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Pei Qian might not have watched IOI's competitions and was not very interested in IOI but he could not let go of the opportunity to spend money!

From the looks of it, ICL's broadcast rights had not been finalized.

Why didn't they come to an agreement?

It must be because it was expensive.

Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation obviously could not accept that ICL's broadcast rights were being offered for too low a price. On one hand, it was a matter of face. On the other hand, it was because they had very high expectations for the future of the ICL league.

However, the live-stream platforms were not stupid either. They felt that the popularity of the ICL league up until now was all fake. It was burned out. Spending a lot of money to buy the broadcasting rights would probably incur losses. They definitely had to lower the price.

Of course, the video of "Coming Out Of The Cocoon Without Becoming A Butterfly" had also greatly increased the bargaining chips for these live-stream platforms.

However, the problems that troubled other live-stream platforms did not exist for Pei Qian.

The popularity of ICL was fake? Spending a lot of money to buy the broadcasting rights would definitely incur losses?

That was exactly what he wanted!

Pei Qian needed projects that had fake popularity and would definitely incur losses!

What's more, IOI was GOG's direct competitor. Spending a lot of money to buy ICL's broadcasting rights was equivalent to sponsoring the enemy. It was in line with Pei Qian's expectations of supporting IOI and suppressing GOG.

Bunny Tail's live-stream was located on knowledge-based live-streaming platforms. At the moment, the content was mainly live-streamed by young scholars and lecturers. It was not compatible with ICL's live-stream.

All in all, buying the broadcasting rights of ICL could burn money, finance the enemy, and cause a certain negative effect on Bunny Tail live-stream. It was perfect!

In fact, if they were more daring, they could buy the exclusive broadcast rights without buying the broadcast rights.

An exclusive live-stream!

That way, he would definitely spend more money.

The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt that it was appropriate. He immediately decided to go to Bunny Tail live-stream and meet Old Ma and Chen Yufeng to settle this matter.

...

Half an hour later, Pei Qian arrived at Bunny Tail Live-stream's office.

After this period of development, the number of employees in Bunny Tail Live-Stream had increased significantly. Everyone was working anxiously.

After all, Bunny Tail Live-Stream had just been released not long ago. It was still in its development phase. There were a lot of new functions that needed to be developed and a lot of daily affairs to be dealt with.

Many people were staring at the screen, busy with their own work. They did not even notice Boss Pei walking past them quietly.

Pei Qian felt very worried seeing the working atmosphere of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, but he could do nothing about it.

Even though Bunny Tail Live-Stream was still burning money and not making any money up until now, Pei Qian still felt that there were hidden dangers when he saw how motivated these employees were.

However, he did not have a good solution. This was the chronic disease of the entire Tengda Corporation. It could not be cured overnight.

He could only hope that Old Ma, as the leader, would be of some use!

Pei Qian found Ma Yang and Chen Yufeng and called them into the conference room.

"Brother Qian, do you have any instructions?" Ma Yang was as energetic as usual.

Pei Qian nodded. "Yes, I plan to buy the exclusive broadcasting rights for the ICL league for Bunny Tail live-stream. I came here to let you know."

Ma Yang looked confused. "What is ICL?"

Chen Yufeng was shocked. "Boss Pei, you can't do that!"

"I've been paying attention to the ICL broadcasting rights recently. Currently, Wolf Fang Live-Stream, ZZ Live-Stream, and several other large live-stream platforms discussed with Zhao Xuming. It's said that Zhao Xuming's offer is 11 million yuan. The base price he's offering is 9 million yuan."

"This price is obviously too high. All the major live-stream platforms don't approve of it. They want to obtain ICL's broadcast rights for about seven million yuan. Therefore, both sides are in a deadlock."

"If we want to buy exclusive broadcasting rights, it would be even more expensive! Zhao Xuming can sell the broadcasting rights to at least three or four live-stream platforms. The expected price would be about thirty to forty million yuan. If we want to broadcast it alone, we have to buy it at a higher price!"

"What's more, we are competitors with Finger Games. How could Zhao Xuming sell the broadcasting rights to us..."

The more Chen Yufeng analyzed, the more he felt that this was ridiculous.

Boss Pei had GPL's broadcasting rights on his own and could give them to anyone. However, he did not intend to let Bunny Tail live-stream GPL at all.

Why would he spend so much money to buy a competitor's league when there were free and better ones?

What was going on?

He could not understand at all.

Pei Qian had expected Chen Yufeng's reaction. He could not help but smile. "It's alright. I'll give Eric a call. I'll definitely be able to buy it."

He did not think that he had any relationship with Eric. He was more confident about his money.

Eric was not selling? That was easy. He just had to pay more.

There were no eternal friends or enemies in the business world. There were only eternal interests.

Tengda Corporation was a competitor of Finger Games and had a deep-seated hatred... He had to increase the money!

Pei Qian believed that Eric would definitely be moved as long as the price he offered and the related publicity were sincere enough.

Chen Yufeng was speechless seeing Boss Pei's confident expression.

Boss Pei must have planned something since he was so sure.

What else was there to say? He could just watch Boss Pei work on his operation.

What's more, Chen Yufeng felt that Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation would definitely not sell the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL to Tengda. Boss Pei's call would most likely be rejected.

Pei Qian did not dawdle. He had Eric's contact number on his cell phone, so he made a video call.

Eric picked up after a long time.

Obviously, Eric did not expect Boss Pei to take the initiative to contact him. At that moment, he did not know how to react. He hesitated for a while before picking up.

Eric's image appeared on the phone screen. It looked like he was in his own office.

Eric's expression was very interesting. Obviously, he was thinking of a suitable opening speech, but he felt that no matter how he greeted him, something was wrong.

Pei Qian cut straight to the chase. "Boss Eric, long time no see. I'm here to talk to you about the ICL broadcasting rights."

Eric looked shocked.

You still have the cheek to talk to me about the ICL broadcast rights?

Not only did you cause me to spend twenty to thirty million yuan more because of the promotional video that you posted,the price of broadcasting rights that you discussed with other live-stream platforms had also greatly decreased. We have not reached a consensus until now!

Eric felt like he had been beaten up and then the other party had come to the hospital to greet him hypocritically.

He was both angry and confused, not knowing how to react.

Pei Qian continued, "I heard that you have not reached an agreement with the various live-stream platforms? It should be very troubling, right? To be honest, Bunny Tail Live-Stream wants to buy the exclusive broadcast rights of ICL. Boss Eric, name a price."

Eric was confused.

Boss Pei wanted to buy ICL's broadcast rights? Oh no, exclusive broadcast rights?

The difference in price was several times greater!

What's more, what was Boss Pei up to? He looked so confident. Why did he think that he would sell it to him?

Eric had no idea what Boss Pei was thinking.

However, since Boss Pei was asking, he could just give him a higher price to scare him off.

Eric considered this seriously.

Eric knew very well that it was impossible to sell the exclusive broadcasting rights at 11 million yuan after a few days of wrangling. 9 million yuan was an ideal price, but it was also very difficult. It would be good if it could be sold at around 8 million yuan in the end.

Based on the current situation, there were only three or four platforms that were really interested in ICL broadcasting rights. The final price would be about 24 million yuan or 32 million yuan.

The other platforms might look interested on the surface, but they were not determined at all. They might give up if the price was slightly higher. They could not be counted on.

In that case, the exclusive broadcasting rights would be priced at 35 million yuan or so. Boss Pei would probably not agree to that.

Eric replied, "Boss Pei wants to buy exclusive broadcasting rights? That's easy, 35 million yuan. If Boss Pei accepts this price..."

Pei Qian immediately decided. "35 million yuan? No problem."

In fact, Pei Qian had expected forty million yuan. He had not expected Eric to offer a lower price than he had expected. At that moment, he felt like he had made a killing.

Eric choked on the second half of his sentence. He looked at his cell phone screen and fell silent.

Boss Pei agreed so readily???

Eric and Zhao Xuming had been arguing with various live-stream platforms over the past few days. 35 million yuan was definitely not a low price.

Yet, Boss Pei agreed without even thinking?

Eric really could not think of a reason after eliminating the possibility that Boss Pei was deliberately making fun of him.

Could it be that... there was a conspiracy behind this?

Or could it be that the ICL league had some unique value that both the other live-stream platforms and I did not discover?

Boss Pei agreed so readily, making Eric unable to continue the conversation.

They could not possibly sign the contract just like that, right?

Eric definitely did not want to sell the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ICL to Boss Pei. He was very worried that Boss Pei would do something dirty to him again.

However, he was the one who made the offer. Boss Pei had already agreed to it. It did not seem appropriate to change his mind and say that he would not sell it.

Eric quickly added a few more terms. "35 million yuan is only the most basic. We still have many additional conditions. For example, we have to ensure the stability of the live-stream. We can't have a situation where there is a shortage of traffic and a pause. We have to use all of the platform's publicity resources to publicize the ICL. We can't set too high a penalty for unilateral termination."

Eric was not stupid. What if Boss Pei bought the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ICL league and deliberately made it lag on Bunny Tail Live-Stream? What if it seriously affected the viewing experience?

Boss Pei would definitely make a profit if he were to change the ICL league's limit with Bunny Tail live-stream.

Thus, Eric raised some more harsh conditions, especially the last one. They had to agree on the amount of breach of contract. That way, even if there were problems in the future and they forcefully broke the contract, the losses would be within acceptable limits.

Pei Qian nodded again. "No problem. We'll accept all of these conditions."

Eric was obviously overthinking.

Wouldn't GOG dominate the entire ICL league if Pei Qian were to play tricks and ruin the ICL league? Wouldn't Tengda make even more profit?

Of course, he had to broadcast the ICL properly and help the local server, IOI, up so that Eric could see hope. Only then could he continue to compete with him on burning money!

Thus, Pei Qian accepted all of these conditions.

Eric froze.

Eric remained motionless on the screen of his cell phone. He did not even blink.

Pei Qian thought that his cell phone was stuck. He asked, "Boss Eric? Can you hear me?"

After a long time, Eric finally reacted. "I can hear you."

He never thought that Boss Pei would agree to the price he asked for without any hesitation. Boss Pei would also accept all of his conditions!

Eric would have happily signed the contract with him if the other party was not Tengda but another company.

However, Eric needed a reason to convince himself about Tengda and Boss Pei.

Eric considered for a long time and said, "Boss Pei, can you tell me why you want to buy the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL? If you can give a convincing reason and the contract is detailed enough, I can consider it."

Pei Qian immediately replied with an excuse that he had already thought of. "Of course, it's because I want to promote Bunny Tail Live-Stream."

"Live-streaming is obviously one of the trends in the future. Currently, Bunny Tail Live-stream does not have much advantage over other live-stream platforms. Buying the exclusive broadcast rights of ICL is the first step for Bunny Tail Live-stream to challenge those veteran live-stream platforms."

These words were pure nonsense, but they sounded extremely reasonable to Eric.

Eric asked, "In that case, why didn't you broadcast GPL on Bunny Tail live-stream?"

"Er..." Pei Qian paused.

What Eric meant was, why don't you put the good stuff already in your hands into Bunny Tail Live-Stream since you wanted to make Bunny Tail Live-Stream popular? Why did you buy it from me?

The motive was very suspicious!

However, Pei Qian quickly reacted. "Bunny Tail live-stream has just been released. Its structure is not very stable yet. GPL's live-stream has been arranged. It will be released soon."

In order to eliminate Eric's doubts and successfully buy the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ICL league, he could only broadcast the GPL on Bunny Tail Live-Stream.

Eric nodded slightly, the doubt in his eyes finally gone.

There shouldn't be much of a problem if Boss Pei had placed the GPL league in Bunny Tail live-stream.

If the bandwidth of the Bunny Tail live-stream was not wide enough, GPL's live-stream would also be affected if it was lagging.

What's more, both parties could make a series of detailed agreements when signing the contract. Eric could immediately terminate the cooperation if anything went wrong.

If the wrong party was on Boss Pei's side, Eric could refund the contract according to the part of the contract and terminate the contract naturally. If the wrong party was on his side, the penalty would be lower, and he could stop the losses in time.

Eric considered it carefully again and realized that he was actually tempted.

He had to admit that Boss Pei's conditions were much better than other live-stream platforms.

Eric and Zhao Xuming had been arguing and bargaining with these live-stream platforms for the past few days. They were already very frustrated.

He did not know how long he would have to argue with those live-stream platforms if he gave up on this opportunity to work with Boss Pei. What's more, the final price would probably be worse than selling it to Boss Pei.

Boss Pei's motive for buying the ICL exclusive broadcasting rights was a little far-fetched, but it made sense. That was because even if Boss Pei did not buy it, ICL would still find a platform to broadcast it. There would still be some popularity that should be there. If Boss Pei bought the exclusive broadcasting rights, it would instead generate popularity for Bunny Tail live-stream. It was a win-win situation.

The logic was very smooth, and so was the motive.

Eric nodded at that though. "How about this, Boss Pei? I'll talk to Boss Zhao and the Legal Department and come up with a detailed contract. Then, we'll discuss the details of our cooperation in detail. If Boss Pei really wants to cooperate, we don't have to give up the chance for this win-win situation because of our position."

Pei Qian smiled. "Alright, I'll wait for your good news then."

After hanging up, Pei Qian looked at Chen Yufeng. "It's done. Let the legal department work on the contract."

Chen Yufeng was stunned.

That was it?

Boss Pei managed to get his nemesis Eric to agree to sell us the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL with just a few words?

The price might have seemed a little high and not worth it, but it was definitely worth it since Boss Pei felt it was worth it.

Chen Yufeng could not say anything else and immediately nodded. "Alright, Boss Pei. I'll make the arrangements now!"

Chapter 921: The Other Live-Streaming Platforms Are Panicking!

Long Yu Corporation and Bunny Tail Live-Stream were very efficient. The contract was roughly done by noon the next day after a simple communication.

The reason why it was done so quickly was mainly because Long Yu Corporation was in a hurry.

The ICL league had already begun its publicity. The venue and other preparations were basically done. Only the matter on its live-stream had not been finalized.

Those few live-streaming platforms had obviously guessed that Long Yu Corporation was in a hurry, so they deliberately delayed it, wanting to lower the price.

However, what kind of temper did Eric have? Why would he spoil these people?

Eric would not tolerate anything except for matters with Boss Pei where he had no choice.

After some consideration, Eric decided to forget it since all of the live-stream platforms wanted to lower the price and were so insincere!

In any case, it would be the same no matter which live-stream platform they sold it to. Boss Pei gave them a lot of money and guaranteed publicity. It was not a bad idea to cooperate.

In terms of strength alone, Bunny Tail Live-Stream could not compare to a few veteran live-streams. However, if Boss Pei really promised to use a portion of Tengda Corporation's resources to advertise, the energy of Bunny Tail Live-Stream would definitely not be inferior to other platforms.

Thus, both sides quickly reached a consensus as Boss Pei was very tolerant of the price and conditions.

The main agreement in the contract was as such:

First of all, this was the exclusive broadcast contract. Only Bunny Tail Live-Stream could live-stream the ICL league. The price was the same as before. 35 million yuan.

Second, the contract required that Bunny Tail Live-Stream had to invest a large amount of resources to publicize the ICL league, both inside and outside the website. Of course, Long Yu Corporation would also spare no effort to promote the ICL league.

On top of that, if there were any unsolvable or special circumstances, such as insufficient bandwidth on the website, the impact of the live-streaming of the cartoon, and major public relations incidents, the party at fault would have to bear a certain loss while the other party could unconditionally terminate the contract. Of course, after terminating the cooperation, Long Yu Corporation would have to refund this sum of money according to the actual losses. At the same time, the exclusive broadcast rights would be terminated.

Lastly, there was a supplementary clause. Even if both parties did not make any obvious mistakes, none of the parties would need to pay a sky-high penalty fee to terminate the contract. They need only pay 20% of the price, which was seven million yuan, to terminate the contract.

Logically speaking, there should not be a need for the last option. This was because if both parties strictly adhered to the regulations in the contract, the ICL live-stream and publicity work should be very successful. They would not be forced to terminate the contract.

The reason why he added this additional clause was mainly because they were old enemies. Eric did not trust the crafty Boss Pei.

To Pei Qian, this contract was not a problem at all. After the legal department of both parties had decided, Pei Qian sent Chen Yufeng to Shanghai to officially sign the contract and discuss the details of the cooperation.

...

Guangzhou, ZZ Live-Stream Headquarters.

The new function that Liu Liang had set up previously had already been developed through a 996 state. The stone in his heart had finally been lifted and he could rest a little.

Recently, he had also spoken to Zhao Xuming a couple of times on the phone. He briefly discussed the issue of ICL's broadcasting rights. Liu Liang's thoughts were the same as Boss Zhu of Wolf Fang Live-Stream. They both hoped to lower the price.

The ICL league was about to be held. There was not much time left for Zhao Xuming. In the end, he would have to make some concessions.

Of course, Liu Liang did not want to make things too awkward. They still had to cooperate in the future after all. Liu Liang planned to buy the broadcasting rights of ICL as long as Zhao Xuming was willing to reduce the price by a little more than a million yuan.

However, Zhao Xuming did not call him today at all even though he had been calling him a lot. This surprised Liu Liang.

At that moment, Liu Liang heard hurried footsteps outside his office. Someone knocked on the door.

"Enter."

Liu Liang looked up. It was the employee in charge of livestreaming ICL with Long Yu Corporation.

"What's the matter? Tell me slowly."

"You have to maintain a calm and natural attitude during work. How can you do your job well if you panicked first?"

"You have to be like me in the future, calm in the face of adversity."

Liu Liang criticized his impatient behavior seeing that this guy was so anxious he was panting.

The employee was not in the mood to dwell on these details. He quickly said, "Boss Liu, something bad has happened!"

"Finger Games seems to be selling the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL to Bunny Tail Live-Stream!"

Liu Liang's expression changed instantly. He jumped up from his chair. "Bunny Tail Live-Stream?"

"Exclusive broadcasting rights?"

"When did this happen?!"

"Why didn't you say so earlier!"

Liu Liang's series of questions stunned the employee.

"Boss Liu, I just found out about this as well. The two companies seem to have negotiated very quickly. It seemed to have been finalized within a day or two. I don't know the details, but the chances of success seem very high..."

Liu Liang fell into a daze.

This was beyond his expectations!

No matter how you looked at it, Bunny Tail Live-Stream and ICL league were two completely different things!

Boss Pei had said before that Bunny Tail Live-Stream did not form a direct competition with other live-stream platforms. It was a platform that focused on knowledge and education. The publicity and live-stream content of Bunny Tail Live-Stream proved this point.

Logically speaking, even if they wanted to do a live-stream of the game, they should first poach a few big streamers from GOG or broadcast GPL to test the waters. What was the meaning of spending a huge sum of money to buy the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL?

As for the ICL league, what happened to Finger Games and Tengda Corporation being enemies? What happened to IOI and GOG being the biggest competitors?

Eric and Zhao Xuming had suffered so much from Boss Pei. Shouldn't they reject working with Boss Pei directly?

Previously, Liu Liang had actually thought about whether there would be other live-stream platforms fighting for the exclusive broadcast rights of ICL. However, after a few days of observation, he felt that the possibility of this was negligible.

That was because the price of ICL's broadcast rights was already too high. There was no need to take such a huge risk to buy an exclusive broadcast if it was uncertain if the league could do well.

Wouldn't it be better if everyone worked together to lower the price of the broadcast rights and obtain the ICL broadcast rights at the lowest price and the smallest risk?

However, he did not expect Boss Pei's Bunny Tail Live-Stream to suddenly pop up!

This disrupted Liu Liang's entire plan. He was at a total loss.

He had just chided his employees for not remaining calm. Now, he was even more flustered than his employees.

The two of them stared at each other. The employee quickly asked, "Boss Liu, what should we do?"

Liu Liang's brain worked quickly. "I'll give Zhao Xuming a call!"

There was still a possibility of Long Yu Corporation and Bunny Tail Live-Stream cutting it off if they had not signed the contract yet.

Everyone knew that Boss Pei had always been swift and efficient. Thus, Liu Liang did not dare to delay and immediately called Zhao Xuming.

It rang many times before the other party slowly picked up. "Hello? Boss Liu, what's the matter?"

Zhao Xuming's attitude was indescribably calm and relaxed.

Liu Liang's heart paused momentarily. He had a bad feeling.

Previously, Zhao Xuming had been the one rushing to find him to sell the ICL broadcast rights. He had been very polite and had even given him various preferential conditions.

However, Zhao Xuming's tone was obviously cold now.

Liu Liang quickly said, "Boss Zhao, I heard that you're discussing the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL with Bunny Tail Live-Stream?"

Zhao Xuming did not comment. "Ah, what's wrong?"

Liu Liang: "Boss Zhao, that's a little unethical! We've been talking about the broadcasting rights previously, and we haven't come to a conclusion. You suddenly want to sell the exclusive broadcasting rights to Bunny Tail live-stream without even saying anything, isn't that a little unreasonable?"

Zhao Xuming smiled. "Oh, Boss Liu, I actually planned to tell you tomorrow, after we've officially signed the contract with Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Hey, you can't blame us. It's mainly because you don't seem too interested in the ICL league. Of course, we have to find a more suitable buyer."

Obviously, Zhao Xuming was not going to let him off now. He would not say anything harsh but he could not avoid being sarcastic.

That was because Zhao Xuming had previously gone around begging for help from these live-stream platforms to promote ICL's broadcast rights. In the end, the Vice-Presidents of these live-stream platforms had lowered their price and postponed it. They were good at Taiji, causing Zhao Xuming to be filled with anger.

Why couldn't I return the favor you did me?

Given the current situation, he would definitely vent his anger from a few days ago!

Liu Liang did not dare to say much. He quickly continued, "You haven't signed the contract yet, right? That's good. Boss Zhao, it's not that we're not interested in the ICL league, but we were just doing our due diligence previously. We want the broadcasting rights of ICL now that we're done with our diligence! Why don't we buy it at the price you suggested previously?"

"Ten million yuan, what do you think?"

Zhao Xuming chuckled. "I'm sorry, I really can't sell it. To be honest, the conditions offered by Bunny Tail Live-Stream are very, very generous! However, I cannot divulge the exact amount."

"Actually, I can understand your thoughts, Boss Liu. The ICL league is a newly established league after all. No one can guarantee that it will succeed. It is indeed very risky to buy the broadcasting rights at a high price."

"Since that's the case, you don't have to take on these risks for now, right? We'll talk in detail when we sell the broadcast rights next season!"

"I'm sorry, I still have work to do. I'll hang up first. We'll contact each other later."

Zhao Xuming hung up immediately.

"Hello? Hello!"

Liu Liang was furious. He walked three rounds around his office.

On one hand, he was angry because of Zhao Xuming's change in attitude. On the other hand, he was angry because of Bunny Tail Live-Stream.

What was Boss Pei up to?!

On the one hand, he said that Bunny Tail Live-Stream would not pose a threat to other live-stream platforms as they focused on knowledge-based content. In the end, he spent a huge sum of money to buy the exclusive broadcast rights of ICL, catching them off guard!

However, it was useless for Liu Liang to be angry. All was fair in war. The business world was like a battlefield. It was normal to release fake news.

Boss Pei was such an unpredictable person.

Liu Liang paced back and forth in his office, thinking about what to do.

Seeing how determined Zhao Xuming was, Bunny Tail Live-Stream must have given him an offer that he could not refuse.

That was normal. After all, Boss Pei was willing to spend money no matter what industry he was in. He would definitely give a lot of money if he wanted Finger Games, his archenemy, to give up on their previous hatred and cooperate.

In other words, it would only be possible to intercept if ZZ Live-Stream, Wolf Fang Live-Stream, and a few other live-streaming platforms worked together to pay a much higher price than before, adding up to more than 20% of the price offered by Bunny Tail Live-Stream.

However, he was caught in an awkward situation.

He could have won it with around nine million yuan previously. Now, he had to add three to four million yuan or even more for no reason at all. It was very difficult to accept that he would incur losses mentally.

The interests of each live-stream platform were not exactly the same. They had to pay a high price for the broadcasting rights. The cooperation would not be successful if there was even one live-stream platform that did not want to cooperate.

However, what if he gave up the ICL broadcasting rights?

Even though it did not look like there would be much losses on the surface, everyone knew how good Boss Pei's sense of the industry was and how good he was at controlling games and e-sports industries.

Boss Pei could be said to be the godfather of E-Sports. No one would dare to claim to be number one if he were to claim to be number two in the country.

Boss Pei had set his sights on the ICL. He had paid a huge sum of money for the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ICL. Did that mean that the value of the ICL was far beyond everyone's imagination?

Would he regret it in the future if he missed this opportunity?

He still had a chance if he increased the price by three to four million yuan now. What if he could not buy it even if he increased the price by five million yuan or six million yuan in the future?

Liu Liang did not expect the situation to take a drastic turn in just one or two days.

"Forget it, they are going to sign the contract tomorrow. It's too late even if we want to collaborate with other live-stream platforms to intercept it. It's not realistic for us to fight for the exclusive broadcast rights. The price is too high and the risk is too high. What's more, Boss Pei will definitely continue bidding with us."

"I can only say that Boss Pei's moves were really steady, accurate, and ruthless. He predicted the reactions of Finger Games and our live-stream platforms and seized the opportunity to directly snatch the exclusive broadcast rights of ICL."

"We can only take it one step at a time. If ICL and Bunny Tail live-stream don't work well, we might still have a chance..."

Liu Liang thought about it but could not think of any good ideas. He could only give up and wait to see what would happen.

Chapter 922: GOG Overseas League

March 3rd, Saturday...

In the conference room of Long Yu Corporation, Eric and Chen Yufeng shook hands warmly.

"I wish us a happy cooperation!"

Both parties had finalized the details of the contract and signed it officially. From this moment on, both parties had officially reached an agreement to promote ICL.

Strictly speaking, this was Eric's first time working with Boss Pei.

He did not expect the cooperation between the two parties to be so smooth and pleasant!

Boss Pei was not as calculative and bargaining as many partners. Instead, he was very generous. Chen Yufeng was also very friendly during the entire negotiation process. The atmosphere in the conference room was quite harmonious.

He could not feel Boss Pei's impression of 'devising strategies and being calculative' at all. He also could not feel that both parties were arch-enemies and competitors. The entire cooperation process could be said to be smooth and natural.

This was something that Eric had not expected.

The reason why the contract was signed so quickly was mainly because the ICL league was in a rush.

Eric and Zhao Xuming had arranged for the opening battle to officially begin next Saturday, which was March 10th. There were two or three exhibition competitions to be tested before next Saturday.

During this week, Long Yu Corporation and Bunny Tail Live-Stream had to do a round of publicity and preheat to ensure the popularity of the ICL league.

There might be far fewer teams in ICL league than in the GPL, but ICL league would be playing a double loop BO3, and the GPL would play a single-cycle BO3. There was not much difference in the number of competitions on both sides.

The ICL league would start two months later than GPL, so the schedule was tight.

It was also because of this that Eric and Zhao Xuming did not want to spend too much time negotiating with other live-stream platforms. That gave Bunny Tail Live-stream a chance to take advantage of the situation.

However, no matter what, the contract for cooperation had been signed and the competition schedule had been set. In the short term, other live-stream platforms would probably not think about ICL's broadcasting rights.

Next, he had to see how well the ICL league's publicity was going.

...

At the same time, Pei Qian, who was drinking coffee in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, received the news that Bunny Tail Live-Stream had signed a contract with Finger Games and officially obtained exclusive broadcast rights for the ICL league.

"Yes, nothing went wrong. Very good!"

Pei Qian was overjoyed.

That was because he felt that he would definitely lose a lot of money if he bought the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ICL league. The pressure on this cycle would be greatly reduced if he spent this money.

As for whether the ICL league could become popular after obtaining the exclusive broadcast rights...

Pei Qian did not really care.

If he made it popular, it would mean that IOI's local server would be pulled back from the cliff. It could continue to pose a threat to GOG and he could continue to burn money for GOG. If it could not become popular, it would mean that the money he spent on exclusive broadcasting rights would be wasted.

No matter how he thought about it, it was not a loss!

Pei Qian realized that the operation this time could be said to be a perfect hedge against risk. He would not make a profit no matter what the situation was. He could not help but feel a little proud of his handiwork.

At that moment, the phone on the table rang.

He picked it up and saw that it was Zhang Yuan.

"Hm?"

Pei Qian instinctively frowned.

Today was Saturday!

Why couldn't he wait until Monday to talk? Why did he have to work on Saturday? Zhang Yuan was the person-in-charge of Tengda Corporation's department, but he had no awareness of this. How disappointing!

Pei Qian picked up the phone. "Why did you call me on Saturday? Go back and collect your overtime pay. Speak if there's anything else."

Zhang Yuan seemed to be used to it. In any case, he would definitely be given overtime pay if he called Boss Pei over the weekend.

He was not very surprised as he said, "Boss Pei, I'm really sorry. I didn't want to disturb you today. However, I have something I have been thinking about which I have to report to you as soon as possible."

"Should GOG's overseas league be established?"

"GPL has been in full swing for two months now, and there has been no news of GOG's professional league in other regions. Many foreign clubs can't wait any longer."

"What's more, we have to plan how to distribute the league slots in the various regions and how to arrange the competition system. After all, we don't have the experience of organizing competitions in other regions. Therefore, these problems... have to be decided by Boss Pei."

"That way, I can directly arrange for them to work on it directly on Monday."

Pei Qian finally realized this problem.

That's right, GOG's overseas league should be held!

At the moment, GOG's influence overseas was basically the same as IOI's. It had a small advantage. At the same time, IOI was organizing the ICL, the leagues in the other competition zones were also being organized. GOG had the same influence, but the league in the overseas competition zones had not made any moves. It was indeed not right.

Pei Qian was not anxious, but the overseas clubs and audience were!

The domestic GOG team was stronger than them in the eyes of these clubs. They were already ahead of them now that the GPL had started their war.

What's more, GOG was a very popular game. The qualifiers were something that the clubs that pursued results and exposure were also very eager for.

As the person-in-charge of the E-Sports Industry, Zhang Yuan obviously had to take care of all of these. That was why he called on Saturday, wanting to ask Boss Pei for his opinion and get it done as soon as possible.

Pei Qian pondered for a moment. This matter was not easy to deal with.

On the surface, organizing an overseas league looked like a good thing. He could spend more money after all. However, from GPL's experience, things did not seem that simple.

Pei Qian had made a huge profit from the GPL!

Just selling the slots alone had sold for a sky-high price. The results were still profitable even if Pei Qian racked his brains to distribute most of the money later on.

Quota, sponsorship fees, advertising effect on GOG and Tengda Corporation...

All of these made Pei Qian extremely anxious and miserable.

If he were to organize an overseas league, what would he do if it all happened again?

Therefore, he had to learn his lesson this time.

Pei Qian had a rough idea, but he still had to listen to Zhang Yuan's opinion to verify if his idea was correct.

"What do you think we should do about the overseas league?" Pei Qian asked.

Zhang Yuan had obviously considered this question. He would answer truthfully since Boss Pei was asking.

"I think that the current GPL model has been proven to be very successful. The overseas league must continue the GPL model!"

"Actually, there are only two choices in organizing an overseas league. The first is to take on everything ourselves. We'll open a branch company overseas and take full responsibility for the preparations for the various overseas leagues. We'll also hold on to the quota and sponsorship. The second is to cooperate with the local games companies and let them be in charge of the operations and planning of the overseas league. We'll authorize them."

"Of course, I'm still leaning towards the first option."

"That's because if we choose the second option, on the one hand, we might not be able to find a reliable overseas company. It would be very troublesome if we meet lousy partners. On the other hand, whether it's the money for the slots or sponsorship, we have to share it with them. It's equivalent to our income decreasing."

Pei Qian nodded subtly.

Indeed, Zhang Yuan had the same thoughts as him. However, everyone was thinking in a different direction.

It might seem a good idea to take on all of them. Opening a branch overseas could attract more employees and spend more money, but in the long term, it could also lead to very serious consequences.

What if the employees of these overseas subsidiaries were on steroids and made the overseas league especially successful? At the same time, they could better promote GOG overseas. Then, they would be able to sell their spots and sponsors at sky-high prices. Then, they would be able to monopolize everything...

Wouldn't that be spiraling into the sky?

On the other hand, the second plan was good news for Pei Qian whether he met a lousy teammate or shared money with other companies.

The GPL was already so successful. He could not fall into a pit twice, right? It was time to change his thinking.

Pei Qian said, "Yes, I think what you said makes sense. Let's do it by the second method!"

"Go to the various competition zones and discuss cooperation with other overseas companies. Let them be in charge of the preparations for the overseas league."

Zhang Yuan was stunned. "Huh?

However, he quickly reacted. He was used to Boss Pei doing the opposite after all.

"Alright, Boss Pei. However, there's another problem. If we want to collaborate with foreign companies, should we look for bigger and more famous companies? Or should we look for small and unknown companies?"

This question stumped Pei Qian again.

Another dilemma!

After some consideration, Pei Qian said, "Choose small companies."

Obviously, big companies were famous and powerful. It was more likely that they would be able to do well in GOG's overseas league. Small companies did not have much strength, so it was more likely that they would produce lousy partners.

Zhang Yuan did not ask further since Boss Pei had already given him a clear choice. Instead, he said, "Alright, Boss Pei. I'll arrange these things on Monday."

Chapter 923: Planning For The Overseas League

March 5th, Monday...

Zhang Yuan immediately gathered the core members of the E-Sports Department for a meeting and assigned the task of forming the GOG international league after he arrived at the office.

The employees of the E-Sports Department were not surprised by this news.

That was because as GOG continued to promote and expand overseas, it was only a matter of time before they formed an overseas league.

However, just like Zhang Yuan, no one expected Boss Pei to use such a method to form an overseas league!

An employee raised his hand and asked, "Boss Zhang, there's something I don't understand."

"Why did Boss Pei want to work with other overseas companies this time? Why did he choose small companies to work with?"

"Firstly, this seems to be risky. Secondly, it doesn't meet Tengda's standards!"

Zhang Yuan smiled slightly. "I had the same thought as you on Saturday. However, after thinking about it for two days, I roughly guessed Boss Pei's true thoughts."

"Let me ask you first. What do you think Tengda's standards are?"

The employee was stunned. "Er... isn't Tengda's standard of conduct always long term and take charge of everything? It can be seen from the GPL league that Boss Pei specially kicked out all disobedient clubs. He made all clubs listen to our arrangements by auctioning the slots."

"If we were to cooperate with other companies in the overseas competition zones, we would definitely not be able to do the same as the GPL league. At that time, the standards of the various competition zones might not be uniform. Wouldn't that be contrary to our style all along?"

Zhang Yuan smiled. "That's where you're wrong!"

"Boss Pei never does things with only one plan. GPL is our own league. Can it be the same standard for overseas leagues?"

"In theory, our goal is to become an international company, create an international game for GOG, and create an international competition for GOG's international invitational tournament... However, there are still differences between the competition zones and countries."

"It's not that Tengda won't cooperate with other companies. In fact, Boss Pei often distributes the pie. For example, when he was building the Thriller Hostel, he distributed a lot of the pie to investors like Boss Li."

"Therefore, Boss Pei's style is definitely not to monopolize everything and take everything for himself. Instead, he would consider all aspects and make choices between different interests!"

Zhang Yuan paused for a moment and continued, "Indeed, if we can take on everything and organize all the leagues on our own, we can indeed take all the money for the slots, sponsorship, and other benefits for ourselves. However, on further thought, what problems would there be?"

"First of all, we don't know much about the markets of various countries and regions. The marketing strategy that we formulated might not be able to satisfy the needs of local players. Even if we can slowly figure it out, losing the initiative would mean losing a lot of market share. That would be a very serious loss."

"Secondly, we are a foreign company after all. We might face a lot of resistance if we want a piece of the cake in the local market. If we don't share any benefits with others, they would definitely think of ways to trip us up. It would definitely have a serious impact on us."

"On the other hand, we can better make localized marketing and operations plans for the various regions if we cooperate with local companies overseas. Give them enough benefits and let them deal with all sorts of resistance. That would allow us to have the initiative in the competition."

"As for why Boss Pei emphasized looking for small companies?"

"Obviously, there are too many projects for big companies. GOG's league might only be managed by one department of big companies. They might not do their best. The big companies might not be able to catch up once they recognize the value of the GOG league. We can't control them effectively."

"On the other hand, small companies are completely different. GOG league might be the lifeline of the entire company and the main source of income to them. Would they dare to do anything lesser than their best? Moreover, even if the GOG league develops, these small companies can only be at our mercy because all of their lifelines are in our hands. Once we revoke the GOG league's authorization, it would be equivalent to cutting off their lifeline. This way, we can still maintain a certain level of control over the overseas league!"

"Therefore, Boss Pei's decision looks like he's giving up a portion of the benefits on the surface. However, it would greatly reduce the resistance to expanding the overseas market and speed up the expansion!"

"It would not be a problem to monopolize it if there is only one GOG game at the moment. However, we still have IOI as a competitor in the world. Their overseas league is also being established. We have to make some sacrifices to be ahead of them!"

"Splitting some of the pie out would make the pie bigger. That way, we can obtain more benefits."

Everyone nodded in realization.

Boss Pei was indeed far-sighted. He had thought of all these things in advance!

That employee asked again, "But, Boss Zhang, this way, the GPL would definitely be very different from other overseas competitions. If there really is a difference in affinity, would it cause overseas players to feel disgusted?"

Zhang Yuan smiled. "I understand your worries, but they are unnecessary.

"If we take it all on ourselves, the overseas league would be different from the domestic league. It would definitely cause dissatisfaction among foreign players. We have to be impartial in the eyes of the public."

"However, we are not taking it all on ourselves. We are working with other overseas companies."

"If there's a problem with the overseas league, the overseas companies will definitely take the blame for us! If the overseas players are not satisfied, they should also look for the overseas agent companies. They would definitely not target us first."

"What's more, we don't have to make the other leagues look exactly like GPLs."

"Boss Pei has indeed invested a lot of effort into the GPL, but this is because the GPL is our own competition zone. GOG only has one champion in the global invitational tournament. The competition zones must be competing with each other. If we take it all on, it would be equivalent to turning all the leagues in the world into internal leagues. On the other hand, letting the various competition zones decide their own development direction would allow the ecology of the different regions to be more diverse. The collision in the finals would also be more exciting."

Everyone nodded.

Obviously, none of the strategies could be comprehensive. They had to give up one thing if they chose the other.

Not everyone agreed with the current method, but since it was Boss Pei's decision, everyone would still carry it out resolutely.

...

Soon, everyone began to take on their respective roles. They contacted overseas companies in different regions and began to discuss cooperation details.

This would definitely be a relatively long process. After all, it would take time to determine the venue and renovate it.

Fortunately, the list of clubs in each division was ready-made. As long as the slots were finalized and the schedule was arranged, the league could start very quickly.

The problem of sponsors could be solved while the league was ongoing. These were all trivial matters.

On the other hand, Tengda did not make any hard requirements for the qualifiers. They did not say how much they had to sell them for.

That was because the situation in each region was different. Some places had developed economically, the e-sports industry was developing quickly, and the clubs had rich financial resources. The league slots would definitely be crazily snatched and would definitely be sold at a higher price. What's more, the e-sports industry in some areas was developing slowly. There were only a few clubs in total. They would not be able to afford it, nor would they be able to organize the league If they were to spend an astronomical sum to buy the slots.

Therefore, there would be differences in the qualifiers, scale, bonuses, and so on according to the actual situation of each region. These differences would also affect the qualifiers for the next international invitational tournament.

Simply put, the stronger teams would have more slots.

As for the specific cooperative companies, they also had to be carefully screened.

Boss Pei might have said that he wanted to collaborate with a small company, but no one would think that it would be over with any random small company.

Boss Pei's words obviously had another hidden condition: to find a reliable small company!

He had to ensure that they would do their best to help promote GOG's league.

That way, some employees would be required to fly overseas to conduct field investigations and validation of the companies that were cooperating with each region.

However, Tengda had always been very lenient with funding in this area. Once all of them were approved, they would take business class and stay in luxurious hotels when they went overseas. It would not be very tiring.

After the GPL league runs steadily with nothing that would go wrong, Tengda's E-Sports Department shifted its focus to the overseas league and began to get busy.

...

At the same time, the employees of Bunny Tail Live-Stream were also busy.

After finalizing the exclusive broadcast rights of ICL with Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation, Bunny Tail Live-Stream began to arrange a series of publicity activities for the ICL league.

For example, he had to prepare the publicity material for the ICL league in advance. He had to adjust the division and labels of the website's homepage. He had to put the ICL league in a very eye-catching position so that it would be easy to guide the traffic. In addition, he had to arrange a series of publicity activities to direct the traffic from the outer net to the Bunny Tail live-stream.

The ICL league had been prepared for a long time. The venue, competition schedule, promotional video, and so on had all been arranged. Thus, they only needed to confirm that the live-stream platform was alright before the competition officially began.

According to the established process, Wednesday and Thursday would be the exhibition competitions. On the one hand, it was to test the official venue and equipment. On the other hand, it was to test the bandwidth pressure on the live-stream platform.

If there were any problems, they could discover it early and solve it early to ensure that the ICL spring competition would proceed smoothly.

Over the next two days, the two teams that had won IOI's global finals, FV Club and SUG Club would be invited to play.

After all, these four teams were the strongest teams in the country at the moment. They represented the highest level of competition in the ICL. It might only be an exhibition match but it could attract attention and achieve the effect of winning first.

The exhibition matches on Wednesday and Thursday were BO3. If there were no problems after the competition, the ICL would officially start on Saturday.

In other words, it would be the weekend when the value of the ICL exclusive broadcasting rights could be verified.

Chapter 924: Sky-high Prices For The Northern American Region Slots!

March 7th, Wednesday morning.

The first water-testing performance of the ICL league would begin at five tonight on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. The two teams would be the two domestic teams that had previously obtained domestic slots and entered the IOI global finals but were eliminated in the final group stages.

Even though both teams had been eliminated in the group stages and looked less impressive, they were still considered the best teams in the country apart from FV and SUG.

What's more, they had also looked for FV Team to play mock competitions after they returned from the world finals. Their skills and overall strength had obviously improved.

Zhao Xuming believed that if these two teams appeared in front of the audience again, they would definitely show a completely new side to them!

There would be an exhibition match between FV Team and SUG Team tomorrow, which would be Thursday. The attention would definitely be a lot higher.

The reason why they did not arrange FV and SUG's match today was mainly because they were afraid that something would happen on the first day.

All the lights, equipment, conductors, and arrangements for Bunny Tail live-streams at the competition venue had to be adjusted. It would be too disappointing if the computer lagged for the entire process if FV and SUG's exhibition match was scheduled for today. It would hurt the popularity of the league instead.

Therefore, the best choice was to arrange for two teams that did not have high traffic but had certain strength and fame.

Of course, this would also bring about a problem. What about the popularity of the competition?

At the moment, ninety percent of the popularity of IOI in the local IOI field was concentrated on FV Team. If FV Team did not appear, wouldn't it be very awkward if not many people watched the ICL exhibition match on the first day?

However, Zhao Xuming felt that this was not a big problem. After all, data was easily fungible. He understood everything.

The live-stream platform could totally give a fake popularity of a few million views, add more repetitive bullet screen comments, and arrange for a group of fake reviewers to speak crazily... It could also increase the popularity of the live-stream. At the very least, it could achieve the effect of making the fake real.

There might be no detailed agreement in the contract between both parties but didn't live-stream platforms always do this?

There was no need to explain such things deliberately. It was an unspoken rule in the industry. The staff at Bunny Tail Live-Stream would naturally arrange it.

Now, Eric and Zhao Xuming were inspecting the ICL league competition venue to check on the preparations.

The ICL league venue was also an indoor venue. It was a large-scale recording studio in Shanghai.

In fact, Eric had considered large stadiums in the beginning, but he quickly gave up. That was because even though these large stadiums looked more imposing, there were many corresponding problems.

For example, large outdoor venues were severely affected by the weather. The live audience would suffer no matter whether it was heavy rain or scorching sun.

The bigger the venue, the more money they would have to spend to renovate it. They were not afraid of spending money, but they were afraid that the audience would not be satisfied. That would be very awkward.

What's more, the traffic in large venues might not be very convenient. If there were concerts or basketball competitions, the ICL audience would leave with football fans or fans of singers. The scene would be quite chaotic and difficult to handle.

Thus, after some consideration, he decided to rent an indoor recording studio like the GPL. That way, the traffic could be more convenient and the overall effect would be guaranteed.

Eric went to the backstage of the recording studio and asked the staff about the adjustment of the various equipment in detail. He then went to the stage and the audience to take a look at what was lacking from the perspective of an audience.

Zhao Xuming followed Eric the entire time, occasionally explaining some details.

Eric had specially studied the GPL competition venue before and had a lot of experience to learn from. Eric had also given many instructions for the preparation of the ICL.

Eric sat in the audience for a moment and said, "Isn't it a little too similar to GPL?"

He only realized this point now.

That was because Eric had subconsciously taken in all the good parts of GPL when he was preparing for the ICL league. For example, the team flags used to decorate the venue, the big screen on the stage, and the players' positions.

It was not a problem to take these details out individually, but once they were put together, there would be an inexplicable sense of familiarity...

Obviously, the staff subconsciously referenced GPL's approach in their minds as they worked on it, so it did look a little similar.

Zhao Xuming opened his mouth but did not know how to answer.

It was obvious that Eric already had an answer in his heart since Eric asked this question.

If he said "no", Eric would definitely think that he had bad taste.

However, Zhao Xuming could not nod and say "yes" because Eric would definitely ask him, why didn't you remind me earlier?

What Eric needed the most now was a reliable solution.

However, the competition was going to start tonight. How could there be a solution in these few hours?

He could not possibly remove all the decorations and change them within a few hours, right? Wouldn't that be nonsense?

Zhao Xuming had an idea and thought of an excuse.

"It does look a little like GPL, but I think it's alright."

"This might have a negative impact on public opinion but it also means that the GPL audience will not have too many thresholds after transferring to our ICL league."

"I can only say that there are pros and cons, but the pros outweigh the cons."

"In the future, we can slowly adjust the decorations of the stadium and try to remove the GPL elements."

Eric seemed satisfied with this answer. He nodded. "Yes, that's the only way."

The two of them sat in the audience for a while. Eric asked again, "I heard that Tengda Corporation is also preparing for the overseas league. How's the current situation? Is there any news?"

Zhao Xuming quickly answered, "Some news came out."

"At the moment, Tengda Corporation's overseas league should still be in the preparation stage. I heard that they are going to collaborate with overseas companies to promote it. The various agent companies will decide on the specifics of the overseas league. Tengda Corporation will only serve as a guide and a barrier."

"As for which companies to work with, the specific tournament format, schedule, and teams for the overseas competitions... I haven't heard anything about them yet."

Eric nodded and smiled. "We're finally better than the overseas league. IOI's international regional leagues started earlier than GOG. Moreover, Finger Games established branch offices in various places to directly manage them. They obviously have the overall advantage in this aspect."

Zhao Xuming asked, "I was also very surprised when I heard this news. It doesn't look like Boss Pei's style. Wouldn't it be awkward if we cooperate with other companies and let these companies lead the preparations for the overseas league?"

Eric smiled. "Do you think Boss Pei doesn't realize that? He did, but he had no choice."

"Tengda Corporation does not have much experience overseas after all. It would be very difficult for them to take charge by force."

"Dayak Corporation is a multinational corporation that has good influence in many areas around the world. Finger Games is also an American company."

"In other words, Tengda has a natural advantage in the domestic league. However, in the overseas league, this situation is completely the opposite."

"Based on what I know, Finger Games' headquarters are almost ready for the league in the Northern American Region. The current price for the slot is..."

"Seven million US dollars."

Zhao Xuming was stunned. "So expensive!"

That was the price of a single slot.

Previously, they had all said that Boss Pei had sold the GPL slots at an astronomical price. However, the average price of the slots was about twenty million yuan. After some calculations, it was only three million US dollars.

On the other hand, IOI's Northern American Regional slot price was double that of GPL!

Eric smiled. "It looks a little expensive at the moment, but it might not be so in the future. What's more, many clubs will buy it for seven million US dollars."

"The clubs in the Northern American Region are much wealthier. Buying a slot with seven million US dollar was painful to them but they would never give it up."

E-Sports industries developed at different levels in different regions. E-Sports industries in Europe, America, and Korea developed relatively quickly, but the Northern American Region was definitely the richest in terms of financial resources.

Of course, many large financial groups were stationed in the domestic e-sports industry. The financial resources of the various clubs were also increasing rapidly. However, their financial resources were still far inferior compared to the clubs in the United States.

Finger Games' pricing in the Northern American Region was not a sky-high price, but a combination of the financial resources of the clubs, IOI's influence and popularity in the Northern American Region, and the price of other e-sports industries.

Eric did not ask for a high price from domestic e-sports clubs. The ICL league slots were basically half bought and half given. This was not because he was a philanthropist, but because he knew that domestic clubs could not squeeze out that much money out.

What was the point of setting a sky-high price?

However, the situation from the Northern American Region was different. This was Finger Games' headquarters. It was related to the league, live-stream, and the club's derivative industries. This was a huge gold mine. Finger Games did not want to sell all the slots. They had to make a good profit.

They did not have any surplus. Finger Games had been spending money crazily to promote the domestic market. Where was the money coming from? Didn't they still have to earn it back from other markets?

Eric said confidently, "It's hard to say for the other regions, but Finger Games has the absolute advantage in the Northern American Region. It won't be that easy for Tengda to organize the Northern American Region league and compete with IOI!"

Zhao Xuming nodded slightly in agreement.

Indeed, Tengda's achievements so far were mainly domestic. As a domestic company, Tengda had an advantage in this aspect.

However, the Northern American Region was Finger Games' home ground. Tengda Corporation could not interfere directly. They could only let other games companies represent them. The difficulty would definitely increase.

Eric and Finger Games' confidence obviously made sense.

At that moment, Eric's cell phone rang.

He took a look and frowned. When he picked up the phone, his expression changed.

"What? I'll go take a look."

These two sentences were spoken in English. Obviously, this call should have come from Finger Games' headquarters in Los Angeles.

Zhao Xuming asked, "What's wrong?"

Eric's expression was ugly. "For some reason, the forum in the Northern American Region is abuzz. They say that we treat the two zones differently!"