LOL: Reborn in Season 3, Taming Lee Sang-hyeok

Chapter 99 West Eight, here to poach our talent!

As the NLB competition progresses, various qualifying spots are being created one after another.

First, KT and CJ's second teams successfully met in the finals.

These two clubs are somewhat like star-crossed lovers. Not only did their respective teams meet in the 0GN Winter Finals, but their second teams also met in the NLB, engaging in fierce battles.

Fortunately, this was not a zero-sum game. Regardless of the outcome, both teams advanced to the 0GN Summer Tournament.

In addition, there are MVP second team, LG-IM first and second teams, and an amateur team called MIG, which will compete against the bottom four teams of OGN for a double-elimination spot.

It's worth mentioning that both MVP's second team and LG-IM's first team were eliminated by RISE in the previous NLB season; they were both victims.

The final result was indeed in line with expectations.

Apart from the amateur team MIG being eliminated, the other three teams all advanced by relying on the expanded quota.

Of the four teams in OGN, three successfully avoided relegation, while one team called OP was eliminated.

Meanwhile, inside the MVP club.

Eagar, the manager and coach of MVP, breathed a sigh of relief as his second team finally advanced to 0GN.

Since the start of the Spring Split, MVP Club has not had an easy time.

First, the parent company MVP encountered cash flow problems and at one point wanted to sell the entire club as a package, and even reached the final stage of talks with Samsung.

Unfortunately, Samsung ultimately chose the RISE club.

Therefore, this NLB is extremely important.

If the second team can also reach 0GN, then they can recoup some of their costs by selling the slots.

Although SSR stole their sponsors, they also made OGN famous through their excellent performance, thus increasing OGN's value.

If they sell the team now, they can make more money, so it's not a complete loss.

But just then, a phone call came through to him.

Unexpectedly, it was Zhao Shiheng, a former member of the club.

"Shiheng, is something the matter?"

"Hey Yu Fan, I heard you guys are thinking of selling your team?"

Upon hearing this, Edgar felt inexplicably uneasy.

He did have the idea of ​​selling the team, but he thought that the buyers would be those wealthy individuals who wanted to enter the 0GN market and were not short of money.

You've already reached 0GN with your SSR, what's the point of buying a team from us?

Edgar didn't understand, but expressed his respect.

SSR has countless wealthy patrons vying to donate money, and online stores are a constant money-printing machine; it truly has the financial strength and resources to back it up.

If you want to buy, then sell!

Just the next day, Li Zhixing brought Zhao Shiheng to the MVP base.

The last time I came here was six months ago.

Lee Ji-hyung came here for a tryout as a player, with the aim of letting his younger brother Kim Hyuk-kyu experience the atmosphere of the competition in advance.

Unintentionally, they also uncovered the shocking secret that Faker was actually his classmate Lee Sang-hyeok.

Six months have passed, and when I returned here, everything had changed.

Coach Edgar was waiting at the entrance and welcomed the two into the training base.

The decor was still the same, but unlike last time, all the members of MVP Team 1 and Team 2 were walking around in the lounge.

Upon seeing Li Zhixing and Zhao Shiheng walk in, members of both teams showed expressions of confusion.

What are these two doing here? They can't be here for tryouts, can they?

Edgar didn't offer any explanation, but led the two directly to the conference room to begin negotiations.

After the negotiations began, Edgar finally understood the purpose of Li Zhixing's trip.

Damn it, this guy isn't coming for the second team; he wants to buy the MVP's first team directly!

"Are you serious?" Edgar's tone was full of surprise.

The first team is practically everything in the MVP club; the club's reputation and competitiveness are all embodied in the five players on the first team.

"Of course I'm serious," Li Zhixing chuckled. "I'm very interested in your team."

Although Li Zhixing was interested in buying a team and coaching them from scratch, he certainly wasn't willing to put in the effort for just any team.

Talent is a prerequisite for everything; a team with poor talent is definitely not going to work.

Li Zhixing had carefully observed MVP's second team and concluded that their talent was average and their potential was extremely low.

The members of these two teams are almost all discarded players from the first teams of various clubs, somewhat like the Avengers. It is certainly excellent that they can reach OGN, but this is also their limit.

On the contrary, it was one team that left a deep impression on Li Zhixing.

Pawn, who didn't fall too far behind Lee Sang-hyeok, and imp, whose stats in this year's Spring Split were second only to Kim Hyuk-kyu, are both good players.

Only a team like this has the significance of being trained by Li Zhixing.

"This is a difficult situation for me," Edgar said, scratching his head. "Team A is a team I personally nurtured, and it's incredibly important to both me and MVP."

If you buy out the first team, what will be left of the MVP?

If it were a few days ago, it would have been nothing more than an empty shell of a base.

It's a little better now; we still have one second team left.

But mainly, he didn't really think much of the second team's abilities.

The second team has never had a coach, and Edgar doesn't pay much attention to it, only intervening slightly in crucial moments.

Now you want to make him the full-time coach of the second team?

Edgar felt his career was bleak just thinking about it.

Li Zhixing saw through the other party's thoughts and chuckled, "Simple, just get an SSR too, money is no problem."

"In fact, if you're willing, I can introduce you to a buyer and help you sell the second team and the base lease together. I think that's something your parent company would like to see."

Li Zhixing's words are not untrue.

As SSR continues its winning streak and its popularity soars, more sponsors are naturally sending collaboration requests to Li Zhixing, seemingly wanting to fill SSR's not-so-spacious team uniform.

Li Zhixing could not agree to everything, but he did gain the contact information of many investors as a result.

Many of these are backers with deep pockets, such as Xenics, a national-level peripheral manufacturer in South Korea.

They did not reach a sponsorship agreement with SSR, but they are still quite wealthy.

They don't mind buying a weak team; they're just buying a spot to wait for 0GN to appreciate in value, and maybe even get some GG (Goblin) matches along the way.

There are many similarities between the traffic of e-sports leagues and peripheral manufacturers: the traffic conversion rate is extremely high, which can be seen from the sales comparison of Li Zhixing's various online stores.

Edgar was taken aback when he heard this.

Should I join the SSR team?

He admitted that he was somewhat tempted.

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Thanks to Li Zhixing's financial power, the negotiations went exceptionally smoothly.

Edgar stated that he could not make a decision on this matter and that it needed to be reported to the parent company.

But everyone understands that jumping from MVP to SSR is a fantastic thing. Edgar will work hard to make it happen without Li Zhixing having to urge him.

Moreover, MVP's parent company had long been facing cash flow problems; otherwise, it wouldn't have considered selling the entire club to Samsung.

The opportunity to recoup losses by selling the team is right in front of us. As long as the offer is sincere enough, there will naturally be no obstacles.

After watching Li Zhixing and Zhao Shiheng leave, the members of the two MVP teams gathered around and asked what had happened.

The results they received from the coach left them speechless.

West 8, that's too small a scope.

This guy's here to poach our employees!