LOL: I've already been transferred to the manager, but you just came to the system

Chapter 179 The era of LPL great competition!

"Brother Yang!"

"belch……"

Lin Shuyang handed over a bottle of water with a smile.

"Take a sip first."

"Thank you, Brother Yang!"

At the dinner table just now, he ate a little too much while competing with Able and Xiaotian in internal strength. He took a sip of the coach's water and burped, and finally felt a lot better.

"Do you have something to talk to me about?" Jin Gong asked subconsciously.

“What are your plans for next season?”

"Next season?"

Jin Gong was a little panicked, "Brother Yang, you don't want me anymore, doesn't my contract with the club last until next year?"

His sturdy body trembled, and Jin Gong's mind quickly flashed over what he had done during this period. On the competition field - there was no pit. Just now at the dinner table, he didn't even turn the table when he picked up the food?
Seeing that people had misunderstood, Lin Shuyang quickly explained: "Jin Gong, you misunderstood. It's not that the club doesn't want you."

"But have you ever thought about this? Based on your performance in this summer season... if we go further in the playoffs, or even enter the World Championship, the contract that TES has given you now will not match your value."

Oh, that's what it means.

Jin Gong breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the club was not planning to let him pack up and leave.

"Brother Yang, don't worry, I'm not the kind of ungrateful person. It was TES that gave me this opportunity, and it was with the help of you and the coaching staff that I have made the progress I have today."

"If any other clubs contact me, I will communicate with you as soon as possible."

He can still clearly see his own strengths and weaknesses, and he didn't become complacent because of his performance in the summer season.

To put it more bluntly, even if you are a really good horse, before joining TES, he was relegated to LSPL along with GT. Without Brother Yang, he might still be struggling to get back into the LPL.

Some people are gold, but they still need to be placed in the right position to make them shine.

"I mean, the club plans to re-sign you a contract starting in the playoffs. Of course, the specific benefits of the contract will be broken down. Reaching the playoff finals is one level, winning the championship is another, and being able to enter the World Championship will give you another bonus."

Of course, he can wait until the end of the next game and before the transfer period to talk to GimGoon. As GimGoon himself said, the club has been very kind to him, and it is impossible for him to contact other teams without informing them.

That would be the most beneficial option for the team.

However, someone who thinks like this may be a qualified businessman, but he will definitely not be able to lead a truly outstanding team.

When people interact with each other, they cannot only consider interests, but they cannot do without this thing either. How to strike the right balance in this regard is, in a sense, a difficult subject to master.

In the future, the league will indeed have top laners like Zeus for him to choose from, but how can something bought with money compare to the presence of a veteran with a good mentality, experience and personality in a team?

Yes, Lin Shuyang intends to follow SKT's approach, taking care of GimGoon's professional career while arranging his work after he retires and completes his military service, and then cultivate one or more monuments for TES to serve as examples for those who come after him.

"Yang...Brother Yang..."

Jin Gong was a little incoherent. After listening to Lin Shuyang's description, he felt his head buzzing.

Do you have such great value?

"Don't worry about the salary. If TES can make it to the World Championship this year, I guarantee that every player on the team will have a salary of at least seven figures after tax."

Seven figures!
million!

That means nearly 200 million won after tax. No, that’s not the way to calculate it.

Brother Yang said that every player on the team can earn at least seven figures after tax, and as a foreign player he can get even more.

The young man's breathing became uncontrollably heavier.

Lin Shuyang understands GimGoon's reaction very well. Before the LPL was formed, that is, before the era of gold and silver began, a seven-figure salary was definitely considered a top-notch income among LOL players.

It’s not as good as the treatment of popular contestants like Zhugou, but it’s definitely in the first tier.

You know, the salary cap for players on teams that haven't won a championship is only 10 million RMB. Among the current Korean players in LPL, only Scout, who has won several league championships, or Rookie, the absolute core of the team, may receive this treatment. For a player like GimGoon who just dropped out of the secondary league last season and has the lowest contract salary in LPL, he can't even think about it.

How much is seven digits?
For a player like GimGoon, not much at all.

Compared to some flashy gold cards, Lin Shuyang is happy to spend money on players like Jin Gong who are worth every penny or even half a cent.

Besides, GimGoon is absolutely indispensable to the current TES.

Seven figures are a conservative estimate. Given the opponent's current competitive state, if TES can make it to the World Championship and achieve a decent result, there will definitely be many teams in the LPL next year that will directly offer GimGoon an eight-figure annual salary.

"You can think about it first. Don't rush to answer me. Just prepare well for the playoffs."

"No, coach, I am willing to sign it."

After completely digesting it, Jin Gong said without hesitation.

Perhaps, if he continues to wait until the end of the playoffs, or even when he makes it to the World Championship, he will be able to negotiate better treatment with teams outside that need a top laner.

But as the book says, some things cannot be measured entirely in monetary terms.

After being in Top Esports for a few months, the changes in himself are visible to the naked eye. GimGoon believes that if he stays in TES, he will get much more in the future than just sticking to that little annual salary.

It’s not worth giving up future development for a few small things!

"Okay, after reading the contract, come to my office tomorrow." Lin Shuyang picked up the contract from the small round table on the rooftop, and Jin Gong took it with both hands.

"Brother Yang, the others..."

"Oh, don't worry." Lin Shuyang chuckled, "I will talk to them one by one."

After receiving a positive answer, Jin Gong returned to his room, feeling uneasy.

I tossed and turned in bed and couldn't fall asleep. I had no choice but to get up and go to the training room to play a few ranked games to cool myself down. "Calm down!"

"Calm down, Jin Hanquan is just a little luckier. Think about Jiang Chengluo and Jin Donghe."

Jin Gong muttered to himself, forcing himself not to think about the contracts of Korean players worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.

……

Time flies by.

Ten days later!
The 2017 LPL playoffs have arrived as scheduled.

In the first round, OMG played against IG in the upper half, and NB played against SS in the lower half.

Unlike the results in the previous life, OMG was defeated by IG 3-1 because their tactical system was exposed in the Intercontinental Championship. However, after the training experience in TES in this life, the strength of the five-man team of OMG has improved qualitatively, especially Sima Laozei in the bottom lane. In each of the three games against IG, he completed the line explosion ten minutes in advance. IG, which has a shortcoming in the bottom lane, can only swallow this loss silently.

Fans of IG, which was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, were in tears, but they couldn't really hate Sima Laozei who won glory for the region in the Intercontinental Championship.

Watching the opponent's various dragon-like performances in the game, I could only envy them while drawing circles of curse on a certain light dog's head.

Humph, next season our IG’s strongest AD will reach the age limit, so just watch us take off in S8.

On the other hand, there was no change in the match between NB and Snake Team. NB still defeated SS and advanced to the semi-finals.

TES is in the upper half.

Since they are ranked fourth in points, they will need to face OMG, which defeated IG, in the second round.

The next door NB will need to compete with EDG, the third in the league, for a place in the semi-finals.

Finally, WE and RNG, the two defending first and second place teams in the league, will compete with a quarter of the qualified teams for a place in the summer finals on the 25th.

In the quarterfinals of the playoffs, the new team TES attracted much attention.

Before the game, everyone was predicting that OMG, with the super evolved Sima Laozei, would easily defeat TES like they did against IG and advance to the semifinals to meet WE in the Intercontinental Championship. It was as if the lower half of the group was another pig-dog fight. After all, the shortcomings of the TES team are very similar to those of IG, with both AD players having relatively weak individual abilities.

However, before the game, when various predictions were that OMG could beat TES 3-0, 3-1 or at most 3-2, the LPL quarterfinals exceeded everyone's expectations.

TES defeated OMG 3-0 and successfully advanced to the semi-finals!

"The new team TES defeated the old and strong team OMG. This is a victory for the coaching team."

Yes, that's right. When facing OMG in the game, Lin Shuyang personally took to the court and prepared a full set of exclusive services for Sima Laozei in the bottom lane.

Coupled with the leading operational tactics, TES didn't even have to fight any team battles with OMG and won the game by relying on single laning.

However, just when TES fans were full of excitement and looking forward to the derby battle between them and WE in the semi-finals, they could make another breakthrough and reach the peak as soon as they debuted.

Reality hit the fans hard.

As mentioned before, TES was able to defeat OMG because Lin Shuyang, as the head coach, knew OMG well enough and had an innate advantage in the BP stage and tactical arrangements.

But when they met WE who also knew them, the lack of experience of several new players became their biggest breakthrough.

The fight between GimGoon and TheShy in the top lane was considered a draw for now. Mystic and Missing, the two M-named players in the bottom lane, were able to suppress able, and then in roaming, which is BeryL's best area, the tactical effect of the jungler and support double roaming was greatly reduced because Da'an in the middle lane was destroyed by Xiye.

In the end, TES lost to WE 2-3 and ended their team's first playoffs.

“You guys are awesome!”

"Don't be discouraged, we still have the bubble match to play."

Faced with contestants who were almost in tears, Lin Shuyang walked onto the stage and stroked their heads one by one to comfort them.

It is already a remarkable achievement that TES has come this far with just one season of running-in and a lineup of three first-time professional players, not to mention that the two opponents they played in the playoffs were both among the four kings of LPL who were strengthened by him.

All they need is a little time.

After the semi-finals, the outcome of the game naturally changed drastically.

First of all, RNG refused to give up a comeback from 8- down. Letme, who had evolved to the S state ahead of schedule under the training of Lin Shuyang in the Intercontinental Championship, made up for RNG's shortcomings. Even though Mingkai was in full swing and led EDG to win two games in a row, UZI, who was scared of being caught by TES during training, avoided the level gank in the fifth game. The young IBOY couldn't withstand Zaozige who was about to enter his peak state, and the team finally fell in the semi-finals.

a week later.

"WE!"

“WE won!”

"Three to two!"

"In the fifth game, the two sides fought to the 39th minute. TheShy!!! With one sword, he found UZI in the crowd and used the policewoman's resurrection armor."

"It's a great success. We want to congratulate WE. They have won the LPL Summer Championship again. They will represent LPL in S7 as the No. seed."

“Congratulations to them!”

"We also want to give applause to Coach Lin in the audience. Just like TheShy said in the interview, he wants to give this championship to his mentor."

Lin Shuyang, who successfully defeated EDG in the battle for third place and won the third place in the LPL Summer Season, is now sitting in the audience seats of the LPL finals, watching his image suddenly appear on the big screen, his ears filled with all kinds of awesome compliments from the audience and hearing the words of thanks from TheShy on the stage during the pre-match interview.

He waved at the camera.

The slight depression in my heart that my team was eliminated in the last four of the playoffs also completely dissipated.

Now, with his intervention, the LPL region has become extremely competitive and all the players in it have become active.

S7, the Bird's Nest will not repeat the ending of the previous life.

　Thanks to the previous reader for his suggestion, it is true that running a club is far less satisfying than driving the entire LPL to improve its strength, which is why the plot of the Intercontinental Championship came about.

　　Honestly, the storyline of the Intercontinental Championship delayed me from following it for quite a while, but after writing it down like this, the story has gained some more flesh and blood.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)