No Salary, Just a Starting Spot

At the manager's office, Takuya picked up the contract. It was for six months, with a monthly base salary of 20,000 yuan and a 2,000-yuan bonus for each match win.

He would rotate with aki, with no guaranteed starting spot.

After reading it, Takuya said, "Manager, I meant what I said. I don't need a salary, but I want to start against Top Esports in your next match."

Before the manager could answer, Takuya continued, "You must have seen the three scrims against JDG last night. I outplayed Xun in all three. Isn't that enough to prove what I can do? I don't want a salary. I just want to start."

The manager exchanged a glance with Luo Bing. They had clearly discussed this in private already. After a moment's thought, the manager turned to him. "Coach Luo, what do you think?"

Luo Bing had obviously thought it through. He answered without much hesitation, "No problem. You can start!"

His decision wasn't based solely on those three crushing wins last night. He had also seen Takuya's ranked stats from the past two weeks.

After all, Takuya was playing in ten-thousand-point Challenger matches on the Korean Server. Nearly every game had pro players in it, including some from top teams.

Yet Takuya still stood out as the one carrying his team.

And with aki's performance so inconsistent lately, why not take a chance and let Takuya start?

The manager was privately astonished. Takuya really had meant it when he said he didn't want a salary.

Their base pay offer wasn't especially high, but with bonuses, it could still come to tens of thousands a month. That was no small sum. If Takuya played often enough, he might even make sixty or seventy thousand in a month.

But if Takuya wanted only