Chapter 700 [When the giant makes a move, it is extraordinary]

At this barbecue booth, a group of e-sports practitioners, Fang Hong and other people from Qunxing Capital chatted about the industry while eating barbecue, and an hour passed without knowing it.

Finally, Fang Hong looked at everyone and said: "For the development of the e-sports industry, we are drafting and establishing a 'World E-sports Association WESA', through which WESA will formulate industry standards, standardize the management of professional players, competition rules, club benefits, The charter of the tournament organization, etc., aims to integrate and improve the current chaotic e-sports ecosystem, and the establishment of WESA will definitely provide more opportunities for member clubs and their players."

The people present, especially those in the domestic e-sports circle, were immediately overjoyed. It was different for the giants to intervene in the arena. They came up to formulate industry standards.

If you join the WESA organization, you will be able to switch from a wild path to a regular army rhythm.

Fang Hong added: "In addition, we will also decide to set up a player meeting, which will be used for the league charter, player transfer, etc., and many future events will be held under this rule."

The people present nodded one after another, without any objection, nor the ability and qualification to object, in short, just follow what the boss does.

Everyone is very excited, especially the people in the domestic e-sports circle who are the most excited. Being able to come here represents the first group of people.

After a while, Fang Hong turned his head and glanced at the person in charge of the e-sports department of Qunxing Capital. The latter understood his meaning and looked at the crowd and said, "From 2014 next year, WCG will have a new competition system and schedule."

"In 2014, the official events of the WCG event include "League of Legends", "Counter-Strike", "Warcraft", "StarCraft", "Dota", "FIFA", and "World of Tanks". "

When everyone heard that there were only these seven projects, CF, which just became an official project this year, was directly eliminated? Not to mention "QQ Speed" and "Reverse War", which are performances this year.

The fact that these projects were able to participate in WCG2013 was the result of a compromise by the organizers, otherwise Goose Factory would not have given sponsorship fees.

But now that WCG is taken over by Qunxing Capital, the super-financial father, it is completely different.

But at this moment, the person in charge of Qunxing Capital's e-sports department continued: "The new WCG schedule is still held once a year, and it is specifically divided into two major events: the WCG Super League and the WCG National Cup."

"The WCG National Cup is held in the winter of each year, and the participating teams are not team clubs, but country teams. There are 32 places in the final stage, and the host country can directly get 1 place, and the other places are determined by WESA according to The level of each competition area is allocated, and different competition areas will have different quotas for the final stage."

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard it, this is a large-scale cup competition, a proper World Cup in e-sports.

The person in charge of Qunxing Capital's e-sports department went on to say: "...The WCG Super League is organized as a team club. It is held once a year and divided into three major schedules. The preseason game is held in the spring, the regular season is held in the summer, and the super game is held in the autumn. .”

"The preseason that started in the spring is a warm-up match for each team before the start of the summer regular season. The summer regular season adopts a round-robin system, with 40 teams playing a total of 1,200 games in the regular season, and each team participates in the regular season. The game constant is 60 games."

"The autumn super competition is based on the records of each team's 60 regular season games, and the top 16 are ranked according to the standings to advance to the super competition. These 16 places are divided into 4 groups, and each group stage has 2 places to advance. The promotion places will enter the knockout round until the Super Tournament champion is determined."

The e-sports players present were overwhelmed when they heard it, and now they don't have to worry about not having a match.

There are super leagues and cups, and the entire event system is much stronger, more complete, and more professional than the previous WCG. Not to mention the establishment of the World Electronic Sports Association WESA, which demonstrates what professionalism is.

Fang Hong and Qunxing Capital decided to make the WCG schedule full throughout the year. One of the purposes is to suppress the space for game developers to hold their own events. There are WCG events to be held throughout the year, and WCG events are bound to be It is regarded as the most important event by clubs and professional players, and all preparations will be based on WCG events.

In this way, other events seem unimportant.

For example, if the S-series events of "League of Legends" conflict with the WCG events, there is a high probability that clubs and professional players will give up the S-series events organized by Riot Games in order to prepare for the WCG games.

Over time, other events will be marginalized. Whether clubs, professional players or player audiences will regard WCG games as the hall-level e-sports events with the highest gold content and the highest attention.

In addition to suppressing other events, there are competitions throughout the year, which means that there will be continuous traffic attention throughout the year.

For players and clubs, more competitions mean more income expectations and more opportunities. The more games played, the more prize money, at least the higher the probability of winning.

After a while, the person in charge of the e-sports department under Qunxing Capital looked around and said: "WESA has formulated a very clear reward mechanism for WCG events, including existing and future plans."

"In the existing incentive mechanism, the total bonus pool of the WCG2014 Super League is 65 million US dollars, which is divided into seven major preseason games. The total bonus pool is 15 million US dollars, the regular season total bonus pool is 20 million US dollars, and the super game total bonus Pool 30 million US dollars."

"In addition, the total prize pool of the seven major events of the WCG2014 National Cup is 35 million US dollars, and the total prize pool of the Super League and the National Cup is 100 million US dollars."

"Whether it is the Super League or the National Cup, when it comes to the division of the bonus scale of each competition event, WESA decides the allocation amount based on the popularity, audience, influence and other indicators of the event. There is no doubt that the bonus allocated to popular events The weight ratio is larger, and the bonus weight allocated to niche projects is relatively small.”

Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard this, and they dared not even think about it. Just the $15 million prize money for a preseason game in a super league has already surpassed this year's Lucheng WCG2013 World Finals. Not even some traditional popular sports events This prize size.

The prize pool of the WCG2013 World Finals in Lucheng, which just ended not long ago, was only 310,000 US dollars, not even a fraction of the prize pool for the Super League preseason. The total prize pool is only 34,000 US dollars, and winning the championship is only 25,000 US dollars. This is still a team event.

The total prize pool of the Super League and the Cup has reached 100 million U.S. dollars. Even if it is evenly distributed to each official event, it is more than 14 million U.S. dollars, equivalent to more than 85 million yuan.

After the people in the e-sports circle present reacted, they were all ecstatic, especially those who played popular sports.

In the end, Fang Hong smiled at everyone and said, "WCG's total prize pool in 2014 is 100 million US dollars, and every year in the future will increase the prize pool by 20% on the basis of the previous year, and so on, and keep it for at least ten years."

As soon as everyone heard it, they called it a good guy, that is to say, in 2015, it was 120 million US dollars, in 2016, it was 144 million US dollars, in 2017, it was 173 million US dollars... Will the total prize pool until 2024 exceed 600 million US dollars?

Qunxing Capital is indeed a tyrannical master!

Fang Hong further said: "Bonuses are only one aspect. In the future, WCG's broadcast fees, offline tickets, peripherals and other income will be distributed according to the number of games played by players and clubs, and I believe it will exceed the bonus income in the future. A mature The biggest source of income for clubs and players in e-sports events is definitely not the most dependent on prize money.”

After a while, the person sent by the STK club couldn't help asking: "Mr. Fang, how much is the fee for a seat in the WCG Super League?"

From the brand-new competition system formulated by Qunxing Capital for WCG, the Super League consists of 40 teams playing preseason, regular season and the final Super League. The prerequisite for playing in the Super League is to get one of the 40 seats. First of all You have to get a seat qualification to be eligible to play in the Super League.

According to traditional sports events, seat fees are definitely required.

After listening to the simultaneous interpretation, Fang Hong looked around at the crowd and said, "The Super League seat fee is determined by the market and is contested through auctions. The starting price is 10 million yuan."

As soon as this remark came out, all the e-sports practitioners present were stunned, and one of the club managers subconsciously said, "10 million yuan?"

At this time, the person in charge of Qunxing Capital's e-sports department said: "There must be a threshold. We are not playing small games. WCG's 2014 bonus is only 100 million U.S. dollars, and the total budget for various expenses is 500 million U.S. dollars. The Super League and the National Cup at the end of next year will be entirely funded by Qunxing Capital to run the WCG event at this stage."

"For your club, there will be no loss. Next year's event will only have a prize pool of 100 million US dollars. According to the entry threshold of 10 million yuan, it will be enough for 60 teams to fill the seat fee with bonuses. The actual situation is 40 teams. Mr. Fang also said just now that the bonus is only one aspect, after obtaining the seat qualification, he can distribute WCG's broadcast fees, ticket fees, peripherals and other income."

Everyone was surprised. The total budget for hosting WCG in 2014 was actually 500 million US dollars, which was more than 3 billion yuan excluding exchange rate changes.

Just looking at this budget, no one present can imagine how luxurious the WCG 2014 will be next year.

Qunxing Capital is really out of the ordinary.

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