Global Monopoly of Technology

Luo Sheng looked at Wang Qiwei who was standing in front of him, and said: "Do it with drastic measures. Anyone who has a record of wandering on the gray edge in the past will be removed. To reverse the trend of the entire industry, we must first of all take the source of this unhealthy wind. Pinch it off, don't be timid, there is something that the group company will take care of for the WRPO division."

Wang Qiwei nodded again and again and promised. Luo Sheng's words are undoubtedly a powerful booster. The original NeoTV, which hosted the WCG in the domestic competition area, has the most say. , especially in the Capital Division.

You don't dare to mess with some players or teams. In a place like the capital, the devil knows if they are from a rich family or whether they have a background that can reach the sky. The preliminaries are all fake.

Backed by Bluestar Technology Group, this large group has state-owned assets, such as Huajin Securities, and a large number of foreign investors. The name of Bluestar Technology is the biggest background of the WRPO business unit.

Obviously, this gave Wang Qiwei great confidence in his work. As long as he did things according to the procedures, his waist was also tough. No matter which second-generation rich you were, you had to follow the WRPO standards.

Luo Sheng didn't ask too much. Next, he learned about the investment promotion of the WRPO business department.

Wang Qiwei said: "Currently, the profit methods established by the research of the WRPO division mainly include ticket sales, catering, event peripherals and sponsors."

Hearing this, Luo Sheng nodded, and immediately said: "Don't be in a hurry to make money, this petty profit can't support a bright performance report, the current few years mainly focus on cultivating the market and expanding the market, the deficit here is in the company. It's nothing in the eyes, it's not as good as the network fee paid by a company website to the operator."

Hearing this, Wang Qiwei couldn't help but feel ashamed in his heart. There is nothing wrong with what he said, and he has been in Bluestar Technology for a while, but he also knows that the company likes to do "long-term" business, and likes to invest in the early stage and harvest later.

"Mr. Luo, WRPO has done a good job in attracting investment recently, and has attracted a lot of sponsors." Wang Qiwei immediately took out a document and handed it to him, and then added: "Samsung Group has provided a batch of monitors and sponsorship worth 5 million US dollars. Sponsoring the first event next year, I believe they can charge a higher price for the second event, and there is also a keyboard manufacturer from Germany, Cherry, with a sponsorship fee of up to 6.3 million US dollars, one year of sponsorship.”

Wang Qiwei is a little proud in his words, and he has to say what he does.

"How can a keyboard manufacturer give so much sponsorship? How can a keyboard manufacturer be so generous? I know a little about Cherry.

Shouldn't the company's profits be high? "Luo Sheng said in surprise.

Of course, in his eyes, this amount of money is no different from more than 600 yuan, but it is also more than 6 million US dollars, which is a bit exaggerated as a sponsorship fee.

And it's just a keyboard maker.

"Yes, in fact Cherry's performance is not only very bad, but it is not as good as one year..." Seeing Luo Sheng's curious look, Wang Qiwei suddenly recalled the business he had discussed with the Germans. This sponsorship was his After negotiating in person, he immediately introduced his achievements to the big BOSS vigorously.

In fact, Wang Qiwei was able to negotiate this expensive sponsorship cooperation with the Germans thanks to the word "e-sports" and the bad situation of Cherry itself.

Now the market does not pursue mechanical keyboards, because membrane keyboards with simple structure, good waterproofness and low price have captured almost all the market share, especially in the most thin and light notebook computers. Now, membrane keyboards have been firmly ruling people's computer desktop.

Such a market environment forced famous manufacturers like ALPS and NEC to abandon mechanical keyboards one after another. Only Cherry, which invented the MX axis, retained the mechanical keyboard business.

But also dying.

With his strong business ability, Wang Qiwei just negotiated with the Germans, and clearly told Cherry company that only WRPO can save their mechanical keyboard business, because WRPO has their lucky goddess - e-sports.

And Luo Sheng, who has the memory of his last life, knows that the mechanical keyboard business can seize the market and surpass the market by relying on the vigorous development of the e-sports industry, but it did not surprise him that Wang Qiwei could also have such a vision, which made him quite for accident.

Sure enough, this world is full of capable people, and it depends on whether we can meet Bole.

Wang Qiwei said incessantly: "I don't know if Mr. Luo has seen the third-angle operation of interstellar professional players. For these e-sports professional players with fast movements and extremely fast surgeries, they can't possibly need membrane keyboards anyway. Moreover, membrane keyboards are not durable and can only be used for a few million times, while the life of the shaft of a mechanical keyboard can reach more than 50 million operations."

Luo Sheng couldn't help but nodded and said with a smile: "It makes sense. E-sports players, especially star players, have the ability to efficiently carry goods. The allure of game nerds is no less than women's infatuation with lipstick numbers."

"Mr. Luo really looks like a fire." Wang Qiwei took this opportunity to resolutely incarnate as "Wang Liwei", and then he licked a wave and then said, "My idea is to follow the Cherry is working together to transform mechanical keyboards from mere electronic devices into a youth subculture."

Speaking of which, Wang Qiwei couldn't help but added with a smile: "After all, most e-sports players are rookies, but they all have the heart to become masters, and an expensive mechanical keyboard should not only have a good feel, the most important thing is that it can make A rookie player will also inexplicably have the illusion of becoming an e-sports master, which is the most important thing."

Hearing this, Luo Sheng couldn't help laughing and said, "Why is it possible? It's a very thoughtful plan and has a lot of room for imagination. But the key lies in the e-sports players. The ones with strong ability to bring goods are the e-sports players, especially the star players. If I am the owner of Cherry Company, so I will not ask you for WRPO, but directly sponsor star players, which will be more cost-effective."

Wang Qiwei immediately said: "You can rest assured, Mr. Luo, the alliance-based WRPO, the players registered under this system and the club have a common agreement, and the development of some commercial value is discussed by the WRPO business department. divided."

In fact, if you expand your attention from a single player to a club, or even the entire WRPO system, its income is definitely not limited to advertising or endorsements.

Like most professional leagues in traditional sports, there are many ways for a team or club to make money, including broadcasts, tickets, advertisements, media cooperation under the full WRPO system, peripheral merchandise such as clothing, drinks, and sponsorship. .

Although the share ratio is small, but the profit points are more, isn't he fragrant when he finally calculates the general ledger?

Building such an ecosystem is by no means easy, and the initial investment is definitely large, the continuous deficit is unquestionable, and the specific effect depends on the quality of the first session, whether it can be recognized by sponsors, etc.

To put it bluntly, it depends on the market influence of the new brand WRPO.

The domestic market is now the smallest, such as broadcasting, but like Korea, there must be broadcasting fees. Korea's e-sports industry is at the forefront of the world, such as the famous Korean star player "Boxer", which is also the birth of the SKT1 club. One of the founders, its influence in South Korea is higher than that of the local first-line film and television music stars.

All of this speaks to the commercial potential of eSports, where eSports players can be as influential as A-list superstars or national athletes.

At least this is the case in Korea.

Luo Sheng, who has experienced two generations, will not doubt that he knows better than anyone in the world how prosperous and influential the e-sports industry will be in the next ten years, especially in thirty years.

Luo Sheng didn't stay in the WRPO business department for too long, got a general understanding of the situation, and left after giving some orders.

As the founder of Bluestar Technology Group and Cote d'Azur, in charge of these two companies, Luo Sheng will not be too long even if he has a relaxed time.

No, as the data center in Sioux City is completed and put into use, the development of artificial intelligence also has a preliminary foundation and can be put on the agenda.

Luo Sheng has long wanted to develop artificial intelligence, but due to the current environment, the hardware foundation cannot be done. Big data centers are one of the infrastructures for developing artificial intelligence.

The development of artificial intelligence is a big project, and the current hardware infrastructure is still not enough, and it has to be continuously upgraded.

But at least we can put the frame together

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