After being clear about his current situation, Zhao Xuming sighed silently.

It seems that today is going to be a trip for nothing.

Although Zhu Yan didn't say anything, his attitude must be very resolute, this public opinion incident is simply a divine assist, if he doesn't make good use of it and cut off one or two million, it will be a dereliction of duty!

In this case, the possibility that the two sides will now negotiate a price is infinitely close to zero, and can only be postponed further.

Before leaving, Zhao Xuming asked: "Mr. Zhu, can I take the liberty of asking, what is the psychological price of ICL broadcasting rights on the side of Wolf Tooth Live?" ”

Zhu Yan smiled and said, "7 million." But Mr. Zhao, don't worry, we will definitely invest a lot of resources to help the ICL league promote, if this deal can be reached, you will have a lot of hidden benefits. ”

Zhao Xuming said in his heart.

Originally, we bid 7 million, but now we have spent a lot of money to promote the ICL League, and the popularity has increased significantly, but you still bid 7 million?

Not to mention Eric, even Zhao Xuming couldn't agree.

As for the "propaganda resources" that Zhu Yan said, they are nothing more than polite words, these are all unquantifiable things, and it is not a matter of Zhu Yan's words to give more and less when the time comes?

It's more real money or 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, but at this time, the ICL league was in the midst of a public opinion storm set off by Tengda, and Zhao Xuming's situation was the weaker side, so he couldn't say anything, so he could only smile and nod reluctantly: "Okay, then we will think more about each other, and hope to promote the cooperation between the two of us as soon as possible!" ”

……

After returning to the headquarters of Longyu Group, Zhao Xuming immediately rushed to the conference room non-stop.

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

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

Obviously, Eric already knows about the promotional film "Breaking the Cocoon and Not Becoming a Butterfly".

Seeing Zhao Xuming coming back, he raised his head and asked, "How is it?" ”

Zhao Xuming shook his head slightly: "You should have seen the promotional video sent by Tengda, right?" Just because of this promotional video, the wolf's tooth live broadcast is still bitten to death and is only willing to pay seven million. ”

Zhao Xuming said very carefully, for fear that Eric would immediately slap the table and scold, "How can this be reasonable".

However, Eric, whose face was sinking like water, did not get angry, but let out a sigh of relief and slowly calmed down.

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

"This time, ICL's promotional video invested a lot of money, and we all thought it was foolproof, but we didn't expect it to go wrong."

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

Eric's words still had a certain effect, and everyone in the conference room was lifeless, and everyone was shocked, but after Eric finished speaking, the atmosphere obviously picked up.

That's right, we're fighting with Mr. Pei now!

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

Now, for the sake of everyone's jobs and performance bonuses, I can only rack my brains to think of ways to deal with it.

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

"Mr. Pei's trick is really vicious, it can be called murderous."

"The most terrifying thing is that he has planted this foreshadowing at the beginning of the establishment of the GPL league, and he has not used it against us until today."

"If we want to benchmark the ICL against the GPL, it means that as long as any aspect is not done properly, we will be caught and beaten hard by Mr. Pei. The rights and interests of players are the most likely to cause topics and discussions, and if we leave them alone, it will definitely have a very fatal impact on the popularity of the ICL league. ”

"So, we have to make up for this shortcoming."

Eric nodded, "Well, that's right. ”

It's hard to accept, but it's true. There was such a big news at the beginning of the establishment of the ICL League, and the blow to the heat was too great. If it is not handled well, it may be cold before the league starts, which is a risk that Eric absolutely cannot accept.

Zhao Xuming continued: "The standard contract, the basic salary of the players, five insurances and one housing fund, better accommodation conditions and health protection...... If these are to be fully popularized, it is definitely not a small number. ”

"On the one hand, what we want to protect is the basic rights and interests of all players, not only the main players, but also the substitute players and youth players. On the other hand, the standard contract can actually impose certain restrictions on the club, which will also make them dissatisfied. ”

"Anyway...... It can be solved with money, but it will definitely not cost less. In the initial stage, a large amount of money will be invested to improve the environment of the training base and all the equipment will be replaced, and the follow-up will continue to pay the basic salary, food expenses, five insurances and one housing fund and other expenses of the players. In the first year, there were no twenty or thirty million, and I am afraid that I would not be able to stop it. ”

When Eric heard this number, he was very upset.

"Of course we can take out twenty or thirty million, but taking money for this reason is too outrageous!"

"If this money is spent elsewhere to promote ICL, how much heat can it create!"

"Just because of a video of Mr. Pei, we have to take 20 or 30 million yuan and post it upside down to these clubs to improve their training environment? Why! ”

"Did Mr. Pei pay for this money?"

Zhao Xuming hesitated for a moment and replied, "Uh...... I did, but I didn't. ”

Eric: "? ”

Zhao Xuming explained: "That's the case, the GPL quota is an open bidding, and the auction price is very high, a single quota is sold for 20 million, Shenhua Real Estate was the bid king at that time, and the GPL quota was raised to 26 million. ”

"At that time, the auction results were also in the news, and the total price reached a sky-high price of 180 million."

And then ...... Mr. Pei returned all the money after changing hands. ”

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

"Therefore, this money is nominally paid by Mr. Pei, but it is actually the money of various clubs; Although the money of each club is left and right, these clubs are very grateful to Mr. Pei. ”

Eric: "......"

At the time of these events, Eric had been removed by the Finger Company and replaced with Chrétien. It's hibernate in the United States, so I don't know much about these things.

As a result, now listening to Zhao Xuming's words, Eric knows what kind of situation he is facing.

Mr. Pei's left-handed and right-handed operation is equivalent to borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, and he has improved the treatment of players without spending a penny of his own money, and at the same time, the club can not only improve the training environment but also obtain real popularity, and he is also grateful to Mr. Pei.

But this kind of operation, Eric can't play it!

The ICL quota is basically half bought and half given, and basically no money is made.

At present, there are only a few clubs with IOI branches in China with good strength, and the financial resources are not very strong. Finger Company and Longyu Group need them to support the scene, so they don't ask for much money, and they give very low friendship prices and cabbage prices.

Moreover, with the financial situation of these clubs, even if Eric wants to choke them by the neck and make them spend more than 10 million to buy places, it is estimated that they will not be able to find the money.

The GPL side actually relied on Mr. Pei's connections to attract a lot of big capital, which is equivalent to playing a hand of "making something out of nothing", and everyone contributed money together to run the GPL League.

But how can Eric and Zhao Xuming have so much energy?

What's more, GOG first had a very high popularity in China, and then began to prepare for the 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 reversed.

Eric's idea was to open only a limited number of slots in the early stage, and only six or seven teams would be put in. After the competition is held, the places will be sold one after another every season, so as to maximize the benefits.

But this also means that when the ICL league first started, the finger company basically didn't make any money from it.

This game of the GPL, ICL can't play.

So to put it simply, this large amount of money can only come from two places: either the club, or the finger company and Longyu Group.

The club will definitely not come out, why should people spend an extra 2 million a year to improve the treatment of players? It's not much good for the club.

So in the final analysis, this money can only be pointed to by the company!

If you don't have this money, ICL will always be a head shorter, and Mr. Pei will definitely have to talk about it repeatedly. But if this money is out, Eric will be too aggrieved!

Eric's face sank like water, and he was in a tangle.

But after thinking about it, there is still no good way. It's like a dead end, either lose money or lose heat.

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

Because for the ICL league, heat equals money. If it is ignored and the popularity of ICL decreases, the effect of all the investment in the early stage will be greatly reduced, and the actual loss will be greater.

On the contrary, if the money is spent to maintain the popularity, then there is a possibility that the money will be earned back in the future.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Eric gritted his teeth and said, "This money, we are out!" ”

"Immediately communicate with the clubs in ICL and get them to cooperate with us. Then spend a sum of money on publicity, before the public opinion turmoil is completely fermented, let everyone know our efforts to standardize the ICL ecology and protect the rights and interests of players! ”

Eric knew that if he had to do this sooner or later, the sooner the better.

If you hesitate and let everyone discuss, it will definitely hurt the popularity of ICL even more.

Responding quickly and letting everyone see enough sincerity is likely to turn a crisis into an opportunity and make a good impression on the audience.

Zhao Xuming hurriedly nodded: "I understand, I'll arrange it!" ”