LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

Chapter 260 The first and second most liked videos of the year!
Meiko's words were a bit exaggerated, but Su Mo's current income was indeed incomparable to that of ordinary professional players.

Not only in the League of Legends circle, but among all professional players in e-sports, I'm afraid there is no one who earns more than he does now.

Of course, those second-generation wealthy professional players who are worth tens of billions are not included, as their income is not from e-sports.

Su Mo is an absolute grassroots, who made his fortune entirely through e-sports.

The EDG members started discussing various ways to make money in the group.

Before they discovered how much money Su Mo made, they thought that salary and bonus were enough.

But comparing yourself with others will only make you feel depressed, so once you compare yourself with others, you will feel dissatisfied again.

Su Mo opened Weibo, mainly to see if there were any hot news related to him.

#Who is Su Mo?

The number one hot search is related to him!
And the title of this hot search is a bit overwhelming.

Just asking who he is!
Sure enough, after he became famous, many people had questions and wanted to know who he was.

When Su Mo clicked on this trending search, various articles introducing him appeared.

S7 World Finals Champion.

S7 World Finals FMVP.

These two honors are definitely at the forefront.

Other honors can be included or not, and various reasons can be given, but these two are indispensable.

One is a collective honor, the other is an individual honor, both are the pinnacle of their respective fields.

2017 MSI champion.

2017MSIFMVP.

2018 MSI champion.

2018MSIFMVP.

Su Mo skipped the rest of the league honors because there was nothing interesting to see.

Then the description: "The first LPL S-League champion, the first FMVP, and the biggest contributor to breaking the LCK's dominance over League of Legends."

Su Mo himself was so excited after reading it. The article was very long and was full of praise. It summarized Su Mo's performance on the field and listed how he turned the tide in various key games and how he led the team to victory.

In fact, there have been people making videos online about Su Mo’s comeback series, god-level operations series, and so on.

Moreover, these video materials are inexhaustible. After Su Mo plays a few games, they will have enough materials to edit a video.

Su Mo took another look at his Douyin account. Now the number of followers of this account has exceeded 30 million.

Don’t underestimate these 30 million. Firstly, there are no internet trolls, and secondly, they are all followers in the past few months, which means that most of them are definitely real people who are still using TikTok.

Su Mo estimated that if he could reach 40 million fans, it should be relatively safe for the video to get more than 20 million likes. Of course, he could look forward to it now.

The EDG group was still discussing when Abu suddenly spoke up:
"What are you doing? You are allowed to train on your own, but you are chatting here? Or is it something unrelated to training?"

Abu: "If you want to make more money, you should train hard and win more championships. Xiao Mo can achieve this by winning championships, MVPs, and FMVPs. When you have his performance on the court, won't you be able to make more money?"

Meiko: "Did you hear that? We have to keep winning championships! Fight for the MVP! The most important thing is to be brave!"

Su Mo had almost finished his rest, so he stood up and said, "Come on, let's continue editing the video of Dao Mei."

So the three of them continued to work and started by editing out the highlights video of Irelia.

The second scene is actually the same as the first one, from beginning to end, and there are many clips to edit.

It was already late at night when the highlights of this scene were cut.

Su Mo felt his stomach and felt a little hungry, so he said, "Let's go eat first, it's ten o'clock now."

"Is it ten o'clock? So soon?" Rita exclaimed.

She felt that she was quite efficient, but she didn't expect it to be so time-consuming.

Su Mo explained: "It's mainly because we have to revise it back and forth a lot. It's normal. Thank you for your hard work."

"By the way, tomorrow is payday. I'll transfer your wages to you tomorrow morning, and I'll calculate the dividends and so on."

When she heard about the salary payment, Luo Xin was overjoyed: "Is the salary going to be paid? Long live the boss! Pay the salary! Pay the salary!"

Su Mo muttered, "You are so excited... Are you a member of the Moonlight Clan? I don't think so."

"I think your income should be quite high. Not counting my income, it must be tens of thousands of yuan a month."

Rita complained: "She has a high income, but her spending is also high. She buys any nice clothes she sees, skin care products, cosmetics, jewelry... In short, she is a spending maniac!"

Luo Xin muttered, "Isn't the purpose of making money to spend and make yourself happy? Otherwise, what's the point of making money, right, Brother Mozi?"

Su Mo responded: "It depends on your personal opinion."

Su Mo still doesn't give people advice in this regard casually, he doesn't like to preach.

Besides, preaching is useless; broken bones make better textbooks.

"Let's go and eat."

Su Mo took the two of them out of the community, found a restaurant to eat and drink, and then came back to continue working.

Su Mo rested here for another night, and the next afternoon, the video of Daomei's explanation was finally edited.

After you read it and feel it’s ok, publish it directly!
"Done!" Rita also breathed a sigh of relief.

Su Mo said, "Thank you for your hard work, everyone. Thank you for your hard work over the past two days."

Rita smiled and said, "How is Brother Mozi going to reward us?"

Su Mo took out his phone and said, "Aren't we going to pay you wages? And then calculate overtime pay, is there anything wrong with that?"

Su Mo sat on the sofa and started to calculate. The salary was fixed, but he had to take into account the 1% dividend.

Add up Su Mo’s Douyin income from the previous month, including video income, advertising income, and various business orders.

I don't know, I was taken aback.

Su Mo made 13 million last month!

Although the bonus from MSI allowed Su Mo to earn a lot more money than usual, it was still too much.

Currently, on all major live streaming platforms, the biggest game anchor’s annual live streaming income is only over 10 million to 20 million.

But for Su Mo, this is only one month, and one month is equivalent to one year for others.

Sure enough, personal efforts are important, but a good platform is even more critical.

Su Mo was glad that he started operating Douyin early, half a step faster than others.

In fact, if he goes to other platforms to live broadcast, he can definitely make tens of millions a year, and it would be very easy.

As long as Su Mo continues to play games and win championships, and has popularity, he can just play ranked games during live broadcasts and doesn't need to think about anything else.

But the upper limit is 10 million, and it is impossible to go further.

Fortunately, Su Mo seized this opportunity and is now taking off.

After Su Mo calculated, he looked at Luo Xin and Rita and said:
"Last month's dividends and overtime pay were two hundred thousand. Is that a problem?"

Luo Xin took a deep breath after hearing this: "Two hundred thousand? For a month? That much? Did I hear it right?"

She immediately began to doubt her ears.

Su Mo affirmed: "You heard it right, it's two hundred thousand."

He looked at Rita: "Rita, this way, if there is no problem, I will transfer it. If you feel there is any problem, you can ask me."

Rita muttered, "Isn't that too much? Our salary doesn't seem to be that high..."

She seemed uneasy. After all, if it was normal salary income, she would definitely take it with a clear conscience. But if it exceeded the normal range and became a "gift", then she would have to consider the issue of human relations.

Everything has a price.

Su Mo explained: "It's because the dividends are relatively high. Do you know how much I earned from Douyin last month?"

They both looked over: "How much?"

"More than 10 million." Su Mo replied.

"One month? More than 10 million?" Luo Xin felt like she was going to faint.

Rita was also quite surprised: "So... much?"

Su Mo nodded: "Yes, it's all thanks to you, otherwise I would not be able to handle it alone. Anyway, if there is no problem, I will transfer."

Now Rita can accept it.

Su Mo transferred money to the two of them. Su Mo now also serves as the financial officer, and his account is the studio's account.

Soon, Luo Xin received a text message from the bank. After opening it, she said happily, "Wow! Let me think about how I should use this money."

Rita held Luo Xin's arm and said, "Can you save some money? You only want to spend the little money you have."

Su Mo opened TikTok and took a look. The video of Parker's highlights already had 1800 million likes! And it was still rising slowly!

1900 million is just around the corner, this video is likely to become the most liked video on TikTok this year!

This is also an achievement.

Su Mo stood up and said, "Then I'll go back. I haven't been back to the training base for a long time. I guess Abu will ask about it."

"Okay." Rita stood up and sent Su Mo away.

Su Mo returned to the training base and went straight to the training room.

Everyone in EDG was training in their own rankings, probably having just finished a training match.

Su Mo walked behind the factory manager and took a look, and found that the factory manager was looking at his mobile phone. The screen on the phone was playing the video of Pike's mid-lane explanation that Su Mo uploaded yesterday.

The factory director was watching so seriously that he didn't even notice Su Mo was standing behind him.

"Brother Mozi, you're back?" Suddenly, Meiko's voice came.

The factory manager turned around suddenly and found Su Mo standing behind him, so he quickly turned off his phone.

"It scared me!" the factory manager complained.

Su Mo smiled and said, "You really love to study, Factory."

The factory manager laughed: "What the hell? What are you talking about?"

Meiko came over and pulled Su Mo's arm: "Come on, come on, teach me how to play Pike, Master Mo."

Su Mo was pulled over by Meiko, who was selecting a hero in the ranking match at that time, and he decisively chose Pike.

"Brother Mozi, this time it's up to you." Meiko said with anticipation.

Su Mo did not refuse. In fact, he also wanted Meiko to practice this hero.

It can be used to build a system in the future. In Su Mo's impression, the Pike in LPL is not very good. They have suffered a lot from the LCK on this hero. Even the Pike in LEC, which is the European region, is stronger than that in LPL.

Of course, now that Su Mo is here, this kind of thing will not happen.

We will start with the transformation of Meiko first. As long as Meiko is effective, other teams’ supports will definitely follow suit.

Meiko is indeed very talented. After Su Mo taught him a game, he learned a lot of details, both in terms of thinking and operation. Although he can improve by playing on his own, it is definitely not this fast.

The summer season continued, and just as Su Mo expected, the summer season became very lively after the opening game, and other clubs were frantically trying out the two heroes, Pike and Irelia.

But it seems that he was led astray by Su Mo, and he was only used to play top lane and mid lane.

It is true that some teams played quite well, such as Snake's Holy Spear, who used Pike in the top lane and the effect was quite good.

Saint Spear is also a relatively talented player, and his talent is mainly reflected in his ability to quickly master new heroes.

Others may need to practice for ten days or half a month before they have the opportunity to play in a competition, but for talented players, two or three days are enough.

Of course, for a "talented monster" like Su Mo, a few seconds is enough.

Soon, EDG faced its second opponent, OMG.

However, Su Mo did not play in this BO3, and Zzitai took his place.

Zzitai's performance was pretty good, and the most important thing was his performance in the bottom lane. Meiko's Pike was truly astonishing!
Although there is a gap between him and Su Mo's Parker, it is already a world apart compared to others.

Things began to develop as Su Mo had imagined. Other clubs also realized that this hero was very good at playing as a support, mainly reflected in his ability to cooperate with the jungler, his roaming support ability, and his ability to snowball in the early stages.

It is a good thing for the entire region and can enhance the competitiveness of the region.

At the same time, double happiness comes!
The highlight videos of Pike and Irelia have exceeded 1900 million likes, and have become the two videos with the highest number of likes in 2018!

Of course, it still failed to exceed 20 million. Su Mo estimated that this was not a problem with the quality of the video, but that there were not enough people following him. Not enough people clicked on him, and the number of clicks per person was less than 20 million. The only solution was to further increase popularity.

It’s a pity that foreign fans can’t follow him directly through TikTok, otherwise it would definitely exceed 20 million.

Su Mo verified his account on TikTok, the international version of Douyin, and uploaded videos simultaneously. This account is prepared for foreign fans.

That day, Su Mo was training in the training room. Suddenly, Abu's voice came:
"Stop for a moment, I have something to discuss with you."

Everyone took off their headphones, and Su Mo looked back.

Abu said, "You should have heard that the Intercontinental Championship is about to start in a week. It is the first time to be held in our country, so it is very important and we must win."

Meiko asked: "Intercontinental Tournament? Is it the kind of competition where a region has several teams and each team plays one match?"

Abu nodded and said, "Yes, our opponents are the LMS and LCK regions. Each region has four teams. We in the LPL region will select teams based on the results of the spring season. The top four teams in the spring season, of course, if a team does not want to go, we can look for the next team."

Meiko continued, "Which four teams? Have you confirmed it?"

Abu responded: "It has been confirmed. We have four teams in the LPL region, EDG, IG, RW and RNG."

The factory manager suddenly turned around and asked: "Is there RNG?"

Abu replied: "Of course there are. RNG performed well in the spring season. If RNG can't go, then our region is too strong."

The factory manager was disappointed: "Uzi got in. Alas, I didn't really want to win."

Su Mo smiled. The hatred between the factory manager and UZI was too deep. He would rather not have the championship than let UZI benefit.

Abu continued: "Then the four spots in LCK are KZ, AFS, KT and SKT."

The factory manager muttered, "Hey, that's not right. SKT's current record doesn't seem to be very good. They've been losing all the time and have dropped to seventh or eighth place."

Abu explained: "Because it depends on the results of the spring season, SKT is still good in the spring season."

Meiko said: "Isn't this a good opportunity? Anyone who had a grudge against SKT can take advantage of SKT's weakness to take revenge."

Su Mo spoke up: "I think SKT's foreign games can be looked up to. Their performance in the league is one thing, but when it comes to games outside the region, that's another matter."

Abu agreed: "I think Xiaomo's spirit is right. After all, it's SKT. We should be careful."

"Then I am going to create a group and bring all four teams in. The official meaning is that this time we EDG will take the lead and we will decide the content of the training."

Meiko smiled and said, "So now Abu, you are the head coach, right? All four teams will obey your orders."

Abu explained: "We are the coaching team. The coaches of the four teams will form another group to discuss together, including BP, playing methods, and the order of appearance, etc."

The factory manager teased, "Then you must be the one who speaks the most effectively. Not bad, Abu, you have become a big shot now."

Abu smiled and said, "With great power comes great responsibility. I didn't really want to get involved in these matters, but the authorities asked me to come, so I can't just refuse and ignore it."

"I will create a group now, and you all can join in. You can communicate more when you have time. We definitely don't have time for offline training, and we still have to play the summer season, so we mainly rely on you to communicate with each other online."

Su Mo glanced at his phone. Abu sent the group's QR code and Su Mo scanned it to enter.

Soon, people from IG, RW, and RNG also came in one after another.

The group became lively, and Abu issued a notice:

"Please change your IDs to the ones you use when playing games, so that it will be easier to identify."

Su Mo took a quick glance and quickly saw an acquaintance.

RW, Mouse!

A Guang!

So Su Mo greeted him, "A Guang, long time no see."

RW, Mouse: "Hello, Brother Mozi, Brother Mozi."

EDG, Mo: "In this intercontinental competition, it's up to you to defend the honor of the LPL region, A Guang."

EDG, Meiko: "Guang, how have you been lately? Do you miss me?"

EDG, Clearlove8: "Tian Ye, you are being too explicit."

RW, Doinb: "Isn't this EDG? Brother Mozi! Brother Mozi is awesome!"

Everyone started chatting in the group. The people from IG seemed to be more aloof and fell silent after coming in.

RW, Doinb: "IG! And IG, my god, IG is here, awesome, awesome."

RW, Doinb: "Theshy, can you please stop bullying our top laner? You bullied Guang like this in the last game."

RW, Doinb: "Is RNG here too? Wow, our lineup is so strong, we won! Brothers, we have won."

Doinb began to show his social skills and output crazily.

However, both IG and RNG remained silent, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.

As the night came, someone from IG and RNG finally spoke up.

IG, Jackeylove: "Brother Mozi, we are ready to watch your EDG performance in this Intercontinental Championship."

EDG, Mo: "No, a BO5 requires winning three games. This is not something that can be decided by one team. Besides, LCK is so strong right now, we may not be able to win."

RNG, Xiaohu: "It seems that the order of battle is decided temporarily. Neither side knows what the order of the other side is. Isn't it the same as opening a blind box?"

EDG, Meiko: "Isn't this the Tian Ji horse race?"

RNG, Ming: "Do we need to first determine who is the superior horse and who is the inferior horse?"

After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.

This question...maybe everyone has an answer in their heart, but it’s not easy to say it directly.

Abu: "There is no such thing as inferior horses or superior horses. Everyone is equal. Several of our coaches are studying the characteristics of the four LCK teams. Don't worry, leave these matters to us."

Abu’s appearance was timely. If people really started discussing who is the superior horse and who is the inferior horse, there would probably be an argument.

In the next few days, the summer season will continue. EDG will have a BO3, but it will be Zzitai who will play.

So, the Intercontinental Championship began!

This time the intercontinental competition was held in the country, and for convenience, it was specifically chosen in the northeast direction.

Abu made an appointment with the coaches of the other three teams.

Ten o'clock in the morning, airport.

The EDG members got out of the car and stood on the roadside waiting.

“Isn’t that EDG?”

"Brother Mozi! Ah, it's Brother Mozi!"

"Brother Mozi, I'm your fan!"

There were a lot of people near the airport, and the EDG members were recognized immediately.

So a fan ran over quickly, and soon, a few turned into dozens, surrounding the EDG members.

"Are you guys going to play in that intercontinental tournament?"

"Brother Mozi, when will you release your next video? I've been waiting for a long time."

"Yes, yes, Brother Mozi, I want to watch your video. I've watched Pike and Irelia's videos over ten times."

"Ten times? Only ten times? I've watched it hundreds of times, believe it or not? I'm usually too bored and have no desire to watch other people's videos. I can only watch Brother Mozi's."

Su Mo had no choice but to say, "Don't worry, there will definitely be exciting matches in this intercontinental competition. We will edit and explain the videos at that time."

The EDG members took photos with the fans, signed autographs, and after a long time they finally sent them away.

But there is a huge flow of people here, and once this batch leaves, it is only a matter of time before the next batch arrives.

"Why haven't they come yet? What are they doing?" Abu complained.

Just then, Meiko pointed to the left and said, "Here they come, it's IG."

Everyone looked over there and saw a few young men with bags on their backs. They had cold expressions on their faces and their hands in their pockets. They walked towards them quickly, each one more cruel than the last.

"Wow, so handsome? IG." Meiko exclaimed.

Zizi quipped, "I can't stand this bunch of pretenders."

Abu went to negotiate, and everyone in IG greeted him, "Manager Abu."

The factory manager muttered: "Abu's status is so high, and IG is so polite to him."

Su Mo joked: "Does the champion coach understand? The only champion coach in LPL."

IG coach Jin and Abu began to communicate, and the IG players walked towards Su Mo.

"Brother Mozi."

"Hello, Brother Mozi."

"Brother Mozi, you look very handsome today."

"..."

Everyone from IG greeted Su Mo.

Su Mo nodded repeatedly in response.

Then, Zzitai reminded: "RNG is here too, look over there."

The EDG players looked back and saw the RNG players walking slowly towards them. If the IG style was cold, the RNG style was dignified and majestic!
Each of them acted very serious, like a leader on a visit.

The factory manager spotted UZI at a glance and complained: "What is UZI doing? Are you here to inspect the work?"

Everyone in EDG smiled.

(End of this chapter)