The next day, the sky outside the window became slightly brighter.
Su Chen was awakened by the sound of athletes running and exercising from outside the building. After opening his eyes, he took out his mobile phone and checked the time.
It's six fifty-eight, not even seven o'clock.
I closed my eyes at around 11 o'clock last night and had slept for almost seven hours.
It's almost the same as his routine at the ym base.
However, due to running around for a long time yesterday, my eyes are still a little sore at the moment.
After Su Chen yawned, he decided not to go back to sleep.
In a standard hotel-style suite, Xiaotian snored faintly from the bed next to him.
The Garlic Bastard wore a cartoon character eye patch, put his hands together on his stomach, and slept in a very upright posture, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, as if he had had a good dream.
Su Chen smiled, got out of bed lightly, washed up, put on the team uniform he brought, and left the room.
In Shenzhen in the early morning, the sun has already dyed the sky into gold, and the air is filled with the fragrance of vegetation.
On the brick road outside the dormitory building, there were many Asian Games athletes who had finished their morning exercises, with rosy faces and loud voices talking.
Most of them were wearing red and white team uniforms, some had slender bodies and looked like they were practicing gymnastics, and some were muscular, probably weightlifting types.
Su Chen followed the team while looking back and forth with interest.
Although he didn't see any well-known athletes, he was still very interested in large-scale events such as the Asian Games and the Olympic Games.
In the past, I often stood in front of the TV to cheer for each national team.
No matter what kind of competitive sport it is, it is essentially a competition between people, and they are all similar in terms of emotional appeal.
Following the pace of the large team, Su Chen easily found the location of the canteen.
After showing his ID, Su Chen successfully entered and arrived at the breakfast room on the second floor.
Unexpectedly, the breakfast for the sports team is in the form of a buffet, with many types to choose from.
Except for foods with a lot of sugar and oil like fried dough sticks and stir-fried noodles, there are general types.
Su Chen carried a plate, picked half a corn, a few pieces of purple sweet potato, three tea eggs and a glass of milk, then found a quiet place to sit down.
Taking out his mobile phone, Su Chen gnawed corn and checked the messages.
Someone sent a message to the Asian Games team's WeChat group a minute ago.
Meng Ma: "Is anyone up?"
Hart: "The players should still be sleeping. Why don't we go pack some breakfast and come back? It will be gone after 7:30."
While the two coaches were still communicating in the group, Su Chen took a short video of the cafeteria and posted it.
Hart was very surprised: "You actually got up?"
He also added a shocked husky emoticon, obviously he has never seen a professional player who can get up at seven in the morning.
Meng Ma was not surprised. When he occasionally went to the base in the morning, he would see Su Chen getting up for morning exercises and knew that he had the habit of getting up early.
Seeing that someone had already gone to the cafeteria, the two coaches also asked Su Chen to help pack a few breakfasts and come back. They also had to pick up some supplies.
After Su Chen replied with an OK expression, he logged out of WeChat and prepared to speed up his breakfast.
After peeling an egg three times and throwing away the yolk, Su Chen was about to stuff it into his mouth.
Suddenly a female voice came from the side.
"Hello, which project team are you on?"
Su Chen turned around and found a female host wearing a professional suit holding a microphone, and beside her were several staff members holding cameras and wearing work badges.
"We are from the CCTV program team. Today we are also recording our life in the Asian Games training camp and doing some random interviews..." the female host introduced herself.
"Which sports athlete are you in..." She looked at Su Chen's black uniform, "Looking at your figure, are you a badminton player or a table tennis player..."
Most of the people in the cafeteria wearing red and white sportswear were running and doing gymnastics, so she also deliberately tried to guess in other directions.
Su Chen shook his head: "I am from the League of Legends project team."
The female host was obviously stunned for a moment: "League of Legends..."
After she and her colleague looked at each other, it took a few seconds for her to react: 'Oh, you are an e-sports athlete?'
"Yes, I misunderstood you." Su Chen smiled.
Several staff members of the program team were also quite surprised.
In their traditional concept, players in the e-sports field are generally Internet-addicted teenagers who wear glasses, have dark circles under their eyes, and are either stunted or relatively fat.
Although Su Chen's figure is not as good as that of an athlete, he is also very slender. Although his appearance is a bit handsome, his eyebrows and eyes are full of heroism, and his overall energy is very good.
If it weren't for the black uniform, he wouldn't be much different from other athletes, so it's no wonder the entire interview team didn't recognize him.
"I didn't expect you to be an e-sports player. No wonder your uniform is different from others." The female host suddenly became interested and then asked a series of questions.
For example, what is the daily training of e-sports players.
How is it different from traditional athletes?
How do you feel mentally coming to participate in the Asian Games this time?
Do you have the confidence to win the championship...
After all, Su Chen has experienced big events, so he can answer this kind of interview very freely, and his words are flawless.
The female host who listened nodded repeatedly, and the photographer behind her kept moving the camera, obviously thinking that the content of this interview was very good.
In the training camp, there are a lot of athletes from traditional sports, and the audience is very used to it.
However, today is the first time that e-sports has been selected for the Asian Games, so it is still very novel to the public.
While Su Chen was being interviewed, other athletes in the cafeteria also looked at her. Some even picked up their phones to take photos and communicated quietly with their teammates.
Apparently he is also curious.
"I believe that this Asian Games is an opportunity for the development of e-sports. We will all cherish this opportunity. While getting a good ranking, it will also let more people feel the charm of e-sports."
Looking at the camera, Su Chen said calmly.
"Okay, I look forward to your performance..." The female host nodded with a smile on her face and made an OK gesture with her companions. After the entire interview team put away their machines, they began to look for other interviewees.
Su Chen breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the cold breakfast on the table. After thinking for a few seconds, he decided to pack it back for Xiaotian. After all, it couldn't be wasted.
He was about to pack a few more breakfasts.
Several young guys over 1.9 meters tall gathered around, with a somewhat fanatical look on their faces.
"You are... jkd, can you take a photo with me? I'm your fan!"
"And me and me!"
"Old Chen, aren't you a starch? When did you become a fan of Jiang Shen? Please stay back for a moment!"
These athletes are about the same age as Su Chen, some are even younger, and they are also fans of LoL on weekdays.
Although they are members of the national team in traditional sports, after seeing Su Chen, they immediately returned to the mentality of an otaku meeting a fan of his favorite e-sports player.
"Well, it's okay to take a group photo. I have to pack a few breakfasts first. It seems that the meal is almost over." Su Chen, who is 1.8 meters tall, actually looked a little thin when surrounded by this group of people.
He could only peer through the gaps in the muscles in the direction of getting his meal.
"This is easy to handle. We know Auntie very well. Zhuzi, please arrange it for Jiang Shen!" A young man who looked exactly like a certain national table tennis player shouted angrily.
Su Chen smiled awkwardly and could only take photos with the strong men.
Everyone has the standard gesture of showing their thumbs and showing two rows of big white teeth.
After working in the cafeteria, Su Chen returned to the dormitory building carrying two plastic bags of breakfast.
Xiaotian, Wuzi, and Xiaoming also got up sleepily under the urging of their coach.
Several people gathered in Meng Ma's room and looked surprised when they saw the breakfast brought by Su Chen.
"Let's go, Lao Su, are you so awesome that you can really get up at seven o'clock? I feel like I can fall asleep right now." Uzi sat on the bed, shrugged his eyelids, and punched several times in a row.
yawn.
"I thought I was going to be hungry this morning. It was really bad." Xiao Ming picked up a meat bun and took a bite.
"I knew Brother Chen would get up early and sleep until eight o'clock to have breakfast. It's so satisfying." Xiaotian said proudly.
"You guys," Hart shook his head, "you have to wake up early in the future. Don't expect people to get up every day and bring you breakfast."
While everyone was having breakfast, Meng Ma also pushed in several large boxes of supplies on a cart.
Hart quickly put down the half-eaten bun and helped Meng Ma unload the goods.
The two men opened the boxes with paper knives.
In addition to some necessary daily necessities.
The most important thing is the Asian Games team uniform.
Just like other athletes in the training camp.
The whole body is white, with a red stripe on the right shoulder, and the overall design is relatively simple.
But the five-star red flag printed on the left chest and the Olympic rings logo below still made Su Chen feel a little confused.
This feeling is completely different from wearing YM's team uniform.
"This set should be yours, you are the tallest here." Meng Ma took out the largest set of team uniforms in the box and turned it over to take a look.
The letters "chn jkd" are printed on the back vest.
Chinese representative team, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology.
"Put it on and take a look." Meng Ma said with a smile.
Su Chen was also a little excited. After opening the envelope, he put on the team uniform.
Because it is a tailor-made size, the overall fit is relatively close to the body.
Meng Ma took a photo with lightning speed and then posted it to the group.
"You are in the best shape here. I will send it to my colleagues in the publicity team to follow up..." Meng Ma explained.
"Okay." Su Chen could only nod. This was not the first time he had experienced this.
"The uniforms are second to none. Are the equipment ready? Didn't I say they were purchased yesterday and are they not ready yet?" Su Chen asked.
This is his focus.
"The machine is next door, but the network is still waiting for the master to come over to install it. Abu and the others will be here soon, so let's do it together." Meng Ma shrugged, feeling a little helpless.
After spending one night in the training camp, Su Chen finally saw some clues.
Although they were selected for the Asian Games, the entire e-sports team's treatment in the training camp was still relatively average.
The intensity of official support is obviously not as great as that of other traditional sports.
Furthermore, the leaders in charge of this area, such as Director Wang who received the reception last night, don’t know much about e-sports. When it comes to professionalism, their ability to cooperate is limited.
More problems still have to be solved by the lol project team themselves.
Su Chen estimated that other representative teams such as Honor of Kings and StarCraft are facing similar situations.
Fortunately, Meng Ma and Hart are both good-tempered people and have no intention of complaining. Before coach Abramovich came over, both of them took the initiative to take on some chores.
Since everyone hadn't arrived yet, Su Chen was not in a hurry and picked out another half of corn from the plastic bag.
Just now in the cafeteria, he was being interviewed and taking photos, and he only had a half-full breakfast.
Probably because he felt that eating alone was too much, Xiaotian's eyes fell on the LCD TV hanging on the wall. He looked around and found the remote control, grabbed it and pressed the power button.
The LCD TV lit up and automatically loaded the TV content after a few seconds.
Xiaotian pressed the remote control continuously and found that there were only a few CCTV stations playing the morning news.
"This TV cannot be connected to the Internet..." He muttered a few words, and then his voice suddenly stopped.
Because Su Chen's appearance appeared on the screen.
"At seven o'clock in the morning, in the cafeteria of the Asian Games training camp, we met a player from the League of Legends team..."
In the picture, Su Chen was talking to the camera with a very comfortable expression, while the female host sitting opposite him was smiling and nodding from time to time.
"Is this why you got up early to go to the canteen?" Uzi stopped halfway with the spoon in his hand and looked at Su Chen with a shocked face.
Hart on the side laughed and clapped his hands.
Xiaotian murmured in a low voice: "If I had known, I would have followed."
"It just so happens..." Su Chen said speechlessly.
"The footage captured by CCTV is really different. You are quite photogenic." Meng Ma ate wontons with relish while watching the news.
"JKD has become a star now, so I won't dare to talk to him casually anymore." Uzi said deliberately sourly.
"Okay, okay." Su Chen sighed, took out his phone and looked through it.
Sure enough, CCTV's Weibo also specially reprinted this interview video.
It has only been published for less than ten minutes, and the comment area has already exceeded 100 people.
Everyone in the e-sports circle naturally knew who was being interviewed, and they all followed the "card" formation.
But there are also some who don’t know much about e-sports. After watching the interview video, they curiously asked in the comment area.
[Is this person really an e-sports player? It’s completely different from what I imagined!]
[I thought he was playing table tennis, he looks like my Keke!]
[This young man is very energetic. If all e-sports players are like him, I think I can still support him]
After all, humans are still visual animals.
Although many people don't know much about e-sports, after watching Su Chen's interview video and having a good first impression, they also have a better view of this project.
"Your appearance on CCTV's program is also a positive publicity for our e-sports project. I think it is very good. Compared with traditional sports, we are actually not well-known. It is always good to show more faces." Meng
Horses can also see clearly.
"Okay, as long as you don't ask me to bring celebrities." Hearing what Meng Ma said, Su Chen relaxed.
After CCTV's morning news was broadcast, Su Chen's WeChat received many inquiries from friends.
But unfortunately, Su's father and mother Su didn't seem to see this news, and there was no movement at all in the family group.
In order to keep his parents up to date with current events, Su Chen also forwarded the video to the group in a very meticulous manner and liked everyone.
After finishing all this, he put down his cell phone without changing his expression and continued to eat breakfast.
After everyone rested in the hotel room for a while, it was almost ten o'clock.
The other half of the team, Abu, the factory director, Xi Ye, and several other analysts also arrived at the sports team from the airport in commercial vehicles.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
The Asian Games is also a new copy, so there will be some foreshadowing of life details.
But there are actually not many key matches, so you don’t have to worry that this plot will drag on for a long time.