Chapter 624 - If You are Tired, You Might As Well Become a Sloth (1/2)
August 22nd, Monday…
At the entrance of the DGE Club, Huang Wang and Team Leader Su prepared to leave. They were heading back to Shanghai. All the team members were present to say their farewells.
“Get along well with your new teammates when you get there. If you play badly, you’ll be a disgrace to DGE.”
“You have to maintain your standards. Don’t let me find out that you’ve become lousy over time. If you do, just prepare to be despised!”
“Come back and play with us more if you have the time.”
Coach Yaling smiled and said, “Keep up the good and healthy habits. You worked so hard over the last few months to get this physique. If you give up so soon, you’ll become chubby again. All of your efforts would be wasted then.”
Zhang Yuan patted Huang Wang on the shoulder. “Tell me if you run into any difficulties. We will help you for sure. Don’t feel embarrassed. No matter where you go, you’ll be a member of our team!”
Huang Wang was so moved that his eyes welled up as he kept nodding.
It was a pity that Boss Pei was not here today. Perhaps he did not want to see Huang Wang and the others saying their goodbyes.
Team Leader Su said, “Rest assured, Manager Zhang. We will put the money from Boss Pei to good use. When we get back to Shanghai, I will have a good discussion with the management of the club and fulfill Boss Pei’s requirements as much as possible, to give Huang Wang and the other team members a better training environment. We’ll take DGE as our benchmark! Then, we welcome you all to come and inspect the premises at any time!”
Zhang Yuan nodded. “Alright, alright. If you need anything, just let me know.”
Just as Team Leader Su started to leave, he recalled something else. He quickly turned back around and said, “That’s right. You won’t be affected by the missing member in Team Two for future mock competitions, would you?”
ZZ Live-Stream’s Performance Competition was already done, and the mock competitions between various clubs would carry on according to the previously planned schedule.
However, Huang Wang was the team leader of DGE’s Team Two after all. Now that he was gone, there would only be four members left. Team Leader Su was worried that the mock competition schedule would be messed up only because he bought a member of DGE over.
Zhang Yuan smiled. “Don’t worry. We already put up a recruitment notice the day before yesterday. Many people have registered to join us. We’ll balance out both teams’ skills again when the time comes. Rest assured that the mock competitions will not be affected.”
Team Leader Su nodded. “That’s good. We’ll make a move first, then. See you!”
As if recalling something suddenly, Jiang Huan quickly caught up with Huang Wang and said, “The new Multifaceted Man has pretty good statistics and will be very useful in the competition. For all we know, it’ll become the hottest hero of the international competition. Spend more time working on it.”
Huang Wang nodded. “Don’t worry—I know.”
Everyone only returned to the club after seeing the taxi that Huang Wang was in disappear into the distance.
“That lad’s very annoying, but why do I feel so sad watching him go?” Zhang Yuan said sorrowfully.
“Don’t worry. The new team member will be here soon. I wonder if he would be able to endure the same training intensity as Huang Wang,” said Old Zhou worriedly.
After all, Huang Wang was the leader of Team Two and the one who trained the most intensely out of everyone in the club. However, any additional training imposed by Coach Yaling would be suited to their body type. She would come up with a custom-made training plan for them.
Even so, the newbie would suffer for sure.
Jiang Huan smiled subtly. “It’s alright. We’ll take good care of the newbie for sure.”
Zhang Yuan exchanged a knowing look with him. “Jiang Huan, do you think you’re so good that you don’t have to worry anymore? Do you think it’s even less likely that Team Two would be able to beat you now that they have a new person on the team?
“Dream on! Once the new person arrives, we will make him the mid-laner in Team One. Little Zhou would be made the midlaner and new leader of Team Two!”
All of the members in Team One and Two were evidently shocked.
“Huh?”
The entire situation looked confusing and impossible to predict now.
Team One had initially been much stronger than Team Two, but their midlaner was now being transferred to Team Two and replaced with a newbie. Both teams were now back at square one.
With Jiang Huan as the commander of Team One, their battle strategy would be slightly better. However, with a newbie as their midlaner, their skills would be slightly poorer. On the other hand, Team Two would be filled with experienced players, but they would need to work more on their teamwork.
This time, no one could say for sure which team would be given additional training.
In particular, Little Zhou was the most confused. Who knew how much additional training he would have to endure as the team leader? He would be tortured!
He did not want to look like a professional boxer like Huang Wang!
Little Zhou quickly said, “Don’t! I don’t know how to lead at all.”
Zhang Yuan sniggered. “You don’t? No worries. You’ll know how after going through a few extra training sessions.”
Everyone: “…”
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In the evening…
Old Zhou played GOG on his own while watching a live-stream to check on how Huang Wang was doing. All things aside, Huang Wang was quite hardworking. He was live-streaming on his first day in Shanghai.
News that Huang Wang had transferred to another club spread online and on live-streaming platforms.
“Boxer, have you transferred to the H4 Club? Are you playing as a mid-laner with Pang Ling? Is that true?”
“The rumors are spreading like wildfire. Please give us some real updates.”
“If that’s true, doesn’t that mean that H4 has made up for its shortcomings and risen to the skies at lightning speed? This is going to be a new warship!”
“No, the DGE Club’s Team One is the real warship. Weren’t you able to tell during the Performance Competition held over the past few days?”
“DGE is a warship indeed, but they can’t compete. Among the teams that can, H4 is the strongest.”
“It’s too good to be true! They couldn’t win, and so they went to buy over a team member from DGE. Other teams probably never expected to be able to do something like that. What a brilliant move!”
“What are the other teams waiting for? Buy the other members! There are still nine of them!”
“Maybe they haven’t had enough time to react. Let’s keep a close eye on the situation for the next few days. After all, DGE is selling its members at a high price. I heard that H4 paid close to three million yuan for Huang Wang. That’s terrifying.
“H4 was only able to raise so much funds because it had worked so hard to become a veteran club. Would other clubs have such spending power?”
“Three million yuan? I thought it was five million yuan.”
“Stop fighting. It was over a hundred million yuan!”
“Sh*t, esports has really become a competition ground for the wealthy.”
“The professional boxer is going to train with the new hero, Multifaceted Man, today. It looks like he’s getting ready for the competition. That’s excellent—we can see the professional boxer play on the international stage! Just thinking about what the competition would look like makes me feel very excited!”
Old Zhou could not help but feel emotional. Rumors spread fast in the age of the Internet. Yet, there was nothing he could do. It had been no secret to begin with, and the news would be up on the official website soon.
The only thing that was being kept secret was the amount of money they transferred Huang Wang for. Thus, there were all sorts of figures floating around online. Some said a million yuan, some said three million yuan, and some said five million yuan. In short, the number was increasing.
Waiwai had probably spread some fake rumors. After all, the higher Huang Wang’s transfer fee was, the more gamers would discuss him and the more popular Waiwai would become.
However, there was another problem… the other clubs had been shocked.
At first, all the clubs had already thought that DGE’S members could not be bought over because they would be extremely expensive. Now, the rumors were confirming their thoughts.
The poorer clubs had already given up the thought.
The wealthier ones did not dare to fork out millions of yuan at one shot just to buy one person over. Instead, they intended to watch and see the effects of H4’s purchase.
The clubs that wanted to buy members but did not have enough money were in the most awkward position. They had wanted to bluff live-stream platforms at first, with the intention of using the sign-on fee with that live-streaming platform to cover some costs for buying DGE’s members.
In short, H4’s purchase of Huang Wang had given the other clubs a new way out that they had never thought about before.
Were they missing someone?
They could just fork out cash to buy a member from DGE. They had all five roles there and could surely satisfy any demand!
As for the young internet addicts who wanted to make a name for themselves, training at DGE Club would give them a promising future.
So what if they could not compete for now? As long as they held on for long enough, a club would be willing to buy them over for a lot of money!
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