Chapter 538 Spring Showdown vs WE, Battle of Revenge
Chen Lang played with Lin Wanwan for a few days. She will start school soon.
The relationship between the two has become closer after this trip, and there is a trend of being inseparable.
When parting, Lin Wanwan was in such a low mood that she could hang a kettle with her little mouth pouted.
Chen Lang told jokes to make her happy, and finally calmed her down mood.
Girls in love are like this. Their moods fluctuate greatly, and they are easily happy or sad. It all has something to do with the person who worries about her.
Lin Wanwan found Chen Lang more and more charming, and she secretly decided that she must be admitted to a school in Shanghai so that she could meet Chen Lang often.
If you take the exam somewhere far away, it will become a long-distance relationship.
She felt very uncomfortable when she thought that the two of them might only see each other once every one month.
If you don't see him for one day, it's like three autumns. If you don't see him for a month, won't he turn into a watchman's stone?
After bidding farewell to Lin Wanwan, there are only a few days until training.
Chen Lang contacted PDD and others in advance and asked them to find a suitable house for him.
Mainly considering factors such as location and price.
They were a little surprised that Chen Lang wanted to buy a house, but after thinking about it carefully, they thought it was normal.
After all, Chen Lang is different from them. Chen Lang's job is to be a professional player and there is no need for other considerations.
Moreover, he is currently the most popular and powerful player in the LPL. He is at the peak of his personal ability and has at least a few years left in his career.
With his worth, it is normal for him to come to Shanghai to buy a house.
Not every professional player can afford to buy a house in Magic City. Even PDD himself just rented a small villa for his live broadcast business.
The difference between renting and buying is huge.
Houses in Shanghai are indeed expensive, but Chen Lang can still afford them.
I found a large flat-floor house close to the city, and it cost tens of millions.
"This house is not bad at all. Judging from the current situation, houses in Shanghai will become more and more expensive." PDD was talking to Chen Lang.
Housing prices in first-tier cities are unlikely to fall, so buy early and earn early.
In the past, PDD may not have understood this principle, but as he transitioned to capital, his understanding of this aspect became more and more thorough.
The reason why he didn't buy a house is because he invested all his money in the team. YM is very dominant in LSPL and has many talented players.
For example, IG's Ning this year and RNG's new support ming all came from YM.
PDD's vision is still very vicious.
"Excuse me, Teacher." Chen Lang thanked him.
"It's a trivial matter." PDD chuckled.
"Brother Lang is really fierce. We met for the first time two years ago. At that time, we were playing in the anchor competition. Now you have become a player with two championships. You are so strong!"
"Who would have thought that [the troll] would win the S championship in his first year as a professional."
PDD looked at Chen Lang enviously: "Ya'er, you don't even dare to write like that!"
For retired professional players like PDD, the S championship is an unattainable dream.
When they first started playing professionally, they longed for the championship, but unfortunately their strength fell short and they did not have the ability to win the championship.
Not to mention the S championship, even the league championship, PDD doesn't even have one.
Seeing Chen Lang's many honors, it's impossible not to be envious.
Only those who have embarked on this professional path will know more clearly how difficult it is to win the championship!
In fact, the vast majority of retired players have PDD, and only a handful of them can retire after winning a championship.
The right time and right place are indispensable.
Some people are very strong, but the overall level of their team is weak, so they naturally have no chance to compete for the championship.
Some of them are my own problems, dragging down the team.
Chen Lang smiled and said: "The prostitute teacher is also very good. He is one of the most popular anchors on the Internet."
PDD's career is not satisfactory, but his live broadcast career is booming. Especially his wave of reverse smoking has made him extremely popular and ranked among the top anchors.
Before, he could only be regarded as a second-tier anchor.
In addition to his own influence, the platform is also a very critical factor.
As the leader in the industry, Cuiyu’s own anchors have the greatest influence on the entire network.
PDD can still have such high popularity without being in Cuttlefish, which is enough to illustrate his ability.
"No comparison with you." PDD waved his hand.
"If you are the first professional player to buy a house in Shanghai."
"Ah? Isn't it?" Chen Lang was surprised.
PDD said speechlessly: "You think everyone is worth as much as you."
"Among the professional players, you and the factory director are the only ones with the highest value. LPL wages have also skyrocketed since S5. This is also related to the popularity of the game."
After starting his own team, PDD was very familiar with these news.
"Although they both debuted early, they actually don't make as much money playing games as you do~"
Chen Lang won two championships in his two-year career, and his contract was always the highest price.
Moreover, his live broadcast contract is still in his own hands, whether UZI and the factory director can do it.
Generally, the live streaming contracts of players are in the hands of the teams, which is a way to make money for the teams.
After the team signs a player, the player's live broadcast contract will be negotiated with the platform, and then the player will be broadcast live on the platform.
It costs a lot of money for the platform to buy out a player's live broadcast contract, and then the club uses the money taken from the platform to pay the player's salary.
All teams follow this process. The situation between Chen Lang and CP was purely accidental. The two parties are closer to a cooperative relationship than an employment relationship.
In addition to the contract, every game has a bonus.
Chen Lang has swept all competitions in the past two years and received a lot of bonuses. The factory director and UZI are even more in love with him.
"So that's it." Chen Lang nodded.
The houses in Magic City are not generally high. If the factory director and UZI fail to buy a house in Magic City, the rest of the people will have no chance.
Of course, this refers to civilian players, and wealthy players are not included in the discussion.
Some professional players come from very good families, that is, they are the rich second generation.
"Anyway, I'd like to thank Mr. Prostitute for helping me travel back and forth." Chen Lang said with a smile, "Let's have a meal together."
Buying a house in Shanghai is quite troublesome, but PDD makes it a lot easier to hire someone to help you find connections.
They weren't the only ones eating this time, Chen Lang also called the cake group.
After becoming a professional, he had very little time to rest and spent most of his time training at the base, so he had no time to get together.
This time, I just took advantage of my free time to catch up on old times together.
"After all, I have been teammates with a champion player!" Cake said to PDD with a proud look on his face.
"Then I was once your opponent!" PDD expressed disdain.
"After Brother Lang started his career, he really didn't have much time to meet each other. He was too busy." Susu chuckled softly.
"That can't be helped." PDD leaned back, leaned on the chair and spoke:
"Brother Lang has reached the finals in every game since he started playing professionally. He doesn't have much time to rest at all."
"There is only so much time in the offseason, and he can't take a vacation early. He is very tired."
Among them, only PDD can be considered as someone who has played professionally in a formal way, not someone who is just playing for fun like Cake, so PDD knows how intense the training is.
"I hope he can stay tired like this, haha." Everyone laughed.
Susu smiled and said: "This year's S competition will be held in Shanghai. Brother Lang will strive to reach the finals. Then we will go to the scene to help you!"
"Must!" Cake and others agreed.
"Three consecutive championships must be arranged."
Susu looked at Chen Lang with affection, but she also knew that the possibility of a relationship between the two was unlikely. They did not have time to meet each other, and they did not communicate much on weekdays.
Who doesn’t like a boy like Chen Lang?
He's handsome, well-educated, earns tens of millions a year, and is a world champion. He's simply the best.
“I don’t know if the LPL is getting stronger or weaker this year.”
Slowly the topic shifted to the LPL teams.
"Brother Lang, what do you think?" PDD asked.
Chen Lang said: "It's hard to say now, it depends on the team's running-in situation."
"Han Yuan's departure is not necessarily a bad thing. Communication is a big obstacle. After all, playing games is not playing ranked games. Just relying on signals is not enough."
Although the departure of pawn, mata and others is a loss for the LPL, after all, they are still in their prime, and returning to the LCK will also establish a strong opponent for themselves.
"IG is going to rise in the new season." PDD, as the veteran of IG, naturally pays more attention to IG.
"TheShy is really strong, but after looking at the games a year ago, I feel that the problem is a bit big."
Cake smiled and said: "If you dare to catch me, you will die, right?"
This has become synonymous with TheShy. This statement was also made before, but after he joined IG, this statement became more common.
Mainly because when I was in CP, with the help of Chen Lang and Xiaotian, TheShy didn't die that many times.
Now on IG, it really stands out as a daredevil.
There are various types of 1 versus 2, 1 versus 3. Occasionally, you can replace one with some manipulation, but in most cases you will be caught and killed.
"It's because he hasn't integrated into the team yet." Chen Lang said: "TheShy's strength is okay, but his mentality is more confident, which can also be said to be arrogant."
"Communication is indeed important." PDD said: "It is obvious that his communication with Ning is not good."
After all, Ning is a person who came out of YM, and PDD has some understanding of IG's situation.
"This is a problem for the coaches and management, and they are responsible for solving these problems."
Obviously, PDD does not approve of IG's coach Chris.
"Teacher Whore is awesome. This year, both players joined teams that were in the early stages of the regular season." Susu teased PDD.
Ming is in RNG and Ning is in IG. These two teams are currently ranked third or fourth.
"Hehe." PDD laughed happily.
He transferred these two players to IG and RNG, which can be considered a success.
...
After the Spring Festival, the teams started competing again.
The several games after the New Year were full of fun for the audience, but there were endless mistakes.
The audience laughed and said that they were immersed in the New Year atmosphere and were still awake.
The gap between the teams began to gradually emerge, and the team's watershed can be seen from the standings.
However, CP and WE still topped the competition, and the two teams continued to make great progress after the year.
Finally, at the end of the regular season, CP overtook WE and returned to the first place in the regular season.
WE lost a few games, but CP was stable.
What is a little surprising is that the VG team stopped in front of the playoffs.
The old teammate combination of easyhoon and bengi failed to lead VG into the playoffs.
On the contrary, the performance of the two people on the field failed to meet the expectations of the audience, and many people felt that they had been cheated by buying Bengi.
He doesn't seem that strong?
From this, SKT's ring-hugging theory started again.
Faker is strong because Bengi is there, Bang is strong because Faker is there, Bengi is strong because Faker is there.
VG is also known as spending the most money and receiving the most severe beatings!
The people he buys from are all powerful and famous professional players, so the prices are naturally not low.
However, he failed to achieve good results every time and spent a lot of money to recruit a lonely player.
However, after all, it is only the Spring Split, and everyone is still in the running-in stage. There is still the Summer Split, which is the most important game, and it is related to the tickets for the S Game.
LGD fans are also very optimistic and have been reduced to relegation matches.
Since S5, it has been in a state of decline, and Wei Shen became a substitute for a time.
He participated in the relegation match and successfully helped the team win the game so that LGD was not relegated to lspl.
Another relegation team is SS.
Going to SS to play mid lane directly put this team in the relegation match, once again proving the gold content of the Twin Stars.
In the playoffs, EDG and RNG fans were dumbfounded.
These two teams were eliminated early, and this was the first time that these two teams were not included in the finals.
Looking at the competitions in the previous two years, basically one of the EDG or RNG teams will play in the finals, but this time in the spring competition, both teams were eliminated.
The final will be between CP and WE.
It is also full of highlights, the confrontation between the new generation and the battle of revenge.
CP lost to WE before the Spring Festival. Now the two teams are meeting in the playoff finals, which is naturally more interesting.
The team that wins the game is the champion of the Spring Split and will represent the team in MSI.
Before the finals, Chen Lang met Xiaohuahua at the base while playing ranked, and the other party greeted him:
"Brother Lang, come on and win the game, see you at MSI!"
The LCK games ended earlier than the LPL, so they finished the spring finals and the LPL hadn't started yet.
Chen Lang typed in response: "Okay, I will definitely see you. Then treat me to dinner."
"No problem!" Little Peanut agreed decisively.
"You guys are pretty good this season." Chen Lang said, "I watched your game and you played really well."
Little Peanut laughed and said: "Haha, I won't lose to you again this year!"
After Peanut joined SKT, SKT's performance in the LCK was very strong.
Another Galaxy Battleship, KT, was no match for them either, but both teams were very strong and the game was very exciting, with no one knowing the outcome until the end.
SKT eventually became the Spring Split champion and represented LCK at MSI.
The midfielder and jungler combination of Peanut and Faker are very offensive and have become the best midfielder combination in the LCK.
For Little Peanut, it feels a bit like returning to CP. He can invade the jungle at will. Faker's strong strength ensures lane rights and protects him from domineering in the jungle.
...
"WE is so strong this season. Last year the lineup felt a bit green, but this year it has taken off!"
"Don't even look at who the coach is. Two-time champion coach Hongmi is kidding you?"
"Redmi's ability to train players is really strong. It can be seen with the naked eye that Xiye and 957 are playing much better this season than last year."
"CP is in danger. Hongmi knows CP very well. If you know yourself and the enemy, you will be victorious in any battle~"
"Come on CP, win the spring championship and face off against SKT again at MSI!"
At the beginning of the season, WE started to show its strength, but everyone thought that it might be because other teams were not getting used to it well enough.
But I didn't expect that although they experienced defeat later, they quickly adjusted their state in the playoffs and defeated their opponents one after another to enter the finals. This made people have to face up to their abilities.
Compared to teams like RNG and EDG, which have large traffic and many fans, WE doesn't get that much attention.
At the beginning of the season, no one thought they could reach the finals, not even WE fans thought about it.
I have to say that WE was very successful this season.
