King of Kings, start with a perfect record and strive for the top spot.

As the days went by, the small market in Shanghai could no longer satisfy Ye Lan's ambitions.

He plans to bring forward his expansion plans.

But before officially expanding outwards, Ye Lan had one very important thing to deal with.

That's financing!

Expanding a chain of stores nationwide is no easy feat; it's destined to be a money-burning process. Although Ye Lan has accumulated considerable assets, why burn other people's money instead of her own?

But whose money will be burned?

Ye Lan sat in her office, resting her chin on her hand, a rare look of bewilderment in her eyes.

Since he took the position of chairman, this must be the first time he has felt at a loss.

It must be admitted that getting something for nothing is still too difficult.

Wanting to make money but not wanting to spend it, this "wanting both" attitude is just like the saying on the internet: "If I could marry Liu Yifei, I would be willing to live in a mansion and drive a luxury car."

But this kind of mentality is somewhat unrealistic.

Putting aside whether Liu Yifei would like you, you'll never be able to drive a luxury car or live in a mansion in your entire life!

After racking her brains for a long time without any results, Ye Lan simply opened the Douyin app, intending to relax by watching some short videos.

When you're bored and don't know what to do, Douyin (TikTok) is the perfect choice!

As the thumb continues to slide upwards, time ticks away second by second.

The sky outside gradually darkened, and the fiery red sun hung in the west, as if it were about to burn through the sky.

Just as Ye Lan was getting increasingly bored, the familiar QQ notification sound rang out.

Huang Wenyan sent him a message in the long-silent group chat.

Huang Wenyan: "Brother Ye, interested in making some extra money? (winking)"

Ye Lan switched to a bank's app, waited for the balance to load, took a screenshot, saved it, and then sent it to the other party.

The balance in just one bank card is over seven million!

Ye Lan has nine more bank cards like these!

Huang Wenyan:............

Huang Wenyan: "Sorry, Brother Ye, I've disturbed you."

Ye Lan was really bored. "Don't go. Why don't you tell me about the extras? I'm really bored right now. What if you agree?"

Huang Wenyan was about to leave, but seeing Ye Lan's words, he ran back and typed in the input box:

"The Spring Split is over, and the Summer Split is about to begin. Can you help us secure a spot in the Summer Split? We'll give you 100 million RMB as a reward if you do it!"

A reward of 100 million is nothing to Ye Lan now.

But he sensed a business opportunity in Huang Wenyan's words.

Including KPL and KGL, there are more than 30 professional teams in Honor of Kings. Although there is a 50% chance of entering the qualifiers, there can only be one true champion.

A 50% elimination rate is still very high for many ordinary teams.

JXG, where Huang Wenyan plays, is one such team. If it weren't for Xiaopang's reckless play during the Spring Split, JXG wouldn't have even qualified for the qualifiers.

Ye Lan pondered for a moment after reading the message, and decided that she could use her gaming skills to extort a lot of money from the gaming club.

He exited the chat interface with Huang Wenyan, then found all the club coaches in his contacts and invited them all to a group chat.

Beijing WB team coach (Helios): "???? What's going on? Can any experts explain this?"

Wuhan eStar team coach (Lin): "I don't know, I was invited in by Ye Lan."

Chongqing Wolves coach (Li Luo): "Me too, I don't know what this kid is up to."

Chengdu AG team coach (Milk Tea): "It's quite rare to see a bunch of guys gathered in one group chat."

Everyone chimed in with "+1".

It's often said that you should be opponents on the field and friends off the field, but in reality, this kind of interpersonal relationship is very difficult to manage, since the game is tied to interests.

Blocking someone's path to wealth is like killing their parents, so people are not as harmonious as they appear on the surface, and there is not much communication between them.

They basically know each other, but aren't very familiar with each other.

Group owner Ye Lan has changed the group chat name to: Auction!

Just as everyone was completely bewildered, Ye Lan, as the group leader, stepped forward.

Hello everyone!

"I'd like to auction off an item today, which I'm sure everyone will be very interested in."

Helios: "Auctions are all about antiques and calligraphy, right? We're just a bunch of gamers, we can't appreciate that at all."

Li Luo: "+1. If you were auctioning off mobile phones, computers, headphones, or something like that, we might be a little interested, but we might not necessarily buy them, because we don't lack these things."

When Rong Xing, the coach of the Wuxi JXG team, saw this, he already guessed what Ye Lan was planning to do, and his heart tightened immediately.

Ye Lan chuckled and said, "The Summer Split is about to begin. Don't all the teams want to win the championship?"

Helios: "That's obvious, which team doesn't want to win the championship?"

Guangzhou TTG team coach (Zhang Kai): "What, Brother Ye has a magical treasure that can help everyone win the championship, so you want to auction it off?"

Li Luo: "@Zhang Kai, bro, read less fantasy novels."

Ye Lan's smile remained unchanged. "I don't have any spiritual treasures, but I have something even more powerful than spiritual treasures."

"As long as the money is right, Ye Lan, the current number one on the King of Glory leaderboard, holder of a 100% win rate record, MVP of nine games in the Spring Season, the strongest jungler in the national server, a top player in casual games, and a professional mercenary, is at your command!"

After Ye Lan sent this message, there was no further response in the group chat, as if she had vanished into thin air.

Instead, it was replaced by a barrage of messages from individual coaches.

Milk Tea: "Brother Ye, Chengdu AG is desperately in need of talent like you. If you join us, I guarantee you an annual salary of 50 million!"

Zhang Kai: "Ye Lan, it would be a waste of your talents to go elsewhere. Come to Guangzhou TTG, I guarantee you won't be shortchanged."

Li Luo: "Ye Lan, we, the Wolves, have worked with you before, so if you have a choice, you must choose us. No matter how much other coaches offer, we will offer ten million more!"

.........

In less than a minute, Ye Lan received sincere invitations from more than twenty coaches, and those club coaches who did not send private messages did so not because they did not want to.

Rather, as a K-League team club, their economic strength is much weaker compared to KPL teams clubs.

Therefore, they simply cannot afford to hire a top-tier professional player like Ye Lan.

This is the fundamental reason why many poorly performing teams continue to decline and are eventually forced to disband.

Just like the rich and the poor, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

However, Ye Lan didn't care, because all he needed was an invitation from a top-tier team.

He took screenshots of the chat history and sent them all to Li Hao at once.

That's right, it's Li Hao, the founder of professional esports and chairman of the league!