Chapter 22 Tzun , connecting! LPL, my chapter is coming!
Chapter 22 Tzun, connecting! LPL, I'm back!
TES General Manager's Office.
White Crescent Moon kindly brewed a cup of hot tea for Lu Yiming. As the general manager, Guo Hao did not waste any time and directly took out a blank contract from the drawer and started drafting on it.
Although Lu Yiming already knew what was going to happen, he still couldn't help feeling nervous and anxious.
Soon, Guo Hao finished filling it out, turned it over, pushed it close to Lu Yiming, and said with a smile:
"Player Lv Yiming, our TES e-sports club is now officially inviting you. Your salary is exactly the same as Wayward's, with an annual salary of 800000 yuan."
"Because you are a free agent now, the club does not need to pay a transfer fee to your old club, so I will personally give you an additional signing subsidy of 200000 yuan. If you have any requirements, you can ask for them."
Hearing this, Lu Yiming was shocked.
Da Huang has played for several seasons after all, and although he is a bit green, objectively speaking, he can be considered a "senior" in the industry. Lu Yiming did not expect that Guo Hao thought so highly of him. After only two tryouts, he gave him the maximum salary for a second-rate player.
Previously in RNG, although he was nominally a substitute top laner, his actual monthly salary was only a pitiful 6000 yuan, which meant he was doing the most work with the least money. Now that he is in TES, his salary has increased more than ten times!
Even White Crescent did not expect Guo Hao to offer such a high salary, but she was relieved when she thought of his performance during the previous trial training:
"Our President Hao is not like those pedantic club owners who only look at the surface results. He doesn't look at historical results or past honors, but only focuses on current strength. How does the saying go, kings, princes, generals, and ministers, are all different? This time, you've really taken off!"
"Two trials and he got a million-dollar annual salary, an average of 50 per game. Even in the entire LPL history, only the top players can count how many newcomers get this kind of treatment."
Lu Yiming didn't take the White Crescent's praise to heart.
Guo Hao smiled as he looked at the young man in front of him, who seemed a little calmer after a brief surprise, and waited for his reply.
Although he was indeed tempted, Lu Yiming had seen the world after all. After leaving RNG, he was very sensitive about contracts. Even though TES had no criminal record and Guo Hao's character was well-known in the industry, Lu Yiming still picked it up and examined it carefully.
He noticed that the contract was for three years.
"I have no problem with the annual salary, but I want to sign a one-year contract. In addition, I would like to add a bet agreement."
There was no way before, but now his abilities will continue to improve with time, and the road to the "world's top" is smooth. Lu Yiming certainly has a dream.
"One-year contract." Guo Hao was stunned.
White Crescent Moon added, "Yiming, you know that the industry generally signs young players for five years. You should know more about RNG, most of them sign for ten years. Even for some relatively famous newcomers, the employment period is generally five years."
In the history of LPL, there have been many players who signed annual contracts. The clubs have spent a lot of effort to train them, and they have finally made them famous and able to stand on their own. As a result, when the contract expires, the players turn around and threaten the club with a pay raise, threatening to quit if the club refuses. Such cases are everywhere.
TES suffered losses in this regard.
Therefore, regarding the issue of signing time, the entire LPL clubs, except for those big stars with terrifying price tags or LCK champion players, will control the contract to one year due to financial constraints or concerns about losing money. The rest, even first-class players, will be signed for three years.
If the effect is not good, you can take it out for 'barter' when the transfer period begins, make personnel replacements, or simply sell it.
You won't lose anything.
"You are the first newcomer who dares to propose a gambling agreement. Tell me about it." Guo Hao was interested in the second half of Lu Yiming's words.
Lu Yiming was not afraid either, and said frankly: "If we can win the world championship, I want to get ten times the annual salary based on the current basis. Of course, if it cannot be achieved, it will naturally not count."
When he heard the word "world champion", White Crescent's eyes narrowed into a line.
"Are you kidding me?" Guo Hao burst out laughing.
Lu Yiming rubbed his head and said, "Is it too much? The annual salary of any champion top laner in history is no less than 1500 million. If the all-Chinese team wins the championship, I'm afraid it will have to double that, right?"
He understood the market situation and didn't think his suggestion was excessive.
"Not much, of course not!" Guo Hao waved his hand and said, "If we can win the world championship, let alone increase your salary tenfold, even if it's twenty or thirty times, I will agree with it!"
"To be honest, you know about the gambling agreement, so you must have heard it from Ah Bin or Xiao Hu, right?"
"Their betting agreements basically cover the league champions and runners-up, the world championship quarterfinals and semifinals. Even the highest betting agreement I've heard of between a club and a player is only for 'world runner-up.'"
"So far, no player in the entire LPL has dared to put the 'world champion' into the betting agreement."
Guo Hao looked at the child in front of him, and thought of the arrogant scene of the boy at the dinner table before, and shook his head:
"Moreover, a gambling agreement is not a free-for-all as you said. It has to be beneficial to both parties. Basically, if it is achieved, the players will make a lot of money. If it is not achieved, the club will reduce their salary by 30%, or even cut their salary in half. This is called a reasonable gambling. After all, there is no free-for-all in the world, right?"
Seeing Lu Yiming's thoughtful look, Guo Hao decided to tease the boy in front of him and said with a smile:
"Not to mention that challenging for the world championship is hellishly difficult, if the team can really win the world championship, I promise you an annual salary of 80 yuan now. I will raise your salary to 2400 million yuan, which is thirty times more!"
"But if we can't win the world championship..." Guo Hao thought for a moment, then shook his head and laughed: "Forget it, if we can't win, then we can't win. The club doesn't need you to gamble your salary. Just consider it as supporting your dream and giving you hope."
Hearing this, Lu Yiming was also stunned.
But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense. Anyone who proposes a performance guarantee gambling agreement is basically a top player with an annual salary plus transfer fees of 20 to 30 million. My salary of just a few hundred thousand is indeed not even a drop in the bucket in the eyes of such a wealthy club.
"Manager, are you serious?"
"Really? The champion of the all-Chinese team, and he's the top laner. The price of 2400 million is really a bargain for the club." Guo Hao saw that Lu Yiming seemed excited. After thinking for a while, he still persuaded him earnestly:
"Sometimes, things are not as simple as you think. Young people tend to get carried away by enthusiasm. As someone who has been through this, I would like to remind you that you have to be down-to-earth to go further. If you look forward to becoming a world champion now, the success rate is probably less than 0.1%. In the end, you will be disappointed. Just don't be disappointed."
In response to this, Lu Yiming smiled faintly and said:
"Manager, you may not know this, but I always adhere to one principle when doing things: the bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish!"
"If you don't have confidence in yourself, who do you expect to believe that we can win the championship?"
Because Lu Yiming vowed to propose an "unrealistic" gambling agreement, Guo Hao finally agreed to his request for a one-year contract.
After all, in their opinion, Lu Yiming's potential is fully worthy of the same treatment as Dahuang. For the club, it is definitely a big profit to spend a small amount of money to get a two-sided player who is several times stronger than Dahuang and has the ability to withstand "top pressure" in this version.
As for the contract issue, TES finally retained the right of priority to renew the contract after it expires. It just means that it will have to bid with other clubs based on the market price at that time.
Guo Hao also understood that true geniuses would not let the club control their own destiny, so he did not worry too much about the signing time.
For him, Top Esports is not afraid that the value of this confident newcomer will skyrocket after he achieves good results in the future, which will lead to a huge cost of contract renewal next season. Anyway, this season they will play in Top Esports, and both sides will prosper together. What he is more afraid of is that Lu Yiming will only be a tryout tiger and a weakling in the big competition.
As for Lu Yiming, he had confidence with the cheats in hand, and the most important thing was that the treatment in TES now was dozens of times better than that in RNG in the past. It was just the difference between earning more or less, and he didn't mind taking a big chance.
After both parties signed and sealed the contract, Lu Yiming left the general manager's office with a brand new contract.
"You are still too young." Guo Hao shook his head and laughed.
White Crescent Moon said: "It's a good thing to have passion and enthusiasm. Let alone the world championship, if we can win the second place in the summer season, we will have made a lot of money."
The world championship is still too far away, and there are too many variables, so they didn't think about it. The world champion, and the all-Chinese team won the championship...
The significance behind this is so great that it may cause an unprecedented frenzy in the history of LPL e-sports!
……
After leaving the manager's office, seeing A Shui and others concentrating on the training match, Lu Yiming walked over to watch with a carefree mood.
Both of their high grounds had been breached, and with Da Huang leading the way to death, the other four teammates gritted their teeth and arrived at the battlefield. After being wiped out in a four-on-five situation, A Shui had no choice but to type 'GG'.
"Oh, it's done." Ah Shui was originally very distressed, but his eyes lit up after seeing Lu Yiming.
Xiaotian looked over and saw Lu Yiming holding a file bag in his hand. He immediately understood everything: "Congratulations."
When Dahuang saw this, he knew what had happened and his face looked unhappy.
When he saw Lu Yiming playing like crazy in the training match, he felt that the high and mighty Brother Bin was not so difficult to defeat. He went up to play two games with full of passion, but he was beaten to a pulp by Bin. Before his teammates could do anything in the two training matches, especially Xiaotian, who hadn't even cleared all the wild monsters, he was killed by Bin in the top lane.
At this time, Dahuang felt dizzy.
He doesn't know who he is!
Looking at Lu Yiming behind him, he had a complicated expression. He couldn't understand why such a strong man had completely different attitudes when facing the boy in front of him and himself.
It was already 9:30 in the evening, it was pitch black outside, and the work day was declared over.
While his teammates were cleaning up and no one was paying attention to him, Da Huang secretly pulled Lu Yiming aside and whispered, "Well, brother, there were so many people around before, and I was wrong. I apologize! We two brothers will have to fight side by side in the future. I, Huang, just like to joke around, so don't take it seriously..."
"Who is your brother? And who are you calling your brother?" Lu Yiming didn't like this incompetent boy who didn't realize it. He immediately shouted at the top of his voice: "I don't accept your apology!!"
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Seeing that everyone's attention was drawn and they were looking over here, Da Huang's face suddenly turned red. He stared at Lu Yiming fiercely, then ran away as if escaping.
At this time, Guo Hao and White Crescent Moon finished packing and walked out.
"Dahuang, don't go yet. Come and gather together. I have something to inform you of." Seeing Dahuang was running away, Guo Hao hurriedly called him to stop.
Dahuang felt aggrieved, but he had to come back anyway.
"Our top lane position will change next season. Yiming will be your new teammate. He will rotate with Dahuang. Everyone please welcome him with applause!" Guo Haotong informed.
Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
Ah Shui was the most active and shouted excitedly: "Welcome my brother Yiming!"
Xiaotian clapped very hard. If Dahuang hadn't taken over later, after just two trial training games with Lu Yiming, he would have subconsciously felt that he should "enjoy" this good life. As a result, the next two training games made him feel like he was forgotten.
Xiaotian discovered the huge gap between white people and humans.
The former has strong execution, full discipline, good skills, a good mentality, and can eat grass and milk. As a jungler, he doesn't have to worry about anything at all, and his main goal is to save time and effort.
It was obviously his own fight that was better, but he gave the credit to him. These few words were full of emotional value.
The latter is self-righteous, speaks the harshest words, takes the most vicious beatings, and occasionally puts the blame on the jungler.
Just a few words can make him warm up!
Comparing the two, the difference is really like that between an angel and a devil, they are two extremes.
"This is the key to the club apartment. Your room is next to Xiaotian. The club will have a long vacation in two days. Come to the base early tomorrow to take some posters for external publicity. Your subsidy will be transferred to your card by tomorrow morning." Guo Hao arranged:
"Oh, by the way, I remember your previous ID in RNG was sound. You've been controversial lately, so don't use this ID anymore. Go back home tonight and think of an ID."
Lu Yiming nodded in response, and then everyone went off work.
……
The night in Shanghai was full of lights and music. Walking on the crowded streets, Lu Yiming felt refreshed.
He was really depressed during his time at RNG!
Having been reborn at this moment, Lu Yiming was in high spirits. The only pity was that no one shared his joy. In his excitement, he couldn't help but applaud as he walked.
Clap for yourself!
“Finally I made it through!”
"There is still more than a month until the start of the summer season. LPL, and RNG, your grandpa is back!"
Returning to the small room he had just rented, Lu Yiming was overwhelmed with emotions. "I didn't expect that I would have to move again after living here for less than a week. But I don't have anything valuable. The most valuable thing in my family is this computer."
"With an annual salary of 800,000 yuan in Shanghai, I can live a very comfortable life if I don't buy a motorhome. However, the apartment arranged by the club is bound to the contract after all. Once I transfer next season, I will have to move again. In the end, I still have no place to live. This feeling of drifting is sometimes really empty."
“I will try to win the world championship this year and buy a house and settle down next season.”
Thinking of the bright future, Lu Yiming suddenly became full of energy.
But unfortunately, his 4 hours of gaming time for the day had been used up, and he would not gain anything even if he tried hard. At the same time, he was exhausted after a tiring day, and now he returned to the rental house, he was also feeling tired.
Lu Yiming went to bed early.
……
The next day.
"Have you thought about your new ID?" Guo Hao asked with a smile when he saw Lu Yiming reporting to the base early.
Lu Yiming smiled faintly and said, "I've decided, let's call him Tzun!"
"Tzun?" Guo Hao read it twice and stared: "Tianzun??"
This ID is too strong!
Seeing Lu Yiming nod with a smile, Guo Hao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Can you bear it? With this kind of ID, it will attract traffic if you just post a highlight reel, but if you pull it, it will also cause a big joke."
"This is it, I like it very much!" Lu Yiming said firmly.
noon.
The official account of TES e-sports club released a message, which attracted countless Top Esports fans to watch.
#Tzun is connecting!#
#Our company officially reached a cooperation agreement with contestant Lu Yiming today! #
#May your future be based on your dreams and live up to your youth! #
#Tzun is a two-faced warrior who combines pressure resistance and operation. His performance during the trial training was highly recognized by the club. Next season, TES is bound to achieve higher results with a new look! #
#Please keep looking forward to us! #
#……#
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