Volume 2: Storm Rising 2015 Chapter 283 The Inertia of History
Back in his office, Zhou Dongsheng turned on his computer with great interest to check the recent results of the LPL league.
Just now he remembered the LGD team that will win the championship in this year's summer season, as well as the rising star Wei Shen, which reminded Zhou Dongsheng that he still has a team to level up in the league.
Now that it is nearing the end of July, the LPL summer regular season has also entered its final stage. At the top of the list is EDG, without a doubt. After all, the title of "Civil War God" is no joke.
Instead, it is supported by real results. The second place is QG team. With the mid and jungle still being good brothers, the performance of the two Korean players is like that of substitute players, which lifted the colorful-haired Shamatte team to the second place in the division.
Looking at the controversial mid laner Kim Tae-sang, Zhou Dongsheng seemed to be thinking about something. So far, he has almost collected all the first-generation players of the championship team.
Maybe, I can also move the minds of this second-generation group. After all, with my support, Saozhu has started to return to his old business and is planning to build a team to compete in the A-level league.
Thinking of this, Zhou Dongsheng couldn't help but sigh at the power of historical inertia. Even with his own strong intervention, some things still happened as usual.
Perhaps because of the success of the IM team, when Saozhu was forming a team for the A-League, he naturally named this second team "young Miracles".
Saozhu's intention is also very obvious, that is, he wants to replicate the miracle of IM team entering the LPL league again, so he named the team "Miracles".
When Zhou Dongsheng heard the name, he had already mourned for Saozhu in his heart. Even though he intervened, what was coming still came.
It seems that Liu is destined to be the "President of the Huangpu Military Academy of e-sports". Zhou Dongsheng did not intervene again. After all, he was still counting on Saozhu to bring out the "One Hand Covering the Sky" combination.
Moreover, the youth training business is an important cornerstone of Liu in the field of e-sports. As a person who has "taken advantage" of the bonuses from Liu's live broadcast, Zhou Dongsheng naturally has no reason not to support Liu.
Anyway, no matter how you torture yourself, you will win without losing. There is no other way, you can do whatever you want with cheats.
When seeing the third place, Principal Wang's IG team, Zhou Dongsheng couldn't help drooling. As long as they wait for the return of Chicken Master, the IM team's leveling path will be more stable and efficient.
It will also allow the team to start running-in the championship lineup in advance and improve Jiang Chenglu's Chinese proficiency more quickly, which can be said to be killing two birds with one stone.
It’s just...I’m sorry, Principal Wang!
After a three-second apology, Zhou Dongsheng continued to pay attention to the teams on the list. The fourth was the Snake team, and the fifth was the LGD team. Who would have thought that this team would be so popular in the playoffs and become the number one seed.
In contrast, although the IM team got off to a good start at the beginning of the season, it soon showed signs of fatigue in the high-intensity competition of the LPL league and is now only hovering at the middle and lower levels.
It is obviously not easy to get a playoff spot, and it is estimated that it is difficult to escape the fate of the relegation match. We can only hope that these guys will work harder and keep their place in the LPL league.
If he really can't keep it... Zhou Dongsheng can only choose to "spend money to change his fate". It will be enough to keep the spot when the LPL league phase starts in s7.
After all, the "Three-Year Plan" provides Zhou Dongsheng with more than enough room for maneuver, and he just needs to take it step by step.
Thinking of this, Zhou Dongsheng stretched lazily, closed the competition website, and thought to himself that he could go to the scene for a stroll when he had nothing to do during the playoffs and the world championship.
Afterwards, Zhou Dongsheng opened Weibo and surfed the Internet for a while. By chance, Zhou Dongsheng saw a nonsensical video whose performer looked very familiar.
After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Dongsheng's eyes lit up.
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On the other side, at the Shark Platform headquarters in Jiangcheng, Chen Shijie was frowning and looking distressed.
Shark Platform has not had a good time recently, perhaps because a series of high-profile actions in the past have won Shark Platform applause but also made it the target of public criticism.
Especially in the "Thousands of Broadcast Wars" that tended to be fierce, other platforms tacitly directed their spearheads at the Shark Platform, which for a time made the Shark Platform unable to cope.
Even with the massive capital injection from Tengda Capital, Shark Platform is still outnumbered in the current live streaming landscape.
As a "fellow student", the Longzhu platform acted most aggressively, poaching several popular anchors from the Shark platform, including the Cave Master, who was second only to Dazhige and Curly Baboon.
Not to mention the departure of a large number of highly popular game anchors, such as Northwest Kanwang Cake, Langzi Yanlang Master, Breakfast Combination Biscuits and Youtiao, which led to a large loss of traffic on the Shark platform.
After all, game live streaming currently accounts for nearly 70% of the traffic on the Shark platform, and in this era of live streaming dominated by game live streaming, game anchors are the core content of the platform.
The loss of core content means the loss of traffic. This wave of blow has a far-reaching impact on the Shark platform, which has just started to gain momentum. Even Chen Shijie cannot remain indifferent.
We can only try our best to stabilize the basic foundation of the Shark platform. As long as it does not collapse, there will always be a chance for a turnaround.
At this time, the subordinate pushed open the office door and walked in, bringing good news to Chen Shijie with a happy face.
"Mr. Chen, we have negotiated the sponsorship of the LGD club, and the team's popular players such as Wei Shen will also broadcast on the platform. When do you think it would be appropriate for us to announce this news?"
Chen Shijie's frown eased slightly, and he pondered for a moment. "Let's announce it at the end of the regular season. This way, when the playoffs begin, it can also increase exposure for our platform."
Sponsoring e-sports teams has always been one of Chen Shijie's core strategies. Since the establishment of the Shark platform, Chen Shijie has used this move to establish a huge advantage for the Shark platform.
In addition, the three teams sponsored by last year's champion entered the quarterfinals of the world championship together, and Royal Club even won the runner-up. This also made the Shark platform, as a sponsor, gain the favor of a large number of e-sports viewers.
There is even a preconceived notion among the player community that "Shark Live is more professional", which has established the status of the Shark platform.
This time, the title sponsorship of LGD Club can only be regarded as a routine operation of Shark Platform, and it cannot even be considered as stopping losses.
But it has to be said that this time the Shark platform made the right bet again. The LGD team that won the summer championship in the short term will undoubtedly bring massive exposure and traffic to the Shark platform.
In the long run, the LGD team suffered a Waterloo in the world competition, especially the dramatic reverse arrow, which pushed Wei Shen to the forefront.
By then, Wei Shen, who is broadcasting live on the Shark platform, will be subjected to abuse and accusations for more than half a year, and this... is also a considerable amount of traffic.
All in all, Shark Platform will make a profit from this investment in the title sponsorship of LGD. It can be said that it is making a lot of money.
Of course, for Chen Shijie, it is just a simple investment in a playoff team to increase the exposure of the platform, that's all.
After all, the number one-ranked EDG is also sponsored by the Shark platform.
In contrast, Chen Shijie pays more attention to the anchors of the platform itself, especially "Miss Ayi".
