Chapter 16: G2 Amidst Wind and Rain

There's nothing he's unwilling to do.

On the contrary, having such an outcome already exceeds Liang Yan's expectations.

Originally he had planned to at least spend half a year in youth training, lead the team to win a secondary league championship or something, and only then be promoted to the first team next year.

Now being able to go straight to the first team is already far better than expected.

As for being a substitute?

After the summer season starts, as long as he gets one chance to play, he can press the starters beside the water dispenser—being a cheat user, he still has that much confidence.

So in Liang Yan's eyes, there's no difference between being a substitute and a starter.

He readily accepted Ka Lao Si's proposal.

Ka Lao Si on the spot took out a contract template, filled it in, and Liang Yan signed it directly.

The salary was of course raised, not very high, but it's a lot higher than the average salary of LPL's second-team players; if converted to RMB, Liang Yan is now in the top 10% of society.

Liang Yan's goal is 0.00001%, or even higher.

But this has to be done gradually.

Then Ka Lao Si produced another thick stack of documents for Liang Yan to fill out.

The documents run to many pages; just the numerous file names full of jargon made Liang Yan, experiencing this for the first time, feel overwhelmed.

Professional player registration form, free player contract permission application, qualification authorization letter, anti-match-fixing declaration, match uniform account asset transfer confirmation……

And so on, and so on.

Fortunately, Ka Lao Si is here.

Liang Yan filled them out one by one following Ka Lao Si's instructions.

Covered in sweat, he finally finished.

While Ka Lao Si checked the documents, Liang Yan returned to the dormitory alone and brought over copies of his visa, passport, and such.

Finally, Ka Lao Si organized all the application forms and put them away carefully.

OK, we'll take the promotional photos tonight.

After that I'll send all these materials over; it'll take about two… at most three days, and once the documents are approved, you'll be an official professional player.

Liang Yan hesitated and nodded.

Ka Lao Si stood up and shook hands with Liang Yan:

"Now we're a family; we need to get along well with everyone."

Although the forms were finished, Liang Yan still felt it wasn't real, let out a dazed 'oh', and looked a bit vacant.

Ka Lao Si, having been through this himself, naturally understood the feeling, smiled without saying anything, and saw Liang Yan to the office door.

"For now, go back to normal training; I still have some things to handle, and I'll come by later to announce this to everyone."

Liang Yan said okay.

Before leaving, Ka Lao Si mischievously winked at Liang Yan with his left eye twice.

"By the way, don't go to the wrong door."

……

Naturally, it's back to the first team's training room.

His steps felt a bit floaty.

It wasn't pride or excitement; he just felt a bit dreamlike.

Not long ago he was a loser holed up in a cheap rental playing against bots, but now he's turned around and finds himself in Europe, having just landed and already become a top-league professional player.

Although he's a substitute.

This leap is really too big.

Liang Yan didn't immediately return to the training room; halfway there he stopped, stood by the window, took out his phone, and sent Lao Zhang a WeChat message:

【Contract signed】

He had originally planned to wait for Lao Zhang's reply before adding a line to show off, but Lao Zhang might be busy, and Liang Yan waited a few minutes with no response.

Then Liang Yan realized his behavior was rather childish……

He laughed it off and added a line:

【First-team substitute】

After sending the message, he put his phone back in his pocket, went to the restroom to pee, and after finishing headed back.

Soon he stood before a large door.

"You're already an official team member."

Liang Yan took a deep breath before the door, adjusted his mindset, raised his hand to push open the training room door, walked in with a smile curling his lips.

The embarrassing thing is……

The training room was empty.

The monitors glowed quietly, but nobody was around.

Liang Yan stared for several seconds.

Then he noticed the electronic clock on the wall.

It turned out to be evening, and everyone had gone to dinner.

……

Besides Liang Yan, there was another G2 team member not in the cafeteria.

Not long after Liang Yan left Ka Lao Si's office, a nearby safety corridor fire door quietly opened, and the top laner Kikis walked out.

He stared at Ka Lao Si's office door, hesitated a moment, then, as if having made a decision, took a deep breath, walked over, and knocked.

Ka Lao Si had just sat down in the boss's chair, thinking it was Liang Yan returning, but when he looked up he saw Kikis entering, and his smile froze.

Kikis? What's up?

Kikis hesitated and moved closer.

"Boss, I... I want to..."

Ka Lao Si's heart gave a thump.

Sure enough, Kikis plucked up courage and said:

"Sorry, I'm not renewing my contract either."

Tens of minutes earlier, Kikis sneaked to the stairwell to smoke; when passing by Ka Lao Si's office door, out of curiosity, he pressed his ear to the door and listened.

As a result, he heard that passage:

"... All this glamour is built on a huge debt."

Kikis knew about the ups and downs online, but now learning that the boss had taken on a huge debt to save face, he instantly felt unsettled.

Kikis thought G2 was done for.

Moreover, to save money, the boss actually wanted to promote a newcomer with no major tournament experience to the main team, making Kikis feel even worse.

Just a couple days ago, FNC's coach privately contacted him.

The offer was very tempting.

……

Night gradually fell.

After dinner, AP sat with substitute support Yudie in the lounge for a while; around seven, the two laughed and chatted as they returned to the training room.

In the spacious room, bright lights illuminated a ring of computers and training equipment set against the walls, surrounding the open space in the middle; Ka Lao Si sat under the harsh white light.

One person, head lowered, burdened with thoughts.

AP entered, saw the situation and froze for a moment, glanced at Yudie, and the two hesitated before walking over.

"Ka Luo Si?"

"Sit, wait until everyone's here and I'll say a few things."

Ka Lao Si didn't look up, waved a hand, gave a quick instruction, and sent AP away, still lost in his thoughts.

Liang Yan was the last to enter through the door.

Everyone shot surprised glances, quickly realizing what was going on.

But due to Ka Lao Si's low-pressure aura, no one spoke; only Yudie, who was somewhat acquainted with him, waved at Liang Yan, meaning congratulations.

Liang Yan returned a smile, then looked at Ka Lao Si sitting in the middle of the training room, feeling puzzled. As soon as he entered, he sensed the atmosphere was off.

What's going on this time?

Ka Lao Si lifted his head, glanced at Liang Yan, and said, "Have a seat."

After Liang Yan sat down, Ka Lao Si finally stood up, hands on hips, scanning the crowd, and forced a reluctant smile:

"Everyone's here; I'll first announce something:"

At that moment, AP and the others heard this and were stunned, seeing that the training match involved only five people total, including team leader Biman.

With so few people, that's all?

"Boss, where are the others? Kikis hasn't even arrived yet?!"

AP asked in shock.

Ka Lao Si merely glanced at him, then gestured toward Liang Yan,

"This afternoon, Liang signed a contract with the team; although registration is still pending, I've checked the documents and found no issues, so he's already a member of our G2."

Having said that, Ka Lao Si led the applause.

Everyone had to follow along with the applause, which was sparse and scattered.

The atmosphere didn't warm up at all.

Because after Ka Lao Si finished the announcement, he then sighed:

"Next, I'll say two more things."