Chapter 329: Transfer Winds and Clouds (1)

Dim yellow streetlights flashed past outside the window, the night grew deeper, Shanghai's office workers had little nightlife, but there were many bosses, and many cars on the road.

The Panamera drove through traffic, Lu Wenjun held the steering wheel with both hands, the car ran smoothly, and he chatted with the two people in the back seat with a gentle smile.

But the two had just encountered some unpleasant things, their spirits were low, and they spoke intermittently.

Liang Yan glanced at their expressions in the car's rearview mirror and smiled:

"No need to be angry; you've jumped out of the fire pit, good things are coming."

Snake might not be some black-hearted club, but Liang Yan knows what kind of person Zuowu is.

He's not exactly a bad person, just a businessman whose eyes are only on profit.

The consolation had little effect; Gangzi forced a smile, Fu Lan Duo sat beside him, looking out the window, equally unwilling to speak.

Liang Yan then asked:

"By the way, your contracts have expired, right?"

Gangzi was about to speak when Lu Wenjun laughed twice and said:

"It's fine even if they haven't expired; at worst we pay a bit of liquidated damages, as long as it's not too exaggerated, VG will take you on!"

Gangzi looked at Liang Yan doubtfully.

Neither of them knew Lu Wenjun, nor that he is one of VG's shareholders.

Then Liang Yan introduced them:

"This is Boss Lu, the general manager of VG Club."

The two were instantly startled, feeling a sense of being honored unexpectedly. VG is not like Snake, a team that sprang up temporarily relying on a single project; although VG's performance in the LOL project has been merely average, giving a sense of being second-tier, in the domestic esports scene VG's history is the oldest club, belonging to a true traditional powerhouse.

That late at night, the head of VG personally drove over to pick up someone as insignificant as us; the two in the back seat thought it quite surreal, wondering, 'How could I possibly be this important?'

Or is it that this guy has so much face?

The two stared at Liang Yan's back of the head, and for a moment all sorts of thoughts arose in their minds.

……

VG Ji Di.

Wang Liangyi had watched Liang Yan go out earlier, still wondering what he was doing out so late at night, feeling a bit worried, and thus kept guarding the first-floor lobby.

He had been guarding a while when he suddenly received a message from the boss, telling him to prepare a clean room; Wang Liangyi became even more puzzled, wondering who was coming at this late hour.

After preparing a room with his doubts, Wang Liangyi returned to the lobby to keep watch.

After about ten or more minutes, he actually saw Liang Yan returning together with his own boss, and not only that, they were bringing two people! And they were carrying two colorful snakeskin bags!

For a moment it left Wang Liangyi dazed; after regaining his composure he hurried over to help with the luggage, and only upon getting closer did he recognize them—'Holy shit, aren't these the two people the boss specifically asked for?'

He hurried to attend to them, fawning over them.

Wang Liangyi's enthusiasm made the two Snake members feel uncomfortable all over; they had been with Snake since their debut and had never enjoyed such warm hospitality, so they felt quite unaccustomed.

Lu Wenjun also noticed this; after seeing Wang Liangyi arrange rooms for the two, he waved his hand and sent Wang Liangyi away:

"Alright, alright, Xiao Wang, you can go rest too."

"Hey hey, okay okay, then I won't disturb you!"

Wang Liangyi nodded and bowed, then exited the room.

Afterward, Lu Wenjun and Liang Yan also left.

In the room, Fu Lan Duo and Gangzi sat on the bed, sizing up the bright, tidy, warmly lit double bedroom, then began staring at each other.

After a long while, Gangzi sighed:

"Ah, damn, it's like a dream."

Luxuanjun, on the other hand, adapted relatively quickly; although having cut ties with Snake feels unpleasant, what matters is how to proceed from now on!

Thinking about fighting alongside Liang Yan as teammates in the future, Luxuanjun's heart fluttered.

"Hurry up and tidy up, take a shower and sleep; tomorrow we'll play well."

"What are we playing?"

Gangzi didn't react for a moment.

Fu Lan Duo said: "Tryout!"

"Oh oh! Right, we still need a tryout!"

The next day, the two rose early; since they weren't yet VG members, they didn't dare go out wandering, so they stayed in the room waiting, and around eight o'clock someone came to knock on the door.

Opening the door, it was Liang Yan, with the enthusiastic VG team leader from last night standing behind him.

Liang Yan looked at the two's appearance, knowing they had already washed up, and thus beckoned:

"Let's go, let's get breakfast."

In the cafeteria, VG League Division Manager Gao Jun sat at the side table looking at his phone, with a bowl of porridge in front of him and a bun in his other hand, taking slow bites.

Seeing the crowd enter, Gao Jun immediately put down his phone to greet them.

"I thought you'd sleep a bit more, but I didn't expect you all to be up already—hahaha, come on, come on, sit!"

The breakfast was lively and noisy; after it, Gao Jun again took the two for a tour around VG Ji Di, but Liang Yan didn't follow, instead heading straight back to the room.

As expected, not long after sitting down, Wang Liangyi came to knock on the door.

"Brother, the boss is waiting in the office, wants to chat with you! Got time?"

Liang Yan stood up: "Let's go."

Upon arriving at the general manager's office, Lu Wenjun sat behind the boss's desk and rose to greet him.

Wang Liangyi quietly closed the door from behind.

……

While global netizens were still guessing where 'Firrrrrre' was headed, Liang Yan had already signed his name on both contracts.

Not long after Liang Yan left Lu Wenjun's office, Gao Jun brought Fu Lan Duo and Gangzi in; the two learned that no tryout was needed and they would go straight to contract talks, leaving them somewhat bewildered.

That afternoon, Sima Laozei also arrived at the VG Ji Di.

Meanwhile, G2 finally officially announced on Twitter and Weibo that Liang Yan was leaving the team.

Although netizens had discussed it countless times over the past few days and basically confirmed that Liang Yan would not renew his contract with G2, for European netizens, G2 had not yet made an official announcement, so they still retained a sliver of hope. And now, that hope has been completely extinguished.

Soon after G2's official announcement, Riot released a G2 championship special; at the end of the special, there is a segment that is obviously a hastily added personal interview with Ka Lao Si.

Ka Lao Si explained in the interview why he did not renew the contract with Liang Yan.

"I directly took out a check, told him not to leave, to fill in whatever amount he wanted, and he said sorry, it's not about money……"

"On a personal level, I cannot accept this result. The LPL abandoned him, we took him in, and he repaid us with his all; we were like a family, supporting each other, growing together, and I thought we would continue fighting side by side."

"But rationally speaking, I actually had a premonition about Liang making this decision, because he is a truly great player."

"I feel very sad and sorry, but I support his decision, and I hope everyone who supports G2 and Liang can understand."

In the final scene of the special, G2 Zhong Ren stood beside the Summoner's Cup, gazing at the camera, as if waiting for someone to return.