Chapter 253: Explode the Gold Coins, Old Man!
Seoul Airport.
Kkoma, who had been waiting for a long time, opened his arms enthusiastically.
Lee Sang Hyuk also embraced him brightly.
If it was White Crescent, they would be surprised to see Lee Sang Hyuk being so enthusiastic towards people.
Because they didn't know what kind of journey this coach, who was so handsome when he was young that people called him Leehom, had gone through with the ID Faker.
Everyone always said that it was Lee Sang Hyuk who made Kkoma successful. If any other coach was replaced to coach Faker, Faker would still become the number one professional player in League of Legends.
Kkoma also thought that this was the fact.
But in Lee Sang Hyuk's eyes, without kkoma, maybe he could also become an excellent player, but he would not become Faker.
Compared with ability, Kkoma's strict but gentle code of conduct is the fundamental difference between SKT and other teams.
Ruler could only bow and nod when he saw Ambition, but Scout could happily joke with his seniors.
This is the most important thing kkoma brings to the team.
When Lee Sang-hyuk was 16 years old and still young and frivolous, kkoma taught him a lot of things, some of which were even useful for a lifetime compared to game techniques.
Therefore, when he returned to LCK this year, he immediately found Kkoma, who ended his LPL journey with disappointment in VG last year.
He hoped that he would come back to serve as the supervisor of T1.
Kkoma's daughter has been born and lives in Seoul.
Therefore, Kkoma nodded decisively in the face of Lee Sang-hyuk's invitation.
First, he himself has feelings for T1. The original SKT LOL division was established step by step under the leadership of kkoma. Even if the name was changed, the shareholders were changed, and the players were changed, he still couldn't give it up.
Second, he and Lee Sang-hyuk chatted very well. Although everyone said that Lee Sang-hyuk was a weirdo, Kkoma seemed to be very good at communicating with this weirdo. When they met in LPL before, he also said that he hoped to cooperate one day.
Third, since his daughter was born, the milk powder money still had to be earned.
"Welcome." Kkoma said, "Are you used to the weather in Seoul?"
"Yeah, it feels familiar." Li Xianghe smiled.
"Let's go, let's go as planned!"
"Now?" Li Xianghe had some doubts.
"Ah, this way it seems sincere, otherwise that kid might be very reluctant."
Kkoma smiled and opened the car door.
"Put the luggage in my trunk. By the way, Xianghe, do you have a driver's license?"
"Ah, I can drive, but the driver's license"
Li Xianghe thought of another disadvantage of rebirth, the driver's license that he spent a lot of effort to get is gone.
"Oh, what does it mean to drive without a driver's license? Don't do dangerous things normally." Kkoma got in the car, opened the door, and fastened his seat belt.
And Li Xianghe also got into Kkoma's car skillfully, fastened his seat belt, and adjusted the seat height. "Can I use some paper?"
"Of course, oh, by the way, there are wet wipes in there, you know there are wet wipes."
Kkoma looked at Li Xianghe with some surprise, and opened the storage box on the passenger seat without any hesitation, and found wet wipes from it.
"Oh, it feels like it should be here, prediction." Li Xianghe thought to himself, some habits of everyone in the parallel world are still the same.
"Speaking of which, you can also get a driver's license when you have time."
"Ah, yeah." Li Xianghe couldn't help but feel troubled when thinking about getting a driver's license. He once failed the test for reversing into a garage, and he couldn't help but sigh, "If getting a driver's license is as easy as winning a championship."
"Haha, really? I hope we can also win the championship easily together." Kkoma smiled at Li Xianghe's outrageous remarks.
"It will happen."
The vehicle shuttled through the streets of Seoul in a stream.
Finally, it stopped in front of a familiar apartment.
The two rang the doorbell.
"Hello." Kkoma greeted the doorbell.
"Ah, here you are, you came so quickly!" The door of the apartment opened, and a fat man with glasses came out from behind the door, nodding and greeting the two respectfully, "Hello."
"Sang Hyuk, he rushed over as soon as he got off the plane, he really wanted to see you, he is your number one fan, in Wan." Kkoma said quickly.
"Ah, really? I am really flattered, thank you, thank you very much." Wolf nodded and thanked the two hurriedly after hearing the words. "Please come in! Actually, I am also a fan of Faker, he is really good at playing! It's great to meet you!"
"Pfft." Li Xianghe looked at the picture of wolf nodding and greeting him politely and respectfully, and couldn't help but laughed.
Obviously, wolf used to like to tease him the most.
"Ah?" Wolf was stunned, thinking that he should not have done anything out of the ordinary.
"Nothing, I thought of something happy." Li Xianghe waved his hand to explain.
But seeing Wolf's stunned expression, Li Xianghe couldn't hold it back anymore, and quickly covered his mouth and laughed non-stop.
"Oh, Xianghe is so happy to see you." Kkoma quickly helped to smooth things over.
Wolf nodded and said again, "Thank you, thank you, would you like some tea?"
I thought to myself, this doesn’t feel like the excitement after meeting an idol.
This Lee Sang Hyuk is really a weirdo.
"Ah, you should have iced orange juice here." Li Sang Hyuk asked.
"Yes, yes, how do you know?" Wolf was a little surprised.
"Wolf player is a kind of person who can drink that kind of thing." Lee Sang Hyuk said.
Wolf scratched his head. "Really? Can you tell?"
"Yes, and I really like chicken fried steak as soon as I see it."
"Oh, can you really tell? Did brother Zhengjun tell him?" Wolf was a little surprised.
When Lee Sang Hyuk looked at Wolf's stunned expression, he smiled as if his prank had succeeded.
"No." Kkoma shook his head, also a little confused, "Maybe he is your fan, so he follows you, right?"
"Yes, I also know that Wolf player hates eating oysters."
"Ah! That's it." Wolf nodded, thinking in his mind, had he really told his fans about his taste?
But even if you know it, you must be a hardcore fan. You can’t search this thing on Google.
It turns out that the guy who is said to be the strongest player in history is really his fan.
Thinking of this, Wolf couldn't help but feel a little carried away, and the smile on his face became more complacent.
"Speaking of player Faker, is he officially confirmed to join T1?" Wolf handed the drinks to the two of them.
As professional players in League of Legends, everyone’s topics still focus on games and events.
"Yes." Lee Sang Hyuk nodded, "It's a one-year contract, a betting contract."
"It's a betting contract. It's true that a player like you should have this confidence." Wolf nodded. "That's great. You were also born in 1996, right? I saw from the information that we are about the same age."
Wolf is not a relatively withdrawn and autistic character like the traditional Internet addicted teenager. Instead, he is very good at chatting and socializing, and he is even quite humorous.
Therefore, after retiring from the professional arena, he also prospered as an anchor.
"Well, you are four months younger than me." Lee Sang Hyuk remembered that his birthday was in September.
His and Bang's birthdays were during MSI, while Wolf's birthday was during the summer playoffs, and Bengi's was during the winter transition.
"Ah, speaking of which, I have to call you Brother Xianghe!" Wolf laughed, "I'm so envious that I can still play games at this age. I've been broadcasting live at home for a year."
"Brother Xianghe, let's forget it and just call me Xianghe."
Although Lee Sang Hyuk found it quite fun to have Wolf call him Sang Hyuk hyung, he was still not used to his name and it felt awkward.
"But Sang Hyuk, he debuted too late. It would have been very interesting if you were in the same era." kkoma was paving the way for the rest of the story.
"That won't work! I don't want such a powerful guy to be my opponent. I can't imagine how I can win if he is opposite me! I don't want to live in his shadow like BeryL."
Wolf shook his head quickly. As a legendary support player, he could certainly see the level of these professional players.
BeryL was definitely the most powerful support player last year, but he lost to Zhuo. If it were him, he wouldn't be able to stand the pressure from the outside world.
He is not like BeryL who can relieve stress by playing Genshin Impact.
Maybe I can just double queue with Xiao Pei on the rooftop and fly on the trapeze.
Although what Wolf said is basically the truth, people still can't help but sigh that Wolf's business skills are so strong that he looks less like an Internet-addicted teenager and more like a Korean civil servant who wants to make progress.
Such an optimistic and cheerful fat man with a sense of humor, if you just look at him on the surface, you would never imagine that he would be unable to bear the pressure at night, collapse, cry and vomit.
"Actually, age does not have that big an impact on game status. Game understanding can add a lot of things. I think as long as you want to play, you can still play."
Lee Sang Hyuk said.
"Haha, no one wants me." Wolf waved his hand, he had already made up his mind to leave the field.
"Who said no one wants it?"
Kkoma finally waited for these words to come out of wolf's mouth under the constant guidance of the two.
"Who wants it? I have a broadcasting contract with T1, and the liquidated damages are very high. Who will pay for me, an old man who can only finish second in the Turkish competition?"
Wolf looked at Kkoma and had a bad premonition, but he didn't dare to think about it, he really didn't dare.
"It doesn't matter. There is a way that you don't need to pay T1 liquidated damages." The corners of Kkoma's mouth kept rising.
"Are you kidding me?" Wolf leaned back slightly, unable to believe it.
"Seriously! You must have scored 800 points in the Korean server recently, which is really high!" kkoma said, "You are really not inferior to the current players at all."
"It's really high, 800 points, especially for a support player who doesn't play much support in ranked games."
Lee Sang Hyuk also echoed, rarely recognizing this "game layman" in his life.
"I'm just telling you why you have to come to my house as soon as you get off the plane."
Wolf never expected the development route of the plot, and he is still trying to struggle at this moment.
"I have a lot of 800 points, mainly because I don't play in the game. As a streamer, my job is just to rush for points, which is not valuable."
"Honestly, Zai Wan! The last time you participated in the World Championship was in 2017. Your performance that year was simply amazing, but the ending was not what you wanted." Kkoma put his arm around wolf's shoulders.
"Don't you want to do it again? Just in T1!"
The two finally showed their true colors.
Then wolf fell into a long silence.
"Sang Hyuk is your super fan, not to mention that he came to your house as soon as he got off the plane today. He came to T1 to play because he was a fan of your SKT back then."
In fact, every champion coach has one thing in common, that is, they are all top PUA masters.
Although kkoma has now realized that PUA players' behavior is not quite right, he still can't help but use it at this moment.
Gently persuaded wolf.
"You know, with his current results and strength, it is a difficult choice for him to come here to compete just because he liked you and SKT in the past."
"Well, I am your fan."
Li Xianghe, who had been sitting on the side listening to Kkoma's conversation, heard the conversation at this moment and quickly followed up, as if to prove to him that he was indeed his fan.
"Of course, if you really don't want to return to the game, we won't force you." Kkoma said.
Wolf fell into a long silence.
In fact, he played very well in S7, whether it was the flower funeral of MSI or the 10,000 economy Luo.
But, the ending was not able to last until the end.
It would be a lie to say that he didn't regret it.
"It's just that even if I can play in LCK, since T1 found Faker this year, the goal must be to win everything."
Although Zhuo can get the championship, Wolf still doesn't want to be the one who drags the team down.
Especially his mental state has long been destroyed by SKT's high pressure. Although he in this world is not like another time and space, the pressure he bears is not as great as before.
But in his generation, SKT's training volume plus the number of major competitions still made it the undisputed first among the teams in the world.
Wolf still suffers from mental illness, but perhaps it is not that serious.
"How can I not know what your situation is now? Someone will rotate with you."
Li Xianghe patted Wolf's shoulder and said with a smile.
Wolf breathed a sigh of relief, "Although it sounds excessive, it really makes me feel relieved. Do you mean substitute?"
"Well, the salary will not be bad, because the new lineup is basically used by youth training, and a large number of people have been terminated, so we can offer you a very good income." Kkoma said.
"What's the purpose?"
"We have not yet decided on the choice of the auxiliary position, but no matter who it is, they are far less experienced than you."
Kkoma said their plan to come to Wolf today.
"You used to take time to coach Efort, you know that kid. It's a bit cruel to say that, he is just like Blank, he really lacks talent, and you didn't have that much time to teach him slowly at that time."
"And it was Xianghe's idea to come to you. The strongest rookie in history really recognized you, and you are the most powerful support in his eyes."
Li Xianghe nodded.
This method is still learned from the future LPL.
Although LCK used to let old players lead new players.
But LCK has never done this to the extent of buying old players to substitute and teach new players like LPL did later.
And in fact, it is completely worth it.
Like BLG, Lvmao's improvement on On is quite large.
Especially in the position of support, where experience plays a greater role than operation.
So Li Xianghe finally put forward this opinion.
T1 is different from TES.
Although Li Xianghe of TES wants to remotely control the sand soldiers to play the game.
But Karsa and Jackeylove are both very oily old Deng, and they are very clear about some basic things.
Most of the time, Li Xianghe doesn't have to worry too much about the bottom lane and jungle.
Although Zhuo knows nothing, Jackeylove can help him do a lot of things.
And this new T1, oneer and zues are rookies who have not played LCK yet, and gumayusi has only played a bubble game, which is no different from a rookie.
If the support is not very good at doing things, it will be a nightmare.
If he has to teach everything, he is really a bit too stressed.
And although Li Xianghe is usually reluctant to admit it, he knows it in his heart.
In the support position, his understanding is indeed not enough.
In the original world, there is a joke: good news you are matched with Faker, bad news he is a support and plays Minotaur.
Hide on bush's robot, Minotaur is something that makes many Korean server masters black out.
Li Xianghe patted Wolf on the shoulder and said. "T1 needs you!"
In his heart, he thought, it's time to give the young people gold coins, old man.