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In mid-November, the temperature in Seoul has been dropping day by day, and even during the day the average temperature is only around 10 degrees.

More and more people have changed into winter clothes, but young Korean girls still maintain a mix of winter and summer styles.

Of course, the upper body is winter, and the lower body is summer...

Every time when Li Dao went out for a morning run, he couldn't help but doubt the effectiveness of his training when he saw these girls who would rather shiver in the cold than wear miniskirts.

Why do I feel like I’m not as cold-resistant as them?
The contract with WE was eventually shelved.

Nearing the DRX base, Li Dao saw Brother A who had just come out of the base gate.

The other person was holding a suitcase in his hand and was putting it into the trunk of the car.

Li Dao hurried forward to lend a hand, and as soon as he lifted it up, he found that the weight was beyond his imagination!
After struggling to stuff the suitcase in, Li Dao panted and said, "Coach, what did you put in here? Shot put?"

"Haha, some daily necessities." Brother A said somewhat embarrassedly.

“Are the daily necessities so heavy?”

"After all, I have been here for more than two years..."

Brother A turned his head and looked towards the base building, with a hint of reluctance in his eyes.

After all, after he retired at the end of S7 and transformed into a coach, he spent two years of his three-year coaching career at DRX.

"Where are you going next, coach?" Li Dao asked.

He thought that if Brother A had not yet decided where to go, perhaps he could go back to LPL with him.

After all, Brother A played for LGD for a long time, and even spent his first year of coaching career in LGD. He should not have much psychological resistance to going to LPL.

But Brother A said: "KT contacted me, I plan to go and see what conditions they offer. If there is no problem, I will go there."

"KT..."

Li Dao remembered that TusiN seemed to be in KT. If he renewed his contract this year, he should be able to be with Brother A.

"Alright."

"It's just in time for you to come back. The other contestants have already been negotiated, and now you're the only one left."

Li Dao nodded. Although he had not met imp and the others yet, he could roughly guess the result.

After saying goodbye to Brother A, Li Dao walked into the club's base building and went straight to the office on the second floor.

As soon as he pushed the door open and walked in, Li Dao saw Supervisor Park and another person sitting next to him.

"This is our first meeting, so let me introduce you. This is Jin Dahu, the club's newly hired coach."

"You can call me cvmax." the man said.

"The best player in Korean server?"

"The former...the former first." cvmax explained quickly.

"Then let's get to the point."

Supervisor Park sat down opposite the sofa and took out the contract he had prepared in advance.

"Before you look at the contract, there is one thing I must explain to you."

Coach Park looked a little unhappy, and said in a low voice: "No matter what your final choice is, you are a great contributor to our DRX, so I don't want to hide this from you, that is, except for Pyosik, the other three people did not choose to renew their contracts."

"Chang Xian..."

What surprised Li Dao was not that the other three left, but that General P actually chose to stay!

"To be honest, we didn't expect this!" Coach Park said with a wry smile, "Because the salary we offered to Pyosik was only slightly higher than before, but it is still far from what a champion jungler should be worth."

Li Dao sighed slightly.

Pu Pu and Gong Zi Ge had already said that they were ready to retire, and Xiao K also received an invitation from T1.

As a champion jungler, P has performed very well throughout the world championship, so he should have received a lot of invitations.

But under such circumstances, he still chose to renew his contract with DRX...

"We don't mean to play the emotional card, but we hope you can take this into consideration."

As he spoke, Supervisor Park pushed the contract in front of Li Dao.

Li Dao opened the contract and read the amounts in it carefully. He found that there was not much difference from the content of the previous year, but the salary was much higher than last year.

Equivalent to RMB 17 million!

Li Dao knew very well that this was the highest price DRX could offer!
Even though they have made a lot of money in the past two years, they can't compare with a behemoth like T1, and naturally can't offer a high price like Faker's annual salary of nearly million.

Even the 17 million was decided by them with gritted teeth, which is enough to show their sincerity.

But unfortunately, after learning that Brother A had also left, Li Dao's last bit of hesitation disappeared.

"Sorry, supervisor."

Supervisor Park did not show much surprise after hearing these words.

It was obvious that they had anticipated this outcome beforehand.

For most clubs that are not financially strong enough, it is not uncommon to lose their championship players after winning the championship.

It is very rare to find a player like Li Dao who can play in the same club for two consecutive years, win the championship for two consecutive years, and does not ask for a sky-high annual salary!

"Are you... ready to return to LPL?" Coach Park asked.

"Probably, but I'm not sure yet." Li Dao answered truthfully.

"I heard that WE has even given you shares?" Li Dao was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the news would spread so quickly that even Korea knew about it!

“That’s what happened, but I didn’t sign it in the end.”

"what?"

Coach Park was stunned for a moment. He thought that Li Dao chose to return to LPL because he got shares in WE.

But now it seems that it is not quite what I expected?
"You don't even want the shares?" Coach Park asked in astonishment, "Could it be that another club has offered better conditions?"

"That's not the case." Li Dao shook his head. "To be honest, the shares are a bit complicated for me. Besides, I don't think I'm qualified to take them."

Li Dao was telling the truth. Although he came from WE, he had never really played for WE.

He was neither considered their hero nor did he achieve any results for them.

Faker is eligible to obtain shares in T1 because he has really invested so much time in T1. It can even be said that Faker has made an indelible contribution to T1's current status.

But what about yourself?

Even if he really joins WE, he can only join as a newcomer.

How would the other players feel if a new player could get such a large share right after joining the team? How would the audience and fans feel?
So on that day Li Dao rejected Pei Le, but made another request.

As long as WE can buy A Shui, he will return to WE.

……

"Are you crazy?"

In the TES club, Sun Zheng was so frightened by what he heard on the phone that his cigarette butt fell onto his pants.

"I was wondering why you called me all of a sudden. I thought you were going to sell me Free, but you opened your mouth wide and stared at me, the elephant, right?"

Sun Zheng was so angry that when he first saw that it was Pei Le calling, he thought the other party wanted to discuss Free's contract.

It turns out that this kid is the real murderer and actually wants to buy Ah Shui!

"If you want Ah Shui, it's easy. Thirty-five million. If you don't have it, forget it!"

"puff!"

Pei Le spat out a mouthful of water on the computer.

"How much... how much?"

"Why, is this price very expensive?" Sun Zheng asked back.

Pei Le suddenly felt guilty. He knew that when Top Esports bought Ah Shui, it cost about the same amount, of course, including the annual salary and the penalty for breach of contract.

Although Top Esports’ performance last year was not particularly good, it was still ranked among the top three in the entire LPL.

After all, even if we are in the quarterfinals, we have at least made it to the World Championship, which means we are much stronger than other teams!

The reason why Top Esports is willing to spend this money is that they are wealthy, but it is not easy for WE to come up with so much money!
Thirty-five million!
If you save a little, you can buy a basic version of Galaxy Battleship!
Even if you sell all the players in WE, they still can’t get this much money!

"This... is too high. If you don't want to sell it, just say so. Why bother to insult me?"

"This is a fair price, not a cent higher!" Sun Zheng sighed, "You can't let me buy a player and end up losing money, right?"

"Of course, if you really can't afford it, I have another way," Sun Zheng continued.

"any solution?"

"How about you give me Free and I give you Ah Shui's contract?"

"Bye-Bye!"

Pei Le was about to hang up the phone in a bad mood, but he heard Sun Zheng on the other end hurriedly say, "Don't worry!"

So he picked up the phone again, but his tone was much colder than last time.

"I'm here to talk to you seriously. If you keep saying this, I'll just have to die."

"I'm talking to you seriously."

Sun Zheng changed his words and said helplessly: "To be honest, last year's revenue did not satisfy the shareholders, and the combination of the mid-lower C did not perform well on the court."

"The top three aren't outstanding?"

“That depends on what price you compare it to!”

Sun Zheng was somewhat helpless, they had spent nearly 50 million to buy the mid and lower Cs, a lineup they had put together just to win the championship, but in the end they only made it to the quarterfinals.

Even though it ranks in the top two in the LPL overall and has good fan revenue, the cost-effectiveness is still too low.

If someone can make up for the previous expenses, they really don't mind replacing the middle and lower players.

Especially if you can buy Free and pair it with a more functional bottom lane, then this deal will not be a loss no matter how you do it.

"Free will definitely consider WE first, but Brother Pei, you also have to think about it first. Can you really come up with a suitable lineup?"

Pei Le was somewhat speechless.

Because just as Sun Zheng said, with their current arrangement, even if Li Dao is in the middle, the other players can only piece together their efforts.

There are two young players in the bottom lane, the jungler is the previous Sadness, and the top laner Breath is still bidding with RNG.

It would be fine if they could buy it, but they have almost arranged their budget for Li Dao, and the final bidding may not be able to win.

Will Free really have to take care of four people at that time?
(End of this chapter)