After the two-hour long movie ended, Lin Yan and the other two followed the crowd and took the escalator to leave the theater.
"What do you think of the movie?"
Jack was particularly talkative today. "Captain Jack is really handsome. His temperament is very similar to mine."
"You don't think you're Captain Jack just because you're called Jack, do you?" Su Cheng smiled brightly.
"There's nothing wrong with that logic …" Jack grinned. Only then did he notice Lin Yan beside him.
"Brother Ran, say something, Brother Ran?" He widened his eyes.
Lin Yan pursed his lips and didn't say anything.
He swore to himself that the next time he brought Jack on a date, he would be a dog!
When they picked up the tickets, there were three consecutive tickets, and Jack just happened to get the middle one.
Lin Yan and Su Cheng had to sit on either side of him. It really looked like a parent bringing their big head son on a parent-child trip.
In the dim theater, Lin Yan leaned slightly to the side. What he felt wasn't Su Cheng's soft and fragrant jade, but Jack's little belly.
If he accidentally touched him, Jack would proudly pat his belly, making a muffled sound like a watermelon. From time to time, he would make two pig noises.
Who could stand this?
There was still some time before dinner, so the three of them simply strolled around the mall. Su Cheng insisted on dragging Lin Yan to buy her some clothes.
At this time, Jack ran to look at shoes alone. Su Cheng and Lin Yan finally found a chance to be alone.
"What's wrong with you?" Su Cheng asked as she put a hat on Lin Yan's head. "You look unhappy."
Lin Yan truthfully told her how he felt while watching the movie. Su Cheng covered her mouth and tried not to laugh too loudly.
"Hahahaha …" Su Cheng's eyes were curved, and her eyes were rippling like water. "You're really making me laugh to death."
Lin Ran sighed, his expression sorrowful.
However, Su Cheng did not comfort him.
"You asked for it, Lin Yan." She smiled brightly. "Let's see if you'll bring a third wheel next time!"
Su Cheng straightened the black baseball cap on his head, then let Lin Yan hold a white sports short-sleeved shirt to measure. She pulled a little further away to look carefully.
"It doesn't look bad …" She found a pair of casual pants that ended at the ankles. "Try this on."
Lin Yan nodded obediently.
"By the way, I've thought of a way to get the best of both worlds." He looked into Su Cheng's eyes. "It won't affect my training, and I can accompany you every day during the holidays."
Su Cheng lowered her head to avoid eye contact with him. Her small earlobes were dyed red. "Didn't you say it before?
No, we can't talk about cohabitation at the moment. "
"There's another way." Lin Yan waved his phone at her.
Su Cheng looked up. Her eyes were filled with the color green, which symbolized strength and health.
Lian Family.
"I'll just rent another house in your neighborhood. That'll solve all the problems," Lin Yan said. "I can still afford it."
Lin Yan had previously walked into the wrong place.
After staying in the base for a long time to train, he hadn't fully adapted to the life that matched the balance in his bank card.
The most exaggerated thing he had done before was to buy a villa that cost more than 20 million yuan. This caused him to not think of a simpler and more violent way to solve problems.
Throw money at it.
The monthly rent for renting a house near Shanghai's Five Corners was around 10,000 yuan. It was expensive for most young people under the age of 20, but Lin Yan was an exception.
120,000 yuan a year for Lin Yan, whose annual income was in the eight digits, was just a drizzle.
"Wow, you're amazing, Brother Lin Yan!"
While the two were talking, Jack had already finished buying shoes and ran over with a bag. He happened to hear Lin Yan's words, and his tone was extremely exaggerated.
Lin Yan clenched his fists and tried to control his emotions. Otherwise, if he threw a punch, with Jack's body, he would probably be hospitalized on the spot.
The next day, the e-sports media would be able to come up with "Shocking!
Internal strife in YM, superstar player actually punches and kicks his teammate! "Ridiculous news.
"He's going to move out?" Jack asked Su Cheng while Lin Yan went to the changing room to try on his pants.
"No, he's only going over during the base's holidays." Su Cheng flipped her hair.
Jack couldn't hide his disappointment.
"Ah, this … I'm the only one left in the base again." He began to act pitiful again. "No one wants to accompany me."
"I'm so empty, so lonely, so lonely." Jack sighed, like a bitter heroine in a Qiong Yao drama.
It would be strange if someone was willing to accompany you like this.
Su Cheng criticized him in her mind.
After walking around, the three of them carried a lot of shopping bags in their hands.
During dinner, Lin Ran began to settle the matter of renting a house.
Su Cheng's neighborhood happened to have a rental unit. The two confirmed the unit number and it turned out to be an upper and lower building.
"That's convenient." Lin Yan planned to sign the contract tomorrow. "We'll just have to carry a bag and live there."
The landlord was a professor at Tongji University. He saved a lot of money in the past few years to buy a new house. He used this old house to subsidize his family's living expenses.
Normally, the deposit was one month and the payment was three months. Lin Yan took out forty thousand RMB and moved into the apartment below Su Cheng's on the same day.
In order to ensure his training, he bought a whole set of computer accessories from DaoDong yesterday.
DaoDong was like their boss; no one could beat them in terms of speed.
The order he placed last night was all delivered the next morning.
Lin Yan moved all the parts into the room and sat on the chair to fiddle with them.
"You know how to install computers?"
Su Cheng, who came back from class at noon, leaned against the door with a cup of hot water in her arms. She was surprised by Lin Yan's skills.
"I installed the computer I used to stream in Suzhou." Lin Yan refuted the memory bar. "It's not difficult as long as I have hands."
"Then can you install one for me when you come back?" Su Cheng was a little tempted. "I also want to buy a computer for my home."
"The laptop and tablet can be used in class. The desktop can be used to review videos and do some data graphs." Su Cheng was very thoughtful.
Their phones rang at the same time.
Su Cheng took out her phone and glanced at it. It was a message from the YM WeChat group.
"YMA's buyer has been confirmed." She said to Lin Yan, who was too busy to read the message, "Belle International."
"Wow, how much did you sell it for?" Lin Yan was surprised.
Last night, Suning had already raised the price to an unreasonable range. The funds from Belle International had not arrived yet. Lin Yan thought the dust had settled.
He did not expect there to be a reversal.
"47 million. Belle International only wants YMA and Knight. The rest of the contracts will be sold to YM."
To be honest, the purchase price was a little too high.
There was a huge difference between the cost of a LPL slot and the nine-figure price in the future. The main reason was that the LPL now had a promotion competition.
In other words, if you bought a LPL slot and accidentally placed at the bottom, you might have to go to the secondary league like VG.
When that happened, the LPL slot would be wasted.
With this risk, the LPL slot would not be very expensive.
This was also the reason why Tengjing wanted to cancel the promotion competition next year. If the slots were fixed, sponsors and investors could spend money boldly. The slot fee would rise.
Currently, most LPL teams only cost around 37 million. Belle International used the remaining 10 million as a transfer fee to buy the rights to use Left Hand for a year and a half.
It was hard to say whether it was worth it. It still depended on Left Hand's performance in the LPL.
However, Belle International was willing to spend a lot of money to buy a team at this time. Their ambition was self-evident. They definitely would not be satisfied with just staying in the league.
"What do you want to eat for lunch?" Lin Yan finished installing his graphics card. He was a little hungry after working all morning.
"How about pork ribs?" Su Cheng looked at the time. "My class is at two in the afternoon. It's not too late to leave now."
Lin Yan was not a picky eater. It was best if there was meat.
After the two finished eating outside, Su Cheng rushed back to school to continue her class. Lin Yan went back to his rented apartment to watch the news on his phone. He felt bored.
He decided to start a live broadcast to make up for the time.
As soon as the live broadcast started, it was packed with people.
Being a two-time world champion and MVP, coupled with his handsome appearance, Lin Ran was now more popular than Pig and Dog in the LPL. He sat alone at the top of the league.
As soon as the live broadcast started, the gifts were endless. Planes and Rockets flew over the live broadcast room nonstop.
"Good afternoon, good afternoon …" Lin Ran had purposely bought an extra monitor to watch the livestream. Now, the screen was filled with comments.
"What do you mean 'my youth is over, Ran's live broadcast?'" Lin Yan looked at the comments with dissatisfaction. "I'm very hardworking, okay?"
A few seconds after he said that, the comments started to fire back.
[Indeed, you're too hardworking for a Spring Season to owe 100 hours of live broadcast time!]
Lin Yan scratched his face. "That's because I had to prepare for the playoffs in the second half of the season. I still broadcast a lot in the weeks after the New Year …"
During that time, he had just bought a house and was short on money. His enthusiasm for live broadcasting was abnormally high. However, as the salary and bonuses entered his account, the balance in his bank rose. Lin Yan was too lazy to broadcast anymore.
At most, he would broadcast for a while when he had nothing to do.
Then, the sharp-eyed viewers noticed something. [Not in the base?
The background in the camera has changed.]
"This is somewhere else. It's not the training room."
Lin Yan opened the Chinese server's client. Because he had gone to Brazil, he had not played the Chinese server's maintenance bureau for a long time.
Now, his Canyon Peak rank had dropped to Diamond One 75 points because of his hibernation.
Lin Yan glanced at the friend list on the right side of the client.
Previously, Teng Jing had introduced a policy that required professional players to reach Diamond One at the top of the canyon. During that time, Lin Ran had been used as a labor carcass for the various big clubs to use for free. As a result, he was always on the friend list of countless professional players.
However, the friend list that was originally full was now gray. Only a few people were still playing ranked.
There was still some time before the start of the Summer Season. Most of the clubs were still on vacation.
There were a lot of lazy players among the professional players. As long as they were on vacation, they would never touch the computer again.
Only the players who were known for their hard work were still playing Ranked to maintain their rhythm.
However, most of them played in the Korean server. If it were not for Teng Jing's previous rank policy, these people would not play in the Chinese server.
It was not that they looked down on Canyon Peak, but they had no choice.
Firstly, Canyon Peak's version update was a week later than the Korean server. As professional players, they had to understand the changes in the version as soon as possible. Canyon Peak obviously could not satisfy the strong heroes in the version.
Secondly, Canyon Peak's overall game environment was worse.
It was common for Oscar producers and coaches to play random matches. Once the hero was banned, the standard would plummet. Coupled with the irritable character of the Chinese server players, it was easy to turn Summoner's Canyon into a chaotic battle in the Howling Abyss.
It was not bad if these matches were just for fun. However, the pace of the game was far from professional matches.
Professional players played ranked for entertainment. They had to find a server that was more suitable for the competition environment.
Therefore, there were not many professional players at Canyon Peak. Many of the players in the youth training and secondary league had to go to the Korean server.
However, Lin Ran still managed to find a suitable duo partner among his few friends who were online.
Lin Yan added him into the team and started a conversation through the built-in voice chat.
"Hello hello hello? Hello hello hello?
Can you hear me? "The voice of a male duck appeared in the live stream.
The voice was so familiar that the audience in the live stream immediately reacted.
Account closed.
"I can hear you. Stop shouting, stop shouting," Lin Yan replied with a smile.
"We're both mid laners. How are we going to choose our positions?" Xiao Hu said on the other end of the voice chat.
"You play mid laner. I'll play jungler." Lin Yan wanted to try out other positions.
The queue speed was unexpectedly fast. They entered the BP screen in half a minute.
It was worth mentioning that Fist was going to implement 5BAN mode in the client after the mid-season version to compete against professional matches.
The date of this change was about to be released was around the beginning of June. The 3BAN ranking that Lin Yan and the others used was about to become history.
The Canyon Peak coach disappeared without a trace. Xiao Hu could only ban the strong heroes in the version.
Lin Yan and Xiao Hu had successfully taken the mid laner position that had the greatest impact on the game.
"What do you want to play?" Xiao Hu was very cautious.
"It can't be, right?
You're just playing ranked and you're asking what jungler wants to play? "Lin Yan mocked him mercilessly." Are you serious, Mi De Hu?
You want to be a slave, right? "
"Even though it's only ranked, the points still have to be given. RNG has enough points now and even gets a bonus." Xiao Hu dragged out his voice. "If you don't say it, I'll choose Ryze?"
Ryze was a jack of all trades in the game. He had control and could cooperate with junglers. His ability to solo in the middle and late stages was not bad.
Lin Yan chose a hero in the third hand of the blue side. At this time, it was not the opposite jungler's turn to choose a hero, so he did not have to consider how to restrain his opponent.
His own support was Hammer Stone, and Xiao Hu's Ryze was in the middle lane. They did not lack control.
Lin Yan thought for a moment and chose Nanqiang.
The opposite jungler chose Panther Lady.
The lineups of both sides were confirmed.
Lin Yan's blue side: top laner Ruiwen, jungler Nanqiang, mid laner Ryze, bottom laner Ludwigen + Hammer Stone.
The red side was top laner Kenji, wild Panther Lady, mid laner Lulu, bottom laner Policewoman + Morgana.
From Lin Yan's point of view, the shortcomings of both sides' lineups were obvious.
However, this was a ranked competition without much tacit communication, so he could not ask for too much.
"Nanqiang is not good to play Panther Lady. Can you do it?"
Xiao Hu still remembered that he had been mocked by Lin Yan previously. Now, he took the opportunity to fight back. "You won't lose your reputation, right?"
"You should worry about yourself first." Lin Yan sneered. "The other side hasn't retired yet. It's just an electric baton that no one wants. If you lose, let's meet tonight. The netizens will directly arrange a retirement ceremony for you."
Xiao Hu's score was very high. Although Lin Yan was now a diamond one, his score was in the top ten of the canyon previously. If the two of them were to play in pairs, the other eight people's standards would naturally not be too bad.
[Classic Draven + Hammer Stone. I thought it was Vincent and Rhythm at first glance. It's just as I expected!]
[The opposite side's steady Lulu, golden Panther Lady, organs Kenji, Da Bu X and Sapphire's Policewoman + Morgana. Our own side also has a jungler Ruiwen. Oh my god, the all-stars of the top of the canyon version?]
[Sapphire?
The support from IG?]
[If you don't understand, just ask. Who is organs Kenji?]
[JJKing, plays Kenji. Why is it called organs Kenji … Those who know will understand. Those who don't can't do anything about it.]
The loading speed was very fast. Lin Yan stood in the spring after buying the equipment and started to frantically mark his own jungle area, informing his teammates of his own jungle route.
"I'm using the Speed18 playstyle. You be careful in the middle lane. Don't blame me for not warning you if you get caught," Lin Yan said seriously.
Ever since Lin Yan became famous, the punchline of the bullet screen became inexplicable. A casual sentence from Lin Yan could cause a wave of 23333 comments.
[I didn't expect Speed18.]
[I heard that Speed3, Speed4, and the more ridiculous ones are Speed6. What the hell is Speed18?]
[He's just going to rush into the jungle and not come out!]
Lin Yan started with a Beaked Bird, then ate the red buff and leveled up three times with the Gargoyle.
After quickly clearing the second half of the jungle, Lin Yan started to try his hand at things.
The four players on both sides were still level two at the bottom lane. Lin Yan, a level three nanqiang with a red buff, was like a wolf in a flock of sheep.
On the other hand, Smile relied on the protection of Morgana's Magic Black Shield. He had been suppressing the bottom lane, relying on his Policewoman's long arm advantage to continuously reduce Draven's health.
Lin Yan rushed to the bottom lane at this time, wanting to cooperate with his teammates to get the first kill.
Hammer Stone was a support who had just retired from Snakes this year. At the moment, it seemed that he had not completely lost his sense of smell and the ability to seize opportunities.
He pulled Smile and the moment he raised his hand, he used Flash to close the distance!
Smile did not panic at all. Morgana and Black Shield were slightly behind him.
As long as he was given a shield that was immune to crowd-control, he could easily escape!
However, what Smile did not expect was that Morgana would not even look at him. Instead, she equipped herself with a Black Shield and blocked Hammer Stone's Pendulum of Misfortune.
By the time Smile reacted, he had already been hit by Hammer Stone's crowd-control and was pushed further and further away from his own defense tower.
Lin Yan threw a Smoke Grenade, and the other three in the bottom lane attacked. Smile, who had two summons, gave up resisting!
Draven gained a kill!
"Big brother!"
Smile in the live stream could not help but complain. "This Morgana is very far away from the battlefield, and she has Flash. Why didn't he give me the shield?"
"Isn't he selling me out?"
Smile was not in a good mood. He looked at the comments and began to interact.
"Why should I give him Flash?
If he gives me a Black Shield, I'll just give him a healer and run away! "
The viewers in Lin Yan's live stream also began to make a fuss.
[This Morgana is making me laugh.]
[This Sapphire is good at escaping. This kind of person is naturally suited for soft support.]
[If there was a soft support version of the game, wouldn't Sapphire fly to the sky?]