Rebirth is fine, but I get eight hundred dollars right from the start?

The three people sat down at the table, and Gu Xinyue connected her tablet to the projector next to the coffee table. A page of design drafts and a preliminary equity structure diagram were projected onto the wall.

She picked up the remote, but instead of turning the page, she left the first page still, turned to her boss and Song Xiaohang, and said bluntly:

"Before we discuss the specific details, I have a suggestion for you both—and I suggest you both listen to it before you express your opinion."

"Boss, the commercial value of your own IP and the main body of HWG Club should be kept separate. Also, the business resources of Lao Song's side—the relationship between the three of you should be positioned as 'strategic partners,' not a bundle of equity, business, and personal brand all together. Equity investment is equity investment, and cooperation is cooperation; they cannot be confused."

She put down the remote control and pointed to the draft equity structure projected on the wall: "The current preliminary plan is that the club will take a portion, your personal brand will join as the 'Emperor' brand, and another portion will be reserved for the initial investors. The three will operate and account for independently, only cross-promoting traffic and sharing resources at the business level."

"I understand that."

Lin Shu nodded in agreement. Whether it's building an e-sports comprehensive service platform or starting a business in other fields in the future, splitting up the main body is a crucial step.

Especially now that HWG has had several shareholders and is no longer solely owned by him.

Song Xiaohang and Gu Xinyue had discussed the above issues many times, so naturally they had no objections.

Following the advice of this board assistant, the newly formed Leading Esports was roughly divided into three parts.

One is the HWG club, which is responsible for youth training coaches, professional player reserves, and even channel resources for game manufacturers;

The second option is Emperor, who provides exclusive portrait rights, fixed live streaming schedules, monthly offline events, global promotional endorsements, and personal account follower referrals.

Finally, a new independent operating company was established, with Xiaohang Studio and other shareholders at its core, to extend its business to include platform development, operations team, event planning, customer service, gaming companion management, finance and taxation, offline venues, marketing, compliance and risk control, and other related businesses.

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The warm-colored chandelier above the conference table cast the silhouettes of the three people onto the wall. The aroma of tea still lingered in the air, and Gu Xinyue had just finished refilling her jasmine tea for the second time.

Lin Shu put down his pen, pushed the work notebook filled with key points forward, adjusted his posture, and began to delve into more detailed business discussions.

"In terms of market positioning, the game boosting business needs to be separated as soon as possible."

Lin Shu cautioned, "It's not about cutting power leveling out entirely; we still need it to provide a stable cash flow in the short term. But separating them means that power leveling and gaming companionship must be advertised separately. Orders from casual users can continue as before, and we don't need to actively stop them unless the official channels issue a clear ban. But the key difference is—"

"Our platform should have a dedicated label for 'active or retired professional players' for our gaming companion service. This needs to be separated and completely distinguished from boosting services. The former involves you paying a professional player to play games with you, explain strategies, and guide you through the pace of top-level matches; the latter involves someone else logging into your account to boost your ranking. They are completely different in nature."

Song Xiaohang listened attentively and then nodded: "I understand. The professional players' involvement in game companionship is essentially an emotional service—customers pay for the experience of playing games with experts, the chat interaction, and the in-game guidance. On the other hand, boosting is a gray industry that helps people rank up, which is suspected of disrupting the normal gaming environment. The two should not be confused, and the advertising, service process, and pricing standards need to be designed separately."

Leading the way in esports, the company will be involved in a wide range of fields in the future. Online gaming companionship is just the most basic part. The real focus will be on esports events, MCN content incubation, and talent supply in youth training and esports education.

If the platform hadn't needed a large amount of cash flow to support its development in its early stages, Song Xiaohang could have easily stopped the game boosting business altogether, according to his own ideas.

My younger brother has already firmly established himself as the number one player in LOL esports, with the highest viewership. It's not worth risking negative publicity on the platform for such petty gains.

However, Lin Shu felt that it was okay to continue, so Song Xiaohang naturally wouldn't disagree.

After thinking for a moment, he continued, "Here's the arrangement: I'll take full responsibility for the operational aspects. We'll completely separate the promotional channels for the game boosting and gaming companion services. We won't provide any positive promotional resources for the game boosting side; we'll rely on existing customers to retain them naturally. If the official channels decide to shut down the service one day, we can cut off all contact without any hesitation."

Lin Shu nodded, bringing the topic to a close: "Okay, let's proceed with the game boosting and gaming services in this direction. After we get back today, Brother Song, please contact your friends and arrange for the technical staff to help us develop a dedicated webpage for the platform. The initial functions don't need to be too complex—just enough for basic page display, a smooth order placement and acceptance process, and the ability to record order data in the backend. In the early stages, we'll use a combination of a Taobao store and offline group chat for order placement to establish a complete business loop. Once the model is mature, we can develop a separate app."

Song Xiaohang typed two lines in his phone's notes app, then looked up and said, "Okay, I have the candidates in mind. The first version of the website should be ready in two to three weeks."

"The other part—esports agent business," Lin Shu tapped the table with his pen cap, "you should first look around the industry to see if there are any suitable candidates. We don't need the traditional entertainment agent, but rather someone who understands the esports industry, knows people in the industry, and can help players connect with commercial resources and live streaming platforms. This person needs to be capable, have negotiation skills, and a stable personality. If you have any suitable people on your side, you can contact them first; don't rush to make a decision."

"Okay, I'll put together a list in the next couple of days," Song Xiaohang replied.

"There's no need to rush these two parts; we can fill them in one step at a time."

Lin Shu waved his hand. "The most urgent task is to build a team to plan an e-sports-oriented variety show. During the All-Star promotional event, I promised the organizers and some parents that I would provide positive guidance on the issue of internet addiction among teenagers. This promise is now a task, and it can't just remain a verbal commitment. There needs to be a tangible and visible output."

"My idea is to take HWG's youth training recruitment and training as the starting point, and make a program in the form of live broadcast - the first of its kind on the entire Internet, with the theme of 'the growth path of professional players', while also accepting children brought by parents and providing them with content on 'e-sports addiction treatment'."

"The program not only shows how real youth training players go from being ordinary players to reaching the professional level, but also objectively presents the cruelty and barriers of the e-sports path, allowing the audience to see that 'becoming a professional player is not something you can do by playing games every day,' and at the same time, it allows teenagers who blindly want to drop out of school to pursue a professional career to see the true face of this industry."

"This program will also be the best platform for us to launch our first campaign to lead the e-sports industry."

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