Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

"Since I play all kinds of games, why not form an esports team?"

It was a day at the end of April. Li Shuo was chatting with a group of professional players. When he heard these people sighing that "profession is not easy", an idea suddenly came to his mind!

This is the voice group of YY. The big anchors of later generations such as 09, Sanqi Kai, and PD Dong Zhuo are all in it. Of course, now they all have a common name: Li Shuo’s playmates and game lackeys.

The person who lamented that "professional gaming isn't easy" was 09. As soon as he sighed, PD Dong Zhuo immediately criticized him, "Come on, DOTA is now the most popular game on all major esports platforms and charts. It's incredibly popular. And didn't you just lead Team Godfather to win the international championship last year?"

In 11, when DOTA was at its peak of popularity, it crushed League of Legends, which was distributed by Penguin, right after its launch. This struggle continued for three years until the online esports platforms that DOTA relied on began to see widespread cheating and Warcraft III faced various issues, such as version adjustments. IceFrog, the developer of DOTA, switched to supporting DOTA 3, and the game, which was based on Warcraft III maps, began to decline.

At this time, 09 was also complaining bitterly, and what he said was actually something everyone knew:
"Hey, Mr. P, you know that although DOTA is very popular, it doesn't require any money. Our team is only supported by sponsorships, and our salaries are barely enough to cover our daily expenses!"

"My subordinate, who showed his talent for seven minutes in the finals, turned the tables and won, but when he returned, he didn't even get his bonus. He's still eating instant noodles..."

"Look at me again. If Brother Haitao hadn't taken pity on me and asked me to come over to record the video and be the commentator, I'm afraid I would..."

Li Shuo didn't like sentimental talk. When he heard this, he interrupted directly:
"09, who sponsors your Godfather team? Otherwise, you can just train with me from now on. I'll take care of everything for you..."

"what?"

09 was surprised and speechless, but did not answer immediately.

Li Shuo ignored him and asked the others, "37-38, PD Dong, what about you guys? Do you want to play games or become a streamer?"

These two are still considered "active players", but they are just being pulled by the people on Douyu to increase the popularity of the game section.

This was Douyu's early strategy: to make the gaming section, which was the most popular among online users, a dedicated area for attracting new customers and retaining them...

Correspondingly, you can engage in long-term live streaming of professional games and even sign a contract and get a fixed salary!
This "attracting new customers" and "retaining customers" strategy was originally a temporary one, but no one expected it to persist for a long time. It eventually led to a series of unspoken rules for streamers, such as game streamers being more expensive than those with good looks, game streamers receiving salaries while other streamers receive commissions, and so on...

"Brother Shuo, are you serious? Playing games and running a team are two different things!"

"Yeah, didn't you just hear what Xiao 9 said? His DOTA team is one of the most popular in China, and this amount can't even support the entire team..."

Everyone was talking at once, even Miss lamented, "It's mainly because the domestic gaming environment is not good, and no one can change the status quo..."

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting heated, Li Shuo picked up the microphone and said passionately:

"Everyone is right, the gaming environment is indeed not good, but I'm not doing this for the money. I just can't bear to see you guys playing so well, yet you have to bow down for a few buckets of rice. No, this is absolutely not allowed!"

"So, I plan to form a super-luxury team. Focusing on the popular games we all like to play, I will invest heavily in recruiting the best players to join us and create a galactic battleship composed entirely of top players!"

"It doesn't matter how much this Galaxy Battleship costs. All I care about is their performance! After they've gotten used to each other, they'll begin competing in domestic and international competitions. Losing doesn't matter; the team will still provide a base salary of at least 10,000! But if they win, the Galaxy Battleship will give each player a generous bonus based on their performance and influence!"

"If it's an international competition, and you get into the top three or even the championship, then I promise that the prize money will be in the millions, or even more!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the YY voice chat was in an uproar, and even the well-known professional players who had already made money applauded and cheered!
The reason is very simple. The status of professional players who have been in the industry for 11 years is too low. What’s more ironic is that the money earned by professional players is not even as much as that earned by the UP hosts who commentate on their videos!

His landmark event was winning the DOTA Championship 09. He is now a junior apprentice of Haitao, a PLU intern commentator, and is learning from him how to record and commentate videos...

"So, does the new team have a name yet?"

"Which gaming track does Young Master Li plan to develop first? Or are they going to develop both?" "Can we stream together during team training?"

Afterwards, everyone started asking questions in the YY voice chat. Li Shuo chuckled and answered all the questions without hesitation: "Didn't I just say that we want to play all the popular games? Xiao 9, if you want someone for your DOTA team, just tell me and I'll help you find players... The same goes for everyone else. Anyone who wants to play professionally, sign up with me..."

Everyone was so excited that almost everyone signed up at once...

After the Yayyy voice chat ended, Miss contacted Li Shuo privately. She advised with concern, "Brother Shuo, your original intention is good, but don't listen to those people who are blindly trying to join in the fun. Many of them were forced to retire because they were in poor condition... Besides, they have made money from live streaming recently. If they were asked to play professionally, I'm afraid they would never be able to return..."

Li Shuo replied nonchalantly, "It's okay. I just want to get everyone to play together... Even if we don't achieve any results, I'll still bring them to live stream together. Yeah, it can be considered a 'team live stream'..."

In fact, this is Li Shuo's real idea. Games must be played, of course, but with a group of gentlemen like Sanqi Kai, it is naturally not enough to just play professionally. It would be better to have some live broadcast effects, and it would be lively every day. That would be comfortable!
Miss was relieved after hearing this, and then she applied to form a women's e-sports team...

Then, Huang Xudong, F91 and others also came up and said they wanted to form a StarCraft team called Old Boys...

After chatting with these people for a while, Li Shuo, the hands-off boss, turned around and called Zhang Yuyan: "Go find Wei Shuting later and ask her to find someone to draw up a charter..."

New secretaries like Zhang Yuyan are naturally not capable of such things as setting up a new company. Only Wei Shuting has experience in this area.

But Zhang Yuyan was determined. She really wanted to prove her abilities, so she immediately reported, "Boss, our Shuoguo department actually has its own e-sports team, and even a related integrated industry chain..."

"Huh?" Li Shuo was stunned. "Really? Although I did deal with esports equipment for a while, that was just peripherals. And PLU and the like are media companies, they're only related to esports, not professional esports teams, right?"

Zhang Yuyan smiled and said, "It's the Tianlu team. It was originally under Chen Qingyuan's name, but later it was transferred to Miss Si Jiawen. However, Si Jiawen had no interest in running an esports team and left it alone. Since then, the Tianlu team has become uneasy and can't pay salaries..."

"Later, the manager of the Tianlu team turned to the second and third shareholders for help. Well, that's Young Master Lin, Xiong Mingxun from NEOTV, and others... They supported the team for a while, but no one person could support the team independently. Ultimately, esports media platforms like PLU and NEOTV acquired a portion of the team's equity by providing funding to support them..."

"Whether you count from Miss Si Jiawen or from the two major media platforms we control, you can be considered the biggest boss of the Tianlu team!"

Even though she entered the secretariat late, as a dedicated person, she had been studying and memorizing the relevant information about the Fruit Department seriously, so that she could tell the boss this information instantly when he needed it.

Now, hard work pays off. Li Shuo had naturally forgotten about this team he once dealt with. After hearing Zhang Yuyan mention it, he suddenly realized, "It seems that I scooped Miss from this team. I didn't expect it to develop into this situation now."

In fact, this team is quite "famous". Li Shuo had heard of its name more than once in his previous life. However, at that time, the WE team logo was added in front of Tianlu's name, and it seemed that it was acquired by WE in the middle of the game.

WE is the top esports team in China. For them to be so interested in acquiring them, Tianlu must have something unique. Li Shuo immediately became excited. "Yuyan, I'll leave this to you. Please prepare the information for me. Basically, help me figure out how to completely transform Tianlu into my own team, absorb its essence, and refine and reform it..."

"Yes, Boss!"

Zhang Yuyan, having been chosen, perked up for a moment before pursing her lips and smiling, "So, should I still notify Director Wei?"

Li Shuo glanced at her and said unhappily, "What do you think? If you can handle this, then your Life Team 4 will be completely independent..."

"Hehe, I understand. Wait for my good news!"

After saying that, Zhang Yuyan just called someone over, gave some instructions, and then continued to stay in Li Shuo's e-sports room and continue playing games with him!
As a personal secretary, Zhang Yuyan always puts her boss first. She knows that the boss's leisure and entertainment are the most important, and naturally he cannot be disturbed by such a "small matter" as forming a team.

Similarly, after Li Shuo handed the matter over to the secretariat, he turned back and continued playing games...

Around dinner time, Si Jiawen, whom Zhang Yuyan hadn't seen in a long time, came to "visit." This was a free time that Zhang Yuyan had been waiting for: since Li Shuo began to reside permanently at Shuoguo Manor, his "fish" (fans) would usually come to the manor to pester him whenever they had nothing else to do. Recently, it had been Lu Ailin, who was a permanent resident of the manor, but whenever a "fish" who hadn't been with him for a long time came to visit, Li Shuo would usually take the time to pamper them... (End of this chapter)