Rebirth is fine, but I get eight hundred dollars right from the start?

Is the training volume high?

Compared to the current domestic esports scene, where players often work sporadically, this is indeed a significant improvement.

It's not just high, it's downright demanding.

The schedule Lin Shu provided was for one day.

The athletes have to go through this kind of day six times a week, meaning they only get one day off.

If it happens to be a match day, this day will most likely be taken up;

If you calculate it this way, you'd be lucky to get two or three days off a month.

However, compared to the LCK region in the previous life, where the competition was fierce for fifteen or sixteen hours a day, this schedule barely meets the minimum standard.

"So, do you still find the job fun?"

Lin Shu's gaze swept over the crowd, but his words were mainly directed at Li Nan and Zhang Hai, two young comrades from well-off families.

He was quite eager to see a spectacle of "rich second-generation kids getting slapped in the face by reality".

After all, these two have lived in villas since childhood, driven luxury cars, and have more pocket money than the average person earns. Suddenly telling us that we have to sit for more than ten hours a day and only have one day off a week, we should frown at least.

However, the two people's reactions were completely unexpected by Lin Shu.

"Wow, does Master usually practice like this?"

After a brief moment of shock, Zhang Hai not only didn't back down, but instead looked eager to try, his eyes shining.

"No wonder he can reach over 3,000 points; he can't catch a single mistake in ranked games..."

Li Nan expressed deep emotion, her tone carrying a belated realization of "I see."

"Professional teams definitely need this kind of training arrangement to improve their strength."

Sima the Old Thief: "I can accept it!"

White Crescent Moon: "I... am okay too."

Lin Shu: ...

Fine, think what you want.

He had prepared a whole bunch of inspirational quotes like "No pain, no gain," but he couldn't swallow a single drop.

The team members were all highly aware and full of fighting spirit, which made one feel less of the sense of accomplishment that comes with mentoring a rebellious teenager.

However, given the current time constraints, getting into training mode as quickly as possible is the best outcome.

"Everyone's tired today, go and rest first." Lin Shu waved his hand. "Starting tomorrow, strictly follow the schedule."

The team members stood up and took their leave.

Zhang Hai yawned and walked out, while Li Nan pushed him from behind.

White Crescent asked Sima the Old Thief, "Do you want to take a shower first?"

The old thief replied, "You go first."

Several people disappeared into the stairwell, stepping on the shadows cast by the corridor lights.

Lin Shu planned to finish tidying up the documents on the table and then go back to his dormitory to take a shower and rest.

After all, he will also be training with his teammates tomorrow as HWG embarks on its journey to the LPL. There's no magic formula to help him complete the training tasks with a single click.

"Boss."

Zou Lin's voice came from the doorway, just in time to interrupt Lin Shu's movement as he was about to get up.

Okay—forget about taking a break beforehand.

"The sample footage of the first three episodes of 'La La La Demacia' that you had made has been sent to me. Shall we take a look now, or tomorrow?"

"Let's see now!"

Lin Shu paused for a moment, but did not refuse.

As a League of Legends-related animation that was completely ruined by his little butterfly effect, he was still very much looking forward to seeing what kind of effect the team he had found could produce.

Lin Shu pushed the contract aside and pulled out a chair to sit down.

Zou Lin placed the laptop on the table, opened the video player, and the screen froze on the opening credits of the first episode.

Lin Shu rubbed his hands together; to be honest, he was a little unsure of himself.

The previous version of "La La La Demacia" became a hit because of perfect timing, location, and people—it caught the wave of the explosive growth of LOL in China, the voice acting and casting were perfect, and although the script was nonsensical, it was full of jokes. It was a typical example of "being dirt poor but still managing to create a soul".

I just don't know if the version I had someone redo can replicate that flavor.

On the screen, the progress bar started moving.

"Buzz~"

"Demacia!!!"

There's no melodious music, no lengthy intro; it starts with a hero's line etched into the DNA of every League of Legends player.

as well as--

Garen, Jarvan IV, and Xin Zhao, the three best friends, jumped out of the bushes!

The familiar ranked match background music flashed by.

The narration followed immediately, it was Ezreal's voice, his tone carrying that irritating confidence and subtle resentment:

"Hey, I'm Ezreal, the explorer. In other stories, I'm usually the male protagonist."

"But they got scammed here. Their story takes place on the continent of Valoran, at the Academy of War... Demacia and Noxus are locked in a fierce battle."

"And so, countless heroes clashed together, and one ridiculous battle after another ensued!"

The image freezes.

The title of the work pops up in the middle, and the font still has the same feel as before: rough, chuunibyou, and with pixelated edges.

La La La Demacia

Below is the title of the first episode—

Episode 1: Behold the cataclysmic destruction!

Upon seeing this familiar opening sequence, Lin Shu's lips unconsciously curled up.

The light from the screen reflected in my eyes was all nostalgia.

The first scene shows Garen, the Prince, and Xin Zhao ambushing someone in the bushes. The art style is much more refined than the previous version, after all, he invested more money than the original, and the outsourced team is a professional one. The time was delayed by almost two years, so the technology is definitely more advanced than the original.

"It's alright." Lin Shu nodded slightly. "They basically followed the script I gave them. It's just that some of the voice acting will be handled in post-production."

He pointed to the screen: "The heroes' lines don't need to be so literary. Just pure吐槽 (tu cao, a form of humorous commentary), the more down-to-earth the better. Also, try to change those double entendres—if they're too straightforward, the audience won't get it, and it'll just get in trouble if the platform notices."

Zou Lin was scribbling notes in the notebook next to her.

Lin Shu continued reading.

The scene shifts to the "Heroic Spirit Bar," where several heroes sit around a wooden table, their glasses clinking together.

Lin Shu suddenly raised his hand: "Stop. Change this part—add a few of our Taobao store logos to the bar's decorations and hang them on the wall. No need for close-ups. Just replace the items on the tables with the products we sell."

"Huh?" Zou Lin looked up. "Should we just type GG?"

"Why not?" Lin Shu said matter-of-factly. "Our animation was made to attract viewers. If we don't include GG now, are we going to wait until it's popular and then force it in? The audience won't buy it then."

"Start early, from the first season. Once they get used to it, the logo can become part of the meme culture."

Zou Lin paused for two seconds, then wrote "Integrate e-sports product logo into bar scene" in her notebook and marked it with an emphasis mark.

A dozen minutes later, I finished watching all three sample episodes.

Lin Shu leaned back in his chair, going through the episodes in his mind—the first episode was a bit slow-paced, the world-building section in the second episode was a bit verbose, and the third episode was the best, packed with laughs.

The overall quality exceeded his expectations, being more refined than the previous version, while retaining the original's grassroots humor and not having its edges smoothed out by "formalization".