Losing Money to Be a Tycoon c1-883

by Inebriation-seeking Blue Shirt, 青衫取醉

  Who would believe that it was not intentional?

  Obviously, Boss Pei had calculated that no matter what IOI produced, it would only be defeated by the GPL’s Spring Competition promotional video. That was why he had purposely waited for the right time.

  It was just like fighting the Landlord, my Great King would always be waiting as long as the Little King in your hand did not appear; when your Little King finally appears, my next card would definitely be managed by the Great King!

  Coupled with the fact that Boss Pei had come alone to cause trouble during the qualifiers, Zhao Xuming’s hatred for Boss Pei and Tengda Corporation had worsened.

  Now, Zhao Xuming finally understood how those people who had gone against Boss Pei felt.

  It was just like playing cards with Boss Pei. No matter what kind of card you played, Boss Pei would always have a better hand. That made people despair!

  However, he could do nothing about it.

  That was because the promotional video was done and there was not much time left before the competition. They could not possibly reshoot another one, right?

  Putting aside the cost and whether it would delay the players’ training, it would take at least a month to produce such an awesome CG. How could he make it in time? Even if he did, wouldn’t it be akin to admitting that he was imitating?

  Thus, Zhao Xuming had no choice but to swallow his pride and suffer in silence.

  He had spent a lot of money on the promotional video for the IOI World Competition. In the end, he became a stepping stone for GP’sL promotional video. It had done nothing for the IOI World Finals. That was too infuriating!

  “Boss Zhao, are we still going to follow the original plan for bringing the team to Los Angeles for training?” The assistant asked softly, seeing that Zhao Xuming was gradually calming down.

  Zhao Xuming nodded. “Yes, we’ll stick to the original plan… Wait, kick FV Club out!”

  According to Zhao Xuming’s original plan, the three teams would go to Los Angeles together and arrange for mock competitions with the European and American teams so that they could adapt to the competition environment as soon as possible.

  FV Club might be a spy sent by Boss Pei, but they were still the top seeded team in the country. They were the strongest, and it would not be nice if they did not bring them along.

  However, at this juncture, the promotional video appeared.

  Zhao Xuming was furious, he hated everything to do with Boss Pei.

  He could not do anything with Tengda Corporation and Boss Pei, but it was within the scope of his authority to do something to Boss Pei’s club.

  The assistant was a little hesitant. “Boss Zhao, is this appropriate…? No matter what, FV Club is the strongest team in the country…”

  Zhao Xuming laughed coldly. “This Tengda Corporation is already riding on top of you. How can you be nice to them?”

  “What’s more, even though the FV is said to be the number one seed, didn’t it win because of their perseverance? It won all two rounds of the BO5 but they are actually on par in terms of strength with the other two teams.”

  “When the time comes, we’ll bring the other two teams overseas to compete in mock competition with the European and American clubs to get used to the game version in advance. There won’t be any mock competition for the FV. Once we reach the international competition, the gap between the two teams will widen very quickly!”

  “At that time, all of our clubs would perform well in the international competition, and FV Club would be the first seeded team to be the first to be eliminated in the game. Wouldn’t that be great?”

  “Aren’t there always people who like to boast that Boss Pei is good at leading teams to train? They say that a random team he built would be able to get the first seed. I want to see what public opinion would say if the first seed is eliminated in one round!”

  The assistant was a little hesitant. He felt that this was a little inappropriate. There were three domestic teams in total. If he brought two of them with him but not FV Club with him. That would not sound nice. His intentions were too obvious.

  However, judging from Zhao Xuming’s expression, he was obviously furious since he had been rubbed in the face by Tengda for so long. No matter how good his temper was, he could no longer take it.

  The assistant pondered for a moment. He did not want to get himself into trouble. What’s more, what Zhao Xuming said made sense. FV Club had a tough time fighting the BO10 before obtaining the first seeded entry. Their true strength was only on par with the other two clubs. It was not that important.

  At that time, as long as the other two clubs played better than the FV, they would not be afraid of public pressure.

  At that thought, the assistant nodded and said, “Alright, Boss Zhao. I’ll arrange for it now.”

  “Oh yeah, Boss Zhao, do we still need to keep this a secret from FV Club?”

  Zhao Xuming waved his hand. “There’s no need to keep it a secret! We can’t hide this from them anyway. Besides, there’s no need to hide it at all. We just have to knock them down!”

  Chapter 790 - Spending Money Was No Small Matter

  FV E-Sports Club.

  Wu Yue, who had just received the news, was fuming speechlessly.

  “Is there a need for the official platform to do this? Our FV Club’s participation quota was given by the official platform. Our first seat was obtained based on our own capabilities. In the end, there are a total of three teams. The other two teams were arranged to go to Los Angeles for training, but there was no news for us?”

  “You really don’t treat us as your own?”

  “Just because you have some conflict with Boss Pei, you’re messing with people’s mindsets?”

  These E-Sports clubs were all well-informed. FV E-Sports Club quickly received news that the other two teams from Long Yu Corporation would be going to Los Angeles to train in advance and had already applied for urgent visas. It was said that Long Yu Corporation would cover all of the accommodation fees in Los Angeles this time. They would even pull strings to help arrange for teams from Europe and America to compete in mock competitions.

  In the end, all of this information was obtained through other channels. Long Yu Corporation had no intention of informing the FV Club at all. They did not even bother to explain hypocritically!

  That could only mean one thing: Long Yu Corporation deliberately did not want to bring FV Club along to Los Angeles.

  Manager Lu quickly tried to persuade him. “Boss Wu, please calm down. This is indeed too much, but we don’t have a good solution.”

  “Long Yu Corporation must have organized the mock competition in Los Angeles in advance. It’s not part of the international competition process organized by Finger Games.

  “Therefore, it can also be said that it’s not Long Yu Corporation’s duty to bring us along. They can bring whoever they want with their own money. Many teams in other zones would not enjoy such treatment either.”

  “This is discrimination! It’s preferential treatment! We should appeal or just post it on Weibo and let everyone see the true colors of the Long Yu Corporation!” Wu Yue exclaimed.

  Manager Lu quickly shook his head. “Boss Wu, that’s not appropriate!”

  “Long Yu Corporation did not publicize this matter in an official capacity. If we expose it, Long Yu Corporation can immediately say that it was a spontaneous act by the other clubs. Long Yu Corporation is only responsible for connecting the dots and playing a small role. That’s because the truth of this matter is very easy to cover up. If we are to start an attack rashly it would be very easy to cover up as long as Long Yu Corporation plays Tai Chi with us. It would instead make us seem petty and narrow-minded.”

  “As for making a complaint, that would be even more useless. Wouldn’t that be equivalent to ‘who would sue me’?”

  “What’s more, at the end of the day, results speak for E-Sports. What if we are to blow this matter up on the internet but
we don’t play well in the international competition? At that time, public opinion would definitely backfire and we wouldn’t be able to justify ourselves.”

  “Just think about it. What would netizens say when we lose the World Competition: Such a lousy team still has the cheek to ask the officials for money to go to Los Angeles to attend mock competitions? They should have just given up their spots to the SUG initially then!”

  “In any case, as long as we lose, the tempo would definitely skyrocket. We can’t ignore the consequences now.”

  Wu Yue’s face darkened as he nodded. “Yes, it looks like Zhao Xuming knew this well. He thought that we would not be able to get anything out of it even if we revealed it. That’s why he acted so brazenly. He wanted to make an example out of us and teach Tengda a lesson.”

  “Then… We can only suffer in silence? Long Yu Corporation did such a disgusting thing and we can’t even say anything?”

  Manager Lu thought for a while. “Of course we can, but not now.”

  “Only an idiot would jump out to attack before the results of the competition are out. On one hand, it would increase the pressure of public opinion on our own team members and affect our performance. On the other hand, if we are to lose the competition, the other party would take the opportunity to hit us while we’re down and the bystanders would not stand on our side. That would really be digging their own graves.”

  “The best way is to settle accounts after the game. If we win the competition, we can make use of the momentum of the victory to clarify all of these things. The best option would be to attack with the wind on our side.”

  “Therefore, the best choice for us now is to endure the humiliation and bear the heavy burden. Try not to let this matter affect the mentality of our own players and actively prepare for war. Once we achieve good results in the international competition, we can use the pressure of public opinion to fight back against Long Yu Corporation.”

  “As long as we do better than the other two clubs, we will have a voice even if we don’t win first or second place.”

  “At that time, we can say that the official preferential treatment caused the results of the entire competition zone to be bad. If we get the same treatment, our results might even be better. We should wait.”

  “In short, everything depends on results. Without results, everything would be useless.”

  Wu Yue was silent for a moment before he sighed softly. “That’s difficult!”

  “Our current lineup might look good on paper, but judging from the qualifiers, our strength is only about the same as the other two teams. What’s more, we’re basking in the glory of the competition schedule. Who knows, we might not be able to beat them if we play another round.”

  “The benefits of going to Los Angeles to train are obvious.They’ll be able to meet the stronger European and American teams and adapt to the game better, they’ll definitely improve in Los Angeles.”

  “We can’t just rely on our imagination if we want to defeat them.”

  Manager Lu nodded, feeling that the situation was indeed dire.

  E-Sports could not be won with determination and perseverance alone. It also required scientific training methods and good facilities.

  Many players were extremely talented, but they could not achieve results in certain clubs. This was often because the management of the clubs was not good, the training methods were wrong, and the facilities could not keep up.

  Wu Yue asked, “Should we go to Los Angeles as well?”

  Manager Lu was silent for a moment. “Long Yu Corporation organized for them to go to Los Angeles because they could get in touch with Finger Games. Once they get there, they can get high-end accounts for European and American servers. They could use their official identity to get veteran European and American teams for the training tournament. Looking at Long Yu Corporation’s attitude towards us, we definitely won’t have these things even if we pay out of our own pockets!”

  “We can’t possibly travel all the way to Los Angeles, for our team members just to play Rank in the lower parts of the European and American servers all day long, right? Wouldn’t that make them worse?”

  “What’s more, we have a large group of people. Our expenses are huge as well. We have to take care of our own meals and accommodation in advance. We have to give our team members good food. On top of that, we have to include our entourage… Based on the calculation of eight people, we would need at least 200,000 yuan. If we consider the training situation and bring our second team over, we would have to double the amount.”

  “Of course, our club can afford it. The problem is that even if we spend money, we might not be able to guarantee the effect of the training. The price-quality ratio is too poor.”

  Wu Yue pondered for a moment. That was indeed the case.

  Long Yu Corporation had organized the other two teams to go to Los Angeles for training because they had high-end game accounts and could meet the teams from Europe and the United States for training competitions. If they did not, there was no need to spend hundreds of thousands just to adapt to the environment.

  After much consideration, Wu Yue said, “It doesn’t seem appropriate to disturb Boss Pei over such a small matter. How about this? I’ll give a call to Boss Zhang from Tengda’s E-Sports Industry Department and ask him to give us some advice.”

  “If there’s really no need, we won’t go. We’ll stay in China and play mock competition with the local teams. We’ll arrange for the other training competitions during the international competition.”

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  …

  December 17th, Saturday…

  There was a routine meeting for the Manage Loss Trainees today.

  The Lunar New Year this year was relatively early. It was January 23rd, so the examination week was slightly earlier. The Manage Loss Trainees spent a lot of time revising while working.

  There was not much information to pay attention to at the Management Loss Ceremony this time. After all, most of the products were still in the final stages of research and development. Even products such as Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine had not shown any signs of backstabbing. Naturally, there was not much useful information here.

  Pei Qian knew very well that a tough battle would start next month.

  In the end, the settlement cycle happened to coincide with the examination week. He had to admit that this feeling was very sour.

  Whether or not he could beat Old Ma in this exam depended on his hard work before the exam.

  The Manage Loss Trainees reported the situation of their respective departments as usual. Soon, it was the Manage Loss Trainee from the eSports Division’s turn.

  This Management Loss student had been following Zhang Yuan. He was originally in charge of the DGE Club, but after forming the E-Sports Faculty and the GPL league, he naturally entered the internal circle. At the moment, no matter if it was DGE Club or other clubs, or even the entire E-Sports Club, nothing could escape his eyes.

  “The pre-season GPL competition is about to enter the latter half of the competition. Everything is going smoothly at the moment. We have coincidentally encountered some bugs in the game and the equipment problems but they have been resolved. That should be able to accumulate a lot of experience for the spring competition.”

  “Currently, the main forces of the various clubs in GPL have basically been fixed. Those teams that did not participate in the GPL season’s pre-season competitions are also playing training competitions and actively preparing for the spring competition.”

  “The new members of DGE Club have been wiped out. They might be slightly weaker than the first batch of members but they are talented after all. They have also undergone special training from the older members. Thus, they are still the main force in each new team…”

  Pei Qian’s hand that was holding the teacup trembled.

  He might have been mentally prepared for this but his heart still trembled when he heard the news.

 
Ten more players. How much would that sell for?!

  This group of players was the second group after Huang Wang, Jiang Huan, and the others. They were still selling very well. The transfer fee was enough to make Boss Pei suffer.

  There was a reason why DGE’s players were selling well.

  First of all, DGE Club had a good reputation. Newbies with potential tended to come to the DGE Club to raise their value. The other clubs also felt that the players from DGE Club would not lose out, so they bought them rather straightforwardly.

  Newbies with real potential were all willing to join DGE Club because once they achieved results, they could immediately jump to other clubs to get big contracts. DGE would never do anything fishy with the contract. Newbies had a greater sense of security. On the other hand, for other clubs, DGE Club would not directly participate in the competition. It would not pose a threat to their own results. Instead, it would help train members. Thus, they were happy to buy people from DGE.

  The older members who left DGE would come back every now and then to give pointers to the new members of DGE. As time went by, “every member of DGE would be able to hold their own” became the impression that the entire league’s audience and club had. DGE’s operations entered a virtuous cycle.

  Thus, the new members of DGE were like a bunch of leeks. Every once in a while, they would be sold off and realize a considerable transfer fee for DGE.

  Pei Qian was helpless about this.

  He pretended to sip his tea calmly and asked, “So, how much is the transfer fee?”

  The Manage Loss Trainee said, “The performance of each of the ten players are different. Some of the C-rank players who are good at operations or have the ability to command are more valuable. The highest transfer fee is more than 1.5 million yuan. If they were ordinary, they would probably only fetch seven to eight hundred thousand yuan or about one million yuan. All of these players added together were probably sold for 13 million yuan.”