With the cabin shaking slightly and the beep sounding, Su Chen opened his eyes from his hazy sleep.
"Dear fellow travelers..."
The sweet voice of the stewardess echoed in the corridor.
Yawning, Su Chen looked out the window.
Under the city shrouded in twilight, bright lights are connected together.
"Are we here..." Xiaotian, who was sleeping with his head covered with a blanket, struggled to sit up. After putting on his square glasses, he looked out the window.
"Have you been here before?" Su Chen opened a bottle of mineral water and moistened his throat.
"I came here once when I was a child. I went to the beach when I was six or seven years old, but I didn't remember much about it. I just remember that there were so many people on the beach." Xiaotian tidied up his messy hair, "Brother Chen, you don't have any memories either.
Come over."
Su Chen nodded.
It is true that he has not been to Shenzhen since his rebirth. He worked in Shenzhen for a period of time in his previous life, so he is quite familiar with this area.
"It feels similar to the Magic City, with high-rise buildings." Xiaotian commented while looking out the window at the gradually enlarging ground scenery.
"You haven't been to many places in Magic City, right? I see that you haven't gone out much on your days off." Meng Ma took off his headphones, rolled them up and stuffed them into his bag.
"How about after we go back, we can discuss with the prostitute teacher about taking a few more days off, and I can go shopping." Xiaotian opened his mouth.
Meng Ma smiled and was too lazy to talk to him.
…
After getting off the plane, Meng Ma did not call a taxi immediately, but took the two of them to sit down at a McDonald's near the airport.
"The RNG's flight is half an hour later than ours. Let's wait for them to arrive and then we will meet up to report to the sports team." Meng Ma explained.
The representatives of the Asian Games this time include four teams: ym, rng, edg, and we.
The regular season of rng and ym ended relatively early, so they arrived in Shenzhen one night early.
Both we and edg have a game tonight, and we will come back the next morning after the game.
By comparison, Su Chen and Xiaotian are very comfortable.
"No problem, why don't you eat something to fill your stomach first?" Su Chen looked around.
"I'll just have a McFlurry. Aren't we going to have a big meal later? I'll save some food for later. This is my last meal." Xiaotian took out his power bank, plugged in his phone and clicked.
Opened station b and started daily supplementary tasks.
"Just order a few snacks and see if there's anything that offers the second one at half price. Just make ends meet." Meng Mahua pulled his cell phone and was still looking for a restaurant to go to for a meal.
Seeing the two of them asking for nothing, Su Chen got up directly and went to the front desk to order snacks including French fries, chicken and popcorn, two cups of Coke, and a McFlurry.
The lady in charge of ordering was obviously stunned when she saw Su Chen for the first time. She probably thought it looked familiar, but she didn't ask because of her work. She just looked at it secretly while preparing the meal.
"Thank you, Brother Chen!" Xiaotian couldn't wait to open the lid of the McFlurry, scooped up a piece with a spoon and put it in his mouth.
"I remember it can be reimbursed, right?" Su Chen held the receipt and looked directly at Meng Ma.
"That's necessary." Meng Ma smiled, picked up a French fries, dipped it in some ketchup, and put it in his mouth.
Xiaotian was catching up on the show with headphones on and did not participate in the chat between the two.
"This time the Asian Games will be launched with version 8.16. You should have seen the version update, right?" Meng Ma asked.
"Well," Su Chen took a sip of Coca-Cola, and a sour frosty feeling suddenly filled her mouth, "The main thing is that the tank heroes have been strengthened. I remember they are Dashu, Mumu, Titan, and Japanese Girl."
"Yes, so you have to be mentally prepared. This time the Asian Games may not be about you." Meng Ma habitually shook the half-cut French fries between his fingers.
"I understand." Su Chen nodded.
In fact, after the Asian Games team list was officially released.
Meng Ma had privately discussed with Su Chen the possible styles of play in this Asian Games.
First of all, the head coach is Abramovich from EDG, and he also brings along the factory director. Naturally, they will be more inclined to their traditional idea of playing around the bottom half.
In addition, with a top adc like Uzi in the team, it is natural to play four guarantees and one.
Xiye's playing style in the middle can be freely switched between carry and functional mid laner, so he can naturally adapt to it.
But after all, Su Chen played with ym as the core for more than half a year.
Meng Ma is also not sure. If Abu really decides to play around the bottom lane, Su Chen will be able to accept this from his mentality and habits.
And who is the core of the team is also a question.
This is a team with a pig (factory director) and a dog (Uzi). Everyone may be friendly off the field, but when it comes to the battlefield.
Who is the one in charge and can the rest of the people cooperate unconditionally?
These are all things that the Asian Games team needs to solve this time.
"The national team is no better than the club team, and it's normal for it to change," Su Chen shook his head. "My goal is only to win, so if I make personal sacrifices, I think it's okay."
"It's just a vaccination. After all, I am also a member of the coaching staff, so I will definitely put forward my own opinions." Meng Ma glanced at Xiaotian.
As the "younger brother" in this representative team, Xiaotian is expected to be under a lot of pressure both on and off the court.
But seeing the smiling bastard chasing after him, Meng Ma didn't have the heart to put pressure on him immediately.
Judging from pdd, Abu's tone, and the instructions from superiors, the LoL team has an arduous task in this Asian Games.
Although it is not just League of Legends that has been selected for the exhibition event, it also includes Honor of Kings, StarCraft, Clash Royale, etc.
But for now, lol is definitely the largest, and it is also the benchmark for measuring this exhibition match.
"The Asian Games exhibition match is just a preview. If this one is successful, then the Tokyo Olympics two years later... you should understand what I mean." Meng Ma lowered his voice, which was somewhat mysterious.
Su Chen nodded repeatedly, and couldn't help but feel a wave of excitement in his heart.
Two years later, in 2020, it happens to be the S10 season, the tenth year of the development of lol e-sports.
If lol can really make it to the Olympics, then e-sports will really enter a new era of prosperity.
"Okay, I'm going too far. I'm going to give you a break before everyone else gathers. After all, it won't be my turn to speak later." Meng Ma said with a smile.
"What are you talking about in Tokyo? Akihabara?" Xiaotian took off his headphones and asked curiously.
"Tiansang, the cherry blossoms in my hometown are blooming." Su Chen deliberately teased him.
Xiaotian was just about to match the two neon words when he suddenly looked behind Su Chen and waved.
Su Chen turned around and saw Uzi, Xiao Ming, and rng coach Hart pushing their suitcases.
"We almost missed the plane. The traffic jam in Yanjing was really scary." Uzi sat down next to Su Chen, grabbed a potato chip and threw it into his mouth, chewing it.
"You've been waiting for a long time." Hart said hello to all three of ym in Chinese that he could understand.
Xiao Ming got next to Xiao Tian and asked him what he was chasing.
"You haven't eaten yet? You've been eating three-way since we met, right?" Su Chen couldn't help but said when he saw Uzi grabbing another piece of chicken wing and putting it in his mouth.
This wave of Uzi almost didn't stop. He covered his mouth to prevent himself from squirting out, and rolled his eyes at Su Chen.
"We just got up this afternoon, and we went to catch the plane without eating much." Xiao Ming was obviously hungry, and his eyes were scanning the table.
"Then let's go straight to dinner. It's getting late. We'll get to the sports team later and have to go through some formalities. Don't make it too late." Meng Ma stood up and took out his cell phone to take a taxi.
"Why don't we just eat here," Hart suggested. "I think it's better to go over there and report earlier."
Although he is not from China, he has lived in the magical city for so long and he still knows a little about Chinese people and sophistication.
"I think so too, just fill your stomach," Uzi nodded in agreement, "I'm really tired after running around all day."
"I can do it." Seeing Meng Ma looking at him, Su Chen shrugged and said he didn't care.
After reaching an agreement, everyone simply moved to a seat with a sofa. After putting two small square tables together, Su Chen scanned the QR code and ordered several family buckets.
Xiaotian looked at the table of fried chicken and French fries and couldn't help but sigh.
He also expected to have a good meal in Shenzhen, so he waited hungry for a long time, but he didn't expect that he would have to have dinner here in the end.
However, his state only lasted for a moment, and soon he was eating plain chicken and chatting with Xiao Ming happily.
"I remember there is a game for EDG tonight, right?" Uzi wiped his mouth with a tissue and asked casually.
"Yes, they are still fighting at the moment." Hart tapped the screen of his phone with his finger, and then called up the lol live broadcast room.
Everyone was idle and bored, so they gathered together and started a game outside the field.
In the picture, the game time reaches 36 minutes and 31 seconds.
The two sides of the game happened to be edg and we. This is probably because the officials deliberately adjusted the order of the game so that the two teams could finish the regular season on the same day.
In the b03 format, the score between the two sides is one to one, and now is the last game.
The factory director's edg is on the blue side. In this round, he used his signature hero Pig Girl.
On our side, Xiye in the middle lane uses Yanque.
The blue side edg currently leads us by nearly 5,000 in economy, and at the same time broke through the opponent's bottom lane high ground.
The two sides are currently fighting over the ancient dragon in the river in the lower half of the area.
The factory director's pig girl turned on the scanner and circled back from the wild area, waiting for an opportunity to prepare for a group start.
But Xiye's rock bird directly built a stone wall, which isolated the pig girl who was behind it. We went on the road 957 to hand over the TP, and approached the angry Nar and fell behind the factory director!
"The position of the factory director is very dangerous! It will be taken over by five of us!" Wawa shouted loudly.
But faced with the siege of WE, Pig Girl's reaction was scripted. After freezing Gnar with her ultimate move, Q flashed out and penetrated two walls in the wild area, leaving behind layers of WE's pursuers.
"No, what does Mingkai mean by this? Isn't this guy a jungler? If he runs like this, will the dragon be gone?" Uzi laughed again.
"If he runs a little further, he will reach the spring." Su Chen looked at the Pig Girl icon on the map and saw that he had indeed reached the highland wall.
"Director, this is prudent." Xiaotian took the initiative to defend him.
But this wave of pig girls' overreaction to escape really brought out the effect of the show.
The players on the court and the commentators outside the court are also a little confused.
But fortunately, edg's super troop line in the bottom lane pushed up to the high ground, and we were forced to send people back to defend the line.
edg also seized this opportunity. After winning the ancient dragon, the fierce battle of this series ended.
After the game, the director also switched the camera to the faces of the factory director and Xiye respectively.
"Tomorrow the factory director and Xiye will go to the training camp in Shenzhen to report and prepare for the Asian Games. I looked at Moments, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Uzi and others seem to have arrived now. You can also look forward to this time.
The Chinese representative team..." Baby's voice drifted in from outside the screen.
"If we're all full, let's get ready to leave. I've already called a car." Meng Ma said.
"Go! go! go!" Xiaotian also stood up and picked up his bag, saying impatiently.
"Are you just carrying such a small bag? What's in it? Is there anything..." Uzi poked the shoulder bag Su Chen was carrying, with an evil smile on his face.
"MSI championship trophy." Su Chen glanced at him.
Uzi's smile suddenly solidified on his face.
…
After squeezing into a commercial vehicle and driving around on the highway for a few times.
Everyone finally arrived at the sports team of the Shenzhen Sports Center.
It was already eleven o'clock in the evening.
Six people were standing on the roadside with their suitcases. Ten minutes passed after Meng Ma made the call.
A middle-aged man wearing a polo shirt, black-rimmed glasses, and oily hair hurried over.
"Are they the kids who play e-sports? Hello, my surname is Wang. You should all have seen me in the group." The middle-aged man introduced himself and glanced at several people.
The players who were quarreling with each other immediately stopped talking after seeing the leader named Wang.
"Hello, Director Wang, I am Xiao Meng from ym." Meng Ma also quickly introduced me.
Among the six people, Hart himself is not Chinese, so he naturally assumed the responsibility of team leader.
"Okay, a few more people will arrive tomorrow, right?" The middle-aged man nodded, clicked twice on his phone, and led everyone to the dormitory building.
It was different from what Su Chen had imagined. The dormitory building here was just an ordinary unit dormitory. It was all gray and white. The walls should have been painted, and some traces could still be seen.
"The League of Legends project team... has arranged for you two floors, three and four, with double rooms. You can check in tonight and send me the list of each dormitory later." The middle-aged man finished.
He glanced at Xiaotian, the thinnest among the crowd, and then added.
"During the training camp, no one is allowed to order takeout, and drinks are not allowed. Three meals a day are eaten in the cafeteria, at 7 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. If you don't have anything to eat after that, you have to go hungry.
Already."
"In addition, you must apply for permission to go out, and staying out at night is strictly prohibited," he emphasized.
As soon as these words came out, Wuzi, Xiaotian, and Xiaoming's expressions suddenly changed.
Su Chen was quite calm. He didn't have high requirements in this regard.
Although they had been vaccinated before coming, several people obviously did not realize that this training camp was really so strict.
"This is also because of the urine test requirements of the Asian Games. Please be patient for now. The food in our canteen still tastes good. I eat here every day." The middle-aged man also saw the thoughts of several people and added.
"Originally, the plan was for you to follow the team and get up at six o'clock every morning to run and exercise. However, Ji Xing and I have communicated before that your e-sports schedules are different, so this is not a requirement."
"That's good, that's good." Meng Ma breathed a sigh of relief.
After adding a few words of explanation, the middle-aged man handed the key to the room into Meng Ma's hand and left.
Meng Ma also quickly divided the rooms into groups of two.
He and Hart shared a room, and the rest were players from each team.
"Let's talk about it when they arrive tomorrow. Let's have a good rest tonight. Although we don't have to do any exercises, it's best for everyone to get up and have breakfast tomorrow. The cafeteria will be closed after seven-thirty." Meng Ma couldn't bear it in the middle of his sentence.
I couldn't help but yawned.
Everyone agreed one after another, and each carried their suitcases and entered the dormitory.
