Pei Qian basically did not watch IOI's competition and was not very interested in IOI. However, he could not let go of an opportunity to spend money!
From the current situation, the ICL broadcasting rights did not seem to have been settled.
Why was it not settled?
It must be because it was expensive.
Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation obviously could not accept the ICL broadcasting rights being sold at too low a price. On one hand, it was a matter of pride. On the other hand, it was because they had very high expectations for the future of the ICL league.
However, the live-stream platforms were not stupid. They felt that the popularity of the ICL league so far was all fake. It was burned out. Spending a lot of money to buy the broadcasting rights might very well incur losses. They had to lower the price.
Of course, the video 'Coming Out of the Cocoon Without Becoming a Butterfly' at such a critical moment had greatly increased the bargaining chips for these live-stream platforms.
However, the problem that troubled other live-stream platforms did not exist for Pei Qian.
The popularity of the ICL was fake? Spending a lot of money to buy the broadcasting rights would definitely incur losses?
That was exactly what he wanted!
Pei Qian needed such projects that were too popular and would definitely incur losses the most now!
What's more, IOI was GOG's direct competitor. Spending a lot of money to buy ICL's broadcasting rights was equivalent to funding the enemy. It also coincided with Pei Qian's expectations of supporting IOI and suppressing GOG.
Bunny Tail Live-Stream was a knowledge-based live-stream platform. At the moment, the content was mainly live-streams of young scholars and lecturers. It was not compatible with ICL's live-stream.
All in all, buying the ICL broadcasting rights could burn money, fund the enemy, and cause a certain negative impact on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. It was perfect!
He could even be bolder and not buy the broadcasting rights. He could buy the exclusive broadcasting rights.
Exclusive live-stream!
That way, he would definitely spend more money.
The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt that it was appropriate. He immediately decided to make a trip to Bunny Tail Live-Stream to meet Old Ma and Chen Yufeng to settle this matter.
…
Half an hour later, Pei Qian arrived at the office of Bunny Tail Live-Stream.
After this period of development, the number of employees in Bunny Tail Live-Stream had increased significantly. Everyone was nervously busy.
Bunny Tail Live-Stream had just been officially released after all. It was still in a flourishing development period. There were a lot of new functions that needed to be developed and a lot of daily matters that needed to be dealt with.
Many people were staring at the screen and busy with their work. They did not even notice Boss Pei quietly walking past them.
Pei Qian felt very worried but helpless seeing the working atmosphere of Bunny Tail Live-Stream.
Pei Qian felt that there were hidden dangers even though Bunny Tail Live-Stream was still burning money and not earning at all so far.
However, he did not have a good solution. This was a chronic illness of the entire Tengda Corporation. It could not be cured overnight.
He could only hope that Old Ma, as the leader, would be of some use!
Pei Qian found Ma Yang and Chen Yufeng and called them to the conference room.
"Brother Qian, do you have any instructions?" Ma Yang was as energetic as usual.
Pei Qian nodded. "Yes, I plan to buy exclusive broadcasting rights for the ICL league for Bunny Tail Live-Stream. I'm here to inform you."
Ma Yang's long face revealed a confused expression. "What is ICL?"
Chen Yufeng was shocked. "Boss Pei, you can't do that!"
"I've been paying attention to the ICL broadcast rights recently. At the moment, Wolf Fang Live-Stream, ZZ Live-Stream, and a few other large live-stream platforms are talking to Zhao Xuming. I heard that Zhao Xuming's offer is 11 million yuan. The current base price is 9 million yuan. "
"This price is obviously too high. All the major live-stream platforms do not recognize it. They hope to obtain the ICL broadcast rights for around seven million yuan. Therefore, both parties are currently in a stalemate."
"It would be even more expensive if we were to buy exclusive broadcasting rights! If he were to sell the broadcasting rights, Zhao Xuming could sell it to at least three or four live-stream platforms. The expected price would be around thirty to forty million yuan. If we want to broadcast it exclusively, we have to pay a higher price than this! "
"What's more, we are competitors with Finger Games. How could Zhao Xuming sell the broadcasting rights to us …"
The more Chen Yufeng analyzed, the more ridiculous he felt that this matter was.
Boss Pei had the GPL broadcasting rights in his hands. He could give it to anyone he wanted, but he did not intend to let Bunny Tail Live-Stream the GPL at all.
There was a free and better league that he did not broadcast. Why did he have to spend a lot of money to buy a competitor's league?
What kind of play was he putting on?
He could not understand at all.
Pei Qian had expected Chen Yufeng's reaction. He could not help but smile. "It's alright. I'll give Eric a call. I'll definitely be able to buy it."
It was not that he had any relationship with Eric. It was mainly because he was more confident in his ability to spend money.
Eric was not selling it? That was easy. He just had to pay more.
In the business world, there were no eternal friends or enemies. There were only eternal interests.
Tengda Corporation was a competitor of Finger Games. They had a deep feud … he had to pay more!
Pei Qian believed that Eric would definitely be moved as long as the price he gave and the relevant publicity were sincere enough.
Chen Yufeng was speechless seeing Boss Pei's confident expression.
Since Boss Pei was so sure, he must have already arranged a backup plan.
What else was there to say? He could just watch Boss Pei's operation.
What's more, Chen Yufeng felt that Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation would definitely not sell the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL to Tengda. Boss Pei's call would probably be rejected.
Pei Qian did not waste any time. He had Eric's contact information on his cell phone. He directly made a video call.
After a long time, Eric picked up the phone.
Obviously, Eric did not expect Boss Pei to take the initiative to contact him. For a moment, he did not know how to react. He hesitated for a while before picking up.
Eric's image appeared on the cell phone screen. It looked like he was in his own office.
Eric's expression was very interesting. Obviously, he was racking his brains to think of a suitable opening line, but he felt that no matter how he greeted Pei Qian, something was wrong.
Pei Qian did not waste any more time talking to him. He went straight to the point and said, "Boss Eric, long time no see. I'm looking for you today to talk to you about ICL's broadcasting rights. "
Eric was stunned for a moment, a shocked expression on his face.
You still have the cheek to talk to me about ICL's broadcasting rights?
It was because of the promotional video that you posted that not only did I spend twenty to thirty million yuan more, but the broadcasting rights price that I negotiated with other live-stream platforms had also shrunk greatly. We have yet to reach an agreement!
Eric felt as if he had been beaten up by someone and then the other party had come to the hospital to greet him hypocritically.
He was angry and confused at the same time. He didn't know how to react.
Pei Qian continued, "I heard that you haven't come to an agreement with the various live-stream platforms? It should be very troublesome, right? To be honest, Bunny Tail Live-Stream wants to buy the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL. Boss Eric, name a price. "
Eric was a little confused.
Boss Pei wanted to buy ICL's broadcasting rights? Oh no, exclusive broadcasting rights?
This difference of a single word meant that the price was several times different!
What's more, what was Boss Pei up to? Why did he think that I would definitely sell it to him looking so confident?
Eric could not understand what Boss Pei was thinking.
However, since Boss Pei had asked, he could just offer a higher price to scare him off.
Eric considered it seriously.
After a few days of wrangling, Eric knew that it was basically impossible to sell the exclusive broadcasting rights for 11 million yuan. Nine million yuan was a more ideal price, but it was also very difficult. It would be good if he could sell it for about eight million yuan in the end.
Based on the current situation, there were only three or four platforms that were really interested in ICL's broadcasting rights. The final selling price would be around 24 million yuan and 32 million yuan.
The other platforms might look interested on the surface, but they were not determined at all. They might give up if the price was slightly higher. They could not be counted on at all.
In that case, 35 million yuan for the exclusive broadcasting rights was already a relatively high price. Boss Pei was meticulous and would probably not agree.
Eric replied, "Boss Pei wants to buy the exclusive broadcasting rights? That's easy. 35 million yuan. If Boss Pei accepts this price … "
Pei Qian immediately decided. "35 million yuan? No problem. "
In fact, Pei Qian had expected 40 million yuan. He did not expect Eric's price to be lower than he had expected. He instantly felt like he had made a profit.
Eric choked on the second half of his sentence. He looked at his cell phone screen and fell silent.
Boss Pei agreed so easily???
Judging from the negotiations between Eric and Zhao Xuming with the various live-stream platforms over the past few days, 35 million yuan was definitely not low.
In the end, Boss Pei agreed without even thinking?
Eric really could not think of a reason after eliminating the possibility that Boss Pei was deliberately making fun of him.
Could it be that … there was a conspiracy behind this?
Or could it be that the ICL league had some unique value that I did not discover, that other live-stream platforms did not discover, and that only Boss Pei discovered?
Eric was at a loss for words since Boss Pei agreed so readily.
He could not possibly sign the contract just like that, right?
Eric definitely did not want to sell the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL to Boss Pei. He was very worried that Boss Pei would do something else to trick him.
However, he was the one who offered the price. Boss Pei had already agreed. It did not seem appropriate to change his mind and say that he would not sell it now.
Eric quickly added a few more conditions. "35 million yuan is only the most basic. We still have many additional conditions. For example, we have to ensure the stability of the live-stream. There cannot be any cut-off or lag. We have to use all the publicity resources of the platform to promote ICL. We cannot set too high a penalty for unilateral termination of the contract. "
Eric was not stupid. What if Boss Pei deliberately caused trouble after buying the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ICL league and made Bunny Tail Live-Stream very laggy? What if it seriously affected the viewing experience?
Boss Pei would definitely earn if he used Bunny Tail Live-Stream to exchange for the ICL league's limit.
Thus, Eric raised some more harsh conditions, especially the last one. He had to agree on the amount of the penalty fee. That way, even if there was a problem in the future and he forcefully broke the contract, the losses would be controlled within an acceptable range.
Pei Qian nodded again. "No problem. We accept these conditions."
Eric was obviously overthinking.
Wouldn't GOG be even more dominant if Pei Qian were to play tricks and ruin the ICL league? Wouldn't Tengda earn even more?
Of course, he had to broadcast ICL well and help the local server, IOI, up. He had to let Eric see hope so that he could continue to burn money with him!
Thus, Pei Qian accepted all of these conditions.
Eric froze.
Eric did not move on the cell phone screen. He did not even blink.
Pei Qian thought that his cell phone was stuck. He asked, "Boss Eric? Can you hear me? "
Eric only reacted after a long time. "I can hear you."
He would never have thought that Boss Pei would agree to the price he asked for without hesitation. Boss Pei would accept all of his conditions as well!
Eric would have happily signed the contract with the other party if the other party was not Tengda but another company.
However, Eric needed a reason to convince himself to Tengda and Boss Pei.
Eric pondered for a long time and said, "Boss Pei, can you tell me why you want to buy the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL? I can consider it if you can give me a convincing enough reason and the contract is detailed enough. "
Pei Qian immediately replied with an excuse that he had already thought of. "Of course, it's because I want to promote Bunny Tail Live-Stream."
"Live-Streams are obviously one of the future trends. At the moment, Bunny Tail Live-Stream does not have much advantage over other live-stream platforms. Buying the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL is the first step for Bunny Tail Live-Stream to challenge those veteran live-stream platforms. "
These words were pure nonsense, but it sounded extremely reasonable to Eric.
Eric asked, "Why don't you broadcast the GPL on Bunny Tail Live-Stream?"
"Er …" Pei Qian paused.
Eric meant that since you want to do a Bunny Tail live-stream, why don't you put the good stuff in your hands on it? Yet, you want to buy it from me?
The motive was very suspicious!
However, Pei Qian quickly reacted. "Bunny Tail Live-Stream has just been released. The structure is not particularly stable yet. The GPL live-stream has already been scheduled. It will be released soon. "
In order to eliminate Eric's doubts and successfully buy the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ICL league, he could only arrange for the GPL to be broadcasted on Bunny Tail Live-Stream.
Eric nodded slightly, the doubt in his eyes finally subsiding.
Since Boss Pei had placed the GPL league on Bunny Tail Live-Stream, there should not be a big problem.
If the bandwidth of Bunny Tail Live-Stream was not enough and there was a lag, the GPL live-stream would also be affected.
What's more, both parties could make a series of detailed agreements when signing the contract. Eric could immediately terminate the cooperation if anything went wrong.
If the wrong party was on Boss Pei's side, Eric could refund the contract according to part of the contract and terminate the contract naturally. If the wrong party was on his side, the liquidated damages would be relatively low and he could stop the losses in time.
Eric thought about it carefully and realized that he was actually tempted.
He had to admit that Boss Pei's conditions were much more generous than those of other live-stream platforms.
Eric and Zhao Xuming had been arguing and bargaining with these live-stream platforms for the past few days. They were already very frustrated.
If they gave up on this cooperation opportunity with Boss Pei, they did not know how long they would have to argue with those live-stream platforms. What's more, the final price would probably not be as good as selling it to Boss Pei.
Boss Pei's motive for buying the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL might be a little far-fetched, but it made sense. That was because even if Boss Pei did not buy it, ICL would always find a platform to broadcast it. There would still be the popularity that it should have. Boss Pei buying the exclusive broadcasting rights would instead create popularity for Bunny Tail Live-Stream. It was a win-win situation.
The logic was very smooth, and the motive was very reasonable.
Eric nodded at that thought. "How about this, Boss Pei? I'll talk to Boss Zhao and the legal department and come up with a detailed contract. Then, we can discuss the details of the cooperation. If Boss Pei sincerely wants to cooperate, there's no need for us to give up on the win-win opportunity because of our position. "
Pei Qian smiled. "Alright, I'll wait for the good news."
Pei Qian looked at Chen Yufeng after hanging up the video call. "It's done. Let the legal department study the contract."
Chen Yufeng was dumbfounded.
That was it?
With just a few words, Boss Pei made his old enemy, Eric, agree to sell the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL to us?
This price might seem a little high and it was not worth it, but it would definitely be worth it since Boss Pei felt that it was worth it.
Chen Yufeng could not say anything else. He immediately nodded. "Alright, Boss Pei. I'll arrange it now!"
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