Chapter 300 Jiang Yang: “It’s actually money power!”

With the official end of IEM Cologne, Ultraman’s transfer from GL to Liquid marked the beginning of the mid-year transfer in 2022.

The signing and trading of countless free agents will begin, and the strength of the top teams will be reshuffled in the second half of the year.

Almost all teams are working hard to strengthen their teams, hoping to breathe new life into their teams and make their teams stronger by drawing cards.

The big one is really coming!

spinX, an Israeli ruthless player who had previously performed well in ENCE, announced in mid-August that he would join Vitality. He will replace misutaa, a member who had previously transferred to Falcons.

After failing to retain spinx, the top-level gunner, ENCE’s idea was very simple: since we are missing a gunner, why don’t we just find another one?

So they chose to buy the early representative prison king Valde from OG, and demoted the sniper Hades.

Regarding the position of the sniper, someone revealed that they are in talks with sunPayus, but it is just a leak and ENCE has not confirmed it.

Jiang Yang understood the reason. ENCE was waiting for his reply.

ENCE really wants Jiang Yang to join, so that the firepower of the entire team will soar.

But the offers Jiang Yang received now are indeed too many.

After the transfer period started, he was often called to the office by GL manager to discuss transfer matters.

In terms of transfer, GL gave him full respect.

Although they had no plans to renew Jiang Yang’s contract because they wanted to earn the transfer fee, they ultimately chose to follow Jiang Yang’s own opinion and did not directly sell him to a team.

Pasha hadn’t left yet and followed them into the manager’s room.

He flipped through the printed documents on the desk and picked up one at random:
“COL really likes you. The offer is quite high, and there’s even a signing bonus…”

[COL, monthly salary 8 US dollars, signing bonus 15…]

“Liquid is okay, they are already a European team, but teams like EG and COL are pure cages.”

Jiang Yang shook his head and put the contract aside.

The boss of COL took a liking to him and offered him a very high salary, US$8 per month.

After playing in COL for two years, he basically achieved financial freedom.

He hesitated many times because of the income. After all, the money given by COL was really a lot, but in the end he gave up.

If he really agreed to it, he would be able to fully experience the feeling of “I have never been happy because of making money.”

What he wants to see next is winning the second and third Major trophies, achieving the Grand Slam, and forming a dominant team.

“Then the only two teams that are most suitable for you right now are ENCE and NIP.” Pasha said, “ENCE has enough firepower and is willing to give you a position in the team, but the salary level is not that high.”

As a Finnish team, ENCE is not that wealthy.

“As for NIP, it’s also a good position, but you responded relatively late, otherwise you could have dragged IM to stay in NIP together.” Pasha thought for a moment.

As for NIP, Jiang Yang, IM, Baolan, Hanpas, and REZ, this lineup is strong enough at least on paper.

If Jiang Yang can lead the NIP team to win a few championships and boost their morale, then this team will also have the strength to compete for the championship.

“What a shame.” Pasha sighed, “The current top teams have basically all their rosters, otherwise if they joined in, there would be the greatest wave of transfers, and the competition would be very interesting.”

He continued to look at the contracts submitted by ENCE and NIP, and after a while, he said, “Compared to COL, the salaries offered by these two companies are still relatively low.”

“COL is really willing to spend money, but the conditions are not attractive if it’s just money. Not many players are willing to take the initiative to join North America.”

Now that GL is considered a Major champion team, GL’s manager no longer thinks highly of COL.

Jiang Yang flipped through the documents on the desk, carefully checking some of the terms.

“Either their contracts are a bit tricky, or they just don’t want to give me the space to integrate into their team.”

“Do I look like someone who really wants to fit in with their team?” Jiang Yang said unhappily.

He threw the documents on the table and turned to look at the manager: “Don’t you want any other contracts?”

“These are probably the only first-tier contracts available. I don’t think you’re that interested in second-tier contracts, but your hometown team, Tianlu, has offered you first-tier prices.”

Jiang Yang shook his head.

As a talented young man who came out of CNCS, he also had the idea of ​​playing CS in his hometown like the Turkish tough guys.

The problem is that the domestic FPS young geniuses were either attracted early on by the “dream of a gunfight with 3 million mice” or were attracted by the phenomenal game PUBG in the past two years.

Today, CNCS is still run by the old guys from former Tianluo and VG.

Even if he wanted to go back, he had to at least see some hope.

He doesn’t require his teammates to carry him, but at least they should be able to keep up with the intensity of the first-line team.

Therefore, at this stage, he still plans to shine on the field.

As for returning to CNCS, I still have to wait for a suitable timing. I can’t just do it blindly.

“Then we have to continue talking to them. The conditions are not attractive enough to me.” Jiang Yang replied.

“oh mama~”

Just then, the manager’s phone rang.

The manager picked up the phone curiously: “Hello, who is this?”

“Is this the manager of the GL team? I’m the manager of the Falcons. We were planning to submit a contract offer to you regarding Young, but after consideration, we decided to communicate over the phone in order to reach this agreement.”

“Falcons?” Manager GL frowned.

It’s not that the Falcons are too unknown.

On the contrary, during this short offseason, the Falcons have become very famous in the circle.

During the off-season, there were rumors that the Middle Eastern oil guys were interested in entering the e-sports industry and were planning to establish a CSGO team.

The oil guys are mainly rich and powerful, and they seem to be forming a top-notch galactic battleship from the beginning. A whistleblower has revealed that they have tried to contact the top five on the TOP list.

When this news first came out, it caused quite a stir on the forum.

If this news is true, then “CSGO Dream Team”, once a classic project that players loved most, may turn CS fantasy into reality.

It may become a reality that these superstars stand side by side.

But for the professional circle, the salary offered by the Oil Team is indeed high, but it is not very attractive.

There are only a few top players on the market now, and they are all in their prime. Going to the oil team to earn a high salary is like giving up their dreams.

Another point is that they are not sure whether the team can really offer such a high salary. If it turns out to be a blank check, then they are doomed.

So in their prime years, at least S1mple, Zaiwu and NIKO all rejected them.

Well, these are all spread through the grapevine.

So the GL manager subconsciously wanted to die, because he felt that Jiang Yang would not be interested in a team of this level.

“You guys can submit the quotation contract, but I have some other things to do…”

At this time Jiang Yang shouted: “Wait, I think we can talk.”

Now this group of people in the circle do not believe in Falcons, but Jiang Yang has a kind of familiarity with Falcons because of the experience of ‘Lao Deng’.

Lao Deng and Jiang Yang once fought side by side with NIKO in the Falcons, which means that this oil team is not the kind of team that cannot pay salaries.

After hearing Jiang Yang speak, GL manager had no choice but to turn on the speakerphone of his phone: “The one who just spoke was Young.”

Hearing this, the Falcons manager’s tone was obviously a little excited: “Are you Young? I have watched all the top competitions in recent months, and your performance on the court really shocked me!”

“Now we are planning to organize a competitive team, and I also understand that you are the one we need, so we want to invite you to join the Falcons!”

Jiang Yang sat casually on the desk, “Thank you for your appreciation of me, but if I join Falcons, what level of salary and benefits can I get?”

The Falcons manager understood instantly that Jiang Yang was interested in them, and now he just had to use his conditions to impress the most sought-after player in the transfer window.

“Our current team lineup is NBK, misutaa, boddy, lauNx, MhL…”

Pasha couldn’t help but say, “The lineup is complete, why do you still need to contact Young?” “Besides, these are all antiques from the old times…”

NBK is a player of his generation, but he is back in the game.
Pasha was a little suspicious. Could it be that this guy saw Snax win the Major championship and thought he could do it again?

Do you really think you can find your own young to complete Lao Deng’s counterattack?

“Indeed, our lineup is complete.” Falcons was not angry because of Pasha’s interruption, but smiled easily, “But as long as Young agrees to join, we can directly transfer all five people at this stage and build the team around Young!”

The big boss has given the CSGO division a lot of funds, although not as exaggerated as the LOL division. For example, the transfer fee for a single player is several million dollars.

The income of the entire CSGO industry is relatively low. For the Falcons, even the highest salary in the industry is just that.

Although five people have been brought in now, these five people form a team just to maintain basic enthusiasm in order to avoid not being able to invite outstanding players.

But if we invite Jiang Yang to join, invite the world’s best CS professional player, then we will be qualified to organize a top team.

Compared with the problem of gathering people, the expenses in the process are minor issues.

As soon as the voice on the other end of the phone came out, Pasha and Manager GL couldn’t help but look at each other, their eyes full of shock.

Letting a player join a team and building a team with a player as the core are two completely different things.

If what the Falcons manager said is true, then the other party really came here with sincerity.

“What about salary income?” Pasha asked.

“This is the highest salary for CSGO players now. We will give you a little extra on top of it.” After saying this, the Falcons manager felt it was a bit of a pity.

Because the monthly salary of CSGO players is not high, the boss has little money to spend.

“Then we can negotiate the signing fee. We can probably offer 50 US dollars. The sticker income and bonus income can be taken in full. Advertising revenue and other commercial activities are in the details. You can check it in the quotation contract later…”

While the Falcons manager was talking nonstop, the GL manager pressed the mute button on his phone.

Then he looked at Jiang Yang and Pasha with incredible eyes: “This Saudi guy is really rich! He doesn’t even talk to you about other things, he just helps us break the industry ceiling…”

They all laughed when they heard the sentence “the industry’s top salary plus a certain amount”.

They all suspected that this Saudi guy had so much money that he had no place to put it, and that he came here today just to spend money.

Although Jiang Yang had some psychological expectations about the Saudis’ ability to make money, he couldn’t help but be moved again and again in the end.

He had no plans to leave GL before, and his monthly salary was about US$1.5, which was the limit of what GL could offer.

The current top salary in the industry is probably between NIKO and S1mple, and their monthly salary is around 6 to 7 US dollars.

If he agrees today, he will be able to get a signing fee of at least US$50, and his subsequent monthly income will be at least US$8.

If we just calculate his salary, converted into RMB, he can get more than 50 RMB every month.

Jiang Yang also remembered that Saudi Arabia does not levy personal income tax, which means that the salary he received was the income after receipt, which was also a huge amount.

When you think about it this way, the temptation of Falcons is too great.

“…Our CEO wants to build a top CSGO team, so if we can win the Major championship, there will be a huge bonus.”

“There are also rewards for being at the top of the HLTV rankings.”

“If you get the MVP of an S-level competition, you will also get a bonus…”

The Falcons manager talked for a long time, but Jiang Yang didn’t understand much of what he said.

But he vaguely saw a Saudi guy covered in gold waving to him, “Come on, join my team, I’ll give you all my treasures!”

Jiang Yang felt his heart beating faster.

However, he calmed down, signaled the GL manager to turn on the microphone, and then said: “The conditions you offer are indeed hard to refuse, but I want to go to a team that can compete for the championship.”

“We will build the team around you.”

“I know this, but I’m not sure what the final team will look like.” Jiang Yang said, “For example, your current lineup, apart from Misuta, seems to have no one available. Your ‘aesthetics’ in selecting people doesn’t seem to be very good.”

The Falcons manager smiled weakly on the phone, “We actually have better options, but the pro guys in the industry are wary of us.”

Those who join the Falcons now are either old players who are close to being buried, or unemployed young people like Misuta.

This lineup is OK for minor tournaments, but when it comes to S-level tournaments, it will be like being kicked to death like a stray dog ​​on the roadside.

“But with you joining us, I think we’ll have more career options to choose from.”

If they only show money, everyone will just think they are nouveau riche.

But if Jiang Yang is there, then money + strength equals a king bomb.

As if he felt that Jiang Yang still had doubts, the Falcons manager said: “If you feel that our aesthetics in selecting players is not good, you can take the initiative to recommend players. I will communicate and negotiate. You know the conditions. We only lack good players, not money. If S1mple and Zaiwu agree, then we are willing to spend money to invite them to be your teammates.”

He directly gave Jiang Yang the right to choose teammates.

In this way, Jiang Yang can select the players himself, and as long as the teammates selected by Jiang Yang are willing to come, they will go to buy.

From this point on, the Falcons’ goal became clear. The Saudi owner wanted to see results and was willing to spend money.

If Jiang Yang can lead the team to achieve good results, then you can take the right to speak if you want.

After the Falcons manager finished speaking, he heard silence on the other end of the line.

He felt that he had failed again in inviting top players, just like the previous times. Even though the price they offered was very good, this group of CSGO players were not interested.

Just then, he heard the person on the other end of the phone say:

“Then let’s find a time to discuss it offline.”

He subconsciously thought that the other party was saying, “I need to think about it,” and he subconsciously replied, “Then you think about it.”

Then reacting, the Falcons manager shouted in surprise, “What did you say?”

Jiang Yang could clearly hear the sound of tables and chairs colliding. He smiled and replied, “I mean, the Falcons can already prepare a team uniform with Young printed on it.”

“He’s definitely going to be much better looking than you think!” laughed the Falcons manager.

The falcons manager then made an appointment with GL to visit him for communication.

After hanging up the phone, Pasha seemed to be hesitant to talk.

Manager GL asked straightforwardly, “You agreed so decisively? Aren’t you afraid that it’s a trap?”

Compared with his previous hesitation, Jiang Yang’s response to the falcons was decisive.

But he and Pasha both felt a little uneasy from Jiang Yang’s perspective.

After all, the Falcons team doesn’t have much of a reputation, and now they’re offering a high price. They’re really worried that they’re just trying to scare people.

Although this kind of thing has never happened in the CSGO professional circle, there have been precedents in other e-sports events.

But Jiang Yang seemed to be very sure that the Falcons could make a name for themselves.

“The price they offered was high enough and they gave me enough say. Besides, I wanted someone to buy it for me, and all of this will be written into the contract.”

Jiang Yang couldn’t explain to Pasha that in a possible parallel universe, he and NIKO had both been in this team.

At this time, Jiang Yang also thought, if Falcons were really willing to spend a lot of money to buy players for him, would it be possible for him to team up with NIKO again?

Under Pasha’s gaze, he walked out of the manager’s office humming a little tune.

I was still thinking before, whether I love my brothers or gold.

Only adults can make choices, the underage Jiang Yang wants them all!

Now the biggest trouble has arisen.

Who will he choose to be his teammate in the Falcons next?

If Sen Zainitang could be his teammate, he would be willing to drive a luxury car and live in a luxury house.

It’s really hard to choose!

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(End of this chapter)