Gu Xing and others went to the Yuliandong rice cake shop that Chaowei mentioned with great anticipation, and finally tasted the rice cake soup they had been longing for.
"Huh..." Gu Pan took a sip, showing a satisfied look, "I feel good about it."
"I don't think so," Gu Xing didn't agree. "Without pickled vegetables and winter bamboo shoots, how can it be called rice cake soup?"
Shen Guanshan frowned, "Then your demands are a bit too high. I think the taste is pretty good."
Perhaps because she was in a good mood, everything she ate tasted delicious.
Jack next to him was complaining, "No, how can you eat the rice cake if it's not glutinous?"
The rice cake made entirely from japonica rice tastes refreshing, delicious and firm, but the texture is not too soft and glutinous.
He was very uncomfortable with this.
Seeing this, Chaowei quickly explained, "There are many kinds of rice cakes, and there are also rice cakes with glutinous rice, but that kind of rice cakes don't taste good when made into soup, and they can easily turn into a slimy shape..."
"Add glutinous rice?" Gu Xing showed a look of disdain, "It's simply an insult to rice cakes, just like sweet tofu and Pepsi."
Like many people in Ningbo, he has only eaten japonica rice cakes since he was a child.
Song Jinghao, who was pouring Coke into his mouth, stopped and took a special look at the brand logo to see if Gu Xing had noticed it, so he continued drinking with confidence.
"Lao Gu, why are you so taunting me?" Jack yelled, squeezing his neck, "It's okay to talk about Pepsi. What's wrong with you, Sweet Tofu Nao?"
"Haha, you are a weirdo who eats glutinous rice cakes," Gu Xing said with all his fire, "After eating them, you become a coward in the competition."
He also pushed Chaowei's arm, "Blue cat, don't eat stuff made of glutinous rice, otherwise you will become a coward Chaowei."
"I listened to Brother Xing and will not eat it again!" Zheng Zhixun quickly promised.
Everyone was chattering happily.
Perhaps it was because of the excitement after winning the championship, or because he knew that we would eventually get together. With the three consecutive championships won, the end of this galactic battleship was not far away, so he cherished the few times we spent together.
"Everyone, remember to post on Weibo," Jin Wenhe reminded, "I guess there are many fans waiting."
Members of the competition training department were attending the rice cake debate before, and then they remembered that they had not yet spoken out on social media.
Gu Xing uploaded the photo of him hugging the Summoner's trophy and FMVP trophy to Weibo together with the photo of himself holding the championship medal, and simply edited a line of text - {The promised third championship, as promised. arrive!}
In just a few minutes, the number of replies and likes to the blog post skyrocketed!
Gu Xing was not surprised.
When he clicked on Weibo, he inadvertently noticed real-time hot searches.
It's all about yourself.
#S8 Global Finals
#VG defeated IG 3-1 in the final
#Virtue3rd career championship
#Virtue wins FMVP again, the first person in LOL e-sports
#VirtueRetired and rested
There are no major events happening at home or abroad today. In the top ten hot searches on Weibo, entries related to the World Championship account for half of the total!
As the most popular player among them, Gu Xing can naturally attract a lot of traffic by posting on Weibo.
Thanks to the large number of replies, the content in the comment area is diverse.
[Virtue: "Unless I retire, VG will be the number one team in League of Legends history!" Bro, are you serious? 】
[Don’t retire, okay, Qiuli Cream!]
[The most heroic BO5 in the history of the World Championship, the first among gods in history!]
[I used to feel embarrassed when I saw 60E boasting that "WE was an era back then." Brother Xing, if you really retire, I will experience the feelings of the bread man before]
[It’s only been half a year since I became a fan of VG Dynasty. Will my house collapse by now? 】
[Boss Ding, what’s your money-making ability? Please help me!]
[Everyone is optimistic, let’s choose the champion skin first. I recommend a male gun. The whole silver-white one is the opposite of the gangster godfather. It should sell well]
[Sword Demon:? In total, you estimate that you can let me run with you for half a day? 】
"No one wants you to retire," Gu Pan was also commenting on Weibo, turning to ask his brother, "Are you really not planning to fight again?"
Gu Xing pretended to be pretentious and said, "Don't try to persuade me anymore, I've made up my mind!"
"Hey..." Gu Pan smiled and said, "When you are 21 years old, you will go back to your freshman year. By the time you graduate from your bachelor's degree, we will probably have finished your master's degree!"
"From now on, just call us sister, and if you encounter any questions you don't understand, just ask them!"
She had long wanted to ride on Gu Xing's head. Back then, Gu Pan had been calling her brother for almost twenty years just because he was born a few minutes earlier than her. Now she is seizing every opportunity to try to stand up.
"Fuck it, Nicole," Gu's mother couldn't stand it any longer, and said very harshly, "What can I ask you about, Gu Pan? You're on the line with a passing score of 60 points. It's good if you don't fail the class. Are you considered a college student?"
"
Gu Pan blushed and said, "Mom, I don't want Jiang Zi to cause trouble!"
"Besides, how can anyone get 60 points in any subject?" She argued unconvinced, "I have courses with full marks, okay!"
"So powerful?" Gu Xing looked shocked.
He only knew that Gu Pan had started to let himself go since his sophomore year, no longer paying attention to academic performance, and putting all his little energy into starting a business. He didn't expect that he could get full marks under such circumstances. It was simply incredible!
Gu Pan proudly put his hands on his hips.
Shen Guanshan muttered, "Please, it's just a perfect score for the land concept, it has no gold content at all, okay?"
Facing her boyfriend's puzzled gaze, she added, "'Introduction to Earthquakes' is an elective course. This course is the most popular at Peking University. The lecture hall with hundreds of people is full, and the final grades are generally higher."
As soon as he said this, Gu Pan's expression became very awkward, and he could hardly maintain his posture with his hands on his hips. He wished he could turn into a Cyclops and shoot his best friend.
Probably because of his experience as an exchange student at the Sixth National University of France in the past six months, Shen Guanshan instinctively saluted the French military salute and raised his hands in surrender, "You really can't blame me... I like to tell the truth!"
Gu Pan was speechless.
Mom took the opportunity to interrupt, "So Gu Xing, if you go back to college and you really don't know something, don't ask Gu Pan, just ask Xiao Shen."
Gu Xing followed the good example and said, "That's natural. Anyway, she and I are in the same college and have many courses in common."
He even turned around to find his girlfriend, "You really have to help me with my math by then. The finals will be in two months."
After winning the Asian Games championship at that time, Gu Xing discussed with the Fudan Academic Affairs Office and the result was that he would apply for admission as normal and use credits to waive some elective courses. At the end of the semester, he had to take professional courses along with the freshmen.
Hearing her boyfriend's request, Shen Guanshan seemed to suddenly remember something, and asked in a low voice like a gnat, "The mathematics you are talking about...is it true?"
Now it was Gu Xing's turn to be speechless.
After eating the hot rice cake soup, their stomachs were finally warmed up. As a group of people were about to take a taxi back to the hotel, Gu Xing suddenly had an idea.
"Isn't it far from the hotel? How about we take a walk back?"
Jack's first reaction was that he didn't want to wander around in the cold late autumn night. He had just finished playing the BO5 finals and was exhausted. Being a lazy dog, he just wanted to find a place to sleep and recuperate.
But after thinking about it, he still had no objection, "Okay, do you want to come together?"
Kuro immediately echoed, "I will definitely follow you!"
Duan Deliang and Song Jinghao also readily agreed.
Chaowei, a local, roughly compared the distance and said, "It's about two kilometers. It's good to walk back..."
He seamlessly switched to Korean and said, "Mom and Dad, please go back first. I'm staying in a hotel tonight and I still have some luggage to pack!"
After sending the family members away, the VG team members staggered on their way back.
The temperature in Incheon was close to freezing late at night, and there were only a few people walking outside. Everyone was shivering in thick clothes, and each person was walking along the seaside holding a can of Coke.
"It's great!" Song Jinghao looked up to the sky and roared, wishing he could do a set of air punches to vent his emotions, "I feel good!"
"My career is perfect!"
Some words are not convenient to say in front of family members, but they can be expressed unscrupulously in front of teammates. Song Jinghao now wants to raise his tail to the sky.
What is the concept of double lap Grand Slam?
Looking at all the top lane players around the world, Smeb is firmly in the top spot!
And because the previous dynasty team liked to change top laners frequently, all the previous champion top laners only had one S championship, and there were no players who could even win the mid-season championship!
As a result, although Song Jinghao has one less S crown than VG Nosuke, he can still lead at the same position!
His status as the number one top laner in history may remain unshakable for several years!
Smeb was so excited that he picked up the stones on the beach and threw them into the rough ocean in the distance.
In fact, not only him, but all the VG team members relied on this world championship to distance themselves from the honor chasers behind!
Even Chaowei, a first-year player, has become one of the best mid laners of his age group in the world with his S crown, and his future development is promising.
Jack is even better than the latecomers with double trophies, two mid-season trophies ahead of Imp, who also holds two S-level championships, and has completed the dominance of the shooter honor list in just two years of his career!
Everyone was excited and imitated Song Jinghao's example of picking up small pebbles on the beach and throwing them into the boundless ocean, admiring the masterpieces they created.
On a whim, Jack used a stone as a pen, squatted on the beach and drew the VG team logo, and then wrote 2018 Worlds Ch...
"Hey Lao Gu, how do you say champion in English?" As a father-in-law, he scratched his head in distress, causing his big head to be stained with sand.
Gu Xing brushed it off Jack's head and slowly repeated it to him letter by letter.
At this time, Yu Wenbo finally finished his creation. He stood up and looked at it with satisfaction. He felt that he was really a genius and his painting ability was so superb.
Duan Deliang said leisurely, "Although it's a bit ugly, the idea is quite good..."
He turned on the flash of his mobile phone and took a photo of the painting sketched with a few hasty strokes.
"What's so ugly?!" Jack was furious, "No one will think you're dumb if you don't speak!"
"If you can, don't take pictures!"
Duan Deliang was too lazy to pay attention to him and turned around to talk to Gu Xing, "Look back, you can come to Jining when you have time. There are many interesting attractions here."
It is Qufu, Weishan Lake, and Shuibo Liangshan. County-level cities are much more famous than prefecture-level cities.
Gu Xing didn't pay much attention to Jining's tourist attractions, so he captured important information from this sentence, "You don't want to fight, Lao Duan?"
"Yes, I plan to retire and take a rest," Duan Deliang's face was mostly shrouded in darkness, but the fatigue revealed in his tone could also be felt, "I have been spinning for a long time, and I really can't bear to continue fighting."
Different from the other team members, Duan Deliang is considered to be the only veteran of the 16th version of VG who is with Gu Xing.
There are more championships, but the body is also more tired.
If you want to make a name for yourself in this industry, you have to put in more energy than others. Duan Deliang endured it for nearly three years in a row - especially the S8 season, where various events including the Asian Games were played without interruption, and he faced psychological challenges.
The stress is quite severe.
After all, the loss to the Hanguo team was not just as simple as verbal criticism on the Internet, but also basic operations from slander to retirement.
Duan Deliang is now physically and mentally exhausted, and he held on for a breath before winning another Summoner's Trophy with the team.
Now it is reasonable to want to retire and rest like Gu Xing.
"Ah?!" Jack's mouth widened in surprise, "Old Duan, you want to leave too?"
"Can you say no?"
He begged bitterly, "You can scold my buddy's sand paintings all you want, but just don't run away!"
Jack couldn't accept it.
The two have been working together for more than two years, and he is naturally very reluctant to let go.
"It's okay," Duan Deliang said with a smile, "I'll tell Brother Wenjun in advance and I'll help you get some good support during the transfer period..."
"They are much better than me."
Jack replied without hesitation, "How is that possible? Lao Duan, you are the strongest supporter!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Duan Deliang's smile deepened, "Don't comfort me, I am still a little self-aware. Now my condition is declining, and my strength is obviously declining."
During the finals of this World Championship, he had already recognized the reality.
Putting aside the past two S-games, Duan Deliang had to release all the highlights of his operations to show his identity as an operation geek.
However, looking at the S8 global finals, there are very few wonderful operations he performed!
In the finals, Jack was dragged into the bottom lane for three games. There was not much sense of pressure. It can only be said that he was carrying out the tasks assigned to him by the team, and he was somewhat suspected of taking advantage of the situation.
The root cause lies in the decline in strength.
To be fair, Duan Deliang has been at his peak for long enough.
In the past two years, VG never had any problems with his operations at critical moments related to victory or defeat. He relied on his steady and accurate skills to make the opponent suffer!
Now he is slowly starting to decline. Among all professional players, he is considered to be the one with the longest longevity in his peak period.
If you leave aside other supports, it won't be a big problem to continue to work for two years - this position is not very demanding in nature. If it declines, it will decline, and there will still be games to play.
But since the beginning of Duan Deliang's career, he has relied on one-handed operation to stand out among the assistants!
Without operations, it would be difficult for him to take on the responsibility of commanding the first-line team due to his poor overall view.
After thinking about it, it would be better to retire.
Anyway, the money has been lost. Not counting this year's bonus share and skin money, Duan Deliang has nearly 30 million in his hands. The housing prices in his hometown of Jining are not high. With his wealth, he can live a peaceful and stable life as a rich man for the rest of his life.
Seeing that Duan Deliang had decided to leave, Jack couldn't help but lower his head, his face full of melancholy and frustration.
"If Lao Gu leaves, you will leave too..."
Gu Xing added, "Maibo and Ruixing will also retire."
Jack took a deep breath.
Shangzhong's departure was a stab in his heart.
Even though he is said to be young and mature, he has spent two full years with these champion members of VG day and night. Needless to say, there is no need to talk about the relationship between them. Yu Wenbo can't slow down at all for a while, and he even relaxes his strength a little, Shi Zi
It didn't have much reaction even when it hit the water.
"Let's go, let's go, hurry up," Jack broke the pot and said viciously, "Just wait and see, I will win another S Championship with Chaowei next year and make you mad!"
"Don't be angry," Gu Xing stroked his hair, "Even if we don't retire during this transfer period, we will have to leave sooner or later. You and Blue Cat are younger."
Jack was silent for a long time before accepting the reality.
"...That's true."
"Don't worry about one thing, next year's lineup will definitely not be bad," Gu Xing fed a sweet date, "Boss Ding is going to maintain a high level of investment, and asked me to prepare for the transfer period to negotiate people. If you renew your contract with VG, I will not treat you badly."
."
"Brother, it's not the lineup that I care about. Even if I dive to the bottom, I won't leave..." Yu Wenbo reluctantly accepted, "But for the sake of Lao Gu, I don't care about it anymore."
He really doesn't care about next year's lineup.
Yu Wenbo's main theme is to repay a favor. Since Gu Xing helped him win the championship and is a shareholder of VG, he will not be willing to leave unless something big changes.
"After you retire, come back often to visit!" Jack shouted at the top of his voice, "Don't leave me alone!"
The high-pitched shouts spread across the empty beach, announcing the collapse of the Galaxy Battleship that VG had maintained for two full years.
…
After staying in the cold country for just one day, VG organized a group to board the plane back home.
Having just won the championship, they couldn't stop and had to attend the LPL's year-end awards ceremony.
At the same time, the first shot of the transfer period has been fired.
There were other teams that announced their collapse faster than VG.
WE.
957 announced his retirement, and Xiye and Mystic, the pair of double Cs who had been together since the hard times, also became free agents, which basically means that their fate has ended.
60E cried for his father and mother on Weibo and other major e-sports forums.
WE2.0, which they had high hopes for, completely fell apart!
The root cause of the disbandment was lack of results.
If we can enter a World Championship and regain WE's popularity, the team can maintain it for another year.
It's a pity that WE2.0 has been maintained for a total of 3 years, but the league results have continued to decline. This year, they didn't even enter the bubble competition!
WE's top management is in trouble, the original talented newcomers in the team are gradually getting older, and the original veteran 957 now has no energy at all.
How long will it take if we don’t rebuild?
They decided to enter the new and old replacement period early, and even found the ADC.
The old dream who came up from the second team has a pretty face.
As for why Gu Xing can understand so clearly...
Because this year’s awards ceremony will be held at the WE home stadium in Xi’an.
It seems that after discussing with LPL officials, Qujiang wanted to use this opportunity to promote his home stadium.
As soon as Gu Xing arrived backstage, he listened to the WE members who came to accompany him muttering about which clubs he should go to for trial training.
"Brother Xing, do you have a shortage of people there?" Kandi approached Gu Xing with a shy face, "I can go to VG. A lower salary will be a waste!"
Mainly the platform.
It turns out that even if VG did not win the third S-League championship, they were still the leading club in the LPL division.
Not to mention winning three consecutive championships!
At present, the dominance of die-hard VCs in major e-sports forums is terrifying. They go out to join teams everywhere, and their number of fans is not to mention half of the LPL. If all 13 teams are put together, they may not be as good as VCs!
Kandi is eager to go to a strong team to prove himself, and VG, which currently has a vacant jungle position, is undoubtedly the best choice.
In the past, Gu Xing left a lot of fans for free, who wouldn’t want this?
Gu Xing glanced at him, showed a formal fake smile and refused, "I'm sorry, your playing style may not be in line with our requirements..."
Kandi broke the casserole and asked, "Which specific aspect is it?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This made Gu Xing confused.
I just thought of an excuse to reject you. Is the "emotional intelligence" so low?
Gu Xing had no choice but to write it out on the spot, "...you like to fight for punishment too much, which goes against our VG's consistent and steady style of play."
Kandi sighed softly after hearing this, "That's true."
He has collided with VG many times, and the opponent's playing style can only be described as steady.
Basically, the opponent is not given a chance to fight for punishment, and in a disadvantageous game, the jungler rarely relies on the jungler to jump into the dragon pit and fight for punishment with the opponent's players to try to make a comeback.
It is indeed completely different from Kandi's self-proclaimed status as a master of punishment.
"Let's work together again if we have the opportunity in the future." Kandi saw that VG really had no intention of hiring him, so he simply left and went to greet other club management, as if treating the award ceremony as a job interview for autumn recruitment.
There was no shortage of people around Gu Xing. Broiler and others quickly filled the gap left by Kandi, and everyone started discussing around him.
It can only be said that successful people are always surrounded by brothers.
Not only him, but the other five members of VG who also participated in the award ceremony were also surrounded by many players, lifting them up like stars over the moon.
"Brother Xing, who do you plan to send to the German Cup?" Song Yijin was particularly concerned about this issue.
Starting from this year, the German Cup and the awards ceremony will be officially separated.
Previously, the two were combined into one, and the ceremony would start after the German Cup finals were played on the same day. This was the famous scene when Mr. Dai left the LPL competition area at the beginning of S6.
The two types of activities are completely separated this season. According to Gu Xing's guess, it should be related to the intensity of the competition. Now the mid-season schedule between the spring and summer splits is lengthening, and the German Cup no longer needs to be divided into multiple events each year as before and will be played across the country at the end of the year.
The finals are only held once a year. There are too many participating teams and the schedule is stretched. It is obviously unrealistic to hold it together with the awards ceremony.
"It should be the second team," Gu Xing shrugged, "They are all here for training anyway, so we should give more opportunities to the young people."
Song Yijin showed excitement upon hearing this, "Okay, okay, IG's first crown is coming!"
"Why, you want all the main force?" Shi Senming asked with concern.
"The last three," Song Yijin grinned, "shyshy and Ning have a rest, and Lin Weixiang, Liu Qingsong and I will join."
"Oh, I was five years old at the time, and I spoke loudly, as if I had locked up the championship in advance!" Shi Senming curled his lips disdainfully, "Brother, don't underestimate the VG second team. There are hidden dragons and tigers in it. They are all talented people.
Very nice to talk to..."
He spent two days with the second team during the offseason and watched the training matches between VGP and RYL.
It can only be said that the other party struck very hard, and the royal family was unable to resist!
In addition to top laner 369, jungler Pyosik, mid laner Angel and shooter Able, Shi Senming also paid special attention to auxiliary players in the same position.
That kid is said to be a newcomer who defected from somewhere else this summer, so he has an ID that is easy to remember.
Missing.
In terms of strength on paper alone, Shi Senming judged that even if this group of monster newcomers in VGP did not fully mature, it would not be a problem to join the weak teams of the LPL.
If IG only lists three, it might really suffer!
The broilers didn't take it seriously.
No matter how strong the second team is, it is still the second team!
How can we fight against the three of us?
VG has sent an entire second-team lineup, which means that the German Cup championship is already in IG’s possession!
Gu Xing didn't have the time to think about trivial matters like the German Cup. He looked around backstage.
Thanks to his superior height compared to most professional players, Gu Xing could see every player in the spacious room without having to stand on tiptoes.
He found his target and waved hello quickly.
"Wanghu!"
The little Peanut, who was stained with grandma gray hair, was laughing and playing with the wolves in the same team. Suddenly he looked back and saw Gu Xing's face. His smile immediately brightened, and he jumped over to him.
"What are you looking for me for?"
"Come here, let me tell you something..." Gu Xing pulled him to a corner and whispered.
Not long after, Little Peanut burst out with a shrill scream, "Brother Xing, are you serious?"
"Ah Yixi, I really thought you were joking before!"
Lang Xing heard Little Peanut's screams mixed with excitement, and Monk Zhang Er was confused.
What happened?
…
“Welcome to the 2018 League of Legends Awards Ceremony!”
Wearing a dark red Tang suit, Ren Dong strode onto the stage of Qujiang WE's home court and said loudly to the players in the audience, "This year is definitely a fruitful year for us in the LPL, from the mid-season in the middle of the year to the hot summer.
From the first gold medal in the intercontinental competition and the Asian Games performance event to the global finals across the fall, the LPL division has won the championship in all official events!"
"This awards ceremony also aims to summarize the 2018 season and commend those players, coaching staff and clubs who have brought glory to the division."
"First...the Best Rookie Award!"
With a smile on his face, he said, "I would like to invite the 2017 Best Rookie Ming to come to the stage to present the award!"
Shi Senming quickly walked onto the stage and as soon as he opened the envelope in his hand, the specific information about the candidates was already given on the big screen.
This year is not only a bumper year for LPL’s international awards, but it also has a lot of fresh blood in terms of rookies.
The best ones were selected from the best, and the final nominees were Knight, Zoom, Xx and Chaowei.
To be honest, there is no need to choose. Winning the World Championship in his rookie year basically determines who will win the award, not to mention that the other three candidates did not even make it to the global finals.
Shi Senming glanced at the contents on the envelope, his expression was calm, and he was obviously well prepared.
"VG. Chovy, congratulations!"
Zheng Zhixun, who is over 185cm tall, combed his hair like an adult and put on a crisp suit. He looked quite handsome.
Just don't laugh.
But when he saw Gu Xing sitting next to him, he couldn't help but show his irregular teeth, and he took the initiative to stretch out his arms to hug his jungler.
"Hurry up," Gu Xing couldn't stand it any longer, urging the small mid laner to get on stage quickly. By the way, he reminded, "Speak to thank the club and fans, and then step down."
Chaowei didn't listen at all and rushed onto the stage with long legs.