The next day was a Monday.
Coach Lin reported his intention to sign Xiao Bai to Tianheng E-Sports Club's general manager, Chen Yue.
Lin Feng and Chi Shuo went to the general manager's office together and described Xiao Bai's situation in detail. "Although Xiao Bai is 21 years old, he got five S grades in the talent test. This means that he's at the peak of his potential as an e-sports player. He's not any worse than a seventeen or eighteen-year-old. Moreover, this person's awareness is very outstanding. He knows how to play all kinds of mid laner heroes. In just half a month, he took first place in four national servers. Chi Shuo has played with him privately before, and the two of them can cooperate well. "
Manager Chen smiled and said, "Tianheng can't let go of such a talent! If he's new, how much is the signing fee? If he's really as good as you say, 1 million should be enough, right? "
Just as Coach Lin was about to say that he should give three million yuan, he heard Chi Shuo say calmly, "Add a zero behind it."
Manager Chen: "??"
Coach Lin: "???"
Both of them thought they heard wrong and looked at Chi Shuo in surprise.
Chi Shuo looked calm. "If we want to recruit Fang Zhengqing to our team, how much do you think is appropriate?"
Manager Chen came back to his senses and said, "Fang Zhengqing is an international player who won the World Pairs Championship. He's also the captain of Jing Zhe Team. We definitely can't recruit him! But … his value should be at least 25 million. "
Chi Shuo asked, "What about Zhou Jiawen?"
Manager Chen said, "Xiao Zhou didn't win the World Championships, but he's very popular. He's the best player in the new generation. Huowin also entered the World Championships. His transfer fee shouldn't be less than 20 million."
Chi Shuo asked, "If we bring in a top mid laner from overseas, the price shouldn't be less than 10 million, right?"
Manager Chen nodded. "Of course. When foreign players come to our country to compete, they're unfamiliar with the place and the language barrier. They'll only be willing to come if we give them an eight-figure signing fee."
Chi Shuo concluded, "Therefore, I think it's more appropriate to give Little White 10 million. His value naturally can't exceed world-class midlaners like Little Zhou and Fang Zhengqing. However, an eight-figure signing fee would firstly show how much our club values him. Secondly, an eight-figure signing fee is the treatment of a first-tier player. He's worth it. "
Manager Chen nearly choked on his anger. After calming himself down, he lowered his voice and said, "He's a newbie. He hasn't even participated in a competition before. The most we can give him is three million! In the entire Alliance, three million is the highest signing fee for a rookie. You want to help him get the treatment of a first-tier player with eight figures? Are you crazy? "
Coach Lin was desperately winking at Chi Shuo, but Chi Shuo pretended not to see it and said calmly, "Because we didn't sign a newcomer, but a mid laner who can completely break Tianheng's predicament and help Tianheng walk to the championship podium."
He paused and raised his eyebrows. "Is 10 million not worth it to sign a champion player?"
Manager Chen: "… If it's to sign a champion player, 10 million may not be enough. But the problem is, has Little White ever won a championship? Are you sure that Tianheng can win the championship after he comes? "
Coach Lin coughed softly and broke the slightly awkward atmosphere in the office. "About the signing fee, why don't we talk to Little White personally? Is 10 million what he wants? Can't we discuss it further? "
Chi Shuo said calmly, "We'll discuss the price and sign the contract with the highest sincerity. Bargaining with him is not like buying groceries at the market. "
Coach Lin: "Ahem … that's true."
Manager Chen frowned. "But I can't make the decision for such a high signing fee. The club's executives need to meet to discuss it. You make it sound nice. Signing him can change Tianhuan's predicament and help them win the championship. These are all one-sided claims. Whether or not this player is worth the club's high signing fee, we still need to study it. "
Chi Shuo nodded. "Okay, let me know when the meeting is."
The two of them turned and left the office.
Coach Lin sighed and looked at Chi Shuo. "Why are you helping an outsider and helping him raise his value? A signing fee of 3 million is already the highest treatment for a newcomer. "
Chi Shuo looked at Coach Lin calmly. "He's not just anyone. He will be our best teammate. If you don't believe me, you can wait and see. If Northern Shepherds makes a move and offers him a high price, Tianheng's price will be lower than Northern Shepherds. Even if we sign Little White, will you feel good about it? "
Coach Lin was silent for a moment. He thought about it carefully and realized that it made sense.
Northern Shepherds had a lot of money behind them. Moreover, Northern Shepherds' mid laner was likely to retire after this season. They were in desperate need of a mid laner. They would either find a second team player to replace him or find a way to poach him.
Zhao Xinan was the first professional player to discover Little White. If he hadn't happened to see A Yuge and Little White's duel and recorded it in the group chat, the major teams wouldn't have noticed Little White.
Northern Shepherds must have been paying attention to Little White as well. If they discovered Little White's talent as a mid laner and offered more than 5 million to sign Little White, Tianheng's offer of 3 million for a newcomer's signing fee would be too shabby.
Although Tianheng's performance had declined, it was still a powerhouse in the country …
Coach Lin thought for a moment and nodded. He made up his mind. "Okay, I'll stand with you this time. When the time comes, we'll convince the shareholders together. If you're really sure that Little White can change Tianheng, then 10 million is worth it to be honest! After all, even if we poach Fang Zhengqing, he won't be able to play with you. "
Chi Shuo's eyes showed a hint of a smile. "That's right. It's actually very difficult to find a mid laner who can play well with me and has first-rate awareness. Tianheng's signing of players isn't based on who's cheaper, but who's more suitable. What do you think? "
Coach Lin smiled and patted Chi Shuo's shoulder. "That's true. However, you should talk to your master in advance. As long as he supports you, the other shareholders who don't know much about esports and are only responsible for paying money should have nothing to say. "
Chi Shuo nodded. "I'll contact my master as soon as possible and ask him to come forward."
Coach Lin stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the corridor and turned his head to look downstairs with mixed feelings. In order to sign a newcomer, he proposed an eight-figure signing fee and even invited the long-hidden Ming Team to come out. It seemed that Chi Shuo was determined to sign Little White this time.
Chi Shuo was never an impulsive person. On the contrary, this Alpha was frighteningly calm. Since he was determined to sign Little White, it meant that Little White must have something special that other mid laners couldn't replace.
How much change would a new mid laner bring to Tianheng?
Coach Lin was looking forward to it more and more.
***
As usual, Ye Shaoyang went to the training camp to practice his heroes after waking up. This time, he practiced [Fire Goddess] and [Thunder Goddess]. He planned to get the national servers of these two heroes.
Mage heroes were generally divided into Spellcaster, Control Mage, and Fort Mage. The four national servers he had gotten so far were two Spellcaster, one Control Mage, and one Fort Mage, which was the most difficult.
Of course, this wasn't a coincidence. He had done it on purpose.
He believed that the coaches would understand what he meant.
The control type of Mages, if subdivided, included status control, such as freezing, sleep, dizziness, and so on, making people lose their ability to move. There was also field control, a classic example of which was the Goddess of Flames, laying down fire circles to block people's movements, making it impossible for people to land. Therefore, the next thing he wanted to do was to get a field control hero.
It was difficult for this type of hero to carry the entire game by himself and needed the cooperation of his teammates.
Yao Mu seemed to have noticed this as well. When they were playing in the morning, she actually pulled someone over to play in the third row with Little White. Ye Shaoyang looked at the account with the ID "Little Wei" in the room and was stunned for a moment. Then, he heard Mumu's gentle voice introduce, "This is Ah Wei. Ah Wei, this is the Little White I told you about. "
A hearty voice came from the earpiece. "Hello, Mumu said that you want to get [Fire Goddess]'s national server. I just happen to want to get [Cannoneer]'s national server. Let's play together. It'll be easier to cooperate."
Yao Mu smiled and said, "Little White, you don't mind playing in the third row, right? Because [Fire Goddess] and [Cannoneer] are the Fire Team's cooperative playstyle. Ah Wei just happens to want to get [Cannoneer] into the national server. I'll choose [Radiant Shield] as a support. It'll be easier this way. "
The fans in the live broadcast room were going crazy — —
F * ck, why is Brother Little Wei here? Big Brother and Big Sister bringing Little White?
Our Little White's prestige!
Are my eyes playing tricks on me this early in the morning? Why are the three of them in the same room?
Little White, tell us, do you have a backer? Who are you!
Mumu has been playing with you for two days, and Brother Little Wei is here today. This live broadcast room is really full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons!
Ye Shaoyang was also a little surprised by Little Wei's appearance. When he heard this, he immediately said angrily, "Brother Little Wei, it'll be easier to cooperate if we play together. Big Sister Mu is so thoughtful."
Mumu smiled and said, "Don't be angry. Everyone is just taking what they need. I'm just a support. It's hard for me to increase my combat power even if I play alone. We're in a middle, archer, and support platoon. It's not easy to lose. "
Little Wei said, "Then I'll go open a smurf account. Wait for me."
After a while, he opened a smurf account called "Little Little Little Wei" and joined the ranking room.
Ye Shaoyang was speechless.
This is really a "Little Little" account!
The three of them began to play. Little Wei was indeed a top streamer. As soon as he entered the room, his teammates recognized him. "F * ck, it's Brother Little Wei!" "Ah Wei, carry me to victory. I'll let you have the archer!"
Big Sister Mu's smurf account, "Clumsy Bird Flies First," typed, "Middle, archer, support third platoon. Can the two of you pick the solo and jungler? Pick a hero that you know how to play. You just have to give the archer some money. "
The other two immediately nodded. "No problem, no problem!" "I'm fine with this one."
After the two teammates picked their heroes, they left the middle, archer, and support for the three of them. Xiaowei chose [Cannon Gunner], Ye Shaoyang chose [Goddess of Fire], and Mumu chose [Shield of Brilliance].
This was the classic Fire Team system.
The principle was that Goddess of Fire's wide range of fire would trap the opponent in a narrow area with nowhere to run. Radiant Shield's support could jump over and stun a group of people. Then, the archer would attack like crazy …
Although it was the first time the three of them played together, they were surprisingly well-coordinated.
The main reason was that Ye Shaoyang's fire circle was too tricky!
The middle, archer, and support team went to invade the opponent's blue buff. The opponent's jungler quickly realized that there was fire everywhere in the jungle. It was burning his feet! There was nowhere to go!
As a result, the [Goddess of Flame]'s "Burn" status caused the jungler's HP and MP to drop rapidly. The [Cannoneer] threw a long-distance cannon and quickly took the jungler's head.
The game was won easily.
In the second round, they did not invade the blue buff. Instead, they stared at the opponent's mid lane.
Ye Shaoyang's hand speed exploded. He released a few fire circles in a row, trapping the opponent's mid laner in the center of the fire. His mana dropped quickly. The opponent's mid laner cried as he ran away. He typed on the public chat, "Too much. Without mana, I can't cast a single skill!"
The essence of Goddess of Fire was actually to block the opponent's position and hit their mana.
The damage of her skills was not high, and she did not lose much health. However, as long as she came into contact with the fire circle, her mana would quickly drop. The mid laners who went against her would often have their mana depleted and could not cast any skills.
It was even scarier when they were fighting as a team. The opponent had no mana and could only watch helplessly. They could only watch as the archer quickly reaped the damage.
This fire team system was one of the signature playstyles developed by the Fire Mark Battle Team.
There would be a way to break it in the Pro League. Choose some mid laners and junglers without mana and kill the core Goddess of Fire. However, in the game, there were very few people who could work together to break the fire team system. Moreover, Ye Shaoyang would often choose Goddess of Fire after the opponent had chosen their mid laners and junglers. This made it impossible for the opponent to guard against.
After a whole morning of ranking, the team of three achieved nine consecutive victories.
At lunchtime, Little Wei turned off the livestream and privately messaged Mumu. "This Little White has good awareness. He's not as scheming as they say in the group?"
Mumu replied with a smiley face. "After all, Little White stole their server."
Little Wei was enlightened. "Oh, I was wondering why they were scolding Little White in the group every day. Using cats to create hype and stepping on people to get to the top … It's because they lost their server and couldn't get it back!"
Streamer Little Wei was a fixed archer. Ye Shaoyang had only taken mid laners and offended a bunch of streamers who played mid laners. Recently, the streamers had been scolding Little White every day. Out of curiosity, he went to rank with Mumu.
After interacting with Little White, he realized that Little White was indeed very strong.
Goddess of Fire's positioning was too amazing. Her fire circles were very fast and efficient, often leaving the opponent with nowhere to go. They were immediately surrounded and wiped out.
Little Wei was the MVP for a few consecutive matches and even got a pentakill with the help of Goddess of Fire!
Little White had obviously given the kill to him for that pentakill.
Little Wei said, "Pull me up next time. Hahaha, I got a pentakill today. Awesome!"
Yao Mu rolled her eyes. "Human Head Dog."
Little Wei replied, "[doghead.jpg]"
At this moment, Little Wei and Mumu received a message on their phones at the same time.
It was from General Manager Liu of Whale Streaming.
"Mumu, why are you hanging out with Little White? Do you know him in private? "
"Little Wei, why are you playing ranked with Little White? What's your relationship with him?"
Both of them were confused. "???"
Mumu explained, "I met him in the Summit Tournament and thought that he was doing well, so I added him as a friend. Why? We're all streamers on Whale Streaming. It's normal for us to play ranked together. "
Little Wei replied, "Mumu dragged me along. What's going on? Isn't it normal for streamers on the same platform to play ranked together? General Manager Liu even sent me a private message to ask about it. It gave me a fright. "
General Manager Liu was speechless.
He hadn't signed the contract yet!
Are you guys fighting to advertise for him?!