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Chapter 459 EDG shareholders!

In the factory director's explanation, Jiang Zhou understood.

The current EDG has fallen into a vicious cycle because it has not achieved good results for many years.

Without results, there will be no funds. Without funds, there will be no money to buy strong players. Without strong players, there will be even less results...

Originally, as long as Jiang Zhou joined them in the spring game, they might be able to turn the tide, and EDG might still have a chance to maintain their position.

But now just because Jiang Zhou went to T1, EDG has not been upgraded, and many sponsors have stopped sponsoring in the Spring Split.

Now before the summer split, they would rather pay liquidated damages than sponsor.

The club still owes the factory director one month's salary.

In other words, the factory director has a deep connection with the club. If this were placed on other coaches, he would have asked for salary on Weibo.

Even though EDG was out of money, the factory director still gave them enough dignity.

Jiang Zhou smiled bitterly, not expecting such a result.

He said: "I really want to cooperate with the factory director, but now...how will your club's funding issue be dealt with?"

The director said bluntly: "Our boss is selling 30% of the club's shares, but no one is buying it."

Jiang Zhou was stunned. Good guy, EDG can only go so far as to sell out the club's shares now?

But the imagination is also reasonable.

After all, this era is an era of hot and quick money.

EDG can have sponsors on the scene and still rest on its previous laurels, but one day its laurels will eventually run out. Now that the spring split has suffered such a blow, it is naturally impossible for anyone to believe in them.

The glamor of IG makes EDG a bit embarrassing.

Jiang Zhou asked curiously: "Has anyone acquired it?"

The factory director shook his head and said: "I personally invested two million to buy part of the shares, but... these two million are not enough to pay the players' wages."

Jiang Zhou thought about it and thought of the numbers on his bank card.

I have to say that if you invest your own money in EDG... it may be a good investment method.

In this way, I am walking the same path as Faker.

If EDG's performance is good, he can get dividends and also have an annual salary.

A win-win situation!

Jiang Zhou was getting eager to make a move.

This world is different from my original world.

It turns out that in that world, LOL is going downhill.

But now because of IG, the popularity of the LPL and LCK divisions has not diminished.

So you can still invest.

Jiang Zhou suddenly said: "30% share, how much is it?"

The factory director was stunned, "Oh, about 30 million, why did you..."

The factory director suddenly became excited.

He understood what Jiang Zhou meant.

This is to acquire shares of the EDG club.

Jiang Zhou said: "How about 20 million? Of course, it's my share of the shares, but... I still want the annual salary."

The factory director was speechless, good guy, you invested 20 million in shares, and your annual salary is at least 10 million. It means that after two rounds, you only invested 10 million and got 30% of EDG's shares?
This is a genius in doing business.

But I have to say that Jiang Zhou's proposal is still very tempting.

After all, no one is optimistic about EDG now, and not many people are willing to invest.

If you invest too much, you will have the dedication to step into the trap.

If there is less investment, EDG cannot afford to buy top players and can only buy some youth training players. In that case, it is better not to invest.

So Jiang Zhou's idea may be really good.

The factory director did not reply to Jiang Zhou on the spot. After all, the boss's shares were not his own.

And the price is not low. A business worth tens of millions cannot be solved with just a few words.

The factory director said: "Okay, I understand what you think. No matter what, I will definitely help you negotiate. Having you join our EDG will definitely help us create new goals this year! We will never let you down!"

Jiang Zhou smiled, "Okay!"

In fact, this is just an idea. Whether it can succeed or not depends on the efforts of both parties, so Jiang Zhou doesn't pray to the factory director to discuss the matter in one day.

Moreover, the LPL transfer period is still very long. There are still more than ten days left, so the two parties have enough time to discuss cooperation.

Jiang Zhou can also relax.

Because it is the offseason now, and all the major LPL clubs are on vacation, Jiang Zhou doesn’t have many places to go. He just took his sister around in Shanghai, and then went to Beiqing University to get acquainted with her sister first. Check out the environment.

Jiang Zhou is just an ordinary undergraduate school, and because of his status as a professional e-sports player, he has also applied for a long leave.

But he still envies his sister for going to Beiqing University.

The study atmosphere here is very strong. Jiang Zhou even wants to apply to be a graduate student here. But if he wants to enter here, he must get greater honors in the e-sports circle, and even enter the Asian Games if there is a chance. Yes, if you get Asian Games-level honors, you will be able to apply as a graduate student at Beiqing University.

At present, he doesn't have much chance, so he still has to play his professional game well.

But just three days later, news came from the factory director.

Twenty-five million can be given to Jiangzhou Club for 30% of its shares.

Of course, they knew Jiang Zhou planned to join their club.

But now their club is stretched thin. The investment of 2500 million, plus the income from other professional players and sponsors during this period, is only 4000 million at best.

This 40 million seems like a lot, but for a club if there is no results in one or two years, it is a loss-making deal.

Therefore, they must try their best to reduce the annual salary of players.

Of course, they have another way, which is to replace the contracts of some players.

But, now EDG's two big players, the younger brother and Viper, already want to change teams. Both of them are in Korea and have no plans to come back for a while. They are probably already looking for a new home.

The current EDG is somewhat falling apart, with internal and external troubles adding up, which is why the boss wants to sell some shares in exchange for funds.

This is in line with the factory director's ideas. In his opinion, the current EDG is to break through the reorganization. Only in this way can there be a chance, rather than guarding the title of Yusanjia and going all the way to the bottom. By then, the record will be no better. No less than embarrassing.

This year's spring game didn't even make it to the playoffs, which gave the club the courage to go all out.

Moreover, the two big Korean players don't have much hope for this club. They want to pursue more powerful teammates to compete.

Under the combined influence, opportunities were created for Jiang Zhou.

Factory Director: "Jiang Zhou, come over and sign the contract."

Jiang Zhou was stunned for a moment, but he was a little surprised. As expected of a top club, this move was very fast.

And after he went to the EDG base.

He saw a group of people waiting for him.

I don’t know anyone except the factory director. The factory director introduced, "These are the financial managers sent by the boss."

Jiang Zhou nodded. He didn't know much about the boss behind EDG, but he probably had a net worth of at least one billion. The education of these tens of millions was just a piece of cake for them, and it was normal for them not to care.

So he didn't think too much about how to become a shareholder of the club, and there was no need to say much else.

There is nothing wrong with the contract, it's pretty clean.

Jiang Zhou has been a professional player for so long, and every contract he has signed has been signed by himself. He does not have an agent, so he is very familiar with whether there are pitfalls in the contract.

After a rough inspection, there is no problem.

First became a shareholder of EDG.

More than 20 million went out.

The factory director smiled and asked Jiang Zhou to put away the contract, "The next thing is about our players' contracts. You also know that our club is currently short of funds, so we still have to make some concessions on the contract, otherwise we may lose money in the summer competition. We can’t even gather the team members.”

There are still 5 days left before the end of the transfer period.

There isn't much time left for them.

Jiang Zhou asked curiously, "How is the discussion about the current player contract going?"

Jiang Zhou's questions now are questions from shareholders, and the factory director is still very cautious.

The factory director said: "Currently, the top laner is still Brother Shengqiang, and the jungler is Jiejie. However, due to the gap in the strength of our players, I will appear as a substitute jungler next season."

Jiang Zhou nodded.

Is the factory director coming back again?
This is something new.

But thinking about this year’s TES, there is Uzi in it, which is very reasonable.

Of course, this should also increase the popularity of the team.

After all, EDG now has two Korean players gone, so who will carry the banner of popularity?

Which of the current top teams does not have popular players to ensure traffic?

Traffic means making money.

But now that Jiang Zhou has joined, they don’t have to worry about traffic, and their strength on paper is not weak. After all, the strength of these two players, Brother Shengqiang and Jiejie, is guaranteed to at least ensure that the team can be in a good position. LPL midstream.

Joining Jiangzhou now is a natural reinforcement compared to Viper.

The factory director said: "The support is still the female control. Needless to say, the female control players are still very experienced."

Jiang Zhou nodded. As a newcomer, he had no say in this.

It is estimated that even as a shareholder, he does not have the right to change team members.

Of course, the girl control player is still good. Jiang Zhou feels there is no problem partnering with him.

"Where's the mid laner?"

Jiang Zhou asked curiously.

"The key is here. We currently don't have a very good mid laner. If possible, we would like to form an all-Chinese class, so...at the moment I want to invite Xiaohu over."

The factory director rubbed his hands and said.

Jiang Zhou was surprised for a moment, but soon thought that the factory director had always wanted to reach his all-China class, and maybe this was an opportunity.

After all, EDG's focus has now left with the two Korean players, and the boss doesn't pay too much attention to them.

Jiang Zhou could tell after sitting here for an hour. There were many people who wanted to make the club better, but the factory director was definitely the one who worked the hardest.

Some other managers and coaches may just want to supplement their salary, and it is best to be trained by top players. If not, that's fine as long as I can maintain a minimum record, and my salary will not be affected anyway.

The factory director is different, he has dreams.

He wants to bring EDG to Phoenix Nirvana.

I originally thought that my club had no chance of inviting Jiang Zhou over, but I didn't expect that this guy threw himself into a trap and came here with money and people.

The factory director felt that he had made a lot of money.

But after thinking about it, it seems to be nothing. After all, it has been several years since I persisted.

But why have so many top e-sports talents been partners and now they have been silent as coaches for so many years?
Isn't it just to get a trophy?

So even when others didn't care, the factory director was very busy with the club.

Otherwise, with EDG's influence in the e-sports circle, I'm afraid they would have found several teams long ago. If you can't find a first-line mid laner, there must be some who are a little less good.

Jiang Zhou felt that it was really difficult to invite Xiaohu over.

But what he didn't expect was that Xiaohu's current situation in RNG was not that good either.

RNG's record this year is not much better than EDG.

Although Breathing Brother has joined, RNG is obviously a little impetuous and confused now, unable to find its own style and way out.

Xiaohu has deep feelings for RNG.

But deep feelings are deep feelings. In such a situation with no results, if the club wants to innovate, it can only abandon some old teammates.

Xiaohu heard that the club planned to give up on him and look for a new mid laner to replace him.

Although Xiaohu said he didn't want to leave RNG, at this time, he had to find his next home.

RNG is looking for some new players. Although it can bring some fresh blood to its team, it is obviously giving itself some eye candy. Although others dare not say anything, he feels unhappy.

It's just that his current position is that he is one of the top three mid laners in China, and he doesn't know which team he will join now.

Looking at the LPL teams now, it seems that no team lacks a top midlaner.

So Xiaohu was a little confused.

But when he received the call from the factory director, he was a little confused.

"EDG...now? What's going on?" Xiaohu, who was wearing pajamas at home, muttered.

He thought about it, and it seemed that it was not impossible for the factory director to find him to join EDG.

I heard that SCOUT has returned to Korea. Whether to stay in EDG or not is a question.

Moreover, he had heard before that EDG had difficulty with capital turnover and wanted to sell SNOUT to LNG. This was a bit of nonsense. LNG had a big boss and the contract had not expired yet. How could he let himself go?

But this also allows us to understand EDG's current difficulties.

Xiaohu also understands.

"It's not impossible to go to EDG. It's not impossible to change the environment and have teammates. But what is their current configuration?"

"Forget it, since you want to get a new start, don't worry so much. The worst result is just to be paired with four new people. What else is scary?"

"But I heard that they don't have much funds, so I might have to lower my annual salary..."

Xiaohu thought, already having his own plan in mind.

IG's consecutive championships have stimulated many veteran players in the LPL.

If others can break the rules, what can't they do?
Uzi still has a chance to enter the playoffs after his comeback. He, Xiaohu, has always worked hard in the team and even played top lane for the team. What else can he not sacrifice?

He has made money now and has a reputation, so this summer competition... he has to risk his life to try it!
(End of this chapter)