novelODS Chapter 26 A God-Sent Opportunity! A Terrifying Reward!
Chapter 26 A God-Sent Opportunity! A Terrifying Reward!
"The boss is here too?" Meiko's eyes lit up.
"Since the boss is personally paying the bill, we have to have a big meal tonight!" the factory manager added.
Abu smiled and said, "You'll all know the specifics when the time comes."
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Half an hour later, the bus stopped in front of a seafood restaurant with understated yet luxurious decor.
Led by the waiter, the EDG team arrived at a spacious and luxurious private room with a river view.
Through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, the night view of the Huangpu River can be seen in its entirety.
Not long after everyone sat down, the door to the private room was pushed open.
A slightly overweight middle-aged man in a casual suit walked in laughing. He was none other than EDG's behind-the-scenes boss, Edward Zhu.
"Hello, boss!"
"Boss Zhu!"
The team members stood up to greet them.
"Sit down, sit down! You're the main characters today, so don't stand on ceremony!" Ed Zhu smiled broadly and walked to the reserved seat of honor.
"To be honest, watching this best-of-five series today almost gave me a heart attack. I thought my season was over again," Edward said, while ordering the food from the waiter.
He looked at the factory manager and Scout: "Mingkai, junior, your performance in the midfield and jungle today really impressed me. You played exceptionally well."
The factory manager smiled modestly: "It's all thanks to everyone's good cooperation and effective tactical execution."
"Speaking of tactics..." Ed Zhu said, his gaze sweeping over everyone before finally settling on Lin Mo.
He looked Lin Mo up and down, his expression quite complicated.
"Xiao Mo, right?" Edward asked with a smile.
"Hello, boss, I'm Lin Mo." Lin Mo nodded neither humbly nor arrogantly.
Ed Zhu nodded in satisfaction: "Good lad! Before coming here, Abu reported to me on the phone about the 'extreme hunger strike tactic' for the last three rounds today."
"To be honest, while I don't usually understand those complex drafting and micro-management techniques, I do understand human nature!"
Ed Zhu picked up a cup of tea: "For someone to endure the humiliation of being unilaterally beaten by the opposing team under the gaze of tens of millions of viewers, willingly becoming a stepping stone to help their teammates... Xiao Mo, your mentality is truly rare!"
Ed Zhu became more and more excited as he spoke: "I saw the data online, 815 for the Malphite and 1024 for the Teemo! Everyone is laughing at you for being bad, but I saw that you brought the concept of 'selflessness' to the extreme for the sake of the team's victory."
Lin Mo: "..."
He maintained an awkward yet polite smile, but in his heart he was giving Abu a huge thumbs up.
It seems Abu has said a lot of good things about himself.
Of course, it could also be that he's saying good things about himself.
Regardless, I think I made a very good impression on Ed Zhu.
Ed Zhu paused for a moment, then continued:
"Xiao Mo, after the finals are over, no matter what the result is, I'll have Abu draft a new formal contract for you. I'm sure you won't be able to continue earning the minimum salary of a youth training substitute."
Upon hearing this, Lin Mo revealed a genuine and radiant smile.
"Thank you, boss! I will definitely continue to work hard and live up to everyone's expectations!"
Get a promotion and a raise!
This is real money!
For Lin Mo, who had transmigrated and was practically penniless, this was far more real than any empty praise he received online.
"Great!" Ed Zhu laughed heartily, then looked at everyone, "You've all worked hard today! Tonight, in addition to this big meal, everyone will get an extra 20,000 yuan in winnings bonuses. Buy something you like and relax!"
"The boss is so generous!"
"Thank you, Mr. Zhu!"
The atmosphere in the private room instantly reached a climax.
For working people, a reward in cash is always the most motivating.
Everyone raised their juices and drinks to toast the boss.
After several rounds of drinks and five courses of food,
Ed Zhu put down his chopsticks, seemed to remember something, wiped his mouth and said, "Oh, right, there's something else I wanted to mention to you."
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the boss.
"Didn't our Chinese server recently open a new 'Summit of the Rift' region?" Edward asked.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
The "Summit of the Rift" is a super region specially created by the official Chinese server of League of Legends to select top solo queue players and professional players.
Only players who have reached Diamond II or higher in other regions are eligible to apply for entry.
Ed Zhu continued, "I've noticed that major live streaming platforms, such as Huya and Douyu, are taking advantage of this trend to launch promotional activities and attract users."
"If you can reach the top of the entire server in the Rift, these platforms will reward you with 10,000 yuan every day! The top ten also receive different bonuses."
At this point, Edward Zhu smiled and said, "I was thinking that our club could join in the fun, just to give you guys some motivation to play ranked games. If any of our EDG players can reach the top three in the Chinese Super Server outside of matches, the club will give them an extra reward!"
"First place: As long as you stay at the top of the leaderboard, the club will reward you with 20,000 per day! Second place: 5,000 per day! Third place: 3,000 per day! How about it, anyone interested in taking the challenge?"
Upon hearing this, there was no cheering or jubilation in the private room as expected.
The factory manager shook his head with a wry smile: "Boss, you have no idea how deep the water is if you don't conquer the top of the canyon..."
Meiko chimed in helplessly, "Yeah, boss. The Challenger tier has only been open for a short time, and it's full of top-tier players from all over the region, boosting services, all sorts of 'actors' (players intentionally throwing matches), and professional players from other regions who came specifically for it. There are even people using scripts. It's like hell mode."
Scout nodded in agreement: "Trying to be number one is too exhausting."
Ah Guang and Zet also expressed their agreement.
While the top spot in the leaderboard offers a generous reward of 20,000 per day, the difficulty is also considerable.
As we all know, the Challenger tier has only been open for four days, and almost all the Korean players and occasional professional players have already joined, making it a battle of the gods.
Taking the top spot is just as difficult as winning an LPL championship.
However, just as everyone was shaking their heads and sighing...
Sitting in the corner, Lin Mo's eyes lit up uncontrollably.
As EDG's substitute top laner, I also have a streaming contract with Huya, so I'm considered a streamer for Huya, right?
So, if we could reach the top of the list...
The platform earns 10,000 a day!
The club charges 20,000 a day!
That adds up to 30,000 a day!
If that continues for just one month, that's nine hundred thousand?!
Holy crap!
How can we possibly spend all of this money!
Others fear the deep waters of the Rift's summit, and the possibility of encountering terrible teammates.
But... is Lin Mo afraid?
What he's holding in his hand is a points-collecting system.
This means that even if there are noobs among his teammates at the top of the Rift, as long as he plays hard enough, he can still feed his teammates into becoming top-tier Faker level players!
Being a casual player at the top of the canyon is like a fish in water, a dragon returning to the sea!
Thinking it over, Lin Mo silently made up his mind.