Chapter 271 The whole world is poaching
"Old Cai, your trick of replacing the original with the new is really ingenious."

At Tenghai headquarters, Pei Yunteng couldn't help but sigh while talking on the phone.

"I don't deserve it. I also want to thank President Pei for giving me the opportunity to implement this idea."

On the other end of the phone, Boss Cai sounded very friendly, without any trace of smugness about his scheme having worked.

"It's like what President Pei did, directly building up a field and a brand, that can be considered a real big deal. People like us are just small-scale operations."

As he spoke, he did not forget to compliment Pei Yunteng.

"Okay, but let me make it clear first, this is only this time and it won't happen again." Pei Yunteng sighed.

Boss Cai made a trick and brought the five members of Jia Shi to North America to play in the competition.

It was a bit like the play of LMQ Tianci, the Royal Club's second team in Pei Yunteng's memory, both of which took advantage of loopholes in the league system.

Logically speaking, if it really needs to be dealt with, Tenghai will naturally have a way to forcibly plug this gap.

But it is not necessary.

On the one hand, the current LPL occupies the ecological niche of the previous LCK and is qualified to export Chinese aid to the world.

By doing this, Jia Shi might be able to open up a new path for LPL players.

On the other hand, this is Boss Cai’s team after all.

As two of the top domestic giants in the Internet field, Tenghai and Forty Thieves have both cooperation and competition.

But no matter what, there is no need to cause trouble for Boss Cai in such a small place.

After all, doing so will not have any impact other than possibly causing some discomfort to the other party.

Mr. Cai is just here for fun.

Well, let’s take advantage of the loophole.

Anyway, they are just a few half-grown kids, and it would be the limit if they can make it to the World Championship.

"By the way, we won't ask about other things, but you must ensure the physical and mental health of those children!" Pei Yunteng suddenly thought of something and reminded quickly.

If the five young players from Jia Shi went to North America and learned bad things, it would be a scandal that could directly affect the image of the entire e-sports field.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Pei. We will make sure to provide adequate protection." When it came to business, Boss Cai also corrected his attitude and made a guarantee.

The fancy sedan was carried by many people, and Pei Yunteng did not mind him taking advantage of the situation and gave him enough face. He would not cause any trouble for Pei Yunteng either.

For both parties, the layout of e-sports actually has some flavor of image management.

Tencent aims to improve the overall social impression of the gaming industry through the honors it has achieved in e-sports.

Boss Cai needs to build his own image by investing in competitive fields that young people are interested in.

If this job goes wrong, both parties will be left with a stain.

After chatting some more nonsense, Pei Yunteng hung up the phone and shook his head in amusement.

What a bunch of masters of making things happen.

The summer season will be fun to watch.

……

The top management quickly reached a consensus and exchanged interests, but the outside world was already in an uproar.

Five members of Excellent Era traveled to North America to form a new team E2 (Excellent Era) to compete in the LCS. There are too many details that deserve attention.

The first is his investor, Boss Cai.

As the co-founder of the Forty Thieves, he is a business tycoon whose status is not much lower than Pei Yunteng.

His entry immediately gave a shot of adrenaline to the already excited investors.

Big shots of this caliber have already entered the market. If you don’t follow now, when will you?
At the same time, Boss Cai's operation also opened the eyes of many domestic investors:
The competition in the domestic e-sports market is too fierce. Would investing in and sponsoring teams in other regions be a way out?

As for the subsequent outflow of capital, many teams in each region had Chinese advertisements printed on their uniforms, but that is a story for another time.

As for another eye-catching point, it is naturally the emergence of an all-Chinese team in North America.

In an era when each league has not hired many foreign players, this operation can be said to have blinded many people's eyes.

So this is how you build a team? Go to the strongest region to poach players?
Although Tencent Esports quickly made changes to the foreign aid mechanism in the LCS region, there will be no more situations like Excellent Era (E2) in the future.

But many people's minds have been opened.

If reinforcement is not going well, then just poach players from other regions!
For example, many teams in North America immediately turned their greedy eyes to——

LEC.

Well, not LPL for now.

After all, there has always been a gap between White Eagle and China, and in history, there have been few precedents of White Eagle's major sports leagues introducing large numbers of Chinese players.

Boss Tsai's move to form an all-Chinese team in North America has already caused a lot of controversy in the White Eagles' home country, and even many rednecks have begun to protest on social media.

Even C9 was caught in the crossfire, suffering some attacks because of the Asian faces of Zheng Yanyong and Peng Yiliang.

Bosses can't help but be cautious.

But LEC is different. It is very common for European players to go to North America to play games. In the NBA alone, there are a large number of European athletes such as Yue Lao Shi and Pang Dong Lai.

There are no racial differences and no major conflicts of position. The White Eagle people are obviously much more accepting of European players than Chinese players.

In terms of strength, LEC is at least the runner-up region of MSi, and C9's mid laner is also from Europe.

It's also a good idea to poach people from them.

As a result, many White Eagle bosses and managers brandished their knives and started a massive frenzy of poaching.

However, many bosses in Europe are not short of money, so it is impossible for them to let their beloved players leave.

Suddenly, a huge war to poach talent began...

……

"Brothers, I'm leaving." Wunder dragged a huge suitcase and greeted his brothers at the door.

"Well, take care, brother." CAPS, Jankos and others waved goodbye, each with a complicated expression, unable to describe what they felt.

Among the owners of European e-sports clubs, there are quite a few wealthy people.

But obviously that doesn't include G2 owner Carlos.

After all, he is just an e-sports player, how much money can he have?

Even G2 looked a bit like an internet cafe team at the beginning.

However, as G2's fighting power began to be demonstrated and they won the MSi runner-up, sponsors flocked to them.

With more money, G2's life gradually became better.

But compared to those tycoons, or even the Middle Eastern oil guys behind some clubs, there is certainly no comparison.

G2 was the first to enter the world-class competition, and they also received the most poaching.

One team after another made sky-high offers to G2's players, and Carlos could only raise the players' salaries and re-sign their contracts.

He obviously couldn't handle this kind of play.

Finally, the top laner Wunder fell.

Since he was really suppressed by Sun Zheping in MSi, his position in the team was not core.

So although Carlos also gave him a salary increase, the increase was not as big as that of Hatters and A.P.

The wealthy and inhumane tycoon in North America offered him a sky-high contract worth millions of dollars right from the start.

Wunder was moved.

He had suffered psychological trauma from being beaten by Sun Zheping, and was already somewhat self-doubting.

Now that I have got a big contract, I am even more thinking about making money for my retirement.

Carlos ultimately chose not to match the offer.

So Wunder left G2, the team that had the most glorious moments of his career, and chose to join the North American team TL.

His departure also made his teammates a little sad.

"Why did you leave..." Jankos muttered.

"We've tried our best to keep him, but the contract offered by TL is too high a premium, so we can't accept it." Carlos pushed open the door and walked in, explaining.

Everyone nodded. They also knew the difficulties of the team. After all, there were no fewer teams trying to poach them than Wunder in recent days.

Carlos was very kind to them.

"Well, it's a good thing that Martin (Wunder's real name) can go to North America and make a lot of money. We should all be happy for him."

"But after he leaves, who will be our top laner?" asked CAPS.

Carlos smiled slightly, and there was even a hint of excitement in his eyes.

It's obvious that he's not as sad about Wunder's departure as he appears to be.

"Regarding the team's new top laner, we have naturally discovered a suitable successor."

He clapped his hands, and a young man walked in from the training room door.

Seeing him, everyone in G2 was slightly stunned.

The reason is simple: he is a yellow man.

The boss actually went to LPL to poach people?
The young man stood beside Carlos and bowed slightly to the "predecessors" without being humble or arrogant.

Carlos excitedly introduced
"His name is Bai Shu, his ID is bough. He will be the starting top laner for G2 in the future."

"Everyone is welcome!"

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(End of this chapter)