CSGO Unboxing Streamer: A Charity-Driven Tycoon

TyLoo's CSGO team has had a challenging year.

二月份的极限高手杯卡托维兹，在分别以16:8和16:3的大比分战胜Vitality和Cloud9后，天禄滑铁卢式地连续输掉三盘比赛，最终止步于新挑战者组的第10名。

Also at this year's Berlin Major, TyLoo defeated MVP to enter the Major, but in the subsequent matches, they became the first team to be eliminated with a 0-3 record.

They were eliminated in the semifinals of the subsequent CAC Asia Invitational.

Being bad at esports is the original sin.

Unlike the esports atmosphere abroad, the domestic scene is mostly filled with fans of champions. It's really hard to explain this kind of result. Not to mention, ZFF, who has been building a PUBG team, learned that TyLoo's CSGO division had not reached a cooperation agreement with Perfect World's All-People Platform.

They immediately questioned the person in charge.

After learning that another boss disagreed.

He was so angry that he went to their door to confront them.

The reply I received was that I didn't get along with Lu Yiming.

That's why ZFF made this trip to Xingcheng.

meeting room.

Looking at the five-meter-long solid wood table in front of him and feeling the softness of the genuine leather sofa beneath him, ZFF couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, they're really rich!"

He felt that just one conference room would cost over a million yuan to build.

This is not a configuration that ordinary companies can afford.

He originally thought he was a rich man.

But compared to Lu Yiming, I feel...

The gap is still too large.

He had heard of Lu Yiming before, but he only learned about him in the last couple of days.

At this moment, he was thinking about what to say when Lu Yiming arrived.

But Lu Yiming didn't get to see it.

But Wang Jiming arrived first.

He watched as Wang Jiming pushed the door open and entered.

ZFF stood up in surprise and said, "President Wang?"

Perfect World is the distributor of the Chinese version of the game.

Some domestic competitions send representatives to attend, and that representative is Wang Jiming.

Wang Jiming smiled and nodded.

He then sat down opposite ZFF and said, "President Lu asked me to come and contact you."

Hear this.

ZFF paused for a moment.

He immediately began to complain in his heart.

Wang Jiming shook his head inwardly at ZFF's expression, thinking that people who wear their emotions on their sleeves are unlikely to achieve great things.

He then continued, "Let's get straight to the point! Are you in charge of the Heavenly Road team now?"

at the same time.

Another meeting room upstairs.

Lu Yiming was originally supposed to meet with ZFF, but Lu Zhen's sudden visit changed his plans.

For Lu Zhen to come all this way in person, it must be no small matter.

After both parties took their seats.

Lu Zhen handed a document to Lu Yiming with a rather serious expression.

A very thick document.

It took Lu Yiming more than ten minutes to finish reading it.

The data shows a pistol round with a cost of 300,000.

Lu Yiming shook his head.

He then put down the documents, frowned slightly, looked at Lu Zhen, and said, "Is it that badly decayed?"

Well known.

Currently, there are no betting websites offering odds on CNCS domestic internal matches.

The reason is not because it lacks popularity.

It's not that overseas gambling operators dare not open such businesses.

For example, a certain foreign team is known as having a cast of Oscar-worthy actors; as long as the odds are right, anyone can win or lose.

CS is divided into three periods.

Early stage: overpowered; mid-stage: performing well; current stage: eating vegetables.

This is the same both domestically and internationally.

The CS environment a few years ago was like this.

Second and third-tier teams rely on match-fixing to survive.

Lu Zhen's expression was also quite complicated.

He looked up at Lu Yiming and said, "I actually knew a little bit, but I didn't expect it to be this bad."

Let's say that.

Based on the content of this document.

There is no domestic team that is not on the list.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yiming said seriously, "We can't let this continue! Let's start a major purge! Let's proceed with the method we discussed before, starting after the New Year!"

Hear this.

Lu Zhen hesitated and said, "What if these teams don't cooperate? Although I have the rights to operate the Chinese server, the related tournaments are all operated by third parties."

Domestic competitions, both large and small.

Most of it is outsourced to third parties.

The advantage of this is that you don't have to worry about losing money.

It's important to know that in recent years, almost every domestic sporting event that's been held has lost money.

If Perfect Group were to take charge of this project...

It simply won't pass the board's approval.

Hear this.

Lu Yiming looked at Lu Zhen with a disdainful expression, which made Lu Zhen feel very uncomfortable.

At this moment, Lu Yiming grinned and said, "Not cooperating? Then I'll just flip the table!"

Regarding domestic esports competitions.

Lu Zhen had discussed it with Lu Yiming.

First, the competition needs to be enriched. The plan is for Perfect World Group to invest five million yuan and Perfect World All-People Platform to invest five million yuan to hold a large-scale competition in the first half of 20.

This match was just a warm-up.

If it works well, it will be modeled after the current league's events.

To formalize, periodize, and routine the competition.

To ensure that the team has matches to play throughout the year.

To do this, you would need to invest at least hundreds of millions of dollars.

Lu Zhen is willing to lead the investment, and Lu Yiming is also willing to follow suit, but based on the information we have at the moment, their investment is likely to be a joke.

You take the competition seriously.

They were eating spinach with gusto.

When problems arise, they have to share the blame and the infamy.

Lu Yiming would never do something like that.

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhen also weighed the pros and cons in his mind.

He then gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it! Let's do it! Mr. Lu, what do you say we do?"

Lu Zhen couldn't make up his mind.

It's because CNCS can't withstand too much turmoil right now.

Many teams are on the verge of going out of business.

Not everyone can eat their fill of vegetables.

In addition, the player base was already small to begin with, and although it has surged recently, it hasn't converted into a competitive fanbase.

It was also thought that now might be the best time for reform.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yiming seemed to be deep in thought.

He then said softly, "I suddenly don't want to play with them anymore! How about we go with a nationwide competition? Organized by schools, right? Aren't there many esports clubs in universities these days?"

Spinach cannot be completely eliminated.

Schools are relatively easier to manage.

As soon as Lu Yiming said this...

Lu Zhen immediately adopted an expression of eagerness to hear more.

Lu Yiming's idea was very simple.

These teams are now completely rotten to the core.

Let them rot away then.

The platform's ladder rankings have many teams named after universities in both the Master and Legend groups.

Contact them and get in touch with the schools behind them.

A university-level esports competition will be held this spring.

Speaking of it.

Lu Yiming laughed and said, "Students are more straightforward. A prize of one million is enough. It's a free publicity opportunity for the school. I believe that even if they don't strongly support it, they will tacitly approve. We just need to act as a go-between! As for team management, we can send temporary coaches. This will help make the competition cleaner."

Lu Yiming emphasized the word "clean".

After a moment's thought, Lu Zhen asked, "If it's just a college competition, the attention it gets won't be too high, right?"

Lu Yiming looked at Lu Zhen with a rather subtle expression and said, "It's up to you now! My idea is to make the champion of this university competition eligible to participate in the Major qualifiers!"

For Valve...

There are only two types of CSGO tournaments.

One is the main tournament they sponsor, such as the Major and Major qualifiers.

One is other competitions.

It is extremely difficult for a tournament to qualify for a Major.

Valve only has 24 slots for each Major qualifier.

Lu Yiming looked at Lu Zhen, whose brows were furrowed at his words, and smiled, "What? Is it difficult?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "It's not a question of whether it's difficult or not! It's simply impossible!"

Although Perfect World is the Chinese server distributor.

But Valve doesn't really have any say in the matter.

The Major qualifiers have two entry pathways.

The official team will directly invite some of the most active teams in the region.

The remaining teams need to participate in the preliminary rounds to have a chance to advance to the qualifiers.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yiming said with a mysterious smile, "That's not necessarily true!"

Major qualification is definitely out of the question.

But as for Major qualifiers...

There is still room for maneuver.

Lu Yiming then called Lin Ke, who had recently joined his company.

In front of Lu Zhen, he made an overseas call.

Zhang Wei helped him complete the formalities yesterday.

He obtained this phone number after completing the formalities.

You can contact the president's secretary directly.

Valve is a company dominated by Gabe Newell (GabeN), but he still has to respect its shareholders, especially those who own 5% of the company.

The call is connected.

Lu Yiming stated directly, "I am shareholder Lu Yiming, shareholding certificate number 4396. I would like to collaborate with the CN region manager to organize a CSGO campus tournament, and I hope the champion of this tournament will qualify for the Major qualifiers."

Lin Ke simultaneously relayed what Lu Yiming had said.

The other party quickly replied, "Okay, I will report the problem to the president immediately and call you back shortly!"

at this time.

Lu Zhen stared blankly at Lu Yiming.

Although Valve's market value is only around tens of billions of dollars.

But you should know that Valve is a company with only a few hundred employees and annual revenue of several billion dollars.

The low valuation is simply because it's not listed on the stock exchange.

The fact that Lu Yiming could become a shareholder of this company was no less shocking than when he first learned that Lu Yiming's company had built a supercomputer.

After a long time.

Lu Zhen exclaimed with a complicated expression, "President Lu, you've been hiding this really well!!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yiming shrugged.

It can only be said that it just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

soon.

It only took about ten minutes.

A phone call came.

Actually, Lin Ke didn't even need to translate. When the other party said, "Sorry to keep you waiting! The president said there's no problem! Please have you and the CN region manager submit a joint report, and we will give you formal approval!"

You could tell from Lu Zhen's expression that the outcome was positive.

If it's just a college competition, then there's naturally not much point in it.

But if this college competition can qualify for the Major qualifiers, then things will be different.

At this moment, Lu Yiming laughed and said, "Think about it! If a team from a university competes all the way from the preliminaries to the main competition, and then a sticker with the school badge is released, do you think that with this prerequisite, wouldn't these student teams fight tooth and nail for it? At the same time, if the school knew that its students could wear the school badge to participate in international competitions, what do you think the school's attitude would be?"

of course!

This is the ideal situation.

The team that is sent will most likely be eliminated in the first round.

But there are always exceptions, aren't there?
At least Lu Yiming single-handedly created this possibility.

Hearing this, Lu Zhen grinned and said, "This game of chess seems really playable!"

The school can be said to be the cleanest e-sports environment at present.

Even if they fail in the competition, these contestants are still people with experience in major competitions.

Then, domestic capital can be stimulated to enter the market, and outstanding players from university competitions can be recruited to form brand-new teams. In just a few years, CNCS can be developed and expanded.

Completely eliminate those domestic teams that claim to be working out of love.

Betting and match-fixing are things that a leopard can't change its spots.

Once it's stuck, it's hard to turn back.

Since seeing this information, Lu Yiming has given up on cooperating with these people.

The two then discussed some details.

For example, the choice of universities.

Lu Yiming's idea was to get 100 universities to join directly.

For example, the rules regarding the competition schedule.

Lu Yiming plans to add teams that must be Chinese citizens and organized by school, with no foreign players allowed. Participants will need to have their school registration verified.

Hearing this, Lu Zhen asked in confusion, "Is it really necessary to be so strict?"

Follow his ideas.

If some schools recruit strong players from other schools in order to improve their performance, it should be a good thing for the competition and for them to be sent to the Major qualifiers.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yiming complained, "You have no idea how low some schools will go to win! When I was in college, I played a basketball game against a medical school team. When we arrived, all the players we played against were black guys who were almost two meters tall! They can hire foreign players, but only one is allowed!"

Hear this.

Lu Zhen suppressed a smile and nodded vigorously.

at this time.

The meeting room downstairs.

Wang Jiming and ZFF also came to an end of their conversation.

At first, the conversation went quite well.

The two had met several times before.

But after Wang Jiming received a phone call, his expression gradually turned from enthusiastic to indifferent.

"We probably don't need to talk anymore!"

Hear this.

ZFF was taken aback.

He then frowned and asked, "Was it that phone call just now? Can you tell me why?"

Wang Jiming did not speak upon hearing this.

At that moment, an assistant knocked on the door and came in with a document.

Wang Jiming gestured for ZFF to look at it himself.

ZFF was puzzled at this point.

He took the document into his hand.

A warm document means it was just printed.

He then turned to the first page and looked at its contents.

Then his pupils contracted.

He then abruptly looked up at Wang Jiming and asked, "Where did this come from?"

ZFF was completely unaware of this situation.

ZFF has shown on several occasions that he can no longer keep things to himself.

Looking at him like this now.

Wang Jiming shook his head and said, "You don't need to worry about this! As the team owner, if you don't even know about this, I think you should also reflect on whether you've been too negligent in managing the team!"

boom!
ZFF slammed the documents in his hand onto the table.

Then came a constant stream of cursing and swearing.

A torrent of insulting words flew from his mouth.

The person being scolded was naturally the other boss of the team.

Through this scene.

Wang Jiming became even more certain that ZFF might genuinely be unaware of the situation.

But this is no longer important.

The decision to change the policy has been made.

Originally, they were asked to organize the gathering together, but now they are all outsiders.

Wang Jiming reached out and picked up the documents that ZFF had thrown on the table.

He tucked the bag under his arm and walked toward the conference room door.

As he passed by ZFF.

He patted his shoulder lightly twice and said, "Although I sympathize with your situation, you should make plans as soon as possible!" (End of Chapter)