Chapter 4 The heart is higher than the sky, and life is thinner than paper
Chen Tianxiang took advantage of the high popularity, and a live broadcast was broadcast from 2 o'clock in the afternoon to 12 o'clock at night.
If it weren't for tomorrow, he would have to pack up his things and go to Koo's base, he would have to broadcast it for a while.
Huddled in a small, semi-basement.
Only high up near the ceiling in the room has a small window.
Outside the window, instead of the sky, the road was filled with noisy stalls.
This is the only light vent in the room, but it is not a vent.
The windows can't be opened.
Once opened, the outside dust will fill the room.
It's not so much a dwelling as a dungeon.
Chen Tianxiang did not sigh, alas, capital.
Instead, I thought, housing prices in Seoul have risen by 80% in five years, so how many houses do I have to buy to pay off my family's debts?
I can't afford to buy a set.
In his previous life, Chen Tianxiang's family was not considered wealthy, but his parents were also hard-working, and the family did some business, which was quite successful and solid.
Therefore, when he was a teenager, Chen Tianxiang always spent money lavishly, studying, and always fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, which broke away from the high-level interest of reading and learning early.
After a lot of hard work by the tutor who was hired at a high price, in the end there was only one result that could not go up and down.
So, Chen Tianxiang's parents decided to find another way to send Chen Tianxiang abroad to study for an undergraduate degree in a foreign university, and then apply for a graduate degree in a famous domestic university as a foreign undergraduate.
Although it costs a lot more, it will be much less difficult.
But Chen Tianxiang stayed in South Korea to study, and suddenly felt bored, rebellious, and dropped out of college thinking he was cool.
After a big quarrel with his parents, he returned to China with confidence and went to LDL to chase his dream.
Although he is not young, his talent is really good, and he has successfully entered a strong club that is undergoing restructuring.
RNG club, except that the trial is for the first team, but the entry is for the second team.
After almost half a season in the rotation of the second team RYL, he still can't shake the status of Xiaohu.
And the manager came to him at this time.
He hooked Chen Tianxiang's shoulder and said, "I'll send you to other teams to play as starters, what do you think?" ”
Chen Tianxiang nodded of course.
So, the club loaned him at a low price to a team near the bottom of the second league, and let him prove himself first.
Chen Tianxiang was still thinking at the time, this person is still strange.
As a result, after entering that team, I found that the players there were doing what they did every day.
Drinking all day, clubbing, playing Texas, and then in the afternoon training game, I began to regret why I was always wasting my time?
Then the seven-o'clock training match was over, and I started drinking again, clubbing, and playing Texas.
After scolding Chen Tianxiang in his heart, he found that he had to accept their loan arrangement before the RNG contract expired......
In the end, I had to choose to join, thinking that I would wait for the contract to expire before changing jobs.
But it wasn't until a few years later, when RNG's contract expired, that he found that his reflexes had seriously deteriorated and he was no longer able to play in the LPL.
The childhood sweetheart called at this time, and when he heard his sister's angry questioning, he let him know the news of the family.
It turned out that his family's business had already had serious problems before he went to South Korea to study.
But despite this, his family still paid nothing less for the expenses when he went to study in South Korea.
The stubborn middle-aged man, hiding from his son, has been forcing himself to turn the tide.
As a result, when Chen Tianxiang was smoking cigarettes, playing Texas, and considering whether to accept other people's invitations to play match-fixing, his father's body completely collapsed under several years of anxiety and fatigue.
Chen Tianxiang can't forget the embarrassment of standing in front of his father lying on the hospital bed, touching his pocket for a long time with a hand with a tattooed flower arm in the face of the hospital's treatment, and he couldn't take out a penny.
Faced with my sister who was forced to give up her artistic path, the question of why she never went home to take a look at it was impossible to answer a word.
To add insult to injury, he received new bad news.
In the game played a few days ago, out of ten players, there were actually nine match-fixing players.
And it is even more tragic than being caught in a match-fixing match.
He was the only one out of ten who didn't know.
The audience laughed and said that they once suspected that this was a match-fixing, but they didn't expect him to be a real dish.
Chen Tianxiang also felt that it was a little too gray and humorous, but he couldn't laugh.
The team is about to be disbanded and the spot is sold, but the manager who has painted him a big pie does not plan to recall him to the team to renew his contract.
Because in his eyes, Chen Tianxiang at that time didn't even have the leisure to let him spend his efforts to paint cakes.
"You haven't proven yourself either, so forget it." RYL's manager replied very directly, he was not even qualified to be squeezed.
After chasing his dream for a few years, he chased himself into an unemployed young man with nothing.
In that overwhelmed numbness, Chen Tianxiang was reborn.
........
The day of his rebirth coincided with the day he returned from South Korea to RNG for a tryout.
"The results of the trial are okay, why don't you go to the second team to hone it, and wait for you to accumulate some experience, and then come back to play LPL."
RNG and RYL's manager sat in the office, crossed his legs, and said this.
Now Chen Tianxiang has found out that he is trying out the first team, why is the manager of the second team here?
may have booked Xiaohu as the RNG of the mid-laner in the new season, and the initial plan was to send him to the second team.
He's just an insurance policy in case Xiaohu's performance really can't work.
Of course, it is also an asset that RNG is equivalent to buying cheaply.
And in the face of the cake they drew this time and the slave contract that had pitted him miserably in his previous life.
"I'm not going to the second team." Chen Tianxiang replied.
"Young man, don't always think about becoming fat in one bite." The manager pointed to a back figure in the next room in the distance, "Do you think you are stronger than Li Yuanhao?" Is you better than LPL players? ”
"It's okay."
"Young man, the game is not the same as the qualification, you come to us and really fight, you may not even be able to return the hand without professional training."
The manager of the second team on the side also smiled and said, "Young man, it's a good thing to have a higher spirit, but he is also telling the truth, now there is definitely no team in the LPL that will want you Although the trial results are okay, but you haven't even played an official game, we think you have some talent and want to give you a way, which is good for you." ”
"If you don't want LPL, then don't play in LPL." Chen Tianxiang said and prepared to get up, "I'm sorry, I'm in trouble, I'm ready to go." ”
He didn't have much time to spend on them, he still had a lot to do.
He needed to make money, in two years, no, a year later, enough money to pay off his debts, enough money to treat that freak old man, enough money for his sister to continue her education.
RYL's slave contract doesn't do that.
So, Chen Tianxiang got up and turned his head and walked out.
"The heart is higher than the sky, and life is thinner than paper."
"It's really rare to have a second cargo like this."
Chen Tianxiang could faintly hear the voice coming from behind him.
……
Time comes back to the present.
Late 2015 winter, Seoul.
Chen Tianxiang, who had packed his luggage, sighed and called the person who remarked his mother with the expensive international phone bill.
"Hey, Mom."
Chen Tianxiang dialed the phone.
"Hmm." There was a soft voice, and there was some tiredness in his voice.
"I'm on absence."
"Ah, you... Okay. The voice on the other end of the phone stopped talking.
"I'm not dropping out, I'm temporarily suspended, and I will have the opportunity to go back to school in the future."
"Hmm." After a pause, he asked, "Are you coming back?" ”
"No, I'm going to stay in Korea for a year."
"Is it enough for living expenses?"
"You don't have to pay me living expenses, I can make money myself." Chen Tianxiang said, "You don't have to worry about me. ”
"Well, when I grow up, I don't need my mother to pay for my living expenses."
Chen Tianxiang was stunned, there was a faint laugh over there, obviously he didn't follow her wishes, and he was ready to be scolded.
"Where's Dad?" Chen Tianxiang asked.
"He said he didn't want to talk to you, he's an old stubborn one, and he can't see you not going to school to play games."
"I expected." Chen Tianxiang knows his character. "You let him rest and rest, go to the hospital for a check-up, and then listen to the doctor, don't take the doctor's words seriously."
"Got it, you kid, you still care about people? You're really not looking for me for money? ”
"Oh no, I'm waiting for you to ask me for money in the future."
"Okay, okay, if I'm short of money, I'll come to you and ask for it, don't say you don't have it." Mom smiled.
In fact, according to Chen Tianxiang's memories of his previous life, his home was already empty at this time.
But in the next few years, until the mountains and rivers were exhausted, the old couple never asked him for a penny.
And he doesn't even know what's going on at home.
Sometimes I still think that if I can't play my career, I still have my parents to support me, and it would be good to go back to inherit the family business, so I continue to live in fear.
"This year, I shouldn't be able to get it out." Chen Tianxiang smiled, "However, next year, there should be." ”
"I hope."
"Yes, definitely." Chen Tianxiang replied, "By the way, tell Ning Ning to let her learn whatever she wants, just study hard, and don't put too much pressure on herself." ”
"Do you have time to care about your sister? Aren't you incompatible? ”
"If you are an elder brother, you have to be an example."
"If your sister were like you, that old man in the family would have to be angry with you." Mother was joking.
"Hahaha, that's true." Chen Tianxiang also laughed. "Okay, the international phone bill is quite expensive, just hang up first, and I'll call back after a while."
"Okay, you pay more attention to your body, don't catch a cold, there is something to say."
"Well, I know, you and Dad go to bed early, it's not too late."
Chen Tianxiang hung up the phone.
Lean back on the bed and adjust your breathing.
On the gray ceiling, the filament of the incandescent lamp was lonely and lonely, looking so lonely.
There is no turning back.
He stood up and looked at his palms.
I don't know if it's because of rebirth, his current state is much better than before.
Plus an understanding that transcends this era.
If you can do it, take a gamble.
If he returns to the LPL, he can still only stay in the minor league or the bottom team, even if he can play, but how much time will it take to win the championship?
And he didn't have that much time.
And in KOO tigers, although the year's income can be almost zero.
But what if he can return to the LPL next year with the championship like Marin?
The way to break the game is here!
It's a big gamble!