October 26th.
The sun is shining!
694 got up early and straightened out his suit. He looked at his human-looking self in the grooming mirror and stood on tiptoes to look around the image with some complacency.
Well, not bad, Manhun!
In the past six months at TES, 694 has been very proud. From a small transparent player who could only play in the secondary leagues in WE, he has become the coach of a top-four team in the World Championship - well, even if he is an assistant coach, that is a lot. The man LPL teams long for.
As soon as the quarter-finals ended, his mailbox was filled with offers from domestic and foreign e-sports teams, all of which invited him to serve as their head coach, and the conditions were more generous than the last.
But will he leave TES?
That must be impossible, not to mention that there is no such thing as a boss in TES who shouts at you all day long. The working atmosphere is first-class, that is, every big cake drawn by Brother Yang will be baked in the end. Once it is delivered to the table, and finally allowed to be eaten safely by this group of people, it will be impossible for them to leave.
It is important for a person to be self-aware. If others don't know how much he weighs, how can he not know it himself?
Without Brother Yang, if I were to coach an LPL team, let alone the semi-finals of the World Championship, even making it to the LPL playoffs would be considered a big victory.
Just listen to the applause, cheers, and Gong Wei from the outside. If he really deceives himself, what awaits him will only be falling into the abyss.
Youdao is a TES person in life, and a TES person in death. As long as Brother Yang doesn't drive him away, he is prepared to stay in the club for the rest of his life.
"How can Brother Yang be willing to give up a dedicated assistant like me?"
After finishing her pretense in the mirror, she turned around and walked towards the contestant's room. 694 said proudly, just like now, when Brother Yang comes back, he has time to spend time with his sister-in-law after a long separation. This is all thanks to his conscientiousness.
"Boom! Boom!"
"Young men, wake up!"
Knocks on the door sounded in front of each room, and 694, the part-time team leader, took over the morning wake-up call service today.
At noon, we have to go to the officially arranged photography center to shoot a pre-match documentary. Considering that the players' personal images have not been taken care of for a long time, for example, a certain bastard's hair has covered his eyes, they have to take care of it themselves in the club in the morning.
"Good morning, Brother 94!"
Yawning, Able was the first to walk out of the room.
Then the other four people who finished washing also followed Lu and walked out of the room one after another.
"Is Teacher Tony still Sister Xue today?"
"Yes, Brother Yang has signed an agreement with Lao Xue, and he is regarded as the royal Tony of our club."
"Wuhu, the relationship is good. I don't have to worry about my image being ruined. I told my family that the top four must watch my game."
"Tsk, your image has been ruined. With your appearance, even a female ghost has to protect herself when going out at night..."
For boys, every haircut is like a big gamble. You never know how you will appear after you leave Teacher Tony’s scissors.
The female Tony named Sister Xue received unanimous praise from the generals because she had come to the club to help twice before.
"Hey, TES team members, good morning everyone!"
Arriving downstairs, the energetic and beautiful girl with short hair greeted everyone.
"Good morning, Sister Xue!"
"Good morning!"
"I'm still bothering you today."
It was a matter of major importance, and all the autistic boys who were usually not good at talking to outsiders showed their flattering smiles.
Sister Xue laughed loudly, "No trouble, no trouble."
Among the five people, only one, Xiaotian, needed to have his hair overhauled, while the others just did some nursing care to ensure that the contestants would not die in front of the camera later.
"Xiaotian, speaking of which, didn't you want me to dye your hair last time?"
"How about it? Have you told Boss Lin?"
"Ahem..." The garlic bastard, whose hair was being fiddled with by Sister Xue, coughed violently, with a hint of begging for mercy in his eyes.
Da'an beside him laughed wildly and said: "Sister Xue, let me tell you, last time Gao Tianliang asked Brother Yang if he could dye his hair, Brother Yang's reply was that he should either dye it green or stop thinking about writing weird things. .”
green?
"Pfft!"
For Chinese men, except those with special fetishes, dyeing their hair green is no different from being executed in public.
Mr. Lin's subtext is that TES does not allow hair dyeing.
"Okay, handsome guys, come on for the semifinals!" After finishing Jin Gong's hair, Sister Xue stood up, packed her tools and said, "I hope that when you get to the Bird's Nest, I can still be responsible for your image management."< br>
……
"Are you serious, TES is willing to continue playing training matches with us in the semi-finals?" In the studio, Hongmi confirmed again in great surprise.
Lin Shuyang looked at the contestants in the distance who were asked by the director to perform various actions under the lights. He took out his mobile phone and took a few behind-the-scenes photos that could be used as fan welfare. He said with a relaxed expression: "Of course, otherwise we can still find Can Longzhu continue to play training matches?”
"Don't tell me that you made an appointment with SKT!"
"Hahaha... of course not."
Hongmi smiled awkwardly.
How did you know that SKT was looking for us? Knock, there is a mole, right?
Lin Shuyang shrugged and said nothing.
He knows better than anyone else the shit about the LCK. What you think is a battle between the top four, China and South Korea, is actually a battle between the top four.
There are only two teams in the LCK division, one is called SKT, and the other is called Others.
Due to the fact that 90% of the traffic in the competition area is taken up by SKT and the fans have various rhythms, other teams are eager for SKT to die soon.
Unlike the Chinese people's idea of jointly defending against foreign enemies before the civil war, the LCK side has always only considered interests.
To exaggerate, as long as he is willing to pay a price, Samsung, which was eliminated in the quarterfinals, is willing to come back as a sparring partner to help TES work at the barbecue stall.
So in the eyes of the outside world, the real situation is that the two Koreas are joining hands to fight against the two countries. SKT and Longzhu do not have any training matches at all. Instead, they want to hook up with TES or WE, who have a competitive relationship in the division.
Hongmi is not stupid either.
The quarterfinals were able to defeat SSG in the fifth game because of the tactical ideas left by the young people in front of them.
Being able to make an appointment with TES for a training match is not much better than having an appointment with SKT!
What, you said that the two sides are competing to advance to the finals?
Judging from how well the two teams understand each other, there is really no shortage of these two days of training matches.
Please...you...collect_6_9_书_吧 (六//九//书//吧)
……
While the four teams were filming the semi-final promotional videos under official arrangements, the major e-sports forums in the circle were not idle either.
There are endless speculations about the final outcome of the semi-final match between China and South Korea.
[TESvsSKT, WEVSLZ, holy shit, I dare say these are the best two semi-finals in recent years. 】
[The battle between the No. 1 seeds in the two divisions plus the collision between the Triple Crown winner and a miracle dark horse. 】
[It is estimated that SKT will win the first half. Is it too outrageous for the big devil to return to the fairyland after the quarterfinals? Galio tortured the entire RNG team with Daan taking the lead. 】
[No, no, no, I think TES can win. You don’t think Da’an will face Faker in this state in the semi-finals? As for Sect Leader Guang coming in person, if nothing else, the middle lane will definitely be stable. 】
In the three world championships from S4 to S6, the mid laners in this men's world championship were all the ultimate macho men.
I have never seen the opponent's mid lane collapse. This year's World Championship is going a lot further. TES' mid lane is actually a position that makes LPL fans very reassured.
[Let’s talk about other reasons. Needless to say, TES is on the road. Hu Burou just bullied Mimi to let this kind of top laner. Facing my brother Gongzi, Hu Burou had to kneel down and sing conquest. 】
[Indeed, my Gongzi brother is as good as anyone else in carrying top lane, and he is his ancestor in resisting pressure. 】
[For the bottom lane, although there is a slight difference in experience between able and BeryL, considering the state of Bang, let’s go 50-50. 】
[As for the jungle position, Xiao Peanut himself can’t adapt to the team system, so the rest of Xiao Tian can just abuse Xiao Hei...]
[Dig trough, guys, don’t give in. If there’s a civil war between the Korean teams in the Bird’s Nest, we’re probably going to cry to death. 】
The Internet is not always negative about TES.
The main reason is that this year's SKT is a little less interesting in terms of its performance in the group stage and the quarterfinals.
It is true that Faker's personal status has improved, but the key problems of other lane players are visible to the naked eye.
With only one person in the middle, SKT may not be shaved off when it encounters a team like SSG.
Of course, most attention is paid to the real favorites to win the championship in the lower half.
After all, in the duel between the two No. 1 seeds, although one was stepped on by the No. 3 seed in the group stage, and the other was almost beaten by the No. 3 seed 3-0, but the hard power is here, more people believe that the champion is still the winner. will be born between them.
"Come on, two coaches, please come to the queue of players." The photographer shouted through the director's mouth, "Players, don't move. Let's take two group photos."
"Please take another group photo of our two teams." Lin Shuyang thought of something and said.
The photographer buried his head in front of the camera and raised his thumb with his right hand to indicate OK.
Click!
With the click of the shutter, the scene was frozen in the image.
That night, a group photo from the S7 World Championship appeared on the TES official blog.
All TES players and training staff are among them, and on the right are the WE generals. If you look carefully, 694, who is the assistant coach, even helped to hold up the RNG team logo.
The text on the right side of the image reads: "See you at the Bird's Nest!"
……
"I wonder, where do so many marketing ideas come from in this person's mind every day?"
"Even the eliminated RNG was brought to them. Now at least one-third of those homeless RNG fans have to fall into TES's pocket."
"It's less, at least half."
"Going a step further, if the Bird's Nest was a civil war between China and South Korea, 80% of people would become TES fans, and even if they weren't, they would have a favorable impression of them."
A picture has become another major discussion point in e-sports forums during the short offseason.
While the fans outside the circle were extremely moved, the people inside the circle were feeling numb. They had a new understanding of someone who had transformed from a professional player to a club owner and achieved today's exaggerated achievements.
A sentence comes to mind of countless club managers and investors.
"This is called professionalism!" (End of Chapter)