CSGO Unboxing Streamer: A Charity-Driven Tycoon

This evening.

Lu Yiming was about to end the live stream.

Suddenly I saw someone mention the college tournament in the comments.

He immediately laughed and said, "The online preliminary rounds will be streamed on a separate section on the Shark platform. The two teams that emerge victorious from each province will be invited to Changsha in late June for the National College Cup Finals. I'll be going there with Qiezi, and we'll also be there to enjoy the CSGO eSports Festival. Those who are interested can follow along!"

Perfect World is in charge of the university competition.

After the hosting rights were handed over to the other party.

The other side was also very sensible and named the competition the "Starry Sky National College Championship".

That's not what the viewers are actually concerned about.

After all, these messages have already been explained on the official website.

They were concerned about the membership of Lu Yiming's RSS Club CSGO team.

Lu Yiming mentioned this in his live stream before.

Players who perform exceptionally well in this university competition will have the opportunity to go to Europe for youth training.

It's fair to say that the contestants are now eager to participate in this university competition.

They all have high hopes for the details of this youth training opportunity.

They wanted to know what conditions needed to be met to qualify.

Looking at the comments section.

Lu Yiming laughed and said, "That's simple! There are two modes! One is 'I choose you'! I will arrange for data analysts in Europe to observe the competition. If they find any players they think are good, they will receive an invitation from me. The other mode is based on strength. The champion team will have the opportunity to go to Europe for youth training as long as they are willing and their families agree! There are no more than ten spots in total!"

Compared to the league.

For the CSGO esports department, Lu Yiming prefers to focus his efforts on developing talent.

of course.

The reason is also the domestic CSGO esports scene.

There are very few people who are actually capable of using them.

In the League of Legends, building a competitive all-Chinese team is as simple as having enough money. However, in CS:GO, building a competitive all-Chinese team requires not only spending money but also investing time in training them.

It can be said that the costs for both are roughly the same.

However, the latter is more uncertain.

This also reflects Lu Yiming's current investment in the CSGO community.

Why do people inside and outside the industry say he does charity work?

It can be said that Lu Yiming was very dedicated.

It's a contribution to the entire CS:GO community.

In the current CSGO community, everyone who meets Lu Yiming calls him "the great philanthropist".

CSGO is gaining popularity.

Investors will then rush in upon hearing the news.

In the end, everyone had food to eat.

For example, the Starry Sky National College Competition, funded by Lu Yiming.

The original budget was over 100 million.

But actually.

The sponsorship has already recouped its costs.

They even made a small profit.

Knowing that he had made his money back, Lu Yiming added an e-sports festival project, determined to lose 100 million yuan to hold this event.

Cao Siyun was very puzzled.

But they still followed Lu Yiming's instructions.

All I can say is that I was doing things for Lu Yiming.

The most prominent issue is mental exhaustion.

A boss who doesn't want to make money but only wants to spend it.

It is truly beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

That night.

The popularity of the college competition has increased significantly.

This is also the first large-scale CSGO esports tournament in China open to universities nationwide.

In particular, the prize money is comparable to that of top-tier domestic tournaments.

It's something that makes some professional players envious.

But what they don't know is.

His team had been blacklisted by Lu Yiming from cooperation.

The current owners of these teams.

They are all trying to find ways to cooperate with Lu Yiming.

They were also completely unaware that they had been blacklisted.

There was only one person who knew the truth.

That's ZFF, the boss of Tianlu.

Perfect World Group Headquarters.

ZFF walked out of the company entrance looking dejected.

Looking at the sky from the balcony.

He shook his head regretfully and sighed, "It still doesn't work!"

These people in the industry.

Didn't notice at all.

Perfect World has gradually reduced its investment in major esports events.

Instead, they are looking forward to a bright future with the holding of this campus competition.

All I can say is that CSGO has a future.

But they may not have it anymore.

CSGO seems to be very popular right now.

But in reality, it's the lower and middle classes that are really popular.

Campus tournaments, for example, are designed for campus players under the age of twenty.

For top-level professional leagues.

There is no plan at all.

It was as if they had been deliberately forgotten.

He had already hinted at it to people in the industry before.

Unfortunately, none of these people understood.

The driver had been waiting at the door for a long time.

After getting into the car, the assistant saw ZFF's expression and didn't ask anything.

"Tell me, what's a way to get Perfect World to change things up and get President Lu to focus his attention on the domestic professional leagues?"

After getting in the car.

ZFF murmured softly.

The assistant, sitting in the passenger seat, turned his head and said, "Mr. Z! Why don't we go directly to Xingcheng? Perfect World is definitely focusing on Fanxing! It's better to talk to them directly than to talk to Perfect World here! Besides, you know someone in Qiezi, right? Through that connection, you should be able to talk to President Lu directly, right?"

Should we talk to President Lu directly?

Upon hearing this, ZFF considered the possibilities.

Through visits over the past six months.

He knew that Perfect World was gradually reducing its focus and investment in the professional league.

The main reason is because of President Lu.

In fact, he had considered whether or not to have a talk with President Lu.

But Lu Yiming is not someone you can just meet casually these days.

Firstly, it's not a good idea to meet, and secondly, there's the worry that meeting might make things worse.

After all, Lu Yiming can be considered the instigator.

The current situation seems to have gotten as bad as it can get.

ZFF immediately made a decision in his mind.

However, he had another matter to attend to before going to see Lu Yiming.

He immediately looked up at his assistant in the passenger seat and said, "Contact the owners of several teams in China! We'll have a video conference in two hours."

Don't be fooled by how fiercely domestic teams fight on the field.

In reality, they maintain very close private contact.

However, ZFF hasn't contacted these people for a long time.

This time, they suddenly announced that they would be holding a video conference.

This brought amusement to their faces.

Back to the hotel.

When the time comes.

ZFF arrived at the room that his assistant had prepared.

The meeting was scheduled for a time.

But some people had already started chatting in the meeting software.

On the prepared backdrop.

Four figures have already appeared.

ZFF entered the room.

One of them joked, "Hey! Mr. Z hasn't contacted us for half a year! What's up? Is there some good news to share?"

The one speaking is RA's boss.

The meeting was attended by the owners of eight teams.

These are also the eight most well-known veteran teams in the Chinese CS:GO scene.

In terms of strength, Tianlu is naturally the strongest.

After all, they are the only ones who have ever made it to the Major main event.

The former managers of Tianlu used to interact with them very frequently, including ZFF. However, at that time, ZFF was just one of the owners. Since ZFF took complete control, he has rarely communicated with them.

However, the group still didn't realize why ZFF was distancing himself from them. They assumed ZFF was just busy.

After all, ZFF spends far less time in China than abroad.

The team also trains abroad.

Upon hearing this, ZFF laughed and said, "Still laughing? It seems you really didn't notice anything!"

These words startled RA.

soon.

The other three people arrived.

The RA boss asked in confusion, "Mr. Z! What did you mean by that? What didn't you notice?"

The two were considered to have a good relationship.

At least that's what the RA boss thinks.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have started with a teasing tone.

Hearing this, the group looked at ZFF with curious eyes.

In this regard.

ZFF sighed and said, "I reminded you guys at the previous gathering! But you guys didn't seem to take it seriously at all! What were you thinking when several tournaments were canceled in the second half of last year?"

CSGO tournaments don't get much attention.

But there are still quite a few each year.

But starting from the second half of last year.

Mid-sized events were cut in half.

There were originally three major events, but one of them was cut.

Upon hearing this, the RA boss frowned and said, "Isn't this because the investors withdrew their funding? These competitions have been canceled before; they're probably waiting for the campus competitions to gain popularity, right?"

Regarding this answer...

The others nodded in agreement.

Although the reduced number of competitions resulted in lower revenue, the increased popularity allowed them to profit significantly in other areas.

ZFF didn't say anything upon hearing this.

I picked up my phone and sent a file to the group chat.

He then looked up and said, "Take a look at the information I sent! We'll continue in three minutes!"

The words fell.

ZFF picked up his teacup, took a small sip, and said nothing more.

The group was puzzled.

But they still picked up their phones or computers one after another to check their emails.

Subsequently.

The expressions on their faces suddenly became remarkably similar.

Looking at the seven people whose faces were filled with fear and panic.

ZFF put down his cup and laughed, "It's scary, isn't it! When I saw this thing at the Star Platform headquarters last year, I had the same expression as you guys."

If reading the information caused fear and panic...

ZFF said he saw this at the headquarters of the Star Platform.

The group finally couldn't hold back any longer.

This information is not enough to send them all in.

But if it gets exposed.

The team is definitely doomed.

If it weren't for the fact that it also included the Heavenly Road, they would have suspected that ZFF was using it to blackmail them.

It was also because of the appearance of this information.

ZFF completely controlled the conversation.

The next day arrived.

The temporary headquarters of the Starry Sky Group is located on the middle floor of Lu Yiming's three-story office building.

It only occupies less than 400 square meters of space.

The entire group is actually Cao Siyun and her team.

Responsible for managing Lu Yiming's personal shares and holding companies.

In the conference room.

ZFF was quite apprehensive.

soon.

The door in front of me was pushed open.

He immediately stood up to greet him.

Lu Yiming didn't know ZFF, but he definitely had to give Eggplant face.

Jiang Yuanming followed behind him.

After sitting down, he looked at ZFF who was standing and smiled, "Sit down and let's talk! Don't be so tense! Didn't you want to see me?"

Lu Yiming's expression was predominantly calm.

However, ZFF saw it as having a unique quality.

This kind of temperament.

He had seen it in the two Mas before.

It is a kind of absolute self-confidence.

Upon hearing the voice, he sat down and said, "Mr. Lu, hello! I'm so sorry to trouble you to come and see me despite your busy schedule!"

Hear this.

Lu Yiming waved his hands repeatedly.

Looking at Jiang Yuanming beside him, he said, "This Mr. Jiang probably doesn't need me to introduce him!"

ZFF nodded.

His gaze turned to President Jiang.

If it weren't for the connection with eggplant...

The highest-ranking person he could meet was General Manager Jiang.

And there's no guarantee you'll even get to see it.

After smiling at General Manager Jiang, he turned to Lu Yiming and said, "General Manager Lu! I'll get straight to the point! I'm here on behalf of eight CS:GO professional clubs to discuss domestic professional esports events with you."

The most formal competition in China is CAC, which is officially organized by Perfect World.

Another one is the occasional IEM and WESG.

In fact.

It remains to be seen whether Perfect World will be able to continue holding CAC this year.

There are reports that Perfect World is planning to cancel the CAC competition.

This is the real reason why ZFF was so eager to return to China to deal with this matter.

Before ZFF could finish speaking...

Lu Yiming waved his hand to interrupt and said, "President Z! You should have seen the information that President Jiang gave you before. Since you have seen it, don't you think that the clubs you represent are being a little presumptuous in front of me?"

Hear this.

ZFF said with a wry smile, "President Lu! I know you're angry! But the environment back then was really bad. If we didn't do this, the team would have to fall apart."

ZFF was also very angry when he first learned about this.

But after getting to know him better, I found out that he was the one who was the least likely to get angry.

He pocketed the money the team made as a result.

Although it was kept from them.

But it's impossible to say that there's no responsibility whatsoever.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yiming waved his hand and said, "There's nothing to talk about! I won't be involved in domestic competitions for the time being, but starting next year I will obtain the rights to host the main domestic competitions. At that time, I will revise the rules, and how you play is your business. Anyway, I won't be playing with you!"

poor person must have something mean.

Lu Yiming will not refrain from hating someone just because he feels sorry for them.

Again.

He can no longer do whatever he wants.

But at least now I can clearly state what I don't like.

Upon hearing this, ZFF lowered his head and remained silent.

He then looked up at Lu Yiming and said, "President Lu! How about this? Our eight clubs will put 30% of our shares on the Starry Sky platform as a guarantee, ensuring that a similar situation will never happen again. I wonder if this will give us a chance!"

Lu Yiming's plan is very ambitious.

Although it's just a campus competition now, once his team is established, he will definitely reorganize the domestic competition.

Lu Yiming just mentioned that he wants to win the right to host the competition.

This also confirms ZFF's conjecture.

This 30% stake is his trump card.

He only got it after discussing it last night; he originally planned to use 20% as a starting point to test the waters.

But Lu Yiming's current attitude is so tough.

We can only try our best to use our trump card to see if we can get Lu Yiming to agree.

Hear this.

Lu Yiming looked at ZFF with great surprise.

If he himself were to contribute 30% of the shares, Lu Yiming wouldn't see any problem with it.

However, it would take some effort to unite all eight parties to give it to us.

In fact.

Lu Yiming could understand what these teams were doing.

But understanding is one thing.

Whether or not to accept it is another matter.

at this time.

Faced with ZFF's sincere expression.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Yiming looked up at him and smiled, "No need for shares! Mistakes should be punished! If that information had been leaked by an outsider, you'd be doomed! But if it was released internally in a planned way, it's not impossible for a bad thing to turn into a good thing." (End of Chapter)