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The match between Scorpion and CQ is on December 12th, and it is another focus match.

In the morning, Zuo Zhengyi woke up just after the sun rose.

The phone lay flat next to the pillow, and Ji Jue hadn't read the message he sent early in the morning.

SP just won a game last night, but the win was not smooth.

When Zuo Zhengyi asked Ji Jue to complain, Ji Jue was in a meeting to review the game, so the news of the reply came so late that Zuo Zhengyi fell asleep.

Judgment: "Don't be angry, scorpions are a bunch of bad people."

Jue: "You have no plan to stay, do you?"

Jue: "I'm leaving anyway, it doesn't matter whether you fight or not in these few games. Just take care of yourself."

Jue: "Are you asleep?"

Judgment: "Good night, see you tomorrow."

"..."

Zuo Zhengyi's eyes opened, but his consciousness was not fully awake yet.

He stared at Ji Jue's news for a long time, guessing that Ji Jue hadn't gotten up yet, so he didn't reply immediately. He just lay on the bed and meditated, habitually calculating the accounts in his head.

In recent months, Zuo Zhengyi has often calculated this account - how much money is needed to establish an e-sports club.

This idea was a bit whimsical, so he never mentioned it to anyone, not even Ji Jue.

But Ji Jue knew him too well, he could tell what he was thinking just by looking at his expression, and he offered to work hard with him last time.

What are you trying to do?Save money first.

Compared with the average players, Zuo Zhengyi is very rich, and Ji Jue's annual salary is not low.But adding all their current deposits together, I'm afraid it's not enough.

EPL has developed from the initial few people to pay attention to the S13 season, which attracts crazy money more than ten years later, and the entire industry has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The most notable change is that the barriers to entry have been raised.

——When there is a lot of oil and water visible to the naked eye in a certain industry, there will naturally be more people who want to get in to get a share.

However, the number of entries in the EPL is limited, and the quotation for a place has already exceeded [-] million, and often there is no market for the price.

For a new team to enter the EPL, in addition to purchasing transfer slots, a more realistic way is to upgrade from a sub-level competition.

In order to maintain the enthusiasm of the league and enhance the vitality of the competition, the EPL league welcomes fresh blood.This can be seen from the entry rules and rewards of the Shenyue Champions Cup.

Any team from all over the country, rich or poor, big or small, can participate in the Champions Cup qualifiers.

If you successfully enter the main match stage, compete with the EPL team, and finally win the championship, you can be promoted to the EPL in one fell swoop and become a top league team.

But the road to success lies here, and there are very few small teams capable of going to the end.

——How strong can the civilian team be?

They can't beat the big clubs like SP, CQ, Lion, and Scorpions.

This is a digression.

To take a step back, it is considered that if you can beat it, you can be promoted to EPL in one year.

So, Zuo Zhengyi thought, how to build a team?Where is the base set up?The cost of self-built bases is astronomical. In the early stage, you can only rent a house, such as renting a villa. In Shanghai, the monthly rent is [-] to [-].

After finishing the base, what about the teammates?

It is impossible for a player with a little bit of fame to give up their bright future and leave the EPL.The annual salary is part of it, and wasting youth is the most terrible thing. If you fail to win the championship and upgrade in the first year, will you waste the second year?

What if he didn't win the championship in the second year?

Even Zuo Zhengyi himself is worried about this issue. Starting a business is risky, and e-sports is full of variables. No one can guarantee that the champion will definitely belong to me.

In addition to teammates, what about the coach?What about analysts?

These days, excellent coaching teams are rarer than talented players. Even EPL teams find it difficult to find satisfactory coaches, not to mention the newly established unknown small teams...

But since it is a matter of settlement, it is assumed that he can find teammates and invite coaches.

Player and coach salaries are a bigger expense than base rent.He can't recruit famous players with an annual salary of tens of millions. He only recruits new players with potential, and he has to compete with big clubs.

It is meaningless to invite those with poor skills, and a seedling with good skills will have at least a few million annual salary per person.

According to the rules of the competition, a team must have at least six people-a substitute is guaranteed to deal with emergencies.

In other words, apart from him and Ji Jue, four more teammates were invited.

"..."

Counting up to this point, Zuo Zhengyi already has a big head.

In addition, there are other staff, logistics, finance, legal affairs, operations...

And, all players and coaches need to be equipped with a set of top-level game equipment, plus daily living expenses, car fees for going out to races, etc...

In short, there must be at least 5000 million basic funds to ensure the stable operation of the club in the first two years.

In fact, you can find someone to invest, but Zuo Zhengyi doesn't want investors to share power with him. Since he wants to build a club, of course it's best for him and Ji Jue to take full control.

Zuo Zhengyi opened the mobile banking and checked the account balance: 22356703.98 yuan.

He counted it three times, frowned melancholy, and sent a message to Ji Jue.

End: "I have no intention of staying in Scorpion."

End: "But it's two different things for me to go by myself and to be driven away."

End: "Forget it, it's already like this, anyway, I can't renew the contract, and it's meaningless to talk about it."

He thought about it and sent another one.

End: "By the way, how much deposit do you have?"

Ji Jue also woke up and replied soon.

Jue: "Why do you ask this suddenly?"

End: "I'm trying to settle accounts, it's so annoying."

End: "I know your deposit is definitely not as much as mine."

Decision: "..."

Jue: "Brother, save me some face :)"

End: "It's okay, I don't despise you :)"

Zuo Zhengyi's depression was relieved a little.

In fact, he is very clear intellectually that he is not suitable to build a club himself, at least not now.

The reason why he is so impatient is because he has come to a turning point in his career again, and it is time to think about leaving home.

A year ago, he transferred from WSND to the Scorpions, where will he go from the Scorpions now?

Zuo Zhengyi didn't understand why his life was always like this, living in no fixed place and wandering.

He even had a premonition that no matter who his next family was, it would not last long, so he wanted to build a club of his own even more urgently.

But the distance between ideal and reality is too far.

Zuo Zhengyi kicked the quilt unhappily, got up from the bed, and went out to accept the reality.

Just now, Scorpion announced the starting lineup for today's game, Akey is on the list, and End is the substitute.

From the day when Zuo Zhengyi broadcasted his solo live, the audience knew that his hand injury had healed, and they looked forward to his return to the arena.But today the expectations were once again dashed.

Zuo Zhengyi didn't need to look to know that there was a quarrel in the repost of the official blog.

——The comment area of ​​Scorpion has been torn down to close, and now fans can only argue in the forwarding.

To avoid adding fuel to the fire, Zuo Zhengyi never spoke publicly.

Akey hasn't said anything publicly, which is one of the few good things about him.

Zuo Zhengyi, as usual, trained with his teammates after eating.

Depart with the team in the afternoon and arrive at the venue before the game.

Now that Xie Zi is giving him cold treatment, he doesn't wish for Xie Zi's well-being.

It's a pity that life is not a TV series, and the "villain" in his life did not encounter setbacks as he wished—Scorpion and CQ played three games and won with ups and downs.

Zuo Zhengyi sat on the bench under the stage from beginning to end.

At this time, there are 67 days left before his contract with the Scorpions expires.