League: Educating LPL is my duty.

At Shark Live, General Manager Chen, who is in charge of signing streamers, is currently looking at Li Chen's relevant data for the past month.

Chen Sheng, standing next to him, introduced him: "Mr. Chen, this is Li Chen's live streaming curve for the past month. In just over a month, his popularity has increased twentyfold, and he is now a top influencer on the platform. His gift revenue is also growing rapidly."

We observed that his livestream has a large number of high-quality fans who frequently watch his streams. Some big spenders even guarantee at least one or two super-gifts each time they come. Giving these kinds of people to other platforms would be a huge loss.

Mr. Chen nodded slightly. Their foundation, Shark, relies on a group of game streamers, including League of Legends. If they let go of a future top League of Legends streamer, they will definitely lose a significant number of users.

"What do you guys think of Li Chen's skills? Is he really among the top professional players?"

"We've already consulted people in the relevant industry about this, and given his current competitive form, he's definitely one of the top players in the region," Chen Sheng replied without hesitation.

Mr. Chen stood with his hands behind his back, deep in thought. He had some inside information and learned that the contract Li Chen signed with EDG was very special. It was a betting contract. Although he didn't know the specific amount of the betting, it was undoubtedly an astronomical figure.

Since Li Chen is so confident in himself and can achieve good results, he felt that it was not a bad idea to take a gamble, after all, there was an element of gambling involved in making Shark successful in the first place.

Besides, he won't lose out!

"Give me his contact information, and I'll talk to him in person."

……

Late at night, just after Li Chen finished his broadcast, President Chen called immediately.

"Hello, C God, sorry to bother you at this time. I'm Chen Wenjie from Shark. I'd like to talk to you about the contract."

Upon hearing the name, Li Chen paused for a moment and said, "Oh, it's President Chen. I didn't expect you to call me personally so late."

Chen Wenjie said with a smile, "If I weren't short on time, I would really like to go and meet you, God C, in person."

Li Chen, in turn, engaged in a business-like exchange of compliments: "President Chen is responsible for the operation of a company worth tens of billions every day. I, a small-time streamer, can't afford to take up your time. After all, I still need to make a living from sharks."

"I know you have a match tomorrow, C-God, so I'll keep it short. The conditions you proposed are fine, and we can agree to them, but we still want to sign a three-year contract."

As soon as Chen Wenjie finished speaking, Li Chen was about to speak when the other party continued, "But don't rush, you can listen to our terms first. The first year is 15 million, plus a signing fee of 10 million. The amount for the following two years can be determined based on your competition results."

If you win the runner-up title at the World Championship this year, your signing bonus for the following year will be 30 million. If you win the championship, it will be 45 million. If you add the FMVP award and a domestic league championship, the bonus will quadruple for the second and third years, reaching 60 million each year.

Chen Wenjie's move was a high-stakes gamble that seemed like a sure-fire way to make money. With a signing fee of nearly 150 million yuan over three years, he was determined to capitalize on Li Chen's popularity from start to finish.

As for how much money he can get, that depends on Li Chen's own abilities. If he doesn't have those abilities, he should just honestly accept a normal top-tier contract.

Judging from Li Chen's current live streaming performance and popularity, they definitely won't lose money with 15 million a year.

Upon hearing about the betting, Li Chen immediately became interested and asked, "What if I win the Spring and Summer Championships this year, as well as the MSI and World Championships? I think if I can do that, other platforms will definitely be more willing to offer more incentives."

Chen Wenjie fell silent. Although he wasn't very good at League of Legends, he still understood the meaning of ascending to godhood and climbing the ladder of power. He also knew that if Li Chen could really do it, then the LPL's viewership might really be tied to Li Chen.

From a substitute who was kicked out of the team without ever playing a single game, to completing the ascension to godhood within a year, achieving a grand slam in League of Legends, and bringing back the first World Championship trophy for LPL, he couldn't even imagine how popular Li Chen would become.

After hesitating for a long time, Chen Wenjie gritted his teeth and gave his answer: "One hundred million. If you, C God, can really win the Grand Slam and the Finals MVP, one hundred million for each of the next two years."

"Okay!" Li Chen agreed.

Chen Wenjie breathed a sigh of relief. This was a win-win gamble, and he was really not stingy with the one or two hundred million. In fact, he hoped that Li Chen could achieve it, so that Li Chen's position as the number one live streamer on the Shark platform would be unshakable for a short period of time.

Forget about tigers and pandas, they can all step aside.

With the betting contract worth up to 2.25 million yuan finalized, Chen Wenjie was afraid that Li Chen would renege on the deal or that other platforms would interfere. So the next morning, he hurriedly sent someone with the contract to the EDG club.

In the office, Abu remained seated, completely bewildered, watching the lawyer Li Chen had brought scrutinize the contract word by word.

2.25 million! A whole 2.25 million!

He's kicking himself now. He never asked for a share of Li Chen's livestream contract. If EDG really succeeds in reaching the top this year, they'll lose hundreds of millions.

However, when he saw Li Chen's calm expression, Abu felt somewhat relieved.

If he had really stuck to the livestreaming contract back then, Li Chen probably wouldn't have stayed with EDG.

Abu shudders at the thought of Li Chen joining another strong team to compete against EDG.

"He should play mid lane; playing top lane is a complete waste of his talent!" This was Nofe's assessment after watching Li Chen's laning tutorial last night.

The junior student was listening nearby and fell completely silent.

Once everything had settled down, Li Chen saw off the Shark team and looked at Abu, saying, "Manager, I'd appreciate it if you could help me make the contact this time. I'll treat you to dinner when I get my salary."

Abu rolled his eyes: "I heard that line half a month ago."

"This time is different, hehe, watch me play against WE tonight. 957 is a good player, but only good. Competitive games are cruel. If you don't become a top player, you'll always be a spinning top," Li Chen said with a smile.

At 3 PM, the EDG team boarded a bus and headed to the venue.

The factory manager, sitting next to Li Chen, said with some envy, "You've really hit the jackpot, kid."

As a shareholder of EDG, he naturally knew about Li Chen's signing fee.

Li Chen glanced at it: "Alright, if you can't finish climbing the Ascending God Stairs and win the championship, all of that is fake."

"So, let's keep going, we have to keep winning." The factory manager looked out with a deep gaze; he, too, longed for a Grand Slam.

Because they arrived early, they weren't blocked by fans at the door. By the time the EDG team finished their makeup, the previous round of matches had just ended, and their next match was against WE.

Tonight's commentators are Miller and Su Xiaoyan. The camera pans to the commentary booth as the two begin to discuss today's third match.

"Xiaoyan, which team do you think will win today's match?" Miller asked.

Su Xiaoyan said, "Personally, I'm more optimistic about EDG. After all, in the last match against VG, they brought in god_C and crushed VG by a large margin in both games. What about you?"

Miller also favored EDG, but since they were both from the top three teams, it wasn't appropriate for the two commentators to support the same team. He could only say, "I still favor WE a bit more, after all, they're a veteran team, and their players have better teamwork."

Currently, after losing Fat and Deft, EDG's winning strategies are basically centered around the top lane, seemingly relying heavily on god_C's individual skill to gain an advantage. However, 957 is not a player who allows you to gain an advantage so easily.

Su Xiaoyan laughed and said, "But I still think that god_C is different. I don't know if you watched god_C's live stream yesterday. He used his mid-lane Orianna to suppress and solo kill Faker's Cassiopeia. His performance throughout the game was absolutely amazing."

"I also know a bit about this, and later God_C even provided commentary on the match and revealed the mechanism that Cassiopeia's reverse R flash will definitely petrify. Now the match is about to begin, let's turn the camera to the players' seats."

The comments on the screen today are different from those on the day before yesterday; opinions on Li Chen are no longer overwhelmingly negative.

"To be honest, god_C does have some skill, but it's impossible for him to beat 957."

"The top lane matchup is at best 50/50, but overall I do favor EDG."

"C, keep it up! Crush WE! I'll give you the money I'd spend on instant noodles and an egg tonight!"

"Laughable, another case of hyping things up before the game even starts. They won against a third-rate team and are already making a fuss, even trying to piggyback on RNG's success."

"The best in the world? The worst shit in the world!"

"The royalist bastards are here again! Everyone run!"