Chapter 77: A New Emperor, a New Minister (Part )

The Honor League is suspended. The question is, what is the suspension?
Of course, this doesn’t mean that the Glory Alliance will be disbanded.

Since the competition system was copied from the NBA, the suspension of the Honor League is exactly the same as that of the NBA.

To put it bluntly, when there are irreconcilable conflicts among the interests of the league, clubs and players, such as when the labor-management contract cannot be negotiated, the league cannot continue.

At this time, the league will be announced to be suspended until the three parties sit back at the negotiating table and explain everything clearly, and then the league will be reopened.

Generally speaking, most lockouts are due to an uneven distribution of benefits between clubs and players.

But this suspension of the Honor League is different.

The trigger for the suspension was a new regulation issued by the Honor Alliance.

Since Tencent Hai announced that it would establish Tencent Esports, Feng Xianjun, the former chairman of the Honor Alliance, and a large number of alliance senior executives immediately turned to the light and became the early team of Tencent Esports.

The original Glory Alliance naturally became paralyzed.

To this end, the World Electronic Sports Association announced shortly afterwards that Han Yong, former vice president of the Chinese branch, would serve as chairman of the Honor Alliance.

A new official has three things to do upon taking office. Han Yong is also very decisive and immediately announced the results of the handling of skill points.

First of all, we must acknowledge that the championship of the eighth season of Samsara complies with the relevant regulations of the league and cannot be confiscated.

But at the same time, he also admitted that the Alliance did have some shortcomings in terms of skill points. After friendly discussions with Samsara, he released this skill point secret book for free.

Lunhui was very straightforward about this matter, and he had no choice but to be straightforward, otherwise he would have lost his only popularity.

Now, the vast majority of accounts in the entire alliance can achieve a stable 4900+ skill points. Even if there is a difference of or points, at least the gap is not that big.

This was a reassurance to the alliance, which was already worried.

But the good times did not last long. Just as the clubs were gearing up to discuss reforms in equipment and other areas with the league.

Without holding a meeting with the major clubs, Han Yong unilaterally issued a regulation:
Any club that holds a seat in the Honor Professional League is not allowed to establish a gaming division for events that are not recognized by the World Electronic Sports Association.

Otherwise, you will be deprived of your place in the glory event.

This is a provision with an extremely obvious unilateral protective nature, which is equivalent to an open break with Tenghai Company.

Now, all the clubs under its umbrella are getting anxious.

Why did no other club choose to join the competition after Jia Shi and Blue Rain withdrew from the competition? Is it because they don't see the potential of League of Legends?
Of course not, they are all thinking about setting up a League of Legends division.

But... why did he withdraw from the competition? Why was he so extreme? Wouldn't it be nice to make money from both ends?
Anyway, League of Legends doesn’t require account development!
If someone were able to sneak into the headquarters of a club, they would find that they had already divided out a large area and had begun to recruit players from the domestic server to build their own League of Legends team.

The boss of Baihua even went out personally to lick Zhang Jiale day and night, vowing to restore the glory of Fanhua Xuejing.

And now, maybe the alliance has the best of both worlds?
What kind of international joke are you kidding?
The bosses reached a consensus at an unprecedented speed and unanimously brought charges against the league headquarters.

Then, there was this meeting that changed the course of their destiny.

"So, everyone... are you here to call for punishment?" Han Yong sat in the main seat, looking calm and composed.

"This is not a call to action, Chairman Han." The first person to speak was the boss of Tyranny.

"It's just that under the new regulations, we clubs really don't know how to proceed."

"You don't know how difficult our lives have been during this period."

Ever since Tencent launched League of Legends, the terrifying daily active users and traffic immediately helped major sponsors who were confused in the storm find their direction.

For a time, the threshold of Tencent Esports’ headquarters was almost broken down by representatives of sponsors who came one after another.

In contrast, the major clubs are in a bleak state. Except for some small shrimps whose influence is limited to the local area and who are not qualified to discuss cooperation with Tencent, they are still willing to invest in the Honor Club.
Even if the big sponsors did not leave, they lowered the sponsorship amount for the next contract.

During this period, the clubs have been operating in a dismal state, but the reason they have still mustered the courage to hold on is to maintain their first-mover advantage in the field of e-sports.

By then, we can enter the League of Legends and take up traffic from both ends. Wouldn’t that be enough to satisfy our hunger?

But now?

“Not only that, due to the massive loss of labor in online games and the rising prices of materials, the research and development and maintenance costs of account equipment are too high at this stage.” The speaker was the boss of Samsara.

Now that the advantage of our own skill points is gone, we naturally have to make up for it from other families.

For example, stop the increasingly fierce account arms race.

With the three remaining champions taking the lead, various clubs responded and began to complain about their grievances.

It was called complaining, but in fact it was forcing the emperor to abdicate.

However, even though the scene was in chaos, Han Yong's expression did not change at all. Instead, he became even more relaxed.

The bosses talked until their mouths were dry, then they clapped their hands and said, "Are you done?"

“…That’s all.” The Weicao boss keenly sensed that something was wrong.

But for the sake of his future financial prospects, he still answered with gritted teeth:
"In short, if the new rules are implemented, our clubs will be in a desperate situation where they cannot make ends meet."

"And if the league allows us to establish a League of Legends division, it will be beneficial to everyone's development, and we don't have to tear our faces with Tenghai Company."

"I hope you, Chairman, can understand us on this matter."

“We want to improve so badly.”

Han Yong listened to the bosses' complaints and suddenly laughed.

It was a cold, sarcastic smile.

He stood up and walked forward slowly, accompanied by a strong sense of oppression.

"Do you think that as long as the league relaxes its restrictions, you can march into League of Legends e-sports with a swagger and make a lot of money from that Mr. Pei?"

"Do you think that as long as the alliance reforms the account plan, everything will be better?"

“Don’t you think that no matter who holds the power of e-sports and how it changes, you clubs can just open the door to welcome the new emperor like the courtiers in the past?”

The sarcasm and mockery in his tone became stronger and stronger, and the sneer on his face made people feel uneasy.

The bosses looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Indeed, they do think so in their hearts. They are the top club that has grown up in the development of Chinese e-sports over the years. If not them, who else can e-sports events rely on?
But looking at Han Yong's appearance, they subconsciously did not dare to answer.

Looking at their cowardly and silent appearance, Han Yong smiled contemptuously, turned around and walked to the computer, controlling the projector to project a picture.

"Not long ago, Tenghai Esports released the selection plan for the League of Legends Chinese Division, also known as the LPL Division."

He slammed the table, and his voice suddenly became louder:

"See clearly! Pei Yunteng is not the emperor who changed the dynasty at all!"

"He is Huang Chao and Chuang Wang who are here to dig up your roots!"

　The first update. I just sent it to the wrong person. I’m so sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)