Occupation? I won’t even hit a dog!

Traditional sports are divided into four levels: players, stars, superstars, and superstars.

To reach the superstar level, in addition to possessing personal honors and statistics that surpass the vast majority of players, one must also possess the ability to become the core of a team and lead the team to achieve outstanding results. Personal level, team contribution, leadership qualities, performance at critical moments and other factors are all indispensable.

What cannot be ignored is the influence, audience recognition, and most importantly...net worth!
There is room for discussion on the previous performances and data, which can be compensated by style, environment, emphasis, and historical background. Only the net worth directly represents the player's status in the circle.

If the corresponding value is not reached, it means that the professional circle does not recognize this player enough and will not give him high-priced endorsements and corresponding publicity.

No matter how high the audience support rate is, it will be useless if the professional community does not agree.

E-sports is an emerging industry, and its main audience group is young people in their growth stage. This leads to a significant gap in fan economy compared to traditional sports with a deep foundation such as football and basketball. Before Ye Tian, ​​even the three-time champion Faker could not reach an annual salary of tens of millions of dollars.

The situation in other locations is even worse.

Historically, the top laners, junglers, AD, and supports who have the strength to be the best in Asia have annual incomes that are not as good as those in the Asian football world.

Ye Tian's contract of 20 million euros may seem to be one digit less than the contract of super stars worth hundreds of millions of euros, but two key points cannot be ignored.

The first is the contract period, which is only one month.

Although this is the most important month, extending the contract for this month to a full year will not increase much money, but are other people qualified to sign a contract for only one month?

No!
Since no one else can get the same contract, Ye Tian is naturally the highest tier, and there is no dispute at all.

The second is that Ye Tian’s commercial endorsements are completely in his own hands and he does not need to share profits with the club.

After calculating the actual income and considering the nature of the emerging industry of e-sports, after Ye Tian received the 2 million euro contract offered by G, he has been treated as a superstar by various media.

"Legendary players join the European region to compete in the most promising World Championship"

"G2 Club spends million euros to sign Tian, ​​aiming for the Grand Slam in the same year"

Can Tongtiandai continue to write the myth?

"Europe's strongest player, league savior"

In addition to the serious title, what is even more eye-catching is the activities of the European brothers.

For example, "Kill RNG, poach RNG members, and snatch the honors that RNG didn't get", "The orthodox Shenlong is in Europe", and "G2 won the fourth seed seat in LPL".

The most outrageous article is "How to Fight from Berlin to Paris in One Month" - the S9 finals started in Berlin and ended in Paris, lasting exactly one month, which perfectly matches the Western Front during World War II.

The G2 club's genius operation immediately followed up.

Posted a message on Twitter and Weibo: Are we 4th LPL seed now?

【Welcome G2 to join LPL】

[No. 4 seed? No. 1 seed! ]

【You go and kill SKT】

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[G2 defeated SKT once in the mid-season game. With Tian Ge in the S game, it will definitely not be difficult to defeat SKT]

[To be honest, Tian Ge and A-Zouguai are both in G2, so the difference between G2 winning the championship and LPL winning the championship is not much]

[No way? No one really thinks that European and American laobing can win the championship? From S2 to S9, it took a full eight years to win the MSI once, and now they are dreaming of the S championship? ]

[With Tian Ge here, which team doesn’t have a chance to win the championship? EDG, who makes it to the quarterfinals every year, can win two consecutive championships]

[How can we make it to the quarterfinals every year? If it weren’t for Tian Ge leading the team, EDG would have been eliminated in the round of 7 in S, and this year they couldn’t even make it to the playoffs.]

[Indeed, if we only look at the World Championship, there are really few teams weaker than EDG]

[Tian Ge was indeed strong before, but he has been nerfed in the past two years. Last year, he could hardly split push in the top lane, and this year he can’t even gain an advantage in the laning phase.]

[Tian went to Europe just for money. If he really wanted to win the championship, he should go to FPX. In what way is Xiaofenghuang not better than G2? ]

[This is what short-sightedness is like. You only see the little money in front of you, and you don’t think about how much you will lose if you lose the championship.]

The biggest joke of 2019

The water army company failed to lead Ye Tian to betray the LPL region and changed the angle of attack.

In this regard.

EDG released some contract details through "internal employees", which clearly stated the non-compete clause that Ye Tian could not join other LPL clubs within three years, once again shattering the wishful thinking of some people.

As for part of the firepower being transferred to EDG...there's nothing to be afraid of!
Who doesn’t have a navy?
EDG is a notorious prince team. Despite being eliminated in the quarterfinals every year, it still has the largest number of fans in the entire LPL region. What does it rely on?
It's marketing!
Today, EDG first defended the dignity of LPL in the Bird's Nest, and then defended the title in Incheon, achieving the same two consecutive championships as SKT. It is itself the biggest contributor to LPL.

With a foundation for achievement, it is understandable that some small attempts are made to prevent other teams from achieving results.

It's not the first time anyway.

Compared with the shock wave incident in February 2017, EDG's use of the contract is reasonable and logical. It is written in black and white before them, and Tencent officials have to accept it with a pinch of their nose.

What's more, everyone knows how big the difference is between 35 million and 20 million euros. Even if 20 million euros is before tax, it is more than twice as high as 35 million. In addition, FNC used the same price to "control" Ye Tian last year, and it is still vivid in people's memory. Players who are a little bit reasonable will not speak from FPX's perspective. At most, they will remain neutral and wait for the result of the World Championship.

No matter how furious Jin Yi Bo was, he could only smash cups in the office. He had no way to deal with Ye Tian and the EDG club. He didn't dare to take any action.

...

Eight thousand kilometers away.

Carlos, the boss of G2 who won the European Championship trophy, called together all the club members and set up a banquet to celebrate the championship and welcome Ye Tian.

In addition to European delicacies such as Black Forest ham, grilled steak, special sausages, cheese soup, etc., they also hired chefs to prepare dishes that suit Ye Tian's taste, which almost made the A-monster who had been eating white people's food for more than half a year cry.

"To celebrate Tian joining us, let's drink this cup together!"

Carlos, who was a professional player, was the first to bring up the juice. He clinked glasses with Ye Tian and very knowledgeably pushed the glass down a little to show respect with Chinese etiquette.

"cheers!"

"Dry!"

"For the championship, cut to death!"

General Manager Romain Bigeard, Head Coach Swani and G2 players all raised their glasses.

"You kid can do it."

After Ye Tian responded, he ate while chatting with the A-walking monster: "He was passive in training, played other games, threw the takeaway food on the table without cleaning it up, and also cheated on Monkey King and Faker, the two traffic kings in the Korean server, and got his account banned, just to get out of RNG?"

"Brother Tian, ​​you understand me!" The A-walking monster finally found a soulmate and complained: "I made it from RNG's youth training to the first team, and I know too well how bad RNG is. Liu Shiyu is still on a child labor contract and his salary has never been increased. With UZI around, he can't play and can't live up to his value. If I don't give up, RNG will be stuck with the contract until death."

After saying this, the A-Walking Monster was proud again: "It's so comfortable to come to G2. I've won a whole year by rotating with A-P. In the S game, I can hold your thigh again. I don't know how many people envy me behind my back!"

When Caps jumped from the traditional powerhouse FNC to the emerging force G2, FNC fans not only attacked Caps personally, but also accused G2 of poaching. There was a very simple reason - there was an Ah P sitting in the G2 team who had once educated the young version of Caps.

From this we can see that Caps' job-hopping was definitely not a rash act.

If Caps had not communicated well with G2 and learned that the main mid laner A-P would give up his position, there was no way he would have been able to fight to the death, leave tonight and then come back to bite his old club.

Since A-P changed his career midway, it is of course impossible for him to compare his proficiency with those players who have been working in the AD position all their lives. At most, he can compete with the bad players in Europe and the United States. It is unknown whether he can withstand the pressure when facing the top ADs in LPL and LCK who are both talented and hardworking.

Just then, the A monster was fired by RNG, and the powerful G2 took advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of it.

The original plan was to let this fallen genius AD serve as a sparring partner and technical instructor for A-P, so that A-P could adapt to the style of LPL players. Unexpectedly, A-Walking Monster's previous series of actions were all to get out of RNG, and he still maintained a good level. G2 felt that they had made a lot of money, so they simply let A-Walking Monster and A-P rotate.

Even though A-P played well in MSI, the rotation arrangement did not change.

After all, MSI is not representative.

It’s not that the MSI championship is not valuable. Speaking objectively, apart from the S championship, the MSI mid-season tournament, in which the champions of each major region participate, is the strongest.

However, as two large-scale competitions held half a year apart, the players' performances are of no reference value.

After shining at the first MSI, the factory manager continued to reach the top eight every year after entering the S League.

Since both players are capable of performing on the field, continuing the rotation is obviously the best way.

Besides.

G2 boss Carlos also has a little idea - to invite Ye Tian to play in the game to save the confidence and ratings of European and American audiences.

That's right.

On the day when EDG confirmed that it would miss the playoffs, Carlos ran into the Datian Park. The apparent reason was that he happened to be traveling in China. In fact, both Carlos and the European and American sponsors behind him had planned this for a long time. A-Monster was able to get this advantage, in large part because G2 wanted to give Ye Tian a translator.

"Indeed, many people envy you, especially Jian Zihao."

Ye Tian did not call him by his nickname, but by his name instead: "Coward this year is even more cowardly than the previous two years. Even if Di and Yinhang were tied together, they still couldn't make it to the first-tier. Ming Shiyin was fine before the finals, but he started sleepwalking after entering the finals. If he enters the World Championship in this state, he will really break Jian Zihao's waist."

"Hehehe, Jian Zihao is so unlucky this year." The A-walking monster couldn't help but laugh in a lewd way: "I have Tian Ge and Caps to hold me back, and he is being held back by four people. This year, my chances of winning the championship are definitely much higher than his."

In terms of personal relationships, A-Zouguai and UZI are pretty good.

When he was a substitute for UZI, A-Walking Monster received some guidance from UZI and also got some playing opportunities given up by UZI.

But personal relationships are personal relationships.

The game is a game.

With the exception of Bang, who was exhausted by SKT, the other players' desire for the S championship is above all else.

"that's for sure."

Ye Tian asked about the business: "By the way, how is G2's training attitude? How much of RNG's level can they reach in training matches, review games, and daily rankings?"

"Hmm... about 70 to 80 percent." The A-walking monster thought seriously for a moment and gave an answer.

"Not bad." Ye Tian nodded and raised his evaluation of G2.

You can say that the RNG club is bad, but you can never say that the RNG club is bad.

In the S7 season, RNG was one of the Big Three, in the S8 season they attempted to win the Grand Slam, and in the S9 season, their weakest year, they were also the runner-up of the LPL summer. Overall, G2 can reach % to % of RNG's level, which has surpassed many upper and mid-level LPL clubs.

As the European and American team with the most negative training attitude, it is undoubtedly a pleasant surprise that G2 can reach such a level.

From this we can see that Caps' complaints about FNC are not without reason. Compared with FNC's ancient brand that is facing decay, G2, a new generation club, is indeed more motivated.

"Tian!"

“Welcome to G2!”

Wunder, who was in the top lane, waited for Ye Tian to finish talking to the A-walking monster, and then he rushed to talk to Ye Tian before the other players: "I was just afraid of running into The shy and Gimgoon from your LPL, but now you are here, Tian, ​​and now they are the ones to be afraid of!"

This statement is half modesty and half true thoughts.

At this year's MSI, Wunder took out Jayce in the group stage and beat Khan's Sylas. However, when he met The Shy, he directly developed the I7 processor. Of course, it was because it was difficult for top lane Vayne to fight Akali after level 2, but Wunder almost died in a 1v with the jungler, which inevitably left him with a psychological shadow.

Gimgoon is not that aggressive in laning phase, but his development and team fighting abilities are at their maximum. Ordinary viewers may think that the old Gimgoon is nothing special at first glance. As an expert who can see the ins and outs, Wunder's fear of Gimgoon is not much different from his fear of The shy.

"rest assured."

"Leave it all to me."

Ye Tian patted his chest and took on the responsibility.

When communicating with European and American players, there is no need to use the so-called Chinese style of subtlety, just be straightforward.

If you are modest in words, they might take it seriously, which may easily affect the subsequent tactical arrangements and special training for various positions.

This year's G2 is indeed world-class, and its overall strength is only lower than that of the Little Phoenix FPX, but this does not mean that the gap between G2 and FPX is not big - the European and American regions have been called "luo B" for many years, and any unwanted Korean aid can be used as a trainer in these two major regions, which shows how exaggerated the internal problems of the European and American regions are.

G2 seems to be adopting the tactical system of last year's IG, which was mainly based on fighting and supplemented by operations. It strives to destroy the opponent's resistance from the beginning of the laning phase, continues to fight hard in the mid-term group, and imitates EDG to use the big dragon to force a team fight. It has an average of nearly 20 kills per game and an average game time of only 28 minutes, which is very similar to EDG which won two consecutive championships.

but.

The total number of last hits per minute for the entire G2 team is only 31.9, which ranks at the bottom among the strong teams. Their control over team resources is even lower than that of the mid-level teams in LPL and LCK.

Not to mention the view.

Will the European and American brothers who play the game with a 'happy game' mentality delve into vision?

If you have that much time, wouldn’t it be nice to study and develop new heroes?
In summary, as long as the three axes on the offensive end are frustrated, G2 will fall into the dilemma of being weak and being led by the opponent. The fact that they played five full games with FNC shows that G2 is not enough to sweep the first-tier teams. There are many things that need to be changed...

"Tian!"

"What do you think of our performance in the final? Please give your evaluation?"

G2 head coach Swani came over confidently, wanting to hear Ye Tian’s praise.

"How did you play in the finals?"

"Mr. Carlos, please stand up first."

Ye Tian asked Zou Aguai to translate the first two sentences, then he looked around and slowly spoke after attracting everyone's attention: "Excuse me, I'm not targeting anyone, I mean, everyone here is a playboy." (End of this chapter)