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Chapter 169 Awesome! Esports players are having a blast!

After chatting with his teammates and fans for an hour, Wang Yao finally opened his Korean server account and started a ranked match.

When asked about the transfer situation, Wang Yao simply said that the club should handle the matter and he would just wait for news about the transfer period.

He did not reveal his plans for next season.

Regarding the question of whether to renew their contracts and stay with the team or transfer and leave, the rest of EDG did not interfere or ask too much, after all, it is a matter of the players' personal privacy.

After finishing his first ranked match, Wang Yao glanced at the popularity rating of his live stream.

Good heavens! Wang Yao then realized that his live stream's popularity value had reached an astonishing nine figures, exceeding 100 million!

It currently has nearly 1.5 million views!
Meanwhile, the online viewers echoed Wang Yao's expression at that moment, flooding the screen with comments expressing their shock.

"This popularity score is outrageous, comparable to the finals! The finals only had a little over 200 million popularity scores."

"If you didn't know better, you'd think the S8 World Championship had started. Yao's popularity must be number one across the entire internet. Wow, that's what you call a top figure in the LPL!"

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After a brief moment of shock, Wang Yao calmed down. After all, he was someone who had seen a lot, and he figured that these popularity points were probably boosted by the gifts people sent him.

With popularity values ​​in the hundreds of millions, how many gifts must have been spent? For the first time, Wang Yao was deeply moved by this outrageously extravagant scene.

"Everyone, please take it easy with the gifts. I really don't need so many donations. I'll just save some money to support the EDG championship skins," Wang Yao said, both amused and exasperated.

But it didn't have much effect; the gift effects in the live stream continued unabated. Seeing this, Wang Yao had no choice but to continue playing the second ranked match.

Wang Yao played until 2 a.m. before ending the broadcast to rest. Before ending the broadcast, he thanked the viewers for the gifts and tips he received over a 20-minute period of time.

The revenue from the live stream in the background was also shockingly high, exceeding ten million yuan! After splitting the revenue 50/50 with the platform and deducting taxes, they could still get more than four million yuan!
Now it was Wang Yao's turn to be dumbfounded.

Just as he was in a daze, Wang Yao's phone rang. It was the vice president of Bilibili Live, and his intention was very simple.

Bilibili's vice president told Wang Yao that during his live stream, the peak number of real viewers reached 60!
This data has broken the record for Bilibili, and even for all live streaming platforms across the internet. The previous record was only around 14 viewers.

Wang Yao almost single-handedly raised the ceiling of the live streaming industry and increased the popularity of streamers!
In response, Bilibili drafted a new contract for Wang Yao, along with a bonus of 200 million yuan as an incentive. This bonus is after tax!

Wang Yao did not immediately agree to renew the contract. After hanging up the phone, all he could think of was "Holy crap".

He earned six million in just a few hours of live streaming. No wonder so many esports players choose to retire and make money. They not only earn more than when they were professional players, but they also don't have to work as hard!
If I take on a few more ads to sell pancakes, making a fortune of tens of millions is not a dream at all! Awesome! Esports players are having a blast too!

However, Wang Yao was not tempted by money and gave up. He knew that everything he had achieved today was earned through honor, and without honor, he could not have such high popularity.

As a professional esports player, he must not forget his roots; only solid achievements matter!
While Wang Yao was shocked by what happened tonight, the outside world was actively spreading the news that "EDG won the championship" and "the first broadcast broke 10 million in donations."

For a time, esports media across the internet were buzzing about Wang Yao, the EDG players, and the grand occasion after their victory.

As the end of the month approaches, the transfer window, which countless LPL viewers have been eagerly anticipating, is about to open!
Months ago, it was discovered that Wang Yao's contract expired at the end of November this year, which was a major piece of news. For various clubs, Wang Yao is a highly sought-after player, and it's definitely worth trying to recruit him.

As a result, Wang Yao has been receiving calls from different club managers every day, with all sorts of outrageous offers flying around.

After getting to know them for a while, Wang Yao also discovered that the clubs that contacted him were basically teams with financial backers.

For example, Suning, an e-commerce team, offered Wang Yao a contract worth 25 million yuan a year!
This year, Suning has ample funds. Overseas, they have acquired a European powerhouse football team like Inter Milan, and they also have huge expenditures in the Chinese Super League.

Entering the esports industry now, they are equally ambitious, attempting to create a super team for the LPL.

The person in charge at Suning also said on the phone that if Wang Yao was not satisfied with the offer, they could raise it further!

It has to be said that the pace of China's economic take-off this year is indeed quite exaggerated, with capital from all sectors having massive amounts of money to invest in people and build teams.

Just as Suning finished making the call, another e-commerce club, JD.com, also contacted Wang Yao.

JD.com offered even more outrageous terms, with an annual salary of 3000 million yuan and no additional clauses in the contract, such as revenue from live streaming contracts!

This means that Wang Yao's LPL annual salary plus contract benefits have a real chance to break through the 50 million level, which is half a billion-yuan e-sports man!
Even the usually composed Wang Yao couldn't help but feel a little excited; this trip might just make him financially independent.

It's important to know that even the top players in the League of Legends esports scene only earn around a few million yuan a month. Contracts worth tens of millions of yuan are already considered top-tier salaries, and these contracts come with a bunch of other miscellaneous terms.

They say the revenue from live streaming goes to the club, and you have to cooperate with the club to complete operational activities, shoot commercials, etc. They'll never stop until they've squeezed every last drop of value out of you.

For example, a terrible team like RNG.

In contrast, JD.com's contract quotes are much cleaner, without any shady clauses or hidden clauses.

Faced with the temptation of these two e-commerce teams, Wang Yao did not give an immediate reply, only saying that he needed to think about it some more.

Based on the current situation, it is highly likely that the LPL region will expand to 14 teams next year.

Meanwhile, a group of financially powerful investors will pour money into the market. For example, the NB team has already been acquired by FPX, and the IM team, which achieved three consecutive promotions in S6, has also been acquired by Bilibili.

Uncle Chen spent a lot of money on his e-sports section, and he is also making every effort to win over Wang Yao.

Topsports acquired the Dan esports team and renamed it Top, while ASUS also invested in the RW esports team to enter the LPL region.

It can be said that a competitive landscape has begun to emerge in the LPL, with major investors from all walks of life vying fiercely for dominance on the esports chessboard.

With hundreds of millions of dollars being poured into the LPL, the remaining small business owners have no choice but to sell their teams and cash out as soon as possible, or become cannon fodder in the infighting among the big players.

After all, when it comes to burning money, very few small business owners can afford to burn through the resources of these super-rich investors with a market value of hundreds of billions!
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