Chapter 47 Arriving in South Korea, SKT has a profound foundation
The base of the SKT club is located in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul, the capital of South Korea.
Unlike most teams in the domestic LPL division, which use villas as their training base.
SKT's base is an 11-story building. The entire building is red and black, and the stairs form a huge "T1" logo. It is the most famous landmark building nearby.
Judging from the housing prices at this time, the average land price in the surrounding area is about 130,000 yuan per square meter.
Chen Yiqiu stood downstairs, looking at this team base that has left a strong mark on the history of the alliance, his eyes slightly surprised.
This was the first time he felt that an e-sports club could be so proud.
But when he actually entered the building, he realized that his situation was too small.
On the first floor of the base is the SKT offline peripheral store, which is open to the public and sells various SKT peripheral clothes, keyboard and mouse supplies, and you can also take photos with the player's human figures to check in.
On the outside, there are actually SKT’s own co-branded cafes, restaurants, and home appliance sales.
Because the venue is so large, the free space on the first floor has been turned into a youth training camp. According to Kkoma, there is an entire floor of the 11-story building that is SKTT1's youth training base.
The entire third floor is the training room of the LOL team, and it is also where Chen Yiqiu will spend most of his time in the future.
There are training rooms, fitness rooms, canteens, rehabilitation, swimming and other scene equipment that can help players achieve physical and mental health.
The fourth floor is a place dedicated to live broadcasts.
There are ten live broadcast rooms, each of which is named after the place where SKT won the championship. It has far-reaching commemorative significance and is also a 'holy place' where countless fans want to check in and take photos.
Fifth floor, sixth floor...
Looking around, Chen Yiqiu, whose physical fitness has become stronger, actually feels a little tired. At the same time, he has a new understanding of SKT's formality and financial resources.
He had never been exposed to SKT before. Now when he compared SKT with domestic clubs, he tasted something very different.
Not only is it formal and prosperous, before he walked into the building, he even saw a huge poster of Faker on the bus stop not far away, which everyone took for granted.
——Pillar industry.
Chen Yiqiu had a clear idea of this comparison in his mind.
It is said that e-sports is South Korea’s pillar industry, but he had never truly experienced it personally until this moment.
"This is the S championship we have won every time, as well as the league championship... and other championship trophies."
Li Sang Hyuk accompanied Chen Yiqiu and pointed to the lobby on the first floor. The most conspicuous introduction is the wall of honor.
Chen Yiqiu looked over and saw that the wall of honor was very large, but the dense trophies almost filled it up.
In the most conspicuous position are two exquisite Summoner's Trophies. Next to the trophies are the autographs of the five starting players who won the championship that year.
S3 Global Finals Championship Trophy, S5 Global Finals Championship Trophy.
Chen Yiqiu saw MaRin's signature, which is the position he is about to take over.
"There is a model inside, and the S5 trophy has just been put in."
Lee Sang Hyuk raised his eyebrows with rare pride: "How about it, do you have the urge to play immediately?"
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"It is full of honors, it is indeed a wall of honor."
Chen Yiqiu cherishes the trophies and honors on this wall. This is indeed a unique card in the history of the league.
"Let's go up...uh, wait a moment."
As soon as Lee Sang Hyuk and Chen Yiqiu took a few steps, fans who were checking in and taking photos on the first floor caught him.
And more and more people gathered, and soon the first floor was full of people, and there was even a queue outside the door.
Chen Yiqiu had previously discovered that there were many visiting fans on the first floor of SKT's base. After asking about it later, he found out that this was a normal phenomenon and that there was an endless stream of people almost every day.
Buying peripherals and squatting as players, the level of professionalism is simply more exaggerated than the rice circle.
Politely take a few steps back, leaving plenty of room for Lee Sang Hyuk to take photos.
Looking at the other party’s signature thumbs up and fake smile, Chen Yiqiu noticed something else.
Many of the SKT fans around him seemed to be secretly observing him... "Is there something wrong with my face?"
Chen Yiqiu muttered, but soon saw various emotions in the eyes of the fans.
Curiosity, surprise, questioning, anger.
“I heard ‘Han Wolf’ Wolf mentioned before that not only the LPL, but also the LCK are very dissatisfied with SKT’s signings for the new season... It seems that this ‘dissatisfaction’ needs to be put in quotation marks. Ah."
Chen Yiqiu smiled generously and politely with the person who peeked at him.
"Wow... Is this the Chinese player that T1 introduced this year?"
"He looks so polite and has a good temperament and good looks. Does T1 have the good looks?"
“I have studied his videos and he is pretty good.”
“But I I heard that he is a transfer, and his results in previous games were not good. I can still accept T1’s introduction of youth training. Is it fair to the youth training boys who have worked hard to start the game?”
His voice was not too soft. Everyone thought that Chen Yiqiu couldn't understand Korean, but in fact he understood it very well.
There was no expression on his face, and he waited for Li Sang Hyuk to finish before the two of them went upstairs together.
On the way, Chen Yiqiu was also thinking about the treatment SKT gave him.
He didn't know it before coming to Korea, but after getting to know it, he already knew how sincere SKT was to him.
Because in South Korea, e-sports is a pillar industry, formal and orderly, and has its own set of strict promotion rules.
For example, if a new player wants to join SKT, he must go through a month of rigorous selection and testing. After several years of hard work, he may have a chance to debut when his starting form is not good.
Those children who were selected to join SKT's youth academy from a young age have to practice for at least two and a half years before they get the chance to debut.
Lee Sang Hyuk was no exception in this regard. It took a full month of testing and selection.
But the treatment given to him by SKT is that he does not need any tests. As long as there are no problems in the trial training, he can directly start 100% for the first team.
"The audience in the LCK division and the fans of SKT are also very resistant to the introduction of a Chinese in the new season?"
Walking to the training room, Chen Yiqiu suddenly asked.
"Huh?"
Lee Sang Hyuk was startled, the panic in his eyes flashed away, and he waved his hand: "How could it be possible? In fact, everyone welcomes you... It's just that our team is a domestic... black fan, it's relatively... A lot, so..."
"Don't take it personally, just prepare for the trial training."
"What's the matter? They don't know much about me. The most they know about my videos are the ones you posted, haha."
Chen Yiqiu showed a bright smile, then pondered for a moment, He said softly: "Give me a week...at most a week, and then you can start trial training."
"One week... transfer, isn't it too late?"
Brother Li frowned: "Don't rush, it's still a long time before the spring game. The coach has already said hello to the supervisor, and we have plenty of time to adjust. Practice.”
"It's just one week. Didn't you say, it's all single player, one week is enough."
Chen Yiqiu smiled confidently: "If I can't pass the trial training within a week, I will go back by myself."
Lee Sang Hyuk remained silent.
SKT gave Chen Yiqiu a month of transfer time, and he only practiced the most important heroes and his understanding of the top lane.
Now Chen Yiqiu is talking about a week...
He suddenly thought of Chen Yiqiu's learning ability that made his hair stand on end when he first met him.
One week... is a miracle for others. If you are a player in Yiqiu, maybe you can do it...
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