Around seven o'clock in the evening, in a barbecue restaurant near Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

ES. The group of Team M was at the post-match "celebration banquet" for winning the semi-finals, but Li Meier and Han Shina also followed over like little tails after the game because they went to watch the game on the spot.

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It was only a few hours since the semi-final in the afternoon, but when the ES.M group got out of the club's car in the evening and entered the barbecue restaurant, they were still recognized by many young people at the door.

For a while, many fans crowded up in surprise with their mobile phones, first congratulating ES.M on beating SKT to enter the final championship finals this afternoon, and then surrounding several people to ask for autographs and group photos.

ES. M is still relatively easy-going, and there are no e-sports stars.

As soon as a few people discussed, they let Li Meier and Han Shina go in first, and they met the requests of the fans who kept coming up one by one in the place outside that did not affect the entrance and exit of the barbecue restaurant.

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But Lee Sang-hyuk underestimated the enthusiasm of fans for e-sports stars in this life in the e-sports atmosphere of South Korea.

Several of them signed at the door for a long time, and took countless photos with fans, and several of them were sore, and they looked up. The number of people gathered in front of the barbecue restaurant not only did not decrease, but as the pedestrians passed by on the street, some people continued to cheer and join in.

Seeing this scene, after several people signed a few more names, Lee Sang-hyuk had to apologize to everyone apologetically, saying that there was still a sister waiting inside, and those who wanted to sign could come to them again next time they were at the game site.

When the fans who came in later heard Lee Sang-hyuk's words, although it was a pity that they couldn't get the autograph, they heard that the "sister" was also inside, and they all laughed and asked Lee Sang-hyuk to go in quickly, don't let the "sister" wait.

Obviously, Lee Mi-a, who has appeared with Lee Sang-hyuk several times, has won the love of many people with her "sometimes well-behaved, sometimes coquettish" image, and now everyone likes to call her sister together.

According to South Korea, this is a faint trend of "national sister".

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After entering the store, under the guidance of the waiter, Lee Sang-hyuk and his party soon came to the pre-determined private room.

Sure enough, when Li Mei'er, who was holding a chopstick in one hand, saw Lee Sang-hyuk who pushed the door in, she raised her chin and pouted her mouth.

Lee Sang-hyuk and they have just been surrounded by fans outside the door for so long, and they originally asked Lee Mi-a to take Han Shina in first, and then they arrived later.

Who would have thought that it was almost eight o'clock now, which means that Li Meier and Han Shina waited for nearly an hour.

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However, seeing Li Meier's appearance, Lee Sang-hyuk smiled secretly in his heart, but on the surface, he didn't eat this set.

He just walked to the side and Han Shina pulled out a chair and sat down, and said to her with a smile, "I'm sorry, there are too many fans outside, so let's wait." ”

At this time, ES. M's other people pulled out their chairs and sat down as they entered, while Uzi sat down and got up and walked out, beckoning the waiter outside in his half-baked Korean to order.

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When Han Shina heard Lee Sang-hyuk's words and noticed Lee Sang-hyuk's gaze, she couldn't help but feel a little flustered.

After all, she is different from Lee Mi-a, although Lee Sang-hyuk let her call her brother with Lee Mi-a, but Lee Sang-hyuk was an idol in her heart for a long time.

Even though the two are much closer now, they can see each other often, but occasionally when she talks to Lee Sang-hyuk face-to-face, Han Shina's heart still beats faster and she is inexplicably nervous.

Therefore, at this time, she also blushed slightly, shook her head, and whispered, "No... No. ”

Hearing Han Shina's words, Lee Sang-hyuk glanced at Li Mei'er on the side with a smile, and said, "It's still our Shina who is sensible, you see that there is a 'big stomach king' over there who is almost too hungry to stand it." ”

As soon as Lee Sang-hyuk said this, Dopa and the others sitting around the table couldn't help but laugh.

"Hmph, you're the big stomach!" Li Mei'er's face turned red, and she subconsciously put down her chopsticks, and then glared at Li Xianghyuk angrily.

But fortunately, after Uzi finished talking to the waiter, the waiter quickly served the barbecue, seasonal vegetables and various toppings.

Lee Sang-hyuk and the others had just been surrounded by fans outside for nearly an hour to sign their names, and when they saw the barbecue coming up, they couldn't help but have an appetite, and they began to add meat to the grill in the middle of the table.

After a while, when the aroma of the barbecue began to overflow, several people with big index fingers immediately laughed and began to eat.

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After eating, there is still about half a month between the finals after this semi-final.

Therefore, Lee Sang-hyuk, as the actual manager of the ES.M club, gave several ES.M members a day off with a big wave of his hand.

For a while, Topa and Madlife were also very happy, and after saying goodbye to the barbecue restaurant, they went home one after another and agreed to meet again at the club tomorrow night.

Lee Sang-hyuk took Lee Mi-a and Han Se-na back to their apartment in Seoul.

During Han Shina's summer vacation, because of playing around with Li Meier, she often played late and was dragged by Li Meier to stay overnight.

Over time, Lee Sang-hyuk is also used to having a little girl in the family in addition to Lee Meier.

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After returning to the apartment, Lee Sang-hyuk took out his mobile phone and called Zheng Xiujing first.

Zheng Xiujing naturally smiled and congratulated him on winning today's game on the phone, and several other girls from F(x) may also be next to him at that time, and after hearing Zheng Xiujing's words, they also gathered around to congratulate this "brother-in-law".

Zheng Xiujing was a little embarrassed by a few girls, and hung up the phone after a few words with Lee Sang-hyuk, but Lee Sang-hyuk couldn't help but shake his head and smile while holding the phone.

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At this time, the mobile phone suddenly vibrated again, and Lee Sang-hyuk opened it to take a look, only to find that it was a text message from Lin Yun'er.

"Congratulations"

Two words, very short, still without any punctuation.

Lee Sang-hyuk scratched his head, since the night rain of the last time the booth catwalked, the relationship between the two has become a little strange.

Lee Sang-hyuk is usually fine here, but every time I meet at S.M, I always feel a little unnatural.

And Lin Yun'er is even more so, she even often walks over with her side pretending not to see it in a panic when she sees Lee Sang-hyuk in the company.

Therefore, after seeing this text message, Lee Sang-hyuk thought about it in his heart, and his fingers jumped twice quickly on the mobile phone screen, but in the end, it turned into two words.

"Thank you."

Then, there was no reply.

Lee Sang-hyuk waited for a long time, thinking that it was not a problem to be frozen like this, should he find a topic to call and talk, such as asking her if she had watched this afternoon's game or something.

At this time, the mobile phone suddenly vibrate, and Lee Sang-hyuk looked down to see that the caller ID on the screen was Kim so-jin.

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Lee Sang-hyuk sat down on the sofa in the living room, and after answering the phone, the two talked on the phone for about ten minutes.

After hanging up the phone, Lee Sang-hyuk's face was a little unpleasant.

There is no other reason, because Kim so-jin told him on the phone that S.M has decided that in the next season, in order to make the ES.M club better develop, it will use its equity to fight for a part of the management rights, and it may recruit coaches, analysts, and professional club managers as managers.

The previous ones are okay, although there are no coaches and analysts at ES.M at present, but Lee Sang-hyuk does not reject these in his heart, after all, he also had such a configuration in his team in his previous life.

However, in his previous life, when his Carry power was demonstrated, his voice in BP and tactics gradually increased, and in the later games, coaches and analysts were even more useless, which is why Lee Sang-hyuk did not recruit analysts in this life.

But since S.M. intends to do so, he doesn't mind hiring professional coaches and analysts.

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So what makes Lee Sang-hyuk's face not look good is naturally the management of the club in the back.

In his previous life, Lee Sang-hyuk had more than one conflict of opinion with the management because of the club's management problems, so in this life, Lee Sang-hyuk would first arrest the management when he agreed to the capital injection of S.M Company.

However, now, S.M Company actually wants to arrange management such as club managers here, although Lee Sang-hyuk knows very well that S.M Company may want to make the club bigger and stronger, but Lee Sang-hyuk is now thinking in his heart that many times if a team wants to win the championship, it must first be pure internally.

Therefore, after hearing Kim so-jin's words, Lee Sang-hyuk pondered for a while, and couldn't help but ask if the matter on Kim so-jin's side had been decided.

On the phone, Kim so-jin naturally heard the unhappiness in Lee Sang-hyuk's tone.

She thought about it, and still honestly told Lee Sang-hyuk that although this matter has not yet been decided in the company, several directors on the board of directors are promoting it, and the attitude of director Lee so-man, who met and negotiated with Lee Sang-hyuk at the beginning, is also a little shaken, and there may really be some big changes within ES.M next season.

In the end, Lee Sang-hyuk was silent for a while, but he did not express his attitude on the phone.

just said that they would talk in detail until the next time they met, and then the two chatted a few words on the phone, and then hung up the phone.

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Lee Sang-hyuk put away his phone, sat on the sofa with his chin in his mind and pondered for a while, remembering that Kim so-jin had just said on the phone that the company hoped to recruit another substitute for each position next season, and his heart became even more irritable.

In his previous life, as a professional player, he was well aware of the tricks of these capitalists running clubs.

Recruiting one more substitute seems to increase operating costs, but it can't be counted like that.

Every time a club team achieves good results, especially in a position that stands out, it is often the case that a substitute is recruited after the season, whether it is necessary or not.

Because then it can lower the signing value of the main starters who have performed well in the next season.

This is no secret in the professional circles of the previous life, but I don't know why S.M has such an arrangement, it seems that they have also been in contact with the so-called "club professional managers" in this regard.

....... (To be continued.) )