Chapter 269 Wu Xuefeng, Past, Dream

Tao Xuan stared into Ye Xiu's eyes, with complicated emotions in his gaze.

The last time he looked at Ye Xiu with such a complicated look was in the third season, when a mentally retarded boss with a not-so-smart brain threw him an insulting gambling contract.

But this time, it's obviously not because of money.

"Old Ye, how many years do you think you can play in the LPL?" Tao Xuan asked suddenly.

Ye Xiu was stunned.

Logically speaking, at his age, he is already 27 years old, and he should have considered retirement a long time ago.

But at least this year, he didn't feel that his condition had declined.

It can only be said that due to the different focus, the operational intensity of League of Legends is far not as high as that of Honor.

The loss to the players is not that great.

That’s why Sun Zheping was able to defeat all the top laners in the world despite having a hand injury, and that’s why Ye Xiu was able to maintain his world-class strength to this day without much decline.

In Ye Xiu's opinion, if he didn't consider other factors and only considered whether he still had the strength to compete for the championship, he could at least reach Season 3 in League of Legends.
Even if he is unlucky and fails to win the championship in the first three seasons, he will most likely continue playing.

Even in the best case scenario, he would win the coveted championship this year and get Su Muqiu's commemorative skin.

It is also highly unlikely that he will retire in S2.

After all, he had just promised Han Wenqing that he would compete with him in the LPL, so he would have to play for two more years.

Tao Xuan saw his expression and knew that he had no intention of retiring in the short term. He sighed and said, "That's the problem."

"You are the oldest member of this Happy team. If Xiao Qiu wants to succeed you, he will have to wait at least one or two years. He may not have the chance to play in a game until he is almost 20 years old."

"What about other locations?"

Longer. Ye Xiu thought.

Tang Rou is 22 and Baozi is 23, which are still a little old, but based on their condition, they will have no problem playing for three to four years.

In the bottom lane, Su Mucheng is 24, but there is also Yu Wenbo who is and Qiao Yifan who is .

The progress of the times, the improvement of league scale and management professionalism have greatly extended the lifespan of professional players.

But this also means that more young people will find it difficult to get opportunities because there are too many elderly people.

The talent and strength of the Excellent Era team are definitely among the best among the younger generation, but because their first team is too strong, they are suppressed to the secondary league and have difficulty making a breakthrough.

Tao Xuan didn't want to see these young geniuses wait until they were in their twenties before getting their first chance to play in the top league.

But he really couldn't bear to sell the children and send them to various LPL teams.

Part of it was because he was worried about the children, and the other part was that he still had some thoughts of restoring the glory of Excellent Era.

It's funny to say that when Excellent Era was at its most glorious, the person who cared least about Excellent Era's championship and only cared about how to make more money was Tao Xuan.

But now, times have changed, and various teams have offered high prices to the players of Jia Shi, and they can make a lot of money by just having a big sale.

The one who held on to them tightly and refused to let go, wanting to preserve a glimmer of hope for Excellent Era, was still Tao Xuan.

He always seems to be at the wrong time, with the wrong stubbornness and persistence.

Over the past year, in addition to being responsible for the business affairs of the Xingxin Club, Tao Xuan has spent most of his time on the training of this Excellent Era team.

Even in the BP of LSPL, Boss Tao has to discuss with their coaching staff.

As early as that summer when they teamed up to defeat the team led by the guy who was known as the strongest VN in the country before the qualifiers even started, Tao Xuan was looking forward to their future.

He wanted to see these kids work together to achieve glory.

He didn't care that the main body of Jia Shi was merged into Xingxin and became Xingxin's second team. It was all his own fault anyway.

But he found it hard to accept that the second team had no hope of reaching the top league.

Although Excellent Era and Happy still have their own teams, their management teams have already been completely integrated.

As it is now, it is impossible for them to complete the splitting task unless one of the teams is completely finished.

Therefore, when Boss Cai's people came to him, he was so excited.

LCS may not be as good as LPL, but it is a top league after all!

Moreover, there are three places in the semi-finals of the World Championship!

If he could see this Excellent Era team compete in the world arena, he would be able to say that he has no regrets.

"If nothing unexpected happens, the kids' trip to North America should only last until the summer season."

"After the summer season, even if LCS and Tenghai officials were slow to react, they should have reacted. It is highly likely that we will not have such an opportunity in S2."

"It's just a summer season, it's not long, and it's relatively controllable."

"If they can prove themselves in North America and even make it to the World Championship, then we won't have to worry about their future."

Tao Xuan spoke sincerely, analyzing the pros and cons of this trip to North America to Ye Xiu bit by bit.

He really wanted to see the name Excellent Era achieve greater success.

Ye Xiu looked at Tao Xuan's slightly excited expression and was a little dazed for a moment.

He couldn't remember the last time he saw Tao Xuan so excited.

But what is certain is that it has been at least seven or eight years since then.

Operation, commercialization, and Ye Xiu, the troublesome captain.

Even though he is still that unreliable Internet cafe owner at heart, at least on the surface, Tao Xuan is becoming more and more like a business elite.

If given a choice, Ye Xiu really didn't want to extinguish the spark that had been rekindled by this old friend after so many years.

But that’s North America.

He has to be a villain for once.

“That being said, but—” Ye Xiu tried his best to keep his voice as cold as possible, maintaining an almost cold and sober tone.

"Have you ever thought about how dangerous it would be for children to go to North America at this age?"

He suddenly raised his voice an octave: "That's North America! Free America, where gunfights happen every day!"

As an e-sports player, Ye Xiu doesn't pay much attention to social issues, but he is the eldest son of the Ye family after all.

The education he received in his early years included various social analyses made by his elders.

For example, regarding the White Eagle Country.

He knew very well that the current social situation in the White Eagle Country was even more divided and darker than what Chinese netizens saw.

Gunfights, DP, promiscuous sex, various social problems, and chaotic thoughts...

To put it bluntly, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as hell on earth.

"Think about it yourself. When Xiaoqiu and the others go to play, it's impossible for them to stay at the base and train for 24 hours without even leaving the house, right?"

"Even if that's true, there are White Eagle staff in the base, right?"

"Is it possible that they will teach the children bad things? Is it possible that they will bring about a bad atmosphere?"

"Once you're infected with those things, your life will be over! Can you afford the responsibility?" Ye Xiu became more and more excited as he spoke, and by the end, he already sounded like he was questioning someone.

The opportunity to train and make a name for yourself in a top league is indeed very tempting.

But he couldn't let his children take that risk.

Ye Xiu calmed himself down and continued to maintain his high pressure:

"Think about it yourself. If we really go to the LCS to play, how many people can we bring with us? Even if we draw people from the first team's training group, will we have enough people?"

"We need someone who is experienced enough to take charge there. Who will go? Are you going there in person? I'm afraid you can't control yourself!"

Tao Xuan stopped talking, as if he was in a state of depression. Ye Xiu sighed inwardly, finally seeing a glimmer of hope, but it was shattered abruptly.

This was cruel to Tao Xuan, but Ye Xiu had no choice.

At this time, he subconsciously slowed down his tone and lowered his voice: "Lao Tao, let's give up this plan."

"Let's not talk about this year for now. Although I will most likely not retire next year, Xiao Qiu can also be promoted to play in the rotation with me."

“For the other positions, maybe we really can’t keep them, but they definitely have a bright future in other teams.”

"As for Excellent Era..." Ye Xiu sighed, thinking about how to make this cruel suggestion as gentle as possible.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Tao Xuan suddenly raised his head, and there was no trace of dejection in his eyes:
"You're right, but that's based on the premise that we really can't control North America."

"Can you still control White Eagle?" Ye Xiu's brewing emotions were suddenly interrupted, and he was a little confused.

"I can't control it, but someone can..." At this time, Tao Xuan suddenly raised a triumphant smile.

Tao Xuan also has overseas connections? Ye Xiu was stunned.

Just because he is a small entrepreneur who started out as an Internet cafe owner?
But at this moment, a name suddenly jumped from the depths of his heart, a place that had been sealed for a long time.

He was stunned, and then his whole body shuddered.

No way……

Just then, Tao Xuan's cell phone rang.

He picked it up and took a look at it, and couldn't help laughing out loud: "Speak of the devil, he appears."

He handed the phone to Ye Xiu: "You two can chat for a while. If I remember correctly, you haven't been in touch for several years."

Ye Xiu was silent for a long time, so long that the ringing of the phone became a little impatient. Then he picked up the phone, his hands trembling slightly.

Those long-forgotten memories emerged in front of his eyes and in his heart bit by bit. The happiest and purest three years of his professional career were buried deep in his heart.

Now, it was dug out by Tao Xuan with a Luoyang shovel.

"You're too cruel." Ye Xiu muttered and answered the call.

"Brother Tao, I have almost finished the arrangements here. I have also found two friends to ensure that the children will be well taken care of—"

On the other end of the phone, Ye Xiu's extremely familiar gentle voice sounded, but it was much more mature than the last time he heard it.

He seemed to be reporting his work to Tao Xuan, but halfway through, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Normally, Tao Xuan would have spoken by this time. He cared more about this expedition to North America than anyone else.

But today the other end of the phone was unexpectedly quiet, with only a somewhat disordered breathing sound.

The person on the other end of the phone was silent for two seconds, and when he spoke again, he had a slight smile on his face.

"Long time no see, Captain."

For some reason, Ye Xiu's nose suddenly felt a little sour.

It must be because Baozi was clamoring for Sichuan cuisine yesterday. The taste of the stir-fried chili peppers was too strong.

He replied sullenly, "You're almost 30, and you're still a team leader..."

"But it's been a long time."

"Wu Xuefeng."

Ye Xiu really didn't expect that Tao Xuan would even bring this person along for this trip to North America.

Wu Xuefeng, the undisputed second-in-command of Excellent Era 1.0, the biggest helper in helping Ye Xiu win the championship, the Scottie Pippen of the Glory world, and one of the two pillars of the Excellent Era dynasty.

He is slightly older than some professional commentators, but he maintains a better competitive state than professional commentators.

He controlled the Qigong master Qi Chong Yun Shui and Ye Xiu to achieve the feat of three consecutive championships, which was unprecedented in history.

After retiring, this guy said goodbye to all his old friends in the glory circle alone and went abroad.

Some people said that he was a super rich second generation, and he inherited the family fortune to run Northern Europe. Ye Xiu even muttered at the time, saying that he might be washing dishes in the White Eagle restaurant.

Now it seems that I guessed half right by accident.

"That's also a team leader." The way Wu Xuefeng and Ye Xiu get along seems to be still stuck in the pre-three-crown era.

Even though he had been paying attention to Jia Shi and Ye Xiu over the years and knew the ups and downs and rebirths the latter had experienced.

Ye Xiu thought about it and suddenly returned to the topic: "Will you help Lao Tao?"

As far as he could remember, when Tao Xuan and himself had a conflict over commercialization, Wu Xuefeng always stood firmly on his side.

"If Lao Tao contacted me just to make money, I wouldn't bother to even look at him." Wu Xuefeng chuckled.

"But Lao Tao has regained his former dream and persistence, so I think I can help him to the best of my ability."

"Can you do it?" At this point, Ye Xiu already seemed to be trying to force it.

Ye Xiu knew very well that Wu Xuefeng would take care of the child.

The reason is very simple. He, Ye, is the first child raised by Wu Xuefeng.

Just like he was when he was young, without the support of later achievements and prestige, with his extremely sharp tongue, he would have caused conflicts within the team long ago.

Ye Xiu handed the five little guys from Excellent Era to him. Even though he hadn't seen them for several years, his first reaction was to feel relieved.

Moreover, Wu Xuefeng is a person who plays games with his brain.

Although I don’t know if he has ever played the new game League of Legends, even if he starts from scratch, he can become a good coach with his developed tactical thinking and spirituality.

At least he is much better than Tao Xuan who is a guest coach.

Wu Xuefeng did not answer him directly, but suddenly started reminiscing: "Do you remember seven years ago?"

With just one sentence, Ye Xiu's memory was immediately brought back to that era.

"At that time I said, this is the last time, give me a three-peat."

"You promised, and you did it."

"In that case, I promise you this time that I will ensure that these children will not be disturbed by any factors in North America."

"They will come back no different from what they were when they left, except that they will be better at their careers."

Wu Xuefeng did not issue a military order, nor did he swear anything.

But Ye Xiu just believed that he would do what he said.

This is their tacit understanding.

Seeing that this old brother had personally come forward to express his support for Tao Xuan's plan, Ye Xiu's original worries and resistance were gradually dissipating.

Now, there is only one last question left.

“That being said, would they be willing to do so?”

At this point, Ye Xiu had only wanted to make a small complaint, and he had not expected Wu Xuefeng, who was far away overseas, to be able to answer it.

But I heard a commotion outside the door, and then I heard Ah Bin's honest voice, "I'm sure there's no problem."

Then it was Qiu Fei's: "Abin, keep your voice down, don't let the captain find out."

Ye Xiu covered his face and said, "Yes, those guys are eavesdropping."

Wu Xuefeng smiled and said, "Isn't that just right?"

"Since you are not sure, why not just ask them for their opinions?"

　Second update. That should be all for tonight. I’ll add more tomorrow.

　　good night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)