Shanghai, China.

Three days after the IEM8 World Finals, Lin Mu and others also returned to the club base.

Whether it's the problems that arise within the team, or the pressure from the outside.

These three days should be the most difficult three days since the establishment of the RT team.

Encountering Waterloo on the international stage for the first time, overnight, the myth of invincibility that had been established in the past was shattered, and the image plummeted.

In this era when not winning the championship is a dish, their performance in the finals three consecutive losses, it is difficult not to make a mouthful.

Fortunately, RT has a large number of fans, and the two world championships have allowed them to accumulate a lot of popularity and reputation, so they have not been caught up in the whirlpool of public opinion by some guys who took the opportunity to make trouble.

In the words of the fans, they can afford to lose.

After returning to China, Lin Mu also changed his previous tough style, and rarely did not force everyone to review.

The reason is very simple, the loss of this game is not lost at the level of macro tactics and lineup system, but lost in specific execution and performance.

Except for Lin Mu, who was slightly better, everyone else made quite a few low-level mistakes, and then reviewing it was nothing more than pouring salt on everyone's wounds.

IT IS PRECISELY BECAUSE OF THIS THAT AFTER RETURNING TO CHINA, LIN MU ALMOST PUSHED OFF ALL TRAINING MATCHES AND GAVE MOST OF THE TIME TO THE PLAYERS FREE RANK.

For professional players, although the RANK score does not indicate strength, it is the best interpretation of a player's condition.

Speaking of which, in the previous life, during this period in the domestic e-sports circle, there had already been a hanbok craze, and this popularity continued until the S8 season, and it has even become an unwritten rule for domestic professional players to play RANK in Hanbok.

It's just that due to RT's championship in S3 and CG, these two championship trophies have greatly enhanced the confidence of the domestic team in the national uniform, which directly makes Hanbok not get the status of its previous life, let alone become the holy land of all professional players in the world after S3.

Including RT, the vast majority of domestic teams are still training in the national uniform.

Lin Mu, the king of 936 points, ranked 7th in the national service

Xiao Hei, the king has 675 points, and the national service is 53rd

The god of fire, the king 417 points, the 134th in the national service

Wool, drill an 86 points

Shu Hao, drill a 37 points

Judging from the RANK score, the two positions of Shangfu are undoubtedly in poor condition, and Shu Hao has a tendency to fall out of the drill after a series of defeats.

His current score, in the top eight of the LPL, is only higher than the strawberries of Team E, which are also in poor condition, ranking second to last.

In such a state, it is difficult not to sweat for him.

There wasn't much time to adjust, and on the third day after returning home, the team had another game to play.

Today is the last day of the fifth week of the LPL, and according to the schedule, RT will play a regular season match of BO2 against E.

Early in the morning, after Lin Mu got up, he found that Shu Hao was already in front of the computer, tinkering with something, and when he got closer, he found that he was not trying to rank, but packing something.

"Senior, what are you doing here?"

"Huh? Nothing, send something to a friend. ”

Lin Mu's sudden appearance made Shu Hao startled, and he had a sense of being a thief.

"Cosmetics? Sent to your girlfriend? Through the gap that had not yet been sealed, Lin Mu recognized the contents of the package.

"Well, this is the day we returned home, I bought it at the duty-free shop at the airport..."Shuhao didn't dare to hide it.

In fact, after learning that he was going abroad, his girlfriend begged him to help bring some cosmetics back to China.

If he wins the game, then no one will say anything even if he goes shopping openly.

Fatally, the team lost.

Shuhao also knew that in that case it was not the time to shop, so he could only buy some at the duty-free shop when he was waiting at the airport, taking advantage of the gap between going to the bathroom, which could be regarded as an explanation to his girlfriend.

"Warsaw International Airport?"

When Lin Mu heard this, his face immediately turned cold.

Shu Hao panicked: "I'm sorry, I know this is not in accordance with the regulations...... It was my mistake, Captain, and I promise not next time. ”

However, Lin Mu just shook his head in disappointment and left.

He was not angry that the other party was buying on behalf of the other party during the competition, professional players are also people, and it is normal for people to pass by duty-free shops to buy something, there is nothing to say.

What made Lin Mu angry was that the other party had clearly promised to put his energy into the game, but he never thought that he still remembered women when he played abroad, which was obviously unbearable for him.

You must know that during his time in Poland, Qin Yitian lived next door to him, and he didn't even touch the other party's hand, and he never took a step beyond Lei Chi.

I worked hard for the game, but my teammates are still you, me, and me!

This contrast is the most chilling.

On the way to the LPL venue, Lin Mu not only began to ponder whether his management of the team was too lenient during this time, but since the results, everyone has lost the self-motivation and enterprising spirit that the team was established at the beginning.

This is also a problem that all successful teams will face, the so-called easy to fight the country, difficult to defend the country.

As a defender, in addition to facing one challenger after another, corruption and depravity within the team are the most difficult problems for management to solve.

Today's Lin Mu has encountered such a problem.

After some careful consideration, before the game started, Lin Mu called Xia Zeguang, who stayed in the club, "Lao Xia, are there any good seedlings in our youth academy, sort them out, and give me the list in the evening." ”

As of today, RT's academy has been established for two months.

With the efforts of Qiuqiu Cats, a total of more than 15 potential players have joined in the past two months, including many high-scoring kings in the first district.

This call represents Lin Mu's determination to replace.

In fact, before today, he did not have any plans to add substitutes to various positions in the team, especially when he was not in good shape.

It's just that Shu Hao is the veteran of the team after all, and there is another layer of senior's identity here, Lin Mu not only has old feelings for him, but he also doesn't want to become the kind of ruthless person who unloads the mill and kills the donkey.

That used to be the person Lin Mu hated the most.

In addition, in Shuhao, what Lin Mu has always admired most is his down-to-earth attitude and quality of dedication to the team in obscurity.

However, after today, that all has changed.

Everything is acceptable to him, such as declining strength and bad state, and he is willing to give him time to adjust, but the issue of attitude is absolutely non-negotiable.

In the eyes of Lin Mu, a person who has witnessed the rise and fall of countless players, even if a professional player makes a profit, it is not a day when he will make a comeback and become a late bloomer, but if he even loses his attitude, then even if he has more highlights and places worth retaining, it is not worth wasting his efforts on him.

For the sake of the team, even if it is to become the kind of person he once hated the most, Lin Mu will not hesitate.