Chapter 819: Finale (Part 1)
After friendly negotiations between the two parties, General (Xing Dao) decided to stay in the EDG club.
Since the S6 finals, General has achieved brilliant individual and team results with the EDG club, but due to personal physical reasons, he could not continue to support the high-intensity schedule, so he took the initiative to give up his starting position and rest as a substitute.
Whether to become a starter and when to play again will be fully respected by the player's personal opinion.
"The shadows of cicada crowns join in, and the noise of knights returns."
In the future, General will continue to work together with the EDG e-sports club and move towards higher goals!
——EDward Gaming official blog.
earthquake!
An absolute earthquake!
certainly.
No matter where this ID General is placed, it will cause an earthquake.
But no one thought that the epicenter of the earthquake was still EDG.
But when I saw the announcement released together with the new season's roster, I gradually understood it.
If he continues to play as a legendary top laner, EDG will definitely not be able to offer a salary that matches the salary while retaining the championship-winning players.
He is in poor physical condition and is recuperating as a substitute...it makes sense for him to stay in EDG.
A club that wants to achieve results obviously cannot spend most of its budget to hire a player who it is unknown when he will be able to play.
After all, this part of the budget is taken up, and it is difficult to buy first-line players .
and.
Consider business activities.
The original team of three consecutive championships and super grand slams has unparalleled appeal.
As expected.
After the EDG roster was officially announced.
Big brands that have something to do with the e-sports field came knocking on the door one after another.
In less than 24 hours, EDG had eleven more sponsors, including first-tier manufacturers of electronic products such as Liangxinxiang, Zuolaoshuo, Sad Monkey, and Dengchangshe, as well as energy drinks, cars, televisions, mobile phones, skin care products and other products.
Even Intel, whose market position is threatened by the latest generation of CPUs from agricultural enterprises, has discussed cooperation with EDG.
Taking advantage of this heat.
On the second night, Xing Dao pulled his friends in the LOL circle together to start a live broadcast... Wow!
Because there was sufficient capital injection, miHoYo completed the progress of the Genshin Impact project ahead of schedule. After two stages of publicity and pre-download, it started global promotion three days ago.
Don’t underestimate miHoYo because it’s just a small company.
The so-called global promotion is nothing more than finding some anchors to play.
However, during the promotional phase, the search index of Genshin Impact reached an exaggerated number of 650,000, breaking the records of several previous domestic top games.
After being opened for pre-download, it easily took the first place on both the APP Store and Tap Tap lists.
With the support of top LOL anchors, Genshin Impact's achievements have reached new heights.
…
“Ouch!”
"What a huge loss!"
At the miHoYo headquarters, the three founders gathered for a small meeting.
Besides being happy.
I still feel a little bit distressed.
The public beta of Genshin Impact has just begun, and it has not yet reached the real krypton gold stage, but the daily revenue has reached as much as 50 to 60 million... After deducting operating costs and taxes, the net income is also more than 40 million.
One quarter is tens of millions!
every day!
In comparison, an investment of 100 million yuan can recover its cost in ten days, and the rest is just pure profit.
wrong.
Picking up is not that fast.
Not even a snatch.
It's simply printing money!
“In fact, we are not at a loss.”
Cai Haoyu was more open-minded: "If the funds are insufficient, it would be fine to go public half a year later. It would be a big problem if the project is interrupted. Anyway, Xing Dao only wants dividends and nothing else, and he has also helped attract a lot of players."
"What's the use of taking it? The contract has been signed." Liu Wei spread his hands.
“Hahahahaha, that’s right!” Luo Yuhao didn’t care at all: “Money is a thing that only needs to be enough. Any more is just a number. The greatest success will be when we make this game well.”
"Do you think we should collaborate with EDG?" Cai Haoyu thought quickly: "Send a gift box, give a batch of raw stones to free players, and give some gifts for recharges... I estimate that the daily recharge can double."
“Come on!”
"Let's do it!"
The other two agreed.
In less than a week, the event was launched , pushing popularity and revenue to a new level again.
…
After the first quarter, Genshin Impact topped the list with a revenue of 4.96 billion yuan.
More than 1 billion higher than the second place.
It has become a well-deserved industry leader.
Compared with the past, it has achieved more than a hundred times growth.
The fact that Xing Dao owned a 25% stake in miHoYo was no secret in the first place, and it soon became known to everyone. The fact that he spent 100 million yuan before Genshin Impact was even launched also became a legend.
He and the stock god Guo Fite became two positive and negative examples.
but……
EDG team's fans were praising the team but also felt sad.
——All signs indicate that the big daddy who once led the EDG team to the top of the world is unlikely to return to the court.
After the top laner was replaced by a new player, EDG lost its dominant position even though the jungler, mid, bottom laner and support were all members of the championship team .
Half of the points shaken out by the 'single dice' 369 are 3, a small half are 6, and you will only see 9 once in ten games or so.
I really feel like I'm not up to the task.
really.
In the spring season, the IG team, which was enhanced by the plating mechanism, entered the playoffs as the first in points, and defeated EDG, which had risen from fourth place, and won the LPL championship.
In the MSI mid-season tournament, they defeated TSM and SKT in a row, defeated Europe's G2, and won the honor of their first world-class championship.
Summer season.
IG has suffered certain weakening from the version.
Unfortunately lost to FPX team.
Only got the second seed qualification.
But after entering the World Championship, all IG members awakened, defeated the LCK powerhouse GRF in the quarterfinals at Vista Alegre Palace, and successfully avenged FPX in the semi-finals.
In the final, they once again crushed the European G2 and won the fourth S series championship for the LPL region.
In the S10 season, FPX used the four-on-two tactics to the extreme and won the fifth championship in a row.
In the S11 season, the DWG team rose and helped the LCK to complete its revenge. Its support player BeryL started a live broadcast before the World Championship and played Genshin Impact crazily. After winning the championship, he recharged 7.7 million won, thus earning the title of "Genshin Impact Brother".
Xing Dao was therefore given a super promotion.
Became the father of Genshin Impact.
In the S12 season, the lineup consisting of the old Saint Spear Brother, the peak Jiejie, Xiye, A Shui, and Meiko successfully returned to the top of the world and pushed the popularity of the EDG team to the top in the e-sports field.
Unfortunately.
The legendary top laner still hasn't appeared.
I haven't even mixed in the skin bureau.
Among the four sisters in the top lane, Fiora, Irelia, and Shen all have championship skins.
There is only one Riven left, and I don’t know how long I have to wait.
In the S13 season, the ultimate dark horse DRX was dark all the way. Deft and Faker, who were entering the twilight years of e-sports, danced on the same stage. After five fierce battles, they realized their dream of winning the world championship on behalf of the LCK region. Genshin Impact Brother and Genshin Impact Dad became the topic of much discussion.
S14 Summer Season.
Saint Spear announced his retirement and the top laner was replaced by Fifty True Lords Ale.
A Shui transferred to TES.
After retiring for more than three years, UZI made a low-key comeback and joined the EDG team.
The legendary top laner, Pig and Dog on the same stage made EDG the biggest favorite in the e-sports field for the third time.
pity.
UZI, who has been away from the court for many years, is no longer as brave as he used to be.
Xiye, who has reached the age of 27, has also fallen to second-rate status.
The EDG team barely managed to finish seventh in the regular season. After defeating WE and OMG in the playoffs, they lost to TES 2-3. They relied on the spring points to stay in the bubble match and are waiting in the winner's group for a spot in the World Championship.
Right at this moment.
A fan discovered a magical message...
The 'General' ID, which disappeared from the EDG roster two years ago, has appeared in the substitute column again!
"Damn, this is Brother Jie's name!"
"Brother Jie wants to come up?"
"No way. Brother Jie hasn't played in almost six years since S8. He hasn't even played a training match. Something bad will happen if he plays..."
"UZI has not played in three years but he is still at the playoff level. When Jie Ge was in the game, he was invincible. Now he is also at the first-tier level at the minimum."
"Indeed, killing a thousand-point champion is just like killing a dog."
"But Brother Jie hasn't played in the regular season, so he can't play in the playoffs, right?"
"Are you stupid? The official has issued a separate rule that local players who have won the world championship for the LPL region are not restricted from appearing on the field. This rule was made for Brother Jie."
“…”
The screenshots were posted on Tieba.
It spread completely in just a few minutes.
Baidu, Hupu, Weibo and other media, topics such as "General appears on EDG's roster", "Legendary top laner suspected to be on the stage again", "How strong was General", "General's explosive barrel destroyed SKT", and "General's 1v5 with Irelia in the jungle" directly dominated the hot search list.
The Palm Alliance was in a frenzy.
Compared to UZI, the uncrowned king, Xing Dao's popularity during his service was several times higher.
Even though it has not been confirmed to debut, it has already ignited the emotions of players.
Audiences around the world want to know whether this veteran who has won top honors and is worth over 10 billion dollars is really going to make a comeback...
