CS: Demon King C, you said I was a genius?

After packing his things, Su Zhe boarded the high-speed train back home.

Along the way, he stared at the scenery outside the window, pondering his next plan.

Regardless of how Niko's negotiations with management went, even if he were to join G2, he would definitely miss the upcoming EPL S19 tournament.

Moreover, the EPL tournament alone lasts 20 days, and the total travel and preparation time adds up to a full month.

He was pondering what he should do in the next month.

Live streaming to make money? And then find some commercial activities?

After the exciting matches, he even felt a bit empty, and he couldn't muster any enthusiasm for streaming ranked matches.

However, contacting other teams in the meantime is impossible; we'll have to wait for specific news from Niko, whether it's good or bad.

The high-speed rail is fast and convenient. Su Zhe arrived home around 6 p.m., even making it in time for dinner.

"Oh my! My precious son is back! Come in quickly!" When Mom opened the door and saw Su Zhe, a very happy smile appeared on her face.

After stepping into his home, Su Zhe felt an unprecedented sense of ease, as if he had completely disconnected from his persona on the field.

He put down his backpack and saw his father staring longingly at the food on the table, but he didn't dare to pick up his chopsticks.

"The younger brother's position in the family."

Su Zhe smiled and shook his head. After washing his hands, he sat down at the dining table with his parents, and the family began to eat dinner.

"Honey, your cooking is getting better and better! It tastes almost just like the food in restaurants!" Dad was wolfing down his food, but he still managed to find time to praise her.

"You crave restaurant food that much?! Don't eat at home anymore! Go out and eat by yourself!"

"Here, son, have a piece of pork rib to nourish yourself. Look at you, you seem to have lost weight recently."

Dad: ? ? ? ?

Su Zhe couldn't help but laugh when he saw his father's innocent face. He held back his laughter to save face for his father.

However, he still found his father's words somewhat ridiculous.

When praising someone's cooking at home, people usually say it tastes like it's from a restaurant.

When praising the food at a restaurant, people say it tastes like their mother's cooking.

"Son, are you not going abroad this time you're back?" Mom asked after putting enough food in Su Zhe's bowl.

"Uh...I..."

“Oh dear, our son is all grown up now. Why do you care whether he goes abroad or not? A man’s ambition lies in all directions. It’s good for him to go abroad and broaden his horizons.” Before Su Zhe could speak, his father took the lead.

As expected, this earned him a glare from his mother: "Ambitious? Old Su, I think you've had enough of your current life, haven't you? If you want to make your own way, go out and make your own way!"

Dad fell silent again, and began to eat his rice without saying a word.

Then Mom turned to me and asked softly, "Son, what are your thoughts now?"

Su Zhe paused for a moment, then said, "Mom, I might need to go abroad to look for work later..."

My mother was a little puzzled and continued to ask, "Isn't it okay to stay in China? It's fine to be a little far from home. At least you can come home for the New Year. You didn't even come home for the New Year last year."

Su Zhe was at a loss for words when asked the question. Compared to overseas, he definitely wanted to stay in China. Did he really think that overseas was so much better?

But having chosen the path of a professional CSGO player, it's clear that he can't stay in China.

Firstly, the level of domestic teams is not high enough. They may rise in the future, but that will be a long time from now.

Secondly, there are no major competitions in China, so staying here would be a waste of his career.

If he had received the League of Legends or Honor of Kings system, he would definitely have stayed in China obediently.

However, my mom doesn't understand when I try to explain things about the domestic situation.

As if she could read Su Zhe's mind, Mom skipped the topic and, after thinking for a few minutes, turned to Dad and started talking about how the neighbors and relatives were doing.
It seems like I've never asked this question before.

Su Zhe also felt a little guilty. If he successfully joined G2, he might only come back once a year during the off-season, and that would be without any training camps.

Fortunately, professional players don't have long careers. Even if they have a system, they can't play professionally until they're in their forties or fifties, so they can retire early.

Just as Su Zhe was cooking and listening to his mother's gossip, the phone on the table rang.

"Who will call me at this time? And from a domestic number, no less?"

Su Zhe quickly finished the last two bites of rice, then got up to answer the phone.

Soon, a middle-aged man's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Hello? Is this Arrow?"

"It's me, what's wrong?"

Have you found a new team recently?

Su Zhe stood on the balcony and, after a few minutes of conversation, learned that the other party was the owner of LVG.

The conversation was about how their LVG team's player, Sanye, had encountered a problem and would be unable to attend matches recently.

The LVG owner first asked if I had any plans to join their team long-term.

After being flatly rejected by Su Zhe, he then asked if he could temporarily fill in for a tournament, namely the upcoming EPL19 tournament.

"Is there something wrong with Mitsuha? Is it related to her health?"

Su Zhe still has a strong impression of the contestant Sanye, after all, it's hard not to be impressed by that "awesome" signature from Copenhagen.

In addition, during the Chengdu IEM tournament, Mitsuha even came over to ask for NIko's autograph.

A sigh came from the other end of the phone: "Well, that's a bit hard to say. If you browse Douyin (TikTok), you'll see about this too."

"However, this matter is a bit tricky, and we can only handle it by keeping it quiet. Therefore, it is not convenient for Mitsuha to play with the team in the near future."

After hearing this, Su Zhe understood the general situation. If the issue was to be dealt with quietly, it would likely involve public opinion.

After chatting for a few more minutes, Su Zhe decided to leave his opinion undecided. He had previously viewed CNCS teams as a menace due to online opinion, believing that joining them would be disastrous for him.

But when he saw the LVG team offline before, he felt that they were still very young and energetic, but the team's performance was not very good.

Making it into the Major main event is indeed not a good result for Su Zhe right now.

To be honest, Su Zhe still doesn't know the root cause of CNCS's failure. Five talented people together, as long as they train hard, shouldn't they be able to achieve good results?

But for the past month, he really had nothing to do.

So Su Zhe decided to go to the LVG club in a couple of days to see the specific situation. As for whether he wanted to be a coach, he decided to make a decision then.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye. After enjoying the warm family atmosphere, Su Zhe boarded the high-speed train again.

Today is April 16th, and the EPL qualifying rounds are starting in a week, so he has to make a decision soon.

After several hours of travel, Su Zhe had just gotten off the train when he saw Jee holding a sign.

This surprised Su Zhe. Shouldn't it be some club staff member who came to pick him up? Why did a key player from the team come to pick him up personally?

Soon the two boarded the car to the club, and Jee showed Su Zhe what a chatterbox he was.

"Wow! A-God! It's a pleasure to meet you in person again today!"

"A God! Your performance in Chengdu was absolutely amazing! Even a strong team like Faze couldn't withstand your breakthrough."

"God A, you've now reached the first level of the sub-first class, no, the first step of the sub-first class, no! The first step of the world!"

"When A-God comes to the club later, please give us some pointers."

Su Zhe was able to keep up the conversation at first, but later he was so flattered that he didn't know how to respond.

However, he could also tell that Jee didn't mean anything sarcastic.

Moreover, he quite liked Jee's personality; mainly because the way Jee spoke, coupled with his facial expressions, made him seem very comical, giving Su Zhe the feeling of watching a stand-up comedy routine, and he laughed along the way.

After a journey of more than half an hour, Su Zhe and Jee arrived at the entrance of LVG's club.

"It's quite impressive, similar to Tianlu's..."

Su Zhe then followed Jee into the club's gate.

He observed the surrounding environment as he walked, while Jee provided explanations.

"This is where we usually work out, but, hehe, nobody usually comes here."

"This is a rest area. When you're tired from training, there's a masseur who can help you with a massage. Oh! He's an old man, and his massage skills are pretty good."

"This is our training room. Training will officially start at 12 noon, and not everyone has arrived yet."

Su Zhe peeked into the training room and found only one person eating what appeared to be lunch or breakfast, with a demo of a match playing on the computer.

Su Zhe checked his memory and confirmed that it was Xigua, the captain and commander of LVG.

Su Zhe was then led by Jee to the office door. He said, "Our boss is inside. A-God, you can go in. I'm going to have breakfast first."

Su Zhe hummed in agreement and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

When Su Zhe pushed open the door and entered, he found that the entire office space was very spacious, even larger than the NIP manager's office he had previously worked in.

Upon seeing the newcomer, the middle-aged man in the chair immediately broke into a smile.

He's not really middle-aged; he looks to be in his early 30s, which is considered young for a business owner.

"You're here! Come, come, have a seat!" Jeff took the initiative to invite Su Zhe to sit down, and then personally brewed tea and placed it in front of Su Zhe, showing no signs of being a boss.

He watched as Su Zhe took a sip of tea before smiling and saying, "A... Little Su, how have you been thinking these past few days?"

'How's Xiao Su doing...? Want Want Mini Crisps?'

Su Zhe smacked his lips and first praised the tea, though he didn't know if it was actually good tea; it was just a compliment.

He then explained his intentions: "I want to see how the team members are training before making a decision..."

Actually, Jeff had already offered him a very generous deal on the phone that day. Regardless of the outcome, as long as he did his best, he would receive a net salary of 20.

It can be said that Su Zhe's earnings from just one boosting session are roughly equivalent to the annual salary of two top-tier domestic players.

If I can make it into the main tournament, I'll add another 10. If I can make it into the knockout stage of the main tournament, I'll add another 10. And all of that is after tax!

It's more than the prize money shared by the members of the champion team.

However, Su Zhe also knew that this boss valued not only the team's performance but also its commercial value.

By having their own team train and leveraging the hype, LVG can either attract new sponsors or ask existing sponsors to increase their budgets; they certainly won't lose money.

After hearing Su Zhe's answer, Jeff nodded and smiled, "Of course, of course."

He then glanced at his watch and continued, "It's past midnight now, and most of the team members have arrived. Xiao Su, what do you want to look at first?"

"Hmm... let's watch a practice match first."

Jeff nodded, then made a phone call to arrange a training match between the home team and the youth team.

After that, Su Zhe didn't stay in the office for long. He went to the training room to start observing, and Jeff followed along.

Su Zhe glanced at Jeff, then at the somewhat nervous LVG players during warm-up, and understood what was going on.

How could the boss not be nervous watching in person?
However, he didn't say anything. What kind of pressure is it for the boss to watch the game? If he gets nervous and it affects his performance because of this, what will he do during the offline competition?
It's worth noting that when Su Zhe was training with NIP or G2, he also had stress training, which would simulate offline matches from time to time, so that the players could adapt better.

Even so, his first time on stage still had some impact.

After warming up for about ten minutes under the watchful eyes of Su Zhe and Jeff, the two sides began their training match.

As for the missing Mitsuba, she was filled by other members of the youth training team. (End of Chapter)