The three club owners looked at each other, and finally Ding Gan spoke.
"Mr. Pei, it is natural to fulfill the contract. We businessmen have the spirit of contract and cannot refuse to pay out of thin air."
"However... putting aside the previous episodes, 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 to buy back three GPL quotas. You Do you think it will work?"
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.
Because judging from the situation of this auction, the spots in the GPL league will definitely become more and more expensive. Now it is 15 million to sell the divisions and the spots together, and it is absolutely impossible to buy them back in the future.
Therefore, 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 will definitely still be a loss, but at least they can stay.
As for Mr. Pei...
The 60 million in this period should make Mr. Pei a little tempted, right?
As for how to arrange the schedule for the 19 teams, how to appease other clubs...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.
Why do you want to send 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 will send 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, as for the money, we can actually discuss it..."
"How about we add some more?"
Pei Qian said in his heart hehe.
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 we add more, the schedule will be difficult to arrange."
"If we add 19 teams, 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 the audience 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?
It can only be said that I was confused for a moment. I originally wanted to hold the gpl and laugh at the bloody script of others trying to get in, but now I have lost my spot.
Who can bear to wake up early and rush to the late market?
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 then return to GPL. Isn't this okay?"
Pei Qian was silent for a moment: "There is no promotion or relegation system in the GPL League."
"There will be an Internet cafe league, and there will be a professional development league, gdl. The Internet cafe league will screen out the quotas for gdl. But there will be no promotion and relegation tournament, and the champion of gdl will not be able to get a quota for gpl."
The three club owners were stunned and looked extremely heartbroken. They felt as if they had lost 100 million.
Pei Qian has been thinking about the structure of the entire GoG e-sports league ecology these days.
Internet cafe leagues and GDL are definitely needed, but the key lies in whether there should be promotion and relegation tournaments.
In fact, whether there is a promotion or relegation system will have minimal impact on Pei Qian personally, because the official will not directly obtain income from it.
Therefore, Pei Qian considered it from the perspective of the entire competition.
After all, he also has another identity as 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.
The experience in Pei Qian’s memory shows that the promotion and relegation system is a system that looks beautiful, but actually has little meaning and will have certain counter-effects.
Many people believe that the promotion and relegation tournament will put pressure on the bottom team of GPL, and at the same time give motivation to the top team of GDL, making the competition more intense and conducive to the improvement of the overall level.
But the problem is that this theory is too idealistic, and in actual operation, the situation is completely the opposite.
For the bottom-ranked teams in GPL, the pressure in promotion and relegation is indeed great, because once they are relegated, it means that all their investment has been wasted and they will suffer heavy losses.
But in this case, in order to successfully avoid relegation, more clubs will not train or train new players, but will choose to let the 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 skills very well.
Even if the veteran players are beaten violently as experienced players in the GPL league, as long as they can torture the leader of GDL.
For the GDL team, in order to grab the GPL quota, 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 a situation where both teams seek stability and do not dare to fight.
Therefore, 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 made a grimace: "Mr. Pei, wouldn't it be impossible for our club to return to GPL in this life?"
"Mr. Pei, we SUG have been deeply involved in the field of e-sports for many years. If GPL excludes us, it will be a loss!"
Pei Qian looked at the three club owners and said, "This...it's not completely impossible to come back."
"If you want to maintain the GPL quota, you need to continue to invest. Once a club is at the bottom and has a losing streak, it will not bring brand value to the parent company, but will become 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 achieve 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 make a profit.
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 certain conveniences for the gdl league clubs.
Ding Gan and the other two club owners were silent for a long time, and could only nod helplessly.
"Okay, Mr. Pei."
There was nothing they could do, and this was considered the best solution they could get.
At least I still have 15 million in hand.
Go play gdl first, form a team, train players, and after achieving results, some outstanding players can be sold to the gpl team at a high price. 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.
As a result, I never expected that I would lose everything after 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 competition, professional development league gdl, professional development league gpl. Among them, the quota of gpl, as I just said, there is no promotion and relegation, but it can be transferred."
"As for the money these clubs spend to buy quotas, it is divided into three parts."
"The first part is to return it to these clubs and let them use special funds to maintain their youth training base. Each club must have a youth training base to absorb some young people who have potential but are not currently strong enough to play professionally.
The newcomers to the league allow these newcomers to 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 competitions. The professional development league has relatively little attention. Give these clubs more support and exposure opportunities."
"The third part is used for daily operations, maintenance and construction of GPL."
Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment: "Ah? Mr. Pei, you only use this little money to maintain the daily operations of GPL? Then the rent of the venue and various other miscellaneous expenses cannot be covered, right?"
Pei Qian nodded: "Of course it can't be covered, and it was impossible to cover it with this money."
"In the future, competitions can charge tickets and have sponsors and advertisers. There are many ways to make money."
"Tengda is the organizer. Don't always focus on the small profits in front of you. You should take a long-term view. If the money is not enough, Tenda will advance it first and wait until it makes 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!
In fact, Pei Qian didn't think too much and simply 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 vigorously promote it; or to all the money to the club to transform the training base and environment; or to the training system.
Sending money to leagues or clubs can easily improve the level of competition quickly, enhance viewing pleasure, and attract popularity. If the surge in popularity attracts many big sponsors, then it may not even be able to survive this cycle and it will start.
Profitable.
Judging from past experience, this possibility is not low.
Therefore, 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.