On the field of e-sports, there is only the first place and the other.

Editor’s note: This article is from WeChat public account “Entertainment Unicorn” (ID: yuledujiaoshou), the author Sakuragi slipped.

On the e-sports arena, only the first place and the other.

The heavy Summoner Cup shines with silver, and the FPX (FunPlusPhoenix) team from China defeated the European team G2 (G2 Esports) with an absolute advantage of 3:0. The teenagers, who are in their early 20s, jumped to the center of the stage, draped in the logo of the Phoenix Phoenix, and held up the trophy in the golden ribbon.

FPX wins, LPL starts, A-share game giant Century Huatong or become the biggest winner?

FPX wins, LPL starts, A-share game giant Century Huatong or become the biggest winner?

On the night of Paris on November 10, 2019, there was a familiar scene.

At the moment of last year, the IG team from China also defeated the FNC team from the North American Division with an overwhelming advantage of 3:0, becoming the first LPL team to win the S race.

FPX wins, LPL starts, A-share game giant Century Huatong or become the biggest winner?

For the domestic e-sports industry, the “big event” of 2018 seems to have cast a historic moment: the eight major electric competitions, China won five championships.

FPX wins, LPL starts, A-share game giant Century Huatong or become the biggest winner?

And in this year’s S9, another team in the Chinese Division won the championship, and next year’s S10 will also land in Shanghai. It seems that LPL seems to be becoming the “strongest district”. This cuts off the hard work of the players and the rapid layout of domestic capital.

Phoenix team FPX behind: sea game makers + A-share game giants

FPX is a fun and e-sports club founded by the game company FunPlus. Currently, there are about 80 members and coaches in the League of Legends, Surgeon Survival, Fortress Night and Peace Elite divisions. people.

Unlike IG, although there are players from the QG team (renamed NewBee), South Korea’s Doinb, the 6-year-old “Gimgoon” and other “veteran”, but established in 2017 The FPX is still a young team that is not highly regarded by the outside world.

The FunPlus (Dot Interactive Beijing Technology Co., Ltd.) business behind it includes the FunplusGame Fun Plus game and the FPX eSports Club. Among them, FunplusGame is a game research and development, agency publishing company, committed to the development and distribution of overseas game products, the release of the “Knife Tower” and “Scouts Journey” in the mobile game field.

The parent company’s little interaction was just acquired by A-share listed company Century Huatong last year (2018) and became its wholly-owned subsidiary. Prior to this, a little bit of interaction completed a total of two rounds of financing. Including the $12 million Series A financing invested by Jinshajiang Venture Capital; and the $74 million Series B financing that was jointly invested by Jinshajiang Venture Capital, Lanxin Asia and Thinking Capital.

On the one hand, Century Huatong, as an A-share giant, is making a drastic acquisition in the game field. From the acquisition of Shanda Games to a little bit of interaction, the network game IP and the game makers are carefully arranged.

According to the 2019 third-quarter performance report disclosed by Century Huatong on the evening of October 28th, Century Huatong’s total revenue from January to September 2019 was 10.935 billion, an increase of 18.12%. Among them, Century Huatong’s operating income in the third quarter of 2019 was 4 billion yuan, an increase of 10.55% over the same period of the previous year. Among them, Shengqu Games and FunPlus will bring a lot of benefits.

FPX wins, LPL starts, A-share game giant Century Huatong or become the biggest winner?