559: 'From Staples Center to the Bird's Nest' (Part 1)
Gu Xing went to make an appointment with Casa first, and the other party made a reservation at a restaurant next to Anhui Bridge.
It's not too far from the Bird's Nest, and you can reach it just by walking to another intersection. He can even walk there from the hotel.
"Lugang Town?" Gu Xing stood at the door of the restaurant and confirmed the store name information, with Luo Dayou's song of the same name echoing in his mind.
"Taipei is not my home..." He hummed a few words in his heart, and then saw Casa coming out to greet him.
"Congratulations," Casa said with a smile on his face. His long face looked more like a shoehorn when he grinned, "It's really impressive to win the FMVP again!"
"It's okay," Gu Xing said modestly, "My teammates are the key, I just performed better."
He walked into the restaurant under the guidance of Casa, and guided the conversation to the other party, "What about you, I see you are very happy traveling?"
"Quie's still not poked," Kasa is an optimist in life, always with a smile on his lips, "I feel relaxed physically and mentally, much better than when I was eliminated more than half a month ago."
"To be honest, when I was eliminated from the group stage, my mentality almost collapsed!"
Kasa said in front of the chatterbox, "The main reason is that the sense of gap is unacceptable. You should understand..."
Gu Xing nodded.
With strong empathy, he can put himself in the Wolf King's shoes and feel the mood of the Wolf King.
Karsa made his official debut in the S5 season, successfully entered the World Championship in his first season, and led the Flash Wolves to double defeat the Tigers in the group stage, and advanced to the quarterfinals as the first in the group!
For the declining Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan competition areas, it is tantamount to a shot in the arm!
It is also a perfect start for the players. As long as they continue to work hard, they will have a promising future.
This is probably what Casa thought at the beginning.
However, the evolution of the situation made it difficult for him to accept it.
Top 16 for two consecutive years!
Who can withstand this?
If he keeps fighting, he will soon become a big brother!
Therefore, Gu Xing believes that it is reasonable for the opponent's mentality to collapse at the end of this year's season.
After Casa sat down, he opened the menu and started ordering.
"This restaurant mainly prepares dishes from our area. In the past few days, I came here to eat at their restaurant after visiting the scenic spots. The taste is almost the same as that of my hometown," he briefly introduced, "especially the three-cup chicken, which has a nine-story pagoda added to it.
There is no cat cake in this recipe.”
Since he was the host of Casa, Gu Xing simply followed the host's orders and ordered two dishes based on the other party's recommendation. He also chose pineapple cake for dessert on the strong recommendation.
At the same time, he was very confused.
Now that Casa has made adjustments, why would he invite himself out?
Is it possible that the purpose of treating guests to a meal is to say congratulations alone?
In Gu Xing's impression, although the relationship between the two was close, it was not that good.
Three cups of chicken and pineapple fritters and shrimp were brought to the table, and he looked at the latter carefully.
At first, Gu Xing thought that the dish recommended by Casa was similar to the fried mooncakes with tomatoes in the cuisine of the Ninth University.
After listening to the explanation, I finally understood what it was about.
Fill the shrimp paste into the fried dough sticks, then mix it with pineapple and fry it together. After mixing it with mayonnaise, the lights above the table are lit, and the presentation is very attractive.
Gu Xing was studying the dishes when he heard Casa's shy voice.
"that……"
Kassa first played a wave of racial knights with his tongue, and then looked at Gu Xing expectantly, "Xiao Gu, do you think it would be okay if I come to LPL next season?"
"Huh?" Gu Xing suspected that he heard wrongly.
It wasn't until Casa repeated it again that he was convinced that his ear function could still be used normally and that no auditory hallucinations had occurred.
Gu Xing was very surprised by Casa's idea.
Could it be that it corresponds to the phrase "Taipei is not my home"?
It turns out that everything was foreshadowed in advance!
He suddenly understood and consciously understood the reason why Casa chose the small town of Lugang as the venue for the dinner.
"Why do you want to come to LPL?" Gu Xing asked doubtfully, "You must know that your reputation here is very average."
As for the reason, everyone understands it if they know it, and there is nothing they can do if they don’t understand it.
Casa scratched his head in embarrassment, and then explained his reason, "The main reason is that the LPL league is much more competitive than the LMS. Not only now, but in the foreseeable future, the gap between the two divisions will only continue to widen."
Although LPL and LMS are both top-level competition areas planned by Riot Games.
But there are also gaps between the top divisions.
Hong Haoxuan is very clear that the market in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan is too small, the player base in the server is not large, and many young people are obsessed with stickers, and the number of active players playing League of Legends on PC is declining sharply.
No comparison with mainland China!
"If I want to achieve results, joining here is the best choice!"
The more Casa thinks about it lately, the more he feels that LMS has no future.
How can you succeed in international competitions by following a group of insects?
Look at this year's HKA, the third seed from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, they were eliminated by the Brazilian wild card in the qualifying stage.
No shame!
As people go higher, Karsa thinks that it is understandable that he wants to leave the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan competition areas.
LPL, which doesn’t have much difficulty in language communication, is definitely the first choice!
Of course, another factor is salary.
The market in the LMS competition area is small. Sometimes during the regular season, tickets are given out for free but the seats may not be filled. Sponsors are all supported by brands such as ASUS on the island, so player salaries are naturally not high.
After the rookie contract ended, the super contract Casa signed with the Flash Wolves was only NT$7 million.
10% off is already the highest salary in the history of the LMS region!
How does it compare with LPL?
Casa originally only knew that there were many rich people in mainland China, and player salaries were generally higher than those in the LMS.
But I never expected the gap to be so huge!
During his participation in the S7 World Championship, Casar learned about the approximate salary from many LPL players.
At NT$700W, even the cute New Jack can’t afford it!
Apart from the two-spined ape, Kasa usually only plays with his watch.
He found that if he continued to stay in the LMS division, it would be difficult for him to buy two watches with the money he had saved throughout his life!
Gu Xing nodded and expressed his deep gratitude to Sister Li, "Have you found a new home?"
"A club has given me potential interest," Casa admitted frankly. "I just found Miss Bi... who is our team leader of the Lightning Wolves. When she comes, I will contact you for a license agreement in advance. Although my contract has not expired, I can seek it in advance."
Next year’s team.”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Some of the special words on the Wanwan side are different from those in mainland China, but Gu Xing can tell what they are referring to even if they have no meaning at all.
Before the start of the transfer period last year, members of the Tigers also signed similar documents, which could give players more room for bidding and consideration, so as not to make hasty choices.
After all, crossing divisions is not an easy task. There are many contract details that need to be communicated in advance and take time to process.
"Xiao Gu, what do you think of me coming?" Kasa repeated the previous question.
"If you can withstand the pressure of public opinion, then LPL is indeed a good choice for you..." Gu Xing took precautions in advance, "But you have to be mentally prepared in advance that you will not be able to enter the World Championship. The competition here is very fierce.
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The LMS division is waning, and it can still get three World Championship spots every year. Among them, Flash Wolves and AHQ are basically guaranteed. Casa has always been worried about the results in the S competition. The league championship has already been won!
LPL is different.
There are also 3 places. There are too many local talents and strong foreign players here. With the support of top clubs who are willing to spend huge sums of money, the competition intensity is terrifyingly high!
There is really no guarantee that Casa will be able to enter the World Championship if he comes here!
"Xiao Gu, what you said is indeed a problem," Hong Haoxuan nodded solemnly in agreement, "But I have figured it out. I would rather not enter the World Championship than be among the top 16 and be humiliated by others!"
If they are in the same division, one can say, "The top 16 is definitely better than at home," but there is no comparability between different divisions.
For example, HKA, which was eliminated in the playoffs this year, who can say without conscience that it is better than WE, which fell in the last step of the LPL bubble?
In Casa's view, if he is not strong enough, he will be humiliated in vain if he enters the World Championship!
"What you said is wrong," Gu Xing swallowed the chicken and muttered in his mouth, "The LPL has produced quite a few top 16 teams."
"That's better than the LMS seeded team that fell in the playoffs!" Casa replied.
Gu Xing had nothing to say.
If it is lower than the lower limit, LMS Queshi is a bit difficult to stretch.
"Oh, by the way," Gu Xing remembered another key point and quickly reminded Casa, "When you sign the contract, pay attention to the number of years and the remarks. Don't be fooled!"
He reminded the other party because he remembered what happened to the incense pot.
Liu Shiyu is still working as a child laborer for RNG with a salary of 20,000 yuan a month, and his salary is less than 1/10 of other junglers of the same level!
If he had to act bad, then Xiangguo signed the contract himself, no one forced him.
But Gu Xing still fought for his friend.
The experience is like signing a fixed salary contract with the company when I was a worker or a newbie, but later I became a performance leader and still received that meager salary!
Gu Xing is also a player, so he can naturally relate to it.
After Kasa heard the story about the incense pot, he rarely had a straight face, "Is there such a thing?"
"Then I have to ask Sister Bi about the lawyer's price, and then I'll be fully prepared..." He was very worried.
A jungler of Xiangguo's level can't get NT$100,000 in a month?
To the north, NM is outrageous!
Casa was thankful at the same time that the LPL club that first extended an invitation to him was not RNG.
After Gu Xing filled his stomach, he walked around the Olympic Park with Casa for half an hour, eating and chatting, and then rushed to the hotel cafe for an appointment to meet Little Peanut - the athletes there seemed to have coffee flowing in their blood, like Kuro even more
I always have ice-cold American food in my hand every day, and most of my appointments are held in coffee shops.
"You want to come to LPL too?!"
He couldn't hide his surprise and couldn't help but raise his voice slightly.
"Two fans recognized you just now and came over to ask for your autograph and take a photo!"
Gu Xingshen agreed. After winning the championship at the Bird's Nest, his popularity has reached a higher level.
After all, the series of hot searches are not for nothing.
Currently, as long as you go to a place with many young people, your identity will be discovered easily.
Little Peanut came closer to Gu Xing and lowered his voice, "But why did you say 'ye'?"
"Because before you, there was a powerful jungler who also wanted to come to LPL to test the waters," Gu Xing shrugged, not hiding anything, "Karsa plans to come and give it a try."
He asked Casa in advance, but the other party did not want to hide the idea of testing the LPL waters, and was eager for Gu Xing to promote it more.
After all, as the King of Flash Wolves, Kasa’s strength is obvious to all. Once the news of his transfer to LPL is released, it will inevitably attract competition and his value will also rise!
Little Peanut raised his eyebrows.
He immediately realized that the biggest advantage of Casa in LPL is that there is no language barrier. Although there are gaps in certain words such as certain heroes and skills, he can adapt to it after just a few months of learning!
"It is said that Casa decided to come to LPL because he was not satisfied with the competitiveness of the competition region. Why did you do that?" Gu Xing was confused about the situation, "Are Longzhu's results good enough?"
Spring Championship MSI runner-up and S tournament semi-finals, this result may not be enough in front of VG.
But looking around the world, there is almost no one who can stabilize their overall performance!
Little Peanut was extremely helpless, "The boss of Longzhu wants to reduce our salary, saying that he is going to do something like KRKPL, and not only will the money for next year be reduced, but even the supervision will be taken away!"
"Ah Yixi, how can anyone be optimistic about mobile e-sports?" He was very irritated.
Gu Xing was shocked to the point of being at a loss.
Dragon Ball Dragon Ball, you can tell from the name that this is a Chinese-funded team.
It's a bit like Hu Ya who invested in the Tigers before, but this time the sponsor was changed to Longzhu Live Broadcasting Platform, and the speaker was Chen Qidong - the man who was responsible for hosting the LPL earlier than the Banana Project. At that time, the company was called PLU, and it had a lot of votes.
The casters are all affiliated with the company, and he is considered a veteran figure in the e-sports industry.
Gu Xing couldn't help but laugh when he thought of this.
I have to say that Peanut seems to have a close bond with Chinese-funded teams.
And every time I encounter something weird.
In the past, Huya refused to pay, so the Tigers changed their name to ROX and rented a dilapidated house to train hard.
Now it has become a sponsor to allocate funds and personnel to play the KRKPL event of Honor of Kings.
Pure moldy!
"If we want to leave the team, several of us will have to find new homes," Xiaohuahua muttered. "I think the LPL style suits me very well, so I want to come over and give it a try. Maybe it can take off?"
As we all know, grass-eating jungle has become popular in the LCK in recent years.
In the past, the four wild kings such as Insec and Dandy were all-powerful and had extremely ferocious carnivorous play, but they either retired or left the competition. The remaining little peanuts were mixed in with Xiao Hei, Leader An and others who had been transformed by Kkoma, and they seemed out of place!
Little Peanut was still fighting with Jin Jingzhu this year and was exhausted.
The head coach insisted on forcing him to change his style of play, switching to an unfamiliar herbivore style, to control the Tubu ward to provide information to the team, and to change from the original jungle dominant lane to a lane player dominating the jungle.
Naturally, Han Wanghu would not accept it easily and insisted on his own way of playing without wavering!
But the internal friction in the team also made him extremely tired, so he turned his attention to the LPL.
Little Peanut has long heard from Gu Xing that the main focus of the LPL division is a tolerant and unrestrained style. Many team drafts are determined by players after discussion, and junglers can even play Lucian!
Looking at Mala Xiangguo's crazy invasion performance in this year's World Championship, he was even more excited!
If you come to LPL, are you worried that you will have no place to use it and nowhere to show your talents?
impossible!
"Then I definitely support it," Gu Xing held his hands in agreement, accidentally making a French military salute, "If you have any difficulties or need to connect people, just contact me. Our connections are definitely unique in the LPL!"
He is still thinking about the grand occasion of next year's division, "When everyone comes to LPL, the league will definitely be prosperous!"
What Little Peanut wants is Gu Xing's promise to help. After all, this is a well-deserved totem figure in the LPL. With him around, the league is basically going sideways.
After he relaxed, he joked, "Oh, aren't you afraid that I will threaten your dominance?"
Gu Xing glanced at him.
"Do you think too highly of yourself?" Gu Xing commented mercilessly. "What kind of champion are you? Can you still threaten our double champion?"
I didn't expect that there was actually a certain degree of threat.
"Really or not, little peanut wants to come to LPL?" Gu Pan was very surprised after hearing the news, "That would be great. When the spring split starts, I will ask Sister Jiajia for a press pass to interview him!"
Gu Xing was eating his dinner, popping fried soybean noodles into his mouth. When he heard his sister's words, he rolled his eyes in disgrace.
"No, you actually support Little Peanut?"
He was not mentally balanced.
Am I not much better than Peanut?
Gu Pan's expression is much happier than meeting him!
"No comparison," Gu Pan said with disgust, "I'm tired of looking at your face every day. How cute is that little peanut?"
Gu Xing was speechless.
Shen Guanshan, who was eating melon seeds on the side, immediately jumped out to show his loyalty, "It's okay, I won't get tired of watching it."
"It has to be you, Guan Shan..." Gu Xing finally got some psychological comfort, and his phone suddenly vibrated twice.
Information notification from VG Training Department.
Ding Jun: [@everyone, the season documentary has been launched. Please go to social media such as Weibo to repost and comment to help promote it]
Then another red envelope was thrown out. Song Jinghao was quick with his hands. After grabbing it, he did as the Romans do and said thank you to the boss.
Gu Xingqie went to the VG official blog, forwarded it and liked it before playing the video.
The title of the season documentary is simple and straightforward - "From Staples Center to the Bird's Nest"
The progress bar is quite strong, lasting 40 minutes and 11 seconds.
As soon as he clicked in, Gu Xing saw an overwhelming barrage of bullets coming into view!
The explosive popularity after VG won the championship has not dissipated. Not long after the video was released, the number of views on a single platform reached shocking and terrifying figures.
【Guigui, the treasure video is here!】
[Did anyone notice that there is an Easter egg in the duration? VG won the championship on November 4th, so the duration of the documentary was reversed to 40 minutes and 11 seconds]
[The directors and directors are very thoughtful. Boss Ding is really wealthy. He just released the documentary two days after winning the championship. I guess the overtime pay is not enough.]
[VG is awesome! LPL cards!]
[The well-deserved No. 1 club of CNLOL. I had to uninstall the game in the past two weeks. I didn’t expect that VG won the championship. My brother brought LOL back again. He is the savior of the domestic League of Legends! 】
The video opens at the end of the S6 World Championship, with VG members holding the Summoner's Trophy under the golden rain. Along with the impassioned voice of the live commentator, the audience's enthusiasm was instantly aroused!
The scene was briefly fixed on the souvenir photo of S6 holding the cup.
Next, the figures of Zhongshang and the shooter gradually dimmed.
Only the pair of wild assistants, Gu Xing and Duan Deliang, were left.
After a brief black screen, there is an interview with the players.
Gu Xing saw himself in the camera sitting on a chair in the small dark room, with a relaxed expression and undisguised joy on his face.
"Eh? This interview was recorded after winning the championship, right?" Gu Pan asked curiously.
Gu Xing nodded, "Boss Ding found a studio specifically for us to take half a day to record some material."
The voice-over sounds in the documentary.
"Brother Xing, how did you feel when you suddenly received the news that your champion teammates were leaving after the S6 season?"
From the perspective of the video, Gu Xing thought for a long time, seeming to be immersed in the memories of a year ago.
"It was very sad at first. After all, the VG team in S6 was my first official teammate after I started my career. It was my first time to see separation, and I was not used to it," he said. "But it took me a few days to calm down." I know I have to accept reality."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Life is like a train, rolling forward, you will meet many people along the way, but there are not many people who can accompany you until the end," Gu Xing said
, "At that time, I calmed down and devoted myself to preparations for the next season."
The staff then asked another question, "So before the start of the season, did you ever think that you would win a single-season Grand Slam?"
Gu Xing thought for a moment and answered truthfully, "I thought I would win the championship, but I didn't expect it would be so difficult along the way, and the content of the event presented on the stage would be so easy."
As soon as he finished speaking, the documentary cut to the beginning of 2017.
"welcome!"
The VG Club was bustling with activity. Jin Wenhyuk walked in with his suitcase and shouted to the people guarding the door, "I've got this person over here!"
Thunderous applause echoed in the not particularly spacious space.
Song Jinghao and Li Ruixing, who followed him in, were a little reserved at first, but they finally put on smiles when they saw Gu Xing.
"Long time no see, Su Gu!"
At that time, Song Jinghao smiled and punched Gu Xing in the chest, "How about it, did you miss me?"
Gu Xing's smile was as warm as the spring breeze. He couldn't understand what Smeb was talking about, so he pulled the two new Korean players into the training room next door.
"Let's visit the training environment first. You two happen to be sitting next to me," he was very enthusiastic. "If there is anything missing, just bring it up. We have a team leader who can help solve it!"
"Hey, look at how clean the table is. There are no snack packages. Only by concentrating and not being distracted can you become an FMVP!" Li Ruixing's words of praise came out of his mouth. His Chinese skills were not good at this time, so he only communicated in Korean.
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Little did they know that it was faithfully recorded by the camera, and later translated and presented to the public.
There were a lot of barrages, flashing past Gu Xing's eyes all the time.
【Welcome to the place where the Grand Slam dream begins!】
[Good guy, it turns out that Tam has already started licking at this time? 】
[It can be clearly seen that Kuro's licking skills at the beginning of the year have not yet been fully developed, and are far from the licking skills shown in the microphone voice content at the end of the year]
[At this time, the two Korean players had no basic knowledge of Chinese. I remember that during MSI, they were able to communicate game information in Mandarin without any pressure. They are incredibly talented in language!]
[Strong? It’s just that some Korean players don’t learn. They just learn some special terminology in the game. I wonder how long it will take to use it]
Documentaries follow the traditional approach of suppressing before promoting, and put the contradiction in front of everyone from the beginning.
In the camera, Hongmi frowns and looks at the tactical whiteboard. Part of the training match content on it is mosaic, only revealing VG’s winning rate information.
