Chapter 163: The same thing again?
Hearing the rich woman's request, Lin Dong suddenly felt a little depressed.

Why does she always seem to know what I'm thinking?
Could it be that she is the worm in her stomach?
So he said subconsciously.

"I haven't said how much I want to borrow yet."

"I know." Li Yue laughed, "So I didn't say how much I would lend you."

"???"

"A three-year contract is just the first requirement." A genius plan suddenly emerged in Li Yue's mind. A cunning look suddenly appeared on her face. She said, "You know, I have money and I only want results. So the better VG's results are, the more money I can lend you. Do you understand what I mean?"

“……”Lin Dong.

To be honest, this is probably what Lin Dong understands best.

Although these two seasons are indeed the two years with the fastest development in the League of Legends professional circle, and the annual salaries of professional players have also risen sharply, but in the final analysis, just like those big anchors, most of them are just bubbles.

For any professional team, there are only a few ways to make money.

First, the competition prize money.

For the major teams, this can actually be ignored. Although the prize money is indeed not too small, it is completely a drop in the bucket.

Second, live broadcast revenue.

Except for a few star players who have live broadcast contracts in their own hands, the live broadcast contracts of most other players are in the hands of the teams.

Because of this, once a team achieves good results, the team that has the player’s live broadcast contract can get a piece of the pie.

Third, the buying and selling of players.

After becoming famous, they develop potential players at low prices at the beginning of the season through various means such as youth training and first-team substitutes, and then sell them to other teams at high prices during the transfer period at the end of the season to make a profit from the difference.

For example, the EDG team makes profits in this way.

Of course, some teams have tried other ways to make profits, such as taking advantage of fan economy and taking the idol route, like the OMG team, but the consequence is that performance declined and the god-making plan failed. In the end, not only OMG, but also Uzi was backfired.

But the problem is...

VG has never used any of these profit-making methods.

Everyone's live broadcast contract is in their hands. Because they became a group of dark horses in the spring game, the salaries of live broadcast contracts are also rising. Many live broadcast platforms are trying to poach them, and some have even spent a lot of money, but these have nothing to do with VG.

As for the buying and selling of players, VG does not currently have the conditions to do so.

So Lin Dong couldn’t figure out how VG made its profit.

At that moment, Lin Dong even had a very outrageous guess.

What the hell.

Could it be that VG is helping others launder money?
Otherwise it really doesn’t make sense!

Not only that, he even finally understood why Manager Gao Jun always had a sad expression on his face every time he saw Li Yue.

The white money slipped through my fingertips in the blink of an eye. If it were me, I would also have a myocardial infarction.

However, due to different positions, although Lin Dong was confused, he was too lazy to care about it.

After all, no one can guess what the rich second generation is thinking.

So he thought for a moment, nodded and said.

"make a deal."

"The better VG's performance, the higher the annual salary, and the more you can borrow, right?"

"Then I understand."

Soon, Lin Dong returned to the lounge again.

When everyone saw Lin Dong appear, they were about to speak, but they found that Li Yue was following behind him, and the atmosphere suddenly became subtle.

It's not just that.

Even Leng Shao, who was usually too lazy to read other people's expressions, noticed something strange.

Especially Lin Dong's sudden murderous look made him stunned for a moment, and then he whispered to Xiao Duan beside him.

"By the way, where on earth has this kid been? Why has he suddenly become like this? He's like he's been given a shot of chicken blood."

"I'm afraid it's not chicken blood, but aphrodisiac..." Xiao Duan pursed his lips and replied, "From the looks of it, I'm afraid he's just holding back a lot of anger and has nowhere to vent it."

"Are you sure it's fire?"

"???"

Fortunately, their discussion did not continue and was interrupted by Hongmi.

Seeing Lin Dong coming back, Hongmi clapped his hands and began to discuss tactics with everyone.

"At the moment, we are 2-0 and in a leading position."

“But don’t relax.”

"We don't have enough experience playing Bo5, so we must not take it lightly at this time, especially we must not think that we have already won two games and we can just win one of the next three games."

"It's a best-of-five game, and it's all about keeping the momentum going, just like the rhythm in the game."

"Once the opponent pulls back a point midway, the rhythm will be easily interrupted, and then the game will become more and more urgent, and the pressure will also increase."

"So there are quite a few games where we have to come back from a 2-0 deficit to win 3-0."

"So in the third game, we stayed the same and responded to all changes with the same approach."

"First pick the hero for the support, then the top unit, AD position, and finally the unit and jungle position."

"Deft is strong in laning, but as long as EDG fails to snowball, it will be difficult for him to carry the game."

"It's strange to say, EDG is a team that is good at pulling and fighting in groups, but not good at starting a group... Of course, it may also be related to the fact that heroes like Sejuani and Zac who are good at starting a group are relatively weak in this version."

"And if Leng Shao plays in the middle lane, try to focus on team battles and early and mid-game rhythm."

After hearing Hongmi's words, everyone nodded and the atmosphere became quite relaxed.

But on the other side, it wasn't so easy for the EDG players.

Losing the first game to the opponent wasn’t a big problem, it was just a small disadvantage.

But in the second game, everyone was very confident at the beginning.

Especially when they saw the bomber appear, both Abu and Factory Manager felt that the game was already won.

But what they didn't expect was that when EDG should have had the advantage in laning and operations in the early stage, the opponent forced the tower pushing style of play through lineup adjustments, laning position switching, and soldier line operations, which directly paralyzed EDG.

Thinking back to the previous game, it seemed like they had never seen a defensive tower in their entire lives. The trolls and Sion rushed up to attack the tower at the first opportunity, and Abu just felt sick.

So he spoke before the third game started.

"Forget about Sion, that's easy to deal with. The problem is the troll..."

"It's disgusting that the troll can steal double resistance."

"Actually, we can also choose a single troll."

"But I'm afraid the opponent will swing the ADC to the top lane again..."

As soon as Abu finished speaking, the factory manager next to him spoke first.

"If the opponent really dares to pick AD top laner, then I will go and kill him."

When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned.

After all, under normal circumstances, the factory manager rarely cares about the ideas on the road.

Seeing everyone's strange expressions, the factory manager smiled bitterly. "To be honest, the effect of helping the mid and bottom lanes in these two games was not very obvious. On the contrary, the opposing jungler should know this, so he simply used the lane swap to forcefully invade my jungle area and disrupt my jungle route. So I think we can try a different approach. After all, it really doesn't work..." He looked at the meat on the side and said, "When the time comes, I will also move the troll to the support position, and choose a hero with long arms for the top lane, such as Gnar, Kennen, etc."

After hearing what the factory director said, Abu could only nod helplessly and agree.

After all, against VG, EDG's strategy of winning against other teams was ineffective.

Not only did it fail, but it also led me into trouble every time.

Soon, the time for the third game arrived.

In the commentary booth, Colonel Wawa Miller and the other two had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing the contestants coming on stage again, Wawa immediately spoke.

“Welcome all spectators back to the competition.”

"The third game of BO5 is about to begin."

"In the last game, VG won the game again in an unexpected way, successfully leading EDG 2-0 and taking the match point first."

"For VG, they are now only one step away from winning the Spring Split championship. They just need to win one last small game."

"For EDG, since the game is not over yet, everything is possible!"

The colonel at the side took over and continued.

"In fact, I think that if EDG wants to limit VG's performance, they must limit VG's swings and lane changes."

"I don't know if you have noticed a problem. VG is a team that likes to switch lanes and sway a lot."

"Especially the position of Lucian, who has been used in AD, top lane, and mid lane. To be honest, I think it wouldn't be surprising if VG could choose a jungler Lucian."

"In fact, after the swing, VG still has certain weaknesses."

"For example, in the last game, although Lucian played a strong suppression in the laning phase, Leng Shao is not very good at this kind of ADC, so in the mid-term, he died repeatedly."

"But the problem is... although there have been many deaths, they have already played the role they were supposed to."

"So I think EDG shouldn't stick to a fixed lineup and force the top laner to pick a tank to limit VG."

"EDG's biggest problem right now is that they don't dare to pick. In comparison, although VG is not sure whether it can work, they dare to pick, so they can catch EDG off guard every time."

"So I hope that in this game, EDG can quickly adjust its tactics to deal with VG's swinging style of play."

"Okay, without further ado, let's take a look at the BP of both teams in this round."

"After the first two rounds, EDG returned to the red side."

"VG still chose to ban the old three: Maokai, Twisted Fate, and Ryze."

"And EDG... eh?"

"EDG actually made the same choice as in the second game, banning Annie, Morgana, and Tam!"

"Could it be that both teams want to continue using the same lineup from the previous round in this round?"

On the other side, Lin Dong was also slightly stunned.

"Wait? Why is this person banned again?"

"Are you doing this again?"

"Do they feel that they didn't play well in the last game, but it wasn't because of supporting Malzahar?"

To be honest, this time, even Lin Dong was a little confused about the other party's intentions.

Hongmi on the side also frowned slightly and spoke.

"In the last game, EDG was on the blue side, so there was nothing wrong with choosing this lineup, but this time they were on the red side! We were the first to take the first floor."

"The situation has changed. Should we just grab Jhin?"

"After all, the opponent also helped ban Annie. As a result, the opponent can only choose an ADC that is strong in the early laning phase, such as Lucian, just like we did in the last game."

Hongmi’s idea coincided with Lin Dong’s.

For Lin Dong, he trusts Sima Laozei's Jin very much.

So soon, Jhin appeared on the first floor.

Seeing that VG actually snatched away Jhin, Abu and Zzitai both breathed a sigh of relief.

In this round, they really didn't intend to continue with the same tactics as in the previous round.

On the contrary, it was just as the three commentators analyzed.

Everyone in EDG also knows that if they want to beat VG, they must limit VG's swing position.

As for Jhin... as an ADC who needs to replace bullets, it is obviously difficult for him to sway.

Therefore, the reason why Abu did this bp was to allow VG to first fix a position that could not be swayed, while taking this opportunity to form a lineup.

After taking a look at Jhin who had been locked, Abu then spoke.

"When Jhin uses his ultimate, he can't move, so it's easy for something to go wrong."

"We suffered a loss in the last game."

"However, although Bard's ultimate can restrain Jhin, it lacks the ability to take the initiative."

"If we are sure we won't help the top lane in this round, we can give it a try, but this round... the top lane has to be picked last."

"So, take Frost and Thresh."

"These two heroes are good at finding opportunities, and in the bottom lane fight, as long as Jhin uses his ultimate first, then Ashe's ultimate is a sure hit."

“And there’s an advantage.”

"When Jhin uses his ultimate, the opposing support will most likely help block it. In this case, they will definitely not dare to continue to choose a mage support like Xerath. They can only choose a hard support. Alistar, who can use his ultimate to remove control, is the best choice. Although Jhin and Alistar have enough control when combined with a hard support like Alistar, their laning suppression power is not that strong. After all, Thresh's E skill can interrupt Alistar's WQ combo."

This time, Abu's calm BP successfully helped EDG to regain the game.

Because after seeing EDG use the combination of Ashe + Thresh, Redmi immediately realized that he had been fooled.

"broken."

"It doesn't seem like a wise choice to pick Jhin first in this game."

"Jhin can't be swayed. The opponent chooses Ashe. We can only choose a hard support in the bottom lane to help block skills. Alistar is the best choice, but if we choose it, our bottom lane will be at a disadvantage."

"But the problem is, if we don't choose the bull head, it seems that we have no choice!"

Just when Hongmi was having a headache, Lin Dong was suddenly stunned.

It is indeed not easy to win by choosing Minotaur in this game.

But the other support is very good at playing against the opponent's lineup.

Moreover, that bottom lane combination was extremely popular and useful in later games, perfectly making up for the embarrassing situation of Jhin being unable to move during his ultimate.

Of course, in this version, this bottom lane combination seems a bit weird.

But Lin Dong still decided to give it a try.

Then, his voice soon came from the voice chat.

"I have an idea."

"If you choose Minotaur, he will be restrained by the opponent."

"But I think we can try supporting Braum."

(End of this chapter)