To become the richest man from the beginning of the game

Chapter 918 Eric is in a dilemma!

After understanding his current situation, Zhao Xuming sighed silently.

It seems that today is going to be a waste of time.

Although Zhu Yan didn't say anything, his attitude must be very firm. This public opinion incident is simply a god assist. If he doesn't make good use of it and cut off 200 million, it will be his dereliction of duty!

In this case, the possibility of the two sides negotiating the price now is infinitely close to zero, and they can only delay it.

Before leaving, Zhao Xuming asked: "Mr. Zhu, may I take the liberty to ask, what is the psychological price of Langya Live for ICL's broadcasting rights?"

Zhu Yan smiled and said: "700 million. But Mr. Zhao, don't worry, our Langya live broadcast will definitely invest a lot of resources to help the ICL League to promote. If this deal can be reached, you will have a lot of hidden benefits."

Zhao Xuming said hehe in his heart.

The original bid was 700 million, but now we have spent a lot of money to promote the ICL league, and the popularity has increased significantly. In the end, you still bid 700 million?

Not to mention Eric, even Zhao Xuming couldn't agree.

As for the "propaganda resources" that Zhu Yan mentioned, they are nothing more than polite remarks, which are not quantifiable. At that time, it is not Zhu Yan's business to give more or less?

Or real money is more real.

After Zhu Yan bought the broadcasting rights of the ICL League at a huge price, he will also mobilize platform resources for publicity.

Zhao Xuming is well aware of Zhu Yan's words, but at this time the ICL league is in the midst of a public opinion storm caused by Tengda. Zhao Xuming's situation is on the weak side, so it's hard to say anything. He can only reluctantly smile and nod: " Alright, let's think about each other more, and hope to promote the cooperation between the two of us as soon as possible!"

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After returning to the headquarters of Longyu Group, Zhao Xuming immediately rushed to the meeting room without stopping.

On the way back he got a call and Eric was waiting for him in the conference room.

In the meeting room, Eric was sulking with a straight face, and the atmosphere in the whole room dropped to freezing point.

Obviously, Eric already knew about the promotional film "Broken Cocoon".

Seeing Zhao Xuming came back, he raised his head and asked, "How is it?"

Zhao Xuming shook his head slightly: "You should have seen the promotional video released by Tengda, right? Because of this promotional video, Langya Live is still bitten to death or is only willing to pay 700 million."

Zhao Xuming spoke very carefully, for fear that Eric would immediately slap the table and yell, "It's unreasonable".

However, Eric, whose face was as heavy as water, did not lose his temper. Instead, he let out a sigh of relief and calmed down slowly.

"Sure enough, when you fight President Pei, you can't relax for a moment."

"This time ICL's promotional video invested a huge amount of money. We all thought it was safe, but we didn't expect something to go wrong."

"Let's all calm down and think about how to deal with this time."

Eric's words still had a certain effect. The meeting room was dead and everyone was shocked, but after Eric finished speaking, the atmosphere obviously picked up.

That's right, we are fighting President Pei now!

It's normal to encounter major setbacks when fighting President Pei, but it's outrageous if everything goes smoothly.

Now, for the sake of everyone's jobs and performance bonuses, we can only rack our brains to think of ways to deal with it.

Zhao Xuming had been thinking about this on the way back, and now he had a general idea, so he was the first to speak.

"Boss Pei's move is really vicious, it can be called murderous."

"The most frightening thing is that he planted this foreshadowing as early as the beginning of the establishment of the GPL league, and he didn't take it out against us until today."

"We want to use the ICL to benchmark against the GPL, which means that as long as there is any aspect that is not done well, it will be caught by Mr. Pei and beaten severely. And the rights and interests of players are the most likely to cause topics and discussions. If we let it go, it will definitely have a very fatal impact on the popularity of the ICL league."

"So, we must make up for this shortcoming."

Eric nodded: "Well, that's right."

It's hard to accept, but it's true. There was such a big news at the beginning of the establishment of the ICL league, and the blow to the popularity was too great.If it is not handled well, it may be cold before the league starts. This is a risk that Eric absolutely cannot accept.

Zhao Xuming continued: "Standard contracts, players' basic salaries, five insurances and one housing fund, better food and accommodation conditions and health protection... If these are to be fully popularized, they are definitely not a small number."

"On the one hand, what we want to protect is the basic rights and interests of all players, not only the main players, but also substitute players and youth training players. Restrictions will also make them dissatisfied."

"In short...it can be solved with money, but the money will definitely not be small. In the initial stage, a large sum of money will be invested to improve the environment of the training base, and all equipment will be replaced with new ones. In the future, players' basic salaries and food expenses will continue to be spent. , five insurances and one housing fund and other expenses. In the first year, if there is no 3000 to [-] million yuan, I am afraid that it will be unstoppable.”

After hearing this number, Eric was very upset.

"Of course we can spend 3000 to [-] million yuan, but taking money for this reason is too outrageous!"

"If this money is spent elsewhere to promote ICL, how much heat can it create!"

"Just because of President Pei's video, we have to spend 3000 to [-] million to repost these clubs to improve their training environment? Why!"

"Did Mr. Pei take out the money?"

Zhao Xuming hesitated for a moment, and replied, "Uh... I took it out, but I didn't take it out."

Eric: "?"

Zhao Xuming explained: "It's like this. The GPL quota is open to bidding, and the auction price is very high. A single quota was sold for 2000 million. Shenhua Real Estate was the bidder at the time, and it raised the GPL quota to 2600 million. .”

"The auction results at that time were on the news, and the total price reached a sky-high price of 1.8 million."

"Then... Boss Pei changed hands and returned all the money."

"A large part of it is returned to these clubs, allowing them to earmark funds for improving players' treatment and establishing youth training bases."

"So, the money is nominally paid by Mr. Pei, but it is actually the money of various clubs; although the money of each club is left-handed and right-handed, these clubs are particularly grateful to Mr. Pei."

Eric: "..."

When these things happened, Eric had already been dropped by Finger Company and replaced by Chretien.I am dormant in the United States, so I don't know much about these things.

As a result, after hearing what Zhao Xuming said, Eric knew what kind of situation he was facing.

Mr. Pei's left-handed and right-handed operation is equivalent to borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, and he has improved the treatment of the players without spending a penny. At the same time, the club can not only improve the training environment but also gain real popularity. He is also very grateful to Mr. Pei.

But Eric can't play this kind of operation!

ICL quotas are basically half-buy, half-free, and basically make no money.

At present, there are only a few good clubs with ioi divisions in China, and their financial resources are not very strong.Finger Company and Longyu Group needed their support, so they didn't ask for much money, and all they gave were very low friendship prices and cabbage prices.

Moreover, as far as the financial situation of these clubs is concerned, even if Eric wants to choke their necks and make them spend more than 1000 million to buy places, it is estimated that they will not be able to choke the money.

The GPL actually relied on Mr. Pei's contacts to attract a lot of big capital into the game, which was equivalent to playing "creating something out of nothing". Everyone contributed money to run the GPL league.

But how can Eric and Zhao Xuming have such great energy?

What's more, GOG first had a very high popularity in China, and then started to organize the GPL.

Eric's idea is that only a limited number of places will be opened in the early stage, and only six or seven teams will be put in.After the competition is held, the quota will be sold one after another every season, so as to maximize the benefits.

But this also means that when the ICL league first started, the finger company basically didn't make any money from it.

This gameplay of the GPL cannot be played by the ICL.

So after all, this large sum of money can only come from two places: either from the club, or from the finger company and Longyu Group.

The club definitely won't pay, so why would they spend an extra 200 million yuan a year to improve player treatment?It doesn't do much good for the club.

So in the final analysis, the money can only be paid by the company!

Without this money, ICL will always be short, and Mr. Pei will definitely have to make a point repeatedly.But if the money is paid, Eric will be too aggrieved!

Eric's face sank like water, and he fell into a tangle.

But after thinking about it, there is still no good way.It's like a dead end, either money or heat.

After thinking about it, Eric still had no choice but to lose money.

Because for the ICL league, popularity is equal to money.If it is ignored, the popularity of ICL will drop, and the effect of all the investment in the early stage will be greatly reduced, and the actual loss will be even greater.

Conversely, if spending money maintains the enthusiasm, then there is a possibility that the money will be earned back in the future.

After much consideration, Eric gritted his teeth and said, "We'll pay for this money!"

"Immediately communicate with the various clubs in the ICL and let them cooperate with our work. Then spend a sum of money to publicize, before the public opinion turmoil is fully fermented, let everyone know that we are regulating the ICL ecology and protecting the rights and interests of players. effort made!"

Eric knew that since this matter had to be done sooner or later, the sooner the better.

If you are indecisive and let everyone discuss, it will definitely do more harm to the popularity of ICL.

Respond quickly and let everyone see enough sincerity, on the contrary, it is possible to turn the crisis into an opportunity, and let ICL leave a good impression on the audience.

Zhao Xuming nodded quickly: "Understood, I'll make arrangements now!"

(End of this chapter)