"Cat?" Lu Weiwei didn't know when she came to Gu Chen. She also glanced at the dark alley and asked Gu Chen:

"Junior Brother Gu, what did you just say? Where is the cat?"

"Already left." Gu Chen didn't know whether the man was holding a cat.

At this moment, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha also came over, talking and laughing.

Overall, this dinner was not bad, as can be seen from the smiling expression on Comrade Lao Wang's face.

"I said, our Bureau Zhao is very interesting. We asked these branch directors to pay for us to have dinner. Hey, I have to talk about this in the cafeteria of our Furong Branch."

"I estimate that this matter will definitely make the headlines in the Furong Branch gossip news this month."

"Come on, we have a competition tomorrow, go back quickly." Lu Weiwei also urged.

After all, today is just a small victory.

Generally speaking, entering the quarterfinals is equivalent to completing the Qin game's mission ahead of schedule.

But the next knockout round is equally fierce.

As the only representative team in Jiangnan City, Gu Chen also knows very well that what he will face next will be an even more intense competition.

So I chatted with everyone on the roadside for a few words, and then drove everyone back to the hotel.

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The next morning, 7 am.

Liu Jingru came to the corridor as usual and knocked on the door of Gu Chen's room one by one.

Officer Wang came out with a big head and said: "Reporter Liu, this morning's game seems to be held at 9 o'clock, right?"

"Yes." Liu Jingru nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Then why do you have to get up at 7 o'clock?" Officer Wang said with a yawn.

Liu Jingru grinned and couldn't help but said: "Sister Xiaolan said, let you go to the competition venue in advance to familiarize yourself with the environment."

"Then what else did Bai Xiaolan say?" Officer Wang asked with squinted eyes.

Liu Jingru added: "Sister Xiaolan also said that yesterday's game was the result of our home court advantage. If we strengthen the field training, maybe we can create a miracle today."

"After all, the group stage and semi-finals will be held today at Jiangnan Lake Hufei."

"The winning team will hold the final in the abandoned steel factory in the afternoon."

"So, Sister Xiaolan is afraid that you might be slacking off, so she specifically told me that you must always maintain your usual training state, and the tight strings cannot be relaxed."

"Xiaolan is very considerate." Liu Jingru was still explaining various things to Officer Wang. On the other side, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha were also ready, and all kinds of training equipment were neatly dressed.

At this moment, Gu Chen also walked out of the room, brought all his equipment, and said to Officer Wang:

"Senior Brother Wang, go and wash up quickly."

"Okay." Seeing that everyone was ready to leave, although ten thousand people were not happy, Officer Wang decided to persist.

After all, wasn’t training for more than a week just for today?

Although they have advanced to the quarterfinals, the game is not over yet.

When Liu Jingru saw Officer Wang walking into the room dejectedly, she also walked up to Gu Chen and apologized:

"I'm sorry, Senior Gu Chen, this is all Sister Xiaolan's request."

"After all, your performance yesterday was so good that you actually took advantage of your usual home training."

"So Sister Xiaolan thinks that if senior Gu Chen can maintain his usual training state, he might be able to advance to the semi-finals."

"It's a good idea." Gu Chen understood Bai Xiaolan's worries, fearing that everyone would slack off after advancing to the top eight.

Although Bai Xiaolan's mission has been basically completed, the mission indicators of Furong Branch are guaranteed.

But for Bai Xiaolan, she would rather see her local team take a further step.

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7:20 am.

Everyone came to the hotel restaurant to dine.

At this time, everyone discovered that the members of the Magic City Hornets Club had just finished their meal at this moment, and were preparing to leave with their luggage and equipment.

Watching the Hornets take a taxi and leave, Liu Jingru also smiled and said: "Zhu Zhihao from the Hornets club was extremely embarrassed during the interview yesterday."

"Because of your outstanding performance, senior Gu Chen, he became the only professional team to lose to the amateur team. I guess it won't be easy for them to do business when they go back."

"There's nothing we can do about it." Lu Weiwei came over and couldn't help but said: "There are only a few places in the competition, and one team has to be eliminated, so why can't it be them?"

"That's right." Officer Wang, who had already put breakfast on a plate, walked up to the crowd and joked:

"We can't let the organizing committee, every time we add this qualifying round, the home team will always be eliminated, right?"

"With this accident in Jiangnan City, I guess the organizing committee will no longer underestimate amateur players."

"Having said that, we did not play according to the script and eliminated the professional club pilots in the FPV racing circle. This will inevitably make people in the circle doubt the level of these clubs."

Liu Jingru also informed Gu Chen and others about some news about the organizing committee that she learned from Bai Xiaolan yesterday.

The general meaning is that although yesterday afternoon, the Jiangnan City Furong Branch team made history by entering the quarterfinals and eliminated the professional team.

This shocked the organizing committee.

You know, professional clubs that engage in FPV racing require large investments of real money every year.

The organizing committee will take 20% of all profits from each race.

This is a big cake that can only be shared by a very small number of players in the circle.

The original setting of this 9-to-8 qualifying tournament was just a formality, which not only gave the host city a chance to show off, but also prevented the host city's representative team from entering the knockout rounds.

Therefore, in each 9-to-8 qualifying tournament, the local amateur teams are usually eliminated.

To be precise, this is equivalent to an exhibition match, where professional players eliminate non-professional players.

Not only can it promote the influence of FPV racing competition in the host city, but it can also feast the eyes of the audience.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Originally according to yesterday's script, the Jiangnan City Furong Branch team led by Gu Chen was ultimately defeated, but now Gu Chen has broken this pattern.

This caused a crisis of confidence in the organizing committee.

To put it simply, if amateur teams can also defeat professional teams, then the fathers who are the financial backers behind these professional teams will probably be quite disappointed.

If the club's sponsors are disappointed, they may have doubts about running the club. If the club is eventually disbanded, it will be a disaster for the entire domestic FPV circle.

Without the participation of clubs, revenue will decrease and the organizing committee will also face a debt crisis.

The cake that seemed to be divided among only a few people was now directly spoiled by Gu Chen.

The organizing committee is also very anxious.

So next, Gu Chen knew very well that what he had to face might be more intense than yesterday.

Therefore, Bai Xiaolan asked everyone to come to the competition site early because she wanted Gu Chen to maintain the same state as yesterday and work hard to get a good ranking.

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8:20 am.

Gu Chen's team arrived at the Jiangnan Lake competition site, and at this moment, the audience began to gradually enter the venue.

But compared to yesterday's qualifying match, the number of viewers was obviously smaller.

Because the unfinished building is located near Huancheng Road, it is relatively close to the city.

Jiangnan Lake is far away from the city, so many people need to drive or ride bicycles, but even so, more than 1,000 enthusiastic spectators came before the game was about to start.

Among them, nearby residents account for the majority, and the number of people in the afternoon finals will be even greater.

Therefore, the sales department of the organizing committee is still doing brisk business, and red T-shirts continue to sell well...

As for the various FPV ride-through equipment, the organizing committee simply brought trucks to the site and sold boxes of them...

Gu Chen and others had just arrived at the scene, and it was said that hundreds of sets of equipment had been sold.

8:50 am.

All the racers have arrived at the scene.

At this time, Gu Chen and others had finished warming up and arrived at the racing area.

In front of the commentary desk, Dashan and Mac still maintained sufficient enthusiasm and began to explain the live broadcast equipment.

"Hello everyone, I'm Dashan." Da Beitou Dashan waved to the camera.

"I'm Mac." Mac, a white foreign boy, also stretched out his hands to make a rock 'n' roll gesture.

Dashan immediately answered: "Today is the second competition day of the Jiangnan City sub-station of the FPV Crossing Machine Racing Competition. This morning, we will hold the group knockout and semi-finals at the beautiful Jiangnan Lake."
To be continued...