Chapter 146: He's Got Money Now!

Liang Yan suddenly smelled a strong aroma of alcohol.

Immediately after, a furry hand rested on Liang Yan's shoulder.

Liang Yan turned around and saw Ka Lao Si's face red as a monkey's butt, wearing a lewd and drunken smile, hiccuping from alcohol as Ka Lao Si said:

"Liang, if you... really... lead G2 to victory, you... would... be my dad!"

Liang Yan smiled and rubbed Ka Lao Si's head:

"Good boy."

"Pfft~"

Laughter broke out across from them.

Liang Yan looked up.

Tang Anna sat across the table, head lowered, shoulders trembling, her twin tails swaying, unable to contain her joy.

In the private room, only the two of them remained sober; the others were either going crazy or passed out. Liang Yan found Ka Lao Si's alcohol smell a bit much, so he pushed Ka Lao Si aside, got up, walked over, pulled a chair next to Tang Anna, sat down, and casually asked:

"Have you eaten enough?"

"Mm..."

"Where are you planning to go for the break?"

"Huh?"

It's now the end of August; the World Championship won't start until the end of September, leaving a full month in between, and the version for the global finals hasn't been released yet. Although it's speculated that Riot shouldn't make any big changes, we still need to wait for the dust to settle before working. According to Riot's update habit, a version should come out in a little over a week, so Ka Lao Si had informed everyone before the match that vacation would begin after the finals, lasting one week.

Professional players usually have two relatively long breaks each year.

One occurs between the spring and summer seasons, typically lasting one week to half a month—in fact, it's completely normal for G2 to take a vacation trip before MSI, but because they performed terribly at MSI, angry netizens singled them out as a target for ridicule.

The other break runs from the end of the summer season to the start of next year's spring season; the duration varies, but this period is definitely the longest vacation of the year for players from all major regions, and teams with no upcoming matches may even take a break lasting over a month.

G2 has confirmed it will compete in this year's World Championship as Europe's first seed, so it obviously can't take that long a break; Ka Lao Si's plan is to first take nine days off, and whether to add more days and how many will depend on how far G2 advances in the World Championship.

This is the normal procedure for any legitimate professional club; the important part for a professional player is the first two characters—since it's a job, there naturally are workdays and rest days; otherwise, it's a exploitative boss, and such a team won't go far.

Moreover, not all professional players have dreams; for those players, this is just a somewhat special job. If you said they had to work year‑round without rest, you'd probably see half the players in every region quit immediately.

Tang Anna of course knew there would be a break, but she didn't expect Liang Yan to ask her.

And what was his purpose in asking that?

Sensitive Tang Anna began to let her thoughts wander, and she was momentarily speechless.

Liang Yan could tell she was overthinking, so he smiled and said:

"I was just asking casually."

"Oh..."

Tang Anna looked at him and shook her head,

"Actually, I don't really have any plans; I'll probably go home."

Assuming those passed out won't wake up soon, Liang Yan continued the topic and chatted casually with Tang Anna:

"Your place is in Berlin, right?"

"No. It's in Norway."

"Ah?"

Hearing that place name, Liang Yan slightly widened his eyes.

Before, I'd always heard Ka Lao Si say Tang Anna was a local, so I instinctively thought she meant Berlin, but it turns out this "local" refers to Europe…

"Norway. What's up?"

"Nothing… just feeling a bit surprised."

"What's there to be surprised about?"

"Because for someone who's never been to Norway, hearing this name that usually only shows up in travel articles—you know, the kind that comes with some gorgeous scenery pictures—gives you a feeling like, 'Wow, Norway!'"

"Oh..."

Tang Anna thought seriously,

"Actually, it's not that beautiful either; I've seen those pictures, and they're all filtered, edited to the point I could barely recognize them."

"But there should still be some genuinely beautiful spots, right?"

"Yeah, that's true."

"For example?"

"When there's the aurora."

"And it's snowing too, right?"

"Yes."

"Saying that makes me want to go see it—is it happening now?"

"What?"

"The aurora."

"Uh… maybe, maybe not; more precisely, the aurora always exists, but it isn't visible all the time because it's actually a very faint light—if the sky isn't dark enough you can't see it, and Norway experiences midnight sun from May to August, so the sky stays bright and you can't see it; generally it becomes more common starting in September."

"You're quite knowledgeable."

"... Well, I am a local after all."

"Can you be my guide?"

"Huh?"

"I can pay."

"He's got money now!"

Ka Lao Si's voice suddenly rang out loud.

The two were startled, seeing Ka Lao Si laughing and looking over here.

Ka Lao Si then said:

「I did see that this kid put almost all of his salary and livestream income into investments, and I've been watching—his stocks have risen these past few months. »

「Anna, I dare guarantee that Liang will definitely become a multi-millionaire in the future! »

Liang Yan was speechless, thinking it'd be better not to play straight flush in the training room from now on…

Tang Anna, however, stared for a while, looking at Liang Yan in surprise:

「You trade stocks? »

「Just bought some randomly. »

「Which market? »

「The A-shares market. »

「You just randomly bought and made money? »

「Good luck. »

Tang Anna looked at Liang Yan strangely.

Liang Yan met Tang Anna's probing gaze with a calm expression.

But Liang Yan didn't know that Tang Anna's parents were in global investment, and they also had considerable assets in the A-shares market, so even though Tang Anna hadn't studied it deeply, she had a natural understanding of the field from growing up around it.

The A-shares market—it's not something just anyone can play with; 99% of people jump in headfirst and end up as leeks harvested by capital.

Although Tang Anna didn't know much about Liang Yan's background, after spending so much time together she still had some understanding, and he should have no investment background at all.

A young person with zero investment experience, casually buying a few stocks in the A-shares market—described as a leek‑harvesting machine—and making money? Buying whatever goes up? It sounds like a fantasy no matter how you look at it.

Consequently, Tang Anna's curiosity about Liang Yan grew even stronger.

But no one brought up the tour guide matter again.

……

Originally there were other programs planned after the celebration banquet, but given the situation it was clearly impossible to continue, so they went straight back to the hotel.

The next day at noon they returned to Berlin and began filming the second season of the documentary "Legendary Prosperity".

Two days later, the filming wrapped up.

September 1, everyone packed up their belongings and went their separate ways.

Ka Lao Si also returned to Spain.

The second team was also off, leaving only Liang Yan, Lao Zhang, and a few staff members on duty receiving overtime pay in the huge base.

This actually made it more convenient for Liang Yan to give Lao Zhang private tutoring.