Ye Qiu, reborn as the King's Avatar, and his younger brother and sister-in-law Su Mucheng

Chapter 92 Don't envy others, because we are geniuses too!
The Glory League was officially launched, with a total of 8 teams registering as Glory professional teams.

Logically speaking, there are now over ten million Honor of Kings players, and tens of thousands of teams have participated in internet cafe challenge matches.

With so many players and teams, only eight teams ultimately registered as professional teams, which is really too few.

But it's actually quite easy to understand.

Because registering a Glory team requires a very high franchise fee.

The franchise fee of three million yuan has already deterred 99% of internet cafes.

Not to mention renting a house and getting equipment, these investments will add up to at least five million.

The e-sports industry is still too niche in China. Even though it has been included in the national sports list, in the eyes of parents across the country, playing games is considered a waste of time, a sign of a bad child.

Therefore, the e-sports industry in China has no commercial market. Without television broadcasts, there is no commercial value, and without investment and sponsorship from bosses, professional players have no income.

Without income, becoming a professional player means you won't make money.

Who would invest five million only to lose money?
Unless someone truly has exceptional insight and can see the future potential of Glory, they are willing to risk their own fortune.

Or perhaps some bosses are genuinely not short of money and would just spend a few million to start a club for fun. Only these two types of people would establish a Glory professional esports team.

The owner of Team Happy, Chen Taohai, and the owner of Team Excellent Era, Tao Xuan, are the former.

Chen Taohai was alright; Ye Qiu and Su Muqiu invested three million, which shielded him from a considerable risk.

Even if the Glory team ultimately fails, the future of these two young people, Su Muqiu and Ye Qiu, will definitely be successful.

Rather than saying that Chen Taohai invested in Glory or was interested in Glory, it would be more accurate to say that he was interested in Ye Qiu and Su Muqiu, and invested five or six million in these two brothers.

However, Tao Xuan of Jia Shi Internet Cafe had completely gambled his own future and that of Glory.

During the year or so that he participated in the internet cafe challenge matches, Glory made his internet cafe business thrive, and he became increasingly confident in Glory.

He believes that Honor of Kings will definitely become the top e-sports competition in China, and even the top e-sports event in the world.

So he took out a bank loan, mortgaging his internet cafe and his house, and borrowed five million to establish Team Excellent Era.

Because of his limited funds, he didn't have the luxury of renting an entire commercial building as his team's base, unlike Team Happy.

Instead, they rented two floors of a commercial building near the city center and set up simple training rooms, online game departments, team departments, and other departments.

Team Excellent Era can be described as small but complete.

The eight established professional teams are Team Happy, Team Excellent Era, Team Royal Wind, Team Tyranny, Team Jade Dynasty, Team Blue Rain, Team Tiny Herb, and Team Misty Rain.

After the various teams were established, they also promoted themselves extensively in the Honor of Kings game, trying to attract endorsements and sponsorships. However, very few were willing to sponsor them.

Even if there are any, they are all endorsements with very low prices.

Like Team Happy, the three endorsements they secured were: a local beverage brand with a one-year contract and a fee of 2 yuan; a computer assembly brand in a computer mall with a fee of 3 yuan; and a local clothing brand with a fee of 5 yuan.

In other words, Team Happy secured a total of 100,000 yuan in endorsement fees.

One hundred thousand a year, which averages less than ten thousand a month.

With so many people in the team, how do you divide them up?
This is still Team Happy, who has the best record and the most fame in the internet cafe challenge tournament. It is only because Team Happy has Ye Qiu, the number one player in Glory, that they have received so much sponsorship.

Those less famous than Happy received almost no sponsorship.

Take Excellent Era as an example. Even though Tao Xuan's business acumen is like that of a genius, he only received an endorsement fee of 80,000 yuan.

But at least there are endorsements, so the players on the team can share the profits, and each person can earn several thousand yuan a month.

At least the contestants didn't starve.

The rules for the first season of Honor were also very simple.

Regular season, points system.

One point is awarded for a singles victory, two points for a ring match victory, and five points for a team victory.

The higher the points, the higher the ranking. After the regular season ends, the team ranked first will receive a season bonus of 20.

The second place winner will receive a prize of 10 yuan.

The third place winner will receive a prize of 5 yuan.

4-6名奖金2万。    6-8名奖金1万。

In other words, you get a prize just for participating.

Playoffs, an elimination format.

It's a one-on-one elimination tournament, first eight to four, then four to two, and finally two to one to compete for the championship.

季后赛冠军得主奖金20万，2-4名奖金5万，5-8名奖金1万。

You'll receive a prize just for participating.

That means that as long as the competition is completed, you can get at least 2 yuan in prize money.

The highest prize is 40 yuan.

This bonus system is also intended by Honor to encourage Honor players across the country to participate actively and to attract more teams to form professional teams.

Of course, it's also because the current esports market is not good, and the prize money for participation is to prevent some teams from going out of business.

After all, there are only eight teams. If a team ranks lower, it will not be able to secure sponsorships and will not receive prize money.

They might disband the following year.

That's why the Glory Alliance only lasted a year before it went bankrupt.

Only if the teams survive can the Glory League have a chance to develop.

In fact, most industries offer generous benefits when they first start out. They may not make money in the first few years, as it's all for the sake of development.

Once the business grows, there will be endless money to be made.

Soon, half a month had passed since Team Happy registered as a professional esports team.

One day in mid-June, Ye Qiu was playing games in an internet cafe as usual.

At this moment, Su Muqiu suddenly shouted loudly, "Ye Qiu! Ye Qiu! Come and see, the Royal Wind team has transferred a top e-sports player!"

"What kind of expert?" Ye Qiu asked casually.

The legendary player who transferred from the Royal Wind team, isn't that Lü Liang?
Unexpectedly, the plot of the King's Avatar movie also unfolds in this world.

Logically speaking, there is no character named Lü Liang in the original novel of The King's Avatar; he only appears in the movie spin-off.

Its purpose is to increase the difficulty of winning the first season of Glory and to improve the strength level of the protagonist Ye Xiu.

In the original work, there is only Guo Mingyu.

"The report says he's a top player who came back from abroad. Last year, he won the global championship in the StarCraft League overseas! He's a star e-sports player!" Su Muqiu said with envy as he flipped through the latest news report about Glory.

"Is it that impressive?" Ye Qiu remained noncommittal.

"Hey, what kind of tone is that? He's a star e-sports player, a really good one!" Su Muqiu was stunned. Ye Qiu's tone actually seemed to look down on this Lü Liang.

They're just rookie players who've never even played a match before, while the other guy is an esports star who's been playing professionally for years. How can you look down on him?

"Mu Qiu, don't envy others too much. They may be geniuses, but you should know that we are geniuses too."

Ye Qiu looked at Su Muqiu, a confident smile playing on his lips: "After we debut, we'll be e-sports star players in other people's eyes!"

"And the most powerful kind at that."

"The most powerful one?"

Su Muqiu was a little stunned.

Many beautiful women are unaware of how charming they are, and even feel that they are not beautiful enough and have low self-esteem.

Many geniuses are unaware of how extraordinary their talents are, often envying others as geniuses, yet they themselves are also seen as geniuses by others.

Su Muqiu is that kind of person.

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