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?"
"They also unite 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!"
Manager Lu of the fv club was also indignant: "Mr. Wu, these people are all the same!"
"Zhao Xuming and Ding Gan are obviously in the same group."
"It is said that the qualifying rounds will determine the places to go to the World Championships, but what will actually be played? After the team selection, it has basically been decided!"
"The strength of our team is relatively intact, but its reputation is far inferior to 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. In fact, I am on their side."
"To put it bluntly, I just want to choose the three most famous clubs with the most fans. In order to form a team, I will not hesitate to tear down small clubs like us."
Boss Wu Yue became even more angry: "The most egregious thing is that these people poached our players and said that we also earned transfer fees. Is it a win-win situation? I win his grandma's leg both ways!"
Because he was in his own office, and Manager Lu was one of his own and knew everything about him, 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 go abroad to participate in the ioi global finals.
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 we compete in the competition?
Other established clubs are similar. A lot of potential good prospects were poached by Lin Chang with his gog club, and most of the teams have incomplete staff.
Just like playing mahjong, how to play three missing one?
While yelling at Tengda for his deception, Zhao Xuming had no other solution but to resort to force.
We are going to compete in the World Championships. We can’t promote new players to start the competition from scratch if we are short of positions, right? They will definitely be beaten to death, so it’s better not to go.
Therefore, 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.
So the question is, which ones should be removed and which ones should be repaired?
Obviously, the only solution is to tear down the small clubs and make up for 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.
Established 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.
Results are of course important, but they are all being demolished anyway. Which one is demolished will be replaced, will there be any impact on the results? Taking the current competitive level as an example, no team can win the championship.
In this case, of course, having a big club at the top can attract more heat.
Therefore, Zhao Xuming and several big clubs joined forces to find small clubs like fv to buy players.
Player buying and selling is of course voluntary, but pressure also exists objectively.
FV Club is a small club, it is not an exaggeration to say it is even an Internet cafe team. The owner, Wu Yue, is personally investing and maintaining this club out of interest. How can it prevent Longyu Group from joining forces with these big clubs?
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 through the qualifying rounds and the players are not sold, it will be an even bigger loss.
Therefore, Wu Yuesi had no good solution after thinking about it, so he could only reluctantly dismantle his team and sell the players to other established clubs to strengthen them.
Gog's club dismantled ioi's old club, and ioi's old club came to tear down ioi's small club. 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 he should continue to run this club.
The fv club was originally funded by him, and he paid for it purely for fun. The quota for gog was unthinkable, and he couldn't afford it. He could only play ioi to make a living.
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 place to participate in the qualifying competition out of dignity, but the problem 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 you manage to get a team together to participate in the qualifying rounds, you will probably be beaten by teams like sug.
Once you miss this ioi World Championship, you will most likely be in the predicament of having no games to play in the future.
The situation Wu Yue is facing now is: the team he worked so hard to build has been dismantled, and there are only three players left, so reorganization will be very troublesome; there will be no games to play in the short term, and there will be no enthusiasm for just burning money; selling players will make money
After paying a transfer fee, it seems like a good choice to just take it as soon as it's good.
Therefore, 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.
“Tuk-tuk-tuk.”
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 with 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, 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 there that was worthy of Mr. Pei's personal visit?
The quotas in the GPL league have been sold to sky-high prices, and many traditional giants have also joined in. It can be said that GoG is currently the most popular e-sports circle in China and even in 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 who speaks the truth 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 its outstanding team members have been poached, leaving only an empty shell in an instant.
President Pei visited in person, why?
Wu Yue was a little confused for a moment.
But naturally he didn't dare to neglect and asked quickly: "When will Mr. Pei arrive?"
Manager Lu replied: "We will be at the high-speed rail station in Shanghai in one hour."
Wu Yue stood up quickly: "Bring my seven-seater business car over and leave immediately to pick up people at the high-speed rail station!"
…
Two hours later, a high-end restaurant near the FV Club.
Wu Yue, Manager Lu, Pei Qian, Zhang Yuan and others took their seats.
The two parties have 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 was ridiculously young, and he turned out to be the actor in the short play, which surprised both Wu Yue and Manager Lu. Zhang Yuan also looked ordinary and even a little unremarkable. It was hard to imagine that he was Tengda in the TV series.
The top person in charge of the competition 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 I didn't have time to prepare for the reception, so I could only
This restaurant is just OK, so don’t be offended.”
"Wait for tomorrow. I will arrange another meal tomorrow and find a few friends to accompany you. Please be sure to appreciate it, Mr. Pei."
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: "Okay, Mr. Pei can ask as much as he wants. 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 the fv club."
Wu Yue was stunned for a moment, almost thinking he heard wrongly: "Huh?"
Invest in fv club?
Am I still unclear about the nature of my crappy club? Is there any need to invest in it?
Wu Yue looked at Mr. Pei: "Mr. Pei, are you serious?"
Pei Qian nodded: "Of course!"
Wu Yue thought about it and then said: "Mr. Pei, if you are interested in the fv club, I will sell it to you directly for a fixed price of 1.5 million. Do you think it is okay?"
Wu Yue didn't dare to bid too high, because he knew very well what the FV Club was like.
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. It is simply impossible.
thing.
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 for him to take a fancy to this.
The remaining three players are worth a little bit, but if they can't be sold, they won't be able to earn transfer fees. Moreover, these three players themselves are not good enough, otherwise the others won't be poached, and only they will be retained.
Down.
Wu Yue didn't know why Mr. Pei was interested in the 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 clubs, I only invest."
Wu Yue was a little confused, what did this mean? If he was really interested, wouldn't it be better to buy it?
Could it be said that Mr. Pei is willing to pay far less than 1.5 million?
Wu Yue asked: "Then how much do you plan to invest?"
Pei Qian: "Three million."
Wu Yue: "..."
God damn three million!
The entire club only asked for 1.5 million, but Mr. Pei directly invested 3 million? Isn't it unnecessary?
Wu Yue was puzzled and asked: "Then do you plan to change the team name? Change the 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 the 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, completely confused.
It is clear that 1.5 million can buy the entire club in one package, but Mr. Pei refuses to buy it and insists on investing?