I'm the chef in T1. The fatter Li Ge is, the stronger I am.

Chapter 38: Management only needs to sign contracts and collect money without thinking, but managers have to consider more!

The bus slowly stopped by the roadside.

Everyone got off the bus and walked into a barbecue restaurant called Classic Heritage with 100 Years of History.

"Ashi~ I feel so hungry now that I can eat a whole cow!"

The feeling of his feet on the ground made Bang stretch himself.

He had just been gathering his strength on the bus in order to be able to win first place in the upcoming food battle.

"Follow me, go out the back door."

Manager and team leader Li Jingzhi was already waiting here.

This afternoon he did not follow the team bus to the competition venue, but went to discuss cooperation with sponsors.

of course.

After Li Jingzhi finished discussing the cooperation, he just happened to catch the start of the last game.

Although he is just a player who has been in the platinum segment for many years.

However, since I often review training games with kkoma, my perspective on watching games is completely different from that of ordinary players.

But even so.

Li Jingzhi didn't understand Wang Yu's ideas and operations at all.

Isn't the male gunner a waste?
He still remembers a Rank match he played at the beginning of this year.

Before the Rank match even started, because the jungler teammate took out Graves during the pre-selection stage, the mid teammate started scolding him without any warning. In the end, Li Jingzhi quit immediately in order to avoid losing a lot of points.

Even the players think that the male gun is useless.

But our foreign player actually took it out in the game!

Not only did he take it out, but he also beat SSG so hard that they had no chance to fight back!

[Ah, this 1.5 billion won was not wasted, it's incredible.]

[Zhengjun's vision is too sharp! Just based on the few training matches he played with EDG at that time, he judged that this kid has the potential to be a champion. ]

At this moment.

Li Jingzhi, who was walking at the front of the team, was filled with emotion.

He was thankful for kkoma's sharp vision, and was also thankful that he unconditionally believed in kkoma's choice.

Came to a private room.

Li Jingzhi turned around and looked at the contestants standing in a row behind him.

"Thank you for your hard work!"

"Please enjoy your meal now!"

"I've already told the boss that if you can't finish the food, you can take it back to the club."

"No matter where you are, wasting food is a shameful act."

After saying this, Li Jingzhi pushed open the door of the box.

Everyone leaned over to look.

The table was already filled with various pre-roasted, cut-up beef, pork belly, and steak.
The first layer of several food carts next to the table was filled with plates of spicy cabbage, noodles with soybean paste, rice cakes and other foods.

The second layer is some vegetables to go with the grilled meat.

“The club is really bleeding!”

Bang swallowed his saliva, wishing he could turn into Tam and start eating heartily.

Li Jingzhi laughed: "The club will not reimburse all expenses. At least the box fee was paid by Zhengjun and me, that is, Coach Kkoma!"

"You guys eat, Jung Jun and I have something to discuss."

Say it.

Li Jingzhi left the room first. He knew that if he stayed in the room, the contestants would definitely not be able to move freely.

While standing at the door waiting for kkoma to come out, Li Jingzhi lit a cigarette and started smoking.

Until Lee Kyung-sik finished smoking a whole cigarette.

kkoma walked out of the room with a smile on his face.

"What's wrong? What do you want to talk to me about?"

"Alas." Li Jingzhi sounded a little depressed: "It's still about the sponsorship."

Since winning the championship last year.

Many sponsors heard the news and wanted to cooperate with SKT.

The management only needs to sign the contract and collect the money without thinking, but as a manager, Li Jingzhi has to consider more.

Just from the fact that SKT's new season team uniforms are filled with sponsor logos so dense that there is almost no room for them, you can tell how many sponsors are working with them.

"This is indeed a big deal." Kkoma nodded in agreement: "The peripherals in the warehouse are almost full, and some have already been moved to the training room. If nothing is done, I'm afraid the training room will become the next warehouse."

Say it.

They both fell silent at the same time.

“How about we hold a fan appreciation festival?”

Li Jingzhi expressed his thoughts: "It won't take too long, probably only half a day or a day."

“No!” kkoma refused decisively: “If the spring season hadn’t started yet, I could agree to hold a fan appreciation festival, but now. Sorry, I refuse!”

"Okay." Li Jingzhi shrugged. "Then what do you think we should do? Is there any way to satisfy both the fans and the sponsors, and not delay the players' training?"

There is no such thing as having the best of both worlds.

Adults all know this.

kkoma walked back and forth in a small area.

"Although the spring season has just begun, we can see from these three games that our players have not yet found their form."

"If we hold a fan appreciation festival at this time, I'm afraid fans will not only not give us face, but may even be dissatisfied with our behavior."

"But if we stay inside the base, we can't give the peripherals out."

"Ashi, this is too difficult."

At this time.

A voice suddenly came from behind the two of them.

"It's very simple!"

kkoma and Li Jingzhi turned around and found Wang Yu standing at the door.

"Easy?"

Li Jingzhi is very interested in this foreign player.

It’s just that he had too many things to do on a daily basis, and when he went to the training room, Wang Yu had already returned to the dormitory to sleep.

until today.

He personally paid for a private room just to leave a good first impression on Wang Yu.

Fortunately.

Now it seems that the money I spent was indeed effective!

"Ah."

Wang Yu nodded: "We can start a live broadcast and sell peripherals to fans."

The LPL region really knows how to make fans feel good about the club while making money at the same time.

"what?"

Li Jingzhi was slightly stunned. He didn't quite understand what Wang Yu meant.

"Manager, which player do you think has the most fans right now?"

"It should be Faker, right?"

"Yeah, since Sang Hyuk has so many fans, there must be some who are willing to pay for a pair of peripherals signed by Faker, right?"

"That should be right?"

"Besides, these fans may not necessarily use the keyboards they buy to play games. They may just take a few photos and post them online to show off, and then leave them in the closet to gather dust."

"Uh"

Li Jingzhi thought about it and found that what Wang Yu said was correct.

As fans of the players, if they could get peripherals signed by the players themselves, they would definitely love them very much. How could they possibly use them to play games?

and.

There are so many peripherals in the warehouse that even if you accidentally give a broken peripheral to a fan, you can always replace it with a new one later as a solution.

“Will the sponsor agree?”

kkoma asked curiously.

After all, these peripherals are sponsored.

If the club players were to be sold to fans like this, it would have a negative impact no matter how you look at it.

"Why wouldn't you agree?"

Wang Yu explained to the two of them.

"Look."

"First of all! Fans got autographed peripherals from their favorite players."

"Secondly, sponsors also get a chance to promote themselves for free."

"Not only did we clear out our inventory, we also gave away peripherals signed by the players to fans at low prices, almost for free, and at the same time helped advertise for our sponsors."

"Speaking of which, we are the ones who suffer the loss!"

After listening to Wang Yu’s explanation.

Expressions of ecstasy appeared on both of their faces almost at the same time.

"You are such a genius!"

Li Jingzhi wanted to hug Wang Yu’s face and kiss her!
A problem that has troubled them for so many days.

Actually.

It was solved in just the blink of an eye?!

"My method is okay, right?"

"More than that! It's simply perfect!"

Seeing Li Jingzhi so satisfied.

(End of this chapter)