Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

Chen Dong brought commentators including Erlong, Master, and Haitao from PLU, as well as e-sports players including 91 and SKY. A large group of seven or eight people were standing in front of the Grand Rich Hotel. When they saw Li Shuo, they immediately came forward.

"Mr. Li, do you still remember this place?"

"Of course I remember. This is where we had dinner together when we first met... Tsk tsk, it's been so long. Even PLU has moved to its Hongqiao headquarters!"

Li Shuo said this with great emotion while inviting everyone in.

"Haha, moving from this shabby place to a high-end office building like the one in Hongqiao, PLU has really made progress along with Young Master Li!" Chen Dong chuckled, turned his head to look at Zhou Xinke and the others, and said meaningfully, "Maybe in half a year, Tianlu will also move into an office building and enjoy a better working environment."

Thanks to Li Shuo's encouragement, Zhou Xinke and the others were fascinated by Chen Dong's words. A year ago, PLU and Team Tianlu were both in this area. Later, Li Shuo invested in and acquired PLU. Now, not only has it flourished, becoming the recognized top esports platform online, but it has even been directly merged into the Shuoguo Group and moved into its new headquarters building...

For these ordinary people who play e-sports, working in a glamorous headquarters office building and becoming a white-collar worker like Chen Dong is already a dream come true.

“Shuoguo Esports can’t move to Hongqiao!”

Li Shuo's abrupt words caught everyone's attention: "Although PLU is in the esports industry, it's still a company after all. Shuoguo Esports focuses on group training in large bases. If we move to an office building, it will be too crowded!"

Everyone suddenly realized, but after hearing what Li Shuo said, their mood inevitably became depressed.

At this time, the restaurant owner came over in person to greet them and took the twenty or thirty people to the second floor. The second floor had been booked in advance, and three large round tables were prepared in the hall. There were also several pretty waitresses standing beside them, which immediately raised the level of the restaurant a lot.

"This restaurant is an old one, and it hasn't been renovated yet. Its taste and quality are actually very high..."

Chen Dong's words opened the conversation, prompting everyone to gradually take their seats. Li Shuo picked up the menus and handed them to Zhou Xinke and the other members of Shuoguo Esports. "You are the host and guests today. I have a task for you. Each of you must choose four dishes. You are not allowed to refuse!"

When the e-sports team opened the menu, they were shocked to find that what Chen Dong said was right. The "level" of this tycoon was definitely high, because the prices of the dishes were there!
It was only then that Li Shuo smiled and explained what he had just said:
"Although the e-sports team can't move into an office building due to training needs, we can improve our own environment!"

"If office buildings are modern commercial housing, our Shuoguo Esports Base can be directly transformed into single-family villas, allowing our esports players to live a resort-style lifestyle there. Wouldn't that be even more comfortable than working in the office?"

"Hey, guys, don't look at me like that. You call me Young Master Li, so you've definitely heard of me. Go out and ask around in this cold sea, and see if I'm the kind of person who brags."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately shouted, "Of course not," "Mr. Li is our great benefactor"...

The atmosphere heated up due to Li Shuo's chatter, and then it was the turn of others to speak. Chen Dong was the second to stand up, and as an esports veteran, he praised Li Shuo. Then came Erlong, who had a certain status in the esports circle, and then Zhou Xinke...

In short, these people with high status in the e-sports circle said a lot, which was equivalent to endorsing Li Shuo's credit. At this point, not only the members of the CS team were completely loyal to the new Shuoguo team, but outsiders such as 91 and SKY were also full of confidence and hope in Shuoguo e-sports.

91, in particular, had recently been dragged by Huang Laoxian into forming an "Old Boys" StarCraft team. He had been hesitant at first, but after this "commotion," he quietly stood up while serving the food and walked over to Li Shuo. "Young Master Li, our Huang Laoxian is going to form an Old Boys StarCraft team. What do you think?"

"Of course, that's quite welcome..."

Li Shuo laughed heartily, looking very happy. This not only made 91 feel relieved, but also filled him with gratitude.

Because StarCraft in 11 was at its lowest point, 91 and Huang Laoxian formed a StarCraft team, which was obviously taking advantage of Shuoguo Esports and enjoying the benefits of the team!

What 91 doesn’t know is that StarCraft will decline, but people will not. In the future, the number of people playing StarCraft in China may not be as many as the number of people watching the live broadcasts of the old boys!

We are all old and can’t play games anymore, but because of the sentimentality, we still like to continue watching games!

This is also the reason why live streaming of StarCraft, Warcraft, DOTA, and even later projects such as LOL and DNF has become more and more popular after the games have become unpopular!
After 91, the atmosphere became even more lively. Everyone on the scene started making phone calls, one to spread the popularity of Shuoguo Esports in the circle, and the other to attract new members to the esports team!

Li Shuo originally planned to recruit Sanqikai and PD Dong, but it was just for the good live streaming effect. When it comes to playing games, they still need active players, and these players will naturally rely on the PLU group to recruit...

This is also the significance of Li Shuo arranging this dinner!
In short, amidst the boisterous noise, Shuoguo Esports caused a sensation throughout the entire esports scene within just half a day. In that short time, many top players, after contacting Li Shuo through PLU intermediaries, had their prices quoted by "Young Master Li" himself! Then, moved by the offer, they readily agreed to transfer to Shuoguo Esports… The atmosphere remained heated until 3 PM. Li Shuo and the players drank for three full rounds before the banquet gradually began to disperse. Still seemingly unsatisfied, Li Shuo put his arm around Chen Dong's shoulder and drunkenly said:

"Friend, you did a great job today. I'm very satisfied! Brother, your reputation in the circle is really this..."

Finally, he gave Chen Dong a thumbs up.

Li Shuo was still tipsy, but Chen Dong was already drunk. He slurred his words, "That's right, I'm not exaggerating. My words will shake the entire esports world..."

Barabara...

Li Shuo laughed heartily. "Of course, PLU is really powerful now. The number of daily online users has exceeded 100 million, almost catching up with PPLIVE's data..."

PPLIVE is the online streaming media player where PLU previously resided. It once competed with iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, and almost became the dominant player.

Hearing Li Shuo's flattery, Chen Dong became even more excited and shouted, "That's... Mr. Li, I'm not exaggerating, but before we were acquired by the Shuoguo Group, we still had many development directions. The first was to cooperate with the Penguin Group. As you know, Penguin is working hard to make games now. Relying on its highly popular platform, I feel that Penguin's games will definitely be successful in the future! And if we join Penguin now, we might even become a powerful governor of the game department..."

"Oh? A provincial governor?" Li Shuo raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Yes, Penguin has always given its subordinates a lot of autonomy. If I bring PLU over there, they might set up a new company and give me a lot of autonomy... Hehe, mainly because when Penguin was developing games before, they also asked for my opinion. It was me who came up with the idea of ​​distributing League of Legends..."

This was consistent with the information in Li Shuo's memory. He thought for a moment and said, "Why do we have to be so desperate to choose to cooperate with Penguin? Shuoguo Esports is a new company after all, so we can cooperate with Penguin. We can get more exclusive rights to its games, such as VIP customer channels, guild permissions, promotion, live broadcast agency, etc., and so on. These are all the development directions of our Shuoguo Esports..."

These were things Li Shuo had never heard of in his previous life. In this life, as his social status improved, the amount of information he obtained was much more than in his previous life.

For example, Penguin Games’ big customer channel is the VIP channel among Xinyue members. Recharge discounts are secondary. It can even obtain the privilege of direct withdrawal from the game. Similar privileges also include large guild permissions.

What Li Shuo values ​​more is the "promotion and live broadcast channel agency" that follows. These things may not sound like a big deal now, but in the future, as Penguin Games dominates the domestic market, their value will be very high!

Take DouYu as an example. When Penguin acquired DouYu in the past, DouYu deliberately put forward a condition, which was to obtain "game live broadcast authorization". It was a small authority under the "live broadcast channel agent", but it was actually one of the conditions for DouYu to sell itself. You can imagine how high its value is!

Even the reason why Penguin was able to successively invest in large platforms such as Douyu and Huya, as if to monopolize the live broadcast industry, was that it had the live broadcast license of Penguin Games stuck there!

Alibaba did want to invade the live streaming industry, but it didn't have the game copyright, so it could only come up with the "evil" live streaming sales model...

Chen Dong's boasting gave Li Shuo a lot to think about, but he wasn't done yet:

"Secondly, I actually want to build a game live streaming platform. I see that esports players don't make as much money as commentators, and I think we can create a platform for them. But after seeing what you've done with Douyu TV, I think yours is the real future..."

Li Shuo nodded with a smile and asked with interest, "If I let you create a live streaming platform, what would you name it?"

Chen Dong thought for a long time and said, "I've heard from people who like the Dragon Ball comics that it should be a common hobby for our generation, so why not call it Dragon Ball TV?"

Sure enough, you had this idea a long time ago!
Li Shuo sighed inwardly, but this time he didn't encourage Chen Dong to create Longzhu TV again. Instead, he said with a smile, "Why bother? If you want to further develop esports, you can become a director of Douyu TV as a shareholder of our Shuoguo Group and help me check out the situation there..."

"No problem. After all, I am also a shareholder of the Shuoguo Group. It is my duty to contribute to the group!" Chen Dong immediately nodded in agreement.

Li Shuo asked again: "Is there a third one?"

"Of course there is. The third point is the esports collaboration with South Korea... By the way, I told you a month ago that the World Esports Conference is about to be held. Would you be interested in going?" (End of Chapter)