Det er ingen hemmelighed, at økonomien i League of Legends kontant bliver bedre og bedre. Der bliver øset flere og flere penge i maskinen og i en længere kinesisk artikel, som onGamers har oversat, har Wei "CaoMei" Han-Dong offentliggjort det skyhøje beløb, han tjener om året på at streame.

Den tidligere Team WE-spiller, CaoMei, stoppede sin aktive karriere tilbage i august 2014 for at fokusere på at streame. Det har vist sig at være et smart træk, da han siger i artiklen, at han hiver hele fem millioner kinesiske Yuan renminbi i hus om året, hvilket svarer til godt fem millioner danske kroner.

Ifølge hans mor er hans løn steget eksplosivt de sidste par år, og man skal ikke meget længere tilbage end november i 2011, hvor han tjente godt 3.000 kinesiske Yuan renminbi, hvilket svarer til omkring 3.000 danske kroner om året.

Wei "CaoMei" Han-Dong's mother remembers each time her son's monthly salary increased: November, 2011, trainee, 3,000 RMB ($491); March 2012, official member, 4,000 RMB ($654); November, same year, the IPL 5 Champions, 7,000 RMB ($1,145); May 2014, 10,000 RMB ($1,636); June, 20,000 RMB ($3,271). Now retired, he streams with an annual salary of five million RMB ($817,863).

CaoMei is a former professional gamer whose team, World Elite, won one of most celebrated tournaments in League of Legends history, IPL 5, in 2012. League of Legends is the hottest online video game right now, published by Riot Games in 2009 and plays similarly to Defense of the Ancients (DotA). The game has 10 players connected to the same server, split into two teams of five players. Players control a single hero, use that hero’s abilities, craft items, and destroy the enemy base together with their teammates.
Alt er tjent igennem streaming, og det siges, at han i hvert fald har over 100.000 seere, hver gang han tænder for kameraet og skruer op for mikrofonen.
Streaming is comparably more relaxed. During streaming hours, CaoMei can play the game while commentating including joke about himself whenever he loses a game; there is no psychological pressure at all. Every time he streams, he gets at least 100,000 viewers. When talking about the reason why the community favors him, CaoMei said confidently, "It may not be good to say this, but maybe some of the progamers don't have my looks." He often gets "I want to have a baby with you" from female fans.

Den fulde artikel, som sætter fokus på kinesisk e-sport generelt, kan læses hos onGamers i en engelsk udgave eller på kinesisk her.