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Wang Sicong had no idea what hidden meaning was behind Jiang Chengyu and Zhang Yuxi's seemingly ordinary greeting.

After the two greeted each other, Wang Sicong took the opportunity to continue the conversation.

The flight from Beijing to Shanghai takes nearly two hours.

Since we're sitting together, we can't just sit around doing nothing for two hours.

So Wang Sicong took the initiative to start a conversation.

Given their relationship, they really didn't have much to talk about.

After a moment's hesitation, Wang Sicong shifted the topic to the prospects of the live streaming industry.

After all, the only common topics he and Jiang Chengyu currently share are on live streaming platforms.

Immediately, Wang Sicong began to describe his vision for a live streaming platform business.

To be honest, Wang Sicong's description was grand and beautiful.

But Jiang Chengyu possesses memories of the future.

He felt that what Wang Sicong said was more of a vision than a prospect.

A little naive and idealistic.

But Jiang Chengyu couldn't possibly tell him the truth.

Jiang Chengyu wouldn't do something like selling Wanxiang to him and then turning around and undermining his confidence.

Therefore, during the conversation, Jiang Chengyu mostly responded with agreement. Occasionally, he would offer a few key suggestions from the perspective of people from later generations.

Wang Sicong's eyes lit up immediately when Jiang Chengyu made these suggestions.

They exclaimed that it was a genius idea.

This indicates that what Jiang Chengyu said can definitely help him with his planned blueprint.

Wang Sicong got more and more excited as they chatted, as if he and Jiang Chengyu were kindred spirits.

Jiang Chengyu had nothing to say about this.

His suggestion wasn't out of a sudden pang of conscience or anything like that.

I simply hope that Wanxiang Live, no, we should change our name to Panda Live.

He hopes that Panda TV will continue to improve.

After all, he still owns 30% of the shares.

The better Panda TV performs, the more valuable his shares will become.

That's when we can make a fortune again.

The specific content of their chat will not be discussed in detail.

However, it must be said that no matter how big a topic is, there will be a time when the discussion comes to an end.

Wang Sicong talked non-stop for over an hour, during which he rang the bell three times to ask the flight attendant to pour him water.

Finally, when it comes to live streaming, Wang Sicong has nothing to say.

But the conversation that lasted for more than an hour greatly increased his goodwill towards Jiang Chengyu.

He had a great time chatting and didn't want the conversation to end there.

So without much hesitation, Wang Sicong started a new topic.

This time, he wanted to talk about another aspect of his career.

"Hey Jiang Chengyu, do you play games?"

After more than an hour of conversation, the two became much closer, and naturally, they could no longer address each other as "General Manager Jiang" or "General Manager Wang."

Hearing this, Jiang Chengyu nodded slightly; "I play when I have free time."

"So what games do you play?"

"Not many. I like playing MOBA games, and I've been playing League of Legends lately."

Hearing this, Wang Sicong's goodwill towards Jiang Chengyu increased even more.

"I really love this game too, you know what? I even have a team!"

"IG, I know that."

Wang Sicong's face lit up with even more delight: "Oh, you seem to know quite a bit about this?"

"It's alright. If you play often, you'll inevitably come across some competition information."

"I think the esports industry has a particularly promising future, what do you think?"

Jiang Chengyu agreed with what Wang Sicong said.

"Indeed, I have done some basic research on the esports industry."

"In South Korea, e-sports is almost becoming a pillar industry."

"Our country hasn't even gotten started."

Wang Sicong nodded in agreement: "Yes, our country is indeed very backward in e-sports."

"But from another perspective, this is a vast, untapped blue ocean!"

"I've been working in this market."

"I not only own the IG club, I also spearheaded the establishment of the ACE Alliance."

"You might not understand what ACE means."

You know the NBA, right?

"My ACE League is the same as the NBA League."

Jiang Chengyu knows IG, but he doesn't really know ACE.

"Really?"

"You've made such a big deal out of this?"

Wang Sicong liked the surprised expression on Jiang Chengyu's face.

"Then we have to go all out and make it big!"

"Our country's e-sports market is a wasteland."

"If you want to play esports, you have to start from scratch."

"I've already set up the framework."

"Leaving aside other games, the esports market for League of Legends has already entered a stable phase in China."

"How is it?"

"Any interest in trying your hand at esports?"

Jiang Chengyu understood, but was a little uncertain; "Play?"

"How do you mean to play it?"

Wang Sicong replied matter-of-factly, "How else can we play?"

"Why don't you start a club and form a professional League of Legends team?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chengyu's first reaction was to refuse.

In his limited esports memory, it seems that only two LPL teams made money.

One is EDG, and the other is RNG.

EDG is the only team in the entire LPL that earns money through compliant channels and can show a profit on paper.

RNG needs no introduction; they're the gods of contracts.

All other teams, judging from the data on paper, are in a state of loss.

Jiang Chengyu lacked the confidence to run the club well, and didn't want to earn this hard-earned money.

but......

Jiang Chengyu seemed to suddenly remember something and asked.

"Since you're comparing it to the NBA, setting up a team must be incredibly expensive, right?"

Wang Sicong smiled and waved his hand: "I was saying that the ACE League and the NBA League have similar power and functions."

"Forming an LPL team is much cheaper than setting up an NBA team."

"If you're really interested in playing, there are two ways."

"One option is to buy a team slot in the LSPL, then buy some good players and help them climb up from the secondary league."

"Doing it this way is cheap; you can get it for a few hundred thousand."

"However, the downside is that it takes a long time, and what if we don't make it to the LPL even once?"

"The second method is the most direct: just buy an LPL team."

"Now, an LPL team slot can be bought for a few million."

"The advantage is speed, the disadvantage is that it's much more expensive than buying an LSPL team."

"It depends on you."

"If you really want to play, I'll explain it to you in more detail."

Jiang Chengyu fell silent after hearing Wang Sicong's words.

It seems that running an LPL team can indeed be profitable.

Buying an LPL team now only costs a few million.

In his memory, around 21 years ago, an LPL team slot cost more than 100 million yuan!

If you start a team now, it will take five or six years. Even if you lose money, how much can you lose?

At this point, Jiang Chengyu was already somewhat tempted.

Since he doesn't plan to run the business himself, this is basically free money!

However, what truly made him decide was a sudden flash of inspiration.

Jiang Chengyu suddenly remembered that from this year to 2022, the traffic of League of Legends in China was quite terrifying.

This massive traffic pool doesn't overlap with his fan base at all.

Does he have a chance to gain popularity points?

Ask whenever you think of something.

Jiang Chengyu immediately called upon the system in his mind.

"System, League of Legends has such a huge user base, what if I started a team?"

"Does the exposure of the team count as mine?"

The system responded quickly, and the mechanical voice rang in Jiang Chengyu's mind the next second.

No, the system only calculates the host's personal popularity score.

Upon hearing the answer, Jiang Chengyu was about to feel disappointed when he turned around and heard the system add another sentence.

However, if the host appears at the competition venue and is featured on camera, a calculable popularity score will be generated.

After hearing the system's supplement, what else is there to say?

Making money isn't important; what matters is gaining popularity!

Even if it means losing money, we have to do it!