In a classroom in Shanghai, a boy put his arm around another boy's shoulders.
The two teenagers were about fifteen years old.
The final video of the Ti11 World Invitational Tournament is also playing on the phone.
"Watch high-profile videos."
"Gao Ran? What a familiar name... I seem to have heard it somewhere..."
One of the teenagers scratched his head and recalled carefully.
"God of e-sports, do you still want to think about this?"
"Oh oh oh——"
"I remembered."
A young boy’s voice appeared from behind:
"Tsk, Gao Ran is as good as SliKer? I still don't believe it."
"A player from a few years ago."
The boy named Fengzi looked back at the boy who belittled Gao Ran and couldn't help but say:
"Do you know what Gao Ran has achieved?"
"I know, just a few world champions."
"Sliker represented RNG and won two League of Legends world championships in a row. Can Gao Ran do it?"
Fengzi suddenly lost his temper and said:
"If Gao Fang was still active, he would definitely be able to do it now."
"cut."
"Don't you know that e-sports, like sports, are constantly improving? Even if you bring Jordan to this era, you still can't beat today's stars."
"Not to mention that Gao Ran has never played League of Legends and has never proven his ability to play League of Legends."
"There are so many fans on Weibo, so I guess they are all just brushing them up."
"you!"
Fengzi was so angry that he immediately started fighting with the young man.
"Stop fighting! Stop fighting!"
"Go find the teacher quickly!"
…
In the evening, in an ordinary family.
Fengzi's mother also wiped Fengzi's wound with medicine. Although Fengzi was in pain, she didn't say a word.
"What's going on? Tell mom."
"nothing."
"Mom, I was wrong, I shouldn't have fought."
Fengzi lowered her head, not daring to look at her mother at all. At this time, a middle-aged man happened to come home.
Seeing Fengzi's face covered in bruises, she froze in place.
"What's going on? A fight?"
"Um."
Under the pressure of her parents, Fengzi finally told everything that happened during the day.
Mineko's father also sighed and educated:
"No matter what people say, you can't take action. Doing so is wrong."
"Do you understand?"
"Next time this happens again, I will ask you to write a self-criticism."
"I know, Dad."
"Well, tomorrow dad will take you to apologize to others."
After pondering for half a minute, Fengzi suddenly asked:
"Dad, would Gao Ran still be successful in today's era?"
"High burning?"
Mineko's father also felt a little strange when he heard the name, but the person's appearance instantly came to mind.
He doesn’t know much about e-sports, but about 7 or 8 years ago, Gao Ran was the most crazy star player in the e-sports circle.
He is omnipotent, and the Internet is full of news about him every day.
"What era is not an era? Can a few years still be called an era?"
"You were all still young at that time, so it's normal that you haven't seen high-burning games."
"Strong people will succeed no matter what era they are placed in. Their high-burning talent is unrivaled in the world of e-sports. This is what your father said."
The middle-aged man patted his chest and said.
Fengzi received a positive answer and firmed up her thoughts.
"Dad, I want to play e-sports."
Mineko's words stunned his parents for a moment.
The first reaction was definitely no, but then he fell silent.
It is true that e-sports has become a mainstream profession now. The rise of e-sports academies can determine whether you enter the professional circle in one year.
"Fengzi, have you read Gao Ran's autobiography?"
"What autobiography?"
"I haven't seen it."
Fengzi shook his head.
"I will take you to buy a copy tomorrow. If you still want to play e-sports after reading the autobiography, I will let you try it. The premise is that you study hard."
Fengzi's father said seriously. Although her mother hesitated, she didn't speak.
After returning home the next day, Fengzi's father bought a large book.
This is Gao Ran's autobiography published 4 years ago, and the sales at that time were very scary.
Countless fans who used to be high-burning have bought a copy as a souvenir. If they can no longer see high-burning games, they can at least take a look at his memories.
Because it was Friday, Fengzi was not in a hurry to do her homework.
After eating, I went back to the room, opened the books, and took a slow look.
Both parents glanced at the door, then slowly closed the door.
"Do you really want to send Fengzi to an e-sports academy?"
Mineko's mother asked with some uncertainty.
"I once listened to a lecture given by Gao Ran. Do you know what Gao Ran said?"
"Um?"
"He said that many children now want to engage in e-sports, not because they love e-sports, but because they just like playing games."
"Not all children can be sent to e-sports academies to become talented, but there is a kind of child who can succeed."
"That is a child who is serious and can calm down."
"This parent actually knows it very well."
"With Fengzi's character, no matter what she does, she will succeed. Just watch."
…
In the room, Li Feng slowly turned over Gao Ran's autobiography, reading line by line.
It was recorded from Gao Ran's childhood, to the Phoenix E-Sports Academy, and then gradually became famous.
The mentality and thoughts of each stage of high burning are different.
This autobiography records many things that ordinary fans don't understand. It is sometimes passionate and sometimes thought-provoking.
Li Feng could not completely empathize with him. Firstly, he was only a fifteen-year-old boy, and secondly, he was not a high-spirited person.
What his father wanted him to see was the difficulty of professional players.
Word for word, it even recorded the scene where Gao Ran and his teammates collapsed.
"Sometimes, I feel like the game itself is no longer fun, and so do my teammates."
"We keep training, training and training every day in order to win on the field."
"Only when I step onto the field can I feel the joy brought by the game."
There is no joy in games.
These words deeply penetrated Li Feng's heart.
Games are synonymous with happiness in the eyes of many teenagers.
But as a professional player, sometimes you may even find the game disgusting.
This is professional life.
If you don't win the championship or achieve satisfactory results, your efforts will be in vain and you will have nothing.
…
Three hours later, Li Feng's father also knocked on the door and entered the room.
He sat next to Li Feng.
"Where did you see it?"
"I've read half of it."
Li Feng said with a smile that he got the upward power from Gao Ran's autobiography.
When a person runs with all his strength, no matter what the result is in the end, he will be very relieved.
This is what hard work means.
"Do you still want to play e-sports?"
"Um."
Li Feng nodded, his expression very firm, and Li Feng’s father also said:
"I just discussed it with your mother."
"If you want to go, your parents will let you go."
"But you have to remember, if you don't work hard enough, I will look down on you."
"I know, Dad."
"If I don't become a professional player, I'm a loser."
Li Feng said seriously.
There is a saying in Gao Ran's book that if you work hard enough, you may not be able to become a top professional player, but you will definitely be able to enter the professional circle.
The premise is to work hard enough!
…
Gao Ran, this name seems to have been forgotten by many young people.
After Gao Ran announced his retirement, he was briefly active in the entertainment industry, but then gradually moved behind the scenes, and there is very little news about him.
However, 4 or 5 years ago, Gao Ran's daughter Gao Yueyue was born, and his autobiography was released.
It also triggered a burst of emotions.
Every year, Gao Ran's fan base looks forward to the moment when Gao Ran returns to the competition, but as Gao Ran gets older, this hope gradually comes to nothing.
E-sports is just a bowl of youth food. After that peak age, even if you are high-burning, there is no way to directly compete with these young people again.
There is a saying that boxing is afraid of young people. If you bring some retired legendary players over, you will definitely not be able to defeat young people.
Just when everyone gradually forgot this name.
Gao Ran’s name once again appeared on the Internet.
In almost an hour, it caused a trend!
"Gao Ran joins the coaching staff of the Chinese League of Legends team to compete in the 3rd E-Sports World Cup"!
As soon as the news came out, the entire network was shocked.
This is the first time in so many years that Gao Ran has officially come out to give advice!
In the past, I could only serve as an occasional advisor to the Fire Club.
It instantly sparked a heated discussion on the Internet.
The content of the discussion was whether Gao Ran was qualified to be a member of this coaching staff.
You must know that although Gao Ran has won many championships in his career, he has never played a League of Legends game.
And everyone has long heard that many of the top players in League of Legends have very bad tempers. Whether Gao Ran can suppress them is also a question.
Why did Gao Ran make this decision?
No reason, just do it if you want to.
In the few years after retiring, there were many exciting things. The first was preparing for pregnancy with Ye Jianing.
Then traveling, the establishment of the youth training system of the Fire e-sports club, and the position of general instructor in Phoenix, plus some things in the entertainment industry, Gao Ran's whole life is very busy.
After the daughter was born, Gao Ran's father also named her Gao Yueyue.
This also caused the autobiography that he originally planned to complete in two years to be delayed for several years.
This is also an idea he has always had.
Joining the coaching staff this time is not to be a head coach, but purely to be a consultant.
As for whether players will take Gao Ran, this is not a problem.
For this group of players, when they entered the professional circle, the residual warmth of Gao Ran had not dissipated, unlike today's children who don't even know about Gao Ran.
Although Gao Ran is now old and can no longer operate, he still has some understanding of the game as he has been paying attention to professional competitions.
It is easy to grasp the essence of the version with a little research. This is the game IQ in e-sports, and others cannot learn it.
After Gao Ran joined the coaching staff, some young people have never stopped criticizing Gao Ran.
The network was instantly divided into two disks.
One type is young people who grew up watching high-energy e-sports competitions.
One type is teenagers who have never seen high-intensity games.
This is equivalent to the fact that Kobe fans and James fans in the basketball world have never stopped fighting.
However, the honor of Gao Ran is too strong, and these young people in their twenties are very confident every time they discuss it.
And this time it went to the World Cup again, and the Chinese team in the League of Legends project lived up to expectations!
They passed all the way and defeated the Korean team 3-1 in the final to defend this event!
The game League of Legends is also the youth of a generation, and this game should also come to an end.
Gao Ran’s career path is over, but his e-sports path will not be over.
The next plan is to carefully plan the youth training system of the club and guide some of the new players that I am optimistic about.
In the past few years, the brother clubs Dream and Fire have achieved very good results.
No matter which project it is in, Dream invests very heavily, and Fire almost all trains its own team members.
A year later, Li Feng, who graduated from Phoenix E-Sports Academy, joined the high-burning Fire club.
He became Gao Ran's most promising disciple.
In Li Feng, Gao Ran seemed to see his former self.
That seriousness and persistence also moved Gao Ran.
Gao Ran carefully guided Li Feng starting from basic skills. He didn’t know whether this 16-year-old young man would become the next world-class e-sports star.
But he admires Li Feng very much. He is the most serious and focused young player he has ever seen.
Gao Ran even met Li Feng's parents.
The moment Li Feng joined the Fire Club, Li Feng's parents were relieved.
Just like Gao Ran, they firmly believe that Li Feng can succeed.
Gao Ran just said one thing to Li Feng's parents:
"Educate and enlighten him more when he is vulnerable."
"He will definitely encounter obstacles that are difficult to overcome."
…
A few days later, the list of "Where Are We Going, Dad Season 9" was announced.
The appearance of Gao Ran has undoubtedly become the biggest highlight!
Ever since Gao Ran's daughter Gao Yueyue was born, she has rarely appeared in the media.
This time Gao Ran brought his daughter to the show, which also made many fans of Gao Ran shout that "ye Qing is back!"
This is also their youth.
From the moment the first episode of Gao Ran appeared, many people couldn't help but lament where the time had gone.
The 16-year-old boy who shouted and cheered on the field with his hands raised has now become a mature father.
Everyone has also become adults running around for life and family.
Every time when the show is broadcast, many families of three will sit on the sofa, eat fruit and smile while watching Gao Ran and the cute Gao Yueyue play in the show.
Gao Yueyue is sensible, cute, and even more famous than her father.
An e-sports player has achieved something that countless entertainment stars cannot.
