Chapter 254 SG E-sports Club

Hearing that Wang Juntao had changed his mind and decided to continue investing, Old Liu on the other end of the phone sounded happy.

"Taozi, society is developing too fast nowadays, don't listen to any nonsense. Are you afraid of risks?

I want to ask you a question. If it is as you said, why is it that group buying is so large now, but there are still so many people joining the game? Why are there still so many people joining in?

To put it bluntly, cognition determines the speed of making money! I treat you as a brother, so I want to bring you on board. If we work together, we will definitely become bigger and stronger!"

"Okay, I believe you. This friend of mine is really doing this for my own good. Don't say any more nonsense."

When Wang Juntao heard his friend belittling Yang Xiao on the phone, he felt that it was a bit too much and defended him at the right time.

Seeing that their goal had been achieved, the other side stopped provoking.

"Okay, okay, I won't say much. When will you come over to our company address? Then quickly secure the funds and officially start the project."

"I'll come and see it this afternoon."

"I'll welcome you back tonight, and I'll introduce you to the other partners."

"Okay, let's talk about it when we meet later."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Juntao had a complicated expression on his face.

I had just agreed with Yang Xiao yesterday that I would not get involved in this muddy "group buying" business, but after a phone call, I jumped into it again.

At this moment, he was considering whether or not to tell Yang Xiao about this.

After all, Yang Xiao spoke for a long time yesterday with great sincerity.

If he knew, he would probably think it was a waste of his saliva, right?

In fact, on the other hand, he agrees with what "Lao Liu" said. Yes, since this industry has already become a so-called "red ocean", why are so many people still joining the battle?

Are they fools?

Maybe people are just like this; their perceptions are too difficult to change, so they are only willing to believe what they think is good.

Wang Juntao was originally full of confidence, so how could he change his mind just because of Yang Xiao's few words?
He insisted on trying this track.

Moreover, the investment in their group buying project is actually more than five million.

There are several more investors!

Adding up all of it, it would probably be just over 10 million!
Their starting point was not low, which is why Wang Juntao did not want to quit easily.

First, the friendship is at this point, friends are all investing money, the risks are the same, what is he afraid of?
Secondly, this project had already been planned by investors and some planners a long time ago. It can be said that it has been put on the back burner halfway, so how can it be easily stopped?
Third, of course, Wang Juntao himself still holds out some hope.

After thinking for a long time, Wang Juntao decided to keep it a secret from Yang Xiao for the time being.

If I succeed, I can give him a surprise and maybe even make him look at me with new eyes.

As for the "e-sports club" that he had agreed to partner with Yang Xiao, he didn't take it seriously.

At this time, the phone has run out of battery and shut down.

He is the kind of person who doesn't care about anything and is so slow-tempered that he doesn't even bring a cell phone charger when he goes on a long trip.

He first walked out of the hotel, found a restaurant outside to fill his stomach, and then bought a charger at a nearby telecommunications store.

After returning to the hotel to charge his phone for a while, he turned on the TV in the room, but he was a little absent-minded and no one knew what he was thinking about.

After a while, he hesitated and made a call on his mobile phone.

"Dad, I'm in Shenzhen now."

"Yes, I won't be back for the time being."

"I mean, I want you to give me another two million."

"I'm not kidding you, I'm really starting a business, with two big projects."

"You won't understand anything about the Internet even if I tell you. Just transfer the money to me."

"Dad, don't worry. My son is serious about his work this time and won't do anything rash."

"Oh, I know, I know, be prudent and don't be reckless, and keep your public and private accounts separate. You've told me so many times that I can recite them by heart."

"The money will be transferred in a while? Okay, then stop talking nonsense, I'm hanging up now."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Juntao showed a satisfied smile on his face.

In order to prevent Yang Xiao from breaking his promise, he now plans to bet on both sides.

No money? Why not ask the old man at home to give you gold coins?
He even asked his father to give him an extra one million yuan, with the intention of seeing if he could get more shares when he went to Lao Liu to subscribe for the equity of the group buying business.

Damn it, now that he has decided to do it, he doesn't have to worry about being hesitant.

Just go all in!

On the other hand, Yang Xiao was unaware that Wang Juntao had plunged headfirst into the "Thousands of Regiments War" again.

But when he heard that the latter was going to keep a date tonight, he already had a bad feeling in his heart, and even guessed that perhaps Wang Juntao was not someone who would be easily persuaded.

Anyway, Wang Juntao’s reply was that the “e-sports club” thing was not a failure and he still wanted to participate.

Then the one million will be quickly transferred to the designated account.

Now that the money has arrived, everything is easy!

So Yang Xiao didn't ask any more questions.

If Wang Juntao really wants to test the waters, let him suffer a little loss and pay some tuition fees in the entrepreneurial market.

Some lessons are only profound if you pay for them!

What bothered Yang Xiao was that he originally wanted to be a hands-off boss.

Now he has been defeated by Wang Juntao.

He has a headache.

It was he who proposed the "e-sports club", and now he has to make all the arrangements.

Then, today he called Li Yuanbao, Zhou Hongyu and Tan Bin to Shenzhen Science and Technology Building and borrowed the conference room of Shiguang Culture Media to give them a lesson.

The three of them were a little curious as to why they didn't see Wang Juntao.

Tan Bin asked directly: "Brother Xiao, isn't Brother Tao coming? Didn't we agree yesterday that we would come up with ideas for the e-sports club today?"

"He has something else to do and can't come today. We'll discuss it in detail later."

Zhou Hongyu is a smart man and can more or less guess the reason why Wang Juntao suddenly changed his mind.

He was too lazy to say more. At yesterday's dinner, the only ones who could really talk about business were Wang Juntao and Yang Xiao.

Others just listen to it for fun and gain some knowledge, but they have no say in these matters.

Yang Xiao looked at the three of them and explained:
"In addition, since I proposed the e-sports club, I will be responsible for promoting it. Wang Juntao is just an investor, so I have the final say."

The three of them nodded repeatedly, thinking that what Yang Xiao said made sense.

Yang Xiao continued, "Generally speaking, I either don't do entrepreneurial things, but once I decide to do it, I will definitely do it well, and even become a leader in the industry. Lao Zhou, Yuanbao, regarding this e-sports club, do you two have any intention of joining it?"

Zhou Hongyu nodded: "Okay, I have nothing to do anyway, so I'll just help out and exercise at the same time."

"Me too. It happens to be something I like and I can learn something from it." Li Yuanbao had no objection.

"Well, I'm glad that you have this idea." Yang Xiao was somewhat satisfied with the two's attitude of not refusing. It would be a good opportunity for them to practice on this project.

"It's definitely not as simple as letting you join me to help. How about this? I will discuss with Wang Juntao that you two plus Tan Bin, as the company's original three founding members, will be given 10% of the shares. How about that?"

"My goodness, this is too much. It's unnecessary. Just tell us what you can do for us."

Li Yuanbao is not a fool. He knows that a 10% stake in a two million investment project would be worth two hundred thousand.

Even if the three of them divided it equally, each of them would still have tens of thousands. He usually took advantage of Yang Xiao when eating and drinking, and since this involved business matters, he felt a little guilty.

"Yeah, Brother Xiao, I don't understand anything about shares, but I'll be satisfied if you can pay me 3,000 yuan a month. What's more, I live in the house you rented."

Tan Bin said the same thing. When talking about e-sports last night, Yang Xiao's suggestion was to train him as a professional player.

He was paid 3500 yuan a month and given a computer.

In his opinion, this is already a godly day.

Just this made Li Yuanbao stunned!
If he didn't have much talent for gaming, he would have rushed to take on this dream job!

Zhou Hongyu also thought that Yang Xiao was openly trying to gain benefits for the three of them, so he modestly declined.

"Do you think the e-sports club I mentioned is just a place where you can find some experts to play games?"

Yang Xiao was a little helpless and explained, "This thing depends on operation. Do you know what operation is?"

In response to Yang Xiao, there were three confused faces and shaking heads.

Zhou Hongyu had some ideas and said, "This club is actually like running a company?"

Yang Xiao said, "Yes, that's about it. Let me tell you this, if you run an e-sports club now, you will definitely lose money. Don't think there will be much benefit. There is a high probability that you will continue to lose money for the next two or three years, or even go bankrupt without making any money."

Li Yuanbao heard Yang Xiao's weird words and asked, "Since the risk is so great, is there any need to do it?"

"The risk is a bit high, but I have to try it anyway."

Yang Xiao's eyes were somewhat determined. In fact, there was another reason, which he did not explain.

Because now is the first year of e-sports for the new game LOL, Yang Xiao does not want to focus his main energy on the games that were released before.

He only plans to play League of Legends, which is why he thinks a few million will be enough to sustain him.

Today's players are so cheap!
With just a few thousand bucks for food and lodging, you can find a ton of them!

In the future, some professional players with a little fame could be worth tens of millions!

Moreover, mainly because of the previous LOL events, the Chinese people were too disappointing. There wasn’t even a single all-Chinese team that won the championship.

Yang Xiao occasionally watches the game and has endless complaints.

He didn't believe it. He entered the game in 2011, trained some Chinese players, tried his best to win the championship, and finally shouted a slogan.

——Build the glory of the LPL region! It is our duty!
Ahem, I got a little off track.

In fact, the most important thing is the big cake of e-sports, the profits behind it are huge!

The operation that Yang Xiao mentioned before is not only about strength, fame, and reputation, but also about the players being able to operate!

Even ugly contestants can become fan club members!

It’s even more outrageous than the entertainment industry.

His company, Time Culture Media, is already involved in this area and has experience in the training and promotion of artists.

Yang Xiao has an advantage as he can even pull together a professional team!

The main purpose is to train the two of them.

The industry currently has enough time to provide both of them with the cost of trial and error.

"How about this, we are currently only recruiting experts in three games: CrossFire, QQ Speed, and League of Legends."

"it is good."

"You three can work together to recruit players online. The conditions are 3500 yuan for food and lodging. There will be prize money for good performance. As for the house, you can rent another one near the one we originally rented to make ends meet."

As Yang Xiao was giving instructions, he suddenly thought of something, "Old Zhou, let's keep the wealth within the family. For the professional game players, you should first select them from the Killing Matt Family and the Spirited Youth Family and give them some opportunities."

"Hehe, well, it seems that my role as deputy clan leader is not in vain."

The popularity of the first two games that Yang Xiao mentioned is still at the T0 stage. There are many competitions, and you can participate immediately after recruiting the right people.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t achieve any results, it can still serve as training, right?
As for League of Legends, it will take at least some time before it becomes popular all over the country!

More preparation time!

Why did Yang Xiao let Zhou Hongyu choose someone from the Shamatte family first?

In addition to the reason of giving them priority, the two games, CrossFire and QQ Speed, are really the things that this group of Shamatte are good at!
For example, in Luo Fuxing's family, it is easy to find hundreds of top masters among hundreds of thousands of members.

There are several such people in their city of Dongguan, such as Tan Bin.

In addition to him, we can even select a few qualified ones for key training.

In fact, in Yang Xiao's opinion, in the e-sports industry, China, with its vast territory and abundant resources, is not much worse than South Korea.

It's just that we started a little slowly, and suffered the loss of not seizing the opportunity first.

Even after China's e-sports industry matured, capital had already become profit-driven and the industry had not yet gained much say, but it was already somewhat pathological.

At least he has to win two championships in the early stages before he can have the nerve to do those fan club things, right?
It may even make the e-sports market bigger!

After that, some details were slowly finalized. Zhou Hongyu and Li Yuanbao were responsible for the overall work, each holding 3.5% of the shares, and Tan Bin held 3%.

The initial work is to rent a house, buy computers, recruit staff, and formulate rules and regulations.

After all these arrangements were completed, Zhou Hongyu suddenly asked a key question:

"Brother Xiao, have you thought of a name for our club?"

"Let's call it SG, the first letter of Time."

"Why is it called English?" Li Yuanbao asked puzzledly.

"You really don't understand anything at all."

Zhou Hongyu rolled his eyes at him, waved his hand, and said with a grin, "This is what we call internationalization!"

Yang Xiao smiled and said, "We are just a makeshift team anyway, so don't feel any pressure. Just go for it."

"Don't worry, this is our business, and we must take it seriously."

Zhou Hongyu and the other two made assurances one after another, and suddenly they felt full of energy.

Especially Tan Bin, who started out as a wage earner doing shady work in a small workshop in Dongguan City, then moved to a restaurant waiter in Shenzhen City, and now has become a "professional e-sports player" who sounds very high-end. He not only has a salary, but also shares.

Tan Bin knew that "Brother Yu" and "Brother Bao" were both Yang Xiao's classmates, so it was natural for them to be "taken care of" in this way.

What about him? He is not related to me, but he has gained so many benefits!

This series of changes made him particularly cherish and grateful, so much so that he was willing to work for Yang Xiao now!

He secretly made up his mind that he would not fall behind, but would complete the competition seriously and then help Li Yuanbao and Zhou Hongyu do a good job in this business.

(End of this chapter)