Chapter 70: The Myth Busted

Heavy snow still falls over Dallas.

Lu Fei and Green didn't watch the award ceremony, the two just walked quietly and slowly in the snow.

They didn't say a word to each other.

The streets are still the same streets, and the sky is still the same sky, but for some reason, the streets seem to suddenly become deserted, and the sky has lost its color.

It was indeed one of the most exciting and classic world competitions, but neither of them seemed happy.

Green's sadness is that the great X3 still lost in the end, this X3 team is not what he excavated, led, and guided, but for the honor of the United States, he also put a lot of effort into it.

Now all the hard work has been wasted.

And Lu Fei is silent about China, this CPL, Chinese mainland is not even qualified to participate, the only Chinese team, is XCP from Taiwan.

XCP met the American team eedarriors in the single-elimination round, and they reached the double-elimination tournament of CPL Round of 32 13-1 on Inferno, and in the first round of the double-elimination tournament they met the Austrian powerhouse Infernum, who finished fifth, and lost 3-13 to Infernum on Cbble.

XCP was then sent to the brutal lower bracket, where they met Pa, also from the Asian Singapore student team, who swept XCP 13-1 at Desert 2 and sent XCP back to his hometown in Taiwan.

Why? Why are the Chinese always defeated by the Singaporeans, and even the Singaporean student team can't solve it, let alone solve the Koreans and Little Japan, to dominate Asia, to compete with the heroes.

Taiwan is the motherland's treasure island, and its success or failure has a bearing on the honor and disgrace of the Chinese nation.

Lu Fei had a deep sense of powerlessness, powerless to his own insignificance, powerless to do anything about himself.

found a café to sit down, and in the face of the vast snow, the two were even more silent.

"Lu, in fact, I have long thought that the CS of North America will come sooner or later." Green was the first to speak, "It's just that I didn't expect North American CS to lose in this classic battle of the century, and my worries still came true." ”

Lu Fei was silent and said, "This is a war between business and art, and art has lost. ”

Green savored his words and hesitated, "What do you mean?" ”

Lu Fei said: "The failure of X3 means that the mainstream direction of CS in the world will develop in the direction of team cooperation, or in other words, we will never see geniuses in a game to strengthen the art war of five APs, because that is a thing of the past, once CS brings a utilitarian flavor and is bent on winning, there may no longer be passion and imagination." ”

Green was silent for a while before he spoke, "Lu, do you know why I brought you from China?" ”

"Why?" This is a question that Lu Fei has always been curious about.

Green smiled, and suddenly changed the topic again: "Lu, if according to your assumptions, do you think that the mainstream direction of CS in North America in the future will put aside personal heroism and shift the focus to Teamork?" ”

"Yes." Lu Fei nodded firmly, "I will focus on training and cooperation, but those highly artistic individual heroism cannot be abandoned, just as a person's nature is difficult to change, team + hero is the direction of the future development of North American CS, but it is not the ultimate destination." ”

"Oh?" Green was surprised.

Lu Fei's eyes fell into the distance: "Future wars, of course, are inseparable from the support of commercial interests, but I think that tactics are fundamental, the art of war is the eternal and undefeated method of all wars, and in the royal way of fighting, there must be a higher realm of royal road." ”

Green's heart moved, and Lu Fei finally said what he expected.

He suddenly remembered his trip to China, and he was sure that he had not found the wrong person.

"Lu, if you are a team leader and player, what are your plans now?" Green asked.

Lu Fei smiled: "Mr. Green, do you think there really is such a person in the CS world?" ”

"How not?" "As you said earlier, art has been defeated by commerce, but the essence of commerce still comes from art, art is always art, can commerce replace it?" ”

Lu Fei was stunned, Green is worthy of being a person who has a deep understanding of e-sports, and these words will never be said by another person.

"Lu, you have already established a certain foundation in the CAL league, I think you can try to go in a higher direction, sometimes miracles are formed on the basis of continuous innovation and exploration."

Lu Fei pondered and said, "Mr. Green, what do you think I should do now?" ”

Green said: "I don't doubt that you can bring MDK into the P-League, I know that your level has not been fully displayed, and you yourself have been improving rapidly, you can try to find something off the field, you don't have to win on the field, victory is just a way to perform, like NIP's victory today, behind them, their clubs, team leaders, technicians, logistics, agents, organizers, etc. are doing more than the players, you can start from these aspects." ”

Lu Fei smiled: "Scout? ”

Green said solemnly: "It's not a scout, but a person who can completely change CS, with your spirit and charm, to influence CS, and not a narrow-minded person who plays CS." ”

"Can I do it?" Lu Fei hesitated.

"You can do it!" Green said firmly, his eyes staring deeply at him, full of confidence and care.

A great teacher, he always tries to discover the strengths of his students, always encourages him and warms him, instead of deliberately pointing out his faults and ridiculing him, which is why some teachers can be great.

Lu Fei remembered his father's eyes, he didn't say anything more, he didn't want to say words of gratitude, good teachers and good friends don't need to be grateful, the Chinese's respect for teachers does not rely on mouth skills.

In the world of CS, the only thing that can replace talking is results.

"Is that a toast?" Lu Fei asked, holding up the steaming coffee.

Green laughed heartily, "Well, I'll toast to your growth." ”

A small café in Dallas, one old and one young laughing heartily.

The gloom brought about by the battle of the century seems to be radiated in the blink of an eye in the rich coffee heat.

***

With the end of the CPL, Lu Fei and his party returned to Aberdeen.

Huo Xixian also left the EPS TV station in Seattle and moved to the MDK club, in order to facilitate his journey with Lu Fei, after Sean's consent, Huo Xixian moved straight to the monkey's house.

In addition to his four-day workday, he returns to Seattle on his days off.

But she is really powerful, even Lu Fei thinks that Huo Xixian should have been born as an agent, and she just went to be a reporter.

Huo Xixian's first step is to deal with his boss Sean.

The MDK team has become a team in the P League, although the results are not the best relative to this level, but theoretically it is also a power on the side of the Western Division, for the simple reason that zEx has been cut in half by MDK.

Lu Fei's value is self-evident, not only does he have a high prestige in the club, but he also has a very popular image among the Aberdeen people.

Huo Xixian used the resources of ESP TV to invite the famous local AC Nielsen survey company to submit a public opinion test of Aberdeen to Sean, of which 78.9% of the people said that they like Lu Fei and Monkey very much, Monkey, an Asian descendant, is very pleasing to everyone, and Lu Fei's presence and stability in every game are the pride of Aberdeen.

But the public's favorite is Lu Fei's performance on the field to reverse the defeat for MDK, in other words, this test book is actually a sentence to Sean: Lu Fei has potential commercial value.

As for how valuable this is, at least for now in the West End, at least 200,000 people know the MDKL ID.

Huo Xixian is the kind of person who can speak well, and his side that is good at dealing with is reflected at this time, and his polite words and deeds coupled with generous and decent manners make Sean clear about the relationship.

The club signed Lu Fei a formal professional contract in the second week after he returned to Aberdeen.

Compared with the previous non-standard semi-professional contract, this contract has won more economic benefits for Lu Fei, at least allowing him to have no worries about food, clothing, housing and transportation, and there are several more articles on the original basis:

According to Washington State law, Lu Fei's players work three days a week, excluding competition time and rest periods, and are paid $30 per hour, which is calculated separately.

This salary level is definitely low, but relatively high.

Lu Fei's monthly salary should be less than 1,200 US dollars, which is very average compared to other industries, but compared to the industry, even the monthly salary of NIP players is only 1,500 euros, and the captain like Potti is only 1,800 euros.

Of course, that was in Sweden, and if the NIP was a U.S. team, it would be at least $6,000 a month.

In a word, Americans have money, and they are not afraid that you will not have money to take it, but they are afraid that you are not qualified to take it.

Next up is the bonus issue:

The prize money received in the P-division league of CAL is divided with the club according to the ratio of 55, and the player can get 50%;

If it is a first-class league, then the prize money can be divided according to the proportion of eighty-two, and the player gets 80%;

Regarding this treatment, Huo Xixian is absolutely indispensable, and it is impossible for ordinary clubs to let players get so many bonuses, even if it is the world-famous X3, the bonus ratio is five or five points.

In fact, compared to Lu Fei's current fame, this contract has given him the green light.

Huo Xixian has been working in the media all year round, so he is naturally very aware of the time limit of the contract, Sean hopes that Lu Fei will sign a one-year contract, but Huo Xixian insists on signing only one season, that is, two months.

Of course, this is for Lu Fei's sake, because the prime time of CS players is very short, two months is equivalent to a year for a football player, and if Lu Fei becomes a dark horse in the P League this season, the contract will suffer a big loss that year.

Of course, when it comes to money, no one is so easy to talk about, and every article has to be implemented, Sean finally agreed with Huo Xixian: After this season, Huo Xixian must take over a creative advertisement for Lu Fei's club products.

Huo Xixian had no choice but to agree, because Sean had also conceded a lot.

After Huo Xixian settled a series of contract treatment issues, Lu Fei and Monkey were impressed by her.

Lu Fei only understood why Huo Xixian had been an e-sports reporter before, because through the news media, Huo Xixian really knew the economic operation of major clubs in the world, and even Lu Fei didn't know a lot of details.

However, this time on the issue of preliminary contract treatment, Huo Xixian did not take a single commission from Lu Fei's hands, and Lu Fei did not understand it.

"I'm not short of money." Huo Xixian explained to him like this.

Lu Fei believed that this was by no means her real reason, but he did not ask.

What others don't want to say, he never asks.

"Anyway, I still want to thank you." Lu Feidao.

Huo Xixian smiled: "If you really want to thank me, thank me with your achievements." ”

Lu Fei had to nod.