What is a wandering mid laner?

[It's nothing, I asked about it, it's a normal process, at most I said a few words later. 】

[The marketing department of BMW spent a long time doing data analysis and rate of return statistics. It is a very scientific investment. You are now well-known and have enough traffic. It can be regarded as a win-win cooperation between the two parties. They invest in e-sports because they plan to focus on young people. Sales are in progress Low-end models. 】

Lin Ran felt relieved.

[It's fine then, see you at the airport tomorrow morning. 】

Su Cheng replied with a good night bear emoji.

Chapter 194: What is Top Management?

Early the next morning, the two YM teams packed their bags and headed to Wuhan.

Lin Ran talked and laughed with his teammates along the way, wearing headphones, with a relaxed expression.

Everyone just finished playing S6, and they didn't take the German Cup seriously. If you can win, you will win, and it doesn't matter if you lose.

The players of the second team are obviously a lot more serious. They failed to get a place to go directly to the LPL this summer. It is impossible to say that there is no pressure.

They prepared for a week of training in advance, just to prove themselves in the German Cup.

Brother Hao didn't follow, he was still in Shanghai to deal with the BMW sponsorship, the coach of the second team was also a boy in his early twenties, today the two teams of YM were simply in charge of Han Yi and the main analyst who were about to leave.

Su Cheng had just gotten off the taxi when she arrived at the airport. She put on a black sweater and jeans, carried a backpack, carried the bag in one hand, and pushed a small suitcase in the other. When she saw Lin Ran get off the bus, she quickly waved her hand.

Lin Ran took her suitcase, "Aren't you cold wearing these?"

There was a light rain last night, and everyone said it was an autumn rain and a cold, and now the temperature in Shanghai in the morning is approaching single digits.

"Shall I lend you my coat?"

Su Cheng couldn't help laughing, "Lin Ran, you haven't read any women's routine novels in the past two months, have you? I'm an idiot in life, don't you know how to add clothes when it's cold?"

"My clothes look thin, but they are actually quite warm." Su Cheng handed him the bag in his hand, "You said you didn't have breakfast when you were riding in the car? I bought a fried pan."

Lin Ran stuffed food into his mouth as he walked towards the gate of the airport.

"It smells so good..." Jack followed behind. The big-headed AD's hair hadn't been cut for a long time, and he looked like he was wearing a third-level haircut. "Good morning, Miss Su, long time no see."

"Morning, Jack." Su Cheng pursed her lips and smiled, her eyebrows and eyes curved.

"Is it fragrant?" Xiaotian passed by with a big box, and glanced at it, "I can smell the sour smell from a long distance."

"Brother Han, do you have anything to eat?" He caught up to the coach, "Hurry up, I'm going to starve to death!"

"I'm not Guo Hao, where can I get you something to eat?" Hanyi was obviously not as well-prepared as his male mother Guo Hao, he rarely got up early, and now he was hungry, "Let's get on the plane first and then we'll talk."

It was already noon when everyone landed in Wuhan, and the race party provided a bus to take them all to the hotel.

Time is short, they have a game to play tomorrow morning, and their opponent is IM, No.3 in Group A of the summer split, who was also promoted from LSPL at that time.

In the afternoon, the members of the first team can move freely, and there is a pre-match meeting in the evening.

Several teammates ran to Guanggu Pedestrian Street to play, Lin Ran was a little tired, so he stayed in his girlfriend's room to rest.

Su Cheng was sitting in front of the table, the signature pen in his hand was spinning rapidly, and his eyes were fixed on the laptop screen.

She is still replaying the video of the IM summer game. Although many members of the YM first team don't pay attention to this cup game, Su Cheng is different.

She cherishes this hard-won opportunity very much, and intends to shine and contribute to the team.

Lin Ran was lying on the bed and reading the news, only then did he realize that the voting window for the All-Star Game will open next Monday.

Many players in the WeChat Moments are already canvassing votes. Many of them did not go to the World Championships. The entire offseason is very long. After enough rest, they will naturally not let go of this good opportunity to gain exposure.

Lin Ran didn't really want to go, he posted a circle of friends himself.

[All-stars, please vote for other LPL mid laners, vent more. 】

After posting Moments, he flicked his phone and looked at Su Cheng's thin back who was working hard. Her pen-spinning skills are quite strong, and the black signature pen has never been dropped in her hand.

The quiet room made Lin Ran's mind gradually relax, and he wanted to catch up on sleep for a while.

Just as he was about to fall asleep, the phone beside him suddenly started vibrating.

Lin Ran woke up with a start, it was Brother Hao calling.

He thought it was the fault of the circle of friends he just sent, so he quickly picked it up.

Through the handset, Lin Ran could feel Brother Hao's excitement, "Lin Ran, can we talk about the contract renewal now?"

Lin Ran took a look at Su Cheng, who was still lying in front of the computer to record the video, and ran to the balcony to close the door.

"BMW's sponsorship contract will be signed next Monday, and the book funds will be in place soon." Guo Hao's voice was a little hoarse.

"Let's be honest and honest, I've never been involved in those empty-headed things." He coughed and continued.

"A lot of clubs have contacted us these days. To be honest, most teams offer you an eight-figure annual salary. The highest ones are the Snakes and NB. They are willing to offer you 1200 million to sign you."

Lin Ran has always followed the rules, as long as the contract is not expired, he will not contact other clubs.

Having never tried the water in the free market, he originally thought it would be good if his salary next year could be a few million before tax, but he didn't expect it to be so high.

He once again used the house to measure his worth. The top lakeside Four Seasons single-family villa in Suzhou now only needs 2500W, so he can buy it with two years of salary.

"We plan to give you a two-year contract, with a total of 2.2KW plus a 400W signing fee. Unlike other clubs, we still want to keep the live broadcast contract in your own hands, but personal advertisements have to be shared with the club."

To be honest, Guo Hao's conditions are not lower than those of other clubs. The live broadcast contract alone can bring Lin Ran millions of dollars in income for one year.

"You still have to pay the signing fee?"

"International practice..." Guo Hao said on the other side. Many clubs will charge players and agents a lot of signing fees in order to facilitate the contract. The money is paid when the contract is signed, and the money is not included in the salary.

"Did you talk to the other team members?" Lin Ran didn't agree first, but asked Guo Hao instead.

Guo Hao knew what he was thinking.

He is worried that a large number of YM champion members will leave the team next year, resulting in poor performance.

Now that Lin Ran has won the S6 and FMVP trophies in his first year of debut, he definitely wants to continue his strong performance in the coming year.

He is still far from the end of his career, and this is the time to pursue results. If he ignores team configuration just for making money, he is an idiot.

"I plan to finalize your intention to renew your contract this weekend." Guo Hao speaks with confidence now, and it seems that BMW has paid a lot of money.

"Then..." Lin Ran thought for a moment, "If we can keep enough team members, it doesn't matter if I lower my salary."

He was very good at calculating.

In the field of e-sports, as long as the team has results, it is not a problem for individuals to earn millions in tournament bonuses a year. In addition, there is an increase in exposure and popularity, which are added to the invisible value of the players.

It is no exaggeration to say that if YM can maintain the current lineup, it doesn't matter if Lin Ran cuts his salary by 1/3 and stays on the team. After all, winning the championship together is not a shame.

Coupled with Brother Hao's open and honest attitude and the very competitive salary he offered, Lin Ran felt very comfortable.

He wants to work with this group of people.

"No problem," Guo Hao seemed to be pissed when he heard this, "Don't worry!"

Although he left enough budget for Lin Ran, Lin Ran's willingness to make concessions was undoubtedly an expression of his trust in himself.

Where can such a player be found?

Guo Hao had led a team in LSPL for a year before. Those players were not very skilled, but each of them asked for higher wages, wishing to match the salary level of LPL.

There are very few star players who are willing to take the initiative to cut their salaries.

Guo Hao then changed the subject, "What's the matter with the circle of friends? You don't need to canvass votes this year. The unit in the All-Star LPL must be yours. Are you going to give up such a good opportunity?"

"That...too tired." Lin Ran's tone was gentle.

"The All-Stars are just going to play. You can just treat it as a trip. If there is no accident, Jin Gong should also go. The two of you can be companions when the time comes."

"Let's talk about it when the time comes. Maybe the mid laner is Broiler or Wei Shen." Lin Ran's subjective wish is that he really doesn't want to go. The main reason is that this year's All-Stars will be held in Spain, and the long-distance travel is too tiring. It doesn't matter a trip.

Guo Hao didn't persuade him any more.

"Also, watch Jack these two days, don't let him eat those messy things, I reminded him several times, and he still misses the instant noodles all day long..." He hung up the phone after babbling.

With this phone call, Lin Ran's mood, which had caused waves due to the management's resignation, finally calmed down.

……

After dinner, in the training room.

"The IM players are familiar to everyone, and there are few personal characteristics that I can additionally analyze, but I found that their opening routines are very fixed in the second half of the summer split."

The map of Summoner's Canyon was still hanging on the whiteboard, and Su Cheng drew on it with a marker.

"In addition to the most familiar tactics of defending the opening and delaying the late stage, IM also likes to change the jungle at the beginning. After forcibly invading the second half of the jungle, the bottom lane will be very aggressive, changing blood and skills frequently."

Su Cheng put the magnet in the center of the map with a snap, "Their starting mid laner Athena will use champions such as Rock Sparrow, Ice Girl, and Karma who can grab the line right in the early stage. The artillery soldiers in the three waves of soldiers pinned the opponent's mid laner to the line, and then went to the bottom lane to support."

"As mentioned earlier, IM forced to change the jungle area at the beginning, and their jungler will spawn three groups of wild monsters at this time, and join the mid laner in 3 minutes and run to the bottom lane to encircle and suppress."

YM has not fought against IM for half a year, and they don't know much about their tactics, so they immediately reacted after hearing Su Cheng's words.

"Isn't this what we are best at, 4 packs of 2?" Jack patted his thigh.

Su Cheng nodded, "It's 4 packs of 2, but it's faster and earlier than ours. This version teleports and lands in 4.5 seconds. They can completely kill the bottom lane before the upper middle lands and leave."

Lin Ran raised his hand, "If I crush that Athena to death, the problem will be solved?"

Su Cheng waved his hand, "No, no, no... I want you to follow the plan. If you find out that the IM is following this script in the early stage, I would rather you change the wild area to wipe out three groups of wild monsters and go back to the city immediately. I will open the custom Forget it, you don’t eat double buffs and only use the single field speed three, the time just came and arrived.”

They had a discussion before the game, let Xiaotian, who was exhausted after the World Championship, hang up the exemption card, and sent Ning to play this BO5.

Xiaotian was lying on the sofa with his eyes closed and rested, walking very peacefully.

Lin Ran was quite jealous. He had been playing high-intensity games for a whole year, and now he also wanted to rest.

Damn, why didn't I have a substitute?

Ning nodded repeatedly when he heard Su Cheng's words, but he looked very energetic. He had already made up his mind not to renew his contract with YM at the beginning of the transfer period and switch to other places.

He didn't make a match in the entire World Championship, and in the end he couldn't even get a skin. Ning himself knew that there were a few players younger than him, and he had no chance of getting ahead.

He took the initiative to ask for the starting lineup in this German Cup, just to make a brighter performance and sign a starting contract with other teams when the transfer period opens.

Among other things, YM is good at humanized management. Hanyi, who has always been serious, probably felt a little guilty for not letting Ning play in S6, so he simply gave him a chance to get a contract.

The game is scheduled to start at 10:8 the next morning, and everyone in YM will arrive at Wuhan Sports Center at [-]:[-] to prepare.

Xiaotian didn't show up at all, so he huddled in the hotel room to make up for it, and waited until Sunday to participate in the annual awards ceremony.

And Jack and Xiao Ming kept yawning while putting on makeup, and waking up early was simply torture for the biological clock of most professional players.

Lin Ran is in high spirits and is in full condition.

"Brother Ran, didn't you say that you were tired yesterday?" Jack yawned again while scrolling through the post bar.

"No way, visual stimulation is too deadly." Lin Ran muttered.

"What the hell?" Ning didn't realize it. His makeup time was the longest in the team. The makeup artist had to make him look less dark, and his skin texture had to be improved.

Lin Ran shook his head and remained silent.

The door of the dressing room was pushed open, and Su Cheng walked in with a takeaway coffee.

"...Sister Su is so beautiful today." Jack took the drink, looked up at Su Cheng, and praised immediately.

"Really?" Su Cheng looked down at her clothes, "Lin Ran just said that I don't feel that way in this clothes."

She was wearing a dark gray business suit and low-heeled leather shoes. Her long black hair was combed behind her ears. The suit set off her fair complexion, her slender legs, and her tall figure.

"You're not going to be a BP, what are you doing wearing this?" Lin Ran clicked his tongue, his cheeks were flushed, he didn't dare to look up at Su Cheng, he was afraid that his mind would be filled with role-playing yellow waste.

"Let's be more formal, I think we analysts also wore suits before." Su Cheng laughed.

"He's an old man showing off, it doesn't matter what the analysts of other teams wear." Ning said carelessly.

The old man just went outside to make a pot of wolfberry hot tea, and when he came back, he heard this sentence, and almost couldn't resist splashing hot water on Ning's face.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the German Cup kicked off on time.

"Let us welcome the champion of the 2016 LPL Summer Championship and the champion of the 2016 Global Finals, YM!" the host Ren Dong said in a resounding voice.

The YM fans in the audience are huge. When every YM player is introduced, they will give deafening cheers. From time to time, some fans will scream with the sound of dolphins.

Founded one year ago, with a champion of the secondary league, a champion of the top league and the champion of the world finals, YM, with the addition of three crowns, is now the biggest traffic team in LPL. Many spectators bought tickets to come to watch YM's game live.

When IM was introduced, the cheers dropped an octave in an instant, and the comparison between the two made everyone in IM quite embarrassed.

They played bladder battles in the late stage of the summer split. This style of play is the least popular among the audience. Except for the operation masters SKT and Samsung, who would watch a team match with single-digit kills in 40 minutes?

Jack ran back to the player bench to adjust the settings, and said, "This is a bit like when we first entered the LPL and faced RNG."