Chapter 213: A record-breaking contract! The Immortal Guide appears again!
Chapter 213: A record-breaking contract! The Immortal Guide appears again! (Second update)
With the e-sports circle full of traffic and popularity, He Youjun, as the owner of the GT Club, is immersed in a massive wave of information every day.
Although his mobile phone and mailbox were constantly flooded with information about sponsorship and investment, and all kinds of business cooperation intentions from all walks of life surrounded him like a tide, the core issue that he was most concerned about at the moment was the contract renewal of the club's players.
Jin Gong and Li Yi, two players who have performed outstandingly on the field, will have their contracts with the club expire in December this year.
This news was like a huge rock thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples in the entire LPL e-sports circle. All the clubs were closely watching this development like keen hunters.
Because once their contract renewal fails to be successfully reached and they become free agents after the contract expires, it will inevitably trigger a fierce and almost cruel war for them in the league, and the scene can only be described as bloody.
After all, in this era of fierce competition in e-sports, no matter how big a club is or how deep its foundation is, no matter how strong its mid-lane players are, when faced with the temptation of a champion-level player like Li Yi becoming a free agent, they will not hesitate to throw themselves into this war without gunpowder and compete for this rare talent resource.
He Youjun is well aware of the interests involved, so his most important task at the moment is to do his best to sign this championship lineup.
He has a clear and grand blueprint in his mind. If he can successfully retain the original team, then he will have a great chance to reach the top again in next year's competition.
If we can really win the global finals championship next year, we will achieve the feat of winning two consecutive championships. This is not only the supreme honor for the club, but also a direct train to the upcoming Asian Games with this brilliant achievement. For the club's subsequent long-term development, it is undoubtedly an extremely optimistic prospect full of infinite possibilities.
Several investors who were also interested in cooperating with the GT Club also adopted a wait-and-see attitude when they learned that the contract renewal situation of Jin Gong and Li Yi was still unclear.
The reason they were interested in the GT Club was largely because of Li Yi, the outstanding mid-lane player. In their shrewd business considerations, if they rashly invested a large sum of money now and failed to successfully sign Li Yi, they would undoubtedly suffer huge losses and lose everything.
However, Top Sports, which showed the strongest intention, showed full sincerity and dominance. They offered extremely favorable conditions and even stated that they were willing to bear all the wages of the two players as long as they could successfully sign the contract and reach a cooperation.
Li Yi actually had no intention of leaving the club from the beginning to the end. He had a deep sense of belonging and identity with the GT Club.
So when the contract extension was placed in front of him, he signed his name very happily without much hesitation.
With this signing, his personal value skyrocketed like a rocket, achieving a qualitative leap.
When He Youjun took over GT, he had already upgraded Li Yi's contract, and his annual salary was four million at that time.
This time, the new contract directly raised the annual salary to 25 million, more than six times.
This astonishing figure makes Li Yi the first mid-lane player in the country with a value of over 20 million yuan, which is undoubtedly a high recognition and great affirmation of his personal strength and achievements.
Speaking of player salaries, we have to mention the once sensational Uzi transfer incident. Before, everyone heard that Uzi's transfer fee was as high as 50 million.
But in fact, it was just a special operation method, which was to transfer from one hand to the other and then greatly increase the penalty for breach of contract. Its purpose was to use the high penalty for breach of contract to lock Uzi firmly in the club. So behind this seemingly bluffing transfer fee, Uzi's actual annual salary is not that exaggerated.
As early as the S3 season, when uzi just stepped into the professional arena, he could only earn a year.
Later, with his outstanding performance on the field, he won the runner-up in the global finals, and a large amount of capital began to gradually flow into the e-sports industry. The Royal Club increased his annual salary to 600,000.
At that time, the club told him like coaxing a child that this was already the highest salary in the Royal Team, but Uzi somehow found out that Insec's salary was the same as his, which made him very annoyed. Because of this, there was a classic scene in which he instantly selected Lucian on the fourth floor in a game.
This incident taught Guan Zeyuan a good lesson when he was commentating a League of Legends game for the first time. It completely refreshed his new understanding of the League of Legends professional arena and enabled Guan Zeyuan to control his emotions well when facing even the most outrageous lineups in the future.
With the further development of League of Legends, the players' salaries are getting higher and higher. By the S5 season when Uzi was in OMG, his annual salary had risen to three million, which was already the highest salary in LPL at that time.
The contract offered by GT this time has truly broken the salary record of players in the LPL region.
It is no exaggeration to say that such a salary level is enough to support the operation of a top team.
This is also one of the important reasons why Li Yi chose to sign without much consideration.
After all, if the championship team continues to fight, it will be able to maintain the strongest system of the original team. Although it cannot be said that there are no flaws, it is obviously much less flawed than rebuilding the team. Coupled with such an attractive high salary, he really has no reason to refuse.
After signing the contract, Li Yi returned to the training room with a slightly relaxed mood. Just after finishing a rank game, he saw GimGoon pushing open the door of the training room with a smile on his face.
From Jin Gong’s bright smile, it is not difficult to see that the salary of this contract also makes him very satisfied.
As for the specific number in the contract, due to the signing of a confidentiality agreement, the players cannot disclose it unless the club takes the initiative to announce it, so the other team members tacitly did not ask GimGoon.
And no one felt jealous. After all, after winning the global finals championship, they received a lot of bonuses, and everyone's worth had already increased significantly with the glory of the championship.
They also firmly believe that the club owner He Youjun will definitely not treat them unfairly. The original lineup will be retained, and they will still be able to continue to fight for the global finals next year. This is also good news for everyone, so they are still full of confidence in the next game...
The next thing for the club is to discuss sponsorship.
Or should we say that he doesn't care about sponsorship at all.
Unlike many club managers who are obsessed with pursuing sponsorship funds, he did not pay much attention to the numerous sponsorship intentions.
What he cares about is how to take advantage of this opportunity to build a gaming empire.
It's impossible to keep messing up the club, right?
No matter how much money a club makes, it cannot compare to development and expansion.
So e-sports clubs can exist, but his is just a transition.
Not long after, a company called Chuangmeng Taobo Co., Ltd. emerged.
In fact, not many people care about this company. After all, it is normal for a company to emerge in such a large country.
But what concerns everyone is that this company actually holds full control of the GT Club.
Many people were shocked. He Youjun wouldn't sell the club as soon as he won the global finals, right?
And logically speaking, their families wouldn't value the club's money, right?
The most important thing is that the popularity of League of Legends is getting higher and higher. Wouldn’t it be a huge loss to sell the club when it has not yet reached its peak?
If it affects the players' condition, that would be a real problem.
But after a glance, everyone felt relieved.
Because the boss of this company is still He Youjun, the difference is that He Youjun does not have full investment power, and Top Sports holds 30% of the shares.
Judging from the situation, they should be planning a big move. With financial investment, GT Club will definitely become stronger and stronger.
First of all, there is no need to worry about the championship lineup not being able to renew the contract.
A company as big as Top Sports is not stupid. It must have felt there was no problem before cooperating with He Youjun.
Sure enough, that evening, everyone saw the official announcement on GT’s official Weibo that Li Yi and GimGoon had completed their contract renewal, confirming everyone’s speculation.
Fans who had been following this for a while finally breathed a sigh of relief, as even though they thought the GT championship lineup would not change, the moment before the announcement was made was still very suspenseful.
While waiting, fans' hearts seemed to be hung high by an invisible rope, and all kinds of speculations and worries spread on the Internet.
During this period, some fans kept refreshing the official page of the GT Club, for fear of missing any news.
Some of them comforted and encouraged each other on social platforms. They thought that the dynasty that had just been established could not collapse just because the contract renewal was not successful, right?
When fans saw the contract extension announcement on the official Weibo account, they were immediately excited, and the comment section was filled with joy and excitement. "Great! The championship lineup is here, let's keep going next year!"
"GT will always be the god, keep creating brilliance!" Messages like these came in like a tide.
Everyone expressed their support for the club's decision and their expectations for the new season in the most enthusiastic way, and the entire e-sports community was immersed in a jubilant atmosphere.
But Weibo felt it was a pity. They still couldn't accept that GT didn't change its name. They had to have the Weibo name to represent their team.
This is obviously inconsistent with He Youjun's establishment of the Dynasty Team...
Top Sports is quite single-minded and thinks that as long as it can get publicity, it will be fine. It has also established a new company, which is considered a pretty good sports investment.
Top Sports also has many subsidiaries, and they feel that this decision is acceptable.
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GT Club.
Coach's office.
"You mean you want to switch to top lane?" Li Jiongjun looked at Cheng Lu in surprise.
Cheng Lu nodded sheepishly.
"Coach... I still think I am more suitable to play in the top lane."
"If you play top lane, then there is a problem. The middle lane is Li Yi, do you understand?"
"I know." Cheng Lu nodded.
He really knew what the statement "Li Yi is in the middle" meant.
Since he plays very aggressively in the top lane, someone must cooperate with him when he plays in the top lane. In other words, someone must protect the top lane from being caught.
But as long as Li Yi in the middle can help, there will definitely be an advantage.
In this case, not too many resources will be invested in the top lane.
Seeing Cheng Lu looking so serious, I knew he was not joking.
"Okay, you have to get into the top ten on the Korean server first. If you get into the top ten on the Korean server, I'll give you a chance. You can try in the Demacia Cup."
The Demacia Cup is now a perfect time to train troops.
Moreover, Chenglu's style has two systems that work well on the road.
Jin Gong takes the pressure, Cheng Lu plays the lane.
Lin Weixiang and Liu Qingsong were originally purchased as a bottom lane combination.
It doesn't take much time to re-adjust.
In the following period of time, GT plunged into the rhythm of daily training.
Originally, the bottom lane duo Lin Weixiang and Liu Qingsong were practicing double row as planned...
Cheng Lu embarked on a solo journey to rank up. He was like a lone warrior, fighting bravely in the high-ranking games of the Korean server.
During this period, many players on the top lane were under tremendous pressure.
A monster appeared in your top lane, whose understanding of the minion line is beyond imagination!
In addition, seize every flaw of the enemy's top laner and use sharp operations to achieve a suppressive effect.
When faced with a gank from the enemy jungler, he can respond calmly, and with his exquisite control of the hero's skills and map vision, he can escape and even kill the enemy jungler.
It's really incredible that he reached the top ten in the Korean server in just one week!
Jin Gong is also under tremendous pressure.
Young people really make their seniors afraid to give up.
Li Jiongjun’s goal was achieved half a month ahead of schedule.
I have to admire his talent!
From the upper road to the lower road and then from the lower road to the upper road.
Of course I will give him a chance.
Let Cheng Lu try in the Demacia Cup quarterfinals.
On January 3rd, GT set off for Qingdao.
GT easily secured a spot in the quarterfinals in the previous Demacia Cup.
The other three teams that followed were EDG, iG and WE.
The other four teams are Suning, BLG, JD.com and Snake Team who made it all the way through the group stage.
In the quarter-finals, the four teams that advanced early did not lose when facing the group stage teams.
Of course, GT is a little different from other teams because they have the championship lineup!
The pressure from all the main players at that moment made BLG, their opponent, feel numb.
The Qingdao Gymnasium was packed with people at the Demacia Cup, and the audience was screaming wildly.
Other teams should learn from this. GT used all its main players even in the Demacia Cup.
Of course, there are also a few people who care more about why it is theshy instead of GimGoon who is in the top lane.
But theshy's performance in all three games was very impressive.
Especially in the third game, Shen performed the Sage's Guidance!
When the health is low, use the stopwatch added in the version update to kill the mantis!
This feels pretty good?
Theshy can play top lane...
(End of this chapter)