How do you measure the value of a professional player?
Although money wasn't the most comprehensive measure, from a certain point of view, it was the most direct reflection of a professional player's value.
For example, in the current world of professional esports, the Seven Kings and Four Emperors, who stood at the top of the pyramid, had an annual salary of at least one million yuan. If any of the eleven of them had the intention to transfer to another club, there would definitely be rich and imposing club owners willing to spend a lot of money to offer a higher contract.
For example, in the LPL region, the currently recognized number one mid laner, "Star King" Morning Star, currently playing for God- Hand of God, had an annual salary of more than ten million.
Another example was Nian Thirteen, the captain of Taiwan's Assassin team. As one of the world's two wild kings, he was also worth more than eight million. It was said that S7 would renew his contract with Assassin in the new season, and the contract price would increase even more.
If the value of the Seven Kings was already this high, then the Four Emperors were even more ridiculous.
Autumn, the world's number one support from North America's Season, was worth 15 million.
Phoenix, the "Phoenix" from Europe's Legend team, was worth 14 million.
Two of the Four Emperors from Korea —
Moon, the "Moon" signed a contract for three years and was worth a whopping 30 million.
The most ridiculous was, of course, the head of the Four Emperors, F- Han Shihao from SSK. He also signed a contract for three years, but his price was nearly double that of Moon's.
50 million.
Such a terrifying number was enough to make anyone dizzy. They couldn't even count the string of zeros behind it.
But if you thought about it carefully, it wasn't that strange.
It had to be known that for those A-list movie stars, they could easily receive a salary of at least a million dollars for a random movie. Nowadays, the eSports industry was flourishing, and professional players were also becoming more and more like celebrities.
Then, as the world's publicly recognized strongest mid laner, and could even be said to be the number one LOL esports player, it was completely reasonable for Han Shihao to have such a shocking net worth.
And if you didn't talk about these unreachable top players in the world, and talked about them in the recent past —
Take Lin Feng, for example, as one of the two strongest mid laners in the S1 season alongside Han Shihao. If he hadn't chosen to retire and had continued to fight in the esports scene until now …
His net worth was definitely not inferior to any of the Yonkō (Four Emperors).
In fact, Han Shihao's sky-high contract might even give him a similar or even more shocking figure.
…
Of course, if there were people standing at the top of the pyramid, there would be more people at the bottom of the pyramid who could only use the ordinary as a cornerstone.
Whether it was Korea, Europe, North America, or China, the polarization in the esports circle was equally severe.
Su Xue wasn't wrong.
In the current professional esports circle, professional players were divided into five levels according to their strength and results —
The highest was S class.
Then, from high to low, it continued to be A, B, and C grades.
And the lowest level, Level N.
The first-tier professional players in the LPL were basically B or even B +. Putting aside their net worth, at least their basic income and salary would not be low. On the other hand, most of the second-tier and third-tier professional players in the LSPL First Division were C-level, or even N-level.
For example, these last two pro players had extremely low monthly salaries.
Saying that they could barely make ends meet was putting it mildly.
In reality, if it weren't for the fact that these pro players had free food and lodging in their clubs, they really wouldn't be able to survive in a big city like Magic.
Take Eleven for example.
But just as Lin Feng had said to Su Xue, even if his former comrade was only ranked N in the Chinese esports scene, he still held a special place in his heart.
100,000 down payment?
It would be more than enough to give a pro player a C + to B- rating.
But in Lin Feng's eyes, this amount was far from enough.
It was far too little.
If it weren't for the lack of time and other factors, he would have wanted the deposit to be as high as possible. Currently, the most ideal amount was...
"One million."
In front of his new teammates, Lin Feng gave a concise and comprehensive answer to his ideal price.
One million.
These three words were like a super heavy bomb, causing Kamimiya Saka's head to spin.
"One million?!"
Kamimiya Saka's jaw dropped. She couldn't even maintain her usual elegant demeanor. She couldn't help but raise her voice.
"That's just a deposit?"
"Then according to you, Lin Feng, wouldn't a full contract be at least five million?!"
Lin Feng rubbed his chin in thought, then nodded.
"Oh.
"That's right. Five million is about right."
Kamimiya Saka didn't expect someone to agree so readily. She almost choked to death, but she still couldn't help coughing violently for a while. In the end, she even said with some exasperation:
"You're too reckless!
How could you possibly offer such a high price?! "
"Lin Feng, even if you're joking, there should be a limit. If you really want to be a good team, then of course you should pay the other pro players, but the salary has to be reasonable as well.
"Lin Feng, you're saying that you want to offer a five million contract to the player you're planning to invite. But do you know what that price means?
It means the value of a top tier pro player!
It's even possible to invite one of the Seven Kings! "
It was no wonder that Kamimiya Saka was so angry.
Although it could be said that when it came to buying a member at a high price, with her own noble status and the business she had done in the Family Club in the past, this amount wouldn't move her too much.
What really made her feel aggrieved and angry was a certain someone's thoughts and mentality at this moment.
When she first agreed to Lin Feng's invitation to join the team, Kamimiya Saka only wanted to get to know Lin Feng and the others better. But after a while, she had slowly developed a sense of belonging to the team.
That was why when she heard Lin Feng say such an unrealistic idea, she subconsciously put herself in the team's shoes and considered the problem from the perspective of the team.
The conclusion she came to was that Lin Feng, as the captain, had such a mentality, which was absolutely terrible.
It was completely detrimental to the long-term development of the team!
Her beautiful eyes were filled with anger as she glared at Lin Feng and said in an aggressive tone:
"Could it be —"
"In Lin Feng's eyes, do you think that the player you want to hire is as strong as the top tier pro players in the world, or even the Seven Kings?"
Kamimiya Saka continued to stare at Lin Feng, her eyes full of challenge.
In her eyes, there was no doubt about the answer.
But unfortunately —
Lin Feng was also thinking the same thing.
Thus, a certain someone scratched his head out of habit, then nodded rather straightforwardly.
"Yes!"
What!?
Kamimiya Saka was stunned again.
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