Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

FV Esports Club.

Wu Yue, who had just received the news, was very speechless and was a little bit angry.

"Is this official? The quota for our FV club is officially given. The number one seed is based on ability. As a result, there are three teams. The other two have arranged to go to Los Angeles for training, but our side has nothing at all. news?"

"Really don't treat us as our own team?"

"Just because there was a little holiday with Mr. Pei, did you have a mentality like this?"

These e-sports clubs are well-informed. The FV e-sports club soon got the news: Longyu Group officially organized two other teams to go to Los Angeles for training in advance, and expedited visas are already in process. The accommodation fee is all-inclusive of the Longyu Group, and will match up to help the European and American teams play training games.

As a result, all these news were learned from other channels, and Longyu Group did not plan to notify the FV club at all, and they did not even explain it falsely!

This can only illustrate one problem: Longyu Group deliberately did not take the FV club to Los Angeles.

Manager Lu hurriedly persuaded: "Mr. Wu, please calm down, this thing is really too much, but we have nothing to do."

"This time I went to Los Angeles to play the training match ahead of schedule. It should be a spontaneous organization of Longyu Group, not in the process of the World Tournament hosted by Zhitou.

"So Longyu Group can also say that it is love to take us, and it is duty to take us without it. They can take whoever they want to take with their own money. Many teams in other regions don't enjoy this kind of treatment."

Wu Yue said: "This is discrimination! It is different treatment! We should complain, or simply post on Weibo, let everyone take a good look at the faces of the people in Longyu Group!"

Manager Lu shook his head quickly: "Mr. Wu, this is not appropriate!"

"Longyu Group did not publicize this matter in an official capacity. If we explode, Longyu Group can immediately change its words and say that this is the club's spontaneous behavior. Longyu Group is only responsible for matching and playing a small role. Because The truth of this matter is very easy to cover up. Let's start a group rashly. As long as Longyu Group plays Tai Chi with us, it will be easy to cover up. On the contrary, it seems that we are caressing and treating gentlemen like a villain."

"As for appeals, it's even more useless. Doesn't that mean'Who in the hall sued the official?"

"What's more, e-sports in the final analysis is still the result. Let's go to the Internet to make this matter a big deal, and bring a wave of rhythm. What if the World Championship is not played well? At that time, public opinion will definitely backlash. At that time, let's even It's not reasonable anymore."

"Think about it, and know what the netizens will say when the world game loses: such a dish team is embarrassed to ask the official for money to go to Los Angeles to play the training game? The place should be directly transferred to SUG!"

"Anyway, as long as we lose, the rhythm will definitely fly all over the sky. We have to consider the consequences now."

Wu Yue nodded with a dark face: "Well, it seems that Zhao Xuming has gotten the point. He feels that even if we stabbed it out, there will be no benefit. That's why he is so blatant, just to kill the chicken and the monkey, and beat us to give Tenda a good look."

"Then... can we only suffer a dumb loss? Longyu Group has done such a disgusting thing, we can't even say it?"

Lu Jing thought about it: "It must be said, but not now."

"When the game result hasn’t come out, it’s a idiot's ability to jump out and start a team. On the one hand, it puts a huge pressure on the public opinion of their players and affects their performance; on the other hand, if the game loses, the opponent will take the opportunity. The people who eat melons will not stand by our side even if they fall into the pit, they really have to go directly into the soil."

"The best way is actually to settle the accounts after the fall. If we win the game, we can use our winning momentum to pick out all these things. Downwind output is the best choice."

"So for us, the best choice now is to bear the humiliation, try not to let this matter affect the mentality of our players, and actively prepare for the game. When we get good results in the World Championships, we can use the pressure of public opinion to fight back against Longyu Group. Up."

"As long as we are better than the other two clubs, then no matter whether we have won the championship or runner-up, even if we are just a semi-final or eight-finals, there are arguments."

"At that time, we can say that the official differential treatment has led to poor results in the entire competition area. If we are given the same treatment, maybe our results can be better, etc."

"In short, everything depends on the results. No results are worthless."

Wu Yue was silent for a moment and sighed softly: "It's difficult!"

"Although the paper strength of our current lineup is good, judging from the situation of the previous qualification matches, the strength is only between the other two teams, and it is still a bit of the light of the schedule. Maybe we will fight again. The bladder game may not necessarily win them."

"The benefits of going to Los Angeles to train are obvious. You can play in European and American servers with low latency, better adapt to the version, and play training games with the current stronger European and American teams. The improvement will definitely be faster than us."

"We want to beat them and we can't just rely on fantasy."

Manager Lu nodded, and felt that the situation was indeed serious.

E-sports does not mean that you can win with determination and perseverance. It also requires scientific training methods and good supporting facilities.

Many players are extremely talented, but they are unable to achieve results in certain clubs. This is often due to poor management of the club, incorrect training methods, and lack of supporting facilities.

Wu Yue said, "Should we also go to Los Angeles?"

Manager Lu was silent for a moment: "Longyu Group organized them to go to Los Angeles because they were able to get online with the finger company. When they get there, they can get high-end accounts of the European and American service, and they can come out and make appointments with the old European and American teams for training games as an official. Looking at Longyu Group’s attitude towards us, even if we pay for it out of our own pockets, we definitely don’t have these things!"

"We can't go all the way to Los Angeles. As a result, the players will play rank in the low-end of the European and American servers all day, right? Isn't that the more you practice?"

"What's more, our big group of people has a lot of expenses. We went to take care of our own board and lodging in advance. We need to feed the team members and the entourage... just count as 8 people, and it will cost 200,000. If we take the training situation into consideration and take our second team over, we have to double it again."

"Of course, our club can afford the money. The problem is that the training effect may not be guaranteed if the money is spent. The price/performance ratio is too bad."

Wu Yue thought for a while, it was indeed the case.

Longyu Group organized the other two teams to train in Los Angeles because they have high-end bureau accounts and can make appointments for training games for European and American teams.If there are none, it is really unnecessary to spend hundreds of thousands to adapt to the environment in advance.

After thinking about it again and again, Wu Yue said: "This kind of trivial matter doesn't seem to bother Mr. Pei, so let me call Mr. Zhang from the e-sports division of Tenda and ask him to help advise."

"If it is really unnecessary, we won't go and stay in China to play training matches with domestic teams. Other training matches will be scheduled during the World Championships."

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Saturday, December 17.

Today there is a regular meeting for the management of compensation.

This year's Spring Festival is relatively early, January 23, so the exam week is also a little earlier, and the compensation students spend a lot of time reviewing after work.

There is not much information to pay attention to in this regular meeting of the management compensation. After all, most of the products are still in the final stage of research and development, including products such as the fully automatic intelligent bar lifter and other products have not shown signs of backstabs, so it is natural here. There is not much useful information either.

Pei Qian knows that next month will be a tough battle.

As a result, the settlement cycle coincided with the exam week. I have to say that this feeling is very sour.

Whether he can beat the old horse in this exam depends on the shiver before the exam.

The compensation students still report the situation of their respective departments as usual, and soon it is the turn of the compensation students of the e-sports division.

This indemnity student has been following Zhang Yuan. He was originally in charge of the DGE club. Later, after the establishment of the e-sports division and the GPL league, he naturally entered the interior. At present, whether it is DGE or other clubs, or even the entire e-sports club. Can't escape his eyes.

"The GPL preseason is about to enter the second half of the game. The current game is going well. Some in-game bugs and equipment problems have been solved by chance. It should be able to accumulate a lot of experience for the spring game."

"At present, the main lineups of the GPL clubs have basically been fixed. Those teams that did not participate in the GPL preseason are also playing training games and actively preparing for the spring game."

"The new group of players in the DGE club has been wiped out again. Although their strength is a little bit worse than that of the first group of players, this group of people has good talents after all. They have also undergone special training by the old players. The team is still the main force..."

Pei Qian's hand holding the teacup couldn't help but tremble.

Although I had been mentally prepared for this, I still felt a tremor in my heart when I heard the news.

Ten team members again, how much do you have to sell!

This group of players is the second group of players after Huang Wang and Jiang Huan were bought by the collective, and they are still selling very well. This time, the transfer fee is enough for President Pei to drink a pot.

The DGE players are selling well for a reason.

First of all, the reputation of the DGE club is good. Potential newcomers tend to come to the DGE club to increase their value, and other clubs also feel that buying DGE club players will never lose money, so they buy it more simply.

Really capable potential newcomers are willing to come to the DGE club, because once they have scored, they can immediately jump to other clubs to get big contracts. DGE never engages in card contracts or snow storage. Newcomers feel safer; for others As far as the club is concerned, the DGE club does not directly participate in the competition and poses no threat to its own performance. It also helps train players, so it is also happy to buy people from DGE.

The old players who went out from DGE will come back to give pointers to the newcomers of DGE. Over time, "all the players coming out of DGE can be on their own" has become the inherent impression of the entire league audience and the club, which makes DGE's operation enter a new one. A virtuous circle.

As a result, DGE’s new players are like a crop of leeks, and they can sell all of them every once in a while, earning a lot of transfer fees.

In this regard, Pei Qian is also powerless.

He pretended to take a sip of tea calmly and asked: "So, how much is the transfer fee?"

Guan Xiansheng said: "Ten players, these people have different performances. Some C-positions with strong operations or commanding ability are worth more. The transfer fee can be up to 1.5 million or more. If it is the kind with very average performance, It may be only seven or eight hundred thousand, or one million. Together, these players have sold a total of about 13 million in transfer fees."

Pei Qian: "..."

A silly word almost blurted out.

This number seriously exceeded his psychological expectations!

The transfer fee of Huang Wang, Jiang Huan and others was around 2 million before, so Pei Qian thought that the transfer fee of 1 million for these young players would have reached the top.

But obviously this is not the case!

In the earliest days, the transfer fees of star players like Huang Wang and Jiang Huan were also slightly high. After all, the major clubs were trying to get the results of the GOG Global Invitational for high bonuses and exposure.

However, with the gradual increase of GOG's global market share, the success of the GOG Global Invitational, the popularity of the GPL League...

After this series of operations, the worth of star players such as Huang Wang and Jiang Huan is also rapidly expanding as more and more capital enter the market!

Now their transfer fee is not two million.

As the head players' worth rises, the worth of the second batch of potential newcomers in the DGE club will naturally rise.

Ten people don't seem to be many, but the transfer fee adds up to 13 million.

It is not this number that makes Pei Qian feel a little vomiting blood, but the time!

After all, President Pei is also a person who has seen the world, and hundreds of millions of funds have been in and out several times, not to mention this mere ten million.

Anyway, it can't get into my own hands, it's just a number.

The key is how much time it took to earn this tens of millions!

The introduction of this group of players was in September, and it is now in December. It took only three months to train and sell them for 13 million!

With this calculation, the DGE club earns an average of more than 4 million per month, which is easy.

Not to mention the commercial sponsorship and live broadcast contract of the DGE Club!

The daily expenses of the DGE club are really not much. The training base is rented by Mr. Li, and Manager Cui of Mingyun Villa can't wait to pay Mr. Pei as his father. The daily expenses such as rent and utility bills can't cost much.

The only place to spend money may be daily expenses such as meals and fitness.

But there are fish takeaways and hosting gyms, even if these players are open to eating and practicing, how much can they spend?

Pei Qian felt very tired.

People start a club to burn money. The original intention of starting a club is to burn money. As a result, playing with it turns into making money!

A club that specializes in buying and selling players to make money, a club that is not famous for playing games but is bigger than the championship team, it is outrageous to think about it.

It is said that if the DGE club is well-trained, it should earn more than 10 million in transfer fees, but the problem is that these players are originally good seedlings!

Because potential newcomers are squeezing their heads and want to get into the DGE club, they regard this as their first choice, so as long as they try out a few are potential newcomers.

Just like many super high schools, you have selected all the high-quality students around you and accepted them. Can you get bad grades in the end?

Pei Qian took a sip of tea in silence and adjusted his mentality: "Go on."

Guan Xiansheng continued: "At present, many clubs have received sponsorships. Although the numbers are different, and it is impossible to maintain club operations with some sponsorships, this is a good start."

"Before the spring game, some teams should have a sponsor logo on their uniforms. Although too many sponsors are not good, it is not good to have no sponsors at all. It will make the audience feel that the league is not hot enough."

Pei Qian nodded slightly, and the sponsors put money into the club as they please, it doesn't matter to me.

Guan Xiansheng changed the conversation and said: "In addition, there are many sponsors who have shown strong interest in GPL exclusive naming, including computer manufacturers, peripheral manufacturers, and manufacturers of sportswear, digital products, automobiles, etc."

"However, the specific price has not yet been finalized and is still under negotiation."

"At present, the exclusive cooperation quotation for a single type of business is about 5 million a year, while the exclusive naming quotation is about 20 million a year. Because some details of the sponsorship are involved, they are still discussing. "

"As for the live broadcast platform, the broadcast rights of the GPL spring and summer games will be considered to be authorized to three live broadcast platforms. The base price is 10 million. At present, the bidding price should be above 12 million..."

"These are all still being discussed, and Mr. Zhang is also gathering all aspects of the news, which should be reported soon."

Listening to these numbers, Pei Qian felt a little cold in his hands and feet, and his brain was blank.

I thought it was bad news to sell people crazy at the DGE club, but now I realized that the real bad news is still behind!

Recently, Pei Qian's attention has all been attracted by the ioi qualifiers and the cold-faced girl, and he has not paid much attention to the GPL side. He did not expect the situation to be so serious!

In fact, it should have been thought of long ago. With so many sponsors looking for team cooperation, there will definitely be more people looking for official cooperation!

The current sponsorship price of the GPL league is also hierarchical.

A single type of exclusive cooperation means that a certain brand monopolizes a certain category of goods after sponsoring.For example, a certain sportswear has signed an exclusive cooperation with GPL, so GPL will not discuss cooperation with other sportswear in the future.

Of course, this does not affect the official cooperation with manufacturers of computers, automobiles, and digital products.

As for the exclusive naming, it can also be regarded as the chief sponsor, that is, the best official recommendation resources will be obtained, and the price will naturally be the highest.

As for the live broadcast platform, the competition is even more fierce. After all, the major live broadcast platforms are currently in the stage of crazy money burning and diversion. Failure to obtain the GPL broadcast rights will give users a feeling of "this platform is not good". , So the bidding price was very high.

Having said that, this amount is incomparable to the amount of sponsorship that Pei Qian remembers, which can cost hundreds of millions or hundreds of millions.

But the question is, where does this go?

It's been less than a year since the birth of GOG, and the country does not recognize e-sports at all. Now that it can get such a high sponsorship fee, it is already very outrageous in Pei Qian's view!

But when you think about it, this is reasonable.

Because of the popularity of the GOG World Finals, everyone has seen the huge potential of e-sports, and GPL has done so well, and there are currently almost no competitors.

What's more, news such as Shenhua and other giant companies entering the venue, GPL sky-high prices and other news are constantly stimulating the nerves of the audience. Sponsors see the advertising effect brought by the huge popularity, and compare it with the quotations of traditional sports, and feel that it is a good deal. , Naturally one after another entered.

Pei Qian silently calculated that the GPL is very likely to earn hundreds of millions of dollars through the sponsorship and broadcasting rights of the spring and summer games.

The good news is that hundreds of millions of dollars are earned throughout the year, and it will be slightly more acceptable to spread it out every month.

The bad news is that the sponsorship fee may be higher next year.

Pei Qian considered it for a while, fearing that the money could not be pushed away.

That being the case, I have to tell Zhang Yuan to let these sponsors pay in installments and spread the money evenly every month. Don't call it all at once, especially not just in time for this key node before settlement.

Otherwise, President Pei will ascend to heaven on the spot.

"Any other things?" Pei Qian felt a little tired.

Guan Xiusheng thought for a while: "Oh, there is one more small matter about the FV club. It is said that Longyu Group will arrange for domestic teams to go to Los Angeles for training, but only the FV team is left..."

Wu Yue called Zhang Yuan to discuss the matter, because there was no need to keep it secret, Guan Xiaosheng also knew.

After listening to Pei Qian, his eyes lit up.

How can this be called a trivial matter?

Nothing small to spend!

This Wu Yue and this Zhang Yuan should both be severely criticized!This kind of thing is not reported to me at the first time, what do you think?

Longyu Group took two teams to Los Angeles, but only left the FV club?

Good thing!

This gave me a very precious opportunity to spend money!

According to the expenses in Los Angeles, if you bring more people, set the highest standard of board and lodging allowed by the system... This may cost a lot of money!

After hearing so much bad news, finally there is good news.

After the Guan Xiansheng regular meeting ended, Pei Qian immediately called Wu Yue.

...

In the FV club, Wu Yue was struggling with team training. Seeing that it was Mr. Pei’s call, he quickly picked up.

"Hello? President Pei, what's the matter?" Wu Yue asked.

President Pei on the other end of the phone seemed a little unhappy: "Why don't you tell me about other clubs going to Los Angeles?"

Wu Yue was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly explained: "Oh, President Pei, you don't need to worry about this kind of trivial matter, I can handle it."

Pei Qian: "What can you handle? Can you decide to arrange first-class tickets and five-star hotels for all the team members, or can you find a training opponent for the team?"

Wu Yue: "I..."

He thought for a while, really couldn't.Although the money on the FV club's books is enough, it is really difficult for him to make this decision by spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in advance to Los Angeles.

Pei Qian said: "There is no need to entangle this matter, immediately go and apply for urgent visas for everyone! How many people are there in the FV club?"

Wu Yue thought for a while: "The first team has 5 players, and the second team has 5 players. In addition, I, Manager Lu, other team members, etc..."

"Ah, but I don't need so many people. Just let the first team and Manager Lu go. There are exactly three standard rooms for six people."

Pei Qian was very unhappy after hearing this: "How can six people do it?"

"As the saying goes, the soldiers and horses are not moved, the food and grass go first. If you want to march and fight, and the logistical supplies can't keep up, how about a hammer?"

"If you are not familiar with the place in Los Angeles, you have to find an interpreter, and then find a local guide who is familiar with the situation. Usually, you have to have someone to arrange food and accommodation."

"Eating, you must not be sloppy. Go over there and check if there is any Chinese food that tastes better, to ensure that the team members' daily diet does not cause problems and does not affect their physical condition."

"Please invite four more bodyguards. I heard that the United States is not very good at law and order. You must ensure the personal safety of the team members."

"Bring another team for training... I think SUG is good. In this way, I will pay to bring all the players on the SUG side and go with you."

"Well, there are a total of 30 people, and they will be arranged according to the standard of 3,000 yuan a day per capita. They will live until the end of the game, which is about five weeks, right?"

"The standard of board and lodging alone is 3.15 million. Well, when you arrive in Los Angeles, you may have to buy shopping, buy some souvenirs, and go back and order cheap digital products, plus the above mentioned finding tour guides and bodyguards. The cost of the project, and considering some possible emergencies..."

"In this way, we will get 4 million yuan."

Wu Yue was dumbfounded.

Go to Los Angeles and spend 4 million?

The whole FV club is not worth so much money for adding one piece!

Wu Yue hurriedly said: "President Pei, this is not necessary! Zhitou's company will cover board and lodging after the start of the race, so the real money we need to spend is only a round-trip ticket."

"Even if we go a week in advance, we have to take care of our board and lodging this week, and we don't need the standard of 3,000 yuan per capita at all. The two-person standard room in a good hotel near the venue can be won within 1,000 yuan.

"The accommodation arranged by Zhitou Company is better, but the standard room for two people is only 200 dollars per night, which is about 1,400 yuan..."

Pei Qian didn't like to listen at that time.

What do you mean, don't want me to spend money?

According to your minimum standard, six people go, stay in a standard room of 1,000 yuan a night, and only pay out of pocket for the first week?

I'm afraid this is enough to spend hundreds of thousands!

Pei Qian immediately interrupted Wu Yue: "Fitou has arranged for us with board and lodging, do we have to go? What if the boarding and lodging conditions arranged by Zhitou cannot meet our requirements?"

"The team members travel all over the world to play games in a foreign country. Can you bear the responsibility for something really wrong? As the saying goes, you can spend some money to eliminate these hidden dangers. It's a good deal!"

"Just do what I said, and the money will be paid soon."

Pei Qian finished speaking and hung up.

Wu Yue looked at the screen of the phone that had been hung up, and was at a loss.

30 places?

The first and second teams of the FV club plus the five main players of SUG, this is only 15 people.

Where can I find 30 people?