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Chapter 530 How much money will TES lose because of the FMVP top laner?
As the saying goes, once the arrow is released, there's no turning back.

At this point, Guo Hao was a typical example of someone who got himself into trouble.

Now that he had chosen to do something so "shocking," all he could think about was completing it and getting Zhou Shen to come.

In doing so, he forgot that there was such a thing as "bargaining" in this world.

Faced with LGD's somewhat harsh loan conditions, Guo Hao surprisingly agreed without hesitation.

LGD was also stunned, not expecting the other side to agree so readily.

Originally, the LGD manager was thinking that once Guo Hao made a bargain, he wouldn't argue and would just agree without further ado.

The reason for quoting a high price is mainly to show an attitude and to give an explanation to the fans.

I can't exactly say that I gave away Zhou Shen for free without doing anything!
Surprisingly, they were able to make a fortune from it?
LGD isn't stupid; they can't refuse money offered to them!
Both parties immediately reached an agreement.

As for Zhou Dian, there's even less of a problem.

Whether you leave early or late, it's all the same. Being able to join a relatively competitive team like TES is quite a good thing.

At least TES's mid laner is very strong.

No matter where they are, as long as the mid laner is good, Zhou Dian is confident in leading the team to achieve results.

In the past year or two, LGD's main problem has been the significant decline of GodV. With the mid laner underperforming, it's difficult for the other positions to keep up.

Even if PYL underperforms, he's still a support player, and his impact on the team's strength is definitely not as significant as that of the carry.

With the loan arrangements finalized, Zhou Dian said a brief goodbye to his teammates, packed his things, and left the LGD base the next day, heading straight to Shanghai.

On July 10, 2019, less than three days after the Asian Games ended.

In the morning, a TES fan posted a Weibo post saying that he saw Zhou Shen enter the TES team base, and also included a side profile picture.

The photo is a bit blurry, but it does vaguely look like Zhou Dian.

This person doesn't have much attention and doesn't have many fans.

However, his Weibo post attracted quite a few people after being forwarded multiple times.

Most of them are TES fans.

Everyone is speculating about what Zhou Shen is doing at the TES team base.
Could it be that?
Some TES fans suddenly had a bold idea!

No way.
As the number of views on this Weibo post grew, discussions about Zhou Dian entering the TES team's base began on forums and other platforms.

TES, who originally planned to make the official announcement tomorrow, had no choice but to contact LGD as soon as possible, and the two companies jointly announced the loan of Zhou Dian.

Around noon, the official TES Weibo account posted a message.

The specific content naturally indicates that the team has loaned Zhou Shen, the Grand Slam top laner, from the LGD team.

The loan period lasts until the end of TES's official matches this season.

This means that if TES doesn't make the playoffs, Zhou Dian's loan period will only last until August.

Once the playoffs are secured, Zhou Dian's loan period will last until at least September.

Having made it to this year's World Championship, Zhou Dian's lease will last until at least October.

If they can make it to the World Championship finals this year, the loan period will be extended to November.

Of course, it's impossible for TES not to make the playoffs.

Therefore, Zhou Dian will have to be loaned out until at least September.

After announcing the main news, the remaining content of TES's official Weibo post was naturally a welcome to Zhou Dian.

The welcome speech, which was over a hundred words long, was quite a show of respect for Zhou Dian.

LGD's official Weibo account reposted the post, expressing gratitude to Zhou Dian and looking forward to his continued success with TES.

LGD's official wording clearly indicates to everyone that Zhou Dian's time with LGD has come to an end. It's as if he left LGD before the contract expired, thanks to this loan.

LGD fans were naturally very reluctant to see the team go, and many criticized the club.

Of course, there are also a small number of oddballs who criticize Zhou Dian.

Whether he's a fan of the game or a genuine LGD fan remains to be seen.

More than anything, it expressed best wishes for Zhou Dian, hoping that he could sweep away the slump of the past two years with TES.

As for Zhou Dian's personal fans, they will naturally switch their focus to watching TES matches.

For fans of other teams who are not involved in this matter, what they care about most is the inside story of this sudden loan, and they are curious about the price that TES paid to loan Zhou Dian until the end of the season.

Neither TES nor LGD officials will disclose this information.

However, in competitive sports where matches are held publicly, and in public transfer events, some inside information is bound to be revealed.

There are always well-connected insiders who leak information to people.

Soon, with the help of many "sources", the conditions that TES paid for this loan of Zhou Dian were fully disclosed.

First of all, during Zhou Shen's loan spell at TES, his salary was paid by TES.

Of course, the principle of the lending party bearing the salary is the most basic rule in any competitive sport.

Secondly, TES has to pay LGD a loan fee of up to 500.

This is not the total rental fee.

If TES makes it to this year's World Championship, they'll have to give LGD another 500.

At this point, many onlookers felt that TES had been wronged.

But then, the last clause was also unearthed.

That means Zhou Shen's match contract was only loaned to TES, while his economic contract is still with LGD.

During the loan period, TES cannot involve Zhou Shen in any business activities.

In other words, TES spent such a huge amount of money, but all they gained was the value of Zhou Dian's matches, his high popularity, and commercial value, which TES cannot utilize.

Of course, it can't be said that there is none at all.

At least Zhou Dian's numerous individual fans will switch their attention to TES's matches.

Regardless, the general public is laughing at TES and Guo Hao, calling them a huge victim of injustice.

They still felt that Zhou Dian's level of play had declined and was not as good as it had been during his peak two years ago.

Is it worth spending so much money to loan them out, with no commercial involvement whatsoever, just to play in the remaining half of the season?
Even if you make it to the World Championship, TES is still a strong contender for one of the three S-series slots for the LPL this year! Plus, Zhou Shen has a high salary, currently the highest-paid top laner in the LPL.

This means that if TES goes to the World Championship this year, they will have to spend over 1,000 W on Zhou Shen in just a few months.

Moreover, the most interesting thing is that it is very likely that TES could achieve the same result without spending over a thousand Ws.

First there was Marin, then Zhou Shen, how much money will TES be ruined by the FMVP top laner?
As a result, even LGD's management team was praised for their business acumen, noting that even Zhou Shen, who was leaving in less than six months, was able to make so much money.

This has led to a decrease in LGD fans criticizing the management.

Compared to the pessimism and mockery of other teams' fans, TES fans were overjoyed.

At this time, TES doesn't have many fans. Most of them are team fans, and there are very few die-hard player fans. There's not much infighting among the fans.

TES fans are well aware that, in any case, Zhou Shen's arrival will definitely strengthen the overall strength of the TES team.

As for how much it cost?
It's not like I'm the one paying for it!

If the team I support improves, that's all that matters!
Therefore, TES fans were mostly welcoming Zhou Dian with great fanfare.

And I'm really looking forward to Zhou Dian's first match with TES.

Friday, July 7th.

The first day of matches after the Intercontinental Cup and the resumption of the LPL Summer Split regular season.

Of course, there are no TES matches today.

TES's first match after the Intercontinental Cup will be on Sunday, two days from now.

However, within TES, the coaching staff has decided that Moyu will continue to play in Sunday's match for the time being, while Zhou Dian will not play for the time being.

This naturally takes into account the break-in period.

Zhou Dian had only been there for two or three days, and there was indeed no time to gel with his teammates. He rushed onto the field and lost the game, which made the public opinion very unfriendly.

Zhou Dian is certainly not afraid of losing or being criticized.

But Guo Hao is now very afraid that Zhou Dian will lose the first game.

TES is now associated with the term "big loser". If they lose the first game, they'll become a laughing stock.

Let's work out the setup a bit more before going all out!

Therefore, despite Zhou Dian's repeated assertions that he was ready to be used immediately, he, being a newcomer, couldn't say much in the face of the coaching staff and manager's insistence.

The date is July 14th, Sunday.

In the afternoon, TES announced their starting lineup for this evening's match against JDG.

When they saw that Moyu was the starting top laner, all the viewers couldn't help but feel a sense of disappointment.

Furthermore, Zhou Dian is not only not a starter, but he is not even on today's roster.

In other words, Zhou Dian will not play today under any circumstances.

Everyone wants to see Zhou Shen's TES debut today, so what are you TES doing?
Of course, TES fans also noticed a problem.

That means that even if Zhou Shen doesn't play today, 369 won't be used; instead, the old substitute top laner, Moyu, will be used.

This probably means that, at least this year, 369 will not be able to play for the club.

The fact that Zhou Shen is not on the roster today is naturally disappointing or a pity for most viewers.

However, some people have also started to exploit this situation.

In the LPL, an environment heavily influenced by fandom, the more fans you have, the more haters you'll have.

Not to mention that Zhou Dian has also offended some cult-like groups in the LPL quite a bit.

At this point, many people immediately jumped out to criticize Zhou Dian.

It's safe to say that Zhou Dian was scared and didn't dare to challenge JDG's top laner Zoom, fearing he would lose his TES debut.

He definitely wants to wait until the next match against his former team LGD to make his debut again.

LGD's top laner is gone now, so beating LGD is a piece of cake.

These people will do whatever is most unethical and disgusting.

However, due to the influence of certain individuals, the general audience, while not necessarily believing that Zhou Dian had truly backed down, largely agreed on one point.

That means Zhou Shen is really not good anymore!
Although he is still very capable, he is far from being as good as he was at his peak!
TheShy is still the best top laner in the LPL right now!

Zhou Shen is definitely no match for TheShy now!
Yes, aside from certain fan groups that have a grudge against Zhou Dian and are maliciously stirring up trouble for him.

There are also many of TheShy's fan groups who have been stirring things up, taking the opportunity to criticize Zhou Dian and elevate TheShy.

Zhou Dian certainly had no enmity with TheShy.

However, as one of only two champion top laners in the LPL, TheShy's fans have always regarded Zhou Dian as TheShy's biggest rival in terms of historical status.

However, in the eyes of other fans, there is no doubt that Zhou Dian's peak achievements surpassed TheShy's.

Even though LGD was eliminated in the first or second round of the playoffs last season, and TheShy won the World Championship, many viewers still believed that Zhou Dian's individual skill was stronger than TheShy's last season.

Until this season, Zhou Dian's performance on the field has indeed been significantly worse than before.

TheShy's fans have reignited the debate about who is the stronger top laner.

They want to use TheShy's slightly better performance than Zhou Dian this year to create the illusion that TheShy has always been better than Zhou Dian.

When IG swept through the playoffs in the Spring Split this year and easily won the championship.

Many casual viewers have actually been brainwashed by TheShy's fans, believing that Zhou Shen has never been as good as TheShy, and that his ability to win the championship before TheShy is simply because he had better teammates earlier than TheShy.

However, some things cannot be changed.

The real can't become fake, and the fake can't become real.

Less than a month later, IG suffered a crushing defeat against a North American team in the MSI semifinals, immediately shattering many viewers' positive perceptions of the IG players.

In places like Baidu Tieba, which are known for their radicalism, a frenzy immediately swept through the community to "rehabilitate" Zhou Dian.

Numerous posts have discussed why Zhou Dian is a better top laner and why Zhou Shen's peak performance is unmatched by other top laners.

As a result, many of TheShy's fans, who didn't understand the game, remained silent on this topic for a while.

Now that I've finally got the chance, I'm naturally going to make a big splash.

(End of this chapter)