A certain hot pot restaurant, a certain private room.

A round table with several people sitting around.

The waiter stood behind him and waited.

Ning Yuan stared at the menu in his hand, his eyes were straight, and his throat kept agitating.

"You...... You beef cows...... Was it pulled down from heaven? ”

He asked the waiter seriously.

After a cursory scan, the cheapest beef was at least more than two hundred.

And the most expensive one, called "No. 1 Wagyu", costs more than 1,000 copies......

"Haha, sir, you're too humorous." The waiter behind him was amused.

"What's that......"

Ning Yuan scratched his head: "I'm a little uncomfortable today, and I want to go back to ......"

Suddenly, his brows furrowed, his teeth bared and he gasped, and he felt a pain in his waist and was pinched by someone.

Turning his head, he saw Di Ningjing next to him glaring at him tightly, and said in a subtle voice that only he could hear.

"It's all here, don't be ashamed, okay?"

Ning Yuan also followed her example and whispered, "Can't you see this price?" ...... Do you want your brother to go bankrupt? ”

"You...... Ouch, you're ......."

Ning Jing held her forehead, very speechless.

"What's the matter, Brother Yuan? Isn't there enough money? ”

Ye Canglan, who was sitting opposite, asked out loud: "Then I'll invite this meal, I'll pay for it." ”

The voice was loud and clear, so that everyone present could hear it clearly and clearly.

"Hahaha...... Laughing and laughing, how is it possible! ”

Ning Yuanpi didn't smile, and hurriedly said: "Let's all talk about it, I have a treat today, how can I let you pay for it?" Not really, not so ......"

As he spoke, he pushed the menu out again: "Come on, come on, you can order, whatever you want, you can do anything, you don't have to be polite to me, you don't have to be polite......"

So, the people gathered together and looked around the menu.

"Let's have a copy of this 'No. 1 Wagyu beef'." Ye Canglan was the first to speak.

"One is not enough." Yan Cheng said, "I've come to eat before, the portion is not much, and we don't have enough people, so let's have two plates." ”

"Okay." The waiter nodded and jotted it down.

Ning Yuan: "......"

"Snowflake beef, and what kind of beef grains, let's have a portion each." Yan Cheng said, "I haven't eaten these two last time, so try them this time." ”

"Okay." The waiter continued to take notes.

"That...... Brother Yuan? ”

Su Yunjun raised his head and looked here: "You can order it casually, right?" ”

"Yes, yes...... Feel free to eat as long as you're happy. A smile appeared on Ning Yuan's face.

"Hmm." Su Yunjun nodded, "That's an Australian dragon." ”

"Okay."

Ning Yuan: "......"

"What, the one called the giant shrimp, let's have one each......"

Yin Kai said to the waiter, "You count how many people there are." ”

"Six people." The waiter immediately replied, "Is there a total of six?" ”

"Yes."

“ok。”

The waiter made a note of it.

“......”

Ning Yuan propped his hands on the table, blocking his eyes, and while listening, his head was also counting.

If you look closely, you will see that he has begun to sweat......

"Point an Eastern Star Spot."

Ning Jing smiled secretly when she saw this, and turned her head to say to the waiter.

"Okay." After the waiter finished recording, he walked to Ning Yuan's side, "Sir, the current price of the Eastern Star Spotted is ......"

"Don't don't, don't tell me!"

Ning Yuan immediately stopped him and didn't let him continue: "You...... Just put it on it, don't tell me the price. ”

"Okay."

When the waiter heard this, he immediately looked at him twice.

It is worthy of being a rich man, let friends order it casually, and you don't even need to ask about the price, atmospheric!

Finally, wait until everyone has clicked.

"Brother Yuan, don't you order something?" Su Yunjun asked.

"No need, no need......," Ning Yuan waved his hand and said, "I see that you have ordered a lot, it should be enough, I will not order more...... We have to eat it all, don't waste it! ”

"Indeed, my sister is sick." Yin Kai very much agreed.

"Alright, that's all." Ning Yuan tilted his head and said.

"Okay, please wait."

Then the waiter left the room.

Immediately, there was silence in the private room, and no one spoke.

Ning Yuan leaned on the back of the chair, clasped his hands on his chest, pursed his lips, and looked a little sluggish and dazed.

He's buzzing in his head right now, and he hasn't sorted it out yet......

Ning Jing, who was sitting on the side, was covering her mouth and smiling vigorously.

Similarly, there is Yan Cheng, who sits diagonally opposite.

"Brother Cheng, you're pretty good at picking places......"

After a long time, Ning Yuan spoke: "This hot pot restaurant ...... Don't poke, needles don't poke. ”

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

Yan Cheng finished laughing and said seriously: "You said that in order to celebrate the establishment of our team, you want to find a place with high-end points on the cards...... You said you don't know much about these things, so let me help you find a restaurant that I think is classy...... Isn't that the place? ”

“......”

Ning Yuan was speechless for a while.

Originally, he felt that his team was finally going to get started, which was definitely of great significance.

In addition, it is a special fate that these people who have never crossed paths before come together.

And he, as the "cornerstone" of the team, the initiator, is the first time that everyone has a formal dinner, so why not be generous, please have a good meal?

In his own words, he did go out to eat and eat less, while Yan Cheng stayed in Tianhai for a longer time and socialized more outside, so he definitely knew better than him.

Originally, what he thought was that Yan Cheng himself loves hot pot, so the restaurant he found must be a hot pot restaurant, like Haidilao or something.

As a result, the current situation was beyond his imagination, and as soon as he saw the menu after sitting down, he was stunned, and he wanted to slip away at that time......

Although it is said that some time ago, the live broadcast was very popular, and he played professionally in the Vyg E-sports Club, and he also spent a high salary to sign him.

In the past six months, he has indeed made a lot of money.

However, the concept of consumption is still at the stage of living a poor life at the beginning, and it has not changed.

The price is ...... It really scared him.

I used to be extravagant once or twice, but it was all eating and drinking with others, and I hadn't paid for it yet.

Now, it's his turn to have a treat......

This is the first time I have experienced what it means to "have a heart dripping blood".

He sighed secretly, that's it, since the order has been ordered, he can't return it if he wants to, the money has been spent anyway, and he can't come back......

So what's the trick?

"Okay, the food hasn't been served yet, let's talk about business first."

Ning Yuan is colorful.

Several people nodded their heads and looked at him in unison.

"Our team is even if it is built...... From today onwards, a few of us will be teammates. ”

It all started after the regular season of Team VYG's Spring Season.

The team was on holiday, and in the two days when they went home to rest, someone contacted the door.

You should be able to guess what you are talking about, that's right, they just want to invite Ning Yuan to join their new club and serve as the top orderer.

There is no problem with digging in this corner, the other party has done an investigation in advance, and knows that Ning Yuan entered the vyg as a free person.

As soon as the transfer period arrives, he will be reinstated as a free man without any contractual issues.

Therefore, it mainly depends on Ning Yuan's own wishes.

Of course, judging from the follow-up, he must have chosen to agree.

But in reality, it's not over yet, it's not that simple.

"Our current team is jointly invested by two shareholders."

Ning Yuan said to them: "One, it's the big boss of a company, and that one is an old tyrant, and most of the funds are from him." ”

"The other one, haha, that's an old professional player who retired from the LPL in the past, I believe you must know each other...... and Brother Cheng, they are all people from the same period. ”

Yan Cheng laughed when he heard this.

Others agreed.

Back then, at the same time as the ancient giants ME team, there was another club in China that was their biggest opponent.

And Ning Yuan said that this shareholder is the top order of this team, and the ID is called "power".

Once the top laner overlord, a star-level player.

On the field with Yan Cheng, as an opponent, he has fought countless times.

After retiring, Power became a LOL anchor, because of some coincidences, seized the opportunity, and since then it has been smooth sailing in the live broadcast industry, and has become the top anchor of the whole network.

When his popularity was at its highest, he was the "first brother" in the live broadcast industry in the real sense, and it was even several orders of magnitude larger than Ning Yuan now.

After making a fortune by being an anchor, Power, like Yan Cheng, is still thinking about LOL's e-sports professional circle.

After that, he ran a team alone, trained some players, and sent a lot of talents to LPL.

Of course, I have made a lot of money from this.

As a businessman, he was successful.

And now, after discussing with his friend, who is another shareholder of the team, the two decided to partner to take advantage of the current LPL alliance boom, bring capital in, spend a huge amount of money to buy seats, and build a new LPL team again.

It's not about having fun, but I really want to make a difference.

After talking to them in detail in the follow-up, Ning Yuan could also feel that the other party was sincere.

"Actually, that's what they intended to be at first."

Ning Yuan continued: "Find two potential Korean players from the LCK league, and then look for two active and powerful Chinese players in the LPL to see if there are any contracts that expire, and other clubs are listed and the like......"

"However, in fact, most of the current team lineups have long been stable, and it is impossible for those strong ace players to let go easily, which is quite difficult......"

However, they are also not short of money, so they still want to try as much as possible, try to find a way, and are willing to spend a lot of money...... But if it really doesn't work, then you can only find a few new academy players......"

Speaking of this, Ning Yuan paused slightly.

The crowd was silent, waiting for him to speak.

"And later, it's my turn to talk to them, which is the terms I offered......"

"First, all the members of the team, I am responsible for finding them."

"Second, I also want to participate in the profitability of the operation of the later teams...... And, even more, ......"

"What does that mean, you know?"

Several people nodded their heads.

In other words, his identity is not only a player of the team, but also a member of the management.

It will even be another shareholder of the club!

After returning to the arena, Ning Yuan has played many excellent and outstanding performances in the VYG team, which is obvious to all.

was already a team at the bottom of the league for 6 consecutive years, but it was forcibly terminated by him, and another wave of consecutive victories was played, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a lonely Qiarui.

That's what he's worth as a professional.

On the other hand, he himself is the current top anchor of the shark live broadcast platform, and everyone has seen it during this time, and he has attracted countless traffic to the VY G club in less than two months.

You can imagine how popular it is.

In terms of business, Ningyuan's own value is also immeasurable.

Therefore, after all things considered, Power and the big boss personally talked to him for a long time, and planned to sign him for a total of three years with a sky-high salary contract.

However, since it has cost a lot of money, the follow-up is definitely not so simple.

How much money is spent on you, it will inevitably be earned back from you later.

This thing is equivalent to a "deed of sale", receiving advertisements and helping them promote endorsements is inevitable, and this must be "developed" well.

One of them includes Ning Yuan's live broadcast.

After the end of his contract with Shark TV, the live broadcast operation rights will be owned by the club for the next two years.

This means that in the future, the club will have to arrange where the live broadcast will be, and the live broadcast income will also have to be shared with them.

"Oh, this wool is ruthless enough."

Ye Canglan snorted and laughed when he heard this.

"Who doesn't want to make money? Make the best use of things, this must be arranged for him to understand, hum ......"

Yin Kai laughed twice and asked again, "You...... Surely you didn't say yes, right? ”

"Of course, I'm not stupid."

Ning Yuan smiled lightly.

The reason why he decided to leave VYG in the first place was that.

The first is that the overall strength of the team over there does not meet his expectations.

Although in the end they won four consecutive victories and seemed to be in good shape, it was actually due to the fact that the level of the opponent was not strong.

With the exception of New Star, the other three teams are all teams that are relatively low in the league and have not made the playoffs.

During that time, Ning Yuan had been watching the games of other teams.

His understanding of the game is stronger than others in itself.

It can be clearly seen that the gap between VY G and those first and second echelon teams is too big.

If he plays against those top LPL teams, he alone is far from enough to win.

For example, on the line, even if Ning Yuan is confident that he can win against his opponent, what about his teammates?

Evaluate them objectively.

Moon in the mid laner plays well most of the time, but in fact, it is also a bit nervous and unstable.

When the state is good, it can c, but once it is sent, it is not ambiguous, and it will be used as a breakthrough from time to time.

Then there is the lower road, to be honest, in the league, the level is weak, the line is often pressed, and it rarely plays an advantage.

As for Benz, it belongs to the type of "half awake and half confused", sometimes it has its own jungler rhythm, and sometimes it doesn't know what to do at all.

In addition to the individual, what is more important is the team as a whole.

From BP, tactical layout, to the specific implementation in the game, as well as the tacit understanding of the whole team, everyone's cooperation in team battles, etc., are much worse than those strong teams.

When you play a game, even if you communicate with you in your voice, sometimes you can't do it, and you can't play the kind of effect you want.

Even after many times in training matches, it has not been effectively improved.

And Ning Yuan himself faintly felt that this was not something that would definitely be able to run in after a long time.

It's as if there is no chemistry between them.

In fact, there have been many examples before where many very strong players were on the same team but couldn't get any results.

Once separated, they went to other teams, and each began to shine again......

The reverse is also true.

Some players who were not well-known and had mediocre performances in the previous team gathered together by chance, and they were not favored by anyone, but they unexpectedly soared to the sky, and the team's results suddenly soared.

It's that magical.

......

Although Ning Yuan and the players of VYG have been getting along very well these days.

But this world is far from being so naïve, and just talking about feelings will not solve anything.

And in that club, he didn't have enough say to be able to kick out all the other four teammates with his own words.

They all signed contracts with the club in the spring of this year, and the deadline is far from coming.

Besides, even if Ning Yuan really had that power, he wouldn't be able to do such a thing that would cut off people's futures, and he would be poked in the back.

While talking, the waiters brought the dishes one after another.

Later, in the private room, I scalded all the meat for them one by one.

So they started eating, too, and talked as they ate.

Anyway, the things we talk about don't involve any privacy, there is nothing to keep secret, and it doesn't matter if you listen to it to outsiders, you don't need to deliberately avoid suspicion.

"Also, I think there...... It's very tiring. ”

Ning Yuan swallowed the meat, shook his head and said: "Originally, I was busy playing qualifying and training matches, and from time to time I had to be called over to put on makeup and take a photo to help them do publicity, or someone would come to interview...... Sometimes I can't even eat a meal. ”

Regarding the club's practice of "picking wool" from him, Ning Yuan did not show it on the surface, but in fact, he has always been disgusted in his heart.

Although he also understands that the club's biggest purpose in order to sign him was to go to his popularity.

Ning Yuan didn't understand.

But there has to be a degree to everything.

The normal rhythm of life has been disturbed, and his heart must be quite irritable, physically and mentally exhausted, which of course will affect his daily training.

As a professional player, if you can't focus on professionalism, wouldn't you put the cart before the horse?

After all considerations, he chose to leave.

"Anyway, I broke up with them peacefully."

Ning Yuan said: "At that time, only VYG wanted to sign me, so I took this opportunity to make a comeback...... Anyway, after playing, all the games that should be won were won...... My purpose is accomplished, and their purpose is accomplished, so let each one have his gains, and that is the end of it. ”

In the end, it can be regarded as a successful ending.

"You know the rest of the story."

Ning Yuan glanced around and continued, "I found you one by one......

In the days after the vacation, in addition to talking to Power and the big boss about the contract and the new team, another thing he was busy with was naturally looking for new players.

I have crossed paths with him, and the ones that left the deepest impression are the ones in front of me.

In addition to them, Ning Yuan had also looked for many other candidates.

Mainly those who are on top of the world are high scorers, and there are some unknown but potential professional players.

Watch their ranked games, as well as videos of their matches, to get a comprehensive analysis.

After thinking about it for a long time, I went back and forth, but the general goal was still locked on them.

Subsequently, after asking Ye Canglan for contact information, they chatted privately for a long time and had a deeper understanding of their respective situations.

Eventually, it was decided to send them an invitation.

Naturally, the other party also accepted it, otherwise a few of them would not be here now......

"Well, I have a question."

Yin Kai paused and said, "They agreed to you so easily and let you participate in the team management?" And make you the third boss? ...... I don't think it's that simple, right? ”

Ning Yuan smiled.

This is to the point.

After the waiter helped to finish all the dishes and left the private room, Ning Yuan continued to speak.

"I signed a gambling agreement with them."