Chapter 199: Sky-high bonus! The highest net worth in the world! Yi Shen becomes the club owner!
“Yishen!!”

"The pride of Chinese eSports, the pride of LPL!"

"Hello, Shiyi Middle School!"

"You lead LPL to glory, and we will make you famous all over the country!"

The fans were extremely enthusiastic. They stretched their necks and shouted loudly towards the stage. The noise was so grand that even the Top Esports team, who were used to big scenes in Iceland, couldn't help but marvel at it. The enthusiasm of LPL fans even exceeded that of when Iceland won the championship.

When the signing ceremony started, fans from all over the country came up to the stage to ask for autographs or take photos with their idol, but everyone was obviously here for Lu Yi. Even A Shui, who usually had the best popularity among the public, was ignored. As for Karsa, 369, and Mark, they just played the role of runners-up. There was a lot of fanfare in front of the big daddy Lu Yi, but no one was interested in the three of them.

The signing ceremony, which was expected to last an hour, ended after a full three hours. By the end, Lu Yi was sweating profusely from the heat, and even his expression was numb. Even when taking a photo with the young lady who was wearing cool clothes, he could not force out even the slightest smile.

Accompanied by airport security, Lu Yi and his group were also escorted away.

"You are really famous now!" Ah Shui said in amazement, "The brothers standing next to you are not even worth mentioning. You are so busy that 369 was so idle that he fell asleep just now."

Karsa said casually, "Based on his performance in the World Championship, it's good enough that he didn't get scolded. What else does he need a bicycle for?"

Seeing these two guys complaining to Big Daddy, the listless 369 quickly defended himself, "I also have a role, okay?"

"What is your role?"

"You can't play the game without me!"

The four were speechless and talked and laughed all the way to the underground parking lot. Four Rolls-Royce Cullinans were parked side by side on one side. Bodyguards in suits stood at the car doors waiting quietly. This movie-level appearance attracted a lot of attention from passers-by. When the Topsports group came over, the bodyguards in front of the car doors all came forward to greet them.

A Shui and his companions were shocked by the scene.

"That's the boss's motorcade, specially here to pick us up at the airport." Guo Hao said proudly to the other contestants.

Even Ah Shui, who had the highest salary in the team before, couldn't help but feel surprised at this moment, "I have never seen such a level of display in all my years of playing professionally!"

"Too luxurious!" 369, Karsa, and Mark couldn't help but open their mouths wide.

The person in charge of welcoming Lu Yi was a secretary with a graceful figure and cool clothes. He had just taken a whole night flight and was stuck in the airport and forced to work for three hours after returning. Lu Yi was already exhausted and had no time to appreciate the beauty. With the support of several people, he fell asleep after getting in the car.

After returning to his house, he slept from the afternoon to the evening, and was woken up by the knock on the door by his beautiful secretary.

"Hurry up and take a shower. The boss is hosting a banquet to celebrate your success today. A Shui and the others are already here and are waiting for you!" Seeing Lu Yi opening the door with sleepy eyes, a woman with an amazing cleavage came in carrying a luxurious suit. She walked into the bathroom and ran the water for him. Her movements seemed to be continuous, but she was unconsciously making physical contact with him.

Lu Yi's sleepiness disappeared and his brows were furrowed into a knot. This was his own house.

He pushed the attentive and familiar woman away, walked into the bathroom alone and closed the door, "I can do it myself."

Society is very complicated. Although the boss's mistress has a figure and temperament that is infinitely close to a supermodel, she must have experienced more men than he has seen women. Lu Yi, who is devoted to his e-sports career, does not want to have anything to do with her.

After packing up, he took the Cullinan he came in to the banquet venue. His teammates had already taken their seats. Even 369 was wearing an exquisite suit. On the surface, he looked a bit like an upper-class person, but after all, they were all young guys with little social experience. Their immature faces did not quite match this attire.

However, the moment Lu Yi showed up, he quickly attracted the attention of people from all walks of life present.

The clubs all stood up to greet them personally.

LPL hosts, commentators, and even some big anchors in the live broadcast circle, well-known retired professional players, and a large number of short video influencers are also on the list.

Obviously, this banquet was of considerable size.

Everyone wants to get in touch with the number one Chinese e-sports star who is now at the forefront of the Internet. Even if it is just a photo, the subsequent posting on the Internet will attract widespread attention from netizens.

However, as soon as he arrived at the scene, Lu Yi was surrounded by a group of investors behind the scenes of Topsports, who asked him about his well-being. Others were not qualified to squeeze into this circle and could only watch from afar with envy.

It was at the moment he arrived that the host of the private villa officially announced the start of the banquet!
"Tsk tsk!"

"What is the meaning of 'pai mian'?"

"Without Yishen, no one dared to pick up their chopsticks. There were even top celebrities from the entertainment industry at the scene, but they could only wait. This is the appearance of the current number one person in Chinese e-sports!"

"Celebrities are nothing. When ZB, the person behind Topsports, sees Yishen, shouldn't he also put on a smile?"

Some internet celebrities seemed to have never seen the world. They held their mobile phones and took photos everywhere, while at the same time they were whispering to each other in private and expressing their exclamations.

However, the truly explosive events are yet to come.

As people from all walks of life interacted with each other, some singing and dancing performances were also carried out, but everyone knew in their hearts that these were just appetizers. As one of the most powerful financial backers behind the LPL clubs, Top Esports' explosion in the e-sports field this year once made the bosses behind the clubs earn a lot of money, and even the popularity of the game League of Legends jumped back to the top!

The first championship for the all-Chinese team is of great significance.

The millions of dollars in bonuses that Riot Games is expected to give out are just a drop in the bucket at best.

The real big deal is the commercial value behind it!
GodYi was originally a super gold card that the club bought at a low price when they were desperate. Now he has unexpectedly achieved results that are far beyond the expectations of the outside world. Even if we only consider his commercial value, he has surpassed Faker, who is known as the three-time champion next door, not to mention his terrifying strength that is far ahead of all mid-lane players in the world in this era!
The club owner is bound to offer extremely generous bonuses to win over people's hearts.

It’s a good thing that we can take the initiative as much as possible during the spring transfer period of LPL which has already started!

"Hello, welcome to this private banquet specially organized by Top Sports. Today is a special day. We would like to congratulate TES E-sports Club for taking a key step towards the prosperity of Chinese e-sports. We also sincerely thank the five players who went to Iceland and successfully brought the honor of world champion back to their hometown after going through many hardships!"

"Next, let us invite the CEO of Topsports China to present special awards to our triumphant athletes!"

The banquet hall fell into darkness, with only the spotlight shining on the stage. The host's enthusiastic voice immediately attracted the attention of the whole audience. Everyone's heart skipped a beat, and they secretly thought, "Here it comes."

As the CEO of Topsports walked onto the stage, the audience burst into warm applause.

After some polite words, the award ceremony officially began!
"Please welcome Mark. In view of his outstanding performance this season, the club will give him a cash reward of 3000000 yuan!"

When the banner was presented by a group of young and beautiful waitresses, Mark looked at the numbers on it and was struck by lightning. He couldn't believe it was true.

Below the stage, a group of e-sports commentators, hosts, and anchors were also whispering.

"Mark also got a bonus of three million?"

"His performance in the World Championship was at best a player who made few mistakes. Before that, he was just a second-rate player of LGD. When he joined Top Esports, Yi Shen made the decisions, and the team didn't need him to command. The vision score that supports value the most was always crushed by his opponent. Although he played Ashe and Skateboards in the World Championship, their performance was just average. Can he get a 3 million bonus with such performance?"

"Even the support is like this, how awesome should Big Daddy Yishen be?"

"It seems that we still underestimated the value of the first championship for an all-Chinese team!" The host's skills were very solid, and his feelings and narration in just a few words made Mark burst into tears at that time.

After all, the prize money is as high as three million yuan. Taking into account the bonus given by Riot after winning the championship, the total amount received is more than four million yuan. This is the total salary he had earned in LGD for twenty years!

He couldn't help but be moved.

After seeing Mark off, with the attention of people from all walks of life, the amount of bonuses received by 369, Karsa and A Shui was even more eye-popping.

369, who didn't perform well in the World Championship, actually received a bonus of 500 million yuan. Karsa, the jungler who led the team's early game rhythm, received a series of commendations such as "stable performance" and "few mistakes", and received a bonus of 700 million yuan. As for the team's second C position, A Shui, the bonus amount was directly an astonishing million yuan! !

You know, before this, the defending champion Nuguri was invited to LPL with an annual salary of only 1500 million yuan, and this is the price for a super top laner. If his performance in the World Championship fails to impress the audience, even as the defending champion, an annual salary of tens of millions will be more than enough. The salary that is enough to attract the strongest player of the year was actually paid out as a bonus.

Everyone was shocked by the wealth of Topsports Group.

"With such a big investment, I'm afraid they will have to maintain the same lineup this year and prepare to win the championship for the second time in a row."

"The double C and jungler should stay. Although Karsa is older, he has worked with Yishen for a whole season. Looking at the current LPL, he is definitely the jungler who knows how to cooperate with Yishen the best. Although his skills are not as good as those of young people, he is still far ahead in terms of how to protect his father and experience in major competitions. Otherwise, he would not have received a bonus of 7 million. It is not certain that he can play as a support."

"Yes, the club will definitely keep him because he is comfortable playing jungle. However, the top support is the only shortcoming of the Top Esports team. It has been studied for a season. If the top support is not adjusted, the chances of winning the second consecutive championship next season will be greatly reduced!"

"Here he comes, Yishen is here!"

While the people were talking to each other, they saw Lu Yi slowly walking onto the stage.

The boss of Topsports seemed particularly enthusiastic upon seeing this. Although there was a huge age gap between them, even as a high-ranking capital in the eyes of outsiders, the middle-aged man was the most attentive one in front of Lu Yi and did not care about the face of his elders at all.

After all, he knew very well the status of the young man standing in front of him in the field of e-sports. Faker next door had three world championships and had won honors for LCK in international competitions. Now he was packaged as a national treasure-level player. The young man in front of him was far ahead of him in all aspects, especially since he was born in this big country with a population of 1.4 billion.

Even he doesn't dare to easily predict what kind of influence he will have on this country in the future.

"GodYi has led the team out of trouble and turned the tide many times in this World Championship. The whole world knows that without GodYi's explosive performance in the World Championship, Top Esports would not be what it is today!"

"He is a pioneer in the glorious development of Chinese e-sports!"

“It also marks the first year of e-sports in the LPL region!”

"Along the way, this young man led Top Esports to create too many incredible world records. He even engraved the TES team logo firmly into the most brilliant position in the league's history!"

"We are generous to our heroes!"

"Player GodYi will be permanently gifted 5% of TES club's shares as dividends!!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the banquet hall, which was filled with celebrities from all walks of life, was in an uproar.

People speculated that Lu Yi might get a huge bonus of 15 million or even 11 million. After all, the performance of the team's only big brother was watched by the whole world. He treated all opponents as machines throughout the world competition. He played in games and got pentakills. The terrifying value of this bonus far exceeds that of a simple world champion!

But no one could have guessed that the club's financial sponsor would directly give away the shares.

Lu Yi was stunned and looked at the latter in doubt.

The opponent had given him a mansion worth 3000 million after winning the summer season. He had already prepared himself not to be shocked no matter what number the opponent said, but when he heard this sudden announcement, Lu Yi still opened his mouth in surprise.

Although it is only a dividend share and cannot dominate major decisions of the club, its role is only to get 5% of the club's total annual profit, but the significance behind it is extraordinary.

In this field, Faker is the only one in the world who has received dividend shares from the club, and the amount is 5%. This is no secret.

Owning shares in a club not only provides the most substantial security for the future, but most importantly, it represents a change in identity and status. Top professional players can easily earn tens of millions of dollars a year, which is financial freedom compared to ordinary people. But in the final analysis, they are still workers who depend on others for survival, and if their form declines one day, they may end up on the bench.

But after owning shares in the club, you can instantly become the boss!
Whether it is the right to speak or the status, there has been a qualitative change!

For such a huge club, even if League of Legends is no longer popular in ten or twenty years, the funds are fully sufficient to transform into other things. It is just a matter of how much profit can be made. If nothing unexpected happens, the guarantee will last until I am in my seventies or eighties!
If the profit is 500 million, you can get 5000 million yuan in dividends every year. If the profit is billion, that's million yuan...

Although it may not be as tangible as a bonus of tens of millions in the short term, from a long-term perspective, stable income is no joke.

Many people at the scene also figured out the reasons behind it.

"The boss of Topsports has made a good plan. This is a classic entrepreneur's idea. When an employee's ability far exceeds that of the platform, either get rid of him early to prevent him from becoming a competitor in the future, or bring him in so that everyone is in the same boat. Yishen's value this season should at least be a small goal. With him around, even if his teammates are replaced at will, as long as they are not pitfalls, Yishen, who is at his peak, can lead the team to maintain second place and compete for the championship!"

"By giving Yi Shen shares to tie him up, he won't be poached by other competitors. After all, working for others is not as comfortable as being your own boss. As long as he leads the club to better results, he will get higher dividends next year. In a sense, this can motivate Yi Shen better than any other form of reward!"

"Yes, dividend shares sound scary at first, but in fact, the real big profits are all in the stock market behind the Topsports Group. When the club has achieved results, the stock price will rise by the daily limit for several days in a row, and dozens of small goals can be achieved at any time. Compared with that, the annual profit of the team itself is nothing."

"You can't say that. It's no problem for Topsports to make hundreds of millions of dollars in profit every year. We won't talk about how it will be in the future. As the defending champions this year, they can get 20% of the ticket sales dividends in the competition area. With the traffic blessing of the new season, there will be no problem in achieving the ten small goals a year. A 5% dividend is a real 5000 million!"

"This is indeed the first of its kind in the e-sports industry."

While people were discussing this, Lu Yi on the stage gladly accepted this good news.

After the award ceremony, the banquet was the time for people from all walks of life to mingle and socialize with each other. Lu Yi undoubtedly became a popular figure at the event, and was toasted and toasted by many people.

……

The next day.

The e-sports circle has ushered in an unprecedented big news!
#GodYi received 5% of the shares as dividends and became the owner of TES club! ! #
#Topsports' sponsors are bleeding money, and the players' prize money breaks the industry's history!! #
The netizens who were just watching the show were greatly shocked.

All LPL clubs are already preparing funds, but the owners of various clubs that are preparing to poach players are collectively dumbfounded. They went to great lengths to poach Top Esports' mainstay, and now you tell me that he has directly become a club owner?
What the hell is this?

On this day, the bosses behind the various clubs in the circle also tried to contact Lu Yi, but the high salary alone was obviously not enough to attract Lu Yi. They were also reluctant to give up club shares to attract him to join like Topsports did. After all, Topsports Group is wealthy and powerful, and the financial backers behind the LPL clubs that can match its financial strength can be counted on one hand.

The club owners can only express their love in secret.

Big Daddy was tied up, and the other four defending champions became their targets. Although Mark was recognized as the worst player in the world, the traffic of the world champion was there. Without considering his strength, some people were willing to try to win him over from the perspective of fame and traffic.

In a money-based society, there is no such thing as brotherhood. Even brothers will turn against each other in the face of absolute interests.

Just three days after returning to Shanghai, Mark, the "No. 1 Player in the World", announced his breakup with Topsports.

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(End of this chapter)