Originally, it was nothing if it was just a private meal between players, but the key lies in the identity of the opponent.
Who is the big turtle? The No. 1 seed of LCK, IG’s biggest enemy!
Although Keke has a good relationship with Beryl and Xu Xiu in private, the two teams often play training matches.
But it will be different when entering the World Championships. What if a simple, kind-hearted, and unscheming good boy like Coco is deceived by the scheming, cunning, and deceptive Beryl on the opposite side, and takes the opportunity to extract some useful tactical information? Not good.
In line with the life philosophy of "You can have the intention to harm others, but you must have the intention to guard against others", Kim Sang-cheol immediately transformed into an old fox and took the initiative to talk to the DG team supervisor: "Coach Li, hello."
Zefa nodded quickly and said hello: "Brother Jin, long time no see."
From the conversation between the two, we can know that Kim Sang-cheol, the old coach who once coached SKT, is quite famous in the LCK, and South Korea is very strict about seniority, so Zefa has no problem calling his senior Kim Sang-cheol, brother.
We were on a rush, so Kim Sang-cheol immediately suggested, "What a coincidence. I was originally thinking of getting together while you were in the city, but I just have the opportunity today. After the filming, why don't we have a meal together?" I treat you as your host."
It feels weird for a Korean coach to be the host in China.
But as soon as these words came out, Zefa immediately saw what Jin Xiangzhe was thinking.
Originally, Beryl wanted to invite Keke privately, but for him to be so peaceful, the two coaches also had to accompany him, along with the players from each company.
It is not easy for Zefa to refuse, because although he is only one year younger than Kim Sang-cheol, even if he is one day younger, he is still a younger brother.
It was not easy to refute the senior's face, and since they really wanted to go to dinner, Zefa agreed, but only after the filming was completed.
Kim Sang-cheol was not in a hurry and simply waited for a while. The IG players only cared about whether they could eat well, and it didn't matter who they ate with.
But during this period, Puff quietly came over and asked, "Coco, are you familiar with Beryl?"
Lin Ruoke nodded: "Of course, Lao Lu is my good brother."
Ban praised: "Bullfrog, I didn't expect you have so many friends, Coco."
For this reason, Kim Sang-cheol also named him and praised him: "You guys should learn more from Coco and get to know more professional players. And this time DG is not in the same zone as us, so for the time being there is not much of a threat. Take advantage of the opportunity." Communicating with each other can also help us deal with the next DRX team, which is also an LCK team. Their styles are very different, so it’s just a good time to practice.”
have to! The coach's occupational disease has occurred again, and everyone wants to study it!
However, what he said is indeed correct. They are in different halves. DG's opponent is the LPL team, and IG's opponent is the LCK team. Contact with each other is beneficial to each other. Zefa readily agreed that the dinner team obviously took a fancy to this.
After all, they are all thousand-year-old foxes, why are you playing with me?
What? You said unanimously open to the outside world?
That kind of thing is only limited to the group stage. If you actually meet your own team in the knockout round, whoever will pull out their trump cards will kill the other team, so taking care of yourself is the most important thing.
(PS: During the World Championship, if the LPL team’s next opponent is the LCK, they will invite the LCK team with the same style to play training matches. The LCK will also invite the LPL team for the same reason. It is not a rebellion. In order to preserve the nationality, stack up!)
The DG shooting was quite simple and ended quickly. Then the two teams went to the high-end Chinese restaurant that Kim Sang-cheol had booked in advance, which was also a large independent private room.
This thing was not something that could be ordered temporarily, but during the World Championships, Principal Wang gave his VIP card to Kim Sang-cheol in order to take good care of the players, so he could order whatever he wanted in Magic City.
And this also surprised the diligent and thrifty DG.
After everyone ordered several tables of meals totaling nearly five figures, the two coaches and the rest of the staff gathered at a table to have a drink, while the IG and DG players sat at two separate tables.
Theshy went to the restroom and came back to find that there were no empty seats at the crowded IG table, so he had no choice but to move towards DG.
After looking at it, Nuguri took the initiative to move his position and said: "Shy Sansai (Nuguri called him personally), sit here."
Theshy was a little afraid of strangers, but he couldn't resist the invitation of his direct disciple and sat next to him.
[In view of the general environment,
For this reason, he joked: "Oh, Brother Xia Quan (Nuguri), your wish has come true."
Nuguri: "Don't tease me about this kind of thing casually, okay? I'm an older brother after all."
Theshy didn't understand what it meant until Coco explained to him the story of the LCK split between shy and his disciple Nuguri.
Of course, I didn’t talk about 41 catches and 42 catches.
In addition, Coco also sent a private message to Brother Shy, showing an animated picture of Metkai and Ox Bone Lee opening their hands together and transforming into Lucian and Jace.
After seeing it, he yelled: "Oh! What is this? It can't be like this! I don't want to play Lu Xian anymore!"
Nuguri couldn't understand the shy words and asked innocently: "Lucian, aren't you very powerful now? Why don't you play in the third round of shy?"
Xu Xiu hurriedly took the ginger virus vaccination and said, "Xia Quan, you'd better avoid that kind of hero, or you'll get into trouble."
: "But from a jungle point of view, this hero is really a headache. Once you pick it, you can only lock and catch it."
Beryl said while brushing the wind book (girl's book): "So, you have explained all your tactics, Coco will target you."
Theshy: "Oh, it doesn't matter...she doesn't understand!"
And listening to a table full of people discussing in Korean for a long time, Lin Ruoke, who was pulled over by Lao Lu, felt like a clown.
Originally, they met through Coco, but after a lot of back and forth, they actually optimized the middleman Coco.
In the end, in order to find something to talk about, she took the initiative to take a group photo. Several people from DG were also very considerate and looked at her with one hand.
Then Lin Ruoke posted on Weibo.
[Meet the entire DG team by chance! 】
The accompanying picture is a photo of the girl with everyone.
Comment.
"Huh? Dinner with DG? Traitor!"
"What's the point of being a traitor? IG is in the top half, DG is in the bottom half, and the next opponents of both teams are teams from the other division. Is there any more ideal ally than this?"
"What did I see? A shy fellow!"
"I feel like this photo can be saved. I bet 10 yuan that this year's world's number one top laner is among it."
"Kokoko: I didn't expect it, it's me! (Hold your chest proudly. gif)"
"By the way, the one beside Coco is Lao Lu, hahaha. I've been watching him post barrages in Coco's live broadcast room before, so this wave is the offline appearance of the number one otaku and the goddess anchor!"
"Let me tell you, Beryl was quite handsome before." (Pictured is the thin Beryl who played solo with Theshy in Korea)
Seeing the thin and handsome Ultimate Edition Emerald inside, everyone exclaimed: "Fuck! This is Beryl!"
Commenters expressed their disbelief that Beryl, who gave them the impression of being an otaku, was actually a good-looking Korean oppa before.
But judging from the discussion in the comments, DG is also one of the few LCK teams that is loved by LPL audiences.
The IG players and DG players have already become familiar with each other in training matches, so the atmosphere at the dinner was pretty good.
It happened that IG also needed to make an appointment with the LCK team to play a training match. The coaches from both sides hit it off and made appointments with each other for a training match.
Since there was training in the afternoon, everyone didn’t stay too long and met each other politely.
After seeing each other in the final, they went back to their bases.
In the next few days, IG was all playing training matches with DG for this authentic LCK operation.
During this period, IG won more and lost less, but Lin Ruoke didn't think that DG was that weak. After all, Kai Ge's training match against Li Ge was still 50-50, so the opponent must be hiding something.
But fortunately, IG has figured out some ways to deal with LCK's tactics.
And with such day-and-night training and running-in, the S10 quarterfinals knockout rounds finally officially started.
