The three club owners looked at each other, and finally Ding Gan spoke.
"Mr. Pei, of course we have to fulfill the contract. We businessmen all have the spirit of contract and cannot refuse to pay out of thin air."
"But... put aside the small things in front of us. Interlude, we do sincerely support the GPL league."
"I don't think so. We will give you 15 million in full. In addition, each of our clubs is willing to add another 5 million. , the three clubs have a total of 60 million, do you think it’s okay to buy back three GPL quotas?”
The three club owners had obviously discussed this before they came.
When things have reached this point, they have very few choices in front of them.
Breaking the contract is definitely not possible. This is equivalent to breaking up with Mr. Pei and all the clubs that have just won the GPL quota. Neither face nor money can be saved.
Of course, these three clubs can also choose to take the money and leave, but in that case, it will be almost impossible to return to the GPL league.
Based on the situation of this auction, the GPL League quota will definitely become more and more expensive. Now it is 15 million to sell the division and quota together, and it is absolutely impossible to buy them back in the future.
So, these three clubs want to give President Pei 20 million and see if he can come up with three more places.
Directly expand the number of places in the GPL league to 19.
Because the matters related to the GPL league have not yet been fully finalized, the matter of quotas is still under discussion.
But if in another month or two, after the GPL schedule and format are finalized, it will be impossible to add more places.
In this way, the three clubs are equivalent to subsidizing their own GOG branches and 5 million to keep their GPL quota. The loss is definitely still a loss, but at least it can stay.
As for Mr. Pei...
The 60 million in this period should make Mr. Pei a little tempted, right?
As for how the schedule of the 19 teams will be arranged, how other clubs will appease...these trivial issues are not that important.
The three club owners looked at Mr. Pei expectantly.
The corners of Pei Qian's mouth twitched slightly.
You still want to give me money?
And give away 60 million if you disagree?
Pei Qian is still worried about how to spend the more than 100 million. He has just started to get some ideas, but it turns out that these three clubs are sending more than 60 million!
"No!" Pei Qian said firmly.
The three bosses were stunned.
Mr. Pei...so determined?
60 million, don’t you think about it seriously?
Ding Gan hesitated for a moment: "Uh...Mr. Pei, we can actually discuss the money..."
"Yes.No, let's add some more? "
Pei Qian said hehe in his heart.
More money?
He took a sip of tea and quickly thought of a way to refuse:
“It’s not about money at all. ”
“The 16 places were decided very early. If you add more, the schedule is difficult to arrange. ”
“If 19 teams are really added, not only will there be games every day, but the time between games for a single team will become too long, which is not conducive to maintaining the level. "
"Tengda is a company that keeps its word. It has already told other clubs and viewers that there are only 16 places in the GPL league. If you charge money to do things, it will be a slap in the face. "
"This is impossible. "
The three club owners looked at each other with bitter expressions.
Who can blame this?
I can only say that I was confused for a moment. I originally wanted to hold on to the GPL and laugh at other people's desperate attempts to get in, but now I've lost my spot.
I got up early and rushed. Who can bear this after a late gathering?
Ding Gan still refused to give up and proposed a new plan: "Well, Mr. Pei, how about this. There should be a promotion and relegation system in the GPL league, right? We can reorganize the team and return to the GPL, right? "
Pei Qian was silent for a moment: "The GPL league has no promotion and relegation system. ”
“There will be an Internet Cafe League and a Professional Development League (GDL). The Internet Cafe League will select the places for the GDL. But there is no promotion and relegation competition, and the GDL champion cannot obtain a spot in the GPL. ”
The three club owners were stunned, with extremely heartbroken expressions. They felt as if they had lost 100 million.
As for the structure of the entire GOG e-sports league ecology, Pei Qian has also been talking about it these days. I have been thinking about it.
Internet cafe leagues and GDL are definitely something to do, but the key is whether there should be promotion and relegation games.
Whether there is a promotion or relegation system is personally important to Pei Qian. The impact is minimal, because the official will not directly receive income from it.
So, Pei Qian considers it from the perspective of the entire event.
After all, he has another identity. He is an ordinary spectator of the GPL League. In order to see more exciting games and for the GPL League to win glory in the World Finals, Pei Qian must establish a better system for the GPL League.
Pei Qian. The experience in my memory shows that the promotion and relegation system is a system that looks beautiful, but in fact it has little meaning and will have certain counter-effects.
Many people think that the promotion and relegation competition will affect the GPL. The pressure on the bottom team also gives motivation to the top teams in GDL, making the competition more intense and conducive to improving the overall level.
But the problem is that this theory is too idealistic in actual operation. , the situation is exactly the opposite.
For the bottom team in GPL., the pressure of promotion and relegation is really great, because once relegated, it means that all the investment has been wasted and the losses are heavy.
But in this case, in order to successfully avoid relegation, more clubs will not train and train new players, but will choose to let those experienced players continue to play.
Because it is risky to use new players, and they will suffer heavy losses if they fail; while the old players, although they have no potential or upper limit, are stable enough and can abuse their food very fiercely.
Even if the veteran players are beaten violently as experienced players in the GPL league, as long as they can torture the leaders of the GDL.
For GDL teams, in order to grab GPL spots, directly spending money to buy strong veteran players or foreign players is the quickest way.
Therefore, a system whose original intention is to strengthen competition objectively allows all teams to only focus on their immediate paper strength and ignore their long-term goals.
Some potential newcomers will find it difficult to play in this utilitarian environment, which completely violates the original intention of this system.
On the contrary, the promotion and relegation system has been abolished. Each club will promote more new players and play more aggressively. There will not be the situation where two teams seek stability and always operate without daring to fight. situation.
So, after Pei Qian thought about it again and again, he felt that it would be better not to have promotion and relegation matches.
Ding Gan grimaced: "Mr. Pei, wouldn't it be impossible for our club to return to the GPL in this life?"
"Mr. Pei, our SUG is in the field of e-sports. After years of hard work, it would be a loss if GPL excludes us!"
Pei Qian looked at the three club owners and said: "This... is not completely impossible to come back."< /p>
“If you want to maintain your GPL quota, you need to continue to invest. Once a club is at the bottom and loses in a row, it cannot bring brand value to the parent company, but becomes a burden. There will definitely be clubs that want to quit.”
“At this time, we will act as an intermediary to broker the transfer of GPL quotas.”
“Clubs that have achieved good results in the GDL League will receive a 30% discount when purchasing GPL quotas. . ”
In other words, when a club is burning money and unable to produce results, it can choose to recruit new people, train new people, and continue to survive, or it can choose to transfer, stop losses in time, and still maintain the economy. Make a fortune.
In this way, it not only guarantees the interests of the existing GPL league teams, so that they will not suffer too much loss whether they stay or withdraw, and can invest with confidence, but also provides GDL league clubs with more resources. Certain convenience.
Ding Gan and the other two club owners were silent for a long time, and could only nod helplessly.
"Okay, Mr. Pei."
They have no choice, and this is the best solution they can get.
At least I still have 15 million in hand.
FirstGo play GDL, form a team, train players, and after achieving results, some outstanding players can be sold to GPL teams at high prices. At the same time, when the GPL quota changes, you can get priority entry rights and spend less money.
The bosses of the three clubs never thought that they originally just wanted to put a little pressure on Tenda to make some concessions on the players' standard contracts.
I never expected that I would end up losing everything while playing, and it would end up like this.
......
After the three club owners left, Pei Qian said to Zhang Yuan: "I have thought about the rules of the GPL league."
" Internet Cafe Tournament, Professional Development League GDL, and Professional League GPL. As I said just now, there is no promotion or relegation, but they can be transferred."
"As for the money for these clubs to buy seats. , divided into three parts. "
"The first part is returned to these clubs for their dedicated use to maintain their youth training base. To absorb some young and promising newcomers who are currently not strong enough to play in the professional league, so that these newcomers can experience the professional atmosphere in advance, face up to the matter of playing professionally earlier, and be prepared."
" The second part is used to support the development of the GDL league and Internet cafe competition. The professional development league has relatively little attention. Give these clubs more support and exposure opportunities."
"The third part. , used for the daily operation, maintenance and construction of GPL."
Zhang Yuan was stunned: "Huh? Mr. Pei, only use this money to maintain the daily operation of the venue? I'm afraid there's no way to cover all kinds of other expenses, right?"
Pei Qian nodded: "Of course it can't be covered, and it's impossible to cover it with this money."
< p>"In the future, competitions can charge tickets, have sponsors and advertisers, and there are many ways to make money.""Tengda is the organizer, don't always focus on the small profits in front of you, have a good eye We need to take a long-term view. If we don’t have enough money, Tengda will pay it forward and wait until we make money later.”
Zhang Yuan couldn’t help but be in awe.
Sure enough, Mr. Pei still has a long-term goal!
If you spend this money, you won’t see much in the short term, but in the long run, it will definitely improve the ecology of the entire e-sports industry!
Actually, Pei Qian didn't think too much about it. He just chose the option with the lowest chance of making money at the moment.
There are only three ways for this money to go: either to the league and publicity; or to the club to transform the training base and environment; or to the training system.
As for the league or club, it is easy to quickly improve the competitive level, enhance the viewing experience, and attract popularity. If the popularity attracts many big sponsors, then maybe even this cycle If you can't hold it back, you'll start to lose weight.Profitable.
Based on past experience, this possibility is not low.
So, after much thought, Pei Qian decided to focus on the training system, build a youth training base for the club, and support the development of GDL and Internet cafe competitions. This way, the results will be slower, and he can persist more.