In just two days, he'd made around 20,000 RMB.
On average, that was 10,000 RMB a day.
Even in a place like Magic City, a monthly salary of over 10,000 RMB was considered decent. Take a retired LspL player like Han Lin, for example. His salary at a place like Universal Internet Cafe was no more than 8,000 RMB.
On the other hand, Lin Feng and his teammates had only been challenging internet cafes in Shanghai for two days, and they had already earned a "daily" salary of over ten thousand dollars. They could easily crush those people with a monthly salary of over ten thousand dollars.
10,000 RMB a day.
As for the monthly income, it would be …
300,000 RMB?
No wonder Su Xue couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.
"Holy shit.
"F * ck, this isn't much worse than the income of an A-list popular streamer."
"300,000 RMB a month, 3.6 million a year, 36 million in 10 years …"
One of the most popular streamers on the Chinese server, as well as an official LspL commentator, couldn't help but feel envious.
"Damn, if it's that easy to make money, why the hell would I work so hard to be a streamer? I'd be better off following you!"
Lin Feng glanced at Su Xue.
"That's not how it works."
"There are only so many internet cafes in Magic City that have a challenge arena. And it's not like you can repeat the challenge for the prize money. You can't do it all in one go."
"But it's still pretty impressive, alright?" Su Xue said resentfully.
That was indeed the case.
But Lin Feng still wasn't satisfied with his current progress.
"It's still not enough.
I'm still a little slow. I've only cleared a dozen or so internet cafes in two days. I thought I could double that … "
Indeed.
According to Lin Feng's original plan, he had gotten a list of internet cafes from Qian Lu. At the very least, he would visit ten internet cafes a day. In two days, he would visit twenty internet cafes.
But he'd only managed to clear about half of them.
Of course, this also had to do with the last two days. After all, the first two days were only Wednesday and Thursday. Lin Feng and the rest of the team still had their own classes at school, so they didn't have much time to spend together. Most of the time, they would only have the time to search for their target internet cafes in the evening to challenge.
In addition, the most important point was that the internet cafes that Lin Feng and the others had challenged in the past two days were all small shops with relatively low standards. Shops like the Universal Internet Cafe that were rich and overbearing were already considered special cases. Most of the internet cafes only had a challenge prize of a few hundred dollars.
"But things should get a little better from here on out."
As Lin Feng spoke, his spirits lifted once more.
"Today …"
"It's already Friday!"
According to Qian Lu, the owner of the NetBowl Internet Cafe, the few top-notch internet cafes in Shanghai that had invited the so-called gods of professional LspL players would usually open up challenge matches between Fridays and Sundays. The professional players who were responsible for hosting the cafes would also be free to accept challenges during these weekends.
At this moment, Lin Feng's greatest interest was in the prize money of these top internet cafes' arena challenges.
He still remembered what Qian Lu had told him.
"Pay a registration fee of one or two thousand, then fight in a 5v5. If you win, the prize money starts at five thousand RMB."
"I think there's even a grand prize of 8,888 RMB!"
"Even if you win a SO1 match, you'll get a thousand RMB!"
Lin Feng's eyes sparkled as he spoke.
Su Xue rolled her eyes.
"You're crazy about money, aren't you?"
"You're crazy about money!"
Lin Feng nodded in agreement.
"That's right!"
Su Xue nearly choked to death. After a long while, she glanced at Lin Feng and said, "But don't just think about making money.
"But don't just think about making money. That's a top-tier internet cafe, and they've hired active players from professional LspL teams. They're much stronger than the small internet cafes you've been challenging recently. Don't you still have to pay a registration fee when you challenge them? Don't lose and you'll have to spend your money for nothing."
As LspL's official commentator, Su Xue had the right to say such things.
After all, she was now in charge of commentating LspL's A-League matches. She knew the strength of the LspL teams the best. Even if the LspL players invited by the top internet cafes were only second team lineups or substitutes, they were definitely not the same as ordinary semi-professional teams.
However, Lin Feng was still full of confidence.
"Oh, I know.
But don't worry. With our current lineup, we can still win even if we go up against LspL's top teams! "
Su Xue was skeptical.
"Are you serious … Who's in your team now? Bean, Zeng, Tang Tang, and that … that Japanese girl called Kamiya, right? "
Lin Feng nodded.
"Yeah."
"They're all really good!"
Lin Feng wasn't bluffing at all.
Especially after two days of actual combat training, their new team's teamwork had improved once again. Other than Dou Zi's top lane, which could be considered a small shortcoming of the team, the other players, whether it was his own mid lane, Ceng Rui's jungler, or the two girls' bottom lane, were definitely at the level of a professional player.
So …
For Lin Feng, the lineup of LspL's second team or substitutes was not a problem at all.
If it was possible, he really wanted to find an internet cafe with an LpL team to challenge and learn from each other.
Su Xue shrugged.
"Alright, as long as you're confident."
"Come to think of it, if you really can challenge those top internet cafes, you'll be earning your prize money like a rocket."
She paused for a moment, her curiosity piqued.
"But, how long do you plan to continue this plan of smashing things up to earn bonuses?"
"Didn't you say it was just to earn some money for your old teammate Eleven?"
Su Xue had long since understood why Lin Feng was doing this, and she agreed with him.
However, even if it was confirmed that there was going to be a 'betrothal fee', the exact amount of the betrothal fee should still be determined.
"Oh, about that …"
Lin Feng thought for a moment, then gave his answer.
"A hundred thousand."
A hundred thousand?!
Su Xue's eyes widened in shock.
"That much?!"
"Is it a lot?" Lin Feng looked at Su Xue strangely. "It's alright. If it weren't for the fact that we don't have enough time, a hundred thousand as a down payment would be too little."
"A hundred thousand? And that's just a down payment?!" Su Xue's jaw dropped.
She carefully chose her words. "That's … definitely not a small amount, right? You should know that the pro players in the LspL region, even if they're strong enough to play on the main roster, they only get a starting salary of twenty to thirty thousand per month.
"Plus, your old teammate Eleven is only a substitute player in Team High Mountain right now. Even if you give him a year's contract, it won't cost you tens of thousands."
This was the truth.
According to the current practice in the professional esports circle, other than the top professional players who were rated as [A] or [S], who were able to get extremely expensive contracts, the B and C level professional players only had a monthly salary of ten to twenty thousand.
As for the second team members or substitutes in the LspL team …
Perhaps they weren't even at the C rank.
Their monthly salary was only a little over three thousand.
As a result, according to this calculation, Lin Feng's "100,000 down payment" was a sky-high price. No one in the pro circle would be stupid enough to give this kind of contract to a low-level player with an N-rank rating.
Lin Feng was well aware of the rules of the game.
However, he simply shook his head.
"It's different."
Four simple words.
Then, there was no further explanation.
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