Chapter 270 Dreamhack
16 to 2, Tianlu directly gave these retired anchors a very unreasonable score, but the audience couldn't say anything. After all, if you can still play with the anchor team in Asia, you can still score a big score, that's too fake.
After Kato, Tianlu's ranking in the world also set a record high for Asian teams. They climbed directly from Kato's 11th place to 8th place, not only entering the top ten in the world, but also hitting the top eight.
In front of them, they are either regulars in the semi-finals of the competition like FaZe and Team A, or new champions like MOUZ or fnatic.
After the show match, it was just 5:30 pm, and it was just the time to eat.
In such a restaurant, if you want to find a good-tasting shop in a first-tier city like Magic City, there are only two results: one is to queue up, and it may be your turn in an hour; the other is to book in advance, but generally this kind of restaurant is relatively high-end restaurant.
Zhao Yiyang made hundreds of thousands of dollars in half a year. This feeling of nouveau riche made him no longer afraid of high-end restaurants.
Because Zhao Xiaojia prefers Japanese cuisine, Zhao Yiyang took his girlfriend to eat the highest-end Japanese cuisine in the Magic City, Kaiseki cuisine.
For Zhao Yiyang, he also likes to eat Japanese food, but he does not like sushi. His favorite food is sashimi, Wagyu and tempura.
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It was already mid-March 16th. On the first night when Zhao Yiyang returned to Hangzhou, he was handed over to have a dinner together. The reason for the dinner was also very formal, that is, the celebration banquet.
Liang Liang also called several other investors of Tianlu together and opened a private room in the hotel, mainly to give some commendations to the team members.
Moreover, because Tianlu has been creating the best results in Asian history in the past six months, some sponsors who have never come back to the CSGO project have also begun to express their interest in Tianlu.
It can be said that with the increase in performance, Tianlu's club income is gradually increasing. Although it is definitely not enough to fill the cost, at least the net cost can be reduced a lot compared with the previous two years.
"Hey? Xiaoyi, have you received the M4 I sent you?"
After everyone had enough food and drink, Liang Liang suddenly asked Zhao Yiyang.
"What M4, I didn't pay attention? Have you given me a weapon again?"
Because Zhao Yiyang's performance on the court was too eye-catching, Liang Liang's own fine-quality inventory was placed on Zhao Yiyang's account, because he didn't have much time to play games himself, and no one could see so many good skins, and it could not reflect the significance of Liang Liang spending a lot of money to buy.
So, he transferred some weapons that he did not often use to Zhao Yiyang's account, such as this "Emperor" M4, the world's number one weapon, and it costs about tens of thousands of dollars if you use money.
Although Zhao Yiyang said that he was just pursuing Liang Liang's borrowed skins, for people of Liang Liang's level, since these skins have been "borrowed", there is naturally no reason to take them back. Moreover, his own purpose is to show these skins to players all over the world as much as possible. Therefore, only in the hands of Zhao Yiyang, the corresponding value can be exerted.
"And, before going to Chongqing, let's renegotiate the contract!"
The contract that Liang Liang had previously offered to Zhao Yiyang was given as a talented professional newcomer. Although the price was also very high, compared to other Tianlu's players at that time, his salary was basically half of the highest salary in the team.
Now, after more than half a year of development, Zhao Yiyang's potential has been completely released. He has now become the strongest player in Tianlu's team, and he has never had a top-level strength in Asian history. So with the current salary, let alone the players are satisfied or not, even the club will definitely feel that it does not fit Zhao Yiyang's status.
In addition, Liang Liang wanted to sign the contract again, and there was another important reason why he wanted to sign the contract again, that was, at that time, there was a termination clause in Zhao Yiyang's contract, and the money for this clause was too small. He even heard that some very rich clubs abroad had begun to quote Zhao Yiyang.
Liang Liang's idea was to give a salary that Zhao Yiyang could not refuse, and then remove the termination fee.
When Zhao Yiyang heard Liang Liang say this, he naturally knew what the boss meant. His ideas could be discussed, but they had to be discussed as he wanted.
In fact, this is the counterproductive effect of celebrity players on the club. Whether in other sports, the salary of a team's core player and celebrity player is no longer something that the club can control, especially when the club cannot find a substitute, the only one who can make a sound in the contract is the only player themselves.
"Okay, but there's no hurry now!"
Zhao Yiyang dealt with Liang Liang. Although he could feel that Liang Liang really liked and took good care of him, he was born to be opposite to his boss as a player.
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On the afternoon of March 17, it also started to drizzle in Hangzhou, and the temperature in the whole city gradually began to rise. Zhao Yiyang could finally take off the down jacket Zhao Xiaojia bought for him and change into a lighter outfit.
At 4 pm, the Asian qualifiers for the 2018 Dreamhack Masters Horse Race Station will start. Dreamhack is actually a first-class tournament under the ESL system. It is divided into first-class events and second-class events. The second-class events are those Dreamhack Opens, which are basically prepared for European and American second-tier teams. Points are obtained through the open competition, and the final competition is to compete for the place to enter the Dreamhack Masters.
Asia, with its natural geographical advantages, can also be said to be regional care, and can directly obtain a place in the main competition.
In terms of event level, the Dreamhack Masters is also an S-level event. According to the latest event system released by ESL this year, the Dreamhack Masters, ESL Masters and IEM Tour are sponsored by inter to become a Grand Slam Championship.
It can also be seen from the near-term event that in addition to the prize money of IEM Katowitz, ESL Cologne and the EPL finals at the end of the year, the prize money of the Dreamhack Masters and IEM sub-stop competitions are 500,000.
This can also show the authority of this event. Almost all teams in the world cannot refuse invitations to this event.
Tianlu's best result in the World Championship was at Dreamhack, which was Malmo in 2016. Tianlu defeated SK's predecessor LG in the group stage and successfully reached the quarterfinals.
With the good record above Kato, the club and the players of course also have expectations for Dreamhack this time.
Chapter completed!