Fierce shooter

In the tavern.

Two distinctive figures, one fat and one thin, sat in the corner.

It's about four o'clock in the morning.

Both of them couldn't sleep, so they happened to bump into each other when they got up to pee, so they came out for a drink.

"As expected of you, who is out drinking this early in the morning."

Uzi yawned and rubbed his eyes again.

He didn't drink it, he just ordered a glass of sparkling water.

There's already one done over there at the incense pot.

I took a suffocating incense pot and rubbed my stomach. I felt a little uncomfortable, but the discomfort in my heart diluted the physical discomfort.

"Actually, I want to do it too. The conditions offered by the club are quite good. I can earn millions by just broadcasting live without having to bear so much pressure."

Speaking of this, he laughed at himself: "Besides, I only play professionally for money. It doesn't matter if there is no competition. As long as I have money, it doesn't matter."

Hearing Xiangguo's words, Uzi's eyes were a little complicated, but he couldn't help but said: "I remember your contract is due at the end of this year. Shouldn't you be a free agent when the contract is up?"

"How the hell do I know? Yesterday when Dogecoin talked to me about the contract, I was confused. Why didn't I see so many rules and regulations at the time? What else... I can only retire in RNG and won't renew my contract. Why don't you let me go fight somewhere else, so I can fuck him!"

Xiang Guo swore profanities one after another as if his mouth was smeared with honey, and then drank another glass of beer in one gulp.

At this time, Uzi felt a little confused after hearing Xiangguo's words.

He was also vague about the terms of his contract.

But considering that RNG is the club I have stayed at for a long time, the club should not treat me...

Uzi knows a lot about Xiangguo.

He knew that Xiangguo had a straight temper and often spoke without thinking too hard.

But to be fair to Uzi, he is not tired of dealing with such people.

Everything is written on his face, and his scheming is almost zero. Such a fool will probably not be left in the society unless he is deceived.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The two usually quarrel in the club, and the quarrels are fierce. There are often rumors that the two are at odds.

However, only each other knows the true nature of their relationship.

RNG spent most of the year in S8 with Casa starting the game.

After the experience compensation mechanism in the jungle disappeared, the opportunities for Xiangguo to play became less and less.

Obviously, in the preview of the S9 transfer period, RNG has made a choice between the two junglers.

…

South Korea.

The second day in Jeju Island.

Everyone in EDG received an invitation from the person in charge of Riot Games.

On the way to the destination, everyone in EDG chatted with each other.

"Fist is a bit stingy. I remember last time they went to the country to discuss it with you, right?"

Meiko said to Li Luo.

"Yeah, this time they solved it directly nearby. I guess they won't put more care into the design than IG's skin. The overall tone of our team is similar to IG's. Will they be directly like the designers of Apple mobile phones? How about taking out last year’s stuff and changing it up a little bit?”

"Don't tell me, don't tell me, it's possible."

"What else should we do? Let Riot change the color of this year's skin?"

"How about...change to a green one?"

The people who were messing around in the car soon arrived at their destination.

This is a fairly high-end club.

In the box of the club, both Tryndamere and Ryze were there, as well as Ghost Crab and a temporary team of several of his designers.

"Dear Lee, we meet again and it's nice to see you again."

Ghost Crab gave Li Luo a very warm hug when he came up. This attitude was completely different from when the two met on the final stage.

"From a facial management point of view, you did a good job, but emotionally I don't feel that you are happy."

Li Luo's words made Ghost Crab's expression stiffen, but soon he saw Li Luo smiling: "I'm joking, dear chief designer."

"This yellow-skinned boy is so annoying."

Ghost Crab said silently in his heart.

However, when he thought of his purpose today, Ghost Crab still maintained his smile. After signaling the EDG players to sit down, Tryndamere said with a smile: "After hearing that you are here, we wanted to finalize the championship skin as soon as possible. As for the specific details, our designers will communicate with you from time to time until the final draft is finalized."

"no problem."

When the translator recited these words, the EDG players nodded.

Choosing what kind of hero doesn't require much consideration in everyone's opinion.

After all, before this World Championship, the boys had dreamed of the championship skins they might have countless times.

EDG's championship skin is undoubtedly easier to finalize than the IG team.

The first is Jin Gong.

Jin Gong directly chose the captain without saying anything.

The designers at Riot Games are not surprised at all. With the current popularity of Jin Gong players around the world, the first thing that everyone thinks of when mentioning Jin Gong is his signature hero captain.

"Ganglank is lucky to be able to choose the hero that will be used in the final game of life and death."

One of the designers looked a little excited.

He was the designer who was responsible for redoing the captain.

"It's also my luck."

After hearing what the translator said, Jin Gong seemed a little shy.

"I will definitely choose the blind monk."

Xiaotian didn't hesitate much.

He knows many heroes, but if there is a hero that Xiaotian likes to use the most, there is no doubt that Blind Sin will definitely be at the top.

"Blind monk... there is no problem."

The ghost crab is not surprising either.

Most of the designers he chose to bring this time had some connection with the heroes they predicted EDG would choose.

only……

Ghost Crab glanced at one of the designers who looked a little nervous and expectant.

That one is the one who designed the fortune teller.

But intuition tells Ghost Crab that the little sweetie who used to be Li Luo's side seems to have become Mrs. Niu now.

Followed closely by the younger brother.

There is no suspense about the younger brother's choice.

It was a direct decision on Zoe.

He loves this hero very much.

Mingkai chose the widow after much hesitation.

This hero helped him achieve redemption in the world arena.

The Widow is very unpopular. After the championship skin was released, most of the Widow skins sold were probably fans of the factory director. They bought it and put it in the warehouse to sleep.

It is estimated that there will be very few people who choose to buy it because they really need it.

But Mingkai didn't care.

Now he has everything he should have.

There are no regrets in my career.

As the No. 001 player of the LPL, after winning the World Championship, Mingkai's popularity in the country is not even lower than that of Li Luo, who won two consecutive championships and won the second consecutive FMVP.

Mingkai has no shortage of money.

Therefore, Mingkai does not need to consider the issue of skin sharing.

After careful consideration, Meiko chose Thresh as its champion skin.

Counting the number of games, Meiko has used Thresh quite a lot in this World Championship.

In fact, Meiko’s initial suggestion to Riot was that she wanted Luo’s skin.

Moreover, Meiko also suggested that the color of her Luo be similar to that of Li Luo's Xia. It would be better to make more appropriate modifications based on the sapphire Luo.

Riot designers were speechless about this, and rejected Meiko on the grounds that they could not produce the same champion skin for two consecutive years.

Of course, if Meiko keeps insisting, the fist will still do it in the end.

However, after careful consideration, Meiko decided not to do such a disgusting thing.

It was just a bad idea for him to think so.

Anyway, Bao Lan has no chance to partner with Li Luo.

Finally, it was Li Luo's turn.

Looking at the looks cast by the designers, Li Luo was actually very confused.

It's just... hard to make a decision.

Li Luo has too many heroes who have shined in this world championship.

Everyone wants to choose.

However, it is very uncomfortable for a champion to only choose one skin.

Li Luo felt that it would be difficult for him to become an evergreen tree and win the championship every year in the following years. If he did this, League of Legends would probably be disqualified in a few years, and other divisions would lose their fighting spirit, so this competition What’s the point of playing?

After hesitating again and again, Li Luo finally said: "Then let's take Kasha."

"Nice! [shit!!]"

Two different voices sounded at the same time.

Looking at the two designers in front of him whose emotions were completely reversed, Li Luo's lips twitched.

Ghost crabs can still cause trouble.

The designer who stared at him with a bad expression shouldn't be scolding him in his heart, right?

What Li Luo didn't know was that the designer who designed the fortune teller had already started writing a short composition in his mind.

"Damn, that yellow-skinned boy is terrible. Two years. The fortune teller has waited for two years. Why didn't he choose? I really want to kiss his ass hard with my leather shoes... Oh no, I don't I will do this, these are handmade custom-made leather shoes that I bought from Jenny for three thousand dollars, that hateful woman is simply a vampire."

…

"We will refer to the detailed issues in detail. Dear Li, can we have a chat alone?"

Ghost Crab extended an invitation to Li Luo.

"Can."

Li Luo hesitated for a moment and then agreed.

On a separate deck.

Ghost Crab and Li Luo sat there, each ordering a drink.

"Lee, I have a question and I'd love to get your answer."

Ghost Crab took a sip of wine, and the spicy taste made him squint slightly.

"What do you think."

"It's still about you next season..."

Ghost Crab gets right to the point.

"Sorry, I've said it before. This is a secret, and it's not the transfer period yet. Even if I make a choice, I can't reveal it to the outside world. You should know the rules."

Li Luo shook his head slightly.

Other questions are fine, so we won’t discuss them here.

Ghost Crab seemed to have expected what Li Luo said, but he did not give up. Instead, he pondered for a moment and continued: "Actually, I just want to know whether you will choose to stay in the team or leave like last year. You can use more subtle words. The way to reveal a little information, in Chinese terms, is called the Riddler."

"Of course, I will exchange a piece of news about LCK with you. Trust me, you won't suffer a loss."

At this moment, the ghost crab even felt a little humble.

But he couldn't help it.

As the chief designer, the pressure he bears increases day by day as the game ages.

Although the ratings of this World Finals are still higher than the previous one, League of Legends is a worldwide game, and other regions cannot be ignored just because the ratings of China have increased.

In this S9 season, he must make drastic changes.

It can benefit South Korea.

It can also benefit Europe.

But we must not let the LPL and Li Luo's team enjoy themselves anymore.

From last year to now, several consecutive exchanges have made Ghost Crab even feel a faint sense of fear towards Li Luo's version.

Riot Games is about to usher in the last patch changes of the preseason.

Before that, he needed to know as much information as possible so that he could prepare countermeasures in advance.

Although... Ghost Crab feels that his hope today is slim.

Just imagine, will the first division care about the actions of the second division that has been defeated by them for two consecutive years?

Of course, Ghost Crab also has a trump card in his hand.

Seeing Li Luo smiling and shaking his head, Ghost Crab decided to play this trump card.

…

"You mean...salary cap system?"

Li Luo was slightly stunned.

He is no stranger to the salary cap system.

The so-called salary cap is a system in which the combined wages of all people in a team cannot exceed a certain amount.

In order to avoid market chaos, there is no upper limit on the price increase for a certain player.

Just like Li Luo.

Now Li Luo doesn't even know how many clubs will quote exaggerated prices for him.

It's just that the salary cap system actually came onto the stage earlier than he remembered, which surprised Li Luo.

But after thinking about it, Li Luo felt relieved.

Seeing that Li Luo's expression did not change, Ghost Crab felt a little calmer.

When the salary cap was first implemented, it was still very user-friendly for a team's original team.

If it is a contract extension, it is not within the jurisdiction of the salary cap.

The salary cap mainly restricts the transfer market.

If this system is imposed on the IG or EDG teams, it is obvious that the configuration and player performance of these two teams will inevitably exceed the salary cap.

But if the players from the two teams don't plan to transfer, there won't be so many cumbersome things.

The current tentative amount of the salary cap is 30 million.

The transfer player restricted by the salary cap system to some extent is actually Li Luo.

When Li Luo won the championship last year, his annual salary easily exceeded eight figures.

If he really transfers, 30 million may be Li Luo's salary alone.

After all, League of Legends is also a game for five people. You can't find four real eyes to fight Li Luo, right?

So there was no change in Li Luo's expression at this moment. In the eyes of Ghost Crab, it was probably a sign that he planned to renew his contract with EDG.

Under the expectant gaze of Ghost Crab, Li Luo pondered for a moment, and then said: "There is only one piece of news I can reveal to you, and that is the new season... or my previous boss will pay me my salary."

Ghost Crab was a little stunned, then smiled: "Dear Li, has anyone ever told you that you are really handsome?"

"Everyone says this and we're used to it."

Li Luo smiled carelessly.

Ghost Crab is not worried about EDG and just replaces four teammates to reorganize a team.

That's not realistic.

And it will also be restricted by the salary cap, EDG is not stupid.

So he has now begun to study the direction, strategies and methods of the version.

"In this case, my news will not be hidden. Let me remind you that the LCK will make big moves during the transfer period this winter."

Ghost Crab said meaningfully: "You should know that the models of the LCK and LPL divisions are actually different. There are only ten teams in the LCK, but two or three of them will be in a bad state. In other words, The probability of getting a spot in the LCK World Championship is close to half."

"They lost two consecutive World Finals, and this time they lost at home. I heard that they were training new players as early as the beginning of 2018. The LCK in S9 may be a year of bright stars."

Li Luo was thoughtful after hearing this.

Although the information revealed by Ghost Crab is very rough.

But it is not difficult to see that there may be some changes between the LCK S9 season and the S9 season in my impression.

Although the two young teams Griffin and DWG failed in the S9 World Championship, their potential is already there.

According to Ghost Crab, LCK seems to have started preparations at the beginning of this year. Will these two teams and other fresh blood in LCK show more terrifying intensity in S9?

Li Luo... began to look forward to it.