After understanding his current situation, Zhao Xuming sighed silently.

It seems that today is a waste of time.

Although Zhu Yan didn't say anything, his attitude must be very firm. This public opinion incident was simply a magical assist. If he didn't make good use of it and cut off one or two million, it would be his dereliction of duty in his work!

In this case, the possibility that the two parties will now negotiate the price will be infinitely close to zero, so they can only drag it back.

Before leaving, Zhao Xuming asked: "Mr. Zhu, can I take the liberty to ask, what is the psychological price for the ICT broadcast rights on Langya Live?"

Zhu Yan smiled and said, "7 million. But Mr. Zhao, don't worry, our Langya Live will definitely invest a lot of resources to help the ICL League for publicity. If this transaction can be reached, you will have a lot of implicit benefits."

Zhao Xuming expressed his hoho in his heart.

We originally offered 7 million, but now we have spent a lot of money to promote the ICL League, and the popularity has increased significantly. As a result, you still bid 7 million?

Not to mention Eric, even Zhao Xuming would not agree.

As for the "propaganda resources" that Zhu Yan mentioned, they are nothing more than some polite words. These are things that cannot be quantified. At that time, giving more is not something that Zhu Yan said in one sentence?

It's still more real money.

After Zhu Yan spent a lot of money to buy the broadcast rights of the ICL League, he would also mobilize platform resources to promote it.

Zhao Xuming knew Zhu Yan's words well, but at this time the ICL League was in a public opinion storm caused by Tengda. Zhao Xuming's situation was a weak side, so he didn't have to say much, so he could only smile and nodded: "Okay, then we will consider each other more, and hope to promote cooperation between our two families as soon as possible!"

...

After returning to the headquarters of Longyu Group, Zhao Xuming immediately rushed to the conference room without stopping.

On the way back, he received a call, and Eric was waiting for him in the conference room.

In the conference room, Eric was sulking with a stern face, and the atmosphere in the whole room dropped to freezing point.

Obviously, Eric already knows about the promotional video "Breaking out of the cocoon but not becoming a butterfly".

Seeing Zhao Xuming coming back, he looked up and asked, "How is it?"

Zhao Xuming shook his head slightly: "You should have seen the promotional video from Tengdafa, right? Because of this promotional video, Langya Live still bites to death or is only willing to pay seven million."

Zhao Xuming spoke very carefully, for fear that Eric would immediately slam the table and scold him, "It's outrageous."

However, Eric, who was as deep as water, was not furious. Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down slowly.

"Sure enough, I can't relax for a moment when fighting with President Pei."

"We all thought it was foolproof, but unexpectedly, there was still something wrong."

"Let's all calm down and think about how we will deal with this time."

Eric's words had a certain effect. The conference room was originally lifeless and everyone was hit hard, but after Eric finished speaking, the atmosphere obviously rebounded.

Yes, we are fighting with Mr. Pei now!

It is normal to fight with President Pei and encounter major setbacks, but it is outrageous if it is smooth sailing.

Now, for everyone's job and performance bonus, I can only rack my brains to think about how to deal with it.

Zhao Xuming had been thinking about this matter on the way back, and at this time he had a general idea, so he was the first to speak.

"Mr. Pei's move is so vicious that it can be said to be a murderous person."

"The most terrifying thing is that this foreshadowing was laid down as early as the beginning of the GPL League, and it was not until today to deal with us."

"We want to compare GPL with ICL, which means that as long as we do not do any aspect properly, we will be caught by Mr. Pei and beaten hard. And the rights and interests of players are the easiest to trigger topics and discussions. If we ignore them, it will definitely have a very fatal impact on the popularity of the ICL League."

"So, we must make up for this shortcoming."

Eric nodded: "Well, that's it."

Although I was reluctant to accept it, it was indeed the case. Such a big news was made since the beginning of the ICL League, which was a big blow to the popularity. If it was not handled well, it might be a cold before the league started, which is a risk that Eric would absolutely not accept.

Zhao Xuming continued: "Standard contracts, players' basic salary, five insurances and one fund, better food, accommodation and health protection... If these are fully popularized, they are definitely not a small number."

"On the one hand, what we need to protect is the basic rights and interests of all players, not only the main players, but also include substitutes and youth training players. Over time, the small amount will accumulate; on the other hand, the standard contract will actually put certain restrictions on the club and will also make them feel dissatisfied."

"In short... it can be solved with money, but the money you spend will definitely not be less. In the early stage, you have to invest a lot of money to improve the environment of the training base, replace all equipment with new equipment, and then continue to spend the players' basic salary, food expenses, five insurances and one fund, etc. If you don't have 20 to 30 million in the first year, you may not be able to bear it."

After hearing this number, Eric was very upset.

"Of course we can take out 20 to 30 million, but it's too outrageous to get the money for this reason!"

"If this money is spent elsewhere and promotes ICL, how popular can it create!"

"Just because of a video from Mr. Pei, we have to pay 20 to 30 million to these clubs to improve their training environment? Why!"

"Have Mr. Pei paid for this money?"

Zhao Xuming hesitated for a moment and replied: "Uh... I took it, but I didn't."

Eric: "?"

Zhao Xuming explained: "That's right. GPL's quota was publicly bidding, and the auction price was very high. A single quota was sold for 20 million. Shenhua Real Estate was the bidding king at that time, and raised the GPL's quota to 26 million."

"The auction results were on the news at that time, with a total price of 180 million yuan."

"Then... Mr. Pei re-used and returned all the money."

"A large part of it is returned to these clubs, allowing them to use the funds for special purposes, improve the treatment of players, and establish youth training bases."

"So, the money was nominally paid by Mr. Pei, but it was actually the money of each club; although it was the money of each club to the left and right, these clubs were particularly grateful to Mr. Pei."

Eric: "…"

When these things happened, Eric had been scrapped by the leading company and replaced by Cretienne. He was far away from the United States, so he didn't know much about these things.

As a result, after hearing what Zhao Xuming said, Eric knew what situation he was facing.

Mr. Pei's left hand and right hand operation is equivalent to borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, and he can improve the treatment of players without spending a penny. At the same time, the club can not only improve the training environment but also gain real popularity, but also be grateful to Mr. Pei.

But Eric can't play this kind of operation!

ICL's quota is basically half-buyed and half-get, and I basically didn't make much money.

Currently, there are ioi branches in China, and there are only a few clubs with good strength, and their financial resources are not very strong. The finger companies and Longyu Group need them to support them, so they don’t need much money. They give very low friendship prices and bargain prices.

Moreover, with the financial situation of these clubs, even if Eric wants to pinch their necks and ask them to spend more than 10 million to buy a place, he probably won't be able to pay for it.

GPL actually relies on Mr. Pei's connections to attract a lot of big capital, which is equivalent to playing "making things out of nothing". Everyone paid money together to start the GPL league.

But how could Eric and Zhao Xuming have such great energy?

What's more, GoG first became extremely popular in China and then started to prepare for GPL, which is a natural behavior; on the other hand, the popularity of the game is far from enough, and the icl is held to promote the game, which is completely the opposite.

Eric's idea is to only open a few limited places in the early stage and only six or seven teams will be put in. After the game is started, the quota will be sold one after another every season, so that the benefits can be maximized.

But this means that when the ICTL League first started, the finger companies basically didn't make any money from it.

The gameplay of gpl cannot be played by icl.

So after all, this big sum of money can only be paid from two places: either the club or the finger company and the Longyu Group.

The club will definitely not pay. Why do they pay an additional 2 million yuan a year to improve the salary of players? It does not benefit the club.

So in the final analysis, the money can only be paid by the company!

If I don’t pay this money, IQL will always be shorter. Mr. Pei must have to repeatedly talk about it. But if I pay this money, Eric will feel too frustrated!

Eric's face was as deep as water and he was in trouble.

But after thinking about it, there is still no good way. It is like a dead end, either losing money or losing popularity.

After thinking about it, Eric still had to choose to lose money.

Because for the ICL League, popularity is equal to money. If you ignore it, the popularity of ICL will decrease, and all the early investment will be greatly reduced, and the actual losses will be greater.

On the contrary, if money is spent to maintain popularity, then there is still a possibility of making it back in the future.

After repeated consideration, Eric gritted his teeth and said, "We will pay this money!"

"Immediately communicate with the ICL clubs to let them cooperate with our work. Then spend some money to promote it, and before the public opinion storm completely fermented, let everyone know about our efforts to regulate the ICL ecology and protect the rights and interests of players!"

Eric knew very well that since this matter was done sooner or later, the sooner the better.

If you are hesitant and let everyone discuss, the popularity of icl will definitely cause greater harm.

Responding faster will allow everyone to see enough sincerity, which may turn the crisis into opportunities and leave a good impression on the audience.

Zhao Xuming nodded quickly: "I understand, I'll make arrangements now!"
Chapter completed!