China did not disappoint either. The Prize Pool with over one billion Soft Sister Coins is coveted by many companies. Alibaba subsequently announced that they had acquired a professional club that was on the verge of dissolution, the group being Goddess League Professional Club. Moreover, Alibaba Group Chairman Ma Yun also named it the al club. Baidu is not idle here either. It first followed the footsteps of Alibaba and also acquired a da Professional Club, and then reorganized it into Goddess League Professional Club. The name of the club is Baidu. Two of the top three players have entered the game one after another, and Ma Ge who is far away in Peng City can’t sit still. He first sent an acquisition offer to Li Hong, but after receiving a clear rejection, he had no choice but to give up. With no hope of acquisition, the Penguins could only follow the path of the first two and formed their own Goddess League Professional Club. Not only these Internet companies, but also some companies that have nothing to do with the Internet have also formed their own Goddess League Professional Club. In fact, the reason why these companies do this has something to do with the increasingly expanding Champion Prize Pool. That's a lot of money now that the World Championship Prize Pool has exceeded $200 million! Even if these companies are big and big, their cash flow is actually very low. This Prize Pool has so much money, if it wins the championship, it will greatly supplement the company's cash flow. The most important thing is that the investment is not much! Spending several thousand dollars a month to sign a few players and renting a place for them to train. If they win the championship, it will be an income of more than one billion Soft Sister Coins. How could these people miss this kind of thing with a return rate of more than 1,000%? I forgot that due to various reasons, the current Goddess AllianceWorld Championship Prize Pool has been pushed up to a height of 4.8 billion US dollars. With the entry of countless large companies, the entire Goddess Alliance professional circle has become as popular as football. Sometimes when AE Alliance Conference is held, Li Hong looks at the representatives of major companies below and feels like he controls the world. This feeling is so good! Think about it, during a meeting, Li Hong sits at the top and talks, who are the people listening carefully below?
Modern, Three Stars, Lenovo, Microsoft, Apple, Penguin, Baidu, Alibaba...
Wow, if no one knew this was the Game Club Association, they might believe it was the World Economic Forum!
It's just like a game of dominoes; once the initial players increase, the number of newcomers grows significantly.
The companies that first joined the Goddess Alliance's professional field did so primarily for the Prize Pool. However, when this number reached an astonishing level, the mindset of those who joined later changed completely.
I don't care about the prize money anymore; with so many big companies involved, it's a great opportunity to discuss collaborations!
Thus, with various parties pushing for it, the Goddess Alliance became the hottest topic of 2017.
During this year, countless spectators were more excited about the upcoming competition not being the Champions League finals but rather the Goddess Alliance Season 1 World Championship!
Of course, this scene was unexpected for Li Hong and Mark. Their initial goal in creating the Prize Pool was solely to elevate the professionalization of the Goddess Alliance. Everything that followed was purely a pleasant surprise.
At this point, Li Hong had long left Riot Games and traveled thousands of miles south to Magic City.
This time, he wasn't there for tourism. He came to Magic City to negotiate a collaboration with the Magic City Moon Literature Group.
After arriving in Magic City, Charlie had several communications with Yuewen Group and finally confirmed the terms of cooperation. Li Hong's visit was to represent Sweet Potato Films in signing a collaboration agreement with Yuewen Group.
To put it plainly, Charlie had already taken care of the preliminary negotiations. Li Hong's presence was merely a formality.
If it weren't for the other party insisting on having a Legal Representative sign the contract, Li Hong wouldn't have bothered to come.
Compared to matters concerning the Goddess Alliance, Sweet Potato could easily be managed by Charlie now.
However, since they insisted on having a Legal Representative sign, Li Hong had no choice but to travel all the way from Beijing to Magic City.
Fortunately, there hadn't been much going on lately, and the World Championship was nearly all arranged, allowing Li Hong to take some time for this trip.
The only trouble was that Loli Li Yuchen insisted on coming along. No matter how Li Hong tried to persuade her, the stubborn girl was determined to tag along.
Eventually, feeling utterly exasperated, Li Hong had no choice but to bring the Loli with him on the flight to Magic City.
This led to Charlie, who had come to pick them up, looking at Li Hong holding onto Li Yuchen with a teasing glint in his eyes.
"Don't get any weird ideas; it was her insistence that I bring her," Li Hong explained, scratching his head.
Charlie nodded, took the suitcase behind the Loli, and asked, "Boss, are we heading to the hotel first or to Yuewen Group?"
"Of course we're going to the hotel first! I just got off the plane; is it appropriate to head straight to Yuewen Group?" Li Hong replied irritably.
Charlie really was something else; after spending so long in Huaxia, he still couldn't get his act together.
"But Yuewen asked me to bring you over right after picking you up; someone wants to meet you."
"Someone wants to see me? Who?" Li Hong said as he led the Loli outside the airport.
Before Charlie could respond, a male voice suddenly rang out beside Li Hong's ear.
"I want to see you!"
Li Hong froze at the sound, incredulously staring at the man who had stopped in front of him, his expression one of sheer surprise.
The bespectacled face belonged to none other than Ma Ge! What was he doing here in Magic City instead of at the Penguin headquarters in Peng City?
Indeed, standing before Li Hong was none other than Ma Ge, the leader of Penguin Empire!
Ma Ge glanced around and smiled, "This doesn't seem like a good place to talk. How about we find somewhere else to chat?"
"Sure!"
With Ma Ge's invitation, Li Hong naturally wouldn't be pretentious enough to refuse. He didn't know what Ma Ge wanted to discuss, but he could guess it had something to do with the Goddess Alliance.
Penguin was an instant messaging empire, but its main profits came from gaming. With the Goddess Alliance being so popular, Ma Ge couldn't possibly be unaware of it. The previous acquisition offer might have just been a test; now was the real deal.
Li Hong wasn't afraid of Penguin; that was just boasting. He did fear Penguin, which was unavoidable. With Ma Ge holding a massive user base, he was a formidable force in the gaming industry. The punches were being thrown down by the Goddess Alliance, and Penguin would undoubtedly be coveting it.
Now it was a matter of what tricks Ma Ge had up his sleeve. Would he come with diplomacy or aggression?
Regardless of the approach, Li Hong felt helplessly aware that he could only passively defend himself and couldn't strike first.
"Ma Ge, my great enemy!" Li Hong thought to himself.
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