EDG Nick DK won the championship, and behind the new king is the second generation of the real estate rich who is not succeeded

In 41 minutes, DK's crystal collapsed, and Edg finally defeated his opponent 3:2 to win the S11 World Championship.

Before the game, the outside world's prediction of the trend of the game was almost one-sided to think that DK would win the championship, and the DK players even said in a pre-match interview that they would take away their opponents 3:0.

However, in fact, DK did not show an overwhelming advantage as predicted by the outside world, and throughout the night, the two teams played back and forth, playing the game for 5 games. With strong operational and team combat capabilities, edg 3:2 Nick DK won the S11 Global Finals championship.

This year for Edg, it can be said to be a year of miracles, breaking the spell of the world's top 8, advancing to the final for the first time, winning the third world championship for LPL, resisting all pressure, and letting the world see the rise of LPL on the stage.

Edg Nick DK won the championship

Why is this the most gold-laden championship in LPL history?

This year's S11 brought too many regrets and surprises to the audience, S9 champion fpx group stage four defeats failed to qualify, Edg Rick All China Class RNG advanced to the final four, triple crown t1 unfortunately lost to defending champion DK, faker missed the fourth crown of his career...

However, the dramatic plot of all this will eventually become the foreshadowing of edg's victory.

Looking back at this year's S11, a total of four teams in the Chinese division entered the selection, edg is the number one seeded team in the LPL division participating in the S11 this year, in the knockout round, edg and Rng met in the first round of the knockout round, and finally edg defeated RNG 3:2, while the other three teams that entered the final four were all from the LCK division.

It is worth noting that in addition to edg, the other three teams in the top four are t1, gen, and dk are the champion teams in the world championship, that is to say, edg is facing the strongest combat strength in the history of LCK.

At this moment, edg becomes the only hope of the LPL division, although it is the number one seed in the LPL division, but edg is not the team with the most fans, nor is it optimistic about the outside world, and even after beating the rng of the all-China class to enter the final four, some fans issued a statement that "edg surrounded by lck can not go farther, if it is replaced by rng, there may be a fight" and other remarks.

In the end, surrounded by the three major championship teams in the LCK division, Edg completed an epic feat, becoming the third world champion after the LPL division fpx and IG.

Before the final four, LPL official commentator Miller once said: "If edg can really turn the three global finals champions teams gen, t1 or DK, edg The gold content of this world champion, I would like to call it the strongest in history." ”

As he put it, this month, LCK No. 1 seed DK has shown a terrifying dominance on the field. In this final, edg defeated not only the defending champion, but also the strongest team in the LCK division for two consecutive years, and its gold content can be seen.

Edg boss Zhu Yihang

A second generation of real estate that does not take over

In addition to the s1 and s2 of the barbaric era, throughout the world finals over the years, it is clearly a contest between team players, but the essence is still a game of capital, from South Korea's skt, ssw to China's ig, fpx, sn, behind each winning team, it is inseparable from the boost of capital.

Following last year's victory, the former Internet café team DWG received sponsorship from South Korean auto manufacturing giant Kia, jumping from a grassroots team to a giant sponsored by the giant.

On the other hand, as the last dawn of LPL, there is no shortage of blessings from capital giants behind the edg that created miracles in this world championship.

Edg, whose full name is Edward Gaming, is a Chinese e-sports club established on September 13, 2013, with branches such as League of Legends, Glory of Kings, and PUBG.

The company of edg e-sports club is Shanghai Yangchuan Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., the majority shareholder of the company is Guangzhou Chaojing Investment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Chaojing Group), and the actual controller behind Guangzhou Chaojing is Zhu Yihang, holding 99% of the shares.

In fact, it is no secret that Zhu Yihang is the boss behind edg in the e-sports circle, but his background and the industry involved are little known.

The reporter learned that Zhu Yihang is the eldest son of Zhu Mengyi, and Zhu Mengyi is the "aircraft carrier of the real estate industry", the founder of Hopson Chuangzhan Group and the former chairman of the board of directors.

Founded in Hong Kong in 1992, Hopson was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1998 and expanded nationwide in 2000. In 2004, Hopson Became the first real estate enterprise with sales of more than 10 billion yuan, and together with Evergrande, Country Garden, Agile and R&F, it called the real estate "South China Five Tigers".

It is worth noting that at that time, the sales performance of Evergrande, Country Garden, R&F Real Estate and Agile and other "four tigers" was 1.44 billion yuan, 3.24 billion yuan, 6.4 billion yuan and 4.5 billion yuan respectively. Hopson Chuangzhan, which has sales of more than 10 billion yuan, is far ahead, and because of this, Vanke founder Wang Shi called it "an aircraft carrier in China's real estate industry".

According to the financial report data, from 2016 to 2020, hopson's revenue was 14.56 billion yuan, 11.51 billion yuan, 11.67 billion yuan, 16.62 billion yuan and 28.93 billion yuan, respectively.

Attributable net profit was 3.464 billion yuan, 4.827 billion yuan, 5.071 billion yuan, 8.478 billion yuan and 11.47 billion yuan, respectively.

By the end of 2020, Hopson has a high-quality land reserve of about 30.44 million square meters, and its business layout is "Bohai Rim, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta" three core economic circles.

Shanghai Pentagon occasion is born

In January 2020, Hopson Chuangzhan issued an announcement that Zhu Mengyi resigned as the chairman of the board of directors and executive director of the company, and his daughter Zhu Jurong took over as the chairman of the board of directors, so that Hopson Chuangzhan officially completed the transfer of new and old powers.

Although Zhu Mengyi has retreated into the background, he still holds a 53.26% stake in Hopson Chuangzhan through its subsidiary Suntec Land, making him the largest shareholder of the company.

Before Zhu Jurong took over, the outside world generally believed that Zhu Yihang would become Zhu Mengyi's successor, but this was not the case, according to Hopson's 2021 interim report, the company's executive directors and non-executive directors did not appear Zhu Yihang's name.

Although there is no family business to succeed his father, Zhu Yihang holds 18.14% of the equity of Hopson Chuangzhan Group through its subsidiary Yuanfu Investment, making him the second largest shareholder of the company. Zhu Mengyi and Zhu Yihang jointly hold 71.40% of the equity of Hopson Chuangzhan Group.

Judging from the layout of the Zhu family, Zhu Mengyi and Zhu Yihang's father and son are still the actual controllers behind Hopson's Chuangzhan Exhibition, and the one who walks in front of the stage is Zhu Orange Rong, the daughter of the newly appointed Zhu Mengyi.

According to the "2021 Hurun Rich List" data, the Zhu Mengyi family ranked 73rd with a wealth of 71 billion yuan.

From real estate to infrastructure, electricity, automotive

How wide is the commercial territory of "Edju"?

As the second generation of the rich in the real estate circle, Zhu Yihang's commercial territory is far from being limited to the real estate field.

According to Tianyancha app, Zhu Yihang is currently serving as an executive in 9 companies, the most well-known of which is Guangdong Pearl River Investment Management Group Co., Ltd., which has a registered capital of 4.172 billion yuan and is 100% controlled by five companies: Guangdong Huaxia Power Development, Guangdong Pearl River Highway Bridge Investment, Guangdong Huaxia Energy Investment, Guangdong Pearl Investment Asset Management, and Shenzhen Pearl River Coal Development.

In January this year, Zhu Yihang also invested 1.923 billion yuan in the strategic investment of "GAC Weilai" through its Subsidiary Guangdong Zhutou Intelligent Technology Investment Co., Ltd., and invested heavily in the new energy automobile industry.

From electric power and infrastructure to investment management, medical and health care to new energy vehicles, Zhu Yihang's commercial footprint can be seen.

However, like Wang Sicong, although born in a real estate family, Zhu Yihang is most widely known for his e-sports career, and in the e-sports circle, Zhu Yihang is also called "Ed Zhu" by fans.

Deep layout cross-border linkage

Esports is not as simple as "buying, buying, buying"

Compared with the bosses of other LPL teams who only dabble in e-sports in the form of capital entry, Zhu Yihang has built e-sports into an industrial ecosystem, and in the past eight years, an invisible e-sports business empire is emerging.

The Shurima Empire in League of Legends

After founding the edg e-sports club in 2013, Zhu Yihang did not stop the pace of the layout of the e-sports industry, and he continued to deepen the fields of e-sports education, theme industrial parks, and pan-entertainment sectors through his super competition group.

In June 2017, Chaojing Group and Tencent E-sports reached a strategic cooperation, according to the information released, Tencent E-sports will work with Chaojing Interactive Entertainment to build no less than 10 pan-entertainment e-sports industrial parks across the country in the next 5 years. The industrial park will be positioned as a "comprehensive industrial base based on the themes of event hosting, talent training, pan-entertainment and derivatives cooperation".

In January this year, Chaojing Group's "Shanghai International New Cultural and Creative E-sports Center" project officially started, the project settled in Minhang District, Shanghai, the overall project is expected to be completed in 2024, the first phase of the project investment of more than 5 billion yuan, edg's new base will also be settled here.

In addition, the project includes an international top professional e-sports venue that can accommodate 6,000 people, the largest depth diving venue in Asia with a depth of 40.4 meters, the world's largest wind tunnel international competition hall, a five-star e-sports theme hotel, breakdancing professional venues and facilities, etc. After completion, it will become one of the largest single investment projects in the global e-sports industry.

Concept map of Shanghai International New Cultural and Creative E-sports Center

What will happen to the chemistry of the cross-border integration of e-sports + real estate? Esports venues? Esports office building? Or an esports training base? Zhu Yihang is giving the answer with his business layout.

With the gradual scale of the domestic e-sports industry, e-sports has become a "local tycoon game" that capital giants can afford to play, and the blessing of capital means that the team can buy better players and coaches, which means that the team can have a better basic configuration and ecological environment.

Looking at the major teams of LPL at present, the companies backed by them can be described as giants. However, like Zhu Yihang, relying on the family's real estate advantages, there are not many bosses who are committed to achieving a diversified business ecology around e-sports. As the boss behind edg, Zhu Yihang knows more about how to play the e-sports industry than the bosses who simply use the "buy, buy, buy" method to enter the game. This is also one of the important reasons why edg can go all the way and finally win the championship.

Looking back at the history of League of Legends, the Triple Crown skt was once the best team in the world, and the god of the league, faker, is also the peak of countless professional players, but those glorious days have long passed, and the long-hidden historical record will eventually be rewritten. The beauty of esports is that no one is the eternal king, and you never know who the next champion is.

Now that the old gods have descended and the new king has been crowned, edg has proved to the audience that even if it is not good looking at the world, it can still be turned against the wind. At the same time, four years to reach the finals, three years to win the championship, LPL is using practical actions to prove that the Past Rule League of Legends for five years in the South Korean division is not invincible, a new era of League of Legends represented by LPL has arrived.

This article originated from Blue Whale Finance