Chapter 418418: Let’s take a ride
"Long time no see, Chinese reporter."
Gu Xing strode into the room and extended his hand to the reporter with a warm smile on his face.
Every time he saw the other person's name, he would think of a very famous fellow journalist in history.
When the other party saw Gu Xing, he felt refreshed and quickly stood up and shook hands with him, "The last time we met was half a year ago, right?"
After the S6 World Championship, a CCTV reporter interviewed Gu Xing and wrote an article that sparked heated discussion on the Internet.
Gu Xing nodded slightly and said in agreement, "It hasn't been that long... Now that I think about it, it's my honor to honor your good wishes."
The Chinese reporter laughed heartily after hearing this.
At the end of the last interview, he said something polite - looking forward to our next meeting.
At that time, Gu Xing joked that he would have to wait until he won the next world championship before he could be interviewed.
The reporter is used to seeing big winds and waves. He has interviewed all kinds of people, and his emotional intelligence is surprisingly high. He immediately replied: "How can you win a championship with your ability?"
It was just a compliment. Unexpectedly, in just half a year, Gu Xing once again won a world-class event, and even won a Grand Slam!
It is precisely because of this that the superiors saw Gu Xing's rapidly expanding popularity and arranged another interview with CCTV.
The reporter still felt quite dreamy when he recalled it.
After a while of gagging, the atmosphere in the room became cheerful.
The camera turned on and the reporter cleared his throat to correct his attitude.
"Then we will officially start the interview..."
Seeing that Gu Xing agreed, he officially opened the topic.
The age group of the e-sports audience is already on the lower side, and CCTV is not as serious as formal news broadcasts. The reporter did not jump into the topic abruptly, but unfolded slowly, and the overall tone was relatively light.
"As a Grand Slam winner under the age of 20, your achievements in the e-sports field have surpassed countless professional players of the same age or even older, so much so that even outside the e-sports circle, you can be called young and promising..."
The Chinese reporter said in a slightly ridiculing tone, "It has only been a year since entering the professional arena. Has player Gu Xing adapted to his transformation from a student to a top player?"
"To be honest, not yet," Gu Xing spread his hands and chose to tell the truth, "Sometimes I feel confused when I get up, and sometimes I think I have to pick up my schoolbag and go to class... This year's career always feels like a dream. ”
Only when he enters the game will he truly feel what he has gained this year.
A Chinese reporter echoed Gu Xing's point of view, "I had similar thoughts when I first started working..."
Then another question came up.
"Although player Gu Xing's debut was short, he has won a lot of trophies. I believe many people are curious about how he felt when he won the trophy. Can you share it with everyone?"
Gu Xing didn't even have to think back, the memories of when he won the championship came to mind.
"Our project is considered a victory if we demolish the enemy's base. The moment we demolished the opponent's main crystal in the decisive game, I was completely confused and my mind went blank," he said eloquently. "I could hear the words of my teammates in the voice." The meaningless roar, and the exaggerated noise from thousands of live audiences outside the headphones will make your eardrums vibrate. ”
"After a brief trance, you will feel the ecstasy after winning the championship. With your blood pumping, it feels like your heart is about to jump out of your chest. When you step on the ground, you will feel the softness under your feet."
Gu Xing felt very intoxicated every time he thought about it.
"It can be seen that it is indeed a very charming experience," the Chinese reporter smiled, "If you were given a chance to start over again, would you still choose to be a professional player, right?"
This is a common question during interviews.
This question has been answered repeatedly by many people who have achieved success.
Most people will choose to follow this old path. Of course, entrepreneurs like Jack Ma can also tell the answer of "regret starting Alibaba".
Gu Xing was stunned for a moment.
"Let me be clear first," he considered his words, "does it mean to be reborn again, or to walk through life again without any memory?"
The Chinese reporter was a little dazed by Gu Xing's rhetorical question.
"Well... let's be reborn."
"Who would play games after being reborn?" Gu Xing smiled helplessly, "Am I not good at studying or doing business?"
Esports is about making money.
But if you are reborn with the memories of your past life, doing anything will be easier than this industry!
Training for more than ten hours a day, as if life-threatening, for fear that the rising star would catch up and threaten his dominance. Why bother?
"That seems to be the case." The Chinese reporter realized something was wrong and felt as if he had been tricked into the circle by Gu Xing, so he quickly started the next topic, "With the popularity of e-sports, many young people have seen professional players on the stage. Showing self-worth and eagerness to embark on this path, what do you think, would you advise them to be like you? ”
Gu Xing shook his head.
"My opinion is still that academics are the most important thing. This is the safest choice. In the e-sports industry, youth depends on the weather, and there are huge variables."
"What most viewers see is the glamor on the surface. For example, my teammates and I are relatively successful professional players in the circle. In fact, more people are eliminated in unknown corners."
He counted on his fingers, "There are dozens of teams in the National City Hero Competition alone, and more than a dozen in the LSPL. These players alone account for more than 90% of the professional circle. As far as I know, the treatment Not very high.”
Even if you start in LSPL, your salary is basically around 1W.
Regardless of the food and accommodation included, it seems to be a very good salary in the Shanghai stock market.
But if you can't make it to the LPL, you will be considered successful if you can get this salary for two years!
What will you do when you retire?
"One thing to say is that the e-sports circle currently does not fully protect the future life of professional players," Gu Xing said very rationally, "because the industry is very imperfect."
The golden period of most competitive games is only three to five years. The main operating groups are major game companies. It is difficult to ask them to plan for the future of players.
"Different from traditional sports, e-sports players are more fate-oriented, because the games you are good at may not necessarily be popular and have commercial value when you are at your strongest." Gu Xing said.
"To give the simplest example, 10-15 years ago, RTS games such as StarCraft were popular, but if you were not proficient in it and practiced hard, you would not be able to reach the heights of other players. But if you were to play MOBA five years ago, When gaming becomes popular, you might be able to make a name for yourself..."
There are very few players who can master multiple different types of games at the same time and improve their level to one ten thousandth of the previous level.
Gu Xing had only heard that Gao Dewei could play like this, and the optimistic patriarch was already preparing to bring his talent to the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds project.
Other players really can't play well. Even players like Jack who like to play CSGO mid-range sniper, the FPS level is a little better than ordinary players, but it is far from the level of CSGO professional players!
This is one of the differences between e-sports and traditional sports.
Without encountering that game at the most appropriate time, many players simply cannot become professional players who deliberately support themselves, and can only treat it as a hobby.
When proficient games take over the market, either due to academic studies or age, they will not be able to engage in professional e-sports.
Like traditional sports, talented players playing football or basketball don't need to worry about this, as the sport's status is very solid.
Therefore, e-sports geniuses like Gu Xing are the product of the right time, right place and right people. At their peak time, they will enter the gaming projects they specialize in.
It is conceivable that top professional players are almost equal to God’s blessing!
"So I would not recommend that children should deliberately take this path," Gu Xing finished his argument and reiterated his conclusion, "There will be many more choices for studying in the future."
Unless you really can't take the path of studying and see that you have to go to a factory to drive screws, then there's no harm in taking a gamble.
Anyway, the result couldn't be any worse.
The Chinese reporter said that he understood clearly and turned to the next question, "Can you introduce the work and rest time of professional players? The e-sports circle is mysterious to many viewers. Everyone wants to know the difference between professional players and normal office workers. .”
CCTV came to interview, somewhat with the intention of helping with publicity, and most of the audience were netizens who had not known e-sports before.
Gu Xing memorized, "Usually I get up at noon and play two rounds of training matches at 2pm and 7pm. Some teams have an extra round of training at 10pm. After the match, there is individual qualifying practice, which basically lasts until the early hours of the morning. At two or three o'clock, it is normal for some diligent players to practice until early morning, and the training time remains above 13 hours.”
"If you want to take a vacation, it depends on whether the schedule allows it. For example, there will be no rest time during the entire international competition. After all, everyone's goal is to win the championship, and there is no chance for a vacation," he explained simply. "There is some free time in the regular season, such as VG tomorrow There is only one day off, basically one day off per week.”
The Chinese reporter showed a look of sudden realization, "That was quite hard. Do you usually feel bored?"
Gu Xing was very straightforward, "Of course I will. After all, staring at the computer every day for training is bound to be boring. But since you have chosen to become a professional player, these are the responsibilities that you must bear... Besides, we make money, and even if we are tired, we will lose our appetite." ”
Whenever he thinks of the string of zeros behind the contract amount, the feeling of fatigue and fatigue disappears in the blink of an eye.
The reporter from China had a smile on his face, "Besides making money, what is the reason that supports you to continue to fight in the professional arena and always maintain the top level?"
"The desire to win," Gu Xing replied sincerely, "No matter what kind of competitive event, if you want to reach the top, you must have a strong desire to win. Players who just want to get by and get by will not be able to maintain their excellence for a long time." status.”
“In the first year of my career, I have been collecting various honors. It is my desire to win that drives me to train diligently day after day. I don’t want to lose any game because of laziness. I know that will happen. Let yourself regret it for the rest of your life.”
With Gu Xing's current level, even meditation training will not affect his dominance in the jungle position in a short period of time.
His absolute strength will decline, but relatively speaking, he will still be the number one jungler.
But Gu Xing did not do this.
He is afraid that his negligence and laziness will ruin the victory of the game.
He would grieve and blame himself for it for decades to come.
"Fortunately, I achieved a Grand Slam achievement in a very short period of time," Gu Xing said with a smile. "When I go home and see the trophy cabinet filled with trophies, I will feel a sense of accomplishment from the bottom of my heart."
The Chinese reporter continued to ask, "As we all know, you have now achieved the Grand Slam goal that countless professional players have never accomplished. Will you still have the motivation to continue fighting in the future?"
He had a collecting habit when playing games, so he had no choice but to harvest the achievements and never wanted to log in to the client again.
"Definitely," Gu Xing replied matter-of-factly, "Not just to make money, there is another achievement waiting for me to challenge."
"The 2017 Global Finals will be held in China. This is the first time, and it may also be the last opportunity in my career to win the championship locally. I will definitely cherish it," Gu Xing said solemnly, "What's more, this year The World Championship is also about consecutive championships. No professional player has been able to do this so far. I really want to successfully defend the title.”
The interview has come to an end and the Chinese reporter is very satisfied with the whole process.
He has met some professional e-sports players and feels that Gu Xing is very good at conversation and is far ahead of his peers.
As a result, the interview content does not need to be over-edited and can be posted online normally.
"I hope I can interview you again at the end of this year," the Chinese reporter did not forget to make a wisecrack when he stood up. "I also hope you can continue your efforts and not betray everyone's trust."
"It's agreed, let's see you then!" Gu Xing, with a smile on his face, shook hands with reporters and cameramen and said goodbye.
After finishing the interview with CCTV, Gu Xing returned to the team lounge and asked for leave from the team leader.
"You want to go back with WE?" Jin Wenhe's eyes widened, "What international joke are you kidding?"
"...My sister is signing a contract with WE," Gu Xing explained helplessly, "I happened to pick her up in the past and have a meal out. Anyway, I have a holiday tomorrow."
"No, why are you going to someone else's club to make a fool of yourself?" Jin Wenhe firmly objected, "There is no way!"
Gu Xing is a big treasure of the club. If he is transferred to WE during the transfer period, how will he explain to the boss?
Lu Wenjun lazily added, "Hey, Lao Jin, just let him go. WE, what are you afraid of? They can't afford Xiao Gu!"
The lounge was filled with laughter.
WE's poor image is deeply rooted in people's hearts.
During the intercontinental competition, they often see the combination of manager + team leader trying to steal money from brothers and teams, and taking all the hotel meal vouchers that other companies don't want and using them for themselves.
Because they were fighting side by side, the support items were all customized by the four companies, and WE even had to do this for free!
It sounds outrageous, but when I think about it happening to WE, it feels reasonable.
In addition, each team has a bonus mechanism for small round MVP, and the amounts vary. The standard set by WE is one thousand yuan.
50% less than VG.
In the eyes of top professional players, this amount of money is just a gift. It is not enough to treat guests to a Haidilao meal. It is set up purely to get a lucky draw.
But when WE was winning steadily, the team began to 'infight' in an attempt to win the MVP.
It is true that WE's lineup is too cheap. The top, middle and jungle players are all from their own youth training. The bottom lane combination includes a Korean player who is not wanted by the LCK, and the other is an unknown support player exchanged from IG.
The players are on child labor contracts and don’t make much money.
One thousand yuan is a lot of money for them!
If you think about it, you will know that WE's investment in the League of Legends competition and training department is undoubtedly like an iron cock, and it is easy to refuse to pluck its hair.
It's hard for them to pay a thousand yuan, but why do they expect to pay ten million to buy Gu Xing?
Unless we let WE turn on the money printing press!
Gu Xing suppressed a smile and packed his backpack, then walked through the corridor to find the WE training department.
Xiye was sipping Wangzi's milk. When she saw him, she informed her teammates.
"Here comes the hitchhiker!" Su Hanwei glanced at Gu Xing, "If we win, we will still hitchhike. You really belong to us!"
"How do you talk?" Gu Xing said with a straight face, "You're itchy, right? I didn't take good care of you today. I'll catch him in the middle and scratch him to death!"
Xiye thought of the consequences of being trained by the military, and immediately became obsequious and did not dare to say anything anymore.
"I didn't expect that one day we would be prostituted for nothing," Kandi poked the manager Xiaoshou and teased in a teasing tone, "What do you think?"
The little beast's head was full of black lines, "It's just a ride, and it won't cost more gas. What's a free prostitution? Don't talk nonsense!"
"Besides, you guys are all insignificant. A trivial matter like car rental is just a piece of cake!"
When everyone boarded the bus, members of the WE training department hugged Gu Xing and asked for a photo.
This forced him to explode with social fear. He kept chatting all the way and never had time to relax.
From the LPL points situation to the recent training matches, and to the understanding of each version, Gu Xing was fed a handful of Qiaqia melon seeds by 957, and he was very interested in talking while eating them.
"I think Rambo is quite strong after the revamp. Why has no one chosen him recently?" Kandi sat next to him to learn from his experience.
Another big news in version 7.12 is the changes to Rambo.
The cooldown of Q [Arsonist Feast] has been greatly increased, and the output against minions has been cut by 25%. However, the basic damage has been enhanced, and the W and E skills have also been modified to make them more suitable for combat.
Generally speaking, Rambo's laning strength has been strengthened, and there is no problem in bullying the tank on the top lane.
"You play Rambo in the LPL, do you look down on the jungler?" Gu Xing threw the melon seed shells into the trash can, "Anyway, if I see the opponent single-player Rambo, if I don't kill Gundam Poppy five times, I will follow His last name!”
"Besides, there aren't many Rambo guys with unique skills in the LPL. It's just Smeb. Mouse may be half of it. VG has no tactical reserves. EDG's style is here. It's impossible for a team that focuses on mid-to-low double C to let Mouse play. Rambo, neither of them are used, so the frequency of use in the entire division will naturally not be high. You see, the appearance rate in the LCK is quite impressive..."
Kandi found out the flaw in his words, "VG doesn't have a Rambo system? Who are you lying to?"
"Good boy, are you setting off smoke bombs to blind us?" Xiang Renjie was very dissatisfied.
Smeb is the brother of Gundam Poppy. His proficiency in temperature control is unquestionable, and he is one of the best in the world!
VG's former top laner Zhu Xiaolong is also a Rambo player who excelled in the S6 World Championship. Gu Xing was able to raise Brother Long back then, so there is no reason why he wouldn't make tactical arrangements around Smeb!
Gu Xing didn't panic at all when his lie was exposed. His face didn't turn red and his heart didn't beat. He took a sip of iced Coke and changed the topic.
"Speaking of which, Kandi, why are you looking so pale?" he asked with concern, "You haven't caught a cold recently, have you? But please don't infect it to me..."
"Go away!" Kandi pushed him angrily.
But until the end, Xiang Renjie didn't explain the reason for his recent physical weakness.
The good news is that Gu Xing's attempt to deceive people just now was forgotten and no one cared about it.
As the bus drove to the WE base, everyone was laughing and joking.
Gu Xing used his terrifying social skills to successfully relieve his opponent who lost the game from being depressed.
The League of Legends branch base of Team WE is located in the suburbs of Fengxian, across the Huangpu River from Haowang Mountain where VG is located.
As soon as the car stopped, Gu Xing picked up his backpack and stepped on the ground, when he was shocked by the WE base.
"What is this?" He couldn't believe his eyes.
The WE base, like most clubs, is a villa.
Just the decoration style is different.
If the VG base highlights a warm and homely atmosphere, WE can only describe it as outrageous!
The exterior wall was painted girly pink with intricate patterns, decorated like a princess castle!
"Welcome to the Fairy Castle!" The little beast proudly showed off to Gu Xing, "How about it, is our WE base unique?"
The eloquent Gu Xing fell into rare silence.
The impact this scene had on him was too great.
The WE members beside him didn't even look at it, their faces were all burning red.
Although some of them like to use pink keyboards and headphones, it does not mean that they can accept the decoration style of Fairy Castle!
"There is also a vegetable patch in the courtyard..." Little Beast introduced it to Gu Xing.
"Vegetable plot?" Gu Xing was extremely puzzled.
"That's right," the little beast was very happy. "When the players are tired from training, they can come to water the vegetable fields. Their ability to relieve stress is quite good!"
Xiye was responsible for complaining next to him, "I suspect it is to save some food money. The breeder usually pulls cucumbers in there."
"Nonsense!" The little beast glared, "We WE don't need the food money, okay?"
"Ha," Kandi sneered coldly, "If WE hadn't formed a group to come to the M3 base to have a meal with a shameful face, I would have really believed it... I can't stop you on a rainy day. If you come here to have a meal, you can do it ten times a second. Deshan Ni Ruodu has lost several pounds due to hunger!”
The little beast was distraught and couldn't help it.
“WE and M3 are both members of the same family, so is that called rubbing?”
Since Riot Games 5 stipulates that the same club cannot have two top league teams, the original WEA can only be renamed M3 - which is actually the reverse of WE.
Most of the players are former WE youth training members, such as Kandi, Shan Niruo, etc.
The bases of both teams are stuck together, making it easier to move around and communicate.
In order to save money, WE shamelessly went to take advantage of his younger brother. If you think about it carefully, it is indeed a shameful thing.
Seeing the embarrassed expression on the little beast's face, Gu Xing took the initiative and suggested, "I won't go in. I'll leave when my sister comes out later."
"Sure," Xiaoshou agreed and waited outside with Gu Xing, chatting casually, "By the way, why did you guys think of starting an e-sports data website?"
"There was a data team at that time..." Gu Xing explained clearly the causes and consequences of the establishment of E+, and saw Gu Pan in formal clothes striding out of the WE base carrying a document bag.
"Here it is!" He waved and greeted.
"Hey," Gu Pan's eyes lit up, "The sun is rising in the west, Gu Wei, you can actually run over to pick up your dear sister?"
"I have nothing to do," Gu Xing helped take the document bag, "I just happened to pick you and Guan Shan up for a meal."
VG's follow-up schedule is relatively tight, and he may not be able to spare much time to take care of the two girls, so he simply takes advantage of this great opportunity to have a meal together.
"I booked a reservation from a local restaurant and I heard it tastes good."
"Okay, okay..." When Gu Pan heard that there was something delicious, he nodded immediately.
But when he turned to look at the little beast, he put on a formulaic smile and said, "Thank you for taking care of me. The terms have been drawn up. We will have a happy cooperation in the future."
WE Xiaoshou stretched out his hand to shake Gu Pan's hand, and did not forget to say a few polite words, telling Gu Pan to just come to him if he encounters any trouble in the future. His words have some weight in this three-acre area of the e-sports circle.
There was a competition today, and Xiaozhan didn't receive it in person, but just being Gu Xing's sister was enough to make him enthusiastic.
The Gu brothers and sisters took a taxi online and their destination was Tencent Tower.
"The design of the WE base is really outrageous," Gu Pan couldn't help complaining as he got in the car, "When I first saw the Fairy Castle, I almost suspected that I was in the wrong place."
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"You can't even accept it?" Gu Xing looked at her in surprise, "I thought you girls all liked pink."
Gu Pan snorted, "This is called a stereotype. When did you see me wearing pink clothes?"
She pulled out the contract from the document bag and narrowed her bright eyes when she saw the amount.
"That's great," Gu Pan was very happy. "With this money coming in, I will buy better clothes when I get the bonus."
"Didn't you just buy it when you returned to your hometown?" Gu Xing looked at his sister up and down.
Wearing a formal suit and applying lipstick, and taking off her neighbor's sister's attire, this kind of concern gave him a sense of distance.
However, it was exactly what Gu Pan wanted. He blurred the concept of age so as not to be thought of as a college student.
"It's not enough," Gu Pan was obviously not satisfied. "I can't travel around the world in a formal suit, right? I'll change my bag later. This is a bit too plain."
"Go buy it today," Gu Xing saw that she had a need and immediately fulfilled it. "I will pay for it and buy you new clothes and bags..."
Seeing that his sister was about to speak, Gu Xing used his professional player skills to predict what the other party wanted to say in advance.
"I won't give you the flowers in vain. I will pay you back when you get the bonus."
Gu Pan choked and hesitated for two seconds before agreeing, "That's okay...thank you." (End of Chapter)