NBA: Start with 2 billion, buy the Knicks

Chapter 384 League of Legends S1 League: Where Dreams Begin (Happy New Year 2023!)

In the large balcony cafe on the top floor of Tomson Yipin, Dayao, who had settled his worries for the next two years, invited Jiang Chao to drink a cup of coffee for 1,000 RMB.

"By the way, can I ask if Oku will stay on the team?"

The two of them stood at the highest point overlooking the city, while Aragaki Yui and Akira Minki secretly took photos from behind. This scene has a very passionate chuuniu feel from One Piece.

"You have to ask yourself this. My attitude towards all players is the same. If you want to play for the Knicks, I will try my best to stay. If you want to leave, I won't stay any longer."

Jiang Chao took a sip and felt nothing special.

"Hey, it's a pity. This guy and I have been fighting against each other for so many years, and we have won the championship together. We have feelings for each other." Okur is indeed the player with the deepest feelings for Yao Ming in the team besides the United Arab Emirates.

"There will be time for reunions and separations. It's okay. Just stay in the NBA. Your era is not over yet."

"Thank you for respecting us old players so much."

"Brother, you are only in your early 30s, you still have a long life ahead of you."

"Haha, I will ask you if I have any questions about running the Magic City Shark from now on."

"You don't hate me? I, Su Jiangnan Steel, killed you all."

"Haha, our Magic City has had a championship for a long time, but your Su Jiang only had one last year, hehe."

"Okay, murder is a crime, right? Dayao, verbal agreements can be voided!"

"Dayao is back!"

"The Great Wall will never fall!"

"I love you, YAO!"

"YAO!! A veteran's basic salary, thank you for your hard work!"

"grateful!"

In the super chat group, Curry and Harden's respective emoticons went viral, and Dayao was very pleased to see them at home.

This is actually a recognition of his strength.

Who would welcome you to renew your contract if you are not a strong player? The NBA is a world of the jungle. There are only 15 spots in a team. If you take a spot, if it is not strong reinforcements, your teammates and fans will not be satisfied.

And now everyone's enthusiastic attitude proves that Dayao is really a tough guy in their hearts, and being able to sign him is very important for the Knicks in the next season.

At this time, Jiang Chao and Yui Aragaki were at the Shanghai Pudong Airport.

Jiang Chao found that several veterans who wanted to renew their contracts didn't say much in the group, which showed that they were also struggling. Dayao's veteran base salary was a good start, but it also made it a bit difficult for other players...

Agents and Okur who don't have serious injuries will not accept the veteran's minimum salary, and David Lee, who is in his prime.

However, Yao Ming's salary also leaves room for them. Now the Knicks have about 30 million annual salary room, but if they need 4 players to divide it, some of the championship-winning members will be left behind...

Jiang Chao's order to Sean Marks here is that he can keep all of them, even if he pays luxury tax, but the number of personnel cannot exceed 15.

This is the boss's philosophy. Max said I understand, he will be the bad guy, because with this year's two rookies, the 15-man roster is bound to be surpassed. As for who to remove, the boss is a good guy and you have to take action.

"Boss, where should we go next?"

"Switzerland!"

Here Jiang Chao no longer pays attention to things in the free market. Although it was quite a shock in the Knicks circle that a scholar was poached by the Nets, his renewal with Yao Ming gave them reassurance.

And now, I have to help the eldest wife do something big!

League of Legends S1 has officially started. As the first company acquired by his Super God Group and a game company, Jiang Chao will meet with Riot designers and managers for the first time.

In the eyes of Aragaki Yui and others, this seems to be a trivial matter. Is it necessary to go to Sweden for a game?

But Jiang Chao knew that this was where everything started, and where the dream of League of Legends began.

Now it seems that League of Legends is not very profitable, but after S1, League of Legends directly swept the entire global market!

1 day later.

"Phreak's basement!"

Liu Yan drove a Beetle to pick up Jiang Chao and excitedly introduced everything to him, while Jiang Chao also easily started his "game journey".

Many years later, at the last League of Legends Global Finals, everyone will definitely recall that incredible summer in a "basement" in Sweden in 2011.

The competition venue is set to be the Elmia Convention and Exhibition Center in Jönköping, a Swedish city, where the League of Legends S1 Global Finals kicks off.

It was Jiang Chao who lit the torch himself. It was made in the shape of a League of Legends defense tower. Lighting it also meant the official start of the League of Legends professional league!

"Welcome to the League of Legends, Summoners!"

As soon as the familiar dubbing came out, Jiang Chao's scalp felt a little numb.

It’s hard to believe that he has now bought Riot Games to develop the League of Legends league!!

The city of Jönköping was historically famous for its matchmaking.

This is a history of the development of the Jönköping match industry that was the epitome of human manufacturing history 200 years ago, which makes people who have witnessed the development of League of Legends feel a bit familiar.

A total of 8 teams from Europe, Country M, Philippines B and Singapore participated in S1, and the schedule only lasted a few days.

Why is there no Chinese team?

Because after Tongxun withdrew its shares and was bought out by Jiang Chao, its progress in the Chinese market was slow, mainly because no one was willing to invest, and Chaoshen Group couldn't build its own team, so it was still in the promotion stage, at least the national server was in

At Jiang Chao's request, it was quickly built.

In this way, the LPL league will come a little faster. The more players there are, the more people will want to play professionally.

Jiang Chao also let it take its course, because capital will naturally swarm after it smells the smell, and if he intervenes, it will be around 15 years, and let the pig and dog teams try, because in the previous life of the League of Legends LPL, they actually won a championship during S5-S7

, especially for S5, it is much better to get one than to get 3 later.

Because that was the peak era, the peak of players and professional players like Jiang Chao who was still in college watching games.

Later, when I won the championship, I actually just watched the game. There are fewer and fewer people who actually play games and rank.

But anyway, this game will definitely make money, and with Jiang Chao at the scene, this professional competition scene like an Internet cafe has become a passionate scene. Not only game fans, but also fans who came because of Jiang Chao and Liu Yan were all standing here.

The ticket price is only 2 US dollars, and there will be bursts of cheers every time a kill is made.

In the first game in the history of the S game, aKa played against Epik. Doublelift, a well-known player to the domestic audience, played for Epik and chose Feng Nu as support.

Jiang Chao now understands why he is a living fossil of the League of Legends. This is the League of True Love. He will start playing professionally from now on, you bastard!

In just three days when Jiang Chao was here, the first generation champion was born, and the Fnatic team received a championship bonus of US$500,000.

In the previous life, it was 50,000, but now that Jiang Chao has come to do it, it has been directly upgraded to 500,000!!

This will allow more powerful players to form teams to participate in S2, and will also allow professional leagues in various countries to be established in full swing.

Different from later S games, S1 was only part of the "DreamHack Summer 2011" exhibition activities, and due to the simple venue, European and American players joked that it was a finals held in the "Phreak's basement" where the event was broadcast. It was originally planned to be held at 10 p.m.

The championship final ended at 1 o'clock. Because the game lasted more than 2 hours, the power supply of the convention and exhibition center was almost cut off, which even made the staff of the convention and exhibition center angry.

But Jiang Chao bought everything directly with money.

If we look at the venue, participation scale, prize pool and other standards of the entire S series, S1 appears to be out of place, which has led to the argument that "S1 does not count" in later generations.

In fact, from another perspective, this contrast in S1 just proves the incredible development history of the entire League of Legends competition.

All the players, spectators and staff who participated in S1 are undoubtedly lucky to have witnessed this long-lasting memory, although no one may have realized at the time that they were standing at the starting point of a period of history.

All this is the only way to go. He watched the game and the level of these players made him feel that he could compete with them, so it was useless to forcefully improve the standards. How many professional players started playing in such a small venue?

So the final bonus will be a little bigger.

As for the first competition environment, he already felt that Liu Yan did it perfectly, and the atmosphere was what he, a League of Legends player, loved.

And this S1 has already set a bunch of records.

Because Jiang Chao called several League of Legends commentators he signed to explain online games.

Wang Duoduo, Xiao Cang, An Jing and Wry smile, who are still in college, and Mao Mao and others in English, provided explanations. Although they were not available on site, many people online became fans due to the explanations.

In stark contrast to the offline arena, at a time when mobile Internet has not yet become popular, S1 had nearly 200,000 viewers watching the championship final online at the same time, almost paralyzing Justin.tv, the predecessor of Twitch.tv, the live broadcast website at the time.

This is the scene Jiang Chao wants to see.

"Thank you for your hard work, senior!" After the bustle, Liu Yan and the staff packed up the equipment and stage together, while Jiang Chao was also carrying computers and other things beside him. All this was really difficult for him, an Internet-addicted boy.

It’s quite novel. It’s the closest thing you can see to a professional player playing a game, and at the end, they even give out bonuses…

You can also get a VIP spray position so that the senior brother can quickly practice more aggressive playing methods and stop being clumsy and developed.

"You have worked so hard. You came directly to Sweden for our League of Legends. Aren't you going to Xiangjiang to attend the Academy Awards later?"

"How can it compare to this?"

Jiang Chao smiled.

"Then you're not leaving tonight?"

"Of course I won't leave. Sweden is so beautiful, I must spend the night with you..."

…

The next day.

As Liu Yan and Liu Yan got up warmly face to face, all the bad news came from their mobile phones. Since the S1 competition held in Sweden was in the middle of the night in China, a bunch of children got up in the middle of the night to play on the computer and watch the live broadcast, and then they were

Parents’ reports were sent to the Internet Public Relations Office, and due to the large number, they were directly reported to Jiang Chao and Liu Yan.

"Eh~" Liu Yan tilted her head, her long flowing hair fell down, and while putting on her clothes, she reported to Jiang Chao something she didn't want to tell him.

"Sure enough, did you encounter trouble in the Tianchao market?"

"It's the same as this time..." Liu Yan was too lazy to complain. To put it simply, for China, League of Legends and even all online games are dreams that "do not do their job properly".

Ma Huateng also takes the blame here. His games such as QQ Speed, Dungeon & Fighter, and Dance Dance have indeed made teenagers addicted to them.

However, League of Legends focuses on e-sports and focused on e-sports in the first year, which is why their application for the national server was approved so quickly. Otherwise, in the current era where "Thunder King Yang Yongxin" is rampant, League of Legends would have to go through the process to log into the national server.

Level after level.

What Liu Yan said awakened all Jiang Chao's past life memories.

In 2011, when S1 was held, the domestic e-sports industry was still a fringe industry that wandered outside the mainstream social values. Professional players were more like an extreme form of not doing their jobs under the public opinion at the time. This kind of industrial environment and social perception

It began to exist around 2000 when video games and the Internet became popular and continues to ferment to this day.

An article "Computer Games: "Electronic DP" Targeted at Children" published by Guangming Daily on May 9, 2000 put a distinct mark on the entire game industry, and its social impact has still not faded today, 20 years later.

In June of the same year, the "game console sales ban" was introduced, and the gaming industry was completely marginalized from the policy level.

However, in this environment, the domestic e-sports industry has still begun to take root. In essence, this phenomenon is caused by the two generations who grew up in the 80s and 90s after the opening up. In the context of economic globalization and the rapid development of the domestic economy,

The inevitable result of the growing demand for spiritual and cultural life.

Liu Yan sees this very clearly. It is just like the TV set more than ten years ago. From now on, everyone will be as obsessed with playing games as watching TV. This is just a substitute.

"Yes, but parents don't listen, haha."

Liu Yan continued to report that while S1 was bursting with vitality in Sweden, domestic e-sports clubs and professional players were struggling to survive under the multiple pressures of lack of funds and public opinion, but they still chose to establish or continue to build League of Legends teams.

department.

Many professional players of other games also began to make the difficult transition to League of Legends. Although no one could predict whether this was right or wrong at the time, the reason behind choosing to embark on this new journey was survival, love, dreams, and adventure.

It is precisely the difficult choices made by many people during countless struggles and hesitations that have made it possible for the development history of domestic League of Legends events and even the e-sports industry to become a history worthy of praise and memory.

Only by persisting in ideal feelings and adventurous spirit can we open a new historical chapter at the fork in the road of destiny.

"Don't worry, it will be soon!"

Jiang Chao is very confident in himself.

This time, we really didn’t have to wait too long. Less than 2 days after S1 was held, the industry ushered in the dawn of the industry. No matter how much capital there was, they saw the future of this game. Capital represented by Wang Sicong began to pour in one after another.

Enter.

Others include the YY platform, Paixun Esports, and even some Dota and Warcraft clubs have formed League of Legends branches.

They seemed to be responding to Jiang Chao, who had contributed to Chinese e-sports, and said to him:

"We are all here, we are here!"

spark of fire,

It can start a prairie fire!

I didn’t expect that China’s e-sports industry would be driven by Jiang Chao, a basketball boss!!!

"Boss, the film industry also needs you!!!" While e-sports games led by League of Legends are countering the craze among parents, the organizing committee of the Academy Awards made a funny shout-out to Jiang Chao on Weibo.

The Academy Awards are about to begin, and it’s crucial whether Jiang Chao can come!!

(PS: One more chapter will be added. I hope you can subscribe more in 2022.

There are still 20 minutes until 2023. Everyone has experienced too much this year. I wish you all a happy 2023 in advance!! Everything you want can come true! Everything you ask for can be achieved!!! Let’s make a lot of money together!!!)

Love you and happy new year!!!

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