LOL: Who still wants to play professionally after winning the championship?

Chapter 398 Why not invest in NA?

On the plane where Guan Zeyuan could take a shower, Tang Junzheng and Xia Erxie were lying on the smart leather sofa in the private room talking.

Of course, as a "small" capitalist.

After Tang Jun completes the class leap, he will naturally not take an ordinary plane like Guan Zeyuan, but also post a ten-minute video on social media.

Furthermore, Tang Jun experienced this route to Dubai six years earlier than the other party in this time and space.

"Since you have chosen to invest in our European division, why don't you want to invest in another team in the North American division?"

"NA is the headquarters of Riot Games. For the sake of face, the iron-rooster Riot Games has been continuously providing financial support to the teams in the competition area."

"The investment cost on NA's side is much less than ours."

Xia Erxie enjoyed the massage of the airplane seat and raised his doubts to Tang Jun.

"Haha."

"Even if you invest in a club, you have to ask why you don't invest in NA. Is the debate between EU and NA in your LCS division so loud?"

Tang Jun closed his eyes and rested while speaking very slowly.

This made Charche a little embarrassed.

After all, he is relatively self-aware.

Compared with the two divisions of NA and EU, the strength of the two divisions of LPL and LCK is indeed hard to describe.

Basically, by devoting all the efforts of the entire division, we can form a team with a relatively luxurious lineup that can be called a strong team in the World Championship.

Although the strength of the LPL division has not been very good in recent years, it has been suppressed by the LCK.

But at least, LPL won two mid-season championships, and also had a world championship in S2. This world championship is more valuable than FNC the year after.

"Actually, it's not like I haven't thought about investing in the North American division."

"You know, one of the players I have arranged for next season is Death Declaration. He has played in the North American region for one season and is very popular there."

"However, the investment environment in the North American region is not even a bit better than that in the European Region 3."

"The top teams there are C9 and TL, but these two teams have basically become retirement bases for LCK players."

“The atmosphere is just too relaxed.”

"Coupled with the exchange rate issue, investment requires a large cost."

"Although the money spent in Europe is in euros and the exchange rate is higher, in fact, the salary of professional League of Legends players in Europe is still much lower than in North America."

Spend less money?
This can be considered a reason
Xia Erxie knew that Tang Jun must still be hiding something from him, but he did not go into details.

After all, what he is thinking about now is to sign the share transfer agreement as soon as possible so that the club can obtain a larger capital flow.

Really, their club is really not very good about the prospects of League of Legends, and they just want to quit as soon as possible.

"In the final analysis, the reason why we haven't achieved results in the League of Legends competition is that we don't spend enough money." Tang Jun seemed to know what Xia Xie was thinking.

"Like the VIT team, they seem to have entered the arena in the same year as you, right?"

"But it only took one year to complete the team's transformation this year. Apart from FNC and G2, it is the third strongest team in your division."

"But put it in the LPL or LCK division, and this is a team that can't even make the playoffs."

"So, why don't you try to find a few mid laners with playoff goalkeeping skills from the LPL region as foreign aid?"

“League of Legends is essentially a mid laner game.”

"No matter how bad the other players are, as long as the strength of the mid laner is still online, the overall strength of the team will not be much worse." "So, you guys are only suitable for traditional sports, so don't think about entering it. E-sports.”

Now the other party is begging him to sign the contract quickly so that he can successfully get out of the League of Legends project.

Therefore, Tang Jun was quite rude when he spoke.

After listening to what Tang Jun said, Xia Erxie couldn't help but shook his head.

In fact, he understands everything Tang Jun said. He has even thought about finding some strong foreign players from the LPL or LCK division more than once to lead the team to the World Championship. .

However, the old guys at the club only have money in their eyes.

A top mid laner has a signing fee of nearly one million euros.

For them, it may only be the price of a property in their name, but even so, they will not be willing to invest all their money.

The comfort zone of traditional sports has caused these people to lack the enterprising spirit.

I forgot how hard I worked when I started my business.

After all, in e-sports or just League of Legends events, Riot Games is still exploring the profit distribution model with each competition region.

Only when the order has not yet been formed, can we continuously strengthen our own strength and make the team's influence more and more important in the game, so that we can have more say when Riot finally determines the order of interests in the future.

For now, Sharshe knows that the only team that can affect Riot's distribution of interests in the division is SKT.

And all of this is due to the fact that this team has won three world championships and one MSI championship. It is the team with the highest honor in the League of Legends competition.

In contrast, Tang Jun's GBG team was only established this season. Although it won the mid-season championship this year, its influence is definitely not comparable to that of SKT.

But that's it. Relying on the influence brought by the club, GBG's hidden voice in the LPL league is no longer weaker than that of established clubs like EDG.

Therefore, the GBG club is now actually participating in the distribution of interests in the LPL division.

Of course, the things that the club can influence are very small.

However, as long as it can have an impact, there will never be a loss in the future distribution of benefits.

If GBG can win the World Championship this year, then Tang Jun will definitely be able to reap the first wave of dividends brought by the LPL alliance next year.

"Don't think about it."

"Sleep peacefully."

"This trip will last for a long time."

Tang Jun's voice was very soft: "I know you understand e-sports."

"But there's no way."

"Who told you that you are just a small shareholder and have no say?"

"This is the harsh reality."

“Only by making yourself stronger can you gain more.”

Faced with Tang Jun's words, Xia Erxie remained silent.

He turned around for a while, then suddenly put on his slippers and stood up.

"Hmm?" Tang Jun looked at Xia Xie's face turning red and even wondered: "This air conditioner is quite cold. I have to cover myself with a blanket to sleep."

"I'm very hot, let's go take a shower!" Xia Xie said.

(End of this chapter)