LOL: The No. 1 Succubus in the eSports Circle

Chapter 6 Either you stay silent or you make a big splash!
"Hmm~~~! This tripe is so crispy! Come and try it!"

"Where is the shrimp paste? Luo Baijiang, hand me the shrimp paste!"

"Brothers, eat as much as you want! The boss said you can eat whatever you want tonight, and you can even drink Maotai!"

At Nanshan Loquat Garden Hotpot, all the guys from the OG team were smiling happily, enjoying the delicious meal to celebrate their victory.

"No, no, forget about white wine, I'll just drink beer!" Cui Ze blocked l3est16's move to pour him a drink and responded with a polite smile.

Although they are teammates who have worked together for the e-sports dream, in Cui Ze's heart, the relationship between them is not good enough to get drunk in front of each other.

Among the players in front of him, except for the support Robin (Rashomon) who joined OG with him during the 17th winter transfer period, the rest of the players came after the spring season.

During the spring and summer transfer period, in addition to selling GALA to SDG in exchange for river, the team owner also sold the original starting jungler Juejue to VTG in exchange for l3est16.

The two original Korean players: starting top laner Clowz and substitute mid laner Tank were also sold for money.

Rashomon is the oldest and a veteran. Although he is the captain in name only, he is impartial and never offends anyone in real life.

So after GALA left, the only person who had the best relationship with Cui Ze and could be called a "friend" was the top laner Zhu Dezhang (ZDZ) - this little brother was the king of the road that he dug out from the Rank.

Seeing that Cui Ze didn't give him face, l3est16 was not angry. After all, in his opinion, the mid laner is the backbone of the team, and when he arrives in LPL, he will have to rely on the big daddy to be the strong C.

After letting Cui Ze go, l3est16 immediately found ZDZ again: "Come on, Aze can't drink white wine, Xiao Zhu, come with me!"

River immediately followed suit: "Drink one! Drink one!"

Rashomon shook the wine glass in his hand, squinted his eyes and said nothing, just smiled and watched his teammates at the table pushing and shouting, as if he was watching a play.

The wine glass was placed in front of him, and ZDZ felt dizzy just from smelling the liquor.

Cui Ze couldn't stand it anymore and reached out to stop him, but he didn't get angry. Instead, he handed the glass to the coach in charge of ordering takeout in the team: "Coach, Xiao Zhu is not yet an adult and can't drink. Don't waste this Moutai after it's been opened. Please help him drink it."

"Ah?" The coach was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted: "Oh, yes, Xiao Zhu is underage and can't drink alcohol. I'll drink this glass of Moutai!"

As he said this, he drank the Moutai in the cup in one gulp, smacked his lips happily and said, "This Moutai is different, it's much better than the low-end wines that cost only a hundred yuan or so that I usually drink!"

After sighing a few words, he tactfully invited l3est16 and Rashomon to play rock-paper-scissors together while drinking, and the dinner table immediately became a scene of joy.

He buried his head and took two more bites of the food. Seeing ZDZ staring at the beer in his hand, Cui Ze smiled and handed him an unopened can of beer.

"Well, it's just right for you to drink beer at your age."

ZDZ muttered, "What's my age? Brother Aze, you are only a year older than me, why do you always speak in an old-fashioned way, like an adult?"

Cui Ze shook his head and smiled, without any explanation, he just clinked glasses with him.

After finishing a can of beer, he glanced at l3est16 who was playing rock-paper-scissors very enthusiastically, and then whispered a reminder: "The e-sports circle is full of good and bad people. Some people appear to want to play with you and make friends with you, but they have many ulterior motives behind the scenes."

"I don't know about the others, but Zhou Zhili (l3est16), you can be teammates with him, but forget about being friends with him."

ZDZ nodded, thinking that what Cui Ze said made sense. Anyway, he himself didn't like l3est16 very much. He always felt that this guy was a bit like a gangster.

After taking a sip of beer and thinking about Cui Ze's words for a while, ZDZ suddenly realized, "Brother Aze, are you leaving?"

Cui Ze raised his eyebrows, somewhat surprised that ZDZ could guess from the clues in his words that he was thinking of leaving the team.

He nodded and did not deny it.

ZDZ glanced at everyone at the table, quickly pulled Cui Ze aside, and came to a loquat tree where they looked into each other's eyes.

"why?"

"We've already made it to the LPL, haven't we? Brother Aze, if you don't like Zhou Zhili, why don't you tell the boss and find another jungler? You're the core of OG, the boss will definitely consider it carefully!"

ZDZ looked a little excited. He is not yet 17 years old. Before joining the OG team, he was just an internet-addicted teenager who was immersed in the online world and didn't understand the ways of the world.

Although I have good intuition, my mind is still a little simple after all, and it is difficult for me to think through things quickly when I encounter some things.

Cui Ze smiled silently and patted his shoulder.

"There are some things you don't understand, but it doesn't matter if I tell you now. Just pretend you haven't heard it after you hear it. Do you understand?"

ZDZ was stunned for a moment, with a reluctant expression on his face, but still nodded and agreed.

"It was fine before the league system was implemented, but now our team's boss doesn't have the financial resources to support an LPL club, so there are only two possibilities for the OG team."

"Either the boss introduces capital investment and cooperates to form a formal e-sports club. However, if this is done, the name of the team or even the club will most likely have to be changed. And most importantly, with the continuous involvement of capital, the management rights of the team or club are also likely to be gradually transferred."

"In the end, it was swallowed up by outsiders."

Cui Ze jumped up and picked a loquat, peeled it quickly and took a bite. Then his handsome face was wrinkled like a chrysanthemum by the sour taste, and it was completely distorted. "Pah! What the hell is this? Is it still a loquat? It's obviously a lemon!"

ZDZ quickly handed over the beer in his hand. Cui Ze didn't care whether there was saliva or not. He quickly rinsed his mouth with beer to reduce the sour feeling in his mouth.

After a pause, Cui Ze continued:
"There is another possibility, that is, the boss knows that he is not capable enough and simply sells off the team that has obtained the LPL qualification. You know, the deposit for an LPL seat now has reached a small goal, haha."

ZDZ was silent for a while, and said with mixed feelings:
"But brother Aze, with your strength, no matter what kind of changes happen to the team in the future, it shouldn't affect you, right? If the team wants to make a name for itself after being promoted to the LPL, we should be kicked out, or demoted to the second team to continue to hone our skills in the LDL."

"So." ZDZ looked at him intently, reluctantly: "Why do you want to leave?"

“Because.” Cui Ze looked away, unwilling to meet his gaze. He leaned against the loquat tree behind him and looked up at the night sky, sighing softly, “I don’t just want to make a name for myself in the LPL. I don’t want to waste my youth on a team with an uncertain future.”

"I want to win the championship, not just the LPL championship! But the MSI, the global finals!"

If it were someone else, ZDZ would have probably been unable to hold back his ridicule.

But the person who said this was Cui Ze, who guided him into the field of League of Legends e-sports, made him a professional e-sports player, and took good care of him in life and training.

So even though he feels in his heart that he is a little wishful thinking, ZDZ is still willing to give his blessing.

"Good luck then, Brother Aze."

When the dinner was halfway through, the team owner also arrived.

The boss’s name is Chen Yu. He comes from a wealthy businessman family in Ningbo and is 30 years old this year.

After graduating from university, Chen Yu took a sum of money from his family and started his own business. He ended up losing everything he had. Later, he started a chain of Internet cafes with his university roommates to gain experience. When the e-sports industry gradually emerged, he invested all his assets in the industry to see if he could make a fortune.

After more than two years of ups and downs, they finally got the ticket to the LSPL through the 2017 Spring City Championship Finals, and officially changed the team's name to OnlyGame in June of that year.

Although Chen Yu is a real businessman who is completely uncompromising when it comes to selling players, he still does a very good job in providing logistical support for the team in terms of life, training, etc., and never deducts or delays wages and bonuses.

So his arrival immediately made the dinner party more lively, and even Cui Ze made an "exception" and toasted him with a glass of Moutai.

Late at night, OnlyGame's celebratory dinner finally came to an end after nearly three hours of excitement. Except for Cui Ze and ZDZ who controlled their alcohol tolerance, the other players and coaches were already drunk.

As a good boss, Chen Yu naturally found a designated driver in advance and arranged for the players and coaches to return to the hotel, but he only kept Cui Ze behind, as it seemed that he had something to say.

After helping the designated driver to pack the team members into the car one by one, Cui Ze wiped the sweat from his forehead, took a deep breath, and walked back to Chen Yu.

"What are your plans for the future? I heard from Manager Wang that several LPL teams want to invite you to try out."

Chen Yu spoke in a flat tone, took out a box of Liquan-Fuchun Mountain Villa from his pocket, took out two cigarettes, put one in his mouth and gave the other to Cui Ze.

Cui Ze thanked him, then took out a lighter from the corner of his backpack and lit a fire for himself.

After his rebirth, in order to go further in e-sports, he forced himself to change many bad habits.

The last time I touched cigarettes was probably when I won the Spring Championship.

I have lost my smoking addiction long ago, what I smoke is the human relationships and worldly wisdom.

"Brother Hu Yu, when did you change your cigarettes? Didn't you always smoke Tian Zhi Jiao Zi before?"

"Isn't this all thanks to you? LPL seats are very valuable now. It's a pity that your contract is only for one year, otherwise I would definitely be able to stay in Fuchun Villa for a few more years, haha."

Chen Yu did not beat around the bush when he spoke, because he knew very well in his heart that no matter whether OG finally won the Summer Championship and won the LPL seat, with Cui Ze's increasingly strong strength shown after the middle of the regular season, OG would not be able to keep him.

During the winter transfer window of 17, he offered Choi Taek a contract of at least two years, and he wanted him to compete with Korean mid laner Tank for the starting position. For this reason, he offered him a high-end LDL monthly salary of 1.

Unexpectedly, Cui Ze said: There is no problem competing with the Korean mid laner for the starting position, but he will only sign a one-year contract.

In order to agree to a one-year contract, the teenager, who was not yet 18 years old at the time, took the initiative to express his willingness to accept a basic salary of 6000 yuan per month!

At that time, Chen Yu felt that Cui Ze was different.

Among e-sports players, the vast majority are internet-addicted teenagers who have not even graduated from high school, and many of them have significant rifts with their parents.

In such an environment, it is difficult for these teenagers who have rashly fallen into the trap before they reach adulthood to resist all kinds of temptations.

Offer them a seemingly good salary, and these naive internet-addicted teenagers will abandon their rationality and sign their names on the complicated and blood-sucking contract.

Due to lack of education and vision, if they really suffer a loss in the contract in the future, they can only swallow their anger. If they want to make trouble, they will most likely end up doing it hastily because of lack of connections.

And Cui Ze, a rural teenager who had not even graduated from high school, was able to resist the temptation of high salaries, and calmly and rationally argued with his adult who had been in business for many years, and finally signed a low-paying contract that could greatly guarantee his career freedom.

This kid will either remain silent or make a stunning debut!
(End of this chapter)