Chapter 396: Why Not Invest in NA?
On the plane where Guan Zeyuan can take a bath, Tang Junzheng and Xia Erxie are lying on the smart leather sofa in the private room and talking.
As a "small" capitalist, of course.
After Tang Jun completed the class leap, he naturally would not take an ordinary plane like Guan Zeyuan, and he would post a video of more than ten minutes on social media.
Moreover, Tang Jun experienced this route to Dubai six years earlier than the other party in this time and space.
"Since you've chosen to invest in Europe, why don't you want to invest in another team in North America?"
"NA is where Riot's headquarters are located, and for the sake of face, Riot Inc., which is like an iron rooster, has been constantly providing financial support to the teams in the region."
"The investment cost on the NA side is much lower than ours."
Xia Erche enjoyed the massage of the plane seat and raised the doubts in his heart to Tang Jun.
"Haha."
"Even if you invest in a club, you have to ask why you don't invest in NA, is there such a loud argument between EU and NA in your LCS region?"
While Tang Jun closed his eyes and rested, he spoke very slowly.
This embarrassed Charche a little.
After all, he is still relatively self-aware.
The two divisions of NA and EU, compared with the two divisions of LPL and LCK, are indeed indescribable.
Basically, by exerting the strength of the entire region, you can also form a team with a relatively luxurious lineup that can be called a strong team in the World Championship.
Although the strength of the LPL division has not been very good in recent years, it has been suppressed by the LCK.
But anyway, LPL has won two championship mid-season championships, and there is also a world championship in S2, which is more valuable than the year after FNC.
"Actually, it's not like I haven't thought about investing in North America."
"You know, one of the players I've got next season is Death Declaration, and he's played in North America for a season and he's very popular there."
"However, the investment environment in the North American region is not half a star compared to the European 3 region."
"The top teams over there are C9 and TL, but these two teams have basically become the retirement base for LCK players."
"The atmosphere is so relaxed."
"Coupled with the exchange rate problem, the investment is a big cost."
"Although the euro is spent in Europe and the exchange rate is higher, in fact, the salary of League of Legends professional players on this side of Europe is still much lower than that in North America."
Spend less?
That's a reason
Xia Erxie knew that Tang Jun must still have something to hide from him, but he didn't dig deeper.
After all, what he is thinking about now is to sign the agreement on the transfer of shares as soon as possible, so that the club can obtain a large flow of funds.
Really, their club is really not very good about the future of League of Legends, and they just want to quit as soon as possible.
"In the final analysis, the reason why you didn't achieve results in League of Legends events is that you don't spend enough money." Tang Jun seemed to know what Xia Erxie was thinking.
"Like Team VIT, it seems to have entered the same year as you, right?"
"But it only took a year for them to complete the transformation of the team this year, and apart from FNC and G2, he is the top 3 team in your division."
"But put it in the LPL region, or the LCK region, and this is a team that can't even make the playoffs."
"So, why don't you find a way to find a few mid-laner players with playoff goalkeeper strength from the LPL region as foreign aids?"
"League of Legends is a game that is essentially a mid-laner game."
"Even if other players don't cook, as long as the strength of the mid-laner players is still online, the overall strength of the team will not be much worse."
"So, you guys are only suitable for traditional sports, so don't think about entering esports."
Now the other party is begging him to sign the contract quickly, so that he can successfully get out of the League of Legends project.
Therefore, Tang Jun was quite unkind when he spoke.
And Xia Erxie couldn't help but shake his head after listening to what Tang Jun said.
In fact, he understands what Tang Jun said, and even, he has thought more than once about finding some strong foreign aid from the LPL or LCK region to lead the team to sprint to the World Championship.
But the old guys at the club only have money in their eyes.
A top mid-laner with a signing fee of nearly one million euros.
For them, it may just be the price of a property under their name, but even so, they will not be willing to invest their money.
The comfort zone of traditional sports has made these people lack the spirit of enterprise.
I forgot how hard I worked when I started my business.
At the end of the day, esports or just League of Legends events, Riot is still figuring out how to distribute benefits with each region.
Only when the order has not yet been formed, continue to enhance their own strength, and make the team's influence more and more in the game, so that in the future, when the Riot finally determines the order of interests, it can have more say.
For now, the only team that Charchet knows can influence the distribution of Riot's interests across the region is SKT.
And all of this is due to the fact that this team has won three World Championships and one MSI championship, and is the most honored team in the League of Legends event.
In contrast, Tang Jun's GBG team was only established this season, and although it won the championship in the championship mid-season this year, its influence is definitely not comparable to SKT.
But that's the case, GBG relies on the influence brought by the club and the hidden voice in the LPL league, which is no longer weaker than an established club like EDG.
Therefore, the GBG club is now actually participating in the distribution of interests in the LPL region.
Of course, there is very little that the club can influence.
However, as long as it can have an impact, it will definitely not lose in the future distribution of benefits.
If GBG can win the world championship this year, then Tang Jun will definitely be able to enjoy the first wave of dividends brought by the LPL alliance next year.
"Don't think about it."
"Sleep in peace."
"It's going to be a long time coming."
Tang Jun's voice was very soft: "I know you understand e-sports." ”
"But it can't be helped."
"Who told you that you are just a small shareholder and have no right to speak?"
"That's the harsh reality."
"You can only get more if you make yourself stronger."
In the face of Tang Jun's words, Xia Er Xie was silent.
He rolled behind him for a moment, then suddenly put on his slippers and stood up.
"Huh?" Tang Jun looked at Xia Erxie's face flushed, and even wondered: "This air conditioner is quite cold, I have to cover myself with a blanket to sleep." ”
"I'm hot, take a shower!" Charchet.
(End of chapter)