Chapter 321: The days are still long

Although League of Legends professional player transfers have bidding rules, they are not an auction model where the highest bidder wins; instead, the seller and buyer match each other, making it a voluntary three-way transaction. If the player's contract with the club hasn't expired, it is a transaction between the two clubs and has nothing to do with the player.

Some unscrupulous teams indeed use contracts to make things difficult for players.

However, Liang Yan's contract has expired.

Ka Lao Si could give up renewing the contract; then other teams wouldn't need to bid against G2 Team and could simply sign him back. But as Ka Lao Si said, if G2 really chooses not to renew Liang Yan's contract, i. e., publicly announce Liang Yan becomes a free agent, the reaction of public opinion in Europe can be foreseen; whether G2 can hold up is another matter, but some radical fans might storm the Ji Di and tear Ka Lao Si apart alive.

Liang Yan would certainly not do such a despicable thing.

"Don't worry, I'm in high demand these days; while Lao Zhang was back in China those few days, people kept waving wads of cash to find him."

"You want to use Zhang to get me on board?"

"Hmm."

"Alright..."

Ka Lao Si fell silent again for a few seconds.

"May I ask which team you're most likely to choose?"

"Not decided yet, but VG is quite sincere."

"I met them in the US, in New York—a bunch of undisciplined guys, but they are indeed sincere."

Saying this, Ka Lao Si sighed,

"That trip to China showed me that VG really wants you. It was a mistake—I shouldn't have accepted their invitation to join VG that day."

Liang Yan didn't respond.

Actually, it doesn't matter; even if he hadn't gone to VG that day, VG would probably have come knocking eventually.

As long as the original misunderstanding is cleared up, VG will still remain among Liang Yan's options.

But for now it's not settled; Liang Yan has requirements for next year's team, and while VG's current roster is okay, it's not enough.

It's foreseeable that next year Riot will definitely adjust the version targeting him, Liang Yan's core carry ability will inevitably be nerfed, and having weak teammates is absolutely unacceptable.

According to Liang Yan's team-building standards, the only VG player whose strength truly meets the standard is the Marquis (Easyhoon); the top laner Long Ge (Loong) and support Xiao Duan (Caveman) barely pass, while the AD is truly inadequate—far behind, even compared to Zven, they lag by a whole tier.

Moreover, Long Ge and Xiao Duan each have their own problems.

Long Ge is a pressure-resistant player, his carry ability is not strong, and being older makes it very difficult to remake him.

Xiao Duan is a pure laner, his roaming awareness is average, but he has only been in the profession for a little over a year, his style isn't set yet, and he has great room for improvement.

As for the jungler, if I recall correctly, following the original world line, VG was supposed to change its jungler this year; the original starting jungler Duo San (Dandy) left the team, due to his age his skill plummeted and no one wanted him, so he ended up going to Europe and joining a secondary league team.

Then VG imported the S6 world line's champion jungler Ben Ji (Bengi).

"Hmm, VG doesn't buy the right ones, only the expensive ones."

"From Liang Yan's perspective, VG's acquisition of Bengi is truly a terrible move, because Bengi is actually just a tool player; even when playing Leopard Woman, he plays like a tool."

"What about the other lanes?"

"The Marquis has a steady style; his hero pool mainly consists of junglers, making it hard for him to make an impact early game."

"The top lane is also pressure-resistant."

"The AD wants to carry but lacks the ability."

"VG itself severely lacks a core carry, and yet they brought in a tool player Bengi—how could that work out? Never mind the results; if I recall correctly, in the summer of the S7 season VG dropped straight to the secondary league, a total sucker."

"From S5 champion to secondary league, the Marquis truly is facing the twilight of his career, yet he is also genuinely loyal and devoted; in S8 he single-handedly lifted VG back into the LPL and played another year before retiring."

"So saying, one's ID really matters; don't go planting flags for yourself for no reason……"

Liang Yan thought of that person's tortuous path in that world line, and couldn't help feeling sentimental.

Ka Lao Si, meanwhile, was reminiscing about the past, chattering on about many things from the past half year, trying to play the emotion card, attempting to make Liang Yan change his mind. But after talking for a while, seeing Liang Yan had no reaction, knowing Liang Yan's mind was made up, he sighed and said:

"So will Zhang go with you?"

Liang Yan, hearing that, came back to his senses, but shook his head:

"No, Lao Zhang wants to retire."

"What?!"

Ka Lao Si stared wide-eyed in surprise:

"He's not that old either, how…… how……"

Ka Lao Si said, his voice growing softer, because he suddenly understood why Lao Zhang chose to retire at his peak.

Liang Yan glanced at Ka Lao Si:

"He has learned a lot from me; he's practically the most diligent student I've ever taught, so you can go talk to him."

"Of course!"

Ka Lao Si nodded firmly.

Even if Lao Zhang truly can't play anymore, Ka Lao Si will do his utmost to keep him around, even just as an idle person kept at the Ji Di.

"The days are still long!"

"S7 is held in China; S8 surely can't still be held in China, right?"

Ka Lao Si has his own little agenda.

"Then when do you plan to leave?"

"First go back to Berlin, then return from there."

"Okay, we'll head back tomorrow; I'll have Biman book your flight for tomorrow night."

"Actually, there's no need to rush that much……"

"Then how about the morning after tomorrow?"

"Are you rushing me? Just cover my lodging and meals."

"Hmph!"

Ka Lao Si said angrily:

Anyway, you're leaving—just looking at you one more time is hard for me!

Liang Yan was speechless.

Ka Lao Si finally suddenly asked:

"What about Anna?"

……

The next day at noon, G2 Zhong Ren set off for Berlin.

Liang Yan received a WeChat message from Wang Liangyi before boarding:

【Brother! Your contract has expired!】

It's truly speechless.

Liang Yan didn't want to reply.

Then Wang Liangyi continued sending:

【Brother! Can we officially get in touch now?】

【Brother, when are you coming back?】

【Brother, are you on the plane? We're waiting for you in Berlin!】

Only upon seeing this message did Liang Yan feel a little surprised.

Good fellow……

The world championship hadn't even finished, yet the other side chased domestically, from New York to Luo Shan Ji, then presumably went back to handle visas, and then tracked him to Berlin……

Not even giving a chance to meet is really hard to justify.

Liang Yan finally replied:

【I'll arrive in Berlin tonight, let's meet tomorrow】

Then the other side said again:

【Brother, it's like this: I and Lao Gao are just here to pick you up, we have no authority to talk with you, I'll directly book your ticket, let's chat when we return to the country!】

Liang Yan naturally knew who the 'Lao Gao' Wang Liangyi mentioned was.

【What's your manager coming for?】

【Just said that, coming to pick you up; originally our boss planned to come talk in person, but the club suddenly had something requiring the boss to step in, so… please bear with us】

Good fellow, this is really a good fellow.

Liang Yan felt that if he were someone with strong vanity, his tail would probably be up to the sky by now.

The branch manager brought the team leader all the way just to pick someone up!

Even the gods probably don't get this treatment, right?