Volume 3: Taking Roots 2016 Chapter 712 Five Tiger Generals
At least so far, the League of Legends team has achieved great results, both in the IM e-sports club and in the e-sports department that is about to be integrated with PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.
Obviously, the proportion will not be too high. Only winning the world championship has the potential to change your destiny. Otherwise, any other achievements are just icing on the cake.
Compared with the huge PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds company, the IM e-sports club may not be comparable in size, and the difference between the two is like heaven and earth.
However, as PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds moves towards e-sports, the IM team is now performing particularly well in the Chicken Eating e-sports events, and has reached the top in terms of both results and popularity.
For the e-sports layout of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, the role played is like timely help. At the same time, the IM team also let PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds see its many possibilities in e-sports...
The e-sports industry is a place where previous generations plant trees and future generations enjoy the shade, and the relationship between competitive games and e-sports is one of mutual achievement and complementation.
Just like some niche competitive games, they are still able to maintain their only small piece of soil by relying on the e-sports stage.
If one day they no longer have a place on the e-sports stage, perhaps these niche competitive games will completely disappear.
Therefore, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, which has tasted initial success in its e-sports strategy, is naturally ambitious and ready to strike while the iron is hot, and is already actively preparing for the first world competition.
With the League of Legends as a template, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds can simply follow suit and move forward step by step following the footsteps of its predecessors.
The venue for this first world event will undoubtedly be China, and teams from major e-sports clubs around the world are invited to participate.
Although there is not even a mature competition area overseas now, many e-sports clubs have formed teams and participated in it as early as when the game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds swept the world.
After all, for e-sports clubs that rely on e-sports for survival, it is naturally impossible for them to miss any potential e-sports project.
Especially as PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds announced its e-sports strategy and very preferentially set up the Chinese competition area to conduct a pilot project, other overseas e-sports clubs naturally chose to follow suit as soon as possible.
And because of the popularity of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds around the world, a lot of overseas capital has been eager to seek cooperation and want to get a piece of the pie in overseas competitions.
For Brandon Green, who is known as the "Father of Battle Royale", it is naturally a very gratifying thing to see his "own son" PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds become popular all over the world.
However, as a game designer who started his career late, he could only be considered . Operating the game itself basically occupied his entire body and mind.
As the game became more and more popular, Brandon Green was already a little overwhelmed by the daily management of the company. After all, in game production, he could still brag about his achievements and call himself a gifted person.
But management talent is probably just like mathematics. If you don’t know it, you really don’t know it. At least that’s true for Brandon Green.
This is undoubtedly one of the purposes of groupization. As the saying goes, everyone has his or her own specialty, so talented and practical people can return to their appropriate positions to give full play to their talents.
By forming a management team and allowing people with management talents to fully utilize their talents and completely eliminating worries, the mutual synergy created in this way will have the opportunity to produce a chemical reaction where 1+1 is greater than 2.
Of course, that is a chemical reaction under ideal conditions, and the real environment is obviously difficult to achieve the so-called ideal "laboratory environment".
Therefore, we will have to wait and see what kind of reaction will happen in the end. If the reaction is not favorable, an "explosion" is not impossible.
Although the e-sports sector is alone at the moment, due to the popularity of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, a chicken-eating craze has been set off around the world.
Both Zhuchang, a shareholder of the company, and Mihayo, an investment project under Dongsheng Investment, have obtained the authorization to develop the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds mobile game.
The future mobile game business may also become a major pillar of the e-sports department. In fact, apart from the e-sports business, the profitability of the game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds...
It is still the most indisputable , without a doubt. As I said before, the money-making ability of a phenomenal game is truly staggering.
Especially up to now, the potential of this game has not been fully released, not to mention that there is also mobile game business to be developed. The richness of such a gold mine is currently difficult to estimate.
In addition to the media department and the e-sports department, the main body of the group, that is, the parent company, is naturally an important factor that must be mentioned.
As Dongsheng Investment is wholly controlled by Zhou Dongsheng, it is naturally the most suitable company to serve as the main body of the group. The only thing missing is the line "I will form the body".
Among them, one point worth mentioning is that the shares of the parent company and the shares of the subsidiary are two relatively independent systems, and under certain conditions, the two can be interchangeable.
Of course, it is not necessary to exchange shares. This is just one of the conditions, just like the parent company Tenda acquired the subsidiary Riot Games in full.
Completely transform this globally popular game into a rare flower among the many exotic flowers and plants in the back garden of the Tenda Group.
As for Zhou Dongsheng, as his family and business have grown stronger, the shares of other subsidiaries are as important to him as the shares of Dongsheng Investment...
The difference between the two was immediately apparent. The other subsidiaries only needed to maintain absolute control, but Dongsheng Investment, an investment company...
Naturally, you have to keep it firmly in your own hands. So far, this is the most important foundation for your life!
After all, if we count the "Five Tiger Generals" in Dongsheng Investment's hands, whether it is in the sinking market, or Pinxixi, which is dominating the market with social e-commerce.
Or it could be Douyin, which has risen rapidly by relying on the unique charm of music short videos and riding on the spring breeze of mobile Internet. Both have accumulated hundreds of millions of users.
At the same time, not to mention the shared bicycles that are currently the darling of capital. No matter whether it is Mobike or Ofo, with the help of capital, these two-wheeled bicycles are about to take off.
The speed at which it ran was enough to make people's jaws drop!
In addition, there is naturally a young general in white who has not yet come out of the mountains. He is still forging ahead and preparing for battle. Once he comes out of the mountains, he will surely be a powerful general who will make a stunning debut.
If we count these "Five Tiger Generals", any one of them alone is a capable and powerful character, let alone all five of them?
This is much more difficult than collecting all five blessings and having all five fortunes come to you (funny).
Of course, Dongsheng Investment’s investment business is not limited to these “Five Tiger Generals”, and Zhou Dongsheng’s interest in film investment business is naturally also included.
However, compared with the former, the investment scale of both "Wolf Warrior 2" and "Dying to Survive" can be said to be completely insignificant.
Although the investment in "Wolf Warrior 2" is as high as 200 million, such a pool of 200 million is full of big sharks, and there are too many monks and too little meat for such a hot potato.
Zhou Dongsheng tried his best, even resorting to the trick of "sacrificing" his looks, but he only managed to get a reputation as someone who brought money into the group, and even so, it only accounted for a portion of the investment amount.
There is naturally a certain gap between him and Principal Wang, the prince of Yida and an investor who has his own cinema chain bonus. But there is no way, because cinema chains are the boss.
Apart from anything else, if the film project of "Chinese Medicine God" progresses smoothly, Zhou Dongsheng also intends to keep the investment share within the family, and will inevitably leave a portion for Principal Wang.
Putting aside personal friendship, just seeing that Yida Cinemas has such a strong leg in front of us, we have to give it face.
Many hands make light work. This is especially important for the film market. Behind every popular movie, there are sword fights that the audience cannot see.
After all, money can move people's hearts, and when it comes to conflicts of interest, there is never a distinction between big and small matters. Compared with personal interests, the so-called decency is naturally not worth mentioning at all.
After all, the foundation for maintaining decency is nothing more than sufficient economic conditions. The iron law that the economic base determines the superstructure is obviously still difficult to shake in the current environment.
For Zhou Dongsheng, film investment is the "superstructure" he creates to satisfy his own selfish desires after having a certain economic foundation.
Compared with that "insignificant" benefit, Zhou Dongsheng obviously wants much more in return, at least not just limited to box office revenue.
However, so far, film investments are still in a state of preparation, and "Wolf Warrior 2" is about to be completed.
"Chinese Medicine God" is still in the intensive preparation stage, and the actors have not been decided yet, let alone starting filming. It is obviously not something that can be done in the short term.
Therefore, compared with the "Five Tiger Generals" in Dongsheng Investment's hands, the film investment business is obviously a small matter. The gap between the two is not a little bit.
Even so, it does not affect the ironclad fact that this is an integral part of the group's diversification.
At this point, Dongsheng Investment, as the parent company, has integrated the resources of a number of subsidiaries to jointly complete the prototype of the overall structure of the group.
Dongsheng Investment is the main company, and it has three major departments: Investment Department, Media Department, and E-sports Department. The businesses of the three are closely related.
Now, through a series of resource integration, they have been pulled into one, which will undoubtedly be more conducive to the mutual exchange of resources among the three parties and better resource sharing.
Under Zhang Xiaoguang's personal control, the entire group's structure is well-organized and the charter is also clear and concise. Of course, for an outsider like Zhou Dongsheng, all this is just a show.
Faced with those densely packed clauses and regulations, Zhou Dongsheng sincerely felt his own limited abilities.
It is somewhat beyond one's ability to steer such an "aircraft carrier" that one has pieced together.
Fortunately, even if it is a real aircraft carrier, it is not driven by one person. It also requires the tacit cooperation of an entire team to be able to play a combat role as if it were an arm.
Therefore, for Zhou Dongsheng, lack of ability is a real objective factor, but it does not prevent him from asking questions and seeking advice humbly.
Of course, the person he sought advice from was not Zhang Xiaoguang . If he wanted to establish his prestige and control his subordinates, he naturally had to show off his skills.
Although his personal strength is limited, Zhou Dongsheng has already initially acquired the network foundation to become a person with the ability of "face fruit".
According to the rules of the underworld, if we can’t beat them, just ask for help!
Ding Sanshi, who is both a teacher and a friend, is undoubtedly a good person to ask for advice.
Compared to Duan Yongping, who retired behind the scenes early and plunged into the capital market to become a capital tycoon.
Ding Sanshi is definitely a man with rich practical experience in this regard, and his experience in being able to sit firmly on the pig farm's Diaoyutai and live a leisurely life as a comfortable old man is exactly what Zhou Dongsheng needs.
For this reason, Zhou Dongsheng also put on an attitude of seeking advice and went directly to ask for advice. He even spent a lot of money to collect a few taels of rare tea leaves that were more valuable than gold as souvenirs. He was full of sincerity.
Ding Sanshi did not seem to be surprised at all by Zhou Dongsheng's visit. Instead, he was surprised that Zhou Dongsheng actually brought some souvenirs with him.
"Oh, you finally got the point. You even brought some tea to honor an old man like me, instead of coming here to ask for money. Even my black pigs would tremble in fear when they see you..."
Ding Sanshi smiled and joked that after all, it was not the first time he had dealt with Zhou Dongsheng, but it seemed to be the first time that he had visited him with gifts.
Zhou Dongsheng couldn't help but blush. As the saying goes, "Knowledge of the world is learning, and understanding of human nature is writing." He was indeed lacking in the ways of the world.
"Now that you know you're wrong, you're starting to make amends. I hope it's not too late for me to do this..." Zhou Dongsheng said frankly.
"At my age, it's too late. At your age, you are definitely a teachable kid..."
While chatting and laughing, the two of them had come to the courtyard and sat opposite each other. This time, Zhou Dongsheng had no time to appreciate the scenery in the courtyard and was feeling somewhat impatient.
On the contrary, Ding Sanshi was calm and composed. He directly took out the tea that Zhou Dongsheng had spent a lot of money to buy. For the knowledgeable Ding Sanshi, he naturally recognized it at the first glance.
"Tsk tsk, you really spent a lot of money this time. This Phoenix Dancong must be the stuff from the top of the mountain?" He took a deep sip as he said this. Although it has not been brewed yet, the fragrance of the tea is still refreshing.
"It's just a good opportunity for me to offer you this gift to congratulate you on your promotion to chairman of the Dongsheng Group..." Ding Sanshi obviously knew Zhou Dongsheng's intention and took the opportunity to tease him.
"Hey, Brother Ding, please stop teasing me. If this tea suits your taste, I promise to give you enough in the future. But for today's matter, I still need Brother Ding's advice..."
Zhou Dongsheng did not beat around the bush. He was well aware that "sincerity is the killer move" and he just went straight to the point.
"No hurry, no hurry, let's have some tea first~" Ding Sanshi said leisurely, and even spoke in poor Cantonese.
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