Chapter 52: You can always believe in me

At a hotel in Shanghai, kaze knocked on the door.

The door opened, and his long-lost teammate—freeman—appeared.

freeman looked at kaze with a smile: "Long time no see, how did it feel yesterday?"

"Let's get straight to the point, what do you want?" kaze didn't want to talk nonsense with freeman, because he already knew freeman's path—Tyloo.

"I told you to throw the match against Tyloo before, why didn't you?" freeman was quite leisurely and invited kaze into the room.

"I'll say it again, I won't throw a match. If there's nothing else, I'm leaving." kaze turned to leave.

freeman sneered in his heart, having played CS for so many years, what are you still pretending for...

"Alright, alright, the money mentioned last time remains the same, let's change to another matter."

kaze frowned; he knew that Tyloo, behind freeman, was very rich, but they wouldn't let him earn money easily; it was mostly nothing good.

Seeing that kaze didn't immediately flip out, it meant the chips were very tempting, so freeman stated his request.

"How about it? It's just a very normal thing, right? This money is an extra reward."

kaze was a bit surprised; if it had been a month ago, he might have agreed directly, but now...

The help the Qiyou Trio had given him and Jiao Yang's friendliness toward him appeared in his mind, and he hesitated.

"It seems you're very comfortable at VG, but this is a rare opportunity."

freeman continued his temptation; there are only two purposes for playing professionally, the primary one is money, and the secondary one is perhaps honor.

Although honor is insignificant in front of money, he proposed a suggestion that could satisfy both.

To be honest, he didn't know what kaze was waiting for.

"This won't have any impact on them, right?" kaze asked.

freeman sneered in his heart; how could there be no impact? It was precisely because there was an impact that there would be extra bounty.

However, he knew that kaze just needed a scapegoat for when he regretted it later.

And he happened not to mind, so he smiled: "This is just a club-level matter, you don't need to say a word, what impact could it have?"

But unexpectedly, kaze was still acting like a mother hen.

freeman couldn't help it and asked back: "Are you just forming a team for fun? Do you really think VG has a future?"

It was fine before, but this stimulation woke kaze up directly:

"I'll consider it again, what are you planning to do next?"

freeman wasn't a fool either; he knew kaze was fishing for information, but he didn't mind; after all, trust is built up slowly like this.

"You'll know soon, but since you asked, I can tell you in advance—I will return to VG."

freeman said it as if it were a done deal, relaxed and easy.

kaze widened his eyes; freeman would leave VG at the beginning of May, now it was less than ten days away, how could he return?

More importantly, what was he coming back to do?

"You aren't going to throw..."

Just as kaze was about to finish, freeman interrupted directly:

"On the contrary, I will lead VG to victory!"

On the other side, at the VG base, Aqing, dressed in a suit, hurried to the conference room.

The club's shareholders looked at this person who was considered VG's second-in-command, and many showed scrutinizing gazes.

"Lao Ding, what's going on?!! Why did you bench Jiao Yang?"

Aqing, as a rich second generation, was too lazy to deal with the bunch of old things in the conference room and asked Lao Ding, who was at the head, directly.

Lao Ding felt embarrassed that his friend didn't follow procedures, but still explained: "After discussion by the shareholders, it is more reasonable to send Jiao Yang to Dota 2 training first."

Aqing understood the meaning here perfectly; the Paris Disney Major was starting in May, and it was normal to send the team for training in advance, but...

"Then why can't he play in the ESL qualifier?!!"

Aqing's voice was very loud; he knew that his voice at this moment represented his attitude and determination.

Many people who were dozing off were startled awake.

The man to Lao Ding's right stood up with a smile: "Don't be anxious, Little Chen, sit down first, sit down first."

"Zhou Xufeng, don't pretend to be a good person here, is this your idea?"

Aqing didn't give an inch.

The man surnamed Zhou stiffened, but still maintained his smile: "These are all the shareholders' ideas. Calling you here is also to correct the issue of you not following club procedures before."

It would have been better if he hadn't mentioned it, but once he did, Aqing was even angrier—

"Why haven't I seen you pay so much attention to CS before?! When LOL was losing money, none of you said a word. I finally managed to get a project that can win, and you want to stick your hands into this little bit of profit?"

The fact is, while everyone at VG was busy with the popular LOL and Honor of Kings, Aqing reorganized the CS division with advent as the core.

Half a year later, the CS division broke history and entered the Major, while LOL and Honor of Kings didn't make a sound.

The investment gap between these projects might be more than the Ti prize pool.

Aqing brought these things up, making the faces of those present look a bit ugly, and even Lao Ding felt he had been scolded.

"Hey, we just wanted to put it to a vote; the club isn't something you can decide alone."

Aqing's face twitched; put it to a vote, put it to a vote, when was a vote not led by these few people?

He regretted listening to Lao Ding and making the club so big; the anti-risk ability had indeed increased, but the club really wasn't his and Lao Ding's club anymore.

More importantly, the money he had poured into it couldn't be taken out much; otherwise, he would even want to go out and start a new club directly. With his relationship with the players, they could slowly get back together.

Unfortunately, VG's current state was very poor; although Dota 2's results were getting better and better, it couldn't fill the meat lost by LOL, and no one was willing to take over the mess.

What to do?

He looked at Lao Ding and found that the distance between the two had become a bit far.

At this moment, he was alone, and it was at this time that Aqing remembered the conversation with Jiao Yang that day:

When he asked Jiao Yang, "Can I believe in you?", Jiao Yang replied, "You can always believe in me."

Shaking his head, he said with a smile:

"Alright! You want to put it to a vote, right?"

Zhou Xufeng thought Aqing had finally bowed his head and continued very satisfied:

"Since Little Chen has agreed, let's start the vote. Those who think Dota 2 professional player Jiao Yang should play in the ESL qualifier, raise your hands."

Unsurprisingly, only Aqing raised his hand.

He looked around; there were too many friends he had once partied with, but at this moment, they didn't even have the courage to look him in the eye.

"Since that's the case..."

Just as Zhou Xufeng was about to announce the result—

"Wait!"

Aqing closed his eyes:

"Whoever raises their hand, I will buy all of their shares!"

In an instant, the air froze.

But soon, the conference room boiled over, and those who understood scrambled to raise their hands.

"Phew~"

Taking a deep breath, Aqing opened his eyes, looked at the neatly raised hands, and smiled with relief.

As he smiled, his face became ferocious, and the words were squeezed out from his clenched teeth:

"Since you want to leave so much, then..."

"Get out!" ===== CHAPTER 53 =====