Excellent Era had taken care of the fans, the media, and even had a car to pick him up. How could they just let Xiao Shiqin get off the car and walk through Excellent Era's front door?
Inside the front door, a stage had already been set up, ready for Xiao Shiqin's first press conference after joining Excellent Era. Liu Hao and He Ming weren't allowed to walk through here, but it wasn't just because of them. The set up area didn't allow random people to walk around. Of course, the two Clubs' pro players were also treated as random people, which made things a bit difficult for them.
Xiao Shiqin greeted the cheering fans on his left and right as he walked towards Excellent Era's front door. Even though he was from a small team, he was still an All Star. Xiao Shiqin was still able to handle this kind of situation.
The front door was right in front of him.
Xiao Shiqin suddenly stopped and looked at Team Excellent Era's team emblem on top of the front door. Today's weather was very good. The 10 o 'clock sun was already very bright, and the team emblem shone brightly under the sunlight.
From the moment he stepped through this door, his career could be considered to have embarked on a new path. Xiao Shiqin had never doubted his feelings for Team Thunder, but like every pro player, he had a higher goal. Team Thunder couldn't give him that much. The two sides understood each other, and in the end, they parted ways harmoniously.
A new team, a new path. Xiao Shiqin vowed to succeed. He felt that this was the only way he wouldn't have given up on Team Thunder in vain.
Amidst the cheers and screams of the fans, Xiao Shiqin finally stepped through the front door of Excellent Era. The cheers once again reached a peak, and the sound of the car alarm seemed insignificant. On the second floor of Happy Internet Cafe, Chen Guo and Wei Chen both had very unhappy expressions.
"So noisy." Chen Guo complained. In fact, she had turned from a fan to an anti-fan. If this hadn't happened, she would definitely be the leader of the cheering crowd. Boss Chen was quite famous among the Excellent Era fans in this area, especially among the Excellent Era players who frequented the Happy Internet Cafe. She was known as Sister Chen, and was the leader of the fans.
"She's even more beautiful!" Wei Chen's spearhead was mainly focused on Xiao Shiqin. He was still brooding over his "unwise" decision. "Let's see if you can still laugh next season!" When he said this, Wei Chen was a little bit scared. Indeed, the current Team Excellent Era was too strong. If they thought that they had a 100% chance of winning, they would be blindly arrogant. Even if they pulled in the newly crowned champions, Samsara, they wouldn't dare to say too much.
After Excellent Era welcomed Xiao Shiqin through the front door, they didn't stop the fans from pouring in. This press conference was prepared to be completely public.
The media had already prepared for the interview. On the stage, Excellent Era's boss personally led the team. Next to him was Excellent Era's manager, Cui Li. Behind them were all of Team Excellent Era's players.
Sun Xiang, Su Mucheng, Guo Yang, Shen Jian, Zhang Jiaxing, Wang Ze, Fang Fengran, and the two newly promoted players from the training camp: Ceng Shenghe and Meng Yongming.
Behind the pro players, in a less eye-catching corner, were the head of the development department, Qin Yu, the head of the public relations department, Wang Sheng, and the gaming studio's guild leader, Chen Yehui.
To welcome Xiao Shiqin's arrival, Excellent Era turned out in full force. On one hand, it was to show that they valued him, and on the other hand, it was a good opportunity to show the media and fans Team Excellent Era's new lineup for the new season.
The arrival of the pro players naturally caused waves of cheers from the fans. They didn't just point at Xiao Shiqin's name, they began to cheer for their favorite players. But soon, the fans realized that among Excellent Era's pro players, vice-captain Liu Hao wasn't there. The sixth place player, He Ming, wasn't there either.
In this kind of situation, everyone was there except for these two. This made the media and fans realize something.
On the stage, Excellent Era's boss, Tao Xuan, personally represented Team Excellent Era to welcome Xiao Shiqin and give a speech. When the two sides shook hands, the fans didn't refuse to give face despite their doubts. The cheers once again reached a climax.
Then, it was Xiao Shiqin's turn to speak. Xiao Shiqin, who had known that something like this would happen, was prepared for it.
"I feel very regretful about leaving Team Thunder …" Xiao Shiqin began, but he didn't talk too much about his feelings for Team Thunder. After all, this was Excellent Era's home ground. He was surrounded by people from Excellent Era. It would be inappropriate to talk about his feelings for Team Thunder. Xiao Shiqin skimmed over Team Thunder with a few words. When he talked about Excellent Era, he didn't use Thunderclap as a comparison. He focused on Excellent Era's prospects. This was what the higher-ups of Excellent Era wanted to hear. Inviting Xiao Shiqin to join was to prove this point to the fans. Xiao Shiqin's speech was also to prove this point to the fans. Excellent Era was extremely satisfied with Xiao Shiqin.
"I look forward to walking out of the valley with Excellent Era with my teammates and everyone's support. We will continue our glory of winning three consecutive championships!"
Xiao Shiqin ended his speech amidst thunderous applause. For someone like Xiao Shiqin, who had been a captain for many years, his words and actions were very appropriate.
Almost all the captains in the Alliance had this kind of quality, but Tao Xuan seemed to have never seen it before and was a little excited. There were always exceptions to everything. There were captains who weren't like this in the Alliance, but there were only two extreme captains. One was Zhou Zekai, who only spoke on stage and didn't say anything outside of it. The other was Excellent Era's former captain, Ye Qiu, who was Tao Xuan. Ye Qiu was even worse than Zhou Zekai. He didn't even attend press conferences. At first, it didn't matter, but as the Alliance became more and more prosperous, this captain's actions made people feel uncomfortable. For this reason, Excellent Era spent a lot of effort to make the media and fans accept this special person.
Now, Ye Qiu was finally gone. First, Sun Xiang came. Now, Xiao Shiqin came. How many empty spots in Tao Xuan's heart were filled? At this moment, he was so excited that he was about to cry …
After all the speeches, Excellent Era fully announced the details of Xiao Shiqin's transfer. They had used Liu Hao and He Ming's characters to complete the trade.
If you really wanted to calculate it, Liu Hao and He Ming's characters for Xiao Shiqin and an All Star character, Life Extinguisher, was a bit of a loss. However, there were other implications in this trade that weren't convenient to announce. At the very least, seeing that Xiao Shiqin's arrival had brought Excellent Era's enthusiasm and vitality, this trade shouldn't have been based on the players and characters on paper.
However, there were still a lot of tricky issues that could be raised in this trade. For example, if they used the players in exchange instead of purchasing them, were they worried that the players would resist? Was it because they were worried about this season's Challenger League, so they weren't willing to spend money? However, for today's event, Excellent Era had already done their best to arrange for the media. After the press conference, the invited reporters were very restrained. Everyone knew what to ask and what not to ask. In the end, there wasn't a segment that would embarrass Excellent Era. Everything was carried out happily and harmoniously. Regarding the transfer, Excellent Era only said a few words like "we respect the player's choice" and "we hope they do well in Thunderclap."
This morning, Excellent Era was completely immersed in joy. Under their intentional arrangements, there weren't any unexpected disturbances. However, while people were happy, there would always be people who were sad. Apart from Liu Hao and He Ming, there were also people in Micrograss Club who were packing up and preparing to leave.
In Qiao Yifan's room, Gao Yingjie silently watched him pack up. Perhaps he should go up and help him, but he didn't want to. If he packed slower, Qiao Yifan could at least delay him a little longer, right?
Gao Yingjie really didn't want his good friend to leave, but everything was already set in stone.
The contracts of pro players in the Alliance usually started on July 1st and ended on June 30th. Therefore, every year on June 30th, there would be some players whose contracts would end. The Club would try to persuade the players to stay and would usually renew their contracts before they expired. On June 30th this year, Qiao Yifan was one of the players whose contracts had expired. Unfortunately, before the last day of June 30th, the Club had already informed him that he wasn't part of Micrograss Club's plans for the future. He could look for another way after his contract automatically ended.
Look for another way?
Qiao Yifan smiled bitterly. This season, he hadn't appeared in an official match for even a second. Players like him were often called "the one closest to the water cooler". Yes, the value of his existence in the team was perhaps just to serve tea to the other contestants.
He wasn't part of Micrograss Club's plans for the future, but which team would include a player close to the water cooler in their plans for the future?
The future of a champion team?
What a joke. With Gao Yingjie's existence, this halo had already completely enveloped this genius. Now that Qiao Yifan's contract had expired and hadn't been renewed, it already proved that he wasn't part of the future of a champion team. In the past, he might have been thought highly of, but now he was quickly disappearing. A player like this, unless a team really had no one to use, they probably wouldn't even notice him. At least until June 30th, the last day, Qiao Yifan hadn't received an invitation from a single team.
At his level, he wasn't qualified to have an agent to help him. He could either recommend himself, wait foolishly, or leave the scene. What other choice did he have?
"What … do you plan on doing?" Gao Yingjie was also worried about Qiao Yifan's future choice. He knew his good friend's current situation. And with his current position in Micrograss, if he was a little more forceful, he might be able to rudely and rudely ask Qiao Yifan to stay, but Gao Yingjie wasn't someone who would do such a thing. He could only respect the club's decision, but he was also worried about his good friend's future. Other than that, he felt like he couldn't do anything.
"Me?" Qiao Yifan smiled. It seemed like he wasn't that worried.
"Let's find an Internet cafe to take a look first." Qiao Yifan said.
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