January 17th.

None of the IG have scheduled matches lately.

On the one hand, this season has added two more places to the team, and although the schedule has become tighter, there are more competitions.

After playing the IG after the opening game, while studying the opponent, you also have to help the team solve the problem itself.

So, IG is also very busy when there are no games.

Liu Shuai made himself a pot of tea, and after leaving the mouse and keyboard, a "unread message" sign just popped up in the mailbox of the computer login.

"—perkz send"

Liu Shuai muttered unexpectedly: "Perkz sent me a letter?" ”

After Liu Shuai clicked on the email, Perkz shared a lot of interesting things with him during this time, and then complained that he called them and didn't call himself.

Liu Shuai couldn't laugh or cry.

G2 is also considered a galactic battleship this season.

The two kings went to the same team, and Perkz moved to AD and paired up with Mikyx to go down the lane.

It is said that Perkz tosses a coin with CAPS, and whoever loses will play AD, and then the result is that Perkz loses.

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S8's G2, the only shortcoming is in the lower road.

Although the lower lane was able to withstand the pressure of Uzi, it was still ruthlessly ravaged by IG's lower lane for three games.

The addition of CAPS is on the one hand a reinforcement in the middle lane, and on the other hand, Perkz wants to prove himself in the AD position.

To put it simply, he made it clear in the interview that he wanted to beat Uzi in the AD position, which is one of the reasons why he switched to AD!

So much so that after Uzi retired, Ah P also went to North America C9 to play mid laner because he didn't want to play AD.

Of course, that's all for later.

After Perkz switched to AD, he encountered a lot of difficulties.

He has been practicing the three ADCs of Xia, Kai'Sa and Yin Zereel, which are characterized by being quick to get started and have strong self-protection capabilities.

If you let him train heroes like Calista and Delaiwen now, he won't know anything at all.

Some ADCs can't practice German in their lifetime, let alone players who have just moved to the AD position.

This letter can also be regarded as a perkz grievance letter.

Liu Shuai originally wanted to take 30 minutes to drink tea and rest, but he returned to Perkz for more than 20 minutes.

Just after writing the letter, the alarm clock on his phone reminded him that it was time to work.

This season, Liu Shuai's hard work is more than twice as hard as last season.

Last season, after all, IG was the champion team, although at the beginning, Liu Shuai had been running in with Jack, but it was only limited to the bottom road.

Uenakano is something that Liu Shuai doesn't have to worry about too much.

And the new season is different.

Every position has to be considered, including the road.

Upper field cooperation, middle lane support, bottom lane alignment, etc.

and the tacit understanding between the players in the team.

It's all about starting with training matches.

So usually IG only plays four training games a day, but this season it goes straight to 6 games, and sometimes 7-8 games.

The other players were fine, they took a break after the training match, and then went to sleep after playing rank.

Liu Shuai.

When others are resting, he studies BP and tactics with the coaching staff, studies his teammates, finds weaknesses in his own players, and improves them in a reasonable way.

When others were playing rank, Liu Shuai was still doing this.

Others slept, and Liu Shuai continued to study alone in the review room.

His dedication to the championship is not something that ordinary players can support.

Until the night before the game, at seven o'clock in the evening of January 18, Liu Shuai suffered severe heart pain and was carried to the hospital overnight.

Of course, Liu Shuai knows his physical condition, after all, he took the heart function health care tablets given by the system two years ago, and he can't die, and he can't die suddenly.

But it's true to stay up late and hurt your mind, and it's really uncomfortable to be uncomfortable!

Although Liu Shuai repeatedly emphasized that he was in good health, Su Xiaoluo said that he would not let Liu Shuai participate in the competition the day after tomorrow.

Everything has to be physical!

After these words were spoken, Liu Shuai had no choice but to hang salt water in the hospital and rest well.

On the evening of January 19, IG came out to make an announcement.

[I'm sorry to tell you that the handsome players are currently in the hospital for rest due to overwork, and their bodies are fine, but for the sake of the players' health, tomorrow's game will replace the starting lineup we prepared in advance, I hope the handsome players have a good rest and return to the team as soon as possible]

[The following is the starting lineup for the second week of the 2019 Spring Season against OMG: Top Lane Theshy, Jungler Leyan, Mid Lane, Bottom Lane Iboy, Support Killua, thank you fans for your care and support, and we will do our best to win every game in the future!] 】

After this Weibo was issued, all the rumors from the outside world were confirmed.

Previous rumors have said that Liu Shuai is sick and hospitalized, and it is possible that he will not be able to start in today's game.

And there is inside information, saying that it is a severe heart pain, and there is no way to support it.

At first, only a few fans were worried, and most viewers thought that this so-called "insider" was just spreading a little rumor to attract attention.

But there are no impermeable walls in the world.

No one is going to make up a piece of false information out of thin air.

If there is, there is only one result, and he is a top skewer.

And after the IG official blog came out to say this, the whole incident began to ferment!

The comments under the official blog are directly tens of thousands in an hour!

"it, it turns out that what the whistleblower said is true? Handsome had severe heart pain and was hospitalized?? ”

"Handsome, pay attention to your body, why did you suddenly enter the hospital, didn't you rest, okay?"

"@苏小落, I hope you can come out and explain this matter, handsome has never had this situation in IG before, and it has only been a week since the start of the game and he went directly to the hospital?"

"I can only say, fortunately Killua didn't leave, otherwise IG wouldn't be able to find an auxiliary ....../sweat"

"Didn't Killua expect Handsome to get sick?,Why didn't you leave/Question"

"Killua does...... He obviously can't sit in the starting position of IG, and he can get a signing fee of 1500W when he goes to other teams, but if he doesn't leave, he likes to get a 120W contract in IG, and I don't know what he thinks? ”

"Is upstairs fidelity? That's a pity, you can't get along with anything and you can't get along with money! ”

"Really! At that time, Su Xiaoluo couldn't wait to drive Killua out and let him earn that money, after all, Killua currently has strength, and when he is in a bad state, he may not have this value! ”

"I don't know what Killua thinks, if he really counts that he can play, it's also a cow, after all, he really starts now hahaha!"

"What's the use? After handsome is discharged from the hospital, isn't the starter going to be handsome? ”

“……”

Under IG Weibo, a remark directly rushed to the hot search.

On the same night, Su Xiaoluo came to the hospital to visit Liu Shuai with a fruit basket.

"How's the recovery?" Su Xiaoluo said.

Liu Shuai smiled bitterly: "I said I'm okay at all, do you believe it?" ”

"I believe it, but it's still the same sentence, your body is more important than your grades, whether you have anything to do or not, you really have to rest for a few days."

"Yesterday I asked the staff at the site, and they said that you work 18 hours a day and only sleep four hours, do you need to work so hard?"

Liu Shuai smiled lightly.

During those four hours of sleep, he also improved his skills at the Devil's Training Center!

"I think it's still very necessary, youth is my capital!" Liu Shuai's eyes were blazing.

"Why bother, isn't it good to usually draw cakes and get paid? While I don't deny that it's definitely better to get better grades, you can live a little more freely at the end of your career. ”

Liu Shuai was stunned: "Brother Su, are you ready to resign?" ”

Su Xiaoluo: "??? ”

"It's not like a management person is saying it!" Liu Shuai told the truth, ZBISM focuses on how many leeks to cut, and they never pay attention to whether the leeks are dead or alive.

Su Xiaoluo: "......"

"Actually, I'll be honest with you, don't be angry." Su Xiaoluo seemed to be struggling a little whether to say it, but finally decided to tell Liu Shuai some truth.

"At that time, we had a meeting, and everyone gave the most suitable plan, but in fact, they always gave up on you."

"One is to have a very cheap and affordable support in the team, and the other is to give up that you have a large budget to keep the remaining three."

"With such a four-person championship team, we can rush for another year next year, and if we can win the triple crown, we will also take root in the LPL."

"Say a word that is not afraid of offending you, more than half of the people in the management are inclined to sell you to make money, and next year to win the championship again."

Speaking of which, Liu Shuai is not angry, it is still the same sentence, ZB only has money and interests in his eyes, and has no feelings.

From a realistic point of view, if you are ZB, you will also let yourself go.

At this time, Liu Shuai teased leisurely: "You think so too? ”

Su Xiaoluo glanced at Liu Shuai: "If I really think so, you may really be betrayed, understand?" ”

"It's me who strongly asks to keep you and theshy, because theshy said before that he will leave if you go, so it's hard to give up on the two of you, and it comes at some cost to stay with you."

"The price...... It's that the first goal of this year is not to focus on champions, but to focus on traffic. ”

Speaking of which, Liu Shuai gradually understood.

Leaving him and theshy is not concerned about how much the two contribute to the team, but to grasp the root of the traffic.

"So there are no hard and fast indicators on it, I don't think you have to desperately try to get results, and your contract and salary are not like last year's VAM agreement."

Su Xiaoluo said this to him, and it can be seen that Su Xiaoluo is really good to him.

Otherwise, it is impossible to say Liu Shuai.

Liu Shuai laughed: "So everyone thinks our team can't win the championship?" ”

Su Xiaoluo nodded seriously: "It's not that we don't trust you, it's just that the current team, you yourself think it's very difficult!" ”

Liu Shuai nodded silently.

Originally, he thought that if he found a few people to replace Rookie and JKL, as long as there was a run-in, he would have the capital to win the championship.

But this period of run-in taught him a truth, some people can't be replaced.

While they won FPX in the opener, there were too many missteps and weaknesses exposed.

S8's IG can be said to have few weaknesses, and it is not afraid of the research of other teams at all.

And the current IG, the problem needs to be solved little by little, otherwise there will be no champion.

The audience may think that IG won FPX and has hope to win the championship this year, but from an insider's point of view, IG exposes a lot of problems.

Once the adjustment is not good, it may overturn at any time!

That's where IG is worried at the moment.

It was also Su Xiaoluo who persuaded handsome not to pay too much attention to grades.

Sometimes, the effort does not necessarily pay off for the same amount of work.

In the parallel world, the director of S11 played more than 4,000 Rank games in a year for his comeback, but as a result, in the last BO3, all his efforts in the past year were directly wasted because of frustration in the first game!

Su Xiaoluo is also very discerning and doesn't want to let handsome's efforts be in vain.

After all, their hard indicator is traffic, not results.

Of course, better grades are certainly best, but without results, the management won't say much.

"So we've received a lot of advertisements and endorsements this season, right?" Since traffic is important, it is indispensable to receive advertisements and endorsements.

Su Xiaoluo nodded and said, "It's not that much, an average of four to five times a month." ”

"If we win, is it possible to reduce the frequency of advertising?" Liu Shuai is discussed.

Su Xiaoluo looked at Liu Shuai's clear eyes and asked, "Are you serious?" ”

"I can only ask, I can't resist the decision of the management!" Liu Shuai said freely.

Su Xiaoluo continued: "Well, if you can win the top four in the regular season with this team, the frequency of the summer game will be reduced to three times a month, and if you can win the spring game in the playoffs, the frequency of receiving advertising endorsements will be reduced to two, the same frequency as we did last year." ”

"What about MSI champions?"

Su Xiaoluo's eyes widened, he always thought that Liu Shuai said on stage that his goal this season was to win the MSI championship and draw a big cake for fans, but seeing Liu Shuai's eyes and expressions at present, he kind of believed that he said it with his heart.

"MSI champion, up to one ad per month!"

Liu Shuai nodded with satisfaction, and suddenly smiled: "Brother Su, do you think you understand me?" ”

Su Xiaoluo was confident: "There is no one in this team who knows you better than me!" ”

"Hahaha, but I want to say, if you really knew me, you wouldn't have been able to make such a request."

Su Xiaoluo peeled an apple for Liu Shuai, who was lying on the hospital bed, and said, "Hahaha, I'm relieved that you're so confident!" ”

The two chatted for a while, not paying attention to the sensitive topics they had talked about earlier.

Everyone knows that management is cold-blooded.

They only have money in their eyes, and it is impossible to "look at face" and "look at favors" to discuss with you.

In this case, you can only come up with something practical and make them think that you have the potential, and have the ability to offset the revenue brought by the advertising with the results.

"In this case, you have to take care of your illness, you will definitely not be able to play tomorrow, I have asked the team to arrange for Killua to play, and I will accompany you here to watch the live broadcast together."

Liu Shuai took the peeled apple and said thank you: "Okay, it's good to let Killua play, and you can also exercise, see how he has performed recently?" ”

Liu Shuai used to find time to take a look at Killua's growth.

But now, he doesn't have that time at all.

The system can only know that Killua's Frozen Period has ended.

At present, this game is just the opportunity for him to play again.

"Then I'll come back tomorrow, you can recuperate with peace of mind, don't look at some public opinion on the Internet."

"Hmm."

After Su Xiaoluo left, Liu Shuai got up from the hospital bed and looked at the scenery outside.

Today's conversation touched him deeply.

ZB is always profit-oriented.

Leave him with theshy, and make it clear that it's for traffic!

As long as there is traffic, casually accept a few advertisements, shooting, and endorsements, and the club can make money steadily.

Achievements, honors?

As long as there are two world champions S7 and S8, their team will always have fans and traffic!

And theshy and handsome are here, they can also eat traffic dividends forever!

Moreover, the results are already LPL ceilings.

In the last two years, three years, or even five years, it is impossible for any LPL team to win the double championship!

And the iconic and influential double crown can even last for ten or eight years.

And in this time, IG has long made enough money, and that's what they really want!

Now, if you want to break such barriers and rules, there is only one way.

Grades.

Only if you play a decent score can you get the attention of the management.

If you can show that you have what it takes to win the championship, then accordingly, the focus of the management will shift.

Although Liu Shuai didn't know that Su Xiaoluo Wei Shen would tell him this, after he learned about it, he was even more firm in his thoughts.

He was determined to overcome this difficulty with determination.

Not only for the dream of three consecutive championships in his mind, but also to give an explanation to the three team members who joined.

"I found the people, the club is not responsible, but I have to be responsible."