Chapter 186: The official announcement of the lineup! A big earthquake during the transfer period!
Because of the sudden changes, Ye Bo has been quite busy these two days.

Transfers are not trivial matters. Many complicated matters need to be coordinated, such as the commercial supplements in the contract and a series of rights and interests that need to be determined in advance that need to be signed.

After all, these are Ye Bo’s own rights and interests, so he has no objection to flying around the country for several consecutive days – the only requirement is that he must have ten and a half hours of “sleep time” every day.

There is no way to deal with the actual training time being occupied, but the trial field cannot accept being occupied anymore. This is Ye Bo’s bottom line.

As for the extra half hour every day, people also need entertainment time!
That’s just these few days.

News about the LPL transfer period has begun to fly all over the place, with some rumors being true and some false.

The audience found it difficult to tell the truth from the false, but they enjoyed eating the melon.

He Youjun acted quickly and was very good at handling things. After arranging to bring Deft and Beryl to China, he did not immediately settle them in Shenzhen’s home court—but instead brought them to Shanghai first.

Beryl treated it as a trip and was happy to see it, mainly because he had just arrived in a foreign country and he definitely wanted to accompany Deft.

As for Deft coming to Shanghai.
“Oh my old alpaca!!” Mingkai gave the other party a big hug as soon as they met.

Meiko, who was standing by, soon came up and the two hugged each other excitedly again.

Deft was obviously very excited: “The base has changed a lot.”

EDG’s base building was completed in early 15. Deft also trained in this building that year, and returning to the old place had mixed emotions.

Viper and Jiejie greeted this “senior” in various senses one after another.

Beryl looked a little shy and nodded and waved from behind.

“Let’s go! I’ll show you around and we’ll have lunch at the base!”

“Um, this…this, let’s not do that.” Deft suddenly had some conditioned reflex when he said this, and even his Chinese seemed to become more fluent.

“Don’t worry, Brother Alpaca, the cafeteria at the base has changed. Now the kids from the neighboring branch are crowding in every day to get a free meal~” Ye Bo joked with him.

Everyone laughed.

He Youjun was standing behind and watching.

This guy is also a smart guy. He knows that all the people in his team have deep feelings for EDG, including the most important Ye Bo. Perhaps none of them want to leave EDG.

So having a good relationship with EDG is definitely a plus in the eyes of these players and will only benefit the team’s development.

“Boss He, can you come join us?” Mingkai also knew what He Youjun was thinking and specially invited him to join.

“Oh, it’s okay, it’s okay. I just need to meet some people later. But I have a request. Can I borrow the base equipment? I have arranged a tryout with a few jungle players. If it’s settled, we’ll go back to Shenzhen together tomorrow.”

“Of course no problem, just tell me if you need anything.”

The only thing missing for V5 is the jungler, while EDG jungler jiejie is already a fixed choice, with no risk of leakage.

He Youjun was quite anxious about the official announcement of the lineup.

He is well aware of his current advantages.

V5’s current lineup is very attractive to most players. As long as they extend an olive branch, few people would be able to refuse – what they are afraid of is that in the end there will be no one to talk to!
For V5, speed is of the essence now. Even one more day of delay may lead to accidents, and the player they like may have already signed.

On the table.

Mingkai was happy and raised the can.

“Today, all three EDG members have returned home!”

“From me and the alpaca Meiko, to Xuanjun Jiejie and Viper, to our Master Ye, everyone has worked hard.”

“I’ll send Viper home later, and also send Master Ye Xuanjun and Alpaca back to their new home. Before we leave, let’s toast with Pepsi!”

Mingkai is only good at talking nonsense, but when it comes to speaking the truth, he has to spread his hands and speaks stutteringly.

But even so, the sincerity expressed in the words still touched everyone.

Everyone clinked their Coke glasses together.

The crisp sounds of collision seem like the beating of several hearts and the silent communication of warmth.

Beryl has a strange concern. Why are all the drinks in this club Pepsi?
But he refrained from asking.

“Zhao Lijie, you’d better be careful next time we meet. Master Ye and I will not show mercy. Just wait and see how we beat you up!” Li Xuanjun teased arrogantly.

“Oh yeah! Then I have to observe your new jungler carefully!” Jiejie also joked back: “Besides, I have been connected to Master Ye’s WIFI for such a long time, maybe I can break his moves!”

“That’s a bit difficult. Maybe when we play in the wild, we will switch networks several times~” Ye Bo said meaningfully.

“But what Saint Spear said is true. We will not show mercy on the field when the time comes! Viper brother, you too, everyone should cheer up!”

Viper smiled and nodded: “Of course we can’t be soft-hearted. I heard that the MSI will be reformed this year, and two teams can go to each region. I hope we can meet at the MSI then.”

“Of course! We’ll see each other soon!”

Since 23, MSI has undergone tremendous changes. Both the Chinese and Korean regions can produce two teams, and the competitiveness has been greatly improved.

V5 is naturally confident that they can grab one of the spots!
The GEN team that Viper joined is already the leaderboard in the league, so they have almost secured a spot.

But it’s a bit hard to say about EDG now.
It’s like it was done on purpose.

As soon as everyone finished their meal, He Youjun brought everyone back to the base. But they seemed to be in a low mood.

“There was a little bit of an unexpected situation.”

Everyone found out after asking.

What He Youjun was worried about finally happened—the other teams moved too fast!

Although He Youjun tried his best to block the news, it inevitably leaked out, and other teams knew V5’s lineup and the missing jungler position in no time.

All the leading teams immediately rushed to secure their intended junglers, and at the same time, several popular choices in the market also received special attention.

“Originally, Tian and I had already discussed that he would come for the trial today, and he also expressed his interest.” He Youjun looked embarrassed.

“But I don’t know what Guo Hao said to him. Just now, Tian has signed to stay with TES, and the salary is no different from what we offered.”

“Not only that, the competition for several of the most popular jungle players is extremely fierce right now.”

Since the quota for foreign regions is full, non-Korean players such as Karsa, Junjia and Sofm cannot be included in the selection range for the jungle position.

There are not many domestic junglers that V5 can choose from.

In total, they are Wei, Weiwei, Tian, ​​Leyan, H4cker, Beichuan, XLB, Xun
Among them, Tian has been left behind by TES for Kuaidao.

The two remaining priorities are undoubtedly the two squares.

Xiao Wei, as the jungler of RNG last year, won the 2022 MSI championship with the team and is undoubtedly the biggest popular choice during the transfer period.

Weiwei was a very stable player for BLG last year. His performance during the period of the team’s “three super cores” lineup was not bad. He is considered a very stable player among the functional junglers.

“Neither of them can come?” Ye Bo suddenly felt a little bit troubled.

He Youjun looked apologetic, feeling that he had not been able to fulfill his previous promise.

“I originally heard that Shirahoshi wanted to use Wei to pay off his debts, and BLG seemed to want to trade Weiwei as well, so I thought I had a chance to fight for him, but Shirahoshi is related to the top management of WBG! It turns out that the two parties had already reached an agreement in private!”

Ye Bo also suddenly remembered.

It seems that when the manager of WBG was making promises to him before, he had already said that they would package up RNG’s mid and jungle players.

“What about Weiwei?” asked Saint Spear Brother.

He Youjun looked helpless: “What I mean by surprise is that BLG also has their eyes on Wei. They are going to use a transfer fee of 2000 million plus Weiwei as a gift to exchange Wei with WBG!”

“It is said that it is because Wei is better at defending the lane, so he is their top laner. Oh, and they also want to buy IG’s new player Xun as well.”

Everyone finally understood why He Youjun looked so sad.

Not to mention that both of the two Wei’s contracts were locked, so they couldn’t get involved at all.

After He Youjun played the current four-man lineup, the budget left for the jungler position was not small, but it was obviously not enough to afford the sky-high transfer fee.

Tian + Shuangwei are all locked in, and there are only a handful of candidates left outside.

“But I have already found all the remaining people who can try out.” He Youjun still has some good news.

“Xun, Beichuan, Leyan, Xiaohao, and our previous jungler XLB will be here soon.”

Ye Bo recalled these IDs in his mind.

Frankly speaking, I don’t have too many impressions of the competition. The one that left the most impression on me was LeYan——and that was because he killed Baron with one shot in the ranking match!
As for Xun who is in iG this season.

Since iG was in the worst of the worst situation last season, even the last veteran Rookie was released, and the team’s performance in the entire league was third from the bottom – in the words of netizens, it was “purely a failure”!
Being in a bad team, Xun naturally couldn’t achieve any results or have any good performance on the field, and his price was pitifully low.

BLG bought him because someone wanted to play in the Brotherhood League. Anyway, his salary was almost the minimum salary. It just so happened that the mid-lane bid for Left Hand failed, so there was no place to spend the extra budget.
Deft relayed the situation to Beryl.

But Beryl’s expression didn’t change much, as if she didn’t care too much.

“Anyway, we don’t really have high requirements for the jungle position. If they have a bad rhythm or lack of awareness, they can all be corrected. YE and I can help them train!”

“The main thing is that you have to be tough, this is not okay, it really can’t be changed.”

After listening to the translation, He Youjun immediately replied: “Okay, let the four of you decide later.”

Not long after, the personnel arrived.

The tryout officially begins.

The content of the tryout is also very simple——just invite EDG players to play 5v5!

Zzai Zhang will just play the mid lane, while Jie Jie will take over the top lane, leaving the jungle positions vacant for both sides.

Anyway, the people on the opposite side will not actively initiate attacks, so it all depends on the junglers on both sides to make their own choices and operations. This can be said to be a more intuitive testing method.

“Everyone relax and don’t be nervous!” Before the fight started, Ye Bo was still comforting the people who were being tested.

But I have to say it.

These people were obviously more nervous than each other.

After all, these are all players from “marginal” teams, which is in stark contrast to V5, a team that seems to be made up of all big-name stars.

Of course that’s why.

There was great desire in the eyes of each of these people.

Finally, it was tested through several rounds of actual combat.

All the people being tested went downstairs to await trial, while the four members of V5 were having an internal discussion.

“How do you feel? Is there anything available? If there really isn’t any,” He Youjun said from the side.

“Yes!” “Yes!”

Two different voices sounded at the same time, they were Ye Bo and Beryl.

The two turned their heads and looked.

Although they were not very familiar with each other, they seemed to have an inexplicable sense of tacit understanding.

Seeing that the “two brains” in the team gave affirmative answers at the same time, He Youjun immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

The two gave the same answer – Xun. “Xun, his performance just now doesn’t seem to be the best.” He Youjun recalled the performance just now.

Ye Bo said something fair: “I feel this is the type we need. As for the record, there may be problems with the performance under stress.”

Beryl also nodded: “It is true that there are some minor problems, but overall I think he is not weaker than Wei!”

RNG was defeated by DRX in the S12 qualifying round. Wei is very clear about his playing style, which is a functional + commanding choice.

Not the type of thug they were looking for.

Neither Deft nor Saint Spear expressed any opinions. Seeing the two nod, He Youjun no longer hesitated.

“No problem! Then we’ll decide on him!”

“Wait a moment.” Beryl stood up again and went to find the translator: “Please talk to contestant YE and President He for me. If possible, I think there is another person who would be good too.”

When Ye Bo heard the message, he immediately had an idea.

“Are you talking about the blind man?”

“Yes! You think so too!” Beryl looked excited: “It’s that Beichuan, I think he’s no worse than Wei!”

Xun and Beichuan have very similar experiences.

Neither of them can be considered as “amateurs from professional backgrounds”. They both gained fame among Rank passers-by and entered the professional arena only after many players knew their IDs.

But the previous teams of these two people were iG, which had already started to play badly, and T2, which was the king of playing badly.

However, this type of player is not rare, and only a few can perform well, such as EDG’s former top laner Xiaoxiang, LDL jungler Xiaohuangren, and the A-walking monster.
But there are also positive examples, such as LNG jungler Tarzan and current KT starting player Cuzz
What’s more, there is also a “most successful positive case”.

Ye Bo, this is how he got his name!
“I understand. I’ll communicate right away.” He Youjun nodded.

“These two are both very cheap. Signing them all up will not be a burden. It just depends on their own willingness and whether they are willing to compete for the job.”

Obviously, only a fool would refuse.

If I go to BLG, I will have to compete with Wei for the job, there is no difference.

What’s more, Wei is the MSI champion jungler, and Xun is just an unknown player who hasn’t even made it to the playoffs. The competition is simply hellish!
Beichuan is even more aware of how bad his own team is. Staying in such a team, he doesn’t know when he will get the chance to rebuild and turn things around, so he might as well go to V5 and give it a try.

What’s more, both of them are very clear about it.

How precious this opportunity is to players like them. This can be seen from the envious eyes of the other people!
After all, even if we take a step back and just stay on the bench and sit on the bench with this team for a year, it will definitely bring about earth-shaking changes!
He Youjun led the two of them back to the room again.

The two of them looked obviously relieved after being extremely surprised.

Although He Youjun doesn’t know much about games, he understands people’s hearts very well. He just told the two of them privately that it was Ye Bo and Beryl who chose them.

In this regard, I think the coordination between the mid, jungle and support will naturally eliminate some obstacles in the future.

“Hello, Brother Ye! Hello, Brother Ye!” Xun came up and greeted Ye Bo first, then prepared to greet the people behind him one by one.

“Master Ye!! I’m Lao Huluwa, I’m your fan!” Beichuan looked like an obvious surfing expert, and he came up and revealed his fan status.

Xun instantly realized something was wrong.

grass! !

You guys are already competing now, right?!

He quickly imitated her and changed his words: “Master Ye! I am also your fan! Really!”

“We are teammates from now on, let’s work hard together!” Ye Bo was very friendly to the two newcomers and gave them a warm hug one by one.

The Saint Spear brother at the back was also greeted by a wave of double competition.

You can see that you really want to improve!
Deft’s attitude was as gentle as ever. He was one of the few big brothers who didn’t have the bad habits of bullying in LCK, otherwise he wouldn’t have such a good reputation among his previous teammates. He nodded to the two of them in a friendly manner.

As for Beryl, due to language barriers, she just smiled awkwardly and waved at the two of them.

Ming Kai saw that the matter had been settled, and walked up to Ye Bo with a smile and supported his shoulders: “Master Ye, now you know what it means to grow up, right? Now it’s time for people to say that they are your fans~”

Ye Bo didn’t mind and said, “Don’t worry, Director. I heard that you will be the real head coach of EDG next season. I will say this to you then!”

Mingkai has a new job in the new season.

After all, Maokai is nominally a two-time champion coach with a very high salary level, and he has received many invitations.

During this period, especially during the one month of the World Championship, Mingkai learned a lot from Ye Bo.

It’s not about learning knowledge, but about learning the other person’s “research method”.

So he, who was originally just a nominal coach, is finally ready to officially take over the banner in the new season, which can be regarded as a way to relieve the team’s worries.

Seeing that the situation had been decided, He Youjun finally felt relieved.

“To celebrate! Let’s have a meal together tonight, as a way for us to commemorate this glorious EDG!” He Youjun spoke again with high emotional intelligence.

Since the other party’s attitude was so good, Mingkai naturally had no reason to offend the other party, so he agreed without hesitation.

At this moment, Xun suddenly thought of something and asked quietly, “By the way, big guys, who is our coach?”

He Youjun smiled and said: “Our training team is very professional, and they have everything they need, as for the head coach.”

He pointed at the two people in front.

“Yes, the two head coaches are here. You have to respect the coaches more in the future~”

“Oh, that’s a great feeling!”

This is also what V5 decided a few days ago.

The V5 training and competition team has everything they need in the analysis department, data department, and information department, but what they lack is a head coach to lead the team.

The competition for popular coaches is fierce and they have basically been locked in. The only one who has a chance outside is Mao Kai.

Originally, He Youjun had his eyes on Maokai, but later, Saint Spear made a bold suggestion.

Mainly in S12’s EDG and DRX——there were almost no coaches doing BP for both teams!

It can be said that the two “best coaches” are here.

What’s the need for a coach then?
Just like the new coach of DRX, when Beryl chose a hero, he had to explain to him why he chose this one. It was completely unnecessary and useless.

He Youjun is naturally happy about this and is very “sensible”.

He made a decisive decision to use the budget for hiring a coach as bonuses for Ye Bo and Beryl, and he would never work in vain!
V2023 team in the 5 season.

It was officially announced in the EDG base!
That night.

He Youjun held a farewell banquet at the Peace Hotel on the Bund in Shanghai.

The professional players were very disciplined and were not allowed to drink alcohol, so they drank Pepsi instead. Only He Youjun and Mingkai had a few drinks as representatives.

In the private room, everyone talked about the future, recalled the past, and chatted and joked.

The pleasant atmosphere seemed to temporarily cover up the reluctance to leave.

“Boss He, Ye Bo and Xuan Jun are both our EDG’s treasures, especially Ye Bo. He is still young, you must take good care of them.” Ming Kai was obviously a little excited and was muttering to the other party.

“Director, you can rest assured about this!” He Youjun’s alcohol tolerance has improved a lot, and he patted his chest firmly: “Ye Bo is definitely not only EDG’s baby, but also the most important core of our V5!”

“Ah.”

When Mingkai walked back to the private room, he seemed to secretly raise his arm and wipe his face.

After the dinner, everyone sent EDG back to the base and prepared to go to V5’s team base in Shenzhen.

When it was finally time to say goodbye, MingKai, who was still a little drunk, was nagging Ye Bo, Deft and Saint Spear.

Ye Bo also missed this place very much.

Standing at the door, looking at the open door, looking at the familiar scenes, my mind is full of memories of this period of time, and suddenly I feel a little reluctant to leave.
“Director, can I take something away as a souvenir?”

“Of course, I’ve already said this is your home, anything is fine,” Ming Kai said without hesitation, “Do you want to take the replica trophy? We can always ask the official to make another one.”

“I don’t want the trophy, but what about this?”

“??”

“??????”

“Master Bu’er Ye! Are you trying to kill our EDG?!”

V5’s car drove away from the Magic City.

That night, EDG’s base seemed extremely quiet.

There seemed to be fewer meows.
And that was that night.

V5 Club and EDG Club officially released a Weibo post together to make the final official announcement.

【EDG Electronic Sports Club V+】

{On the basis of fully respecting the players’ wishes, club legend Ye Bo (YE) joins @V5 E-sports Club}
{On the basis of fully respecting the players’ wishes, the club’s veteran player Li Xuanjun (Flandre) has expired his contract and joined @V5 E-sports Club as a free agent}
{Faced with a brand new journey, YE chose to take a step into the unknown. After only half a year of debut, his brave performances have continuously painted fireflies in the canyon sky, and finally became the brightest star in the canyon. Although they have not walked the same road for a long time, I believe that the shared memories are enough for each other to remember}
{Since joining EDG, Flandre has always infected everyone in the team with his optimistic and open-minded attitude. He is not only the glue of the team, but also the pioneer on the field and the burden bearer of the team. Thank you Flandre for your hard work and dedication}
{A new dawn is about to rise, and we are about to embark on a new journey with each other. May the flames be like waves and never stop!}
{I hope that in the coming year, both players will be able to have smooth sailing and work towards their goals with the support of EDG people. See you on the court! Come on!}
Every word was sincere, and the fans below shed tears and expressed their blessings.

This was at the same time that EDG’s official Weibo account posted this.

V5’s official Weibo account immediately stole the limelight!

【“Don’t forget your lofty ambitions as a young man, you once promised to be the best in the world”————We are honored to welcome double champion top player Li Xuanjun (Flandre) to join @V5 E-sports Club! 】

[“The star realm has insight into the secrets of heaven, and the two spirits join forces to cast the oracle”————It is an honor to welcome the legendary support player Zhao Qianxi (Beryl) to join @V5 E-sports Club! 】

【“Nine years of pursuing dreams, a pure heart, I hope to continue the new history today”————It is an honor to welcome the legendary AD player Jin Hekui (Deft) to join @V5 e-sports club! 】

[“First there was the ninjutsu, then there was the history of the man who broke the way, the crows storm guarded the pavilion, and so on wrote the canyon history!”————It is an honor to welcome FMVP champion mid laner Ye Bo (YE) to join @V5 e-sports club!”]

【Welcome the excellent @iG-XUN, @TT-beichuan to join @V5 e-sports club as jungler! 】

Weibo exploded almost overnight.

No one thought that such huge news would be announced overnight without any warning!

Five official Weibo posts were released in quick succession, attracting everyone’s attention. All previous speculations and public opinions became more heated discussions.

[Turtle is EDG’s second team, right? () But don’t say this lineup is really good, right! ? ]

[Except for the two junglers, I don’t know who is a bit weak, the others are really good! Junior high school! Junior high school top! Paired with Shi Er bottom lane! ]

[Can the pilot be considered the second best in history? I don’t agree. This lineup will be invincible if my brother is here! Pure trident! ]

[You want to find your brother to be the halberd again, right? And don’t look down on Alpaca. If DRX had changed AD in several games last year, they would have lost long ago! ]

[I guess, Master Ye and Beryl, these two brains won’t fight, right? ]

[I think the most important issue is the language. I have a plan! Why not let Beryl play Genshin Impact in Chinese?]

[I can’t imagine how scary this game would be from BP to progress if these two really got along well. The others would have to suffer~~]

[WTF! The latest news is that Zuoshou went to JDG, Jisheng went to Weibo! Xiaohu actually went to TES! ? ]

(End of this chapter)