Time passed quickly, a few days passed, and despite Su Ye's reluctance, the knockout match with G2 finally arrived.
On May 21, Su Ye got on the bus to the competition site with his teammates.
Unlike the group stage, the knockout stage is no longer held at the CBLOL studio in Sao Paulo, but at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
After arriving at the stadium at the University of Nottingham, Meikou looked around and exclaimed: "Wow, this place is so magnificent!"
It's no wonder that Meikou was surprised. The Olympic Stadium is circular in shape and has a large space that can accommodate tens of thousands of people. At this moment, this place is already full of seats.
This is enough to show that the popularity of LOL in Blue Star is not ordinary.
"Of course it's magnificent," Abu said with a smile. "This place was the venue where the Olympic Games was held last year. How could there be nothing?"
At this time, Zet looked at the crowded auditorium and said, "What should I do? I suddenly feel a little nervous."
Su Ye patted Zet on the shoulder, pointed to the southwest of the auditorium and said, "Why are you nervous? Did you see that there are fans of our team over there?"
Zet looked over and frowned: "It's really...wait, are you sure those are fans of our team?"
What Zet saw were several beautifully dressed yellow beauties. It was obvious at a glance that they were Chinese. The beauties jointly held up this dazzling white banner with conspicuous red characters on it: Come on EDG! We want to give birth to monkeys for the rice king.
Even the factory director on the side couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help complaining: "Brother Ye Zi, I suspect you are pretending to be..."
Meikou also said: "I didn't expect that even Brother Yezi has fans. Are they blind? I am obviously more handsome!"
His words instantly attracted the attention of the entire team.
Before Su Ye could say anything, Aguang stood up and defended him: "Sister, please speak with your conscience. If nothing else, in terms of good looks, Brother Yezi is second only to me. You can only Bottom.”
Su Ye:?
Everyone:? ?
The few people chatted and laughed along the way, which relieved everyone's tension and arrived at EDG's exclusive lounge.
Abramovich glanced at his watch and said: "It is now 13:01 in the afternoon in Brazil. There is still an hour before the game starts at two o'clock. Let's have a meeting first."
Taking advantage of the meeting time, Su Ye, who felt a little tired, rubbed his temples.
Although he has been fishing during this period and has not played in a game, as a substitute, he also has to adjust to the time difference with the players.
The time difference between Brazil and China is a full 12 hours.
It's now 13:01 pm here, and it's only 1:01 am domestic time.
This reminded Su Ye of the MSI scene where he stayed up late to watch S7. He vaguely remembered that at that time, WE competed in MSI as the spring champion. They performed well in the finals and group stage, but in the end, they were beaten 3:1 by G2 in the knockout round. , missed the finals.
At that time, like the domestic audience, he was devastated by WE's failure late at night. There were even many irrational netizens who criticized WE.
Now in this position, Su Ye can probably understand the pressure on the WE players at that time.
But fortunately, Su Ye is not afraid of being scolded by netizens at all... there is no psychological burden at all!
He was wandering around when he suddenly felt a tap on his shoulder.
"Su Ye, do you understand what I said?" Abu frowned and looked at him.
"Ah..." Su Ye nodded quickly after coming back to his senses, "I understand, I understand. I will do my best when the time comes."
Although he didn't know what Abramovich said, he thought it must be about the game...
Sure enough, Abu nodded and said no more.
In fact, Abu's so-called tactics and analysis of the enemy were not important to Su Ye at all.
What really matters to him is whether he can get the heroes he currently has proficiency with...
If he gets it, he will be confident that he can beat the opponent violently;
If he can't get it, then he will be confident that he will be beaten violently by the opponent...
After half an hour, Abu finally ended the chattering meeting.
"Okay, that's all. It mainly depends on your own performance." He concluded.
Everyone responded listlessly, and everyone was absent-minded. In fact, Abu had repeated these words several times.
Next, it’s time to wait for the pre-game interview ten minutes before the game.
The factory director walked to Su Ye and sat down next to him, and said, "Brother Ye Zi, what are you going to play later?"
Su Ye glanced at him and said perfunctorily: "It depends on the situation."
Hearing this, the factory director suddenly lowered his voice and asked: "Brother Ye Zi, I've been watching your live broadcasts recently when I have nothing to do. I often see you and Sister Zhou failing to beat the platinum game. Please tell me honestly whether you acted on purpose."
This question has actually been hidden in the factory director's mind for a long time. The ups and downs of Su Ye's state have always been a doubt in his heart.
"No," Su Ye replied matter-of-factly, "I played my best in every round."
"I don't believe it," the director gave Su Ye a slap on the thigh, "Anyway, you must play your powerful hero when the time comes. Don't play like a stone man without Tao like before. The top laner in G2 is not like Letme."
Su Ye was a little helpless: "I know."
The factory director still wanted to speak, but was interrupted by a sudden knock on the door.
He turned around and saw that Mei Kuan had already run over to open the door, so he had to ask Su Ye doubtfully: "Brother Ye Zi, who do you think it could be? It seems like we are all here."
"How do I know..." Su Ye replied angrily.
The factory director didn't care and said, "I guess it's a staff member from the organizer who came to us to discuss the pre-match chat session."
Based on past experience, in important events such as the knockout rounds (semi-finals), the organizers will hold a chat session ten minutes before the start of the game.
The so-called chatting session is when two teams talk trash to each other. This is a gimmick to attract audience discussion and can maximize the official ratings of major platforms.
Su Ye had no interest in this kind of thing, so he didn't answer the factory director at all.
But the moment Meikou opened the door, Su Ye knew that the factory director had guessed wrong.
Su Ye's pupils suddenly dilated because the person standing outside the door was someone he never expected.
"Double...double sisters!" The girl who was responsible for opening the door had a much better expression than Su Ye. He stared at the woman in front of him with surprise, without realizing that he had blocked others from the door.
"Hello, sister." Yu Shuang smiled and waved gently, "Can I come in?"
"Oh... I'm sorry, sisters, please come in quickly." Meikou quickly stepped aside, and the remaining two walked into the lounge on silver high heels.
When Yu Shuang approached, Su Ye looked at it carefully.
Today, Yu Shuang is dressed very charmingly. She has a light brown factory shawl, hoop earrings hanging on her earrings, a pure red dress, and her silver high heels are shining even more. Her whole person is full of the style of a royal sister. aura.
While Su Ye was looking at Yu Shuang, Yu Shuang also looked over with a smile and secretly blinked. However, he did not say hello to Su Ye immediately. Instead, he turned to say hello to Abu:
"Coach Abu."
Abu nodded and responded: "Hey, our beauty Yu Shuang has arrived. It's been a long time since I last saw you and you are even more beautiful."
"Thank you," Yu Shuang said with a professional smile, "I hope EDG can get off to a winning start today."
From the conversation between the two, Su Ye also saw that Abu should have known in advance that Yu Shuang would come.
At this time, Su Ye also roughly guessed why Yu Shuang appeared, because Yu Shuang is a famous bilingual host...
It can be said that Yu Shuang is currently the most popular host in LPL. She is proficient in Chinese and English commentary, has strong professional skills and is extremely popular. It makes perfect sense for MSI to invite her to host the semi-finals and finals...
Just as Su Ye was thinking, Yu Shuang had already walked towards him.
When the factory director saw this, he looked at Su Ye with a strange expression, then stood up and walked aside silently.
Yu Shuang nodded to the factory director and thanked her, then held her skirt and sat down next to Su Ye.
"It's been a long time, Brother Yezi," Yu Shuang said playfully, "Are you surprised to see me?"
Su Ye took another look at the girl next to her with an extraordinary figure and appearance, and said with a smile: "I can't say I'm a surprise, but you are very beautiful today."
"You mean, I said I wasn't beautiful before?"
"..."
Su Ye was a little speechless, "She was beautiful before, but she's even more beautiful today."
Only then did Yu Shuang smile with satisfaction and said, "You have a good sense."
But as soon as she finished speaking, Su Ye touched his chest with a look of pain on his face.
Yu Shuang became nervous unconsciously and asked, "Brother Ye Zi, what's wrong with you?"
Su Ye waved his hands with difficulty: "It's okay, my conscience hurts a little, just take a rest and it'll be fine."
Yu Shuang was stunned and slapped Su Ye on the arm: "You go to hell!"
Su Ye laughed and changed the subject before Yu Shuang could accuse her: "By the way, you are today's host, right? If you don't go backstage to prepare now, why are you here?"
"I'm making preparations right now," Yu Shuang pouted, "Now I'm here to inform you about the trash talk session that's waiting for you."
Su Ye nodded, thinking that if this was the case, the factory director was not completely wrong...
Seeing Su Ye's silence, Yu Shuang said again: "I heard Coach Abu said that you will start today. Are you nervous now?"
"I'm so nervous!" Su Ye opened his mouth and acted in an exaggerated and trembling manner.
Yu Shuang rolled her eyes at him: "Can you be more serious?"
After saying that, she turned to herself again, "That's right. It's strange that some shameless guys can be nervous. After all, they are not even afraid of online violence... How can there be such shameless people in this world..."
The corner of Su Ye's mouth twitched: "Who are you implying with this?"
The scene of the two talking and laughing was reflected in Mei Butou's eyes. This scene made him feel a little troubled.
He could clearly see the difference between Yu Shuang's attitudes toward himself and Su Yejian.
Although Yu Shuang often greets him with a smile and speaks softly, his "sense of distance" is fully reflected in his behavior.
She seemed to be reminding herself all the time: We are just acquaintances, maybe not even friends.
But when facing Su Ye, she would always smile from the bottom of her heart, and even slapped Su Ye's arm in a coquettish way just now...
Meikou couldn't figure it out. Brother Ye Zi obviously didn't have much contact with her, so why did Yu Shuang treat her so differently?
Just as he was thinking about it, Yu Shuang stood up and said to Abramovich: "Coach Abu, I'm going backstage first. Ten minutes before the game, I'll ask you to bring the EDG team on stage for a trash talk session."
"Okay." Abu nodded to indicate that he understood, "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard, I'll see you later." Yu Shuang waved his hand, walked past me, and walked out of the lounge.
Looking at the slender and sexy figure outside the door, Meikou looked at her with longing eyes and could not look back.
Until the factory director slapped him on the arm: "Sister, what are you looking at? Don't you see what's going on with Ren Yushuang and Brother Yezi!"
Only then did Mei Kuan retract her eyes, squeeze out a smile, and pretend to be joking and said, "Brother Ye Zi said before that one must have an eye to appreciate beauty. Am I wrong?"
Just as the factory director was about to retort, Su Ye's voice rang out: "Factory, you can slander me, but don't slander Yu Shuang. I have no special relationship with her!"
The factory director smiled evilly: "Hey, you started to defend me before I even said anything, and you said it didn't matter!"
"..." Su Ye suddenly felt that the factory director was a weakling, and his ability to imagine was simply maximal.
He was about to retaliate, but Abu spoke first: "Get ready, you have to go on stage for an interview in five minutes. Then you can say whatever you want to say, and it's okay to brag."
"Haha," the factory director smiled disdainfully, "I used to brag a lot during the trash talk session, and then I got hacked until now. So I remind everyone, if you are not confident about your next game, you'd better brag less. "
The factory director selflessly dedicated his experience and after speaking, he looked at Su Ye and said, "Especially you, Brother Ye Zi, I suggest you don't express your opinions, otherwise if you don't perform well then, the number of netizens who criticize you will definitely double. "
Su Ye thought for half a second and nodded seriously: "Thank you, I understand."
Twice the trolls!
Wouldn’t this be paradise for him who wants to become a “host who benefits from online violence”? ?
Abu also suggested seriously from the side: "What Mingkai said is not unreasonable. Su Ye, your state has been ups and downs. It's better to keep a low profile later."
"Well, I've always been very low-key." Su Ye didn't refute. In fact, he didn't plan to be too high-profile. He would just taunt the opponent's top laner casually.
Five minutes passed quickly. Under the leadership of Abu, Su Ye walked out of the lounge with everyone and headed to the stage.
Before reaching the stage, Su Ye heard Yu Shuang's words: "Hello, audience friends, I am the host Yu Shuang. Next is the pre-match interview session. Please invite the EDG and G2 teams to come on stage."
After speaking in Chinese, she spoke again in English proficiently.
This may be why the organizers invited her to come.
At her reminder, the coaches and players of both EDG and G2 came on stage one after another, each standing on one side.
At the same time, major online platforms around the world are also broadcasting the event live.
Longguo, the official event live broadcast room of the Bluya live broadcast platform, is also broadcasting live events, and the famous commentators Guan Zeyuan and Rita collaborate to commentate on this event.
But the footage at this moment has already been shown to the live stage.
Due to the time difference, it was 1:50 in the middle of the night in Long Kingdom, but even so, the popularity in the live broadcast room was as high as nearly 30 million.
After all, MSI is also a large-scale international LOL event. Many players would rather stay up late to watch the game than miss it.
In the live broadcast room, dense barrage was also discussing everything that happened on the scene:
"Aunt Yu Shuang is so beautiful today, I love her!"
"Auntie is mine, draw your sword!"
"Damn it, EDG let Xiafanwang start??"
"Has the internet just been connected upstairs? They posted a statement on the official WeChat account yesterday."
"The King of Dinner is the first top laner? I can never forget those two stone men when EDG beat RNG."
"One thing to say, the jungler looks pretty good, but it would be better to replace me as the top laner."
"If we lose to G2 in the semifinals today, then I will be EDG's sinner!"
"Have a thing to say, I'm kind of looking forward to what Fan Wang will say next. This b is fighting with us every day in the live broadcast room. Let's see if he dares to say one more bb later."
"Come on, the food king dares to be so arrogant. With his level, how dare he look at G2's top single more?"
"..."
The audience in the official live broadcast room was discussing enthusiastically, and at the competition site, the chatting session gradually began under the guidance of Yu Shuang.
Yu Shuang first gave the microphone to EDG's most popular factory director and said: "Director, do you have confidence in today's game, or do you have confidence in the G2 team?"
Normally, this topic would seem a bit tricky, but during the chatting session, both teams are given a pass in advance, so no one will mind if you ask or say whatever you want.
However, the factory director who had suffered losses still kept a low profile and said: "I think G2 is a strong team that deserves our serious attention. It is very strong. It should be a 50-50 split with us."
After the director finished answering, Yu Shuang translated again in English, and then put the microphone on the other side of the G2 team's mid laner Perkz.
Su Ye also followed the microphone with his eyes. Perkz was also a person that interested him very much.
Perkz, known as Ah P, is a powerful mid laner with undoubted strength.
Compared to his outstanding strength, perhaps his mouth is what attracts the attention of LOL players.
G2 is called the Happy Family because they don't seem to be that important about winning or losing the game. Perhaps what they think is important is the various chores during the game.
In this happy family, Ah P, the talkative king, is the core.
Because countless professional players have been the target of his ridicule, he did not stop even after being exposed on social media.
Before Su Ye traveled through time, the loudmouthed king was interviewed before the S7LOL World Championship and even threatened to silence the Bird's Nest.
One can imagine how outrageous this guy's survival ability is.
No, when the microphone was handed to his mouth, Perkz started his whole program: "Oh, EDG, I haven't studied it carefully. After all, there is no team worthy of my attention at MSI this time."
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar as expected.
But fortunately, most of the audience has heard the legend of Perkz, and not many people accused him of being arrogant.
Next, Yu Shuang directed some flirtatious remarks to the others, but compared to Ah P, everyone seemed reserved.
Until the end, only the top laners of both sides did not express their opinions.
Su Ye looked at Yu Shuang, motioned her to take the microphone with his eyes, and finished bragging casually. Unexpectedly, Yu Shuang smiled meaningfully, then turned around and handed the microphone to G2 top laner Expect, saying:
"Hello Expect, are you confident about the next match?"
Yu Shuang deliberately said "match" instead of "match", which made Su Ye realize that this girl did it on purpose.
When asked about this topic, Expect, who is from Bangzi, glanced at Su Ye meaningfully and replied in not very standard English: "Haha, there is nothing to say. I have been thinking about it all night and still can't figure out why EDG would It feels a bit insulting to let this guy named Suye come on and play against him."
The proud look and tone made Yu Shuang realize that he didn't just want to say something sexy, but really thought so.
This made her frown unconsciously: "Okay, thank you."
After saying that, she turned around and walked to Su Ye, and handed the microphone to Su Ye with a slight apology.
Su Ye noticed Yu Shuang's emotions and shook his head gently to express that it was okay.
In fact, he didn't take Expect's words seriously. However, since the other party said so, Su Ye didn't want to just mock him and end it.
Regardless of whether he will be beaten next, at least at this moment, his momentum cannot be lost!
In response to Su Ye's little gesture, Yu Shuang smiled again and said, "Brother Ye Zi, you..."
Before Yu Shuang finished speaking, Su Ye suddenly heard another voice in his head:
[The host's situation is detected and the designated task is triggered: say on the spot, 'I am not targeting anyone, I am saying that everyone present is rubbish', with a sound of no less than 60 decibels. Complete the mission to get rewards: 1 Kongda anti-stress card]
[Kongda Anti-Stress Card, in a game, use the hero Kongda five times, and the host’s overall strength will increase by 1000%]
[Please make your choice within ten seconds. If you do not accept it after ten seconds, you will automatically be deemed to have given up]
【10......】
Su Ye:?
This system is a coincidence, but this mission is a little too arrogant...
(End of chapter)
