Chapter 312 GAL Restructuring

Jiangning, GAL Alliance Headquarters.

As the honorary chairman of the alliance, the number one decision-maker and spiritual totem, Chen Ba rarely returned to his office.

Yes, that's right...

Although he does not work at the GAL headquarters all year round, there is an office that belongs to him at the GAL headquarters.

Don't ask, asking is a symbol! When he has nothing to do, Chen Ba will occasionally come over to hang out, not to declare sovereignty, but simply to drink free tea.

GAL is nominally managed by him as the chairman of the alliance, but in reality, it is the event CEO and secretary-general who truly manage and operate GAL.

The GAL Board of Directors is composed of Chen Ba as the chairman and all the owners of GAL participating clubs as directors. However, they may not be able to gather all the members to hold a board meeting once a year.

There is no way! Everyone is very busy, how can they have time to get together for such a boring board meeting? Daily affairs can be left to the CEO and the Secretary General. Everyone on the board is very busy and has no time to get involved in the big and small matters of the alliance.

The last time all members gathered for a board meeting was to decide on the alliance's CEO candidate and whether Sony and Microsoft, the two console manufacturers, would receive seats in the GAL alliance.

Unless it is a major event, the board of directors will generally not convene. After all, the GAL Alliance is just a "small business" for everyone on the board of directors.

Take a look at the luxurious lineup of the GAL Alliance Council! Chairman Chen Ba, Chairman of Jiangning Tianba Game Technology Co., Ltd., Chairman of Zhonghai Mirage Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., Chairman of Jiangning Xianyu Digital E-commerce Co., Ltd....

Executive directors Chris and Helena are vice presidents of AMD and NVIDIA respectively.

The remaining few board members are also executives of PC hardware manufacturing companies such as Darenshuo, Jubaojia, Shuoshuixing, and Xicanhong.

With this lineup, everyone will definitely only discuss major issues when they get together. Minor matters can be communicated directly over the phone, and there is really no need to bring it to the board of directors for separate discussion.

What is a small thing?

For example, the GAL League broadcasts games all over the world, and the distribution of revenue generated from the broadcast of the games, that is, how much money each team gets, is a small matter in the GAL League.

After all, the broadcasting dividend is only tens of millions a year, which is too shabby for every team. For any team that has a seat in the GAL League, which one invests less than 100 million a year?

The big things that are really worth discussing are generally resolutions or drafts that are related to changes in the entire GAL alliance structure.

For example, the "GAL League Salary Cap (New Version)" regulations that came into effect in March last year have greatly affected the league's structure and require special discussion by the Board of Directors.

The salary cap was set by Chen Ba.

In fact, there was an old version of the salary cap before, but it was set too early, and the penalty for teams exceeding the salary cap was too low, which is no longer in line with the times.

So after a quarrel in the board of directors, the new salary cap regulations came into being.

The punishment this time is very severe.

Teams that exceed the salary cap may have to pay huge fines, which will be used to subsidize mid- and lower-level teams.

Of course, in addition to the salary cap, the debate over GAL league seats is also a key topic of discussion at every board meeting.

With the release of "Star Emperor 2", the GAL Alliance has finally passed the most dangerous turning point and ushered in a new round of development dividends.

Because of this, seats in the GAL League have become increasingly popular, and many digital technology companies want to obtain new seats and enter the GAL League.

Taking China as an example, JD.com, an e-commerce platform focusing on 3C digital products, is very eager to join the market and has consulted several times on whether it can purchase a GAL seat.

Chen Ba actually thought about this issue.

Opening new seats will definitely earn more money for the GAL Alliance. After all, the price of a seat is an astronomical figure that many people dare not even think about.

But this is not a good thing.

So far, the GAL League has more than 17 teams, which is already too much for the league environment.

Not only does Chen Ba not want to expand the team, he even wants to cut two seats and fix the number of participating teams to around 15, so as to ensure that the schedule will not be too delayed.

"The GAL League needs reform!"

Chen Ba said to the CEO of the alliance: "In addition to the existing GAL Golden League, we also need to set up a secondary league to enrich the event ecosystem and give those interested companies an opportunity to join."

"Minor League?"

The CEO of the league was surprised at first, then asked, "Will this secondary league intersect with the GAL league?"

"You mean promotion or demotion?"

"There is no rush to do this. We can wait until the framework of the secondary league is established, and then the board of directors will vote on whether to start the promotion and relegation mechanism."

Chen Ba explained: "The secondary league is tentatively scheduled for 15 seats, and adopts an invitation system rather than a franchise system. The league strictly screens and does not allow some companies that do not meet the requirements to participate."

"OK!"

The CEO understood instantly.

What Brother Ba meant by this is that the secondary league cannot be like the GAL league where whoever feeds you is the boss. Anyone who can enter and participate in the competition needs to be strictly evaluated.

Only teams that meet certain standards are eligible to participate in the secondary league.

According to what Brother Ba said, the secondary league will have the opportunity to go directly to the GAL league through the "promotion and relegation" system in the future, so there is no need to worry about the secondary league being unattractive.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"GAL is the Golden Age League, so this secondary league should be called the Silver Age League, or SAL for short."

Chen Ba couldn't help but laugh when he said this: "If there is a chance to set up a third-level league in the future, bronze rank is also possible."

“That’s right!”

"I will reserve one seat in the SAL League for Mirage Electronics. I will arrange for them to form a team to participate in the competition later."

"Okay, no problem!"

The league's CEO has no objection to reserving a seat for Mirage Electronics in the secondary league.

Just kidding, who dares to object?

Do you really not know the background of Mirage Electronics? If he takes the lead in opposing such a team of top connections, wouldn't he even lose his job?

not to mention……

Whether it is GAL or the newly established SAL secondary league, it is ultimately an e-sports event centered around the game "Star Emperor 2".

Mirage Electronics happens to be a PC hardware manufacturer, so even without using any backdoors, they would have a high probability of getting a seat, which is nothing surprising.

Instead of discussing this, let’s think about this: once the SAL secondary league has established its framework and Brother Ba introduces the promotion and relegation system, which team in the middle and lower reaches of the GAL will be eliminated first?

As the CEO of the GAL League, he has a full understanding of the current GAL League structure.

If promotion and relegation are really introduced, if nothing unexpected happens, the two teams, Shrinking Star and Sad Rainbow, will most likely be knocked down to the secondary league by stronger teams.

Not to mention the miserable situation of Hong, the team was poor to begin with, and it was expected that they would be at the bottom of the league.

But Shrinking Planet is different...

The Shrinking Star builds the Galaxy Battleship every year and steals black technology from the laboratory every year, but every year it ranks last and is ridiculed as a sucker.

It was fine to spend a lot of money without any results, it would just be ridiculed by others, but if they were relegated to the secondary league, then... would Shrinking Star be so angry that they would quit playing?

"No!"

Compared to the CEO's concerns, Chen Ba said confidently: "No PC hardware manufacturer will easily withdraw from the GAL stage."

Are you kidding? The benefits of staying in GAL are so great, otherwise how could so many companies be scrambling to get a seat? Do you understand the value of "Star Emperor 2" surpassing "League of Legends", "Dota 2", "CS:GO" and other games to become the most watched e-sports game in the world? (End of this chapter)