Chapter 174 Transfer Period

Fortunately, although Lin Dong has not watched many games in these two divisions, there are people in the VG team who have studied them.

The coaching team assembled by Hongmi is no pushover.

Just a few days after everyone returned to the base, Redmi posted the information of the champion teams from each major region of the MSI in the group, and at the same time did not forget to hold another meeting to emphasize it.

"Let me tell you about this MSI."

"This year's MSI will be held in China, and the venue will still be the old place, the Oriental Sports Center, which everyone should be familiar with."

"The only person I'm not familiar with is probably my opponent this time."

"There are a total of six teams participating in this MSI. Apart from us, the other teams are SKT, CLG, G2, FW and SuperMassive."

“I think everyone in SKT is pretty familiar with each other.”

"At the beginning of this year's spring season, last year's finals MVP Marin left SKT, so SKT had problems getting started and stumbled along the way, even hovering on the edge of elimination. But in the end, they started low and ended high. In the spring season finals, SKT1 successfully defeated ROX Tiger 3:1, won the LCK spring season championship, and successfully advanced to the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational."

"And the other teams..."

"FW Flash Wolves performed very well last year. Their mid and jungle are very strong, especially the jungler Karsa, the Flash Wolves' wolf king. You should pay attention to him."

"G2 is the champion of the European division. Their main play style is based on the mid-lane Mage core."

"The other Turkish team is relatively weak, so don't worry about it for now."

"Besides these, there is also the CLG team..."

Having said that, Hongmi suddenly paused.

"They are the champions of the North American region in this spring season."

“You may not be familiar with this team, but you must be familiar with this other person.”

"Doublelift is known as the best ADC in North America, but everyone prefers to call him Big Brother."

"In last year's World Championship, CLG performed poorly, so Big Brother left the team and joined their arch-rival TSM. CLG's play style has always been the same as RNG's, with the bottom lane as the core. So after Big Brother left the team, many people were not optimistic about CLG. But this spring season, after a period of adjustment, CLG adopted a double C play style with AD + mid lane as the core. Facing their arch-rival TSM, they fought for five games and successfully came back from 2-0 to 3-0 and defeated TSM."

"You know, TSM has both the North American Mage Bjergsen and Doubleleague this year. To be able to beat them, the strength of CLG's mid laner and bottom lane should not be underestimated. The key is that these two seem to be rookies, and there is very little information about their matches."

Hearing Hongmi's words, Lin Dong was slightly stunned.

CLG?

In Lin Dong's impression, the CLG team was indeed very powerful in this MSI.

They defeated all opponents along the way and made it to the finals, until they met SKT and were defeated 3-0.

Lin Dong had watched that final, so he had a deep memory of it.

Faker picked Tsar in two consecutive games. He was not targeted in the first game. In the mid-term, CLG could not deal with the Tsar. In the second game, CLG took out the mid laner Ekko to deal with it, cooperated with the jungler, and trained Faker, but invested too much energy in the middle lane, causing SKT's other lanes to develop, especially Duke's Troll, who relied on single-lane to delay a lot of time for SKT's lineup.

Of course, these are not the most deadly.

The most fatal thing is that CLG lacks the means to quickly end the game.

simply put……

In that final, CLG and SKT, both teams chose soft supports for three games.

Especially CLG's jungler and support, who chose a double healer combination of Sorcerer + Nidalee. As a result, although they had the advantage, they were unable to advance even a single step, and couldn't even deal with Duke's Troll.

Obviously, compared with SKT's late-game operations, the chances of winning are really slim.

However, this is not what Lin Dong cares about.

Instead, Hongmi suddenly explained the CLG team in detail, which made him feel something was wrong.

as predicted.

The next second, Hongmi's words came again.

“The MSI competition system is divided into three stages: group stage, knockout stage and finals.”

"Let's talk about the group stage first."

"All teams play a Bo1 double round-robin match, each team plays against all other teams twice, and the winner gets points."

"After the group stage, the top four teams will enter the knockout stage based on the points ranking. The No. 1 seed will play against the No. 4 seed, and the No. 2 seed will play against the No. 3 seed. The winner will enter the final."

"Finally it's the finals."

“Both the knockout rounds and finals are Bo5.”

"Unfortunately, this MSI is held in China, so the opening match will be between our team and CLG."

After these words were spoken, no one else in the room reacted, except Lin Dong, who looked serious.

Because in this mid-season tournament, the Turkish team with the longest name is basically nothing to worry about. Although FW team has Karsa, Karsa later came to LPL, and Lin Dong has watched many games he played, so he is relatively familiar with them. He is confident that he can get four points from these two teams.

But he was not completely sure about CLG and G2.

Not only was he unsure, he didn't even want to meet them in advance.

In contrast, he would rather meet SKT in advance.

the reason is simple.

That is, the two teams, CLG and G2, always come up with something new, and the group stage is still a Bo1 format, with one game deciding the winner, so it is very easy to force out VG's trump card in the group stage.

These trump cards are actually kept for fighting against SKT.

However, now that the schedule has been arranged, Lin Dong has no choice but to nod and say.

"understood."

"Oh, by the way, let me tell you something." Hongmi seemed to remember something and suddenly said, "This MSI, only one substitute player is allowed, so after unanimous discussion by the coaching staff, we decided..."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone subconsciously looked at the Marquis who was not far away.

After all, if we say who is the most qualified person in VG to go to MSI, it should be Hou Ye.

The magic core system that Hou Ye is good at may sometimes be at a disadvantage when facing the fast-paced style of play of LPL, but if facing teams from other regions... especially North American and European regions, then this style of play will be able to play a vital role at the critical moment.

"In this MSI, Leng Shao will start in the middle lane, and Hou Ye will be the substitute. The other positions will use the configuration of the finals, unchanged."

Compared to Hongmi's indifference, Gao Jun on the side seemed much more amiable and quickly spoke with a smile.

"Of course, Hongmi only mentioned the MSI roster. If any of you want to go together, you can. The lounge is spacious and I'm going to be there anyway. I don't need to buy a ticket to watch the game in the lounge, hahaha."

Of course, Gao Jun was not trying to comfort the fragile hearts of these young substitute players.

As the manager of the VG team, he certainly has his own plans.

Because there is a crucial time node between the spring and summer seasons for all major teams and professional players.

That’s right, transfer period.

Those who are confident in their abilities and feel that being a substitute player in VG has financial potential but no future will definitely think about leaving VG and going to other teams to start.

Of course, other teams may also take a fancy to a certain player on the field and come to talk indirectly with the team to see if a trade can be made.

This kind of thing is very common during the transfer period.

The reason why he said this was actually to tell the players present who were not qualified to serve as substitutes in MSI that if they had any ideas, they should come and talk to him immediately.

After all, not being able to go to MSI means not being able to go to the World Championship.

Unless in the summer season, a player's strength level declines too much, then there will be a chance for him to take over.

After all, even if you are a substitute professional player, you have to consider your own career.

Of course, Gao Jun actually has his own little plans.

If VG can quickly trade away a few substitute players, wouldn't it be able to save a lot of money?

Although VG's current performance is very good, as the team manager, I am almost ruined.

We have to find a way to rescue it!

However, before Gao Jun could rejoice, someone broke into VG's base.

Lin Dong looked up and was suddenly stunned.

Because the person who came was none other than the boss of YM team, PDD.

Next to PDD, the little witch waved and shouted with a smile on her face.

"Come to my office." "Ahem!"

Hearing this, Gao Jun coughed twice, straightened his collar, and stood up immediately.

Do you see it!

It's the transfer period! The boss still needs his own!

This is the responsibility of the team manager!
Thinking of this, a smug smile appeared on his face.

The result, the next second.

Li Yue frowned and asked back.

"Lin Dong, why are you still sitting here?"

"Ah?" Lin Dong was stunned, then pointed at himself, "Me?"

"nonsense."

At the side, Gao Jun, who had just stood up, froze in mid-air.

Not far away, Sofm saw this scene and was also subconsciously stunned. He asked, "Manager, where are you going?"

"Drink water! No way!" Gao Jun said unhappily.

"Oh, I have something to discuss with you, so you go ahead and do your work."

"..." Gao Jun was silent for a moment, looking at Lin Dong's back as he left not far away, he suddenly felt a little sympathetic towards Sofm, then patted him on the shoulder and said, "Forget it, let's go drink later, come to my office first."

Soon, in Li Yue's office.

To be honest, when PDD saw Li Yue calling Lin Dong, he was stunned at first, and then he was extremely excited!
nonsense!

I came to VG this time to buy players!
As a result, the boss directly brought the starting jungler over!
Could it be that I have won the jackpot? VG wants to sell the jungler?

If they could buy Lin Dong, wouldn't it be easy for YM to advance to LPL?
If other people saw this scene, they would definitely think that VG was crazy!

But PDD won’t!

He even thought it was very reasonable!
It is rumored that the salaries of VG's main players and substitute players are extremely exaggerated. In just half a year, the expenses are quite huge. Just relying on the 150 million prize money in the finals, VG has no way to make a profit. The only way to fill this hole is probably to sell VG's jungler or mid laner.

Because since the spring season, almost everyone has seen the potential of these two players.

However, it turned out that he was overthinking it.

In the office, he just opened his mouth.

"he……"

"Oh, Lin Dong, I won't sell it."

“…”PDD.

Damn it, if you don't want to sell him, why do you let him come?

Just be a listener!

This time PDD guessed half right.

Li Yue called Lin Dong here to be an observer.

But it’s not Lin Dong who listens to Li Yue, but Li Yue who listens to Lin Dong.

"Ahem...our team wants to buy a few players from your team. What do you think?"

"Who do you want to buy?" Li Yue immediately became interested.

Of course, the interest is not in selling people, but in buying people.

But long before, she had heard Lin Dong say that there were two very good players in the YM team's spring game lineup, and this time point was the most critical and best time to grab them.

When PDD heard Li Yue's words, he answered without even thinking.

"Your substitute jungler, Sofm."

Sofm has not played many times, but he has also demonstrated his strong strength. If Sofm joins, YM's chances of advancing to LPL will be greatly improved.

After saying this, Li Yue began to pretend to think, while Lin Dong on the side started to complain crazily.

[Fuck! Sell it! Why not sell it? ]

[Sofm is a professional player just for money, Vietnamese jungler, professional power leveling is a joke to you! ]

[His playing style is very good whether he plays in LPL or in the secondary league, but he tends to be poor in big competitions. It’s better to sell him. ]

[No! Not selling! Just exchanging!]

【Use Sofm to swap YM's bottom lane duo. 】

[If Shi Senming has already reached an agreement with RNG, then only Ning Wang will be wanted. If they haven't reached an agreement, then both of them will be wanted.]

[In this way, RNG is basically missing an arm. After all, he is probably the only one who can tolerate Uzi's temper. If they can get him, RNG will not have to worry about this summer season, and they only need to consider EDG. ]

[As for Ning Wang... let him switch from AD to jungle. He will definitely not have a chance to play in the second half of this year. Let them play in the A-League, which is a good opportunity to get used to each other in advance.]

Hearing this, Li Yue on the side suddenly smiled.

Do you see it!

This is what Lin Dong is useful for!

So she followed suit, frowned slightly, made a rather difficult expression, and said.

"Um... You should have heard of Sofm. We spent a lot of money to buy his words."

"I won the bid together with Snake at that time, and he is Vietnamese, so we spent a lot of effort to hire a translator..."

"Ahem, money is not a problem." PDD saw that there was still room for negotiation and immediately said, "What's your price?"

After all, YM's two consecutive failures in the A-League's impact on the LPL have made him a little angry. It just so happens that YM now lacks a strong jungler.

"It's not a question of money." Li Yue said calmly, "You are a businessman, you should know that some things cannot be bought with money."

After hearing this, PDD immediately understood.

He waved his hand and said.

"If you have any requests, just tell me."

"Although our VG team's first team has very good results, the youth training has always been a lack of talent. The results of our second team are not very ideal. If this continues, our VG may not have any players who can play in the game in a few years. So I'm wondering... can we change people?"

"Substitution?"

"Yes, trade Sofm for your YM bottom lane duo."

After hearing this, PDD immediately became embarrassed.

Today's YM's weakness is in the mid and jungle, not in the bottom lane, but the bottom lane duo does play pretty well, at least they have never been at a disadvantage.

He didn't know whether this exchange was cost-effective or not.

The point is... there is another problem.

That is, he has a very good relationship with Shi Senming.

"To be honest, the AD can be replaced, but as for the support, he actually has no intention of leaving the team for the time being."

"But..." PDD hesitated for a moment and said, "I can persuade him, but I want to know, if you buy him, are you going to join the first team or the second team?"

In fact, he was also considering Shi Senming's career prospects.

VG's first team is very strong, but the second team is weak, and they are almost nowhere to be found.

If you are in the second team and want to be promoted to the first team, it all depends on luck. You might as well stay in YM!
At least we are just one step away from LPL, right?

However, the next second.

"For this summer season, he is indeed the second team, but..." Li Yue chuckled, "I can let him be the starting support for the VG team next year."

As soon as these words came out.

The room suddenly became quiet.

(End of this chapter)