While driving, Lin Cheng secretly glanced at the eldest sister next to him.
The gray business suit wraps up the sexy figure curve, and the long fleshy legs are elegantly placed side by side, and there is no trace of the gentle and violent aura just now in front of the mirror.
Noticing Lin Cheng's gaze, she looked over expressionlessly.
"Drive faster! Enxi has already finished school."
"oh."
Lin Cheng couldn't help but say: "You can't blame me! It's because Sister Shiyan was too seductive just now."
"..."
Zheng Shiyan turned her head away and didn't want to answer.
Lin Cheng snickered, a little embarrassed.
Today our husband is in great spirits!
"correct."
Zheng Shiyan looked out the window and said in a calm voice, "Many clubs have contacted me recently, asking about your transfer intention."
"What should I say? According to my salary, not many teams would dare to compete, right?"
Lin Cheng's curiosity was aroused.
His salary is so exorbitant that not many e-sports clubs can afford it.
The total contract price KT gave him last year alone reached tens of billions of won, and most clubs don't have that much operating funds for their entire team for a year.
The capital behind e-sports clubs is definitely very rich, but few of them run the clubs purely on the basis of their enthusiasm.
If you want to introduce Lin Cheng, you won't just consider it for the competitive level, but now there is a practical problem standing in the way.
Lin Cheng's image rights are entirely in his own hands.
This is enough to deter most teams. Even when this clause was revealed before, the outside world ridiculed KT for being a fool.
To put it bluntly, e-sports is still a fan economy. Everyone has never heard of this situation where the image rights are completely in the hands of the players. Even the image rights of other players are basically worthless.
But knowing Lin Cheng's commercial value, KT gave up his image rights, which is a great act of kindness.
Take a look at T1. Although the contract given to Faker is not cheap, Faker’s image rights club is very tight.
Other club operating teams are losing money like crazy, but T1’s League of Legends division is still making money for other divisions to lose money. Isn’t it because of Faker’s signature brand?
KT gave up Lin Cheng's image rights, and the outside world can't even estimate how much KT lost (less earned) in a year.
Of course, the final result showed that KT's strategy was correct.
Even without Lin Cheng's image rights, a large number of sponsors line up to send money to KT every year.
Because in the eyes of the outside world, KT and Lin Cheng are highly bound, Lin Cheng's popularity is also KT's popularity to a certain extent.
But that may not be the case for other teams that want to introduce Lin Cheng.
Only KT has Lin Cheng's full personal imprint. Once he leaves, sponsors may prefer to personally sponsor Lin Cheng, and the club that brought him in may only be able to drink soup.
"The teams in the LPL can give you good offers, but they all want to fight for your image rights."
"I knew it."
Lin Cheng shrugged. Today's LPL teams may not be richer than LCK teams. LPL teams that want to introduce Lin Cheng must be here for his commercial value.
But Lin Cheng, who had tasted the sweetness, did not want to hand over the image rights easily.
He has clearly realized how big the market behind him is.
Not to mention anything else, Sister Shiyan helped him win endorsement contracts with several major brands, which almost equaled his salary.
"Forget it! I'm very happy in KT. I don't have to worry about the Asian Games this year. I still want to stay in Korea and spend more time with you... and stay with Eun Hee."
Zheng Siyan glanced at him and said, "KT's contract renewal conditions are still being tested for the time being, but Hanwha has initially provided you with a 1+1 two-year basic contract with a total price of 20 billion, and no image rights are required."
"Are they crazy? This is not how to spend money."
Lin Cheng was stunned for a moment and sighed that Hanwha really wanted to spend money and was crazy.
Although the total contract price given to him by KT this year exceeds 10 billion, the basic part is actually only a little over 7 billion. Including the commercial contracts of some clubs, it reaches 10 billion.
Hanwha initially offered a two-year contract with a basic price of RMB 20 billion. After the negotiations, including commercial contracts, I don’t know how much it will cost each year.
This is destroying the market!
Having money and no place to spend it makes you feel so depressed, right?
Not to mention, the name ‘Hanwha’ has really attracted a lot of attention recently.
The outside world's evaluation is that of the nouveau riche.
Not just their eSports club.
Hanwha's baseball club, the Hanwha Eagles, just signed back the "Korean monster" Ryu Hyun-jin for 17 billion won over four years, setting a contract record in the Korean Professional Baseball League.
Although 17 billion won over four years sounds like that, it is not comparable to Lin Cheng's tens of billions contract this year, but it also depends on the actual situation.
Ryu Hyun-jin, the unlucky guy, only got injured after playing in the major leagues for a few years. Everyone knows his glass attributes.
He underwent elbow ligament replacement surgery last year and took a year off. After returning this year, the quality of Ryu Hyun-jin's Carter Ball and Changeup Ball, which he was proud of, became very poor. In the second game after his return, he injured his knee again.
Then he lay back on the hospital bed.
Ryu Hyun-jin has not played many games intermittently. As a pitcher who can only run four times, it has been difficult to sign a good contract in the United States. The contract offered by Hanwha is actually at an outrageous premium.
Just like those older football stars who go to wealthy leagues to retire, their strength has declined to the point where they may not be as good as local players. It is normal to get injured after playing a game and take a year off.
Last year, KT gave Lin Cheng a tens of billions contract. At least few outsiders thought KT was stupid, because Lin Cheng's competitive strength and commercial value were there.
But Ryu Hyun-jin is just a bluffing nickname now. Hanwha spent so much money basically just to make a sound and let everyone know that they have money.
And seeing that their brother club is spending so much money, Hanwha Esports Division, which has been waving checks for three years and has been unable to buy anyone, is in a panic!
No! I have to spend the money this year anyway.
There is no way, maybe the money earned from selling arms is not safe, and the parent company behind the scenes is urging you to spend money.
Everyone's joys and sorrows are different. When most clubs are still worried about running out of money, Hanwha's senior executives are all frowning and thinking about how to spend their money.
Hanwha's manager has been pestering Jung Si-yeon like crazy lately.
"We have money! If you don't like it, tell us the number!"
"The basic contract in the first year is 10 billion, and we can continue to increase it next year! I heard from the superiors that they will make additional investment next year."
"What should I say? Let Cheng come over! Hanwha provides the best in everything."
"We can also go to China to hire Chinese chefs and bring ten chefs over for trial training. The one we are satisfied with will stay."
Zheng Siyan probably told Lin Cheng about Hanwha's sincerity, but Lin Cheng just smiled and asked her to wait for KT's quotation.
As long as the gap is not too outrageous, he is still willing to stay with KT.
As for Hanwha, I can only say sorry.
If you meet the right person at the wrong time, someone is destined to suffer sadness.