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Chapter 286 Covering one's ears while stealing a bell

Upon hearing this, Old Chen quickly admitted his mistake in a low voice: "President Li, it's true that I didn't do my job well. The public opinion, especially among domestic players, is extremely disappointed with the performance of the Korean teams this year, which has led to considerable questioning of the LPL's official tournament format. While the overall statistics haven't collapsed, the reputation..."

"Alright, Lao Chen," Li Feng interrupted him calmly.

"LPL has been losing in the World Championship for three or four years, so one more time won't make a difference."

Li Feng's words were a great show of respect to this veteran official, and they also helped to ease Old Chen's tense nerves.

After saying that, he gave Zhang Yuxi, who was standing to the side, a look.

Understanding immediately, Xiao Zhang quickly handed a neatly printed blue folder to Lao Chen.

"Mr. Li, this is..." Old Chen hesitated before taking the document.

When he turned to the first page and saw the key titles circled in red, Old Chen was somewhat taken aback.

"An all-Chinese team?!"

Holding the document, Old Chen said somewhat nervously:

"Mr. Li, this concept is quite novel, but... to be honest..."

"Currently, the gap between domestic players and Korean imports is indeed too large in terms of laning details and tactical execution."

"Putting everything else aside, just look at the three teams that made it to S5 this year; their star players are almost all Korean imports. If they were to field all-Chinese teams, their performance next year would be..."

Li Feng ignored Lao Chen's concerns about the skill gap between Korean players and local players, and instead asked a completely unrelated question.

"I heard that the contract for the 'Stained' company has recently been stalled?"

"Mr. Li, I take responsibility for this!" At this point, how could Old Chen dare to talk about any technological gap?

His tone was full of fear: "For the past six months, my main focus has been on the launch and testing of 'Honor of Kings' and its version operation. I have indeed neglected the League of Legends branch! It was my dereliction of duty to fail to keep an eye on those people messing around!"

While hurriedly admitting his mistake, Old Chen was also wondering why his boss would suddenly bring up the contract with the stain.

An all-Chinese team... the stained contract is stuck...

Having figured out the key point, Old Chen looked up in astonishment: "President Li, you mean... to use Stain as the core of this all-Chinese team?!"

Faced with Lao Chen's somewhat surprised question, Li Feng still didn't give him any further explanation.

His silence and use of blank space were not intentional attempts to create mystery.

During his time pursuing his master's degree at Jinling University, Li Feng not only had Zhang Yuxi help him with his assignments, but he also genuinely read a lot of books himself.

In particular, the book "Fifteen Years of Wanli" gave him a lot of insights.

He's almost thirty years old now.

At thirty, one stands firm.

In his previous life, he only lived to the age of thirty-nine.

As the saying goes, one only understands one's destiny at forty. The combined experience of two lifetimes has put Li Feng in a wonderful period of transformation.

From the initial nouveau riche mentality of a poor person suddenly becoming rich, to the feigned sophistication when holding a large sum of money.

It can be said that it was only during this period of focused study that Li Feng gradually developed some composure.

When managing people, the worst thing you can do is to speak too clearly.

The boss must maintain an air of mystery in order to inspire awe in the high-ranking officials below him.

As for why he needed to maintain an air of mystery, Li Feng hadn't fully figured it out yet, but his intuition told him—that's just how it had to be done.

Li Feng curled up three fingers: "Three days."

"I need to see results within three days."

"Yes, General Manager Li! I guarantee the mission will be completed within three days!" Old Chen hurriedly pledged his commitment.

……

As the conference room door gently closed, all the commotion was shut out.

Li Feng leaned back in his chair, took out the string of prayer beads made of purple clay, and slowly twirled them with his fingertips on the clay surface.

He has always been the type of person who seeks revenge on the spot.

In the past two days, the various negative articles and public opinions about esports have all pointed to the same source of capital behind them – Tencent.

"Xinyu." Li Feng's voice sounded a little hoarse in the empty office.

"Boss, what are your orders?" Zhang Yuxi replied quickly.

When facing his woman, Li Feng spoke significantly more than when he was talking to the executives.

It has lost some of its unpredictable power and gained more of a casual laziness.

Which live streaming platform is Tencent supporting?

Zhang Yuxi replied softly, "It's Douyu. The battle for the top 1,000 live streaming platforms in China is pretty much over. The market traffic has basically been divided up by the top three: Douyu, Huya, and Panda TV, owned by Wang Jianlin of Wanda Group."

"Transfer the game live streaming rights for LOL and Honor of Kings, as well as the broadcasting rights for professional esports leagues, to a certain platform, at the same price as before for Xiao Wang. But..." Li Feng slightly tightened his fingertips on the purple clay bracelet.

"The contract term is only one year."

"A year later, when all their contracted streamers are stuck and can't get off the bus, then we'll come back and calculate the price of a new contract with them."

Li Feng, unusually, explained to her the hidden conspiracy behind it.

Just as he finished speaking, a soft sound was heard, and he suddenly felt a strange snapping sensation at his fingertips.

Li Feng looked down and saw that there was a crack in the string of beads in his hand.

He found this string of purple clay beads at the antique market a while ago.

Zhang Yuxi had advised him several times before that beginners should buy a few strings of Qinan agarwood or Hainan rosewood beads, as they are good and retain their value.

However, in order to show his uniqueness and unconventionality, he insisted on buying a string of purple clay beads that were rarely played with on the market.

After only a few days of handling, this thing actually cracked?

Indeed, empiricism is still useful.

Even with Mr. Li's current wealth, he can't avoid paying a "stupidity tax" on these shady "refined hobbies".

However, in front of Zhang Yuxi, Boss Li naturally had to save face.

He calmly put the cracked purple clay beads back into his pocket, as if nothing had happened, and added with a nonchalant expression:

"Go pick out a few strings of good quality agarwood and Hainan rosewood that you mentioned last time."

Zhang Yuxi witnessed this self-deceiving scene firsthand, but wisely refrained from exposing it.

"Okay, boss, I'll go tomorrow."