Chen Tianxiang took advantage of his high popularity and broadcast the show from 2pm to 12pm.
If it wasn't tomorrow and he had to pack his things and go to Koo's base, he would have to broadcast for a while longer.
Huddled in a small semi-basement.
There was only a small window in the room, near the ceiling.
What outside the window is not the sky, but the road filled with noisy stalls.
This is the only opening for light in the room, but it is not a vent.
The windows cannot be opened.
Once opened, the dust from outside will be all over the room.
It's more of a dungeon than a residence.
Chen Tianxiang did not sigh like, alas, capital.
But I was thinking, house prices in Seoul have increased by 80% in five years, so how many houses do I need to buy to pay off my family's debt?
I can't afford to buy a set.
In his previous life, Chen Tianxiang's family was not considered rich, but his parents were considered hard-working, and the family did some business, which was considered successful and prosperous.
Therefore, when he was a boy, Chen Tianxiang always spent money lavishly. When he was studying, he always spent three days fishing and two days drying nets. He got rid of the advanced interest of reading and studying early.
After all the hard work of the tutor who was hired at a high price, in the end he could only get poor grades.
Therefore, Chen Tianxiang's parents decided to find another way and sent Chen Tianxiang abroad to study for an undergraduate degree in a foreign university, and then apply for a graduate degree in a prestigious domestic university as a foreign undergraduate.
Although it costs a lot more money, it will be much less difficult.
But Chen Tianxiang was studying abroad in South Korea and suddenly felt bored. He was rebellious and dropped out of college because he thought he was cool.
After a big fight with his parents, he returned home confidently and went to LDL to pursue his dream.
Although he is not young, his talent is indeed quite good, and he has successfully entered a powerful club that is undergoing restructuring.
The RNG club only tried out the first team, but it was the second team that made the cut.
After wasting nearly half a season in the second team's RYL rotation, he still couldn't shake Xiaohu's status.
The manager came to him at this time.
He hooked Chen Tianxiang's shoulder and said, "What do you think about me sending you to start another team?"
Of course Chen Tianxiang nodded.
Therefore, the club loaned him out to a team near the bottom of the secondary league at a low price, euphemistically saying that they wanted him to prove himself first.
Chen Tianxiang was still thinking at that time, this person is quite good.
After joining that team, I found out what the team members did every day.
Drinking, clubbing, and playing Texas all day long, and then during the afternoon training game, I began to regret, why am I always wasting my time?
Then the training game ends at seven o'clock, and I start drinking again, clubbing, and playing Texas.
In such a rotten environment, the young and arrogant Chen Tianxiang reprimanded himself in his heart and found that he had to accept their loan arrangement before the RNG contract expired...
In the end, I had no choice but to join, thinking that I would change jobs after the contract expired.
But it wasn't until a few years later, when RNG's contract expired, that he discovered that his reflexes had seriously deteriorated and he could no longer play in the LPL.
His childhood sweetheart called at this time, and only after hearing his sister's angry questioning did he know the news at home.
It turned out that serious problems had already occurred in his family's business before he went to study in South Korea.
But despite this, his family still paid not a penny less for his study abroad trip to South Korea.
That stubborn middle-aged man kept forcing himself to turn the tide without telling his son.
As a result, while Chen Tianxiang was smoking a cigarette, playing Texas Hold'em, and considering whether to accept someone else's invitation to play match-fixing, his father's body completely collapsed from years of anxiety and fatigue.
Chen Tianxiang can't forget the embarrassment of standing in front of his father lying on the hospital bed, facing the hospital's treatment sheet, and touching his pockets with his tattooed hands for a long time, but he couldn't take out a penny.
Faced with the question of why my sister, who was forced to give up her artistic career, never came home to take a look, I couldn't give a single word of answer.
To make matters worse, he received new bad news.
In the game we played a few days ago, there were actually nine fake players out of the ten players.
What's even more tragic than being caught in a match-fixing game.
He was the only one among the ten who didn't know.
The audience laughed and said that they once suspected that this guy was cheating, but they didn't expect that he was the real deal.
Chen Tianxiang also felt that it was a bit too gray and humorous, but he couldn't laugh.
The team is about to disband and sell spots, but the manager who made such a big deal for him has no intention of calling him back to the team to renew his contract.
Because in his eyes, Chen Tianxiang at that time didn't even have the leisure time for him to spend time painting cakes.
"You haven't proven yourself yet, so forget it." RYL's manager answered directly. He was not even qualified to be exploited.
After pursuing his dream for several years, he became an unemployed young man with nothing.
In that numbness of being overwhelmed, Chen Tianxiang was reborn.
........
The day of his rebirth happened to be the day he returned to RNG for trial training from South Korea.
"The results of the trial training are okay. Why don't you go to the second team to practice. After you accumulate some experience, you can play in the LPL."
The managers of RNG and RYL were sitting in the office, crossing their legs and talking like this.
Now Chen Tianxiang discovered that he was trying out the first team, but why was the manager of the second team here?
Perhaps RNG has already booked Xiaohu as the mid laner for the new season, and the initial plan was to send him to the second team.
He is just an insurance policy in case Xiaohu's performance really fails.
Of course, RNG is an asset that is equivalent to a cheap purchase.
But faced with the cake they drew this time and the slave contract that had tricked him in his previous life.
"I won't go to the second team." Chen Tianxiang replied.
"Young man, don't always think about becoming fat in one bite." The manager pointed to the back of a figure in the next room in the distance, "Do you think you are better than Li Yuanhao? Are you better than an LPL player?"
"Okay."
"Young man, the competition is different from the ranking. If you come across from us and we really fight, you may not even be able to fight back without professional training."
The manager of the second team on the side also smiled and said, "Young man, it's a good thing to be more ambitious, but what he said is also true. No team in the LPL will want you now. Although the trial training results are okay, you haven't even played a formal game." After fighting, we think you have some talent and want to give you a way, which is good for you."
"If you don't want it in LPL, then don't play in LPL." Chen Tianxiang said and got up, "Sorry to bother you, I'm ready to leave."
He didn't have much time to waste on them, he still had a lot to do.
He needs to make money. Within two years, no, one year later, he must make enough money to pay off his debts, enough money to treat that weird old man, and enough money to continue schooling for his sister.
RYL's slave contract cannot do these things.
So, Chen Tianxiang stood up, turned around and walked out.
"The heart is as high as the sky, and life is as thin as paper."
"It's really rare to find a second-rate guy like this."
Chen Tianxiang could vaguely hear voices coming from behind.
…
Time returns to the present.
In the cold winter of late 2015, Seoul.
After packing his luggage, Chen Tianxiang sighed and called the person who mentioned his mother despite the expensive international phone bill.
"Hey, Mom."
Chen Tianxiang dialed the phone.
"Yeah." He responded softly, with some tiredness in his voice.
"I took a break from school."
"Ah, you... okay." The voice on the other end of the phone hesitated to speak.
"I'm not dropping out of school, I'm taking a break from school. I will have the opportunity to go back to school in the future."
"Yeah." The other person paused and asked again, "Do you want to come back?"
"No, I want to stay in South Korea for one year."
"Is the living expenses sufficient?"
"You don't have to pay me for living expenses, I can make money myself." Chen Tianxiang said, "You don't have to worry about me."
"Well, when you grow up, you don't need your mother to provide you with living expenses."
Chen Tianxiang was stunned for a moment when a faint laughter came from over there. It was clear that he did not follow her wishes and was already prepared to be scolded.
"Where's dad?" Chen Tianxiang asked.
"He said he didn't want to talk to you. He's such a stubborn old man that he doesn't want you to skip school and play games."
"I expected it." Chen Tianxiang knew his character. "Let him rest more, go to the hospital for examination, and then listen to the doctor. Don't take the doctor's words seriously."
"I see, you kid, you actually care about people? Are you really not asking me for money?"
"That's not true. I'm just waiting for you to ask me for money in the future."
"Okay, okay, if I am short of money, I will come to you and ask for it. Don't say you don't have it." Mom smiled.
In fact, according to Chen Tianxiang's memories of his previous life, his home was already empty at this time.
But for several years, until they were at the end of their rope, the old couple never asked him for a penny.
And he didn't even know what was going on at home.
Sometimes I still think that if I can't find a career, I still have my parents to support me, so I can go back and inherit the family business, so I continue to live in panic.
"It probably won't be available this year." Chen Tianxiang smiled, "But next year, it should be available."
"I hope."
"Yes, definitely." Chen Tianxiang replied, "By the way, tell Ning Ning to learn whatever she wants to learn, just study hard, and don't put too much pressure on yourself."
"Do you have time to care about your sister? Aren't you two incompatible?"
"As an older brother, you have to be a role model."
"If your sister is like you, the old man at home will be mad at you." Mother joked.
"Hahaha, that's true." Chen Tianxiang also laughed. "Okay, cross-border phone calls are quite expensive, so just hang up now. I'll call you back after a while."
"Okay, please pay more attention to your health and don't catch a cold. I have something to say."
"Well, I understand. You and dad should go to bed early. It's not late anymore."
Chen Tianxiang hung up the phone.
Lie back on the bed and adjust your breathing.
On the gray ceiling, the filament of the incandescent lamp was shining alone, looking so lonely.
There is no way out.
He stood up and looked at his palms.
I don't know if it's because of his rebirth, but his current state is much better than before.
Plus an understanding that transcends this era.
If you can do it, take a gamble.
If he returns to the LPL, he will still have to stay in the secondary league or the bottom team. Even if he can play, how long will it take to win the championship?
And he doesn't have that much time.
In KOO tigers, although the income this year can be almost zero.
But what if, like Marin, he can return to the lpl with a championship next year?
The way to break the situation is right here!
This is a big gamble!
