Chapter 148 Tournament System and Board of Directors

Lin Yao was thinking about the commercialization of the tournament.

And she hadn't come to a conclusion yet.

Zhang Jianghu called first.

Lin Yao was not surprised and answered the phone.

"Congratulations, Mr. Lin, the offline tournament was a great success."

As soon as the call was connected.

Zhang Jianghu said enthusiastically on the other end of the phone: "I watched the entire tournament on site. I have to say that Linmu Studio is indeed professional. The CG and music are perfectly combined. When the teams entered the venue, even I, who don't play games, got goose bumps. I am still thinking about the situation on site at that time. Your studio is really amazing.

I just received news when I arrived at the company. Overseas audiences watched the live broadcast and were also very satisfied. Many people even expressed regret for not going to the scene."

"That's also thanks to Reflecta."

Lin Yao replied politely.

Zhang Jianghu is a businessman.

If you say you were very excited at the time, Lin Yao would believe it a little.

But it's the second day.

You still say you are very excited.

That's a lie.

Sure enough.

"But the success of the event also brings troubles."

Zhang Jianghu suddenly changed the subject, sighed, and said: "For example, I just received a lot of calls here, saying that they want to cooperate in sponsoring the event. They were not so enthusiastic at the beginning, but now that they see the success of the event, they contacted us."

Lin Yao smiled and asked: "Mr. Zhang doesn't want other sponsors to appear, right?"

"... You also know the situation of Reflecta. It is currently at a critical stage."

After a short silence, Zhang Jianghu said sincerely: "Besides, the event has been held. There is really no need to add trouble."

Lin Yao responded and thought about it, and did not give him an immediate reply.

Found silence on the other side.

Zhang Jianghu sighed secretly.

Some regrets.

Mainly regrets letting go of the ownership of the event.

When it was decided to hold the offline event, Lin Yao strongly demanded that the ownership of the event belong to Linmu Studio.

On the Reflecta side, Zhang Jianghu discussed it with several subordinates.

He felt that the main purpose of the offline event was to promote Reflecta's graphics cards. In addition, Linmu Studio's "Breakout" brought a lot of traffic to their graphics cards at that time, so he did not insist.

No one expected it.

Linmu Studio is so professional.

The offline event was so successful.

By the time the qualifiers came around, it was too late for Reflecta to regret.

Now Linmu Studio has the right to exclude all interference from others in the event.

"Mr. Zhang, you're not calling me just because of this, are you?"

Lin Yao was silent for a long time, but in the end, she didn't give a clear answer, but changed the subject.

"There's one more thing."

Zhang Jianghu paused and could only change the subject. He couldn't explicitly ask Linmu Studio to do what he wanted. The two sides were in a honeymoon period, and he didn't want to break up, or even become enemies with Linmu Studio.

"It's mainly about the competition. It's foreseeable that this Breakout Challenge will be a great success. After watching the opening game last night, overseas audiences were very interested and expressed their hope to hold a Breakout Challenge at their doorstep, especially in North America.

We at Reflecta also have this idea, so are you interested, Mr. Lin? We at Reflecta will lead a Breakout Challenge overseas, and we will be in charge of the entire process. We will provide both the venue and the prize money. Your studio only needs to grant authorization and provide certain technical support, such as promoting the event in the game and making stickers for overseas participating teams.

Of course, we will also do our best to promote the game, which is a good thing for Breakout in every aspect. The most obvious benefit is that it can significantly increase the game's popularity overseas. What do you think?"

"...No, let's just hold a breakout challenge overseas."

Lin Yao did not hesitate and immediately rejected Zhang Jianghu. Although she was not a professional in this field, she knew that the reason why TI was TI and the reason why S was S was precisely because of their uniqueness and specialness. Now holding two breakout challenges in such a short period of time would not be any good for this seemingly newly successful event brand.

"This..." Zhang Jianghu seemed to want to persuade Lin Yao.

"But."

Lin Yao interrupted him and continued: "It's a good thing that Mr. Zhang wants to hold an event. In fact, it can be held, but not in the name of the breakout challenge, but in the name of a new event. Mr. Zhang, I don't know if you have heard of the concept of event level..." Lin

Yao thought for a while and began to explain to Zhang Jianghu the very special event system of Valve's CSGO - the championship system.

Most e-sports events adopt the traditional sports league system, which is both official-led and divided into small leagues in different competition areas. Everyone plays in their own competition area for a year or half a year, and then strives to win the most important championship in the global competition, which is the same as LOL.

But how could a lazy dog ​​like Valve, who waits for the wind to blow money, go to the trouble of organizing a competition from beginning to end... So their CSGO competition adopts the title cooperation system.

Every six months, they will hold a meeting with the well-known CSGO event organizers, and then everyone will talk about which S-level event will be upgraded to Major next. After determining which event will be upgraded to Major, Valve will announce it to the public, and this event will also become the only official designated highest-level event. Valve will sponsor and support it, and the event will have commemorative trophies and badges for players.

So the Major in CSGO is not an independent event, but a form of title.

This is the so-called title cooperation system.

This is a competition system with both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that there are many competitions, and the teams have competitions all year round, because there are really many third-party event organizers, and many second- and third-tier teams also have the opportunity to compete with first-tier

teams. But the disadvantage is that there are too many competitions, and some teams may need to give up some competitions.

However, this is indeed the most suitable way for Linmu Studio at present.

If you ask Linmu Studio to adopt the traditional sports league system in the way of LOL and replicate any league, it is estimated that it will be difficult to lead the establishment of the league. Lin Yao is still very self-aware of this.

Of course, Lin Yao did not intend to copy the tournament system completely. Now that the Breakout Challenge is so successful, she plans to keep it and make it independent of the tournament system, unique and the top-level event with its own traffic.

In short, it is a higher-level event than the Major...

Zhang Jianghu listened to Lin Yao's words on the other end of the phone, opened his mouth slightly, and after a long while, he smiled bitterly and said: "It turns out that Mr. Lin has already considered the future. It seems that I said too much."

"..."

Didn't you mention it before I thought of it? What do you mean I've considered it a long time ago...

Lin Yao was speechless: "Then Mr. Zhang, let's discuss whether this competition system is feasible. If so, our studio will give necessary support and will certify your company's event as the first Major-level event."

"Okay, then let's discuss it." Zhang Jianghu thought about it and agreed. The main reason they held the competition was to open up overseas sales of gaming graphics cards.

"Then let's discuss the sponsorship issue."

Seeing that he agreed to consider it, Lin Yao immediately struck while the iron was hot: "Event sponsorship is still very necessary. For example, in terms of hardware, we can provide a lot of convenience. We can guarantee that we will not accept sponsorship from Reflecta's competitors, but other things like clothing can actually be discussed.

This is also conducive to the survival of the team. We can give the team a share of the profits, and then let them promote the sponsor's brand on their clothing. After all, it is still a bit difficult for the team to survive if it only relies on the prize money of the event, because the majority of the prize money of the event still goes to the champion, and there is only one champion.

But sponsors have many choices, and they can even let the team that cannot win the championship for the time being but is quite popular survive and continue to chase the championship... In addition, Reflecta is also going to hold events. It certainly does not want the participating teams to rely on prize money and love to participate in the competition, right? Regularization is the only way for the event to continue!"

Zhang Jianghu: "..."

So he was waiting here.

...

At the same time when Lin Yao and Zhang Jianghu were discussing issues related to the event.

Linmu Building.

Board meeting.

Lin Xi sat in the first seat with a dignified expression. She was young and beautiful, forming a sharp contrast with the group of middle-aged and elderly people who were over half a year old in the conference room.

She listened to the seemingly endless debate in the meeting, rubbed her eyebrows, and finally couldn't help it, and said softly: "Okay, let's discuss the matter of the Futian land next time. If there is nothing else, let's disperse first."

"Wait."

But at this moment, a fifty-year-old man sitting on the left, not far from the head of the table, suddenly spoke up and stopped Lin Xi: "I have something else, I want to confirm with the vice president."

"What?" Lin Xi frowned slightly and looked at him.

"Linmu Studio."

The fifty-year-old man said a name: "I wonder if you have read the newspaper? Their game recently held a competition, which was not only very popular, but also recognized by the higher-ups. Just before attending the meeting, I took a special look at the financial situation of this studio, and the increase in monthly turnover is amazing! For

a studio like this, with the name of Linmu, why would we go to a faraway place to make hardware? Wouldn't it be better to directly absorb this studio into Linmu Financial Holdings and then transform it into an Internet-related company? And now the city is obviously very optimistic about the competition held by this studio. If we are in charge, we can also strive for some favorable conditions for Linmu Financial Holdings."

As the fifty-year-old man said this, the conference room gradually became quiet, and everyone looked at Lin Xi.

Linmu Studio.

They all knew about it, and even those who didn't know had heard about it this morning.

Facing many eyes, Lin Xi said calmly: "Because it does not belong to Linmu Financial Holdings, but a private enterprise. Linmu Financial Holdings only owns 1.5% of its shares and has no decision-making power."

"Why is it a private enterprise? That's your sister, right? Moreover, the initial investment of this studio was all funded by Linmu Financial Holdings. It is better to say that the entire studio was exchanged between the funds of Linmu Studio and the capital behind Tianhu! The early financials were all handled by Linmu Financial Holdings, so why does Linmu Financial Holdings only have 1.5% of the shares?"

The fifty-year-old man leaned forward slightly and questioned.

"No reason."

Lin Xi stood up, picked up the written materials on the table, and said expressionlessly: "As for the investment, it is even more nonsense. That is the money that Linmu Financial Holdings borrowed in the early stage, and Linmu Studio has returned it all. In addition to dividends, Linmu Financial Holdings has no decision-making power over Linmu Studio, nor does it have the right to influence the development direction of Linmu Studio. How well they do has nothing to do with us. This matter ends here."

"You are abusing your power for personal gain! And that's your sister! Why can't you contribute to Linmu Financial Holdings!? Now Linmu Financial Holdings is going to collapse!"

When the half-century-old man heard this, he stood up in a flash, with an angry look on his face.

"Yes, I am abusing my power for personal gain, then you go and tell your chairman." Lin Xi still had a blank expression, "That's still his daughter, you tell him to let his little daughter contribute, and see how he will respond to you."

"You!" The half-century-old man blushed.

"Okay, stop being like a dog. When you see someone doing well, you want to pounce on them like you see shit. No matter how well they do, it has nothing to do with you. Linmu Studio has helped Linmu Financial Holdings a lot. The graphics card can start up all thanks to Linmu Studio. You should think about how to do your part well."

After Lin Xi finished speaking, she turned around and left the room full of middle-aged and elderly people.

But when she reached the door,

she suddenly thought of something, stopped, tilted her head slightly, and said softly: "By the way, don't have any ideas about Linmu Studio, let alone harass Lin Yao. If you dare, I dare to die with you... I mean what I say."

I can't find what I've written, but I'm really unwilling to accept it, so I can only rewrite it. Ah... I don't know if I can get up tomorrow. If I can get up and take a leave, I'll update more. If I can't take a leave, there's nothing I can do. I have to go to work and can only update three times. I can only try my best to write more in each chapter... I'm really sorry, everyone.

(End of this chapter)