I took the subway, although it was only more than 40 minutes, but it was as long as a century for me, until we finally stepped out of the subway, I relaxed, to be honest, I couldn't stay in the shaking subway car before, and I wanted to come to Yang Baikun and a few of them too.

"It's already an old town, but it's still a long way from our destination."

Because the weather was too hot, the seven of us took two cars, and after Qin Fan told the driver where he was going, the car stopped on the side of the road in about ten minutes.

"Let's go."

After we paid the fare, we picked up our belongings and got out of the car, and I was a little surprised by what we saw.

The scene of the modern steel jungle that I had seen in Ding'an District was gone, replaced by some dilapidated old buildings, which looked like they were about five or six stories long, and the gray walls exuded an ancient atmosphere, and in some places the walls were even beginning to fall off.

This was so different from the scene I had seen before that I didn't react for a while.

"Brother Fan, what is this?" I pointed to the scene in front of me and said in a daze.

Qin Fan nodded, "Don't you feel a little contrast?" That's it, Ningcheng has a brilliant steel jungle, and there are also such backward areas, the ancient city is the most backward area in Ningcheng, but the people's enthusiasm for e-sports here is no worse than other districts. ”

"Brother Fan, then why don't we go to other districts?" Zhao Kaijun asked.

Hearing Zhao Kaijun's words, Qin Fan smiled bitterly and didn't say anything, I understood as soon as I saw him like this, it wasn't that he didn't want to go, but that he couldn't go.

Just as Qin Fan said, in Ningcheng, everything depends on strength, with our current ability, we can't go anywhere else at all, and even many outsiders are difficult to gain a foothold in Ningcheng if they don't know anyone, and we are lucky that we can find a foothold now.

"Let's go."

Qin Fan walked towards the front with his things on his back as he spoke, and the six of us followed.

Our group shuttled between the buildings and the gaps in the buildings, and after walking for about ten minutes, we stopped in front of the somewhat dilapidated old building on the first floor.

Qin Fan took out his mobile phone and made a call, and after a while, a person came over, who looked about the same age as Qin Fan, with a dusty face.

"Old Wu." Seeing this person, Qin Fan beckoned and shouted.

", Qin Fan, you haven't seen you for so long, and you're finally willing to go back to Ningcheng." The person known as Lao Wu came up and patted Qin Fan on the shoulder.

Then Qin Fan and Lao Wu hugged each other, and it seemed that they were good friends who had not seen each other for many years.

"Come, Xiaoyun, let me introduce you, this is Lao Wu, Wu Sen, my former friend, we have struggled together in Ningcheng for a period of time."

Seeing Qin Fan talk about this, Lao Wu sighed with emotion, "A few years have passed in the blink of an eye, think about when we were in Ningcheng, we were still a hairy boy." ”

Saying that, Lao Wu pulled Qin Fan and started chatting, leaving the six of us aside.

The six of us, you look at me, I look at you, all of them are a little speechless, Qin Fan, this guy is also unreliable, he doesn't do business, he came here to chatter.

The two of them chatted for a long time, and probably saw the six of us still standing on the side, and Lao Wu scratched his head a little embarrassed.

"Haha, Qin Fan, I see that the few children you brought are a little anxious."

Qin Fan glanced at a few of us, "Regardless of them, let's continue to chat." ”

This guy is addicted to nagging, Nima eggs!

Seeing that Qin Fan was a little unstoppable, Lao Wu was reasonable, and seeing that we were waiting a little anxiously, he immediately said.

"Qin Fan, don't talk patronizing, you guy, let's get down to business, didn't you ask me to find you a place to live?"

"That's right." Qin Fan nodded, "Do you have any way?" ”

"I have someone I know here, he is a relative who is engaged in real estate here, and many people in this area are renting houses from him, go, I will take you to meet him."

With that, Lao Wu turned around and walked towards the building, and our group followed.

"A lot of the people who come here to rent are from other cities, and most of them are young people." Saying that, Lao Wu glanced at a few of us, "I feel that I am not bad, and I want to come to the city of e-sports to have a good time, and many of them came with such thoughts." ”

Qin Fan listened and nodded continuously, Ningcheng is different from other big cities, outsiders from other cities may come to work and earn money, but Ningcheng is not.

The vast majority of people who come here are young people like us, who want to stand on the stage of glory and want to become professional players in domestic e-sports.

We followed for about five minutes, and then we entered a room where a man looked to be in his mid-thirties, leaning back in a wide chair, with a thumb-thick gold chain around his neck and two rings on his left hand.

"This person's name is Hu Er, and he has the final say on the rental and sale of this piece of housing, let's speak politely." Before entering the door, Wu Sen whispered to us.

"Brother II." After Wu Sen entered, he nodded at Hu Er.

"Yes."

Hu Er didn't pay attention to Wu Sen at all, lowered his head and lit a cigarette, and snorted with his nose.

But Wu Sen didn't mind at all, he still smiled on his face, he knew that Hu Er was very open in this area, and he couldn't provoke him, and the place he rented was managed by Hu Er, if he didn't mess with Hu Er, he would wait to close the door.

"Brother Er, these are my friends, they just came to Ningcheng today, they want to find a place to stay, didn't you say a few days ago that there is a suite vacant, why don't you rent it to them."

Hearing this, Hu Er's eyelids finally lifted, glanced at us, and then looked at Wu Sen.

"Came to Ningcheng to play e-sports?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Wu Sen nodded, "Second brother, they are all long-term rentals, at least half a year, or you can rent the house to them for the sake of my face." ”

As soon as he heard this, Hu Er suddenly sneered, "Who are you, you seem to have a big face." ”

As soon as these words came out, Wu Sen was embarrassed, but Hu Er didn't look at him, but at us.

"I've always been straightforward, I do have an empty suite, more than 150 square meters, four bedrooms, kitchen and bathroom are complete, you can rent it, a month, 12,000, half a year to pay."

"What?" Wu Sen was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Brother Er, didn't the house pay back nine thousand a month a few days ago, why did it rise so much all of a sudden?" ”

"You also know that it was a few days ago, a few people came yesterday and said that they wanted to rent this house, I said that I wanted to rent this house, I gave a price of 12,000 for the sake of my acquaintance with you, otherwise I would rent it to someone else in a while, you see if you want to rent it."

We were a little hesitant to listen to it, this rent of 12,000 a month is not a small amount, and the minimum payment is half a year, this time it is 70,000 yuan gone, plus the seven of us still have to eat, Ningcheng is very expensive, seven of us, a month to eat, and we have to spend a lot of money.

We have just come to Ningcheng now, we have nothing, we have to spend money to buy a set of computers or anything to train, if we always go to the Internet café to train, it is not a long-term thing.

If you are a more expensive Internet café, you can't beat it for more than 10 yuan an hour, or 200 yuan a day, and you will lose thousands of yuan for a month, so it is better to have a computer for your own use, which is not more comfortable than an Internet café.

"Old Wu, do you think there is any other place?" Qin Fan asked quietly, we must be careful when we go out now, otherwise when the money is spent, we will be miserable.

Wu Sen shook his head, "Qin Fan, we have been in a relationship for so many years, I will definitely not pit you, although Hu Er's temper is eccentric, there is no worry about renting a house here with him, and he will not find an excuse to let us go if the lease period is not reached." ”

A few of us discussed it with each other and decided to rent it here.

We won the prize money of 250,000 yuan in the Departure Challenge, and then Wang Fatzi received a lot of endorsements from the city, and we also took a lot of money, and when we left, we also won the championship of the third league of the city, although this championship is just a springboard to a higher level, but there is also a bonus of 50,000 yuan, and all kinds of people add up, and we now have about 350,000 about seven people.

The rent for half a year is 72,000, which is still affordable for us.

"Brother Er, since you can afford us, we will rent it from you, I hope you can take care of us in the future." Qin Fan said to Hu Er.

Hu Er nodded when he listened, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, if you pay the money, I will naturally give you all the qiē properly." ”

Subsequently, Hu Er shouted that people took us to see the house first, as Hu Er said more than 150 square meters, there are four bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens are quite complete, although the furniture is simple, but fortunately, everything is complete.

Qin Fan nodded while watching, "Yes, this place has good lighting, the location of the hall is very good, and the space is enough for us to train, yes, yes." ”

Although the building looks very shabby on the outside, we are still satisfied with the layout inside.

"Okay, let's settle here for the time being, this is our first starting point in Ningcheng."

After deciding to rent here, Qin Fan and we went to find Hu Er to pay, but as soon as we walked to Hu Er's house, we heard a voice from inside.

"Brother, you're not kind, we've already said we're going to rent the house, why did you tell us that we had already rented it out?"

As soon as we heard this, several of us looked surprised, and then hurriedly entered the house, and found that there were six more people in the room, led by a man who looked older than Qin Fan, and what he said before.