"In the last game, the deciding game, EDG started to make substitutions."
"This time, they replaced Zhu Jun again. It seems that EDG is determined to win this game!"
In front of the TV, Qian Le was watching the game quietly, with subtitles flashing by without blinking.
Not long after, the host's shout of surprise echoed in the room again.
"Let us congratulate EDG for winning another game."
"Since the introduction of Zhu Jun, they have won three consecutive victories in the league so far..."
Qian Le's chest rose and fell rapidly, his hands clenched into fists, and his nails dug deeply into his flesh, but he didn't notice at all.
Every time he saw Zhu Jun competing on stage, he was very excited.
It was as if he was standing on the same playing field, racing through the canyon and killing everyone.
The reason why he feels so sympathetically is that, like Zhu Jun, he is also a disabled person.
However, his physical condition is better, but he was born deaf.
As a hearing-impaired person, he has had many inconveniences in his life since he was a child. However, he was able to take care of himself without becoming a burden to his family. He even successfully completed his studies and became a college student.
In addition, he and Zhu Jun have another thing in common, that is, he also has a deep love for e-sports games.
It's just that the two of them are not playing the same game. He is playing Honor of Kings, a mobile game that is more popular and has a lower threshold.
Qian Le has always lived on campus since he was a child. Strictly speaking, he spends much more time living on campus than with his parents.
Therefore, he learned to find fun in games at an early age.
After his parents found out, they also tactfully dissuaded him and told him to stop playing. There was no future in playing games.
But Qian Le felt that he had a talent in this area, so he still enjoyed it.
The reality of his disability made his parents have low expectations for him, and over time, they just let it go.
When Qian Le was in college, he happened to see someone posting an order for someone to play for someone on the Internet, so he tried to take the order. He was pleasantly surprised to find that he could make a living playing games.
In the beginning, I made an order of 20-100 yuan, earning a little pocket money. Later, my technology improved, and I could actually earn four to five hundred yuan a day. I can definitely make a living from this.
After becoming famous as a proxy player, he and several disabled friends he met in the game participated in the Suzhou Province Disabled E-Sports Competition and won the championship.
These friends gradually changed their careers. They felt that making money by playing games was unstable, so they all went to deliver food.
He was the only one who persisted.
Qian Le has always been among the best in school, so finding a job is not too difficult. He has also interned in some units and obtained good job opportunities.
But he always felt that he still liked being alone and free.
Most importantly, he has an e-sports dream.
As long as he thinks of the game, he can't help but smile and his eyes will flash.
Just like the way a couple in love talks about each other.
Such love prevented him from giving up this career.
Especially after seeing Zhu Jun's deeds, he strengthened his belief.
A high-level paraplegic can persist in his dream for ten years.
Then as a person with sound hands and feet, he has even less reason not to pursue his dreams.
What excites him most is that Zhu Jun actually realized his e-sports dream.
With the help of high technology, a paralyzed patient can really stand on the professional field and realize his own value.
At this moment, Zhu Jun proved that he was no longer a waste.
Instead, he has become a hero in the eyes of netizens, a reliable partner in the eyes of his teammates, and an indispensable soul of the team.
Such an incentive, placed nakedly in front of his eyes, made Qian Le completely excited.
He has been working hard to build his own e-sports studio a long time ago, forming a team for people with disabilities to compete for the dream of professional e-sports.
Zhu Jun's miracle undoubtedly set an example for him.
In particular, Zhu Jun's success has allowed more people to see the potential of disabled people in e-sports.
Suddenly, a familiar vibration came from his pocket, interrupting his thoughts.
Qian Le turned off the TV with a click and took out his mobile phone.
Most people can only communicate with him through typing, so WeChat is the best way.
"How's it going? Have you found the right candidate?"
The other party's note showed that this was a recruitment manager from the LGD e-sports club.
LGD is a well-known professional e-sports club in China. Its branches have won championships and runner-ups in many games. They are also locals in Hangzhou, so they are also old acquaintances with him.
After learning that he was forming a disabled team, I kept in touch with him.
Qian Le smiled bitterly and quickly replied: "Mr. Zeng, my team has recruited several qualified players, but your club has high requirements. It may be difficult to find someone who can fully satisfy them."
The other party seemed to be using a computer to type at a very fast speed, sending messages one after another.
"Actually, we have relaxed our requirements now and are no longer as strict as before. In fact, you know, in order to become a professional e-sports player, in addition to hard work and systematic training, the most important thing is talent."
"We used to have very high age restrictions, requiring people to be under 22 years old, but now they have been relaxed."
"What we mainly value is the quality and ability of the players, as well as their game level."
"This is the latest version of the evaluation system, which has made certain modifications to some of the necessary indicators to become a professional e-sports player."
"Just follow the latest standards and help us see if we have a suitable partner."
Qian Le opened the pdf file sent by the other party and looked through it carefully. He found that it was indeed different from before. LGD's requirements had dropped a lot.
In the past, the club's specialized evaluation system could learn about the tester's hand-eye reaction, coordination, stability, stress resistance and other indicators through five major categories of tests: reaction ability, click accuracy, physical coordination, and physical fitness.
The LGD club once aggressively recruited professional e-sports players in this city, but after testing more than 700 children who signed up, they lowered the standards to the lowest level and no one could pass.
This shows how high their previous selection standards were.
From Qian Le's point of view, the standard of the modified version has been greatly lowered.
The most important thing is that there is no hard requirement on hand speed.
This discovery surprised Qian Le.
He couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Zeng, isn't your document wrong? Others are easy to explain. Why is there no requirement for hand speed?"
"Aren't e-sports games all about hand speed? If your hand speed is too slow, it will be useless no matter how fast your brain reacts."
The other party chuckled and explained: "You don't know this. Now Sanqing's brain-computer interface equipment has been successfully developed. You have seen Zhu Jun's performance. We are now recruiting disabled players, and brain speed is much more important than hand speed. , and another requirement is an understanding of the game and strong ability to withstand pressure.”
"After all, no matter how much e-sports competitions don't focus on hand speed, they are still sports competitions. A good mentality is just what is needed."
"Honestly, in terms of mentality, you disabled athletes are much better than ordinary children."
"Let's just talk about ordinary players. This game state is very affected by their mentality. Sometimes when they encounter a little setback, especially in a headwind situation, their mentality will collapse directly."
"Then, when training and games become more intense and closed training takes longer, it becomes a bit unbearable. Either I get injured or I get depressed, which makes our club very uncomfortable."
This made Qian Le happy, but he also admitted that people with disabilities have always been discriminated against. Their opportunities are much less than those of ordinary people. Those with a bad mentality will not be able to survive, let alone participate in e-sports competitions. .
For people with disabilities, failure and setbacks are inevitable in life, just like air and water, densely distributed in all aspects of life.
Because they are already a failure from the moment they become disabled.
If they can find something a little stronger than ordinary people in their frustrated lives, they will inevitably burst out with extremely strong willpower.
As for the brain-computer interface, based on his superficial understanding, it seemed that it paid special attention to will.
If the will is not strong enough, it will be difficult to learn to use it in the first place, let alone persevere through setbacks.
However, Qian Le was still surprised: "Is Sanqing's brain-computer interface already popular? Isn't it still in the clinical stage?"
"We also need some volunteers in the clinical stage. There are probably a few hundred people in total. Our e-sports club specifically contacted Sanqing and obtained some quotas. We can recommend some disabled players to conduct clinical trials."
"In this way, if there is a good idea, after implanting the brain-computer interface, it will definitely be even more powerful in gaming, and it can be completely transformed into the second Zhujun."
"I see," Qian Le suddenly realized: "But Sanqing should also have requirements."
"Of course, they give priority to paralyzed patients or people with severe disabilities. A gifted hearing-impaired person like you would be the best, but you only have hearing problems and it doesn't affect your daily life. For them, the disease is too mild. And it can also be improved with cochlear implants, so there is no need to implant a brain-computer interface.”
The other party said in a very regretful tone.
"I have a question. If people with disabilities are implanted with brain-computer interfaces and can play games better than normal professional players? Do these professional players have no objection? Can they watch their jobs being taken away like this?"
"Don't they think it's unfair? After all, this uses the power of high technology, which is equivalent to overtaking in a detour, and ordinary people are currently not qualified to have brain-computer interfaces implanted."
Qian Le's heart moved and he asked a question buried in his heart.
"Haha, don't worry about this. The game officials have considered this issue and have made regulations. Each team can only have one disabled supporter."
The other party immediately gave the answer.
"Generally speaking, people with disabilities are encouraged to participate in e-sports. Naturally, this door of convenience will not be closed, but this door will not be opened too wide to cause negative impacts on ordinary people, so it is only allowed Having a disabled athlete with a brain-computer interface implant.”
"This is no problem for the club because there are many games but not many talented players."
"In fact, you also know that the biggest problem in our industry is not that there are no opportunities, but that there are too few talents. There are only a few of the best players who come and go, and their career life is not long. Within a few years, he retired due to various injuries.”
"In auditions, qualified people are selected from thousands of places, but you can't pick out just a few good ones."
"Let's just talk about disabled players. Even if the requirements are reduced to the minimum, not many can meet them. Hey, we actually have a headache in this regard."
"Especially for a global game like League of Legends that has been developing for many years, many of the strongest players currently come from baseball countries. Some domestic clubs have introduced baseball players. Isn't it because they have talents?"
“So I think it’s a good idea to use technology to lower the threshold and let disabled players replace baseball players.”
"Currently, it is still a little difficult to popularize disabled players into global competitions. We and the game officials have been working hard in this direction, and we hope it will be realized soon."
These words were very convincing, and Qian Le agreed immediately: "Don't worry, I will try my best to help you recruit suitable candidates."
The other party was very happy: "That's great, Xiaoqian, please."
"We also sincerely want to train some disabled professional players. The current idea is this: train them first and then send them out to play in disabled e-sports competitions."
"When they have a certain amount of competition experience and the game level has improved, they will select good seedlings and send them to Sanqing to participate in clinical trials. No matter what happens, we hope that each game division can have a strong person. disabled professional players.”
"After they have a brain-computer interface, they have considerable advantages. At least their career life has been extended, age is not a problem, and they will not retire due to injuries."
"In this way, our investment is guaranteed, and it is also good for the club's image. It is a win-win situation for both parties, and it is definitely a good deal."
Qian Le nodded in agreement, feeling sincerely happy for his disabled companion.
After the chat ended, he turned on his computer and pulled out a poster.
This is a recruitment poster with the words "Recruiting ten full-time King of Glory thugs" written on it. Below it is written the requirements for joining the team, wages and benefits, and other information.
He made some modifications on the poster, changed the requirements to join the team to LGD's standards, and then smiled with satisfaction.
In the past, his recruitment standards were not as strict as LGD, but they were not low either.
It is required that the overall score in the game must be above 80, the ranking must be above 50 stars, and the peak competition must be 1800 points.
This requirement is not too high for ordinary people with talent. Many capable substitute players can meet the requirements.
But for people with disabilities, it seems so out of reach.
That's why it was so difficult for him to recruit talents. After half a year, he could only recruit 8 people despite his full efforts.
The reason is that there are too few disabled athletes who meet the standards.
However, now that LGD has lowered its requirements for disabled people, I believe that the quota will be filled soon.
Qian Le clicked the mouse quickly with his fingers and sent the modified recruitment poster to dozens of chat groups.
After doing all this, he breathed a sigh of contentment, got up and came to the balcony.
Looking out from here, in the distance is a group of buildings hidden among green trees, and beyond that is a large undulating mountain forest.
The scenery is nice and the air is sweet.
Qian Le looked at the nearest building. There was a house on the fifth floor, which was the studio he was planning to build.
It can be clearly seen that there are some scattered packaging boxes and plastic bags piled up on the balcony.
Through the large floor-to-ceiling windows, you can faintly see the various tools piled everywhere inside, as well as some electrical wires and water pipes on the walls.
Obviously, the entire house is still under renovation.
"It's coming soon. When the studio is renovated, beds can be set up in the small room for the team members to sleep. There will be a long table in the middle hall for daily training and making orders."
Qian Le stretched his limbs and had endless reveries in his heart. He only felt that the world was beautiful.
"If the studio does a good job, I can stick to it. E-sports is developing very fast now. There are competitions and professions. Regardless of whether you are physically able or not, people must have dreams and hobbies. You have to pursue them no matter what. Seize the opportunity firmly.”
He thought silently, his heart filled with longing and longing for the future.
This is a brand new path. In the virtual world of the game, he has found the same starting line as ordinary people, and even found the confidence to run faster and further than others.
Although he was standing on the balcony, he couldn't hear the wind around him and could only leave everything to his sight and touch.
But he discovered that in the virtual world, all his senses still had invincible power.
(End of chapter)
