Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

After clarifying his current situation, Zhao Xuming sighed silently.

It seems that today is going to be a trip for nothing.

Although Zhu Yan didn't say anything, his attitude must be very determined. This public opinion incident is simply a divine assist. If he doesn't make good use of it to cut off one or two million, it would be his dereliction of duty!

Under this circumstance, the possibility that the two parties now negotiate a price is infinitely close to zero, and can only be delayed.

Before leaving, Zhao Xuming asked: "Zhu, can I take the liberty to ask, what is the psychological price of the ICL broadcast rights on Langya Live?"

Zhu Yan smiled and said: "7 million. But don't worry, Mr. Zhao, our Langya live broadcast will definitely invest a lot of resources to help promote the ICL League. If this deal can be achieved, you will have a lot of hidden benefits."

Zhao Xuming said in his heart ha ha.

Originally we bid 7 million, but now we are spending a lot of money to promote the ICL League, and the popularity has increased significantly. As a result, you still bid 7 million?

Let alone Eric, even Zhao Xuming couldn't agree.

As for the "propaganda resources" mentioned by Zhu Yan, they are nothing more than polite remarks. These are all things that cannot be quantified. By then, giving more and less is not a matter of Zhu Yan?

Real money is more real.

After Zhu Yan bought the broadcasting rights of the ICL League for a big price, he would also launch platform resources for publicity.

Zhao Xuming knows Zhu Yan's words well, but at this time the ICL League is in the midst of a public opinion storm caused by Tenda. Zhao Xuming is in a disadvantaged position, so he has no choice but to say anything, he can only smile and nod: " Okay, then we will both consider each other more, hoping to promote the cooperation between our two as soon as possible!"

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After returning to the headquarters of Longyu Group, Zhao Xuming immediately rushed to the conference room without stopping.

He received a call on the way back, and Eric was waiting for him in the conference room.

In the meeting room, Eric was sulking and the atmosphere in the room dropped to freezing point.

Obviously, Eric already knows about the promo film "The Butterfly Breaks through the Cocoon".

Seeing that Zhao Xuming was back, he looked up and asked, "How is it?"

Zhao Xuming shook his head slightly: "You should have seen the promotional video of Tenda? Because of this promotional video, Langya live broadcast is still biting to death or is only willing to pay seven million."

Zhao Xuming said it very carefully, for fear that Eric would immediately slap the table and yell at "this is justified".

However, Eric, who was sinking into the water, didn't get furious. Instead, he took a breath and slowly calmed down.

"Sure enough, you can't let go of fighting against President Pei for a moment."

"This time ICL has invested a huge amount of money in the promotional film. We all thought it was foolproof, but we did not expect that there was still a problem."

"We all calm down and think about how to deal with this time."

Eric's remarks still had a certain effect. The meeting room was dead and everyone was shocked, but after Eric finished speaking, the atmosphere obviously picked up.

Yes, we are fighting with President Pei now!

Fighting with President Pei, it is normal to encounter major setbacks, and it is outrageous if everything goes smoothly.

Up to now, for everyone's job and performance bonus, I can only rack my brains to think about ways to deal with it.

Zhao Xuming had been thinking about this on the way back, and at this time he had a general idea, so he was the first to speak.

"President Pei's move is really vicious, it can be called murder and condemnation."

"The most frightening thing is that this foreshadowing has already been planted since the establishment of the GPL League, and it is not until today that he took it out to deal with us."

"We want to use ICL to benchmark GPL, which means that as long as any aspect is not in place, we will be caught and severely beaten by President Pei. And the rights and interests of players are the most prone to topics and discussions. If we leave it alone, it will definitely have a very fatal impact on the popularity of the ICL League."

"So, we must make up for this shortcoming."

Eric nodded: "Well, that's it."

Although I am very reluctant to accept it, it is true.There was such a big news at the beginning of the ICL League, which was a big blow to the popularity.If it is not handled well, it may be cold before the league starts. This is a risk that Eric cannot accept.

Zhao Xuming continued: "Standard contracts, basic wages for players, five social insurances and one housing fund, better food and lodging conditions and health protection... These are definitely not small numbers if they are to be universalized."

"On the one hand, what we want to protect is the basic rights and interests of all players, not only the main players, but also the substitute players and youth athletes, accumulating over time and accumulating more; on the other hand, the standard contract will actually cause a certain amount of damage to the club. Restrictions will also make them dissatisfied."

"In short... it can be solved with money, but the money will definitely not be less. Initially, a large amount of money will be invested to improve the environment of the training base and all equipment will be replaced with new ones. In the future, we will continue to spend the basic salary and food of the players. , Five insurances, one housing fund and other expenses. In the first year, there is no two to thirty million yuan, and I am afraid it will be unstoppable."

After hearing this number, Eric was very upset.

"Of course we can take out twenty to thirty million, but taking money for this reason is too outrageous!"

"If this money is spent elsewhere to promote ICL, how much heat can it create!"

"Because of a video of President Pei, we are going to use 20 to 30 million to post to these clubs to improve their training environment? Why!"

"Has President Pei paid for this money?"

Zhao Xuming hesitated and replied: "Uh... I did it, but it didn't."

Eric: "?"

Zhao Xuming explained: "That's it. The GPL quota is openly bid, and the price is very high. A single quota is sold for 20 million. Shenhua Real Estate was the bidding king at that time, and the GPL quota was raised to 26 million. ."

"The results of the auction at the time were still in the news, and the total price reached a sky-high price of 180 million yuan."

"Then... President Pei changed hands and returned all the money."

"A large part of it is returned to these clubs, so that they can use special funds to improve the treatment of players and establish a youth training base."

"So, the money was paid by President Pei in name, but in fact it was the money of various clubs; although the money from the clubs was left-handed and right-handed, these clubs are very grateful to President Pei."

Eric: "..."

When these things happened, Eric had been slapped off by Finger Company and replaced by Chretien.I can't do it in the United States, so I don't know much about these things.

As a result, now hearing what Zhao Xuming said, Eric only knew what kind of situation he was facing.

Mr. Pei’s left-to-right hand operation is equivalent to borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, and without spending a penny to improve the treatment of the players. At the same time, the club can not only improve the training environment but also gain real enthusiasm, and is also grateful to Mr. Pei.

But this kind of operation, Eric can't play!

ICL's quotas are basically half buy and half get free, basically no money.

At present, there are only a few clubs in China that have ioi divisions and good strengths, and the financial resources are not very strong.Zhitou and Longyu Group needed them to support them, so they didn't ask for more money, and they all gave very low friendship and cabbage prices.

Moreover, given the financial situation of these clubs, even if Eric wanted to pinch their necks and let them spend more than 10 million to buy places, it is estimated that they would not be able to make money.

The GPL actually relied on Mr. Pei's contacts to attract a lot of big capital to enter the market, which is equivalent to playing "out of nothing". Everyone paid together and started the GPL league.

But how can Eric and Zhao Xuming have so much energy?

What's more, GOG first became very popular in the country, and then began to prepare for GPL, which is a natural act; on the other hand, ioi, the popularity of the game is far from enough, and the ICL is to promote the game, which is completely reversed.

Eric's idea is that only a limited number of places will be opened in the early stage, and only six or seven teams will be admitted.After the competition is held, the quota will be sold successively every season, so as to maximize the benefits.

But this also means that when the ICL League just started, Finger Company basically didn't make any money from it.

ICL cannot play this way of GPL.

In other words, this large sum of money can only be paid out from two places: either from the club, or from the finger company and Longyu Group.

The club definitely won't be out there. Why do people spend an extra two million a year to improve the treatment of players?It's not good for the club.

So in the final analysis, this money can only be used by the company!

Without the money, ICL will always be short, and Mr. Pei must have to repeatedly talk about it.But if the money was paid out, Eric would be too frustrated!

Eric's face sank like water, and he fell into entanglement.

But after thinking about it, there is still no good way.This is like a dead end, either losing money or losing popularity.

After thinking about it, Eric still had to choose to lose money.

Because for the ICL League, heat is equal to money.If it is ignored, the popularity of ICL will decrease, and the effect of all the previous investment will be greatly reduced, and the actual loss will be even greater.

On the contrary, if the money is spent to maintain the heat, then the money may still be earned back in the future.

After much consideration, Eric gritted his teeth and said: "We have paid out the money!"

"Immediately communicate with the clubs of ICL, let them cooperate with our work. Then spend a sum of money to promote, before the public opinion storm has not fully fermented, let everyone know that we are to regulate the ICL ecology and protect the rights of players. Efforts made!"

Eric knows that since this has to be done sooner or later, the sooner the better.

If you are undecided, let everyone discuss it, and it will definitely hurt the popularity of ICL even more.

Respond faster and let everyone see enough sincerity. On the contrary, it is possible to turn the crisis into an opportunity and let ICL leave a good impression on the audience.

Zhao Xuming nodded hurriedly: "Understood, I will make arrangements!"