Chapter 242 Decision!

Sweat was dripping down Guo Hao's face.

He finally fulfilled his wish to turn his internet cafe team into an e-sports giant step by step.

And when most LPL clubs were losing money, TES was profitable.

And this year's profit was the highest in LPL.

Even if they had to pay the highest rookie salary of 26 million in the gambling contract of Li Xianghe immediately, plus millions of bonuses.

But it was not a burden for TES at all.

The comprehensive revenue that Li Xianghe brought to the club in TES this year also exceeded this range.

TES recovered all the costs of this year with the MSI championship and a series of endorsement advertisements just after the MSI.

And soon, the income from the S championship has not yet been realized.

With Jackeylove and Li Xianghe, the two cash cows, there is no doubt that the future income will be quite bright.

And the best manager of the year at the end of this year will undoubtedly be Guo Hao's pocket.

Fame, wealth, honor, he made a lot of money this year.

Why is he sweating now?

The reason is that when Li Xianghe signed the contract, he asked to sign only one year.

At that time, he didn't know Li Xianghe's quality, and he just hoped that someone would come soon to replace the pit left by Knight's departure.

Therefore, a one-year bet contract is the best result for both parties.

Now Guo Hao regrets, why didn't he sign a few more years?

However, players like Li Xianghe who have absolute confidence in their own strength probably won't be willing to sign a rookie contract for several years right away.

Originally, Guo Hao had tentatively asked Li Xianghe about the renewal of the contract before, and Li Xianghe only said that the game was the most important.

Now, S10 finally ended with the perfect ending of LPL and TES.

Guo Hao once again tentatively invited Li Xianghe to renew the contract with an unconditional base salary of 30 million plus bonuses and live broadcast contracts.

Li Xianghe did not renew the contract as decisively as he thought, but he did not ask for a price increase.

Instead, he simply said that he was considering it, regardless of the price.

At the banquet to celebrate TES, Jackeylove took a sip of beer.

He was originally immersed in the pleasure of pretending, but his brows were slightly frowned.

"What unhappy things have you encountered? Tell us and make everyone happy." LWX saw Jackeylove's expression and immediately asked happily.

"Nothing, things that are not convenient to disclose." Jackeylove shook his head and denied.

Although the brothers present were all brothers, they belonged to different teams after all.

If these guys knew that Brother Li had not renewed his contract, what would happen?

In the current LOL professional circle, Faker's ID is OnePiece in One Piece.

It is enough to make a group of people crazy.

"Contract?"

"Well, it's no big deal."

Jackeylove said, while tapping on his phone to reply to messages.

He also told himself in his heart that it didn't matter, it didn't matter who he was fighting with, it didn't matter.

After a pause of about a few seconds.

"No, I'm going to go out and make a phone call first, brothers, eat slowly first."

He said and went out with his phone.

And TES base.

369 was also confused, "No, brother Zhuo, what are you doing, you are really not worried, think about what to do?"

"Ah, I don't know, I'll go home tomorrow." Zhuo looked dazed. "Then how about I send a message to Brother Li and ask indirectly?"

"No, what if Brother Li is really gone?"

Even if he has not tried what would happen without Faker.

But 3r and TES without Faker are definitely two different concepts.

"Oh, there is no way, I can't control Brother Li, Brother Li controls me more or less."

Compared to 369, Zhuo seems less rebellious, the main thing is to be obedient, and the person is relatively Buddhist.

"Not having Brother Li as a teammate is not the most terrible thing, you have to think about Brother Li, if he is on the opposite side of us next year." 369 said what he feared most.

"If Brother Li is on the opposite side"

Grand Slam assistant Zhuo was stunned for a moment, thought about the picture for a short time, and then exclaimed after realizing it belatedly.

"Fuck, that's horrible!"

Although it's a bit embarrassing to say it, Li Xianghe remotely controlled himself, a rookie support who just debuted, to defeat a series of monster support players and successfully win the championship.

What if he teamed up with the star supports again?

Wasn't his luck over, from hitting the big luck to being hit by "big luck"?

"So! What should I do?" 369 was a little anxious.

"How can you go and persuade him? Otherwise, you will still be anxious here." Zhuo suggested.

"Uh, how can I persuade Brother Li?"

369 wanted to persuade him, but I always felt that it didn't make sense to go and talk to Brother Li.

It's like in the dormitory, the big guy always takes you to the top, and now the big guy doesn't take you, the pit, and you still go to the big guy to persuade him to take you.

This is really a bit too unreasonable.

"Who is qualified to persuade?"

Zhuo asked, thinking that there are still LOL professional players whose game level can be equal to Faker?

Where he goes, he is a big guy?

"Brother Hao, what should I do?" 369 turned to ask Guo Hao on the side.

Guo Hao's back was soaked with sweat.

The reason he became the best manager was because he found Lee Sang Hyuk.

And if he cannot keep Lee Sang Hyuk, the headquarters and fans will definitely put a lot of pressure on him.

"Nothing, Jin Yibo has already called Brother Li, what can I say?"

"Jin Yibo? Is it the CEO of Tengjing Sports who gave us the award?" Zhuo asked.

"Of course, who else could it be?" 369 turned around and said.

"Is it such a huge array of noodles?"

Zhuo was surprised. He had never heard that a club player could have the CEO responsible for the entire Tencent e-sports event call him personally in the middle of the night just because his contract was not renewed.

Generally speaking, the government rarely interferes in these matters.

"This is faker." Guo Hao sighed and shook his head. "His meaning is much greater than you think."

"But, I feel like the hope still has to be with Jack."

Karsa, who had been playing a two-dimensional game, suddenly interrupted.

"Although I don't know why, I always feel that Brother Li is not the kind of big shot who can bluff someone. Although he dunks, he actually doesn't care about the gain or loss of profit."

"He and Jack have a pretty good relationship, and Jack is good at talking. It's better for Jack to talk to Brother Li."

"Jack should have called him."

"Then, I can only believe Jackeylove!"

In the game, although Jackeylove occasionally plays tricks at critical moments when others need to believe in him.

But when it comes to playing brother LOL, he is quite professional.

For example, in the original time and space, whether it is Knight's "rushing next year", or 69's return from adjustment, Incheon Double C reunited, or abducting the EDG princess.

Jackeylove are all key figures.

Therefore, now everyone can only hope that Jackeylove can play a role.

now.

"who?"

Zhao Enya asked impatiently.

After the two had a simple late-night snack, Lee Sang Hyuk was abducted back home by Zhao Enya.

The reason is that an hour ago, Zhao Enya put her hands behind her back and pretended to speak the lines that she had carefully arranged.

"You can only take a taxi back to the base now, which is not cost-effective. It's also expensive to stay in a hotel alone. It's just right. You still have the room you stayed in our house before."

"Besides, my brother hasn't seen you for a long time and wants to meet you."

When Li Sang Hyuk heard this, he nodded as Zhao Enya expected.

He has lived there for more than two months and is very familiar with the surrounding environment. He also has a computer and a TV, which is of course good.

However, the Zhao family brother who Zhao Enya said had always wanted to see him at home was an hour before Li Sang Hyuk opened the door.

Because I had to deal with some urgent matters, I went out temporarily, and I repeatedly emphasized that I would not be able to come back for a day or two.

At that time, Lee Sang Hyuk just lamented that it was a pity. Then when he walked into the room and was about to turn on the computer, he was stopped by Zhao Enya.

What to say, "I've been watching you play games recently. I've watched too much and I'm a little tired of it. Haven't you been watching the drama lately? Just in time, let's watch it together."

Although Li Sang Hyuk thinks that the most appropriate thing about Lianzong is to hide in bed alone and grin while watching.

But he still agreed to Zhao Enya’s request.

Everything went as planned by Zhao Enya, perfect.

When the cool breeze passes through the balcony and passes through the living room, and the moonlight shines on the two people sitting 80 centimeters apart on the sofa, the atmosphere is becoming romantic as the sweet script is played on the TV in the living room.

However, one phone call after another destroyed the atmosphere that Zhao Enya had worked so hard to create.

"Jin Yibo." Li Sang Hyuk answered.

"Oh, you are so proud, a big star."

Zhao Enya held her face with her hands and cursed in her heart, damn, there is no peanut or Jackeylove now. I didn't expect that an LPL boss would come to ruin the atmosphere.

"It's okay, there are always a lot of disputes during transfers." Lee Sang Hyuk said, not surprised by this.

If it were other players, they must have never seen such a scene. They would definitely feel that they are being taken seriously and be frightened by the personal phone call from the official CEO.

For the official requests, they probably agreed directly.

And Lee Sang Hyuk's original contract shocked not just one division.

The LPL offered a sky-high contract, the LEC was willing to customize a contract around him, and the LCS even issued a blank check. As for the LCK, the owner of T1 at that time should have rushed to fly from Europe to his grandmother's house in South Korea, and he almost had to kneel in front of the door.

He seemed very calm about this kind of scene.

"Aren't you going to stay in TES?" Zhao Enya asked.

"I'm still hesitating." Li Sang Hyuk's brows showed a far greater sadness than when he talked about how much light burned him before.

"Isn't TES very good? I think the manager Guo Hao is a rare good person in the professional circle! And isn't the team atmosphere also very good? They are all good-tempered, and they are backed by the parent company, which is not bad. money."

"What's more, now you have helped them complete the Grand Slam! Don't the team members have a tacit understanding? There is no need to break in."

Zhao Enya said, no matter how you look at it, TES is obviously a dream place for most professional players.

"Indeed, under the current circumstances, there is no better place than TES." Lee Sang Hyuk nodded in approval of Zhao Enya's speech. "Under normal circumstances, I would probably agree to renew the contract without hesitation."

"So? Isn't this normal?"

"Yeah." Lee Sang Hyuk said.

If there hadn't been a tentative invitation from that club, he wouldn't have made any hesitation.

But it happened to be that club - SK Telecom T1.

Nowadays, the LCK has lost its championship for several years. The former first division has not won the championship on any international stage for several consecutive years.

Within the competition area, there is a serious brain drain and a lack of talent.

Capital has become increasingly disenchanted with LCK.

Each of the LCK e-sports giants with large investments did nothing, and instead asked DWG, an Internet cafe team, to take responsibility.

But this hope was still crushed to pieces.

Of course, rather than blaming DWG, LCK is more hostile to T1.

T1 lost two games in the MSI semi-finals in 2019 and 2020, and S10 didn't even make it to the S tournament.

Nowadays, many opinions from the outside world have even begun to attribute the fall of LCK to T1.

And T1 itself is also in a state of flux.

Due to the palace fights, poor performance, and poor reputation, investors spent a lot of money on T1, but their losses increased.

Capital can forgive anyone and anything, but it cannot forgive its own money being thrown into the sea without getting anything back.

And now SKT star Scout has not expressed his desire to renew his contract after the palace fight.

T1 is moving step by step from the original e-sports giant to the abyss.

If T1 cannot come up with a good lineup during the transfer period, T1 shareholders will reduce their investment in T1.

And let T1 adjust its focus and transition to other game fields.

The plan is to let T1 only use the youth training team to mix it up and maintain the quota.

Even in the worst case scenario, the League of Legends division will be sold to make up for the continued losses over the years.

T1 is not the only League of Legends division.

But is T1 still T1 without the League of Legends division?

That's just an empty shell.

Even without faker, T1 has won the S5 and MSI in 2017.

But past championships can't kill a club.

Over the years, Lee Sang Hyuk has also seen many championship clubs go into the abyss.

Although the names of IG and FPX are still there,

If one day, T1 is like this, can I really accept it?

Does he really not care that the place that held countless memories of him in the past, like a family, is gradually withering and dilapidated?

Even in that club, not every day was what he wanted, not every day was happy.

However, Lee Sang Hyuk always felt that he still couldn't let go in his heart.

Although, he understood that T1 just casually threw out an invitation after knowing that faker had stated that he was a fan of SKT, just like a dead horse being treated as a living horse doctor.

I actually don’t really believe that Lee Sang Hyuk will come to T1.

However, they didn't know how closely the ID Faker was related to them in the original world.

I don’t know how much these simple letters of SKT T1 hold in Lee Sang Hyuk’s heart.

"So, you want to go to LCK? You" Zhao Enya was surprised when she heard Lee Sang Hyuk's plan.

I thought to myself, are you crazy? But he still didn't say it.

"Just because you were a fan of SKT?" Zhao Enya tried her best to adjust her emotions and then asked.

"Well, I really like this team. Maybe you can't understand it," Lee Sang Hyuk said, "But I haven't made a decision yet, hey."

Lee Sang Hyuk let out a long sigh.

He has achieved T1's glory in the past and helped him create a dynasty. He never owes T1 anything.

And even now, will he still be T1's savior?

Those familiar people, familiar scenes, and familiar pictures flashed through his mind, and Lee Sang Hyuk fell into endless entanglements.

"Of course I don't understand. You are completely jumping into the fire pit. Everyone knows that the T1 club is almost dead." Zhao Enya said. "I definitely don't want you to go to LCK."

"Yeah." Li Sang Hyuk nodded, and it was right that he didn't understand.

"But, but, I think you can just do what you want." Zhao Enya clenched her clothes tightly with her fists.

She knew that once Lee Sang Hyuk left, the distance between them would become farther and farther.

But she also knew that since he was so hesitant, he actually already had the answer in his heart.

"Why?"

"How can there be so many reasons? Aren't faker's decisions always correct?" Zhao Enya took a deep breath and pretended not to care.

"No one's decision-making will always be correct, everyone will make mistakes." Lee Sang Hyuk said.

"Did you watch the love story just now?" Zhao Enya suddenly asked.

"Ah? What?" Lee Sang Hyuk didn't jump to the topic.

"Everyone says, mother-in-law, indecisive men are really bad!" Zhao Enya put on a look of contempt, "Are you so hesitant in making decisions on the field? FMVP? Can you be more decisive? It's so annoying! It makes me feel bad. It’s all bad!”

"Feel sorry."

Li Sang Hyuk was stunned for a moment, then finally made up his mind.

But Jackeylove's call was a step too late after all.