Chapter 278: Contract Negotiations in the Crystal Hub! (1/2)
"Xianghe, I'm not late, am I?"
When Li Hao walked behind the bench, Li Guapi was staring at the waves in the river, and he hadn't noticed yet. He suddenly spoke from behind and patted the big devil on the shoulder. Guapi was obviously frightened.
"Do you walk without making any noise?"
Li Hao smiled, "It's not that I don't use my voice, it's that your consciousness has declined a bit and you didn't do a good job of preventing gank."
Li Guapi looked at the time and changed the topic, "You are not late, I arrived early."
"That's right, I'm always punctual."
Li Hao sat down and leaned against the bench: "Have they all gone back?"
"Of course not. After playing the game, you always have to relax for a few days."
"Magic City is the place where the league's e-sports development is the best, so I'll stay and take a look. Isn't your and EDG's base on Lingshi Road?"
"But we will go back to Myeongdong tomorrow."
Li Guapi asked again: "You asked me to come here today. What is the specific reason?"
Li Hao said seriously: "Guapi, the winter transfer period is coming soon. Have you considered transferring to Snake? How about we fight for the third championship together?"
Lee Sang Hyuk was stunned for a moment.
Fight for the third championship with Wolfberry!
However, the top mid laner is not stupid, he reacted quickly.
"Wolfberry, the winter window transfer period is coming soon. Have you considered transferring to SKT? How about we fight for the third championship together?"
Seeing Li Hao changing his face and having fun, Li Sang Hyuk's expression was a little depressed, but there was still a bit of humor in his words:
"Okay, don't make fun of me anymore."
"I'll join Snake to assist you, right? You play VN and I play Bullhead, then we will retire together next season."
When he said these words, Li Guapi's expression was normal, and his eyes were not as red as in the Bird's Nest.
A few days later, he gradually came out of the haze of failure.
Guapi is indeed such a person and is not easily defeated.
"Seeing you in this state makes me feel relieved."
Li Hao looked at the river in front of him: "I'm more worried about seeing a lost demon king. Then I might feel lonely."
"You won't be alone."
"I still want to play in SKT for a few more years, and I will kill you sooner or later."
"After all, I'm the younger one."
"Hahaha." Li Hao couldn't help laughing when he saw his serious look.
Then, his expression became serious and he pointed forward.
At this moment, the sky is blue, with white clouds floating in the sky, the breeze is picking up, and the river is rippling.
"After the 2016 Spring Split, I was very confused. Then I was here, watching the river flow, and the worries in my heart disappeared."
"I think it's a good place."
Li Guapi listened to his words and stared at the river.
In December 2011, Lee Sang Hyuk came into contact with the league for the first time. In the subsequent S2 period, he became the Korean server's passerby with 2500+ points.
After that, he joined the SKT team and became a mid laner by virtue of being good at mid lane heroes such as LeBlanc.
At that time, South Korea's number one mid laner was still An, and Faker's first kill in his career fell on An.
From that moment on, the journey of the legendary mid laner began.
Looking back at the glory at that time, for Faker at this time, he was also encountering the biggest dilemma in his career.
S6 and S7 lost consecutively on the final stage.
However, after hearing what Li Hao said, Li Guapi felt that they were similar in some aspects.
The two chatted for a while, and finally, Li Hao generously treated Guapi to lunch.
We served a lot of special dishes from Magic City.
Guapi was very satisfied and felt that Wolfberry could handle it.
This place is exactly the Huangpu Hotel where PDD escaped from his bill.
During the meal, Li Hao also talked to him about PDD's evasion of the bill.
Halfway through the meal, Li Hao suddenly received a phone call.
"Hey, what!"
"Okay, I'll come right away!"
"..."
Li Guapi was eating Babao Duck when he heard Wolfberry say something in a hurry, and then he disappeared.
There was also a thermos cup left on the table, which was given to him by Li Hao and said to be a commemorative model for the 2017 season.
Li Guapi didn't pay attention at first.
"Dudu."
His cell phone rang.
It was a message sent by Li Hao.
"Guapi, the club has an urgent matter with me. Let's meet again next time."
Faker: "It's okay, you can go."
"This dish tastes good. I'll treat you to it next time when you come to Korea."
"Haha, okay."
"..."
Ten minutes later, the big devil finished his meal.
Looking at the somewhat empty dinner plates.
Suddenly, he felt blessed and thought of the PDD evasion incident that Wolfberry just mentioned.
The scene seems to have been reproduced.
The big devil smiled sarcastically, thinking that he was being shown off by the wolfberry again.
This guy is really cunning in every way.
However, when he paid, he found that he had already paid.
This surprised him instead.
When I walked to the entrance of Huangpu Hotel, my phone vibrated again.
When I opened it, I saw that it was Li Hao's information.
"Xianghe, you must have guessed that I skipped the bill, right? In fact, I have already paid the bill."
"Besides, I also bought you an extra bottle of Coke."
"You're welcome. This is the friendship between landlords."
"..."
The big devil clicked his tongue.
It’s a wolfberry that predicted my prediction.
He edited a more formal message and sent it.
"The King, I will definitely come back in the 2018 season!"
Li Hao replied: "Faker, I hope to see you on S8."
This is another agreement they made.
In the taxi, Li Hao put away his mobile phone.
Li Hao knows it very well.
This agreement is actually not that easy to implement.
SKT has been frustrated twice in a row, and its morale has been almost exhausted.
Even if Faker can maintain his mentality, what about others?
If it were SKT in the past, after losing the game, they would probably have returned to South Korea to train early without thinking about playing.
After working hard for so long, some people want to slow down and take a break. This is normal.
"Ding~!"
This time it was not the water from the water dispenser that was boiled, but the Lao Shen system in my mind.
LOL Old God System Reminder:
"Dear host, the new health care mechanism of 2018 will be launched on January 13th."
"The host's properties are fully updated."
“Stay tuned.”
"..."
January 13th?
Li Hao took out his cell phone and looked at his schedule.
According to the official time, the LPL Spring Split will start on January 15th.
Take care of your health two days before the spring game.
That is to say, it is very likely that we will not be able to play games for a period of time after the spring split starts.
The health care time this time is earlier than last year.
If we follow this line of thinking and push forward, will it be early to the offseason next time?
If this pattern is true, wouldn't the 2019 season be pushed to the World Championship period?
Li Hao frowned slightly. Of course, this was just his guess based on several health care sessions.
The current health care duration and new mechanism are also unclear.
But what is certain is that Snake needs a mid lane substitute.
Li Hao is not worried about things like off-season health care.
As long as the Asian Games and Global Finals of the 2018 season are not delayed.
…
Drop off on November 10th.
Snake Base, inside the Crystal Nexus.
The pre-test contract negotiations between Li Hao and the club were officially launched. The difference from before was that this time, in addition to Shuang Quan and Zuo Wu, Mr. She was also present.
Each of them attaches great importance to it and hopes to reach a consensus today.
For Mr. Snake, open and honest negotiations can win people over, but for him, it is just a gamble.
However, for the sake of the legendary three consecutive championship dynasty, Mr. Snake has decided to take a gamble!
Zuo Wu said: "Brother Hao, your performance is obvious to all. You can describe it as turning the tide in the S7 world arena. Throughout the 2017 winter window free market, everyone is staring at our Snake, and you have once again become the biggest fish!"
"We are all old friends. There is no need to hide it. This is the latest offer compiled by the club. Moreover, this is just a tentative offer before testing the waters. Mr. Snake also said that the subsequent offer should be higher."
Zuo Wu was very frank, of course this was what Mr. Snake meant.
It is the minimum attitude not to treat others as fools, not to mention that Li Hao has always been a shrewd person.
Li Hao glanced at the quotation figure above. Compared with last year, it had doubled.
Boss Snake's chair slid on the floor and came to Li Hao's side.
"Brother Hao, you deserve the most credit for S7."
"To tell you the truth, I made a lot of money this time."
"Last year's 15 million contract, from now on, is the most successful investment in the entire league!"
"I very much hope to continue to cooperate with you. You are already the soul of Snake. We can't imagine being without you."
Li Hao believed that although Mr. Snake's words could not be fully believed, they were still sincere.
"First of all, I want to thank you. In this pre-test negotiation, you made a lot of concessions for the club."
"So, I will definitely give you my sincerity."
"Mr. Snake, it's serious."
Seeing that Li Hao seemed very moved, Mr. Snake waved to Zuo Wu and took out a contract document.
Holding this blue contract document in his hand, even Mr. Snake felt it was heavy.
However, he still placed it in front of Li Hao.
"First of all, the contract signed between the club and you is still for one year."
"During this year, the club will not bind you to other personal contracts, whether it is a live broadcast contract or an advertising endorsement. It only needs to give the club a 10% share."
"The contract we offered is the absolute maximum salary in the current league, 40 million a year!"
"An additional signing fee of 5 million will be given, which will be paid immediately after signing the contract."
If it were just this money, it would be very risky to keep Li Hao before testing the waters.
Mr. Snake also understands.
So, he still has a trump card.
At this time, Snake always turned a page.
"Next, I will activate the additional contract renewal terms."
"If you sign and stay with Snake, you will get 4% of the shares of the Snake team."
Mr. Snake stared at Li Hao and continued: "At the same time, the extension of the contract renewal terms will be triggered."
"If Snake can complete three consecutive dynasties in 2018, the shares of the Snake team you can get will increase by 16%. In other words, you will own 20% of the shares of a dynasty team by then!"
As early as 2013, when SKT won its first world championship, their team valuation reached 40 billion won, which is more than 200 million RMB. After one year in S4, their valuation dropped. But in S5
After regaining the title, the valuation doubled directly.
That was only 2015.
It has developed rapidly in the past two years, especially the LPL league. The alliance has been quite successful and there is no shortage of advertisers.
After winning the championship at the Bird's Nest, Snake was even more prosperous.
So, the shares promised by Mr. Snake are definitely a lot of money.
Once S8 wins the championship, 20% of the shares of the Dynasty team will be given. For professional players, this is a huge return.
Although the addition of the terms is said to be the establishment of a dynasty, Mr. Snake's sincerity can be considered to be sufficient in offering so many shares.
As far as Mr. Snake is concerned, he is not at a loss either.
The 16% clause is just a blank check.
If there is no three consecutive dynasties in 2018, then this clause will be invalid.
Of course, he hopes to win the championship.
Then, it won’t be a loss if you give out the shares.
Being on the first team in the league, he will get more things than he does now.
Regardless of Boss Snake's little thoughts, for Li Hao, this respect is enough.
He also wants to grab 20% of Snake's shares from Mr. Snake.
"Brother Hao, what do you think?"
Zuo Wu asked from the side.
Li Hao smiled and said it was no problem.
He looked at the back of the contract and saw that there were really not many constraints.
In 2019, the Snakes have priority to renew the contract.
At the same time, the transfer regulation of 1 million became 3 million.
In other words, if the Snakes cannot match the salary of other parties in 2019, the transferred party will need to pay a transfer fee of 3 million.
For a player of Li Hao's worth, these transfer fees are nothing.
…
Li Hao and President Snake signed in turn, and there was an atmosphere of joy in the Snake Team Crystal Hub conference room.
Shuang Quan and Zuo Wu both looked happy.
"Brother Hao, in the 2018 season, our dynasty and Snake's great glory depend on you!"
Snakes always stretch out their hands.
Li Hao also reached out and shook his hand: "Thank you, Mr. Snake."
“A pleasure to work with!”
“A pleasure to work with!”
"Haha, Lao Zuo, let's have a dinner party tonight!"
"Okay, leave it to me!"
…
When Li Hao left the crystal hub, Zuo Wu chased him out and said:
"Brother Hao, please don't announce our early signing to the outside world. The club still has operations."
"Don't worry, I won't say a word."
Zuo Wu was relieved, Li Hao had always been reliable in doing things.
Snake had been worried before, worried that once Li Hao, a big whale, tested the waters, the situation would be difficult to control.
Things are different now.
They have the contract in hand and everything is easy to do.
If the third party does not know, the operation can release smoke bombs.
You can imagine how many people that would affect.
At the same time, it will attract so much attention!
This wave of free advertising will definitely take off.
…
Just a few days after the global finals, after the teams in the LCS division were reintegrated, big news broke out in the LPL league.
In 2018, the number of LPL teams has been expanded from the original 12 to 14!
Although the quota has only increased by two, there are four more unfamiliar names.
As one of the three heroes of Lingshi Road, IM obviously has not kept up with the footsteps of the other two.
BLG acquired IM and entered LPL.
TOP was formed on the basis of the original DAN team, RW and FPX are two brand new teams, and VG, which was previously demoted to the LDL, took the last train.
The LPL stories of the three teams NB, IM and DAN are also completely over.
Snake, EDG, WE, OMG, RNG, LGD, IG, SNG, JDG, VG, BLG, RW, FPX, TOP, these 14 teams will write a new chapter of LPL together.
On November 18, the 2017 winter window transfer period officially opened.
Many melon-eaters have gathered around, ready to watch this round of action.
That morning, news about Team Snake was the first to appear.
E-sports reporter Xiao Liang reported:
"Snake player Zzr announced his retirement. The two-time jungler officially took off his Snake jersey and will no longer compete in the 2018 season."
Snake official release:
"Cuihua, thank you for your contribution to the club! You will always be a part of us!"
"..."
Someone commented below:
[Cuihua retired honorably and won two championships. Although she has a good big brother, Cuihua has performed very well in the past two seasons. She has been very helpful to Brother Hao. I heard that she also works very hard in training. It is worth this job.
honor.】
[I used to think that Cuihua was an average jungler in the LPL, but after retiring, I suddenly felt a little panicked. Where can Snake find another jungler who can support his father so selflessly? What if he doesn't get along with Brother Hao? It wouldn't be a disaster.
Yet!】
[@七香, Pig Factory, grab the bucket and run away, go to Snake, I want to see Clearlove8 compete in the Snake team in 2018! 】
[Snake hasn’t announced Brother Hao’s contract renewal yet, so I’m a little panicked. Is there something wrong with the contract? 】
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Some people talked about it, and some people lamented it.
As the winter window transfer period officially begins, more and more unexpected news has emerged.
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PS:
The second update should be longer, hit by hand, don’t wait.
