Chapter 74 A Labor-Saving Solution

Lin Wan nodded, "Okay, let's go with that! Buy the company outright for a one-time solution. We can keep all the copyrights and develop them slowly. It's still a worthwhile investment."

"The Multifarious Man image can be used for on-the-ground promotion. Many foreigners are familiar with this character. Tying the GoG and Multifarious Man images tightly together might be even more effective than hiring celebrities."

"Let's also notify Tenda Games to focus on developing the Multifarious Man hero. Then, all our promotional efforts in overseas servers will revolve around this new hero!"

...

Evening.

DGE club, solo queue relaxation time.

Huang Wang packed his things, preparing to relocate.

He couldn't help it; he was too talkative during his streams, so he was being ostracized. Zhang Yuan had specially prepared a soundproofed single room upstairs for him, specifically for streaming.

The others knew more or less about Huang Wang's contract, and their reactions varied.

Some were envious and wanted to try streaming themselves. After all, for them, who were still internet addicts a year ago, the temptation of an annual income of two million was too great, plus the possibility of gaining a good reputation.

Others weren't interested, like Jiang Huan, who felt that his food, accommodation, and training at the club were well-provided for. Whether he earned more or less money didn't matter; he focused solely on the game.

However, despite complaining that Huang Wang was too noisy and kicking him upstairs, they were happy for him in their hearts.

After all, they were all internet addicts when they first arrived. They had been eating, living, and training together for some time, which constituted a camaraderie forged in the trenches.

Huang Wang was essentially the first to try something new, exploring a path for everyone. They would have more options in the future.

The team members didn't see it as a zero-sum game. After DGE club became famous, the value of all the members would increase.

While waiting in the queue, Lao Zhou casually browsed the web and opened Huang Wang's YY live stream to check it out.

As expected, Huang Wang was pulling all sorts of stunts, showing off his muscles.

However, compared to before, his popularity had skyrocketed!

The platform resources he enjoyed after signing a contract were vastly different from before. Huang Wang already had decent popularity, and after signing, the platform was pushing him hard. With a little bit of manufactured hype and some fake numbers, his popularity soared in a short amount of time.

After all, live streaming platforms emphasize "star creation." For those streamers with interesting topics and good showmanship, as long as the platform promotes them like crazy, they can definitely become popular!

In addition, Lao Zhou also noticed that Huang Wang's live stream had several official certified labels:

Strongest Club DGE Second Team Captain, Stunt Master, Invincible Offline Tournament, Got Groove, Guaranteed to be a Hit...

Below was the DGE club logo, which was particularly beautiful and left a lasting impression at a glance.

Clearly, YY Live was working hard to connect Huang Wang with DGE club, creating an invincible image of DGE club in the fans' minds.

Previously, searching for the keywords "DGE club" online yielded almost nothing useful, as the club hadn't created and didn't need to create an official website.

But now, searching for "DGE club" online immediately brought up a long list of results!

The first result was YY Live's DGE member Huang Wang's live stream, the second was a Baidu encyclopedia entry, and below were posts from various platforms and forums, as well as news from many websites.

《GoG's Clubs, Number One is Unexpected?》

《Unveiling the Mysterious DGE Club》

《DGE Club Second Team Captain Signs with YY Live》

《This Club Once Crushed H4 Club, Pang Ling: Very Desperate》

《DGE Club: GoG Official's Secret Weapon?》

《The Leaked Mysterious Training Methods of DGE Club》

《Rumor Has It That Huang Wang is a Boxer Turned eSports Player, Is It True?》

《Shocking! A Local Tyrant Spends 10 Rockets, Male Streamer Actually Does This...》

Seeing these search results, Lao Zhou knew that YY Live must have done this!

Since they had already signed Huang Wang and sponsored DGE club, they would definitely maximize its commercial value.

Some of this content was deliberately created by YY Live to generate enough buzz and discussion online, while some content shamelessly used clickbait titles.

But it had to be said that the effect was immediate. The powerful and mysterious image of DGE club was quickly established in the minds of players and viewers!

Moreover, these messages contained both truth and falsehood, making it difficult to discern.

Some real news was mistaken for fake news.

Many people thought, the GoG official website raised a club? And worked out every day? And even crushed H4? This is nonsense!

Even if they really raised a club, there was no reason for them to be so much better than other clubs, unless the official was cheating!

Some fake news was mistaken for real news.

Some fans who enjoyed watching the drama photoshopped Huang Wang's boxing license and photoshopped Huang Wang's photos onto the boxing ring. Because the ps effects were too realistic, it really deceived many ignorant onlookers.

As a result, every time Huang Wang queued in the game, the number of viewers asking him to show off his muscles and perform a set of punches was basically the same.

Huang Wang repeatedly emphasized that he was not a boxer, but the barrage of false information continued.

In the end, Huang Wang could only give up treatment, and simply changed the name of his live stream to "Former Boxing Team Professional Player Abuses Pinnacle of Gods High-End Game."

As a result, he didn't expect that after changing the title of the live stream, even more viewers were deceived!

To the point that sometimes Huang Wang himself felt that this world was too magical.

...

At the same time, far away in Yangcheng, at the headquarters of ZZ Live.

The company's vice president, Liu Liang, was furious. Several department heads stood with their heads lowered, not daring to breathe loudly.

"You're all useless! So slow, you can't even catch up to the hot stuff when eating shit!"

"I told you long ago to pay more attention to potential technical streamers in GoG, where did you pay attention?"

"This Huang Wang had already been duo-queuing with Pang Ling on YY Live for several days before, and you didn't notice that he was a good seed? If you had discovered it earlier and signed him, would YY Live have had anything to do with it?"

"Now it's good, how much traffic has YY Live's promotion brought them? Are we passive or not?"

"I'm so pissed off!"

Liu Liang cursed for a while, slightly calming down his mood: "Have you found the contact information of the DGE club's person in charge?"

One of the people in charge nodded: "It's already been sent to you."

Liu Liang waved his hand: "Alright, get out! I'll handle this matter myself!"

Several people in charge walked away in disgrace.

Liu Liang still felt that his anger had not subsided. Such a promising seed was snatched away by his biggest competitor, YY Live. How could he not be angry?

The key was that there was plenty of time to react. They should have realized that this person was a potential stock when Huang Wang duo-queued with Pang Ling, but the useless people under his command were just muddling along and didn't notice.

Fortunately, there was still a way to remedy it. Liu Liang decided to take action himself.

He heard that YY Live gave DGE club a sponsorship and was frantically hyping the concept of "DGE team is the strongest team."

If this concept really caught on, it would be terrible.

Players worship the strong, and there is a huge difference between first-tier professional players and super top professional players.

The most annoying thing was that Liu Liang inquired with several club managers he knew and found that many of the eye-catching news released by YY Live were actually true!

DGE was really a team raised by Tenda and really crushed all the domestic clubs once, and there really was fitness training in the training program!

It wasn't YY Live bragging.

Liu Liang also realized that there were many topics that could be hyped!

In the live streaming industry, popularity is everything. In order to attract the attention of the audience, these live streaming platforms can be said to do everything they can within the scope of the law.

There was no reason not to ride the existing popularity.

Now YY Live has taken the lead in giving DGE club a sponsorship and is trying to bind DGE club to its own live streaming platform.

Fortunately, it was not an exclusive sponsorship, and ZZ Live still had a chance.

Liu Liang looked at the time. It was a bit late now, and it seemed a bit impolite to call, but the situation was urgent, so he couldn't care so much.

Soon, the call was connected.

"Hello, is this DGE club's Manager Zhang? I'm ZZ Live's Vice President Liu Liang, and I want to talk to you about sponsoring the club!"

Liu Liang stated his intentions directly and sincerely.

However, Zhang Yuan on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment: "I'm sorry, President Liu, you're one step too late."

Liu Liang's heart sank: "What's wrong?"

Zhang Yuan explained: "Our club has regulations that it can only accept a maximum of three sponsorships, and we only accept one sponsorship from the same industry. Now YY Live has already sponsored us for a year. If you also want to sponsor us, you have to wait until this time next year."

Liu Liang was struck by a bolt from the blue on the spot.

Only accept three sponsorships?

And only one from the same industry?

Are you crazy!

Who would refuse money?

Other clubs accept all kinds of advertisements, and they don't hesitate to print the team uniforms into ladybugs. After all, there is no reason not to do such a good thing as getting money for a label, right?

But now, he can't sponsor even if he wants to!

This situation was truly rare.

Liu Liang was caught off guard.

He had another option, which was to sign the other members of DGE, after all, the other members were also very strong.

But obviously, the other members didn't have Huang Wang's good showmanship, and signing them might not bring popularity.

Moreover, even if he signed the players, he was not a sponsor of DGE club, which was not as confident as YY Live.

Liu Liang couldn't help but scold the useless person in charge of those departments in his heart again.

Zhang Yuan said: "I'll hang up if there's nothing else, President Liu. Let's contact you again if anything happens in the future."

"Manager Zhang, please wait!" Liu Liang quickly stopped him.

He knew very well that he couldn't just let it go like this, there must be other ways to蹭 the popularity! (Note: 蹭 = to mooch, to freeload, to latch onto)

If he gave up so easily, he couldn't expect to蹭 any of the popularity related to DGE club in the future.

But how exactly to蹭 it...

Liu Liang suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and remembered a piece of information he learned when he asked other club managers about the situation.

"Manager Zhang, as far as I know, DGE club and other clubs are collectively playing training matches, right?"

Zhang Yuan: "Yes."

Liu Liang considered it for a moment and said: "In this way, our ZZ Live has decided to hold an online competition, inviting all clubs to participate!"

"Let's call it the ZZ Cup Stunt Competition!"