Chapter 563 563 Gu Xing’s identity changes drastically!
"Don't worry, everyone," Ding Jun promised. "After we relax equity control and introduce investment, I will still be the major shareholder and have control over the club."
He didn't want to find a boss to tell him what to do. Anyway, VG's reputation is here, and investors don't need to be famous, as long as they give money.
The team members were relieved.
"That's a shame, buddy," said Jack, who stayed in his hometown in Huanggang, with his hands behind his head. "As long as the training team remains unchanged, it won't have much impact on us."
Professional players rarely see club staff outside of the training department except for business activities.
"As long as you don't do anything like catwalk shows, I can accept the normal business of professional players." Duan Deliang said with a smile.
Gu Xing teased from the side, "What if I asked you to write an autobiography?"
"No, no, no, it's too late," Duan Deliang hurriedly waved his hand and refused, "With my level of language and organization, why should I still write an autobiography? Isn't that ridiculous?"
The chat voice of the VG training department burst into laughter.
Seeing the smile on Ding Jun's face, Song Jinghao couldn't help but ask a question, "If we just open up the equity, there is no need to call us all here with a big fanfare, right?"
Changes between players and club executives have little to do with it. Changing owners is common, let alone just adding an investor.
"That's it," Boss Ding pushed up his glasses and said, "Let's gather everyone here, there is another important decision to announce."
"I plan to build a home stadium."
Ding Jun's words were astonishing, and all members of the training department in the chat channel were shocked.
"What is the home court?" Kuro didn't quite understand.
Gu Xing explained from the side, “Next season the LPL will become a league, 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 new venues in the future. ”
Li Ruixing understood, but then fell into new confusion.
"Why do we still need to build a stadium if we don't have any money?"
"That's right," Jack was also confused, "Doesn't it cost a lot of money to build a home court now?"
When Ding Jun saw this, he 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 LPL participating teams will also increase from 12 to 14. The two additional teams will be the S7 summer secondary league champions-that is, we will The second team VGP, this quota triggers the rule that "the club cannot have two teams in the same league" and must be resold. The second is the official public bidding to sell the seats."
"It seems like there will only be two new faces added to the S8 season, right?" He asked himself, "In fact, that's not the case at all!"
"Based on the information I have so far, both IM and NB teams have to sell their spots, resulting in four new teams appearing in the spring split next year. 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 region has won two consecutive world championships and is gaining momentum. In the foreseeable future, the price of seats will only get higher and higher!
In this case, unless the club owner's capital chain is broken and urgently needs cash, there is no reason to sell the quota!
Not only him, but many people in the training department also realized that something was fishy.
Ding Jun did not give in and continued, "The reason is that the LPL official has added a new rule for all teams."
"A deposit must be paid."
The members of the competition training department looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes.
"They said they handed over the deposit to ensure that the club has enough financial strength to enter the LPL and share the pie," Ding Jun said with a helpless shrug. "To be honest, it's more like an artificial entry threshold. , in order to filter out small clubs.”
“The threshold deposit is 3000W RMB.”
Everyone in VG started discussing in whispers.
Gu Xing finally understood why small clubs sold their seats.
Teams like IM originally took over the second team spot from EDG. They have little financial strength. This can be seen by looking at the players under their command. They are all strong but not well-known like AJ, Golden Horn, and Athena. Player, the main focus is an economical model with outstanding cost performance.
At the end of the year, the capital investment may be about 10 million. If the entire team is packaged together, they may not be able to pay Gu Xing's salary for a year!
Asking them to squeeze out an additional 3000W of deposits in addition to the team's investment is equivalent to a dead end!
In this case, it is better to take advantage of the gap in seat fees after the implementation of the alliance system to sell out the seats and cash out.
"It is precisely because of the existence of this 3,000W guarantee that VG cannot bear your salary expenses for next year alone. Otherwise, I would be able to make ends meet just by selling spots in the second team." Ding Jun told the truth.
"So..." Li Ruixing tilted his head, "What does this have to do with our building a home stadium?"
He listened to Ding Jun talk 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 Shanghai and build a home stadium elsewhere, the 3000W deposit will be invested."
The reason is simple.
The deposit is to ensure club entry.
When you build a home stadium, it is nothing more than converting the amount of mortgage into physical objects. It doesn't make much difference to the LPL!
Moreover, the establishment of the home court can push the LPL to a broader market - originally, if players wanted to watch the game offline, they had to go to the Shanghai stock market, and the audience group was very limited. However, when the home court is opened to the doorstep, it is almost like watching a movie. , can serve a larger audience.
LPL officials are naturally happy to see the results.
"This is also an important reason why there will be multiple home stadiums next year. Anyway, we have to pay 30 million. It is better to build a venue and sell tickets to get some blood. The Snakes, OMG and LGD all clearly want to build home stadiums, and even WE want to Let’s go to Qujiang, Xi’an to find a venue to play.” After Ding Jun said this, Gu Xing and other domestic players laughed out loud.
Song Jinghao was confused, "Did you remember anything happy?"
"The main reason is that the team name WE is associated with building a home stadium, which is really cool..." Gu Xing briefly explained to Song Jinghao the history of WE club's stinginess.
This includes but is not limited to the team not distributing support items before the game, team members riding shared bicycles to the venue to compete, etc.
"Zhao!" Song Jinghao shouted in a serious tone, "Every time we play on the same day as WE in the summer split, these people come to our lounge to chat. I thought the two teams have a very good relationship, so we can visit each other often. , now that I think about it... is WE here to mess with 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 can order free home delivery within a certain quota 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 people from other teams paying attention!
While chatting and laughing, Ding Jun continued, "WE can build a home stadium only because of the 3000W deposit that must be paid. At the same time, the local government in Qujiang will also provide certain policy support, which is basically equivalent to building a stadium in vain."
He showed the chart to everyone, "I asked a professional team to calculate it. If we set up a home court, the income will be very considerable. With the current popularity of the team, it is not a problem to make millions a year."
"I see..." Gu Xingwu realized, "Where will the home court be set?"
"Since the Snakes are set to be in Chongqing, OMG is in Chengdu, the two companies occupy the southwest region, LGD is going to Hangzhou, and the area around Shanghai is also saturated," Ding Jun said eloquently, "So the home field must go south to Guangdong Province nearby, or go north to other big cities..."
"It just so happened that the Imperial City sent an invitation, and the conditions were very suitable. The home stadium is planned to be at the Ditan Sports Center," Ding Jun said with a smile. "If you don't have any objections, we can start a new year in the new venue next spring." Journey! ”
At present, the recognized e-sports center in China is Shanghai, which has attracted many e-sports clubs due to its more open and inclusive urban functional positioning.
But this does not mean that the imperial capital does not need the e-sports industry at all.
For an emerging industry with a total output value of hundreds of billions, it would be great to get some benefits.
Double champions like VG are undoubtedly high-quality assets in e-sports clubs. There are many benefits to moving here. The official department will definitely strive to promote it, and the treatment they will receive is also very good.
"Guigui, what a great place!" Gu Xing's eyes lit up.
He has been to the Temple of Earth, across the street is the Lama Temple, and to the southwest are Houhai and Nanluoguxiang.
The location is quite advantageous.
"That's really hot," Kuro agreed happily. "It's also very close to Seoul. It's so convenient for us to go back and forth!"
The rest of the team members had no objections.
Solve the team's salary dilemma, and also change to a new environment. No matter how you think about it, you will make a steady profit.
Everyone also raised the French military salute to express their approval of Ding Jun's original team's proposal to fight for another year.
Playing a career is nothing more than two goals, making money and achieving results and gaining honor.
The ultimate goal is ‘I want it all’.
But now VG can meet all needs!
The boss awarded the contract according to the industry standard price. The team had just won the Grand Slam for a year, and its overall strength was absolutely first-class.
The players in the team are happy and have no conflicts. Why did they leave the team?
Especially Kuro, when he first heard from Ding Jun that the team was under great financial pressure and could not afford the full salary of the five players, he once wanted to reduce his salary appropriately in order to stay in the team.
Li Ruixing is very clear about his own style of play.
It is an assistant on the unit. It is a puzzle-type character. You must have a big daddy to win.
If you transfer to another team just for money, you may lose more than you gain!
Kuro has decided to stay on his own and believes that the biggest achievement of his career is finding a good teammate!
"Then it's settled!" Ding Jun decided, "I'll find investors. As long as the money is in place, I'll sign the contract immediately!"
After solving the problem, the atmosphere in the voice suddenly became lighter.
Everyone was laughing and chatting.
"What did Jack say, when will we arrive in Shanghai? Come out for a meal together!" Duan Deliang extended an invitation.
Jack yawned happily, "Don't worry, I'll go back when the contract is signed. I feel quite comfortable at home recently."
"Someone come and accompany me!" Duan Deliang shouted.
He couldn't live in his hometown in Shandong for a week. There was still a gap between him and his parents, and the scars in his childhood were difficult to heal easily.
Duan Deliang simply returned to Shanghai and stayed at the Haowangshan Base with free Internet access and room and board.
The problem is that he is too lonely. Even the breeder has taken a holiday, so he can only order takeout every day.
"Shu Gu, I'm going to kill you..." Duan Deliang began to scream.
"Hey, what are you doing? Stop screaming, it's quite scary to do this at night," Gu Xing suppressed a smile, "Old Duan, just wait for the award ceremony. We will go back then."< br>
This year, due to hosting the S competition, all aspects of the process are slower than last year.
The annual awards will not be held until one week after the transfer period starts. The German Cup, which was originally held together with the awards ceremony, was canceled due to the cancellation of the promotion and relegation matches, so the competition system was simply changed.
The offline finals have been moved to December to January next year, and teams such as the college league champions have also been added. The official has made it clear that it will be used as a stage for each team to hone their lineups after the transfer period and before the spring games, rather than the original full-scale finals. The last event of the year, the positioning is more reasonable and clear.
Duan Deliang was so tired that he was bored and had no choice but to play PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and start a lonely journey of unlimited landing.
Gu Xing hung up the video call and went to find his girlfriend, planning to play two games of Brawl to relax.
Gu Pan is here today, presumably because the Series A investment is progressing smoothly, and her voice is very lively when she talks.
"Give me an ADC? Let's just carry it!" She smiled as she got Xia, adjusted her rune talents, and was eager to enter the game to show off her skills.
"Gu Xing, what did you guys talk about tonight?" she asked casually.
"We plan to build a home stadium in the imperial capital, and then find an investor to share the financial pressure of the branch." Gu Xingyan finished his answer in a concise and comprehensive manner.
When Gu Pan entered the Howling Abyss, he first used Xia's barb to successfully obtain first blood from the enemy. At the same time, he pricked up his ears and asked curiously, "How much money do you want to attract?"
"Probably..." Gu Xing pondered what Ding Jun meant, "It should be a few tens of millions, and the financial pressure is not that great."
After all, the seats for the second team to be promoted to the LPL can be sold, and they can also get a lot of blood back.
When Gu Pan heard this, his heart started to tremble and his hands began to shake. He accidentally received the robot's Q and was hooked into the enemy crowd, killing him instantly.
"Why, you want to introduce that Gaorong Capital here?" 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 had a good reputation among domestic venture capital institutions.
Gu Pan was silent for a while, and when he spoke again, his voice was slightly trembling.
"...Actually, if it is only a few tens of millions, E+ can be issued," she breathed hotly, "Of course, this level of capital flow must be discussed with Gaorong Capital."
"Ah?!" Gu Xing didn't react, "How much money did you bring in E+?"
"50 million," Gu Pan answered truthfully, "the A round is considered an upper-mid-level financing scale."
The expansion speed of E+ is really too fast, and the B-side profit model of docking clubs is currently quite stable. With the traffic blessing of 6 million registered users, 1.2 million daily active users + 2.8 million monthly active users, it is enough to finance half a small goal at one time. Within reason.
Gu Xing didn't understand that much, he just felt a little dreamy.
More than half a year ago, E+ was still an infant.
As a result, we have now raised half a billion in funds, and in an instant we have become an upstart in the e-sports field!
"That's 50 million?" He murmured, still finding it unbelievable.
Gu Pan heard the shock in his brother's tone, and his tail almost went up to the sky, "It's only half a hundred million, so give it a try... maybe the 50 million won won't be enough to compensate the players for liquidated damages in the future!"
"You go back and help me contact Boss Xia Ding. I urge Tunan to make another appointment with Gaorong Capital." She patted her flat chest and spoke boldly, "We have decided on the VG project!"
If it were in other fields, Gu Pan would definitely not get involved.
But a high-quality e-sports club like VG has a lot of overlap with the business scope of E+!
If it can acquire a stake 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 time to play another game of Super Smash Bros. Fortunately, the one he got randomly was Qin Nu, so he could play the game and make calls at the same time without any particularly complicated operations.
Ding Jun was stunned for a moment when he received the voice call.
"Xiao Gu, what's wrong with you?"
He thought it was another crazy club that raised the offer again, and his heart began to tighten.
Gu Xing laid out E+'s intentions in front of his boss, "What do you think?"
Ding Jun's breathing became rapid as a result.
What is this called?
Give me a pillow if you feel sleepy – it’s the right time!
He quickly clarified his thinking and realized that accepting E+'s capital injection and becoming a shareholder was a good thing with no harm at all.
First of all, the people at E+ know the basics. The first pot of gold was earned from VG as a data analysis team during the S6 World Championship.
Secondly, E+ is well-known in the e-sports circle, but its popularity and influence are far inferior to VG.
While Ding Jun maintains his control advantage, he can ensure that VG develops healthily in his own hands instead of being blocked by others.
It just fits his wish of not looking for capital injection from a strong brand.
Otherwise, it would be nice to bring in a high-level sponsorship like BMW and Mercedes-Benz if you have connections and can talk to it. Otherwise, it would be easy to ask for help but difficult to give away, and you would feel uncomfortable even if you want to do something!
Finally... Gu Pan, one of the leaders of E+, is related to Gu Xing.
Ding Jun was worried about how to tightly bind the big ship of Gu Xing and VG together, but now it's good, it takes no effort at all!
E+ is here, which is basically equivalent to reaching a long-term cooperative relationship with Gu Xing.
Kill three birds with one stone!
win!
Ding Jun smiled brightly and his voice was a little high-pitched, "Okay, okay, I will go talk to E+ tomorrow and try to implement the capital injection as soon as possible!"
All three parties including Gaorong Capital were very satisfied with this meeting.
Their founder originally graduated with a CS major, so naturally he cannot forget the fields he is most familiar with, and e-sports is also one of the industries he intends to invest in.
Now that Gaorong Capital can become a minority shareholder of a popular e-sports club with just a few tens of millions, Gaorong Capital is extremely happy!
For this reason, they added some additional investment to E+ to prevent the capital chain of the data website from being squeezed and hollowed out by VG.
Gu Xing did not participate in the negotiation process and only learned the final result from Ding Jun and Gu Pan.
VG sold 15% of its shares in 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 began to call players to sign contracts.
Song Jinghao's salary has increased significantly, and he signed a 13 million contract - he is the true second-in-command in the VG team. His Grand Slam achievements have also confirmed his title as the first person in the unit in the world, and he has the ability to serve as the core leader of the team. , a higher salary is reasonable.
In comparison, Kuro is much cheaper. He is about to enter the age of 24 and cannot get an excessive salary, so he signed a 7 million contract.
Jack's salary has reached 9 million. Chinese people bring their own household registration books, plus the natural advantage of the shooter position and his good popularity and age, his future potential is obviously not low.
Duan Deliang's salary is the same as Yu Wenbo's.
He was able to get 7 million last year because RNG raised the price too hard and had to satisfy Uzi's wish to drag Duan Deliang over.
This year, the royal family saw that Shi Senming also had good training value, and Uzi was quite satisfied with using it, but the desire to spend money was not as high as it was at the end of S6.
Ding Jun's salary rose to 2 million, once again setting a new historical record for auxiliary position salary.
Hongmi's salary has also increased, reaching the 4.5 million mark.
He kept saying that he didn't want to take the Galaxy Battleship, but in fact, as long as he was given enough money and power, Hongmi would not refuse at all.
Now he holds two S championship trophies, as well as scattered cup championships. He has firmly established himself as the number one coach in LOL history. This time he vows to win three consecutive world championships that has never happened in the history of League of Legends. Achievement!
As for Gu Xing...
"Xiao Gu, this is a sample contract. Take a look at the terms." Ding Jun made a special trip to Zhenhai and handed over a thick stack of contracts in his hand.
As Gu Xing browsed through the contract and handed it to the lawyer beside him, he heard Ding Jun mutter, "The income from the live broadcast contract is still in your hands, which is not bad. It saves you having to hire a barrage assistant..."< br>
He suddenly came over and said seriously, "Xiao Gu, do you want the shares?"
"What do you mean?" Gu Xing didn't respond.
"I have specially reserved the shares of the branch," Ding Jun rubbed his hands and looked at Gu Xing expectantly, "Do you want to buy a share?"
Becoming a shareholder means that the players are officially bound to the club.
For example, EDG's Ming Kai was just short of being turned into a Guodian totem by Ed Zhu Gong!
Gu Xing felt that there was no need to refuse.
"How many shares have been retained?" he asked.
"It's not that much, just 3.5% of the League of Legends division," said Ding Jun. "According to the valuation of a single division of 240 million, the value is 8.4 million."
"In this way, I will give you a salary of 20 million, plus 3.5% of the shares. What do you think?"
Gu Xing nodded and agreed happily, "It's very reasonable."
He is unwilling to spend too much cash to purchase VG shares, and a 3.5% share is just right.
The remaining salary, rounded up, is exactly double what it was 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 and write his name on countless pieces of paper until his fingertips were sore.
"If nothing else, Xiao Gu, this is the highest annual salary in the history of League of Legends. Happy cooperation next year!" Ding Jun jumped up, with a childish smile on his face, "Don't let me down. Expectation! ”
"Don't worry," Gu Xing agreed. Since he received so much money, he must work hard. "Let's strive to become bigger and stronger and create greater glory!"
Ding Jun took him out to have a meal with his cousin Ding Ran, and Fang hurried back to Shanghai to prepare for the auction of the second team's quota.
While Gu Xing was waiting for Ding Ran to go to the bathroom, he heard his cell phone ringing non-stop.
I picked it up and found that it was Lin Weixiang who was crazy @himself in the Seven Wolves group chat.
The last time he was in a group was on the day he won the S7 World Championship. At that time, everyone in the group was noisy and noisy, with all kinds of rainbow farts popping up in an endless stream. They wanted to praise Gu Xing and Jack to the sky.
Now the style of painting has suddenly changed.
Xiangxiang QAQ: [@
The E+ line has been buried since the end of S6, and it was finally laid out after one season.
The logic is very clear: if VG wants to win three consecutive championships, it is impossible to recruit too many new players. The main players must be the original team, but the price is too high. If they want to come together, they have to attract investment.
But Ding Jun definitely doesn’t want to lose control and has certain requirements for the scale and reputation of the investment target.
E+, which has just completed financing, is the best choice.
The two lines that went hand in hand with E+ this year were officially intertwined after the end of the S7 season.
Recommended book: "LOL: This man is too persuasive!" 》
PS: I feel that JDG is no longer on the same level as other teams. Playing TES is just casual.
If you want to win against them now, you have to rely on patches. The designers may have to do something about it.
(End of chapter)