in the European and American servers. They can use their official identities to arrange mock competitions with veteran European and American teams. Looking at Long Yu Corporation's attitude towards us, we definitely won't have these things even if we pay out of our own pockets! "
"We can't possibly go all the way to Los Angeles. In the end, our players will be playing Rank in the European and American servers all day, right? Wouldn't that make them worse and worse? "
"What's more, we have a large group of people. Our expenses are also very high. We have to take care of our own food and accommodation in advance. We have to give our team members some good food. In addition to our entourage … Based on eight people, it will cost at least 200,000 yuan. If we bring Team Two over in consideration of the training, we will have to double the amount. "
"Of course, our club can afford that. The problem is that we might not be able to guarantee the training effect even if we spend money. The price-performance ratio is too poor."
Wu Yue thought about it and realized that that was indeed the case.
Long Yu Corporation organized the other two teams to train in Los Angeles because they had high-end accounts and could arrange mock competitions with European and American teams. If they did not have them, there was indeed no need to spend hundreds of thousands of yuan just to adapt to the environment in advance.
After much consideration, Wu Yue said, "It doesn't seem appropriate to disturb Boss Pei over such a small matter. How about this? I'll give Boss Zhang from Tengda's E-Sports Department a call and ask him to give us some advice."
"If there's really no need, we won't go. We'll stay in China and play mock competitions with domestic teams. We'll arrange for the other mock competitions during the international competition."
…
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December 17th, Saturday …
There was a regular meeting for the Manage Loss Trainees today.
Chinese New Year this year was relatively early. It was January 23rd, so the exam week was brought forward. The Manage Loss Trainees spent a lot of time revising after work.
There was not much information to pay attention to at the Manage Loss Trainee meeting this time. After all, most products were still in the final stages of development, including the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine and other products. They had yet to show any signs of backstabbing. Thus, there was naturally not much useful information here.
Pei Qian knew very well that there would be a tough battle starting next month.
In the end, the settlement cycle happened to coincide with the exam week. He had to admit that this feeling was very sour.
Whether he could beat Old Ma in this exam would depend on this tremble before the exam.
The Manage Loss Trainees reported the situation of their respective departments as usual. Soon, it was the turn of the Manage Loss Trainee from the E-Sports Department.
This Manage Loss Trainee had been following Zhang Yuan. He was originally in charge of the DGE Club. Later on, after the establishment of the E-Sports Department and the GPL league, he naturally entered the internal department. At the moment, DGE, other clubs, and even the entire E-Sports Club could not escape his eyes.
"The GPL pre-season competition is about to enter the second half. Everything is going smoothly at the moment. Some in-game bugs and equipment problems that we encountered have been properly resolved. We should be able to accumulate a lot of experience for the Spring Competition."
"At the moment, the main lineup of the various clubs in the GPL has basically been fixed. Those teams that did not participate in the GPL pre-season competition are also playing mock competitions and actively preparing for the Spring Competition."
"The new batch of players from DGE Club has been wiped out. They might be weaker than the first batch of players, but they are talented after all. They have also undergone special training from the older players. Thus, they are still the main force in the new teams …"
Pei Qian's hand that was holding the teacup could not help but tremble.
He might have been mentally prepared for this, but his heart still trembled when he heard the news.
Another ten players. How much could they sell for?!
This was the second batch of players after Huang Wang, Jiang Huan, and the others were collectively bought. They were still selling very well. The transfer fee was enough to make Boss Pei suffer.
There was a reason why DGE's players were selling so well.
First of all, DGE Club's reputation was out there. Potential newcomers tended to come to DGE Club to raise their value. Other clubs also felt that they would not lose out by buying DGE Club's players, so they bought more decisively.
Newcomers with true ability and potential were willing to come to DGE Club because they could immediately jump to other clubs to get big contracts once they achieved results. DGE would never do things like holding out on contracts or hiding them. Newcomers would feel safer. On the other hand, DGE Club did not directly participate in the competition and did not pose a threat to their own results. It also helped to groom players, so they were happy to buy people from DGE.
The old players who left DGE would come back to give pointers to the new players of DGE every now and then. Over time, 'all the players from DGE could hold their own' became the inherent impression of the entire league audience and the club, allowing DGE's operations to enter a virtuous cycle.
Thus, DGE's new players were like leeks that could be sold off every once in a while to earn a huge transfer fee.
There was nothing Pei Qian could do about it.
He pretended to drink his tea calmly and asked, "So, how much is the transfer fee?"
The Manage Loss Trainee said, "Ten players, these people's performance is different. Some of the C-positions with strong operations or commanding ability are worth more. The highest transfer fee is more than 1.5 million yuan. If they are very average, it might only be seven to eight hundred thousand yuan or about one million yuan. The transfer fee for these players added together is about 13 million yuan. "
Pei Qian: "…"
He almost blurted out the word 'f * ck'.
This number seriously exceeded his psychological expectations!
Previously, Huang Wang, Jiang Huan, and the others' transfer fees were about two million yuan. Thus, Pei Qian thought that the transfer fees for these young players would be at most one million yuan.
However, that was obviously not the case!
In the beginning, the transfer fees for star players like Huang Wang and Jiang Huan were a little high. After all, the major clubs were aiming for the results of GOG's international invitational tournament. They wanted high bonuses and exposure.
However, as GOG's global market share gradually increased, GOG's international invitational tournament succeeded, and the popularity of the GPL league rose …
After this series of operations, the value of star players like Huang Wang and Jiang Huan also rapidly increased as more and more capital entered the market!
Now, their transfer fees were no longer just two million yuan.
The value of the top players increased, and the value of the second batch of potential newcomers of the DGE Club would naturally increase as well.
Ten people did not seem like a lot, but the transfer fees added up to 13 million yuan.
What made Pei Qian want to vomit blood was not this number, but the time!
Boss Pei was someone who had seen the world after all. He had gone in and out of hundreds of millions of yuan several times, much less a mere ten million yuan.
In any case, it would not end up in his hands. It was just a number.
The key was how much time it took to earn this ten million yuan!
The introduction of this group of players happened in September. It was December now. They had only been trained for three months, and they were sold for 13 million yuan!
In this way, the DGE Club could easily earn more than four million yuan a month.
Not to mention the commercial sponsorship and live-stream contracts of the DGE Club!
The daily expenses of the DGE Club were really not much. The training base was rented by Boss Li, and Manager Cui of Ming Yun Villas wanted to serve Boss Pei like his own father. The daily expenses such as rent and utilities did not cost much.
The only place to spend money was probably daily expenses such as food and fitness.
However, with Fish-Catching Take-Out and Deposit Fitness, how much could these players spend even if they ate and trained as much as they wanted?
Pei Qian felt very tired.
Everyone else burned money by opening a club. His original intention of opening a club was also to burn money. In the end, it turned into making money!
A club that specialized in buying and selling players to make money, a club that could not compete but was more famous than the champion team. It was ridiculous just thinking about it.
It was said that the DGE Club should earn this transfer fee of more than ten million yuan if they were well groomed. However, the problem was that these players were good seedlings to begin with!
That was because all the potential newcomers were squeezing their way into the DGE Club and treating this place as their first choice. Thus, any random trial would be a newcomer with potential.
It was just like many super high schools. How could their results be bad if they recruited all the high-quality students around them?
Pei Qian silently sipped his tea and adjusted his mentality. "Continue."
The Manage Loss Trainee continued. "Many clubs have received sponsorship at the moment. The amount is different, and it is impossible to rely on sponsorship to maintain the club's operations for the time being. However, this is a good start.
"Before the start of the Spring Competition, some teams should have sponsors' logos on their uniforms. It's not good to have too many sponsors, but it's not good to have no sponsors at all. The audience will feel that the league is not popular enough. "
Pei Qian nodded slightly. It had nothing to do with him if the sponsors gave the club money.
The Manage Loss Trainee changed the topic and said, "On top of that, many sponsors have shown strong interest in the GPL's exclusive title sponsorship, including computer manufacturers, peripheral manufacturers, sportswear, digital products, cars, and so on."
"However, the specific price has not been finalized. It's still being negotiated."
"At the moment, the exclusive partnership price of a single type of business is about five million yuan a year, and the exclusive title sponsorship price is about twenty million yuan a year. We're still negotiating because it involves some details of the sponsorship. "
"As for the live-stream platform, the broadcasting rights for the GPL's spring and summer competitions will be authorized to three live-stream platforms. The base price is ten million yuan. At the moment, the bidding price should be more than twelve million yuan …"
"These are still being negotiated. Boss Zhang is also summarizing the information from all sides. He should be reporting it soon."
Pei Qian felt his hands and feet turn cold as he listened to the numbers. His mind went blank.
He had thought that it was bad news for the DGE Club to sell people like crazy. Now, he realized that the real bad news was yet to come!
Recently, Pei Qian's attention had been completely attracted by the IOI qualifiers and the Cold-Faced Lady. He did not pay much attention to the GPL. He did not expect the situation to be so serious!
In fact, he should have thought of this long ago. With so many sponsors looking for teams to work with, there would definitely be more people looking for the official platform to work with!
At the moment, the sponsorship price of the GPL league was also divided into levels.
A single type of exclusive cooperation meant that a certain brand would monopolize a certain category of goods after sponsoring. For example, if a certain sportswear signed an exclusive cooperation with the GPL, the GPL would not talk about cooperation with other sportswear in the future.
Of course, this did not affect the official platform from looking for computers, cars, digital products, and other manufacturers to cooperate with.
As for the exclusive title sponsorship, it could also be seen as a chief sponsorship. It would obtain the best recommendation resources from the official platform, and the price would naturally be the highest.
As for the live-stream platform, the competition was even more intense. After all, all the major live-stream platforms were burning money crazily. If they could not obtain the GPL broadcasting rights, it would give users the feeling that this platform was not good. Thus, the bidding price was very high.
Speaking of which, this amount could not be compared to the sponsorship fees of hundreds of millions or even hundreds of millions in Pei Qian's memory.
However, the problem was that this was not even close.
GOG had only been born for less than a year. The country did not have much recognition for E-Sports at all. It was already ridiculous to Pei Qian to be able to get such a high sponsorship fee now!
However, on further thought, this made some sense.
That was because everyone saw the huge potential of E-Sports competitions because of the popularity of GOG's world finals. The GPL was doing so well that there were almost no competitors at the moment.
What's more, the news of Shenhua and other giant companies entering the arena and the sky-high price of the GPL slots were constantly stirring up the audience's nerves. When the sponsors saw the advertising effect brought about by the huge popularity and compared it with the price of traditional sports, they felt that it was very worth it. Naturally, they entered the arena.
Pei Qian silently calculated in his heart. The GPL was very likely to earn hundreds of millions of yuan through various sponsorships and broadcasting rights for the Spring and Summer Competitions.
The good news was that the hundreds of millions of yuan would be earned throughout the year. It would be slightly easier to accept if it was distributed every month.
The bad news was that the sponsorship fees might be even higher next year.
Pei Qian pondered for a moment. He probably could not push away this sum of money.
Since that was the case, he had to tell Zhang Yuan to let these sponsors pay in installments and distribute the money evenly every month. They must not transfer all of them over at once, especially not at such a critical juncture before settlement.
Otherwise, Boss Pei would die on the spot.
"Is there anything else?" Pei Qian felt a little tired.
The Manage Loss Trainee pondered for a moment. "Oh, there's another small matter. It's about FV Club. I heard that Long Yu Corporation wants to arrange for domestic teams to train in Los Angeles, but they left FV Team behind … "
Wu Yue called Zhang Yuan to discuss this matter. There was no need to keep it a secret, so the Manage Loss Trainee knew about it.
Pei Qian's eyes lit up when he heard that.
How could this be a small matter?
Spending money was not a small matter!
This Wu Yue, this Zhang Yuan, both of them should be severely criticized! What were they thinking? Why didn't they report this to me immediately?
Long Yu Corporation brought two teams to Los Angeles and left FV Club behind?
That's a good thing!
This is giving me a very precious opportunity to spend money!
Based on the expenses in Los Angeles, if he brought more people and set the highest standard of food and accommodation allowed by the system … that might cost a lot of money!
After hearing so much bad news, there was finally a piece of good news.
Pei Qian immediately called Wu Yue after the Manage Loss Trainee meeting ended.
…
Wu Yue was conflicted about the team's training at FV Club. He quickly picked it up when he saw that it was Boss Pei's call.
"Hello? Boss Pei, what's the matter? "Wu Yue asked.
Boss Pei seemed a little unhappy on the other end of the line. "Why didn't you tell me about the other clubs going to Los Angeles?"
Wu Yue was stunned for a moment before he quickly explained, "Oh, Boss Pei, you don't have to worry about such a small matter. I can handle it."
Pei Qian: "What can you handle? Can you arrange first-class air tickets and five-star hotels for all the team members, or can you find opponents for the team to train with? "
Wu Yue: "I …"
He really could not after some thought. FV Club might have enough money on its books, but it was really difficult for him to make a decision like spending hundreds of thousands of yuan to arrive in Los Angeles in advance.
Pei Qian said, "There's no need to dwell on this matter. Immediately apply for urgent visas for everyone! How many people do FV Club have at the moment? "
Wu Yue thought for a moment. "There are five members in Team One and five in Team Two. In addition, there are me, Manager Lu, the other staff members of the team, and so on …"
"That's right, but there's no need for so many people. Just let the members of Team One and Manager Lu go. Three standard rooms are enough for six people."
Pei Qian was very unhappy when he heard that. "How can six people do it?"
"As the saying goes, rations and fodder go first before the troops move. What's the point of fighting if the logistical supplies can't keep up? "
"We're not familiar with the people and places in Los Angeles. We have to find a translator and a local tour guide who is familiar with the situation. We have to have someone to arrange for food and accommodation."
"We can't be careless with our meals. Go there and investigate if there are any good Chinese food. Make sure that there are no problems with the team's daily diet and not affect their physical condition. "
"Hire four more bodyguards. I heard that the security in the United States is not good. We have to ensure the safety of the team members."
"Bring a sparring team … I think SUG is not bad. How about this? I'll pay to bring the team members from SUG along with you."
"How about this? There are a total of 30 people. We'll arrange for food and accommodation at 3,000 yuan a day per person until the end of the competition. It'll be about five weeks in total, right?"
"The food and accommodation alone will cost 3.15 million yuan. Hmm, when you get to Los Angeles, you might have to go shopping, buy some local specialties, carry some cheap digital products back, and so on. In addition to the fees for a tour guide and bodyguard, as well as some possible emergencies … "
"How about this, round it up to four million yuan."
Wu Yue was dumbfounded.
Spending four million yuan on a trip to Los Angeles?
The entire FV Club was not worth that much money!
Wu Yue quickly said, "Boss Pei, there's no need for that, right?! Finger Games will provide food and accommodation after the main competition begins. Thus, the money we really need to spend is just the round-trip plane tickets. "
"Even if we go a week earlier and have to take care of our own food and accommodation for this week, we don't need to pay 3,000 yuan per person. The standard rooms for two in a good hotel near the venue can be booked for less than 1,000 yuan."
"The accommodation arranged by Finger Games is better, but the standard rooms for two are only 200 US dollars per night, which is about 1,400 yuan …"
Pei Qian did not like hearing that.
What do you mean? You don't want me to spend money?
According to your minimum standard, six people would be going to stay in a standard room for 1,000 yuan a night, and they would only have to pay for the first week?
It would probably be hard to spend more than a hundred thousand yuan!
Pei Qian immediately interrupted Wu Yue. "Do we have to go just because Finger Games has arranged food and accommodation for us? What if the food and accommodation arranged by Finger Games can't meet our requirements? "
"Can you bear the responsibility if something happens when the team members travel all the way to a foreign country to compete? As the saying goes, it's quite worth it to spend some money to eliminate these hidden dangers! "
"Just do as I say. I'll transfer the money over soon."
Pei Qian hung up after saying that.
Wu Yue looked at the cell phone screen that had been hung up and fell into a daze.
Thirty spots?
There were only 15 people in FV Club's Team One, Team Two, and the five main players of SUG.
Where were they going to find 30 people?
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