Afternoon, Magic City.
Wu Yue, the owner of FV Club, was furious in his office.
"Ding Gan and this group of people have gone too far!"
"My own team was dismantled, so you came to dismantle my team?"
< p>"They are also uniting to exert pressure, so small clubs that are not strong enough can only be manipulated by them at will?""Zhao Xuming, this piece of shit, is half-assed, disgusting!"
FV Manager Lu of the club was also indignant: "Mr. Wu, these people are all the same!"
"Zhao Xuming and Ding Gan are obviously the same group."
"It is said that we will play qualifying rounds to determine the places to go to the World Championships, but what will we actually play? It has basically been decided after the team selection!"
"The strength of our team has been relatively intact. , but the reputation is far less than those clubs, so Ding Gan joined other clubs to put pressure on us to sell players. The most annoying thing is that Zhao Xuming seems to be mediating, but he is actually on their side." p>
"To put it bluntly, I just want to choose the three most famous clubs with the most fans. In order to gather a team, I will not hesitate to tear down our small clubs."
The boss Wu Yue became even more angry. : "The most outrageous thing is that these people poached our players and claimed that we also earned transfer fees. Is it a win-win situation? I win both of them!"
Because it was in my own office There, and Manager Lu was one of his own and knew everything about him, so Wu Yue couldn't care less about his image issues and cursed loudly.
Last week, Longyu Group and Zhidou Company finalized various cooperation matters, and Zhao Xuming also began to organize domestic teams to participate in the qualifying competition and select teams to participate in the ioi global finals abroad.
However, we encountered a very serious problem: the teams of the major old clubs were poached and fell apart!
Take the SUG club as an example. There are only three members left in the ioi division. How can they compete in the competition?
Other established clubs are similar. Lin Chang brought GOG’s club to poach a group of promising young talents, and most of the teams’ personnel are incomplete.
Just like playing mahjong, how to play three without one?
While yelling at Tengda for his deception, Zhao Xuming had no other solution but to resort to force.
This is to compete in the World Championship. You can’t promote a new player to start the game again if you are lacking a position, right? He would definitely be brutally tortured, so it would be better not to go.
So, in order to make up for the shortcomings of a few teams so that they can compete in the world championship, other teams have to be dismantled.
Then the question is, which ones should be dismantled and which ones should be repaired?
Obviously, the only solution is to dismantle the small clubs and make up the big ones.
From Zhao Xuming’s point of view, even if we don’t consider it in terms of funds, we must also consider it in terms of visibility and popularity.
Old clubs like SUG have a large number of fans in China and are also well-known internationally. Only by participating in the World Championship can such a team represent the domestic ioi e-sports circle.
As for small clubs like FV Club, their popularity is too low. They are not well-known at home and abroad, and they are far behind in terms of popularity.
After all, Zhao Xuming knows very well that in the final analysis, the primary purpose of the ioi World Finals is to bring traffic to the national server ioi. If the traffic cannot be brought, then everything is in vain.
Of course grades are important, but they are all being torn down anyway. Which one is to be taken apart will make up for it. Will there be any impact on grades? Taking the current competitive level as an example, it is impossible for any team to win the championship.
In this case, of course, having a big club on top can attract more heat.
So, Zhao Xuming and several big clubs joined forces to find small clubs like FV to buy players.
Of course player buying and selling is voluntary, but pressure also exists objectively.
FV Club is a small club, and it is not an exaggeration to even call it an Internet cafe team. The owner Wu Yue maintains this club out of personal investment and interest. How can he be able to screw up Longyu Group and these big clubs? Join forces?
Of course, Wu Yue can also choose not to sell out and let the team compete in the qualifying rounds, but if he offends these big clubs and Longyu Group, will he still get good results in the future?
What's more, Wu Yue himself is not 100% sure about his team. If he fails to make it out of the qualifying round and the players have not been sold, it will be an even bigger loss.
So Wu Yuesi had no choice but to reluctantly dismantle his team and sell the players to other established clubs to strengthen them.
GOG’s club dismantled ioi’s established clubs, and ioi’s established clubs came to dismantle ioi’s small clubs. It became a cycle.
Wu Yue was very reluctant to sell his team members, so he got furious in the office.
But there is nothing he can do. Small clubs just don’t have a say.
After venting his anger, Wu Yue gradually lost his temper. He waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let him go. You go out first. I want to be alone for a while."
Manager Lu nodded, turned and left.
Wu Yue leaned on the boss's chair, a little worried about whether his club should continue to operate.
The FV club was originally maintained with his own funds, purely for fun. It’s unthinkable to get a spot in GOG. I can’t afford it at all, so I can only make ends meet by playing ioi.
But now ioi's team has been split into pieces.
Of course, he can recruit more people and reorganize the team, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that this qualifying round is definitely out of the question.
Zhao Xuming gave the FV club a chance to participate out of dignity.There are places in the qualifying rounds, but the question is where to find good players?
After all, Zhao Xuming also felt embarrassed to dismantle these small clubs and give them a quota for the qualifying rounds as a pretense. It is impossible for these small clubs to qualify anyway.
Even if they manage to gather a team to participate in the qualifying rounds, they will probably be beaten by teams like SUG.
Once you miss this ioi World Championship, you will most likely be in the dilemma of having no games to play.
The situation Wu Yue is facing now is: the team he worked so hard to build has been dismantled, and there are only three members left. Reorganization will be very troublesome; there will be no games to play in the short term, and it will not be a pure waste of money. There is any popularity; selling players to earn a transfer fee, and taking it as soon as possible seems to be a good choice.
So, Wu Yue was a little frustrated and didn’t want to play anymore.
While he was struggling, there was a knock on the door outside.
"Dudu dudu."
Wu Yue looked up and saw that it was Manager Lu who had left and returned.
"Mr. Wu, there is a very important matter." Manager Lu's expression was a little incredulous, "Mr. Pei from Tengda Group wants to come to Shanghai in person and wants to meet you."
Wu Yue was stunned: "Who?"
Manager Lu repeated: "Mr. Pei of Tenda Group."
Wu Yue was completely stunned.
Mr. Pei?
Isn’t that the designer of GOG and the big BOSS who established the GPL league?
Want to come see me?
Wu Yue even suspected that this was fake news, because the gap between the two parties was too big. What was worth Mr. Pei's personal visit?
The quotas for the GPL league have been sold to sky-high prices, and many traditional giant companies have also entered. It can be said that GOG is currently the most popular e-sports circle in China and even the world.
The Tenda Group is the organizer of all GOG competitions, and the standard contract incident some time ago sent a message to the outside world: Tenda is the one and only one in the GOG e-sports circle.
On the other hand, FV Club is a small private club, purely for fun, with little fame or strength.
Originally, the strength of the ioi branch was barely adequate, but now two of the outstanding team members have been poached, leaving only an empty shell in an instant.
Mr. Pei personally visited, why?
Wu Yue was a little confused for a moment.
However, he naturally did not dare to neglect and asked quickly: "When will Mr. Pei arrive?"
Manager Lu replied: "I said I will arrive in the Magic City in one hour. "The high-speed rail station."
Wu Yue stood up quickly: "Bring my seven-seater business car over and set off to the high-speed rail station to pick up people immediately!"
...
Two hours later, a high-end restaurant near FV Club.
Wu Yue, Manager Lu, Pei Qian, Zhang Yuan and othersEveryone took their seats.
The two parties have already exchanged polite greetings and greetings along the way. Now they sit down and drink tea while waiting for the food to be served. It is almost time to get down to business.
Wu Yue and Manager Lu met Pei Qian and Zhang Yuan for the first time, and it was a bit hard to believe that these two were the top figures in the GOG e-sports circle.
Mr. Pei is a bit ridiculously young, and he turns out to be the actor in the short play, which surprised both Wu Yue and Manager Lu. Zhang Yuan also looks unremarkable and even a little unremarkable. It’s hard to imagine that he is the top person in charge of Tenda in the e-sports circle.
Wu Yue personally poured a cup of tea for Mr. Pei and Zhang Yuan, and said with a smile: "Mr. Pei, Mr. Zhang, the presence of these two great leaders really made our FV club shine. The incident happened suddenly and there was no time. Prepare well for the reception. You can only make do with this restaurant. Don't be offended."
"Wait for tomorrow. I will arrange a meal tomorrow and ask a few friends to accompany you. Please be sure to appreciate it."
Pei Qian quickly waved his hand: "That's not necessary, Mr. Wu, please don't be polite. I'm here to discuss things today and will leave tomorrow morning."
Wu Yue nodded Head: "Okay, Mr. Pei can just ask. If you have any requests, I will try my best to fulfill them!"
Pei Qian didn't bother to show off, and said directly: "Actually, it's not a big deal. I want to invest in FV Club. "
Wu Yue was stunned for a moment, almost thinking he heard it wrong: "Huh?"
Invest in FV Club?
Don’t I know what’s wrong with my shitty club? Is there any need to invest in this?
Wu Yue looked at Mr. Pei: "Mr. Pei, are you serious?"
Pei Qian nodded: "Of course!"
Wu Yue thought about it for a moment Then he said: "Mr. Pei, if you are interested in FV Club, I will sell it to you directly. The price is 1.5 million, do you think it is okay?"
Wu Yue did not dare to quote too high, because He knew very well what the FV Club was about.
This thing has negative equity and no profitability. Player salaries and venue rentals are just a waste of money. Moreover, the FV club has no results, there are no games to play, and there is no traffic, let alone monetizing the traffic, which is simply impossible.
The only thing that is useful now is that the FV club can participate in the ioi qualifying competition, but there are many teams with this qualification, and Mr. Pei himself has a GPL league, so it is impossible to take a fancy to this ah.
The remaining three players are worth a little bit, but if they cannot be sold, they cannot earn transfer fees. Moreover, these three team members are not strong enough, otherwise the others would not be poached, and only they would be left behind.
Wu Yue didn’t know why Mr. Pei was interested in FV Club. Anyway, if he wanted it, he could just pack it up and take it away. He was just happy to change hands and take the opportunity to launch the e-sports circle.
Pei Qian shook his head: "I don't buy the club.Ministry, only investment. "
Wu Yue is a little confused, what does this mean? If you are really interested, wouldn't it be better to buy it?
Could it be that Mr. Pei is willing to pay far less than 150 Ten thousand?
Wu Yue asked: "How much do you plan to invest? "
Pei Qian: "Three million. "
Wu Yue: "..."
Oh my God, three million!
The entire club only offered 1.5 million, but Mr. Pei directly invested 3 million. ? This is unnecessary?
Wu Yue felt puzzled and asked: "Then you plan to change the team name? Change management team? Or add advertising space on the team uniforms? Are there any other additional requirements? "
Wu Yue was a little panicked. The money was a bit too much for FV Club. Could it be that Mr. Pei had arranged a scheme similar to a gambling agreement?
Pei Qian shook his head: "No, just invest and get some shares, there are no other requirements. ”
Wu Yue blinked and was completely confused.
Obviously 1.5 million can buy the entire club in a package, but in the end, Mr. Pei refused to buy it and insisted on it. Investment?