Chapter 546: Sun Absorption on the Left Bank of the Seine
"Very insightful, worthy of being JackeyLove!"
Ou Cheng immediately gave him a thumbs up: "It seems that my thinking is still too conservative. I need to learn more from you, JackeyLove, in the future."
"Why do you have to learn this when there are so many other things to learn?" The factory manager was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about these boring things." Caps walked around the corner and saw the black man disappear from his sight. He calmed down and said, "Let's go have a cup of coffee!"
"GOGOGO!" Xing Dao had heard the lyrics of the song "Coffee on the Left Bank of the Seine" a long time ago. When he really came here, he couldn't help but feel excited.
In Paris, France.
The most important thing is that someone is treating us.
Of course you can’t go to the fast food-level Starbucks.
The group walked into the LE PROCOPE cafe with a simple black sign and sat at three tables near the windows where they could enjoy the street view.
Xing Dao, Zizi and Meiko all ordered cappuccino.
The factory manager and Ai Loli ordered milk coffee.
A Shui wanted to experience the most classic taste, so he ordered a cup of black coffee, which is the original flavor of coffee without any other additions.
When the coffee was served, Ah Shui drank it in one gulp...
With a puff, it sprayed all over the floor...
"Damn it, why is it so bitter like bile?!" Ah Shui complained while wiping his mouth.
“Hahahahahahahaha—”
“Hahahahahaha—”
When the FNC players heard about ordering black coffee, they were mentally prepared, and when they saw the expected scene, they immediately burst into laughter.
"I've drunk black coffee before, and it wasn't this bitter." A Shui added a little unwillingly.
"Parisian black coffee is concentrated by default, and is much more bitter than normal black coffee." Ou Cheng knew a little bit of simple Chinese. He handed over the tissue and called the waiter: "Another cup of hot mocha latte, with whipped cream and chocolate sauce, thank you!"
"Give me?" Seeing another cup being brought up, Ah Shui pointed at his chest.
"Yes !" Ou Cheng nodded.
"Then I won't forgive you for watching me make a fool of myself!" Ah Shui complained.
“Hahahahahahahaha...OK, OK!” Ou Cheng didn’t know whether he understood it or not, and laughed happily again.
Time passes by little by little.
The setting sun gradually turned from dazzling to soft.
The rippling water on the Seine River is like bits of gold. From time to time, one or two white water birds fly overhead, seemingly looking for food or returning to their nests.
Not far away.
The brown-yellow Eiffel Tower was coated with a glow under the setting sun, just like the current state of the French Empire.
Many years later, times have changed.
Zzitai recalls his journey to MSI in 2018.
What I remember most vividly is not winning my first world-class championship, not the cheers that grew louder than the last in the Zenith Stadium in Paris, nor the Fontainebleau Palace that was played with the phrase "entering" and the Place de la Concorde that baffled Louis XVI.
But after a lot of hard work, I saw the sun-absorbing sun on the banks of the Seine...
…
After two days of sightseeing.
The EDG and FNC players said goodbye to each other and boarded the plane back to Shanghai.
At this time, the LPL summer transfer period has already started for a week.
Before preparing for the semi-finals, Abu had already started a lot of communication with the clubs and players in the competition area.
The result...
Not ideal.
Except for A Shui who was in crazy Q mode.
There is no dispute that Zzitai is EDG's biggest weakness.
So what Abu wants is to find a mid laner who is strong enough to at least compete head-on with the top players in LCK and not drag the team down.
The most ideal one is naturally Xiye, who single-handedly dragged WE to maintain an upper-middle level in the league during the spring season.
WE is a civilian team and does not have sufficient funds.
In addition, this year, 957, Nicolas Condi, Mystic and support Ben have all shown a significant decline. It is questionable whether they can enter the S series events, and the possibility of achieving good results is infinitely close to zero.
So I thought of selling Xiye and making a lot of money.
Note, it’s a large sum.
According to WE's requirements, EDG will need to pay nearly 20 million in transfer fees and wages in the first year... This price can buy two top Korean players.
It’s not that Xiye was not worth it during the spring season.
But it needs to be considered.
As for the jungler, we must admit that Jiejie has been playing very well recently, and has reached the 1,000-point king level in the Korean server with a 59% win rate.
Occasionally, I would have a training match with the main players and the statistics were also remarkable.
But.
Rank, training matches, main matches, and world matches, each one is a completely different concept.
Jiejie only made it to the training match.
How it will perform later on remains an unknown.
However, the style of play adopted by the factory manager in this MSI is "opportunistic". If he really fights head-on, he will be completely suppressed by the young and strong Peanut. If Jiejie fails, EDG will have a defect in the World Championship that will be difficult to make up for.
Therefore, Abu prefers to buy a jungler who has already demonstrated his strength in LPL just to be on the safe side.
It would be even better if we could get one of Mala Xiangguo and Kasra from the RNG team...
certainly.
Except for famous players.
Abu is also contacting new people.
For example, Cryin, who had just debuted and shined in the e-sports Huangpu YM team, was snatched away by EDG before he even had time to get listed.
With the performance of his three brothers Xing Dao, Ning Wang and Xiao Ming, Cryin got a contract with an annual salary of one million before he even proved himself in the Super League, reaching the middle level of LPL.
The transfer fee paid to Saozhu was as high as three million.
What is different from before is.
EDG learned from its experience and lessons. It neither signed a gambling contract nor a one-year short contract. Instead, it signed a three-year contract with Cry in one go.
As long as Cryin has half the strength of his previous brothers, EDG will definitely make a profit.
They can't even achieve this... supporting a freeloader with an annual salary of one million is not a particularly big pressure for EDG.
It is better than encountering a situation like Xing Dao and A Shui, where their value skyrocketed after playing for a year and they had to reluctantly renew their contracts.
"Do you have any recommendations for junglers?"
"It's okay if you're a little older, as long as you can hold on for a year or two."
Abramovich returned to the club and studied for another two days, but could not find a suitable candidate.
I communicated with RNG several times, but was unable to get any information to release Mala Xiangguo or Kasra.
I had to ask the team members.
"How about Taobao rights?" The factory manager thought of an ID.
"He's not that good in the LSPL, let alone the LPL." Abu collected information and sighed, "He's not the same person anymore."
"Condi should be okay. He had family problems in the spring season. He should be better in the summer season." Zzitai offered advice.
“No.” Abu shook his head. “We want to buy Xiye, but if we buy Xiye, we can’t buy Condi, because it’s easy for the mid and jungle to copy WE’s original style, and Condi’s stats are average except for stealing the dragon. The most important thing is… I’m afraid he’ll lead you astray.”
"Yes!" Xing Dao agreed: "It would be bad if we teach Ah Shui bad things."
"Brother, you are not a child, how can you be easily corrupted!" Ah Shui sneered: "Don't think I don't know what Liu Zhihao (Zizi) did when he was in Paris!"
"Me? I didn't do anything. I just went to watch the sunset!" He said righteously.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Ai Loli nodded repeatedly with a tacit expression.
“Ahem… Okay, let’s not talk about this.” Abu waved his hand: “Zhao Zhiming (Ailori) wants to try out for other teams, Liu Zhihao, what about you? Are you looking for a new team for the summer season?”
"Why should I look for a new club? As long as the club doesn't kick me out, I won't leave!"
Zizi smiled playfully: "Isn't the contract for one year? If I join the S game, can I also get a skin..."
