Chapter 734: There Seems to Be a Chance
GI has been in the field of esports for many years, he used to be a professional e-sports player, and later switched to the field of Honor of Kings as a coach, so he knows very well what every professional e-sports player is worried about, and he knows what professional e-sports players are pursuing.
Therefore, Dabing knows that it is not only human touch that can make its players willing to retire in this club, or even give up the possibility of increasing the value or more brought by the transfer, but also the overall development environment of the club and a large amount of money as support.
As we all know, the golden career life cycle of professional esports players is only six or seven years, and when they get older, their hand speed and reflexes are increasingly unable to keep up with the fierce competition, they will have to say goodbye to their beloved esports stage and seek development in other directions.
Those who are more popular can change careers as commentators, can enter the coaching staff, and some retreat behind the scenes to join the club's top management, but more professional players simply don't know which direction to go in the future. Those children who have been away from society for many years, after leaving the e-sports circle and re-entering the cold and cruel society, even have to enter the bottom of the society, relying only on physical strength to make a living.
You must know that the average age of these retired children who have retired from the professional arena and those who have been eliminated is far less than 30 years old, which is the age that can lay the foundation for a better life in the future.
There are too many such people, the GI has seen.
Everyone knows that dreams are beautiful, and they only want to see that glorious moment, but the coldness and cruelty hidden behind it are easy to ignore.
There is a phrase that may not be very appropriate here, but it can be a good reflection of the true face of the esports world. The saying is: One will make ten thousand bones dry!
"What direction did the players who retired here go?" The GI asked.
Liu Xiaoshuang replied: "Some stayed in the club to engage in other directions, some were recommended to the coaching staff of other clubs by Mr. Wan and Mr. Liu, some of the younger Mr. Wan found resources to send back to school to continue their studies, and the older ones were recommended by Mr. Wan and Mr. Liu to all walks of life." Mr. Wan is not mainly engaged in a venture capital company now, and Mr. Liu is also very powerful, and he has a company that is mainly engaged in consulting, and the two of them are particularly rich in social resources, so in our opinion, there is nothing they can't do. ”
The GI fell silent, confused and unsure of what to say.
No wonder those professional players are willing to stay at the GOOD club to retire, here is the bag distribution!
Liu Xiaoshuang waited for a while, and saw that the soldier fell into a long contemplation and did not speak, so he smiled and said, "Let's go upstairs and take a look at the training rooms of our various e-sports branches." ”
"Okay." The soldier came back to his senses and nodded politely at Liu Xiaoshuang and smiled.
Out of the Hall of Honor, the two took the elevator over the restaurant on the second floor and went directly to the third floor.
As soon as he stepped out of the elevator door, the GI saw a very large office, and some people were busy in their respective positions, a busy scene.
The composition of an e-sports club is not only players, coaching staff members, etc., but also includes many departments, such as the operation department is responsible for the team's publicity and offline activities, the marketing department is responsible for soliciting sponsorship and cooperation in the society, the logistics department is responsible for the purchase of materials required by the club, and then the financial department and management department are common in regular companies. The larger clubs also have a sales department, which is responsible for selling team merchandise with the cooperation of the marketing department.
To put it simply, although Sparrow is small, the composition of a full-fledged esports club is very complex, and it really can't be formed by a few people on a whim and make a little money, and it requires a lot of resources.
Passing through the office hall and bypassing a circular corridor, Liu Xiaoshuang led the soldiers to the training room of the LOL branch of the GOOD Club.
The walls of this training room are hung with posters of Yasuo, Rambo, Lexei and many other heroes, the computer desks are well arranged, the greenery is dotted with the period, and the dolls of heroes such as Teemo can be seen everywhere, making this place look completely different from the training room in the impression of the GI, more like a very high-end Internet café.
As soon as the door was opened, the sound of crackling keyboard tapping and the sound of players communicating with each other reached the ears of the GI.
These players are training very seriously, and according to Liu Xiaoshuang, they are preparing for the continental competition. Everyone is holding back their energy now, and they want to go to Korea to look good on those sticks.
For fear of affecting the training of the players, the GI only stood at the door and observed it roughly, and a man of his age looked up and saw him, temporarily stopped what he was busy with, and walked over with a smile on his face.
"Hello, who are you looking for?" The visitor asked.
The soldier didn't know what to say for a while, but fortunately, Liu Xiaoshuang helped to introduce it next to him.
The person who came said happily: "I am the leader of the LOL branch, you can call me Da Biao." I heard Mr. Liu mention your team, if you can join in, we will be colleagues in the future, and we will take care of each other in the future. ”
The soldier didn't expect Liu Chengzhong to mention him to his players, obviously a little flattered, and hurriedly said: "Don't dare, I will definitely ask you for more advice when the time comes." ”
Da Biao smiled very boldly: "Both of our projects belong to MOBA games, and I heard that you used to be a professional player in LOL, so we must have a lot of common topics." ”
"Brother Biao, come and help me take a look, what's wrong with me here?" Someone suddenly shouted.
Da Biao turned around and said: "There must be a problem with the graphics card driver, you reinstall the driver ......"
"! What a special life-saving ...... for injured feet."
The soldier saw that it was indeed quite busy here, so he said, "You are busy first, and I will take a casual look and not bother." ”
Da Biao smiled: "Okay, okay, I will often come to visit the door in the future." When you enter GOOD, you are a family. ”
"Uh-huh, okay."
Coming out of the training room, the soldier recalled the conversation between him and Da Biao just now, and suddenly felt strange.
Obviously, he came over to talk to Wan Liangye about cooperation, but now he hasn't even seen Wan Liangye's figure, and he hasn't even skimmed the eight characters, so why do you really feel that you have joined GOOD unconsciously? I have to say that the atmosphere of this club is magical.
Under the leadership of Liu Xiaoshuang, the soldiers visited many places such as gyms and film and television halls, and unconsciously walked around for more than half an hour, seeing that it was close to five o'clock in the evening.
As he visited more and more places, the GI's mood had begun to calm down, not as shocked as he had when he first stood outside the GOOD Twin Stars Park, although the club's facilities were far beyond his imagination. In particular, the holographic projection and VR experience room with a sense of science and technology make him really believe that in the near future, those shocking virtual reality game scenes in the movie will enter thousands of households, and e-sports will also change the project of sitting in a certain position and become another national sport......
"It's almost time for dinner, Coach He and I will go to the cafeteria first." Liu Xiaoshuang said apologetically.
Liu Xiaoshuang was actually quite depressed at this time, obviously Wan always said that she would come back soon, but she didn't come back after almost two hours, and she didn't dare to take the initiative to call to urge, so she could only find a way to continue to delay time.
The soldier waved his hand and said, "No hurry." By the way, I want to ask, why didn't we see Mr. Liu after we walked around for so long today? Isn't he the head of the LOL division? ”
Liu Xiaoshuang explained with a smile: "That's the case, Mr. Liu and Mr. Wan rarely intervene in the management of the club, they only control the overall situation, and are only responsible for making decisions on some key matters. Mr. Wan often said that professional things should be handed over to professional people to do, like him and Mr. Liu, as long as the person in charge is stupid and has a lot of money. So, they don't come here very often, and they spend most of their time busy with their respective companies. ”
"Uh......" The GI once again felt that his professional outlook had been turned upside down.
It's a stupid person with a lot of money, it's too special.
There are many clubs that the GI has come into contact with, and although it is true that there are some clubs whose senior management is not very involved in the team's team building work, it is really never seen that there are people like Wan Liangye and Liu Chengzhong who have invested so much and are willing to be the shopkeepers.
The GI had been trying hard to imagine how rich the GOOD Club was, but now it seemed that even though he had tried his best to make that number beyond the scope of his understanding, it still seemed that he was still a little underestimated.
It seemed that what she just said was not shocking enough, or maybe it was that the nearly two-hour contact made her feel a little good about the soldier, so she deliberately lowered her voice and said: "By the way, I heard that Mr. Wan has prepared funds and wants to directly bid for a place in the KPL fixed seat." ”
As soon as he heard this, the GI couldn't remember how many times he was shocked today.
Bidding for a fixed seat in the KPL is equivalent to directly taking money to smash, which is a bottomless pit, and there is no concept of how much it will cost for the time being, but it is conservatively estimated that it should be more than 50 million, and may even exceed 100 million, which depends entirely on how much other clubs can afford the same bidding.
Moreover, in terms of the current situation of the three teams of the GOOD club, Wan Liangye will not only need to spend a huge amount of money to bid, but also need to re-purchase players and re-establish the Glory of Kings Division.
There should be only a handful of e-sports clubs in the country that can be so wealthy as GOOD, including several clubs that are already in the KPL.
However, after the shock, the soldier thought about it again, and suddenly felt that he came to talk about cooperation this time, as if he was not as pessimistic as he thought before, as if there was a real opportunity. He is confident that he will lead the current wolf team to complete a breakthrough in the KPL qualifiers and fight a bloody path to the KPL among a group of strong opponents.
Holding a fixed seat worth nearly 100 million is equivalent to having the capital to negotiate with a club like GOOD that has a strong attitude towards entering the KPL.
But on second thought, the GI began to struggle again.
The GOOD club is not bad for money, how can they be willing to invest money to form a team that is not controlled by them and only hangs the GOOD brand?
The soldier knew that it really didn't make sense to think so much now, and what the final result of the negotiation would be, he had to wait for him to talk to Wan Liangye face-to-face.
At this moment, Liu Xiaoshuang's mobile phone rang, she took out her mobile phone and looked at it, immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and said to the soldier with a smile: "It was Mr. Wan who called, it seems that he should be back!" ”
As she spoke, Liu Xiaoshuang answered the call.
"Okay. Good. Okay, okay, okay. ”
After a brief call, Liu Xiaoshuang put away her mobile phone and said to the soldier with a smile: "Mr. Wan will be there soon, and he has already entered the park." Now, please ask Coach He to come with me to the conference room. ”