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Chapter 171 Wang Yao's Sky-High Contract! The 100 Million Yuan Esports Gentleman!
After hanging up the phone, Abu immediately inquired about the situation of other teams. People in the e-sports circle are basically in touch with each other, and there are countless small groups of all kinds.

Veteran LPL players like Abu are frequent visitors to various small groups. They can usually get inside information by simply looking at the group chats.

A few days later, news about Wang Yao's winter transfer window began to spread rapidly, fueled by media hype.

Everyone is speculating whether Wang Yao will stay with EDG for another year or join a new team like JD Gaming or Suning as their core leader.

While the outside world was speculating about this, Wang Yao had already arrived at the most luxurious rooftop hotel near the Bund in Shanghai.

The two middle-aged men sitting in front of him were EDG's owner, Edward Zhu, and Snake's owner, Jiang Xin.

"Hello, Boss Ai, Boss Jiang." Wang Yao greeted them with a smile.

"I've already ordered your favorite dishes. If you want anything else, you can order from the menu."

Ed Zhu asked the waiter to hand the menu to Wang Yao.

After taking the menu and symbolically ordering two dishes, Wang Yao went straight to the point with the two club owners, discussing his transfer situation.

During this period, Wang Yao received contract offers not only from clubs in the LPL region, but also from clubs in other regions!
For example, SKT from the LCK region, Longzhu Club which is about to be renamed KZ, and C9 from the North American region.

These clubs' offers are also very tempting!
"Let's not waste any more time. This is a contract drafted internally by our EDG management team. You can take a look at the terms and conditions. I believe it won't disappoint you."

Ed Zhu was equally decisive, handing a document to Wang Yao.

Wang Yao took the document and looked at it. When he saw that one of the clauses was that EDG was willing to recruit players to build the team around Wang Yao, Wang Yao looked at Edward Zhu with some surprise.

To be honest, he didn't really think EDG would have the guts to build a team specifically around them.

Therefore, before this, Wang Yao was somewhat tempted by the team-building contract terms offered by JD.com, so that he could put together a team that could compete for the championship with an undefeated record!

But now, EDG Club can also grant Wang Yao the same authority!
"There's more to come, you can continue reading."

Mr. Zhu smiled, clearly believing that the sincerity of the contract would impress Wang Yao.

Wang Yao immediately flipped through the contract. It contained almost no binding clauses for him; most of it consisted of signing bonuses, prize money, revenue sharing from champion skins, and commercial advertising.

Next year, Wang Yao's annual income will be guaranteed to be 5500 million. If it is insufficient, EDG and the live streaming platform will compensate him.

Wang Yao's live streaming contract will be negotiated by EDG Club, with a 91/10 split of the revenue and the club taking a symbolic 10%.

If Wang Yao is unwilling, he can handle his personal live streaming contract himself.

This means that as long as Wang Yao signs this contract, he is guaranteed a minimum income of 50 million yuan for one year, plus a two-year live streaming contract, which would bring him close to 100 million yuan!

Wang Yao's live streaming contract is now extremely valuable; Uncle Chen from Bilibili is willing to spend tens of millions to buy his two-year live streaming contract.

Of course, there is also a note in the document that if Wang Yao can help EDG win the championship in S8, then EDG will give him a portion of the club's shares!

This is quite tempting. Once EDG achieves a back-to-back championship, Wang Yao's status will be the same as Clearlove's, making him a player with a small business owner-level position within the EDG club!

In addition, Mr. Zhu, the owner of Aide, also provided some social conveniences for Wang Yao's parents.

For example, the convenient services such as housing and medical care are very thoughtful, and it would be hard for Wang Yao to refuse such a heartwarming clause.

"I think I already know the answer in my heart, Boss Ai." I nodded with a deep feeling.

"By the way, I brought Mr. Jiang with me today, also to discuss Mouse's transfer with you." Mr. Zhu smiled and pointed to Jiang Xin beside him, saying, "Snake Team is willing to trade Saint Gun and Coach Zhu Kai for Mouse. I would like to ask for your opinion on this matter."

"Trade Ah Guang for Holy Gun Bro and Zhu Kai?" Wang Yao hesitated for a moment, to be honest, he didn't really want to make the trade.

Maintaining the championship-winning roster is quite important; there's no need to go to unnecessary trouble.

Especially Zhu Kai... He's good at giving the team members motivational speeches, but when it comes to coaching, Abu is better off doing it!

At least Abu knows how to draft, while Zhu Kai can only randomly draft based on the comments.

“Xiao Wang, you don’t need to worry about Mouse. Snake Club’s offer is five million more than what we offered. I believe Mouse still prefers to go to Snake Club,” Edward Zhu said.

Wang Yao nodded. He knew that Edward Zhu was just asking for his opinion symbolically. In the eyes of the management, A Guang's transfer and departure from EDG was basically a foregone conclusion.

"I can agree to the contract and Mouse's transfer, but I still want to say my opinion on the players."

"Okay, tell me."

Edward Zhu went to great lengths to keep Wang Yao in order to go all out for another championship, a goal that coincided with Wang Yao's own thoughts.

"First, EDG must retain mid laner Lee Na-chan this year, and then they need to strengthen their top lane and jungle positions!" Wang Yao decisively stated his conditions.

Edward Zhu seemed to be deep in thought. On Li Nachan's side, Abu was still trying to win him over. Clearlove, the jungler, was getting older and they definitely needed to bring in younger players to strengthen the team.

As for top laners, there's currently only one, Flandre, but whether or not to add a substitute depends on the situation.

"Okay, tell me who you think is the best candidate," Edward asked Wang Yao.

"Besides Flandre, I also need Kim Han-cheon for the top lane. His in-game ID is GimGoon. EDG will have a double rotation for the top lane."

Edward Zhu and Jiang Xin were taken aback. They had a good impression of many LPL players, but they really didn't know who GimGoon was.

Although he didn't know who GimGoon was, Boss Ed Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, since a minor character like him wouldn't cost much.

He originally planned to poach another Korean top laner with the ID "Ray" from the C9 team, but now it seems that it is no longer necessary.

Wang Yao didn't explain much. He continued, "In addition, I also need a new Lspl player for the jungle position. His in-game ID is Tian, ​​and his real name is Gao Tianliang."

"If possible, I would like to have another substitute bot laner, Lin Weixiang and Liu Qingsong. As for iboy, we can consider trading him away next summer."

Wang Yao proposed trading iboy not because he had any issues with iboy, but because iboy was not getting many playing opportunities at the EDG club at the moment.

Rather than letting him waste his talent sitting on the bench at EDG, it would be better to release him and save some roster space for the club.

This is a win-win situation for EDG.

Of course, iboy won't be traded away immediately. He will only officially enter the transfer market after the newcomers Lin Weixiang and Liu Qingsong have developed their skills.

If iboy performs well and has a positive attitude in training, then Wang Yao would recommend that the club keep him.

Conversely, if Lin Weixiang performs better than iboy, then iboy will have to leave the team.

(End of this chapter)