After thinking for a long time, Qin Feng finally chose to contact Vitality’s manager Matthieu Péché first on the morning of the third day.
"Hello, I'm Aehter."
According to the notes in the email, Qin Feng quickly used Bluebird's private message to find the Vitality team manager with Bluebird certification.
The other party responded to the private message very quickly, "Hello, I am Matthieu Péché, the manager of Vitality."
"Your contract with Fnatic should end soon, right?"
After getting Qin Feng's affirmative reply, the other party sent another message.
"How about it? Are you dissatisfied with the content in the email?"
Qin Feng thought for a moment and tapped the keyboard on the desktop matter-of-factly, "I am only interested in the sniper position. If I can really take up the sniper position in the team, I am still very willing to join Vitality."
"There is also a visa issue. I cannot go to the local Vitality training base in France for the time being."
Manager Matthew's replies came out one after another, "Well, ZywOo's demand for sniper rifle resources is actually not as high as people think."
"You know, ZywOo is the strongest rifleman in our team."
"However, since ZywOo became famous, France has never produced a particularly talented sniper."
"Since kennyS retired, only ZywOo can take over the French sniper rifle scene."
"That's why we found you, Aether."
"Now that the International Brigade has been formed, we hope to find an excellent sniper to liberate ZywOo."
"Regarding the visa matter, our club will find a way to help you solve it. Please trust our club."
"Well...is there anything else you want to ask?"
Qin Feng thought for a while and quickly made his reply, "So, where is the trial training time?"
"Your performance in the Major has proven your strength."
"The club intends to sign you directly, and then spend the running-in period between you and the team by constantly adjusting during the game."
"IEM Dallas starts on May 31st, so it may be too late."
"If you make a decision now, we will help you resolve the visa issue as soon as possible."
“In the BLAST Spring Split on June 15th, you can join us to compete offline in Lisbon, Portugal.”
Later, a PDF was sent to Qin Feng by Matthew.
"This is the contract prepared by the club for you. You can take a look at the general content first."
Qin Feng took a cursory glance at the contract that Vitality Club had drafted and translated in advance.
Perhaps because there is no buyout fee, the monthly salary provided by Vitality to Qin Feng is almost the same as the monthly salary in the previous Fnatic contract.
"Hmm... a one-year contract, a buyout fee of 500,000 yuan, is the rest similar to Fnatic?"
Qin Feng thought for a moment and replied: "There is nothing wrong with the contract. I have to ask the relevant people for the specific details."
In the training room of the Vitality team, Matthew grinned at Qin Feng's reply.
"Then, let me first welcome you on behalf of everyone at Vitality."
"Aether, you may want to learn another language and adapt to life in France as soon as possible."
"The club is going to participate in IEM Dallas, so we probably don't have time to conduct targeted training with you for the time being."
"When the Dallas schedule is over, we can prepare for the BLAST game together."
"..."
In the afternoon of that day, Qin Feng ran to a nearby library and bought several French-related books.
It may not be necessary for communication in competitions and games, but whether it is to live better in the local area or integrate into the club, communication in French is essential.
You need to know at least some basic French.
Qin Feng couldn't help but sigh.
ZywOo learns English and Aether learns French. Everyone has a bright future.
…
In the next few days, the IEM Dallas competition was also held in full swing in Dallas, Texas.
Perhaps misutaa’s imminent departure has affected apEX’s mood and status.
The former French mad dog breakthrough player almost handed in the bottom answer in every game.
Vitality also unfortunately exited the competition, tied for seventh or eighth place.
Faze, who had just won the Major championship, was obviously a little relaxed. He was punished crazily by the anti-ship Noble Phantasm Hades, and finally ended up tied for fifth or sixth place.
As for C9, who did not perform well in the Antwerp Major, they swept away their previous decline and defeated ENCE, who had Snax as a substitute, with a score of 3-0 to win the IEM Dallas championship trophy.
Just a few days after IEM Dallas ended, a well-known whistleblower posted a message on his Bluebird:
Chinese player Aether confirmed to join Vitality as a sniper, and misutaa joined the bench.
This breaking news quickly spread within the Chinese news community.
As we all know, there are no gossips in CSGO, only A-level news.
The news about Qin Feng joining Vitality quickly erupted in a wave of discussions in the CSGO community in China.
[I always feel that Vitality is not Misuta’s problem now. How should I put it? The team seems to be missing something. 】
[This... God A won't go to jail with ZywOo, right? 】
[Aether, what are you eating tonight? Aether is eating baguette tonight! 】
[Don’t tell me, maybe the little bee is really alive? Anyway, no matter how Little Bee changes players, it will not be worse than now. 】
[The ZywOo rifle is very strong, but adding Aether gives Vitality a lot more playstyles. 】
[It’s a pity, I was still thinking that Aether could go to the liquid bar oSee to change, and I would kill them with Chicken Brother Kuangge. 】
Soon, HTLV’s official announcement confirmed the authenticity of this A-big news.
"The last piece of the French CS puzzle: Aether officially joins Vitality"
Of course, compared to the tolerance and encouragement of Chinese CSGO players, the French CSGO audience on HLTV seems a bit mean.
[System snipers from China have landed in Vitality. 】
[The unexplainable black hole of resources is approaching France. 】
[The despicable and shameless master sniper thief is about to go to BLAST Lisbon. 】
[Let Aether take over ZywOo’s main sniper position? Zonic, have you lost your mind? ZywOo is a TOP1 level sniper. 】
[Let me put it bluntly, Vitality’s problem cannot be solved by changing to another sniper. 】
[Is this a trial training? Why not find a powerful rifleman like Spinx. 】
Of course, all these questions came from French viewers, and Qin Feng, who had never heard from HLTV news, naturally didn't know.
…
June 13th.
After Qin Feng's visas in Portugal and France were settled, he packed his luggage, took a taxi to Heathrow Airport, and prepared to board a plane to Lisbon, Portugal.
The time left for him was too tight. Vitality's players had already arrived at the BLAST venue in advance to prepare for the game. It was naturally impossible for Qin Feng to adapt to Vitality's training venue in France first.
The flight ticket was booked for him by Vitality's club, and it was business class.
The flight from Heathrow Airport to Lisbon only takes about two hours, but at least the details show that Vitality attaches great importance to Qin Feng.
At least it's not like a certain domestic LOL team, which only bought economy-class air tickets for its players even when they went abroad to play S-games.
When the club door finally opened, mezii was still a little reluctant and insisted on taking a taxi with Qin Feng to Heathrow Airport.
He said he wanted to send Qin Feng off.
"What? You can't bear to part with me as Fnatic's main sniper?" Qin Feng half-jokingly teased mezii in the taxi.
But mezii's expression was serious, "Yes."
"I know that Fnatic's ability to enter the quarterfinals in Antwerp this time is almost entirely due to your performance with the sniper rifle."
"But like you said before, next time we meet, we will be opponents."
Qin Feng's face suddenly showed a hint of melancholy.
…
The short voyage ended soon.
Lisbon Portela Airport.
Qin Feng set foot on this strange land carrying the keyboard and mouse in his backpack.
Fortunately, Portugal is a famous tourist destination, so simple communication in English is not a big problem.
After informing the taxi driver outside the terminal about his itinerary, the taxi driver quickly drove Qin Feng to Vitality's official accommodation provided by BLAST in Lisbon.
Zonic, who had been waiting outside the door in advance, quickly noticed Qin Feng who had just gotten off the car.
"Wind? Aether?" The former Danish meritorious coach asked tentatively.
Qin Feng's face is really easy to recognize.
"Yes, it's me." Qin Feng nodded.
With a happy face, zonic led Qin Feng into Vitality's temporary training room and pointed to a half-open door.
"Feng, this is our temporary accommodation in BLAST. That is where you will be training."
"Your room is over there, and the room key card is on the table over there."
"We have already ordered your team uniforms for you according to the sizes you provided before and put them in your room."
"Let's go and meet the teammates you will play games with in the future."
With that said, zonic pushed open the half-open door.
After receiving the news, everyone had already stopped their running training and waited quietly for this talented sniper from China.
When zonic saw apEX, ZywOo, Magisk, and dupreeh in the training room looking at him, his face was suddenly filled with smiles.
"Brothers, our new sniper Aether is here."
"I have 100% confidence in the current lineup. The quality and the right roles have been prepared. I can confirm that Aether is the last piece of Vitality's puzzle."
"Vitality is one of the best teams in the world, and what we have to do now is take away 'one'."
"Me, Magisk and dupreeh have won money at Astralis before, and now I hope to experience this feeling of 'winning money' with everyone at Vitality."
"Come on, let's welcome the new Aether with applause."
"Bah bang bang, bang bang bang." Following Zonic's words, applause in the training room continued.
Except for apEX, whose expression was a little complicated, the other three people had faint smiles on their faces.
Zonic nodded with satisfaction and took Qin Feng to introduce each player in the team.
"I know you may already know each other, but I still want to introduce you."
"This is apEX, the leader of the team."
"This is the demon boy Magisk, the front boy, the second-in-command of the team."
"This is Dupreeh, the breakthrough player in the team."
"This is, um... ZywOo, I shouldn't need to say more. If you are here to serve as a sniper, ZywOo should be the star rifleman in the team."
"..."
