We promised to win the championship together, so why did you all retire?

Chapter 24 If you're awesome with IG, you can't be awesome with us!

[IG Manager Guokui]:

Some people lack ability but always try to steal from others, while others never learn to be grateful and will stop at nothing to climb the social ladder.

Ultimately, this is just how real the world is.

You guys are really awesome, you're such great people!

I've learned something this time.

It can be considered as paying a heavy price for our education.

I urge certain despicable people:

What goes around comes around!

This Weibo post went viral within hours of being published.

Because compared to the official tone of the past, this time it was clearly the club manager himself who was in charge.

Moreover, this is undoubtedly misleading.

In the past two years, most conflicts between LPL clubs have generally ended in a back-and-forth exchange of lawyer's letters.

Honestly, there aren't many people using this kind of simple, crude, and sarcastic tone anymore.

Therefore, it quickly attracted the attention of many LPL viewers.

Some people even shared this Weibo post on external websites.

There's nothing we can do; it's the end of the year.

People usually have nothing to do and are bored.

Countless people are curious:

Who exactly is this IG manager referring to?

The resentment felt like it was about to reach the heavens.

Some say this is a dig at Xiaoleyan, whose whereabouts are now unknown.

Some people say this is a veiled reference to TheShy joining RG.

Some even say this indicates that Rookie might not renew his contract.

Various speculations abound.

But most people are focusing on the current IG players.

After all, the phrase "never learning to be grateful" seems to already indicate the identity of the person being criticized.

From the perspective of an IG manager, only someone who is talking to IG players could say that.

You can't expect people to be ungrateful if they don't transfer to your Instagram account, can you?

That doesn't make sense.

The swarm of gazes swept over all of IG's players.

Many people also went directly to [Lianlian Red Tea], who is always well-informed.

This person is basically an LPL professional, and most likely has partnerships with many clubs.

The information released is highly credible.

Someone commented under the Weibo post by 【恋恋红茶】:

Can you tell me who the IG manager was referring to? (Salty Rice Dumpling)

And the reply from 【恋恋红茶】 was quite intriguing:

[I can only describe one team's play as a Sett ultimate.]

Sett's ultimate move?

We're all old-timers at petting dogs, who doesn't know that?

Absolutely amazing!

[Love Tea], who used to be quite calm when releasing information, is now using words like "amazing"?

This undoubtedly reignited the enthusiasm of viewers who had nothing better to do during their annual leave.

And at this time, IG Club—

"Grass!"

In the manager's office, Guokui was still itching to fight even after posting on Weibo.

He's still constantly spewing out giant grass from his mouth.

The two people sitting not far from him also had gloomy expressions.

The bespectacled, bearded man sighed:

"They've already signed, what's the use of getting angry now?"

He should have kept quiet, because mentioning the guokui (a type of flatbread) only made him angrier.

"How dare you say that!"

"Who exactly told me that Xun can't leave IG right now, and that I should stall for a few days to wear him down?"

"Now it's all right!"

"Damn it, they've managed to get their hands on RG!"

"Grass!"

Guokui paced anxiously back and forth in the office:

"Su Xiaoluo, Su Xiaoluo, you've really ruined me this time!"

Su Xiaoluo, who was being criticized, coughed.

He said with a hint of helplessness, "In the end... didn't you agree to it yourself?"

"Even if you try to pin all the blame on me, what's the point?"

He only mentioned it briefly.

Isn't the one who really makes the decision still Guokui, the manager?

"You...! I...!"

Guokui was furious, but he could only stop and slump into his chair.

He had to admit that the other person was right.

He was the person in charge at the time.

It was also he who reported this to the big boss.

Now that something has happened, the boss will definitely contact him first.

He rubbed his dry hair, which had become brittle over the past two days, looking somewhat dejected.

"Well... I didn't expect that either!"

"Damn, this RG is so fucking insidious!"

When Guokui received the news, he was completely stunned.

Two days!

He hasn't been looking at it for two days!

RG, like an eel, had already sneaked into the loophole.

Xun is the absolute core of IG's future.

This statement is not an exaggeration at all.

Back in 2018.

Xun reached the top of the Chinese server rankings with his Nidalee gameplay, thus entering the public eye for the first time.

Even though he carries the unusual label of "Xiao Yu Ji Studio Boosting," it doesn't affect his dominance in the LDL, the secondary league.

At the end of 2020, he completed a remarkable transformation from IG.Y (youth training team) to a rookie jungler in the LPL.

All of this happened in less than a year.

However, every player who has just established themselves in the LPL faces a problem:

The transformation of one's net worth and the renewal of contracts.

for example.

RNG's jungler, Spicy Pot, was badly let down.

Until his retirement, RNG still gave him the same contract he had when he was in youth training.

Some might be thinking of Otto and raise questions:

Is it a god or a demon duck?

Is Mala Xiangguo (a hot pot restaurant chain) really that stupid? Why don't they ask for a new contract?

—Son, the contracts he signed were all before 2018.

Your Uncle Kanavi hasn't even eaten the leftovers yet.

During this period, there was no regulation from either Fist or Tencent.

The players have no say in front of the clubs.

Therefore, many youth training players sign contracts that are typically three to five years long, and some may even sign contracts for seven or ten years.

Mala Xiang Guo (Spicy Stir-Fry) is exactly like that.

This directly resulted in him still having the same contract from his youth training days, even before he retired.

After Kanavi ate leftovers for more than a year, the GRF incident broke out, prompting the authorities to begin a review and rectification of contracts.

It directly states that once a youth training player is transferred to the first team, they can apply to the club or the official organization to renew their contract.

Furthermore, during this period, players have priority in choosing clubs, thus providing supplementary protection against clubs relentlessly lowering prices.

—Xun will certainly apply as well.

He had already led his team to win the LDL championship last year, in 2020.

After joining the first team in 2021, he performed equally well.

Xun felt he deserved a new contract commensurate with his LPL status.

—Then Guokui felt that Xun's demands were too high.

After discussing it with Su Xiaoluo, we decided to suppress it for two days.

It also gives him a sense of crisis.

The result was achieved within these two days.

RG, who had initially pretended to still be reluctant to let Xiaotian join TES, suddenly signed a contract with Xun without hesitation.

Due to player protection regulations, new players have priority in selection during contract renewal periods.

So Xun doesn't even need to go through IG.

Originally, IG's management wanted to put more pressure on Xun.