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"Don't worry, everyone," Ding Jun promised, "After releasing equity control and introducing investment, I will still be the major shareholder and have control over the club."

He didn't want to find a master to point fingers. Anyway, VG's reputation is here, and investors don't need to be famous, as long as they give money.

The team members are relieved.

"That buddy has nothing to eat." Jack, who stayed in his hometown in Huanggang, put his hands behind his head. "As long as the training team does not change, it will not affect us much."

Except for business activities, it is difficult for professional players to see club staff other than the training department.

"As long as you don't engage in catwalk shows and other tricks, I can accept normal professional player business." Duan Deliang said with a smile.

Gu Xing teased from the side, "What if I asked you to write an autobiography?"

"Don't, don't, don't worry about it," Duan Deliang hastily waved his hands and refused, "How about writing an autobiography with our level of language organization? Isn't that ridiculous and generous."

The chat voice of the VG training department was full of laughter.

Seeing the smile on Ding Jun's face, Song Jinghao couldn't help asking a question, "If it's just to open up the equity, there's no need to call us all over with great fanfare, right?"

Changes in players and club executives have little to do with changing bosses, let alone just adding an investor.

"It's like this," Boss Ding pushed his glasses and said, "Let everyone gather here, there is another important decision to announce."

"I'm going to build a home."

Ding Jun's words were astonishing, and all the members of the training department in the chat channel were shocked.

"What's the home game?" Kuro didn't quite understand.

Gu Xing explained from the side, "The LPL will become a league next season, allowing some teams to start building home stadiums in other cities like traditional sports events...Anyway, for us, if we build a home stadium, we will have to go to new venues and venues in the future. New base."

Li Ruixing understood, but immediately fell into a new confusion.

"Isn't there no money, why do we need to build a home stadium?"

"That's right," Jack was also at a loss, "Now it costs a lot of money to build a home stadium, right?"

Upon seeing this, Ding Jun explained the cause and effect.

"Everyone, listen to me slowly... First of all, next season will start to become a league, and the number of participating teams in the LPL will also increase from 12 to 14. The two more teams will be the S7 summer sub-league champions—that is, our team. The second team VGP, this quota triggers the rule that 'the club cannot have two teams in the same league' and must be sold, and the second is the official public bidding to sell the seats."

"It seems that the S8 season will only add two new faces, right?" He asked himself and answered, "Actually, that's not the case at all!"

"Based on the information I have so far, both the IM and NB teams will have to sell their quotas. As a result, there will be 4 new teams appearing in the Spring Split next year, and the overall proportion is quite amazing!"

Gu Xing frowned.

It doesn't make sense.

Although the price of LPL seats has skyrocketed after the alliance, the current division has won two world championships and is gaining momentum. In the foreseeable future, the price of seats will only get higher and higher!

In this case, the club owner has no reason to sell the quota unless the capital chain is broken and urgently needs to be cashed out!

Not only him, many people in the training department realized that something was wrong.

Ding Jun didn't hold back, and continued, "The reason is that the LPL officials have added a new rule to all teams."

"A security deposit must be paid."

The members of the competition and training department looked at each other, staring wide-eyed.

"They said that the purpose of handing in the deposit is to ensure that the club has enough financial strength to enter the LPL cake," Ding Jun shrugged helplessly when he said this, "To be honest, it's more like an artificially set entry threshold. , in order to screen out small clubs."

"And this threshold deposit is 30 million RMB."

Everyone in VG whispered and discussed.

Gu Xing understood why the small club sold their seats.

A team like IM was originally the second team that took over from EDG. It has no financial strength. It can be seen from the players under its command. They are all strong but not well-known like AJ, Golden Horn, and Athena. Players, the main focus is an economical and applicable model, highlighting the cost performance.

After a year, it may be about 10 million capital investment. If the whole team is packed together, they may not be able to pay Gu Xing's salary for a year!

Asking them to squeeze out an additional 3000W deposit in addition to team investment is tantamount to a dead end!

That being the case, it is better to take advantage of the gap period when the seat fee rises after the implementation of the alliance system to sell the seats and cash out.

"It is precisely because of the existence of the 3000W deposit that VG cannot bear the salary expenses of everyone next year alone, otherwise I will be able to turn over just by selling the second team." Ding Jun told the truth.

"So..." Li Ruixing tilted his head, "What does this have to do with our home stadium?"

He heard Ding Jun talking about the deposit for a long time, but he didn't get to the point.

"The deposit can be used to build the home court." Ding Jun connected the two in just one sentence.

"The league stipulates that if the club is willing to leave the Shanghai stock market to build a home stadium elsewhere, it will put the 30 million deposit paid into it."

The reason is very simple.

The guarantee deposit is to ensure the club's entry threshold.

When you build a home court, it is nothing more than turning the amount of mortgage into a real thing, which is not much different for LPL!

Moreover, the establishment of the home stadium can push LPL to a wider market. Originally, if players wanted to watch games offline, they had to go to the Shanghai stock market. The audience was very limited, but when the home stadium opened at their doorstep, it was almost like watching a movie. , can serve more audiences.

The LPL officials are naturally happy to see the results.

"This is also an important reason why there will be multiple home games next year. Anyway, we have to pay 30 million yuan. It is better to build a stadium to sell tickets and get some blood. The Snakes, OMG and LGD all clearly want to build home games. Even WE has to Go to Qujiang, Xi'an and set up a venue to play." After Ding Jun said this, Gu Xing and other domestic players laughed out loud.

Song Jinghao was confused, "What happy things do you think of?"

"The main reason is that the team name WE is associated with building a home stadium. It's really fun..." Gu Xing briefly explained the stingy history of the WE club to Song Jinghao.

Including but not limited to the team's failure to distribute support items before the game, team members riding shared bicycles to the venue for competitions, etc.

"Zhuo!" Song Jinghao yelled in a straight voice, "Every time we compete with WE on the same day in the summer split, this group of people come to our lounge to chat. I thought the relationship between the two teams is very good, so they often visit each other. , Now that I think about it... Is WE here to rub KFC?"

His face was full of anger after discovering the truth.

Everyone in the voice channel was overjoyed.

VG received a sponsorship worth 5 million from KFC this summer, and they can also order a certain quota of home delivery for free before each game.

The players in the team usually don't eat much, and most of it goes into the mouths of the staff.

Unexpectedly, there are still other teams thinking about it!

While chatting and laughing, Ding Jun continued, "We can build a stadium because of the 30 million deposit that must be paid. At the same time, Qujiang will also provide certain policy support. It is basically equivalent to building a venue for nothing."

He showed the chart to everyone, "I asked a professional team to calculate it. If we set up a home stadium, the income will be very considerable. With the current popularity of the team, it is not a problem to earn several million a year."

"So that's how it is..." Gu Xingwu realized, "Where is the home game going to be?"

"Because the Snake team is scheduled to be in Chongqing, OMG is in Chengdu, and the two have occupied the southwest region. LGD is going to Hangzhou, and the surrounding area of ​​the Shanghai stock market is also saturated," Ding Jun talked eloquently. nearby, or go north to the rest of the big cities..."

"It just so happens that the imperial capital sent an invitation, and the conditions are very suitable. The home court plan is at the Ditan Sports Center," Ding Jun said with a smile on his face. Journey!"

At present, the domestically recognized e-sports center is the Shanghai stock market, which has absorbed many e-sports clubs by relying on a more open and inclusive city function positioning.

But this does not mean that the capital does not need the e-sports industry at all.

For emerging industries with a total output value of 100 billion yuan, it would be great if they could get some benefits.

A double champion like VG is undoubtedly a high-quality asset in an e-sports club. There are many benefits to moving here. The official department will definitely strive to promote it, and the treatment they give is also very good.

"Tuigui, what a place!" Gu Xing's eyes lit up.

He has been to the Temple of Earth, across the street is Lama Temple, and to the southwest is Houhai and Nanluoguxiang.

The location is quite superior.

"That's really spicy Thai pants," Kuro agreed cheerfully, "It's also very close to Seoul, so it's so convenient for us to go back and forth!"

The rest of the team members had no objection either.

Solve the team's salary dilemma, and by the way, you can change to a new environment. No matter how you think about it, you can make a steady profit.

Everyone gave a French military salute to express their approval of Ding Jun's original team's proposal to fight for another year.

Playing professionally is nothing more than two goals, making money and earning honors through achievements.

The ultimate goal is 'I want it all'.

But now VG can meet all needs!

The boss pays the contract according to the industry standard price, and the team has just won the Grand Slam for one year, and the overall strength and strength are absolutely top-notch.

The players in the team are enjoying themselves and there is no conflict, why did they leave the team?

Especially Kuro, when he first heard Ding Jun say that the team's financial pressure was too great to afford the full salary of the five members, he once wanted to reduce the salary appropriately in order to stay in the team.

Li Ruixing was very clear about his style of play.

It is a support on a mid-unit, a puzzle-type role, and you must have a big daddy to win.

If you transfer to another team for money, maybe the gain outweighs the loss!

Kuro just relied on his decision, thinking that the biggest achievement of his career is finding a good teammate!

"Then it's settled!" Ding Jun made a decision, "I'll go find an investor, and as long as the money is in place, I'll sign the contract right away!"

After solving the problem, the atmosphere in the voice suddenly became lighter.

Everyone laughed and chatted.

"What did Jack say, when will you be in Shanghai? Come out and have a meal together!" Duan Deliang sent an invitation.

Jack yawned comfortably, "Don't worry, I'll go back when the contract is signed. I feel very comfortable at home recently."

"Come and accompany me!" Duan Deliang yelled.

After staying in his hometown in Shandong for a week, he couldn't live anymore. There is still a gap between him and his parents, and the scars from childhood are difficult to heal and smooth out easily.

Duan Deliang simply returned to the Shanghai stock market, where he had free internet access to board and lodging in the Haowangshan base.

The problem is that I am too lonely, even the breeder is on vacation, so I can only order takeaway every day.

"Sell Gu, I will drop Gu..." Duan Deliang began to cry out.

"Hey, what are you doing? Don't call me Cheng, it's scary to come out at night like this," Gu Xing held back his smile, "Old Duan, just wait for the awards ceremony honestly, and we'll go back when the time comes."

This year, due to hosting the S competition, the progress in all aspects is slower than last year.

The annual awards will not be held until one week after the transfer period opens, and the German Cup, which was originally held together with the awards ceremony, was canceled due to the cancellation of the relegation match, so the competition system was simply changed.

The offline finals will be moved from December to January next year, and teams such as the college league champions will be added. The official made it clear that it will be used as a stage for each team to hone their lineup after the transfer period and before the spring game, rather than the original all-round competition. The last event of the year, the positioning is more reasonable and clear.

Duan Deliang was sluggish, bored and had no choice but to play PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, and started a lonely journey of endless boxes.

Gu Xing hung up the video call and went to find his girlfriend, planning to play two sets of Smash Bros. to relax.

Gu Pan is here today, presumably because the A-round investment is going well, and her voice was very lively when she opened the black.

"Give me an ADC? Let's see if we can carry!" She smiled and adjusted her rune talent when she got Xia, gearing up and waiting to show her skills in the game.

"Gu Xing, what did you guys go to talk about tonight?" She asked when she had nothing to do.

"I plan to build a home stadium in the imperial capital, and I plan to find an investor to share the financial pressure of the branch." Gu Xingyan finished his answer concisely.

Gu Pan entered the Howling Abyss first using Xia's barb to successfully take down the enemy's first blood, and at the same time pricked up his ears and asked curiously, "How much money do you want to attract?"

"Probably..." Gu Xing pondered Ding Jun's meaning, "It's less than tens of millions, and the financial pressure is not that great."

After all, the second team's promotion to the LPL can be sold, and it can also bring back a big mouthful of blood.

When Gu Pan heard the words, his heart trembled and his hands trembled. He accidentally received the robot's Q and was hooked into the enemy crowd and died instantly.

"Why, you want to introduce that Gaorong Capital?" Gu Xing joked.

He checked the information of that investment institution, and found that Gaorong Capital was involved in the rise of Pinduoduo, Meituan and other companies, and it has a good reputation among domestic venture capital institutions.

Gu Pan was silent for a while, and his voice trembled a little when he spoke again.

"...Actually, if it's only a few tens of millions less, E+ can be issued." Her breath became hot. "Of course, this level of capital flow must be discussed with Gaorong Capital."

"Ah?!" Gu Xing didn't realize it, "How much money did you get into E+?"

"50 million," Gu Pan answered truthfully, "The A round is considered an upper-middle-level financing scale."

The expansion speed of E+ is too fast, and the B-side profit model of the docking club is still stable at present. With the traffic blessing of 6 million registered users, 1.2 million daily active users + 2.8 million monthly active users, half a small goal can be integrated at one time. In reason.

Gu Xing didn't understand so much, he just felt a little dreamy.

Half a year ago, E+ was still a baby.

As a result, half a billion in funds has been raised now, and he has become an upstart in the e-sports field in an instant!

"That's 50 million?" He murmured, still unbelievable.

Gu Pan could hear the shock in his brother's tone, and his tail almost went up to the sky, "It's only half a billion, sprinkle water... Maybe in the future, the 50 million won't be enough to pay the players liquidated damages!"

"Go back and help me contact Boss Ding. I'll urge Tunan to make another appointment with someone from Gaorong Capital." She patted her flat chest and said boldly, "We've decided on the VG project!"

If it was in other fields, Gu Pan would definitely not intervene.

But VG, a high-quality e-sports club, has a lot of overlap with the business scope of E+!

If you can invest in VG, E+'s position in the domestic e-sports data website will be extremely stable, and with the blessing of top clubs, the expansion speed will be further accelerated!

Gu Xing didn't have the time to play Smash Bros. Fortunately, it was Qin Nu who got randomly, so he didn't need any complicated operations, so he could play the game and make phone calls at the same time.

Ding Jun was stunned for a moment when he received the voice call.

"Little Gu, are you okay?"

He thought it was another crazy club that had raised the price by another notch, and his heart ached.

Gu Xing spread out the intention of E+ in front of the boss, "What do you think?"

Ding Jun's breathing became short of breath.

What is it called?

Sleepy send a pillow - it's time!

He quickly cleared his mind and realized that accepting E+'s capital injection as a shareholding is a good thing with all benefits and no harm.

First of all, the people of E+ know the basics, and the first pot of gold was earned from VG during the S6 World Championship as a data analysis team.

Secondly, E+ is well-known in the e-sports circle, but it is far inferior to VG in terms of popularity and influence.

Ding Jun can ensure the healthy development of VG in his own hands while ensuring the holding advantage, instead of being obstructed by others.

It just fits his wish of 'not looking for a strong brand to inject capital'.

Otherwise, it would be great if you could bring in high-level sponsorships like BMW and Mercedes-Benz, if you have a relationship, you can talk to them, otherwise, it would be easy to ask God to send God away, and you would feel uncomfortable even if you want to do something!

Finally... Gu Pan, one of the directors of E+, is related to Gu Xing.

Ding Jun was worried about how to bind Gu Xing firmly with the big ship of VG, but now it's good, it doesn't take much effort!

The arrival of E+ is basically equivalent to reaching a long-term cooperative relationship with Gu Xing.

Kill three birds with one stone!

win!

Ding Jun smiled, and his voice was a little high-pitched, "Yes, yes, I will go to E+ to talk to you tomorrow, and try to get the capital injection done as soon as possible!"

The three parties including Gaorong Capital were very satisfied with this meeting.

Their founders originally graduated from CS majors, so naturally they can't forget the fields they are most familiar with, and e-sports is also one of the industries they intend to invest in.

Gao Rong Capital is extremely happy to be able to become a minority shareholder of today's popular e-sports club with a small amount of tens of millions!

For this reason, they added part of the investment to E+, so as to prevent the capital chain of the data website from being squeezed out by VG.

Gu Xing did not participate in the negotiation process, but only learned the final result from Ding Jun and Gu Pan.

VG sold 15% of the shares of the League of Legends division to E+ in exchange for a capital injection of 36 million.

After the funds arrived, Ding Jun's pockets became richer, and he immediately started calling players to sign contracts.

Song Jinghao's salary has ushered in a sharp increase, and he signed a contract of 13 million - he is a veritable second leader in the VG team, and the Grand Slam achievement is also the title of the first person in the current unit. He has the ability to serve as the core of the team and lead the team , a higher salary is reasonable.

In comparison, Kuro is much cheaper, and he is about to enter the age of 24, and he can't get too high a salary, so he signed a 7 million contract.

Jack's salary comes to 900W, Chinese people bring their own household registration, plus the natural advantage of the shooter position, as well as their own good popularity and age, the future potential is obviously not low.

Duan Deliang's salary was on par with Yu Wenbo's.

Last year, he was able to raise the price with 7 so hard that he insisted on satisfying Uzi's wish to pull Duan Deliang over.

This year, the royal family saw that Shi Senming also has good training value. Uzi is quite satisfactory to use, and the desire to spend money is not as high as it was at the end of S6.

Ding Jun rose to 200W, once again breaking the historical record of auxiliary salary.

The salary of Redmi has also risen, reaching the 4.5 million mark.

He kept saying that he didn't want to bring the Galaxy Battleship, but in fact, as long as the money and power were given enough, Redmi would never refuse.

Now he is holding two S Championship trophies, as well as scattered cup championships. He seems to be the title of the number one coach in LOL history. This time, he vows to win three consecutive World Championships that has never appeared in the history of League of Legends. Achievement!

As for Gu Xing...

"Little Gu, here is a sample contract. Please read the terms and conditions." Ding Jun made a special trip to Zhenhai and handed over a thick stack of contracts in his hand.

When Gu Xing browsed through the contract and handed it to the lawyer beside him, he heard Ding Jun muttering, "The revenue from the live broadcast contract is still in your hands, which is not bad, and saves you from having to hire barrage assistants..."

He suddenly leaned over and said with a serious expression, "Xiao Gu, do you want shares?"

"What do you mean?" Gu Xing didn't respond.

"I specially reserved the shares of the branch," Ding Jun rubbed his hands, looking at Gu Xing with anticipation, "Do you want to buy shares?"

Investing in shares means that players are officially bound to the club.

For example, Ming Kai from EDG was short of being offered by Ed Zhu to become a Guodian totem!

Gu Xing felt that there was no need for him to refuse.

"How many shares did you keep?" He asked.

"It's not too much, 5% of the League of Legends division," Ding Jun laughed, "According to the valuation of a single division of 400 million, the value is 8.4 million."

"In this way, I will give you a salary of 20 million yuan, plus 5% of the shares, what do you think?"

Gu Xing nodded and readily agreed, "Very reasonable."

He is unwilling to spend too much cash to buy VG shares, and 5% is just right.

The rest of the salary is rounded up, which is also doubled compared to last year!

After the lawyer confirmed that there were no problems with the contract and the equity purchase agreement, Gu Xing began to sign non-stop, writing his name on countless pieces of paper, until his fingertips felt sour.

"If nothing else happens, Xiao Gu, this is the highest annual salary in the history of the League of Legends, happy cooperation next year!" Ding Jun jumped up, with a childish smile on his face, "Don't let me down! expect!"

"Don't worry," Gu Xing agreed, since he has collected so much money, he must work hard, "Let's strive to become bigger and stronger, and create greater glories!"

Ding Jun took him out to have a meal with his cousin Ding Ran, and Fang rushed back to the Shanghai stock market to prepare for the auction of the second team.

When Gu Xing waited for Ding Ran to go to the bathroom, he heard the phone ringing non-stop.

When I picked it up, I found that it was Lin Weixiang @himself who went crazy in the seven wolves chat.

The last time he was in the water group was the day he won the S7 World Championship. At that time, everyone in the group was noisy and noisy, all kinds of rainbow farts appeared endlessly, and he wanted to praise Gu Xing and Jack to the sky.

Now the style of painting has changed suddenly.

Xiangxiang QAQ: 【 @Virtue @It's a pity that there is no if/°, brothers are in an emergency, how should I buy a suit? Let's get some experience, the award ceremony needs it! 】