The Esports Advocate reported that the First Intermediate People's Court of Shanghai was forced to Royal Never Never Give-up (RNG) and the founder of Yao “Baixing” Jincheng had to pay 162,118,224 yuan (US $ 22.5 million) for an anonymous plaintiff. The mandatory execution command is valid on June 18 according to the dossier of the case according to the number of cases (2025) 011816.
Detailed information about the lawsuit was not disclosed, though the Esports Advocate stated that this was only one of the at least 10 legal lawsuits waiting for RNG to resolve. The most prominent allegations of slow pay and the amount required to reward can be up to 140 million USD (more than 3.6 trillion VND).
Rng, operating under the management of Shanghai Jing, please Cheng Feng Media Co., Ltd., established in 2018. The founder of the company, Yao Jincheng, owns 59.73% of the company and is the corporation operator. Currently, RNG's League of Legends team is playing in League of Legends Pro League (LPL), and at a live broadcast of the Kim “Doinb” Tae-Sang player on June 20, some organizations offered to acquire the team's LPL franchise.
In recent years, RNG has always been a symbol of Chinese League of Legends. This organization won the Mid-Season Invitational championships in 2019, 2021 and 2022, considered the highest commercial electronic sports organization in China in 2019. RNG attracted more than 11 sponsors, including brands such as KFC, Mercedes-Benz, Lynx, Dongpeng Drinks, Doritos, Yili and Hongmo, along with Hypothesi Partic partners, Specialized partners, Specialized partners, Specialized partners, Specialized partners, Simitech partners HP, Douyu, Autofull and Igame.
However, RNG is currently facing many issues related to the internal organization, especially salary debt. Many sources from LPL confirms the financial issues of this organization very large, not only owe the salary of the players but also the employees. Currently, RNG is standing last on the LPL Split 2 2025 rankings and is expected to continue to be eliminated early from Split 3.
