novelODS Chapter 45: The New Contract?
Chapter 45: The New Contract?
After sending the message, Rita stared at her phone screen, her heart inexplicably racing.
"Did I seem too aloof by only replying with one word?"
"No way! He was the one who went to duo queue with someone else and ignored me. I'm already being nice by even bothering to talk to him!"
Rita rolled over in bed, her mind racing, imagining Lin Mo's reaction after seeing the message.
Will he shower me with sweet words to appease me?
however……
A minute passed.
Three minutes have passed.
Ten minutes have passed.
The chat interface was completely silent; not a single person appeared.
The curve of Rita's lips disappeared little by little.
"Lin Mo! You big bastard!"
Rita angrily cursed.
I finally managed to swallow my pride and reply to the message, and this bastard just disappeared!
"I'm so angry!"
Rita threw her phone hard on the bedside table, pulled the blanket over her head, cursed Lin Mo eight hundred times in her mind, and then fell into a deep sleep, full of resentment.
……
Meanwhile, in the dormitory at the EDG base.
Lin Mo had already drifted off to sleep.
In the dream, someone had already moved into the top-floor duplex of Tomson Riviera, holding a Tencent Group equity confirmation letter in their hand, their face beaming with smiles.
……
The next morning.
When his phone alarm rang, Lin Mo stretched and got out of bed, feeling refreshed.
I picked up my phone and saw that it was already past 11 a.m.
There was an unread message on the screen, a "play" message that Rita replied to at 2:30 a.m. last night.
Lin Mo breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "Okay, then I'll call you, Sister Tazi."
The message had barely been sent when Abu's shouts echoed down the corridor.
"Get up! Get up and eat breakfast, then assemble in the conference room on the first floor! We're going to have a meeting to review the day's events! We have practice matches all afternoon and evening, so hurry up!"
Hearing Abu's voice, Lin Mo sighed.
He knew that in the next few days, he probably wouldn't have much time to spend with his two dear sisters exploring the canyon.
Because the LPL Spring Split Finals are only three days away!
The opponent in the finals is none other than the currently dominant WE team, which is known as the "complete" team!
The team consists of top laner 957 (Leg Bro), jungler Condi, mid laner Xiye, and bot laner Mystic, along with his brother-in-law and Ben.
This WE team displayed terrifying dominance in this year's Spring Split, achieving near-flawless performance in both individual laning skills and mid-to-late game team fight maneuvering.
Many people even believe that WE's current strength is enough to crush RNG and EDG.
If the story unfolds according to the events before the time travel, then that is indeed the case.
WE won the Spring Championship so easily this year.
Therefore, this is a tough battle for EDG.
For the next three days, the entire EDG base entered the highest level of preparation.
Aside from eating and sleeping, the entire team spends almost all their time in the meeting room and training room.
Watching replays, studying WE's drafting habits, and trying out various new tactics...
As a substitute top laner, Lin Mo naturally participated in the entire training match.
Lin Mo's performance in the training matches these past few days has impressed everyone.
With Lin Mo's hand speed increasing to a terrifying 92 points, even without the system's temporary fragment bonus, he had a certain degree of influence in the top lane.
He tried playing mechanically demanding champions like Rumble and Fiora, and was able to hold his own against the enemy top laner. His incredibly smooth auto-attacks and lightning-fast reaction speed often resulted in amazing plays in team fights.
It's just that it's too easy for the enemy jungler to gank you in the early game...
Abu watched Lin Mo's increasingly steady and sharp gameplay, his heart filled with complex emotions.
He felt that the boy in front of him was somewhat unfamiliar.
He was supposed to be a blue-collar top laner, but as the game went on, it turned out he had a higher talent for playing fighters!
EDG, do you really need a top laner like this...? Abu asked himself.
……
For the next three days, time seemed to be fast-forwarded.
EDG's base is filled with high-intensity training matches, tedious video replay reviews, and endless tactical discussions every day.
Although Lin Mo wasn't interested in these things, he had no choice; Abu insisted on inviting him along.
In his spare time, Lin Mo would still ask Rita to duo queue for a couple of games on the Chinese Super Server.
Because of the tight schedule, the two could only play a few rounds each time before Abu would call Lin Mo to do this or that, such as training or recording trash talk for the official team...
In the past few days, the two of them have only played a total of five games.
Fortunately, the win rate was still 100%, which allowed Lin Mo to successfully obtain the reward of 5 permanent attribute points.
Lin Mo added all 5 attribute points to his hand speed.
Current hand speed: 97
Looking at the hand speed value on the panel approaching 100, Lin Mo can now casually open a small game to practice his hand speed and create afterimages that are hard for ordinary people to understand.
This absolute sense of control, reaching from the nerve endings to the fingertips, gave him unprecedented confidence.
I just don't know if hand speed will be useful during takeoff.
The day before the finals arrived.
After the afternoon debriefing, Abu called Lin Mo into his office alone.
"Sit down." Abula opened a drawer, took out a document, and pushed it in front of Lin Mo.
"This is the new contract the boss mentioned he was going to draft for you," Abu said with a smile. "Although you've only played one BO5 so far, the boss really appreciates you. This is a formal first-team contract with a base salary of 15,000 per month, plus various winning bonuses and a higher percentage of commercial revenue. The contract is for one year. Compared to your current youth academy base salary, the benefits are much better. If you think it's okay, sign it."
In 2017, it was considered quite good for a newcomer to receive a formal contract with a monthly salary of 15,000 yuan.
However, Lin Mo only picked up the contract, flipped through two pages, and then gently pushed it back.
"Coach, thank you and the boss for your high regard," Lin Mo said to Abu. "However, I don't want to sign this contract for the time being."
Abu was quite surprised: "Why? You think the money is too little? Xiao Mo, you've only played one semi-final match. This price is already top-tier for a rookie."
"No, no, you misunderstand," Lin Mo explained. "I remember my youth training contract expires in less than three months, right?"
"Yes, after the Spring Split, there are exactly two or three months left."
"That's more like it." Lin Mo smiled. "I think it's not too late to talk about the contract after we finish the MSI Mid-Season Invitational. Maybe if we win a championship, the boss will be so happy that he'll increase my salary several times over?"
Abu was taken aback by Lin Mo's words.
"You little brat... you haven't even played in the finals yet, and you're already eyeing MSI?"
Abu couldn't help but laugh and curse, and he understood what Lin Mo meant.
They're using the results of the upcoming matches as leverage to gamble on a better contract!
This kid, on the surface he acts shameless on the field, but I didn't expect him to be so confident!
"Alright, it's good that you have this ambition." Abu's tone became serious. "Since you're confident, I'll talk to the boss and postpone the contract renewal until after MSI. However..."
Abu paused for a moment before continuing, "Let me make this clear from the start: if anything goes wrong and the boss doesn't even give you this contract, don't blame me."
"I understand, fortune favors the bold." Lin Mo nodded without hesitation.
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