Su Hang quickly asked, "How much does the meal cost?"
"I knew it! The Captain Hang treats us the best!" Erpang nudged Dapang beside him, grinning broadly. "Right, bro?"
The Dapang, however, looked disdainful.
Erpang patted his large stomach and chuckled, " Captain Hang, a hundred dollars is enough to make our scales burst."
"One hundred yuan?"
Su Hang's expression froze instantly. He only had one hundred yuan left, which was the money he had saved to buy flowers for Bai Miaomiao.
The Dapang's expression turned cold. "Is that not allowed?"
"Fine," Su Hang said, swallowing his anger.
Overjoyed, Erpang pulled Dapang out the door.
"He's a penniless pauper now, not a single penny left."
Looking at the zero balance in his wallet, Su Hang gave a wry smile. Just then, a QQ message vibrated. It was a message from [ Pixiu ], the head coach of their Yousu Team.
Are you going to fire me?
Su Hang suddenly jolted awake and opened the message to check.
[Coach Pixiu ]: Su Hang, the team's management held a meeting all morning about your refusal to commercialize the game, and finally came up with two options for you to choose from.
[ Imperial Emperor ]: Which two options?
[ Pixiu ]: Option 1: You resign voluntarily and hand over your game account " Imperial Emperor ". The team will terminate the contract with you amicably and will not pursue any breach of contract fees from you.
[ Imperial Emperor ]: Impossible!
Su Hang's face was extremely ugly. The Imperial Emperor account was Legendary King account that he had painstakingly built up to an undefeated MVP record. It was a symbol of his status as the number one King of Glory. There was no way he would hand over the account.
[ Pixiu ]: The second option is for the team to remove you from the captain position, remove you from the starting top lane, bench you, and keep you out of the game until you accept the first option.
[ Imperial Emperor ]: Your management is despicable.
Su Hang's face drained of color. He had far underestimated the team's shamelessness; they were clearly using various methods to force him to leave the team and hand over his Imperial Emperor account.
[ Pixiu ]: Of course, if you insist on holding onto the " Imperial Emperor " account, then it will be a lose-lose situation, and I'm not afraid to tell you that the team will accuse you of something out of nothing and expel you from the team.
Your initial contract signing fee was 100,000 RMB, but the team will demand ten times that amount as a penalty for breach of contract, which is 1 million RMB.
You should think about it carefully.
"A penalty of 1 million?" Su Hang's hands trembled violently. He didn't have a single penny to his name, so where would he get 1 million RMB?
[ Imperial Emperor ]: When we signed the contract, I clearly told you that I did not accept commercialization, and you agreed. Why have you suddenly changed your mind and are now forcing me to hand over my Imperial Emperor account?
[ Pixiu ]: Hmph, Su Hang, you are still too naive. Cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents. The team could have made millions with you, but because you don't accept commercialization, you can only earn a pitiful tens of thousands of yuan in tournament prize money.
The whole team suffered and toiled alongside you, tightening their belts to make ends meet.
Fortunately, you always wore the Emperor Hero mask during the offline tournament, so no one knew your real identity. I'm going to be merciful and tell you that after the team takes back your Imperial Emperor account, they'll find someone else to impersonate you.
The new team leader, Su, will work with the team to commercialize their activities, including live streaming, running business deals, and securing brand endorsements, making a fortune.
"Just as I thought." Su Hang was furious and cold. The team's management had already issued him an ultimatum. With Yousu Team, there was no place for him anymore. If he were to incur a million-dollar breach of contract penalty...
That KPL championship dream is probably completely hopeless.
"But I have Miaomiao, and Luo Yan and all my loyal brothers." Su Hang clenched his fist. "If I leave the Yousu Team, they'll leave with me. As long as they help me, I'm sure I can make a comeback."
It was at this moment that Su Hang decided to accept Bai Miaomiao's confession. After all, there's a saying, "A virtuous wife helps me soar to great heights, and I will repay her with ten thousand taels of gold."
Since Bai Miaomiao is willing to endure hardship with him, when he wins the 2016 KPL League, he will compensate Bai Miaomiao with the best things in the world, a hundredfold, a thousandfold, ten thousandfold.
And his three good brothers, Luo Yan, Dapang, Erpang Pang, should not be neglected.
"As long as they remain loyal to me, even if it costs me my future and my life, I will lead them to the professional league championship and ensure they live a happy life!"
Su Hang gradually calmed down. There was a problem that needed to be solved urgently: once he was burdened with a million-dollar debt, it would be almost impossible to create his own professional team. He would have no choice but to join another professional team.
"But with a million-dollar debt, which professional esports team would want me?"
A bitter smile appeared on Su Hang's lips.
Just then, a text message notification sounded.
"Um?"
Su Hang opened the message and froze instantly.
"Respected Captain of the Yousu Team [ Imperial Emperor ]."
Hello, I am " Eve," the supercomputer of " Imperial Crown Team." After long-term observation and analysis of your game data, I have determined that your gaming talent and potential are unparalleled.
According to the Imperial Crown Talent rating, from low to high [ Overlord Talent][ Strongest Overlord Talent][ King Title Talent][ Supreme King Title Talent][ Champion Emperor Talent][ Imperial Emperor Talent], you belong to the highest tier, Imperial Emperor Talent!
Given your unparalleled gaming talent, after internal discussions among the top management of Imperial Crown, it has been decided to invite you to join the Imperial Crown Team and hopes that you can serve as the " Captain of the Imperial Crown ".
If you agree to join the Imperial Crown Team, please reply "I do," and our Imperial Crown Team's Imperial Crown vice-captain will personally pick you up.
" Imperial Crown Team?"
After reading the text message, Su Hang was completely confused, because he did not recall any professional esports team called Imperial Crown, and Imperial Crown's gaming talent rating was something he had never even heard of, let alone seen.
" Imperial Emperor talent? It feels like it was created just for me."
Su Hang frowned slightly. "Could this be a scam? Who invites a free agent to join the team and then gives them the captain's position? And the vice-captain of Imperial Crown personally greeted them; it seems like they value it a lot."
" Imperial Crown, Imperial Crown..."
Su Hang racked his brains, when suddenly a memory surfaced, "Hey, I think I vaguely remember, last night when I was matched with the parallel world player Yugong Hu, she suggested that I create my own team and name it [ Imperial Crown ]."
Could the two be related?
Su Hang was still completely baffled. He carefully read the text message several times and increasingly felt that it was a scam message, like those popular ones from a while ago. "I am Qin Shi Huang, add me for 50, and I will appoint you as the Great General of the Southern Heavenly Gate."
I don't want to think about it anymore.
Su Hang shook his head, exited the text message interface, and glanced at the time: 12:30. There was still one hour until Bai Miaomiao's confession in the auditorium that afternoon.
"If we don't have money to buy flowers, we'll pick some wildflowers from the roadside, make a bouquet, and give it to Miaomiao."