League: Educating LPL is my duty.

With everything over, the EDG team moved on to a victory celebration.

At the large round table, Edward Zhu raised his Coke glass: "Although the regular season is over, we still have the playoff semifinals on the 22nd, so we won't be serving any alcohol today. Let's have a Coke instead! Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

No one dared to disrespect the boss, so they all stood up and raised their glasses.

The atmosphere at the celebration banquet was generally very lively. Since Edward Zhu wasn't the owner of RNG, he didn't care about the money. Except for the lack of drinks, everything else was provided, and people could eat and order whatever they wanted.

After five courses of food, Abu suddenly approached Li Chen and said, "Chen, the boss wants to talk to you. Why don't you go sit on the balcony for a while?"

"Um!"

Li Chen knew this day would come sooner or later; it was just a matter of continuing to build rapport, but he didn't know what conditions Edward Zhu would offer.

Upon arriving on the balcony, Edward Zhu invited Li Chen to sit down.

"Come on, I heard you smoke occasionally, want one?"

Li Chen smiled and took it: "I smoke it occasionally, mainly to perk myself up. Sometimes I'm too sleepy when I play games at night."

"It's better to smoke less, as smoking too much of this stuff will affect your reaction time."

Edward lit one for Li Chen first, then lit one for himself, before saying, "Your performance throughout the regular season was truly unexpected. I initially thought Abu had just found a top laner with decent skills but a tendency to boast, but I never imagined you actually had the ability."

"If you don't brag, you won't get any traffic. It's just a matter of getting criticized anyway." Li Chen takes it all in stride.

"You're not bragging, to be honest, I'm starting to regret only signing with you for one year."

Ed Zhu shook his head, then took out a card from his pocket: "Besides the base, you don't have a place to stay outside, right? I have an apartment in Century Mansion. It's renovated but I haven't lived in it yet. You can stay there when you go out to relax sometimes. It's not very big, just over 200 square meters, it's alright."

Li Chen looked at the door card that was pushed towards him, and remained silent for a moment.

"Don't rush to refuse. I know that with your current income, buying a house worth 20 million is nothing. This is just a reward from the team for your contributions during this period. If you don't take it, I, as your boss, will feel that I'm treating you too unfairly. Our EDG is not RNG."

Ed Zhu wasn't joking. Li Chenguang had a contract with Shark, plus the tips he received and the team's revenue share. It's not an exaggeration to say that he could buy a house worth 20 million yuan after taxes in a year.

But the next second, Li Chen's words surprised him: "Boss, you're being too polite. I thought you were going to give me the house for free."

Ed Zhu choked on his smoke and coughed a few times before saying, "If you really want it, it's not impossible. We can sign a five-year contract, and this house will be yours for free. We can discuss salary and everything else. How about it?"

Edward looked at Li Chen, and he really had the idea of ​​binding Li Chen to EDG, just like Faker in another region, one man, one city, so that Li Chen could play for EDG until retirement.

"Then forget it. I don't need a house now, I just need it occasionally." Li Chen isn't stupid, so of course he wouldn't sell himself off like that.

This house is only worth a few dollars. Once he wins the Grand Slam this year and capital enters the market, it would be strange if his annual salary didn't reach tens of millions.

Edward Zhu knew that Li Chen couldn't renew his contract now, so he wasn't disappointed. He simply said, "You can tell me anytime you have any thoughts or requests. I know other teams have contacted you, but EDG can give you the same things as other teams."

"Don't worry, boss. I don't have many advantages, but one of them happens to be integrity and keeping my promises. I won't switch jobs halfway through." Li Chen wouldn't ruin his future. The most important thing this year is to win the championship; everything else comes second.

He'd already bragged about it all; he didn't want to be the kind of person who forgets everything once the sun rises.

After the celebration banquet, everyone returned to the base after 10 p.m.

Everyone else was thinking of taking a break, but Li Chen sat down in front of the computer.

There were quite a few people waiting in the live stream room. As soon as the live stream started, the number of comments began to surge.

Li Chen was still the same as always, his first words were fixed on the money his brothers were owed for the foot massage: "Hey, we're all brothers now, you should understand what I mean. 32-0, 100% win rate after going on the field, now you'll have face when you go out with your bros, right? Hurry up and transfer the money for the foot massage!"

[Damn it, I knew you'd come out as C to rip us off for the meager sum we have.]

Perhaps this is love; no matter when, there will always be someone who asks me for money.

[It's already 32-0, what else is there to say? The foot massage fee is free, but not for you.]

[C is getting more and more boastful; they've already reached number one in history. Is their next step to take us to the moon?]

Li Chen selectively answered some questions: "When asked what the host thinks about the playoff opponents, the host will obviously just sit and watch. But if you ask which team can make it to the semifinals, then there's more to say. First of all, WE is definitely a shoo-in."

Don't be fooled by EDG's two wins against WE in the regular season; their strength in the Spring Split is definitely second only to EDG. RNG is defending their title, and WE has a 90% chance of defeating them, meeting us in the finals, and then getting swept 3-0.

[Impossible, how could WE possibly defeat RNG?]

Although WE has performed reasonably well this year, beating RNG is still a bit unrealistic.

I understand that C is biased against RNG, and I don't like RNG fans either, but WE does feel a level weaker than RNG.

[Actually, comparing them to EDG reveals that, out of the sixteen major games, RNG posed the biggest threat to EDG. Their bot lane was at a huge disadvantage in both games, and Clearlove was completely out of sorts. If it weren't for their carry players holding on, they might have lost.]

Many people are skeptical of Li Chen's prediction, but their doubts are not about whether EDG can win the championship, as EDG has already demonstrated their dominance throughout the regular season.

Not to mention their perfect record of 32 wins, what's most terrifying is that some observant people have noticed that in all these matches, not a single team has ever been able to see EDG's high ground. What does that mean?

While people may have faith in EDG, the general consensus is that RNG is stronger than WE.

"This isn't just the streamer's bias, okay? RNG is indeed a bit weaker than WE right now. The regular season is over, and their team hasn't gelled yet. If you don't believe me, just watch the results of the later matches. My prediction is 3-0."

Li Chen knew the outcome of this match. Season 7 was also WE's last glorious season, winning the Spring Split championship and reaching the semifinals of the World Championship. EDG would not achieve and surpass this achievement until Season 11.

Even in the next eight years, there won't be many teams in the LPL that can surpass this achievement.

Sometimes you don't know until you think about it, and you'll be shocked when you do. In his previous life, Li Chen only realized this after watching a video. Even after S15 ended, a certain player who frequently solo-killed Faker was still one of the best-performing Chinese mid-laners in the World Championship.