Rebirth is fine, but I get eight hundred dollars right from the start?

Gu Xinyue took the contract and turned to walk towards the filing cabinet.

Halfway there, she suddenly stopped and asked, "How many of these people do you think will actually sign up?"

Lin Shu thought for a moment: "Bella will sign today. Miller and Wawa are coming this afternoon, so that should be settled as well. As for Xiaocang and Miss, we'll talk about it after Huya's traffic package is finalized. As for PDD and the others, we'll have to wait until the show becomes a huge hit before we can be convincing."

"What if someone doesn't sign?"

"Fine, we won't sign then." Lin Shu capped his pen. "There are many ways to cooperate; we don't necessarily have to sign an agency contract. If Xiaocang doesn't sign, the videos will still be released. If Ruofeng doesn't sign, the live streams will still be done. As long as they maintain their cooperation with Leading Navigator, whether they are my people or not is unimportant."

Gu Xinyue looked at him, the corners of her mouth curved slightly, and she didn't ask any more questions.

She put the three contracts into the filing cabinet, locked it, and then picked up the schedule on the table and glanced at it: "Old Zhao will be here at ten o'clock. You have half an hour. Have breakfast first."

"Have you eaten?"

"No, I'll wait for you."

Gu Xinyue stretched and said, "Then I'll draft a renewal plan for the merchandise licensing tomorrow, and you can take a look at it tonight."

"I'll go downstairs first."

"it is good."

She reached the doorway, stopped again, turned to look at him, and suddenly changed her tone: "Darling!"

"Um?"

"That international super league you mentioned today, are you really planning to launch it?"

Lin Shu nodded: "I want to do it. But we have to wait. We need to wait for the LPL to stabilize for another two years, for player salaries to rise again, and for the overall strength of the region to improve. If we do it now, teams from Europe, America, and Korea might not be willing to come. Let's wait until we win an S-series championship."

Gu Xinyue looked at him, a slight smile curving her lips: "Then we'll wait."

Don't you think I'm being too greedy?

"I don't think so." She pushed open the door, half her body already leaning out, then turned back and added, "Only greedy people deserve to eat the big cake. You said that yourself."

……

Having secured top contracts in several major sectors of the industry, Lin Shu has shifted his focus back to the show itself. To be precise, he's juggling both HWG's summer season campaign and the show.

In the LPL league, even though everyone is trying their best to learn, they have only grasped the form but not the essence. Although their overall strength has improved, they are still far behind HWG.

Therefore, the entire summer season was somewhat like a situation where HWG was precipitously in first place, and other clubs were vying for the top spot.

However, this situation is a good experience for the audience – watching HWG's matches is about crushing the competition, which is very enjoyable; while other teams are unknown and something to look forward to.

The interplay of these two emotions led to a significant leap in LPL league viewership and offline attendance compared to the Spring Split.

In the exclusive room of Huya Live's e-sports variety show "Next Stop, Pro!"

At 10:00 AM sharp, the second episode started airing on time.

As soon as the scene transitioned from darkness, countless colorful bullet comments flashed across the screen.

[Wuhu, the perfect dish to accompany rice, here I come!]

[Quick, quick, I can't wait to see how HWG trains these guys.]

[Morning exercises strengthen the body, professional adventures hone the mind; I think the next step should be mastering skills.]

[Speaking of which, the show is already in its second episode, are E-God and the starting five from HWG still not planning to show up?]

[Show up? Kid, you really want to see the youth academy kids get thrashed, don't you?]

Amidst the flurry of comments, the scene shifted back to the training room at HWG's base.

Thirty cameras were neatly arranged, and the clatter of keyboards filled the room. Compared to the relaxed atmosphere of looking around and whispering when filming first started, the room now had the oppressive feel of a proper training room.

The monitor screens were all lit up, the coats on the backs of the chairs were neatly hung, and the water glasses on the corners of the tables were all placed in the same spot—that was a rule Qi Zhanming set up in the first week, a rule that seemed completely unreasonable and was purely meant to torture people: the cups were to the left, the keyboards were in the center, and the edge of the mouse pads was parallel to the edge of the table. Whoever was crooked had to practice finishing them off for ten extra minutes.

For professional players, clubs would naturally not make such a requirement, but for these young people who have not yet developed good professional habits, or who simply had no concept of rules before, this method is immediately effective.

The director's camera slowly panned between the camera positions, finally stopping at the row by the window, where a line of small text popped up in the lower right corner of the screen—"Dormitory 308".

The first close-up shot focused on Luo Yu's face, who was on the far side.

The young man was practicing last-hitting in custom mode. Waves of minions surged across the screen as he muttered to himself, his fingers clicking across the keyboard: "One, two, five... Damn, missed another one!"

He slammed his hand on the table in frustration, then took a deep breath and put his fingers back on the keyboard. "Second group!"

The camera shifted two positions to the right, focusing on Li Ye.

The viewers in the live stream were greeted by an open notebook, its pages covered in dense pencil drawings. The camera slowly zoomed in—

It turned out to be a hand-drawn sketch of the Summoner's Rift vision layout.

The river wards, the tri-bush, the red and blue buff spawn points are marked, and even the wards should be placed in different locations at different times, whether to use a control ward or a ward, and the possible flanking routes of the enemy jungler are all clearly marked with different colored pens.

Next to it was a note in tiny print: "At the 8th minute, the enemy's blue buff spawned, and the bottom lane pushed the lane and positioned themselves 30 seconds in advance."

The live chat exploded instantly.

【? ? ? 】

[This support guy is amazing, he's playing Summoner's Rift by hand?]

[A real talent, an absolute talent. With just this skill alone, he could easily stay and be a member of the training team.]

[Our little brother is actually practicing basic skills! I've never seen anything like it before.]

[Upstairs, Luo Yu's rank has been rising incredibly fast these past few days; he's probably been spurred on by HWG's starting lineup.]

[Little Zhao's rank is climbing really fast! He's almost in the top 20 in Ionia.]

Indeed, it's inevitable that geniuses will progress rapidly once they receive structured instruction.

The camera pans to the right, and Zhao Yicheng has just finished a ranked match. The results screen is still lit up, but he is leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed, his hands folded on his stomach, and his breathing even, as if he is reliving every detail of the match.

Those around him were used to it.

Everyone was basically aware of his habit—after each ranked game, Zhao Yicheng would close his eyes for two minutes to review the previous match in his mind before starting the next one.

Just then—

boom!

Qi Zhanming suddenly pushed the door open and entered.

He didn't say much, getting straight to the point:

"The second phase of the mission begins today."

Qi Zhanming walked up to the whiteboard. Today, he wasn't carrying a tablet or a whistle; he just stood there empty-handed. "The previous tests on personal discipline and professional mindset were just appetizers. Starting today, we'll get to the main course—you thirty people will be divided into six groups of five, and each group will play a best-of-one match against HWG's starting lineup."

The training room was quiet for a moment, then erupted into a cacophony of noise.