After simply packing up the clothes they brought, Lin Mi and Rong Zezhou went downstairs with Da Tao.
It’s not that they didn’t want to bring Zhusha with them, but after Uncle Zhusha ate today’s portion of cat strips, he refused to perform. He picked a cat bed that he liked, crawled into it, and refused to come out.
In Lin Mi's imagination, the training room of a professional team should be a bit like a classroom in a school, clean and tidy. Professional players are either sitting in front of the computer practicing seriously, or discussing tactics with coaches and teammates. In short, it should have a strong academic atmosphere.
However, when he first entered the WDG team training room, he saw the baby-faced ADC player Jifeng standing on a gaming chair, and next to him, on the table, stood a big boy who looked very sunny. The two were -
Than height.
Lin Mi: Isn’t this a competition only held in kindergarten?
"I say, are the two of you 10 years old together?"
Roll, who came down with Lin Mi and the others, crossed his arms and taunted, "Why don't you two go up to the roof and compete?"
Ji Feng complained with a wronged look on his face: "It was Azhu who laughed at me for being short first!"
The big boy standing on the table jumped down lightly and said with a smile: "I'm not laughing at you, I'm just asking if you need a child seat."
Rong Zezhou walked over with a dark face, grabbed Ji Feng who was still standing on the chair, and then grabbed the smiling jungler Zhuo Yang, and said in a deep voice: "Don't make trouble in the training room in the future. You two go get a rag and clean the tables and chairs now."
The black-faced ship god was still very intimidating. Ji Feng and Zhuo Yang made faces at each other, then ran out obediently to find a rag.
After dealing with the two naughty monkeys, Rong Zezhou turned around and waved to Lin Mi: "Xiaomi, come here, let me introduce you, this is our team's assistant Hua Shuran, Shuran, this is Lin Mi, the team leader."
Lin Mi had seen Hua Shuran's tryout, so naturally he recognized him. The kid who was a little reckless that day was much more shy today and came over to say hello timidly. Lin Mi also greeted him with a smile and gave him some cookies she had prepared as a gift for their first meeting.
"Hello Shu Ran, just call me Xiaomi from now on. These are the cookies I made, try them and see if you like them."
Lin Mi unceremoniously took the fruits of Rong Zezhou's labor for himself. Anyway, the boat god had to maintain his image in front of his teammates and would not compete with him.
Lin Mi distributed the cookies to Brother Hai and Roll. Zhuo Yang and Ji Feng, who had just wiped the table, also wanted to reach out to take some, but were avoided by Lin Mi.
"Wash your hands before eating." Lin Mi looked helplessly at the two naughty kids who were still holding rags in their hands, and suddenly felt that his future job might be a kindergarten teacher.
Zhuoyang and Jifeng ran out again and again. Rong Zezhou turned his back to everyone and quietly gave Lin Mi a thumbs up.
It’s great to finally have someone to share the care of the children with him.
…
It is not difficult for a few young people to get familiar with each other, and it will be even easier if there is a big golden retriever who is their family member.
Not long after, the three kids, jungler, support and AD, started playing together with Da Tao, which made Roll unable to bear it anymore, so he drove them out along with the dog.
Anyway, there is no training mission today, so let them have fun on the grass in the garden.
In the training room, Lin Mi was debugging the computer.
As the leader of the team, Lin Mi proudly occupies a place in the WDG team's training room, and the computer closest to the wall belongs to him.
The League of Legends client is pre-installed on the computer. The keyboard, mouse, headphones and other peripherals are provided by the team. If you are not satisfied, you can replace them yourself.
At this time, Lin Mi was debugging the live broadcast equipment.
Although he has become the leader of the WDG team, his contract with Maoer Live has not expired and he still has to continue live streaming.
When signing the contract with the WDG team, he specifically asked the economic team about the live broadcast contract. The economic team said that the live broadcast contract of the WDG team was also signed with Maoer Live. They will communicate with Maoer Live and include his live broadcast contract in the team's big contract, so that his live broadcast time and content will be more flexible in the future.
"Oh, you're starting to work right after you get here?"
Roll walked idly behind Lin Mi and watched him adjust the camera. He sighed, "It's really rare that someone in our team is willing to do a live broadcast! Ah Zhou, Ah Hai, look at Xiaomi, then look at you two, can you still remember the password of your live broadcast room?"
Hai Ge said confidently: "I have been recovering from injuries during the spring season, so I don't have the energy to do a live broadcast."
Roll chuckled: "You have enough energy to reach 1000 points in the Korean server, but you don't have enough energy to open the live broadcast software, right?"
Rong Zezhou completely ignored Roll's provocation, took out a set of pink and white keyboard and mouse from the drawer for Lin Mi to replace them, and also placed a pair of pink and white cat ear headphones on Lin Mi's desk.
Lin Mi:? ?
No, what do you mean, Ship God?
How many times have I told you that I am not a cross-dressing anchor!
"The keyboard prepared by the team has too much pressure. You can't get used to it."
Rong Zezhou explained, "I built this keyboard myself. I replaced the springs in the axis with springs with similar pressure to the ones you have at home. Try it and see if it works for you."
Lin Mi didn’t know whether it was convenient or not because he had never tried it, but it definitely didn’t look very pleasing to the eye.
Lin Mi cast his gaze towards Rong Zezhou's desk, on which was a black and gold keyboard, but it looked quite calm and majestic.
"Is the configuration of this keyboard the same as yours?" Lin Mi pointed at two keyboards that seemed to be no different except for the color.
Rong Zezhou nodded: "Well, I like the same feel as you do. These two keyboards are the same except for the color."
Lin Mi grinned at Rong Zezhou with a malicious smile: "Then I want yours, you can use this pink one!"
Rong Zezhou: ...
Lin Mi quickly swapped the positions of the two keyboards and mice, and took Rong Zezhou's headset as well, returning the pink cat ears. Now when he looked at his own desktop again, he felt it was much more pleasing to the eye.
Right, black and gold are the colors that men should have.
Rong Zezhou looked at his table, which had become full of girlishness, and remained silent.
The feeling of shooting oneself in the foot is so painful.
His little team leader is really not easy to bully.
"Hahaha, there really is always someone stronger than you. When has our ship god ever been so cowardly? Haha."
Roll, who witnessed everything, gloated, "Xiaomi, I believe in you. Keep working hard and try to subdue all the naughty monkeys in our team!"
Lin Mi agreed with a smile: "Okay, I will try my best!"
Rong Zezhou: Okay, as long as you are happy.
…
Today is the first time that the members of the WDG team gather. Roll discussed with Rong Zezhou and decided not to ask the cook to come over, but to take the team members out for a good meal.
The venue for the dinner was chosen to be a barbecue restaurant not far from the base. They opened a private room with better privacy. Everyone was not in a hurry to order food, but waited for the team's analyst Yan Jin to come with their substitute players.
Although Hua Shuran, the young support player in the team, is very talented, he is a newcomer with no competition experience after all. So Roll and Yan Jin discussed it and contacted Hei Qiao, an experienced support player who is about to retire.
Heiqiao has played in the LPL for 7 years and is a commanding support. When he joins the team, he can usually lead Hua Shuran, and he can also help Roll and Yanjin with tactical analysis. The position of assistant coach in the team is intended for him.
Yan Jin went out to do some work today, so he was able to pick up Hei Qiao on the way.
But what we didn’t expect was that after waiting for a long time, only Yan Jin came in.
"What about the dark chocolate? Is there any problem?" Roll asked.
Yan Jin had a gloomy look on his face, and he walked straight to the empty seat and sat down. "When I went downstairs to his house and called him, I found out that he was picked up by the CWG team in the morning and had signed the contract in the afternoon."
"Fuck, what do you mean, you're just cutting me off?"
Roll slammed the table hard. "We have already negotiated a contract with him. How can we change it just like that?"
Yan Jin didn't want to lose his temper in front of his teammates, so he took a sip of the ice water on the table to calm down his anger, and continued, "He said that this morning someone from the CWG team suddenly approached him and asked him to visit the base. After he went there, he was directly offered a starting contract, and the price was much higher than what we offered."
Roll said dissatisfiedly: "When we negotiated the price with him, he didn't say he was dissatisfied. I told him at the time that he could ask for anything. Why do you think our team can't afford it?"
"It may not be for money," Hai Ge suddenly said, "Hei Qiao and I are from the same class. He is 26 years old this year. How long can he play in the competition? For players in the late stages of their careers, starting qualification is more important than money. It is understandable that he made this choice."
Brother Hai can relate to some of the same feelings.
If he hadn't still wanted to keep playing, he might have retired on the spot when he injured his leg last year.
The reason why he insisted on playing so many ranks every day during his recovery period was that he hoped to return to the LPL arena one day and give full play to his remaining energy, right?
So when Roll found him and hoped that he would join WDG as the starting top laner, he agreed without even discussing the salary.
Because for him, a chance to start is much more important than money.
Yan Jin raised his head and drank all the water in the cup. He finally calmed down: "What you said makes sense. Well, since he doesn't plan to join our team, then his affairs have nothing to do with us. Let's not talk about him anymore. Let's order the food and start eating."
No one moved in the private room. Rong Zezhou glanced at Lin Mi, who nodded knowingly and stood up to greet the three children: "Ji Feng, Zhuo Yang, Shu Ran, let's go out and order some food."
Lin Mi took the three children away and left the space to Rong Zezhou and the others.
Roll was still a little angry, but Rong Zezhou tried to persuade him: "Brother Hai is right, it is normal for professional players not to want to retire. It is a good thing for Hei Qiao to start for the CWG team. Even if he told us in advance, there is no reason for us to stop him."
"I understand the reason, but I don't understand why he didn't say so earlier."
Roll let out a long breath, "If he had told me earlier that he still wanted to fight, I would have helped him contact the team. Now that it has been delayed until now, what should we do?"
Brother Hai was a little puzzled: "Isn't he also a substitute? With Shu Ran here, we can play as we should. It won't be impossible for us to not have five people to play in the game."
"Hai, have you rested for too long and damaged your brain?"
Roll looked at Brother Hai speechlessly. "Yes, we only need five players to play in the game, but the league requires each team to submit at least six players when submitting a roster. There must be a substitute! Tomorrow night is the deadline for submitting the roster. How can I find a usable substitute for the team in this day?"
The information that was originally to be submitted to the alliance had already been prepared. We just had to wait for Hei Qiao to sign the contract tonight and then send it over tomorrow. Who could have thought that such a change would suddenly occur.
Roll looked hopeless: "It's all my fault for being careless. Hei Qiao hasn't found a suitable team in such a long transfer period. I thought it was foolproof, but I didn't expect it to be so. Ship God, if I can't submit the roster in time because I can't find a substitute, the team won't let me go, right?"
Rong Zezhou: ...
"It's not difficult to find a substitute. There are still many ready-made players in the youth training camp. But it is really irresponsible to just pull anyone over to fill the number."
Yan Jin frowned and pondered, "The secondary league hasn't started recruiting yet. If the players from the youth training camp stay in the youth training camp, they may still be selected. After training in the secondary league for a season, they will have a chance to be promoted to the LPL. But if they come to our team, it will basically be a waste of half a year."
After all, WDG is an LPL team. Even if it has no results, there will still be many children who want to go to youth training to choose a substitute player.
However, as a newly formed team, the five starting players of WDG team still need a lot of time to get used to each other. Where is the space to train new substitutes?
I'm afraid I won't even have the chance to play a training match.
Roll covered his forehead and sighed: "There are still a few old players in LPL who have not reported retirement but have no team. How about I try to contact them? It doesn't matter what position, as long as they can make up the number."
"If you just want to make up the numbers, I have a more suitable candidate."
Rong Zezhou said, "What do you think of Xiaomi?"
The other three people in the room turned to look at Rong Zezhou. Rong Zezhou continued, "I know those seniors who haven't retired yet. It's not that they really can't find a team, but they are unwilling to compromise. Even if we roll to find them now, they may not agree."
"And if it's Xiaomi, firstly, he's the team leader, so even if he serves as a substitute, it won't affect his main job. Secondly, he's been tested in the youth training before, and he's very talented. If someone has a problem and can't play, it's not impossible for him to temporarily fill in for a game. Also, if he becomes a substitute, then our team's live broadcast KPI will be settled."
Rong Zezhou has always wanted to let Lin Mi try to play professionally, but the substitute Hei Qiao selected by the coaching staff was obviously more suitable, so Rong Zezhou never mentioned this matter. Instead, he wanted to wait for Lin Mi to get more exposure to League of Legends before making any plans.
But now Hei Qiao's sudden change of mind has forced the team to reconsider the candidates for substitutes. Instead of looking for an unfamiliar person to fill in temporarily and worrying about whether not giving him a chance will hinder his future, it is better to let Lin Mi give it a try.
Roll and Yan Jin did not speak. They were both considering the feasibility of Rong Zezhou's proposal. Brother Hai was even less likely to comment on such a thing. The private room suddenly fell into silence.
At this time, Lin Mi came back with his three children after ordering the dishes. As soon as he entered the room, he saw that the expressions of the four people in the room were a little strange. He quickly sat down and touched Rong Zezhou, asking him with his eyes what was wrong.
Rong Zezhou smiled without saying a word, looking at Lin Mi with a look as if he was waiting for a bargain, as if he was planning something bad, which made Lin Mi's hair stand on end.
"I think it's okay," Yan Jin finally spoke. "Instead of going out like a headless fly to ask for help, it's better to do as A Zhou suggested. At least this time, there will be no last-minute regrets."
He still felt a little upset about Hei Qiao's breach of trust.
"No, who are you calling a headless fly?" Roll said dissatisfiedly, "Mr. Yan, don't think I don't understand you are mocking me!"
Yan Jin didn't want to pay attention to Roll and just gave him a look that said "you're sick."
Roll snorted somewhat arrogantly, but still agreed with Yan Jing's opinion: "Alright, this saves me some trouble. Well, Xiaomi, go back and make a few copies of your ID card for me. By the way, you have reached Diamond III in the Canyon of Heroes, right?"
Rong Zezhou answered for Lin Mi: "He's here. I watched him hit him."
There is a hard rule for registering as a professional player in lpl, which is that the rank must be above Diamond III in the Canyon of Heroes. Since Rong Zezhou had this idea before, he naturally had his eyes on Lin Mi and wanted to get him there.
Lin Mi was confused: "What do you mean? To be a team leader in LPL, you need to have a game rank?"
Nowadays, if you’re not good at playing games, you can’t even be the team leader?
Rong Zezhou blinked at Lin Mi and said, "Of course it's not necessary to be a team leader, but as a substitute player, the league still has certain requirements."
Lin Mi:? ?
"You want me to be a substitute player?" Lin Mi couldn't believe it. "Do all your professional teams do whatever they want? Even if you get stood up, it shouldn't be hard to find another substitute player. Are you really going to let me, a team leader, be a substitute player?"
Rong Zezhou sighed deeply at Lin Mi: "Xiaomi, you also know that we are a newly formed team. We have no achievements and no sponsors. We are very tight on funds. Although I know that it is a bit too much to ask you to do two jobs with one salary, you should not ask for a raise, right?"
Rong Zezhou's performance was very sincere, as if Lin Mi would be cold-hearted and unreasonable if he asked for a raise.
Lin Mi: ...
As expected, society is dangerous and all capitalists are the same. Even e-sports teams will exploit their employees, forcing them to work more without paying them more.
No, how could I have been led astray by Rong Zezhou? Is now the time to discuss whether to increase wages?
"Don't change the subject," Lin Mi said sternly, "This is not about money at all. It's about how a newbie like me can become a professional player."
Rong Zezhou held Lin Mi's hands sincerely and said, "Believe me, it's all about money now."
Why is Xiaomi becoming increasingly difficult to cheat?
It was obviously easy to trick him into becoming the team leader before!
Lin Mi looked at Rong Zezhou expressionlessly: Haha, do you think I will believe it?
The author has something to say:
When LPL registers players now, in addition to the rank requirements, they must have played in the secondary league or the Demacia Cup. They cannot register without having played any games like Xiaomi and Shu Ran did.