League of Legends: Reborn in Season 3, Tuning the Entire League

Chapter 107 This is your only chance in this lifetime!
After reviewing the data from the team members' live streams, Jiang Ming quickly calculated the sales bonuses for the five members in his mind.

"After deducting costs from the sales revenue of the live-streaming room, multiply the profit by 5%..."

5%!

This is the bonus that Jiang Ming set for his team members; it's actually a commission rate for selling products.

Compared to the 30%-50% profit commissions that are common in later generations, NXG's standards for these individuals were shockingly low.

But is it really that little?
The reality is that, when other esports clubs don't have this revenue stream at all, even if NXG only provides them with 1%, these players would be overjoyed.

So not only is it not a small amount, but compared to the players' fixed salaries, this part of the income is actually quite substantial.

"Little Stone alone won nearly seven thousand yuan in prize money..."

"I've got something to do again."

Jiang Ming had a headache.

Of course, the problem isn't the sheer amount of bonus money, but rather the mental imbalance that arises when a group of esports players, whose salaries are only a couple thousand yuan, suddenly see themselves earning several times that amount just from streaming for one night.

Fortunately, this problem occurred in the early days of NXG's establishment, before capital investment and before the players became famous.

Early detection, early treatment, and early resolution!
After all, this is not just a test for NXG, but for all professional players in the entire League of Legends esports scene after Season 3.

"If playing professionally for several years doesn't earn as much as selling pancakes for a few months, then what's the point of working so hard as a professional player?"

Jiang Ming suddenly understood why many club owners in later generations simply didn't care about the players' unchecked growth.

It's very simple. For these young people who lack knowledge and social experience, the investment and effort required to provide them with standardized training is simply too much.

Behavioral habits need training, individual psychological state needs guidance, and now it even involves shaping professional values...

Even after the dawn of esports, and even in 24 or 25, it was difficult to deal with a player's inappropriate remarks, let alone in 2013.

Jiang Ming rubbed his temples and said to Lin Jingyi:

"Please print out the details of this bonus for me."

"Is it being distributed today?" Lin Jingyi asked proactively.

"No need, just pay it with the regular salary." Jiang Ming tapped the table, stood up, and sat down on the sofa in the reception area. "And please call the team members up for me."

"it is good!"

A few minutes later, the five-man starting lineup of NXG stood in Jiang Ming's office with puzzled expressions.

Jiang Ming didn't rush to speak. He waited until his senior had printed out the five participants' livestream earnings and final prize money calculations, and distributed them to the contestants one by one, before finally speaking:
"Take a look, everyone. These are your live stream data from last night, as well as the extra bonuses you'll receive when you get your salary next month."

"hiss!"

"Are...are there that many?"

Gulu!

As the manager handed them the light A4 paper, and after seeing the incredibly tempting bonus figures inside, the young men suddenly felt a heavy weight on their shoulders.

Song Yuan felt a surge of heat rush to his head, and his heart began to pound uncontrollably, as if it were about to burst out of his chest.

2100!

He earned almost a month's salary from last night's live stream.

The others weren't in much better shape either; their breathing became heavy and clearly audible, and the uncontrollable smiles on the lips of the boys began to spread wildly.

Seeing that the atmosphere was quite right, Jiang Ming said in a very tempting tone, "I'll allow you to exchange and look at the live stream data you have."

Upon hearing this, the team members, who were also very curious about the other players' prize money, quickly passed around the "gold ingots" in their hands.

"Fuck!"

"Gan..."

"Old Xu, you actually have 3900."

"Wow, this is unfair. In this world that values ​​looks, you, a mediocre AD carry, have twice as many as me."

Why don't you say that the little stone is four times your size?

"..."

The atmosphere in the room suddenly froze, falling into a deathly silence.

Especially after the prize money of Shi Zhenyu, the innate sales master, was presented to everyone, the huge difference in numbers was like a bucket of icy cold water poured over their heads, instantly extinguishing the flames of joy that had just been ecstatic about receiving such a large prize.

Without comparison, you might think a 2000 bonus is already pretty good, but when you see others with 7,000 or 8,000, you'll instantly lose most of your joy.

This is precisely why it is said that what people fear most is comparison.

Once the wonderfully fragrant lemon scent filled the office, Jiang Ming slowly asked, "How does it feel?"

"Tell me about how you feel about earning more in one night of live streaming than you do in a month."

Little Stone was the first one pushed forward by the crowd.

"Oh, I don't feel anything. Aren't I happy enough about having so much bonus?"

The remaining four people: "..."

Finally, after the team members shared their feelings, whether real or fabricated, Jiang Ming revealed his true intentions.

"So, do you think that playing professionally is not as good as streaming? After all, playing professionally is so tiring, and you can earn less in a month than you can in a day of streaming."

"no!"

"No?"

Pang Ran couldn't help but chuckle, looking sincerely at Jiang Ming: "Brother Ming, please stop testing us. You've taught us so much during this time, sharing all your knowledge with us. If we were to lose our way over such a trivial gain, we would truly be letting you down."

"To be honest, the income from live streaming is indeed ridiculously high. But I know in my heart that this situation is difficult to replicate; it's just a matter of chance." Pang Ran paused, then added.

At this moment, the flamboyant Xu Jing immediately chimed in, a confident yet slightly teasing smile on his face, "Although my eloquence is indeed a tiny bit better than theirs, and last night I sold a lot of meat floss cakes thanks to my silver tongue, I know in my heart that without the support of my NXG professional player status, even if I praised the product to the skies, I probably wouldn't have sold many orders."

“Even my most confident skill, eloquence, was better than several people in my town’s junior high school when I was in school.”

Xiao Wu scratched his head and said shyly, "Brother Ming, I'm not good with words. I only know how to play League of Legends, and I can't even speak properly in front of the camera. I can't be a streamer at all. The prize money of seven or eight hundred yuan this time is only because the audience boosted the numbers for me because of you. I know that in my heart."

Little Stone chuckled, revealing a set of bright white teeth. "My dad told me to always listen to you, Brother Ming. You're the one who pulled me from the internet cafe to the competition arena, giving me the opportunity to showcase myself, and you're also the one who gave us the chance to earn this prize money. Brother Ming, if you have anything to say, just say it, and I promise I'll listen carefully."

Song and Yuan Dynasties: !!!
No, no, when did your level of awareness become so high?
Doesn't this make me feel so ordinary?

"Cough cough, Brother Ming, I really want to make a lot of money." Song Yuan spoke frankly and honestly. "I'm afraid of being poor again. I don't want to live the life of several people sleeping in one bed, nor do I want to go a month or two without being able to eat meat. Last night, I roughly calculated my commission, and I was thinking how great it would be if I could have this kind of income every day."

"I can build a big house, marry a beautiful and virtuous wife, and buy a car like our team's..."

"Pfft, hahaha, Old Song, I didn't realize you wanted to get married."

"I want to build a big house too. Once I build a house, I don't know who in the village will dare to say that I'm not doing my proper work!"

"Waaah, the team vehicle is really cool, and it can carry more than a dozen people at once. My dad will definitely love it."

On the sofa, Jiang Ming was somewhat silent, but also gratified.

He was wrong!
They mistakenly projected the players from the later Jin and Yuan eras directly onto their own five team members, and they also underestimated the positive transfer effect of the discipline training they had been conducting for the past six months.

it is good!
good good!
Having this kind of understanding is better than anything else.

Live streaming isn't a dead end, but for these five people, it can't be right now.

Ultimately, the five members of NXG currently have no fan base; no honors, no fame. After the NXG prefix is ​​removed, apart from Xiao Shitou, who might make a name for himself, the others are destined to disappear into the dust of history.

Some might argue that Wu Wukai, Ruofeng, and Xiaozhi achieved success and made a lot of money in this era.

Please, why not consider that Ruofeng already has an international tournament championship title? Even if Wu Wukai is considered "55 Kai," his popularity and fan base only grew after he gained fame through livestreaming following the S3 finals. As for Xiaozhi?

How many people have entered the live streaming industry, and how many have become shrewd? To discuss success based on isolated cases is either foolish or malicious.

After giving everyone a rundown of the knowledge related to the live streaming industry and explaining what a "fan base" is, Jiang Ming jokingly scolded them, confirming that no one was overly unbalanced because of their live streaming income:
"Have some ambition, okay? What do you mean by 'the team base vehicle is good enough'? You only want to build a house in your hometown. If you can win the championship this year, you can earn ten times or a hundred times more money."

It's normal for their mindset to fluctuate. Showing them bonuses and income is meant to excite them; without motivation, how can they work hard?

“You have seen the differences in your income. Esports players are, in a sense, stars in the field of sports competition. The difference in your live streaming abilities is simply like the difference in a star’s ability to attract fans.”

"However, for competitive sports, you have another powerful tool to attract audiences: the championship and the honor!"

Jiang Ming never minded that his players and employees could make a lot of money; on the contrary, he looked forward to seeing his chosen people achieve great success.

A boss who can make a lot of money is not attractive; a wise leader is one who can lead his employees to make a lot of money together.

At this point, Jiang Ming looked intently at the five of them and said earnestly, "I don't need to elaborate on your initial talent levels. For you, this year may be your only chance to change your destiny!"

……

weekend.

University Town, Gulou Campus, Jinling University.

In April, before the chilly morning mist had dissipated, the curtain that had been hanging under renovation at No. 11 Central Street was torn down.

"JM Food Time!"

The storefront, constructed from three layers of gradient orange metal panels, resembles a giant rainbow candy block, with a cartoonish, pixelated name floating in the center.

The orange-yellow background is eye-catching.

Sunlight streamed through the glass curtain wall, refracting a honey-colored halo. Inside the store, several young people who looked like college students were being guided by a woman in a light gray suit to stock the shelves and perform final cleaning and tidying up of the store.

"Be careful, everyone. After cleaning, check the price list against the signs again. We can't afford any mistakes on our opening day."

"Okay, Sister Yi!"

After the task was given, the college students who had previously worked at Jiang Ming's online store quickly dispersed.

"By the way, can our snack shop make money selling its products so cheaply?"

Looking at the Coke on the shelf marked 2.4 yuan, a short-haired boy asked curiously.

"I heard that Senior Jiang signed a supply contract directly with the manufacturer, eliminating middlemen from taking a cut!"

"Come and lend me a hand."

The shop assistant was standing on tiptoe, adjusting the standee of the potato IP character that could blink.

"They probably want to take the low-profit, high-volume approach. With so much foot traffic in the university town, even if only one percent of them come in to spend money every day, that would still be a very impressive number."

"Indeed, let alone outsiders, even we ourselves would want to come to the store to buy things. The drinks and stuff are so cheap."

Soda is practically a must-have for college students. Imagine summer is just around the corner, and a store is giving you a 50-cent discount on every bottle. Would you buy a case or two?

"However, the bulk snack section is a bit pricey."

"That part is normal, there's not much profit to begin with."

"So you tell me, why is there such a huge difference between people?"

As she organized the shelves and checked the prices of each item, the long-haired woman, her eyes a little sore, turned to relax and sighed.

When she was admitted to Jinling University, she thought she was the legendary chosen one. But when she got to university, she found that there were always people better than her and the world was vast. While she was still struggling to make ends meet with a few hundred yuan a month, others were already successful people with a million-yuan annual income and hundreds of thousands of fans.

Only a few months have passed, and the first individual offline snack brand has already been established.

Next to it, a ten-meter-long refrigerated display case area was steaming with cold air, and water droplets were condensing on the glass door. A burly male college student from the Department of Physical Education was carrying various drinks inside.

"I don't know, but I do know that those people in the college who mocked Sister Yi for being the top student in her department but doing menial work for her juniors have now been proven wrong."

"Pfft!"

"That's right, especially that clown who was kicked out of the part-time job group by Sister Yi."

"Now everyone in the same building calls him 'Handyman' when they see him."

Odd jobs?

Sorry, but if there really are odd jobs that offer a base salary of seven or eight thousand, even close to ten thousand, while students are still in university, along with various benefits and subsidies, and are supported all the way up to the club's management level, please provide us with a few more of those.

Not to mention that people can now influence schools through social media traffic and attention...

Busy work always needs some relaxation. When the young people started gossiping, the workers seemed to relax a lot.

The commotion inside the store still attracted the attention of passersby outside.

JM Food Time – Snacks and Drinks Are Super Cheap!

"Let your mouth travel, and let snacks lead the way!"

"Stocking up? Not the kind that emptys your wallet, but satisfies your soul!"

Snack shop?
Some college students who were jogging in the morning kept turning back, saying, "I feel like I've seen this store name somewhere before."

Ding-ding-ding-ding!

Similar to the interior decoration of the online store inside the university, Lin Jingyi added a cloud-like installation made of origami cranes to the wooden ceiling. Whenever the store door opens or closes, the draft will cause the metal tassel curtain to jingle softly.

At 10:30 in the morning, there were no firecrackers, no flowers, and no strange opening activities arranged.

Even Jiang Ming, the boss, did not attend in person.

The first offline store of the "JM Food Time" snack chain brand was successfully launched in Jinling University Town without much fanfare.

"welcome!"

Soon, the roles were reversed, and the two girls who had finished stocking the goods stood in front of the cashier in their "JM Food Time" uniforms.

The cashier is located on the right-hand side of the store entrance, allowing customers to be greeted while the cashier is at work.

Soon, "JM Food Time," located in the heart of the university town's bustling area, welcomed its first customer.

"Wow, the price is exactly the same as online!"

"Moreover, they are all branded beverages and snacks, not at all what people suspect, that they are selling inferior products to lower prices."

Two vibrant young women walked into the store on their own and began looking around.

They are fans of NXG, or rather Jiang Ming, but they are not university students. After learning that their "JM Food Time" first store would be opened in Jinling University Town, they found that it was not far from their workplace, so they thought of inviting a few friends to come and check it out.

"Cola and Sprite are five or six cents cheaper, as are peanuts and beef jerky."

"Wow, look at Qianqian's favorite super-sized bottle of juice! Doesn't the price look tempting?"

"Hehe, now I can finally enjoy juice without worry."

"Waaah, I want some cookies, chocolate too, and don't forget the potato chips and cashews either."

"Oh no, we might gain two pounds this month from eating snacks."

There are quite a few people who share the same thoughts as those two young women.

Shortly after the store opened, thanks to the owner's selfless promotional efforts on Weibo and live streams, university students near the university town flocked to the snack shop, embarking on a shopping spree and stocking up on their purchases.

How many bottles of Coke should I buy?
"Just give me two! My buddies in the dorm are starving for food, I can't let them wait around like that," one guy said generously.

Everyone had similar plans: these snacks and drinks were going to be consumed eventually, and with limited disposable income, it was natural to try to save money wherever possible.

　Announcement: Tomorrow there will be NXG coaching application questions. Some have already been distributed in the book club group for discussion. Those interested can join the group to try them out. (PS: I've already discussed it with a friend who's a King of Glory player; the difficulty is medium to high.)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)