Chapter 416: Super high heat, carnival in the capital market!
With the soothing background music of "Faded" playing, the contestants and staff on the main stage left one by one.
The 2017 League of Legends World Championship has officially come to an end.
However.
For major media, the real carnival has just begun.
《EDG wins the championship! 》
《General won FMVP again》
《EDG 3-0 SKT, the new king is crowned》
《The value of the Grand Slam throughout the year》
Faker sheds tears on the field
New Legend
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Whether it was Tieba, Hupu, Weibo, or the push notifications from various search engines, the news of EDG's championship was always at the forefront.
The players' discussions were even more heated.
Xing Dao's last sentence "At least let me know what an opponent is" was photoshopped into the final photo with his hands in his pockets, and it became a hit on the entire Internet.
The various exciting operations during the entire S series stage were edited into a video lasting several minutes.
You know.
For most professional players, their performance in this level of competition is mediocre, and not making mistakes is considered a success.
Only a very small number of experts have the ability to stand up and carry the team.
As for players like Xing Dao, who can play a decisive role in almost every game, only the European and American magic kings with four eyes can do it in extremely special circumstances.
Putting him in the top position is truly unique.
This is why the popularity is so high.
Even players were attracted by the classic scenes.
The clown who disguised his real body as a fake one and used the dragon's attack and the extreme distance to play with air-drop bombs, even his die-hard fans would curse him in the comment section. Just watching him made my blood pressure rise, and some even wanted to make temporary legislation.
The record was 0-0-0, but the Stoneman played a huge role and finally won the MVP, which made the audience @Brother Ba come to learn from him.
Shen used E flash E to bring Galio and Nightmare to the face, and also paired it with a Ziggs combo. Anyone who saw it would feel nervous.
With a little bit of substitution, I want to recite the entire genealogy of these gangsters.
What's more impressive is.
That evening.
CCTV's "News Live Room" column reported with the title "Top international competition concluded perfectly, Chinese e-sports leads the development trend of world e-sports", singled out EDG's achievement of winning the championship and sent congratulations for it.
The official VX public account followed up.
Wrote a very long article with both text and pictures.
Two days later.
In 2017, the 18th Asian Games special press conference, under the influence of the general trend, listed the e-sports fields of League of Legends, Arena of Valor, Clash Royale, Pro Evolution Soccer, Hearthstone, and StarCraft 2 as participating events.
E-sports, which was once excluded by the general environment, has finally been taken seriously.
Reached a whole new level.
In order to gain huge traffic, major brands have invested heavily in the market and want to cooperate with Tencent officially, even exclusively.
As for negotiating a price with the club... there's no rush.
You know.
Fans of professional clubs are divided into two parts.
Part of it is just looking at the name of the club.
The other part, and the largest part, is actually following the star players.
Wherever the star players go, this popularity will flow there.
Therefore, we have to wait until the transfer period is settled and the starting lineup for the new season is announced before we can officially sign the contract.
It is foreseeable that this year's transfer market will be absolutely bloody.
The focus of the competition is obviously the championship members of the EDG team.
Because the two-year contract signed by mid laner Scout in the spring of S6 has expired, and the three-year contract of support Meiko also expires this year.
If you want to leave, you can.
Even the e-sports field has no way to restrain the clubs' unfair terms that are infinitely inclined towards them.
JackeyLove and iBoy are two young players, you can give them a try.
The young AD who performed well in his first appearance on the world finals stage is definitely worthy of the title of "genius". No matter how he is ranked, he can be in the top five in today's LPL.
Moreover, JackeyLove and iBoy are not indispensable players like UZI.
It will not threaten EDG's position.
It's unrealistic to poach them all.
Pay a high price, buy one, and leave one for EDG, there should be room for negotiation.
certainly.
These are just side dishes.
The real main course is... General, who was born in the e-sports Huangpu YM team, made a direct jump from LSPL to the S6 finals, and dominated the top lane for a whole year.
Everyone in the circle knows that General, YM, and EDG signed a one-year bet contract.
To this day.
General, the world's No. 1 top laner who reached the peak as soon as he debuted, led the team to win the Grand Slam in the same year, and won the FMVP for two consecutive years, is now a free agent!
As for the price, and whether EDG will retain him...
It is true that EDG boss Ed Zhu is rich.
But who can't afford to spend money to compete for a star player who is virtually invincible in a single line, whose record and performance are undisputed, and who can dominate the region even if he can't say he won the S series championship? !
The various collaborations brought about by traffic will definitely not result in losses.
It’s just the difference between earning more or less, okay?
not to mention.
The current LPL is not just a few second-generation players playing around and poor guys running the business.
Capital such as Suning and JD.com have already entered the market for half a year. The cash reserves of these two platforms alone have reached 28.9 billion and 38.4 billion.
Taking into account the competitive relationship, one can even lose money to attract people.
It is much better than spending money to suppress competitors in other ways... no, it is much more appropriate to engage in healthy competition with friendly competitors.
That’s not all.
The LPL region has won the championship for two consecutive years, and European and American teams have begun to think about poaching players.
The giants who sponsor top teams have a hair that is thicker than the thighs of many companies, and they can easily pay out tens of millions... in Euros.
All factors added together.
Even EDG boss Ed Zhu, who had never worried about money, couldn't help but have a headache.
Think about it.
Ed Zhu called Abu.
Straight to the point, he asked, "How much do you think it would cost to get Xing Dao to renew his contract?"
"Well..." Abu thought about it seriously, "I don't think Xing Dao is a person who values money very much. He doesn't spend a lot of money and doesn't pursue luxury brands. At most, he will buy something he likes."
"And Xing Dao never raised any issues regarding wages."
"It's impossible that he doesn't know his own value. He never talks about it, so he probably really doesn't care... The money in his card is enough for him to live comfortably for the rest of his life."
"This is good news!" Edward Zhu was cheered up.
If a player only cares about money.
Ed Zhu is not really good at competing.
Since you don’t care that much about money…you can talk about feelings.
and.
Compared to other companies.
The biggest advantage of Ed Zhu is that he can give away shares.
It is equivalent to providing insurance for the players' future.
With a general idea in mind, Ed Zhu asked about some details, such as Xing Dao's usual personality and preferences, and planned to find a time for an interview before the transfer period began.
