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

As mentioned earlier, Lin Shu needs to solidify his position as the "Number One Player in the National Server".

Actually, the word "consolidate" is not quite accurate.

A more poignant perspective is that this is a scar that was inherent in his persona as a streamer.

Bearing the labels of "Number One in China" and "Godfather of Tutorials," he seems to have endless glory. However, as professional esports develops and becomes more standardized, a question will inevitably arise in the minds of viewers:

"If you're so good, why don't you go pro?"

"Are you afraid of being exposed? Or do you only know how to play ranked games?"

Even if the audience doesn't raise this question themselves, someone else will definitely bring it up through the audience's mouth.

It will be like a sword hanging over his head, ready to fall at any moment and kill all the rhythm he has built up.

Exaggeration?

Do not!

Because League of Legends is ultimately a competitive game!

And competition, whether it's competitive sports or esports.

The title of champion is the one that people truly call number one.

Since you choose to capitalize on the traffic generated by this brand, you must also bear the corresponding consequences when you lose it.

Is there a solution?

Have!

A world champion!

Such as subsequent world championships and Asian Games championships!

This signifies mainstream recognition, news coverage, and investor attention.

It can take the name "Lin Shu" from the game live streaming room to the mainstream media, so that people who don't play LOL know that "a Chinese kid won the world championship".

This is a crushing defeat in terms of scale—millions of player traffic versus hundreds of millions of social attention.

To be more specific...

Once he lifted the trophy, all doubts automatically vanished.

"The Godfather" is no longer a self-proclaimed nickname, but a truth proven by results.

On the one hand, the level of brands has been greatly improved. High-level collaborations such as top e-sports peripherals, digital manufacturers, offline commercial activities, and brand endorsements will take the initiative to come to us, and the unit price and volume of collaborations far exceed those of the past.

The "champion's style" label has a stronger market appeal than "the best style in the country," leading to a simultaneous increase in the store's average order value, sales volume, and profit margin.

On the other hand, when renewing contracts with YY platform and 90001 guild and negotiating resources, the champion's resume will become a core bargaining chip, giving them absolute initiative in negotiations on resources such as signing bonuses, revenue sharing ratios, and homepage recommendations.

In addition, a professional identity can break down the barriers between the livestreaming circle and the professional circle, allowing access to high-quality resources such as team management, event organizers, and game officials, enabling multi-party traffic exchange and collaboration, and continuously consolidating the e-commerce foundation. These are resources that cannot be accessed by simply being a livestreamer.

Not to mention that starting from S3, with the official establishment of LPL, massive amounts of capital will flood into the esports industry, and the entire industry chain will undergo restructuring and reshuffling, with the interests of teams, players, streamers, commentators, and the content industry being redistributed.

In this industry transformation, the identity of a mere streamer has always been in a passive position, belonging to the "chosen" party.

The platform controls the allocation of resources, and the streamers can only depend on the platform for survival. Once their popularity declines or the cooperation ends, their development will stagnate. They have no right to participate in the top-level distribution of benefits.

World champions are the most crucial entry ticket and proof of influence at the future esports table.

Having this honor means that he can participate in team building, obtain investment, and become a partner-level figure in the industry.

He can even use his championship status to incubate new players, new content, and new business projects.

If you don't play cards, you'll always be eating what others leave behind;

Only when you're at the card table can you decide how to divide the cake.

Let's return to the starting point.

To put it bluntly, being number one in the national server is just a ranking title, while being a professional player and tournament champion is the highest honor recognized by the entire esports market and players.

The former can attract players to stay, while the latter can keep fans following for a long time;

The former is limited to the live streaming community, while the latter can access game traffic across the entire network.

In particular, while Lin Shu plans to follow the Pinduoduo model in the future, he does not intend to give up the mid-to-high-end market.

The high-end brand resources that a competitive sports champion star recognized by mainstream society can leverage are an indispensable ballast stone in the traffic-driven aspect of his business empire.

Therefore, forming a team and entering the professional League of Legends scene is Lin Shu's top priority for the next period of time.

……

Lin Shu looked away, turned back to the camera, and cleared his throat.

"Alright, alright, let's stop discussing the streamer playing professionally for now. The IPL5 finals are about to begin, and today is WE's home turf, so let's cheer them on together."

He put the headphones on his head and switched to the official live stream of the match.

"By the way—" he coughed, a familiar smile playing on his lips, a smile that signaled the start of his antics, "as we watch, I'll explain to you the strategies these top teams employ in their tournament operations, what they did right and what they did wrong, and how we should learn from them in our regular ranked matches, and how to defend against them."

The screen was instantly flooded with comments—

[It's here! Emperor-brand esports commentary, limited edition!]

[This is what I want to see. What's the point of just watching the game? Someone has to explain it to me.]

[To be honest, E-God's understanding of the game is absolutely unmatched in the current League of Legends commentary scene.]

[Sold sunflower seeds, beverages, and bottled water in the front row. For pork floss cakes, please go to the e-sports goods group purchase section to order.]

[Upstairs, how much GG fee did you charge?]

One packet of fish tofu, no more.

Lin Shu glanced at the comments and was immediately amused. He wanted to add a couple of witty remarks.

On the screen, the scene had switched to the BP interface of the IPL5 finals, with blue light flashing and hero portraits lighting up one by one.

"The draft has started... Let me see, FNC on the blue side has Lee Sin top, Xin Zhao jungle, Ahri mid, and Ezreal and Leona bot lane, a very standard tournament lineup."

As always, Lin Shu analyzed the draft picks and bans of the two teams, just like he would when showing players the game during previous tournaments.

"Lee Sin top lane is pretty solid. He's a popular lane bully in the current patch, with fast wave clear, mobility, and extremely strong early-game pressure. His only weakness is sustained slows, hard crowd control, and sustained damage dealers."

"Slowing down, a stand-and-fight warrior, oh my, who is this hero? It's so hard to guess."

"Hey, the Yanzu and Yifei fans in the live stream have improved a lot. That's right, it's Olaf, which happens to be the main champion of our WE top laner Strawberry. Just pick it."

"Jungling... Xin Zhao is a monster in the early game, strong in 1v1 and his ganks are simple and brutal, but he is vulnerable to counter-jungling and vision control. It depends on Mingkai's champion pool."

"If you want to play it safe, pick Amumu for team fights; if you want to be more aggressive, just pick Elise!"

"What, you're asking why I don't play Elise as top lane in my tutorial videos?"

"Dude, Lee Sin can also jungle in my videos, flex... flex position, you know! Elise can go top lane because her stats are maxed out. Her passive spiderlings have maxed-out jungle clearing efficiency, plus her E control and Q execute mechanics. Going to the jungle to bully Xin Zhao is like a mother beating her son."

"There's not much to say about the bot lane matchups between Ezreal and Leona against Corki and Sona; it all comes down to individual player skill."

"The key is in the mid lane. Ahri is a champion with excellent wave clear and support capabilities, and she is agile and difficult to gank. It will be difficult for Ruofeng to play against Twisted Fate in the mid lane."

"A vixen?"

"Given the team's performance, I would even less recommend LeBlanc. You need to know that a skilled Ahri can predict where your W will land and use Charm. LeBlanc is not as easy to counter Ahri as you think."

"Actually, Diana is pretty good. Max W first, then Q. Start with the Medicine King build in the early game. Try to push the lane against Ahri. Just don't get hit by her E skill. Once you get the Abyssal Mask, Ahri is actually quite annoying."

Looking at the final draft picks in the game screen, which were similar to those in his previous life but had changed in a slightly better direction, Lin Shu's last bit of worry was completely relieved.

Thankfully, thankfully, the little butterfly's flapping wings did have an effect.

But as long as things are generally developing in a better direction, that's fine.