When Kang Ming returned to the base, the lights in the computer room were still on.
He knew that Yun Yun would wait, and he also knew that Yun Yun couldn't sleep at all. The things that had been entangled in his heart for two years and turned into regrets suddenly came to light with an official announcement. Even a bystander like him was so excited that he lost all sleepiness.
Walking to the door of the computer room, Kang Ming knocked on the door, and said with a smile in the eyes of Yun Yun who turned his head: "Although I understand your feelings very well, but... there is a competition the day after tomorrow."
GodR's qualification for the competition has been disqualified by the IOP. The procedure from the group stage to the quarterfinals will be rematched. The opponents who re-qualify will compete with AM again in an eight-in-four matchup. However, the semi-finals cannot be postponed for too long. As representatives of the international teams, the qualified BME and War Lord always have a tight schedule.
Moreover, the Overwatch League in the European Union is about to start, and it is only a day or two after the IOP Finals.
A truly powerful team is like an international superstar. When the schedule is full, they will qualify in various cups, bringing amazing traffic to the live broadcast platform and organizers. In most foreign countries, e-sports enjoys the same treatment as traditional sports. It is a star or an idol, a hero who brings blood and joy to everyone.
But the country still has a long way to go.
"Can't sleep." When Yun Yun saw Kang Ming, he reached out and turned off the computer.
He read the news about 08 all night, and Yun Yun found it inconceivable that there was no negative comment on him. He said, "You let Gu Chensheng control the news on the Internet?"
"Of course." Kang Ming didn't think there was anything worth avoiding, "However, they praised you from the bottom of their hearts. Gu Chensheng mainly suppressed the slander similar to two years ago."
Regardless of whether Kang Ming's words were comforting or true, he felt very happy. Yun Yun likes that kind of atmosphere, and when someone mentions the matter of Daylight, they all lament that luckily he persevered.
If you don't persist, you will disappear from the professional arena, and you may never have a chance to be rehabilitated in this life.
When he reached the stairs, Yun Yun suddenly stretched out his arms and motioned, "Carry me on your back."
Kang Ming smiled, turned around and bowed slightly, waiting for the weight and heat on his back, and then walked upstairs slowly.
He also carried Yun Yun like this. At that time, the heat from Yun Yun's whole body could burn from his back to his heart. Even if he didn't realize his feelings, his heart was full of distress.
"Chen Lingdong." Yun Yun liked to call him by his name, as if carrying an effective spell, "What you said really came true."
Yun Yun didn't do anything or make any efforts in such a reporting incident. He has been hiding behind the scenes, waiting for the verdict. He believes in official justice, but he will not trust unconditionally like in the past.
Justice is conditional. Yun Yun put his arm around Kang Ming, rubbed against his neck, and said in a low voice, "Thank you."
Thank you for all your hard work, thank you for tolerating my cowardice, thank you for acknowledging my paranoia.
"I said, don't worry about anything, I'll take care of it for you." Kang Ming didn't feel heavy on his back at all, and said in a relaxed tone, "You can play games with peace of mind and win your world championship."
Yun Yun lay quietly behind him, listening to his regular breathing, and jumped down when he reached the third floor. When Kang Ming was thinking about whether to take a bath first or get down to business first, Yun Yun asked, "Did you reach an agreement with Le Ye?"
Kang Ming's divergent thinking just now was taken back in an instant. He looked at Yun Yun, with clear eyes, he might be angry after knowing their deal with Le Ye.
After all, it was Le Ye who was helping at the risk of losing his reputation, and Yun Yun didn't want anyone to repeat the same mistakes.
After being silent for a while, Kang Ming thought about it and said, "Le Ye got the cheating program."
"So he really had an account blocked?" Yun Yun had seen ridiculed remarks on the Internet. The controversy about Le Ye's use of cheating programs that caused his account to be blocked, even if it was deleted by the administrator in the name of "rumours". , He also felt that this was not a coincidence.
Leye's Genji is very powerful. As long as you practice more, other heroes will reach the same level sooner or later. Using cheats is not worth the loss.
What's more, Leye has no intention of returning to the game, and even announced his return with a little casualness.
"Yeah." Kang Ming nodded, thinking that if he kept this matter hidden, there would be no good results, "Gu Chensheng has protected Le Ye very well, and nothing will happen to him."
"I'm afraid... Le Ye will be targeted by cheating studios in future games."
Those curses and ridicules floating on the barrage, even if AM and Kang Ming's fans were sitting in front, would occasionally be seen by Yun Yun. He's used to it, so he doesn't care if he glances at it, but Leye will probably feel distressed.
Being targeted like this for doing justice would make Yun Yun feel guilty no matter what.
Kang Ming said, "Actually, Le Ye won't play professionally anymore. Moreover, the focus of the plug-in studio is obviously you."
Regarding AM-DL's statement and Daylight's past, it is impossible for the plug-in studio to give up so easily. What Kang Ming is more afraid of is that Yun Yun's account is stolen, the live broadcast room is blown up, and other tricks. The development of worry and anxiety.
"Gu Chensheng has found information about those people, and I will find someone to cooperate with them." In this extraordinary period, it is impossible for Kang Ming to bury these hidden dangers by his side.
Yun Yun didn't care about his worries. He said, "Since I want to stand up, I must be prepared to face all the consequences. I'm not so timid anymore."
"You're not timid." Kang Ming couldn't help pinching him, "You're very brave."
Yun Yun felt a little ashamed to hear such a compliment, he said: "If only I had been braver, I would have prevented RH from winning a single game in ST."
Bravely face the ridicule, stand on the opposite side of RH, and use guns to make them losers forever.
Kang Ming took him by the hand, put him on the bed, and said, "It's not too late to persevere now."
"I won't give up until AM wins the world championship."
"Well, of course." Kang Ming felt apprehensive after hearing this. If Lu Xiaoan and An's family reached an agreement as Zuo Zhou said, then AM would lose a command after the IOP.
This is not a simple replacement of members, the existence of the conductor is no different from the position of DL in AM.
In a team game like Overwatch, changing a single person can make a big difference, let alone losing a caller.
Lu Xiaoan is one of the best Annas in China. His anesthesia injections in the arena are known as miraculous skills, and the amazement brought to the audience by those unpredictable shots has never diminished.
No matter what the An family's plan is, he has to talk to Lu Xiaoan.
Yun Yun sleeps late but wakes up early, it seems that the ban of 08 has brought him infinite vitality.
The computer room had already gathered members of the team, and they were all checking last night's hot news.
Where Weibo and forums focus on IOP discussions, the hot topics rarely last. The news of the 2008 suspension and GodR's disqualification just announced last night is still a highlighted topic of discussion.
Most of them were very surprised by the result, but they were also impressed by the quick handling.
It only took a few hours for the news to break out, and the official speed was too fast. If it wasn't for the fact that the legendary Overwatch programmer personally inspected the process, he would definitely be suspected of having an inside story.
In the slow processing process full of characteristics, the 08 incident can almost become a classic case of professional players' hacking solutions.
Reasonable and convincing.
Occasionally, fans of GodR's team and fans of 08 stand up to regret, and their feelings are understandable. 08's skills are not bad, even Yun Yun thinks his positioning is very good.
However, cheating is cheating.
When he chose this program, he should have thought that there would be a day when he would be suspended.
The road is chosen by oneself.
Yun Yun looked at the noisy comments below and closed the page directly.
Today is IOP's rematch after GodR's disqualification. Tomorrow, AM will once again play a single-elimination match of eight to four.
According to the strength of the team in the whole game, after such a simple progression and screening, AM's opponent may be JTen.
This unlucky team was not only overwhelmed by GodR in the group stage, but also defeated by GodR first in the round-robin stage. Their Tracer was killed as the core, and they changed their single output tactics and replaced Genji Tracer's Fang The dog still didn't have any advantage.
"JTen is a team that actually depends on the performance on the field." Zhang Ye has studied their routines, and their main problem is that their damage output is quite nerve-wracking. When the hand feeling is good, it is the best in the world, and when the hand feeling is bad, it is the first-class and the bottom. "They really feel a little uncomfortable in the IOP."
However, it is also excusable.
Being overwhelmed by cheating players, no one will show such a brilliant performance. The entire discussion centered around the matches between JTen and GodR. In terms of marksmanship, Yun Yun was stronger than the 08 who was cheating, so it shouldn't be a big problem to use McCree to target.
Today, they don't have a training match, but all members are still in Overwatch constantly opening the competitive mode or customizing, maintaining the feeling before the game.
AM needs such a championship, and their eight-in-four rematch must be won.
"I always feel a bit empty and lonely if I don't play the training match today. Could it be that Brother Zhang is to give us time to study and pay tribute to the 08 incident?"
"Because everyone is not free." Yun Yun understands the short-term relaxation before the game. "Some teams will have a rematch in the afternoon, and the IOP is also very busy. We need to prepare live broadcasts and videos to ensure a fair rematch. Then In addition, tomorrow we will retake the eighth and fourth grades, so today is considered a relaxation before the exam."
After experiencing BME, everyone will not think that JTen is such a powerful opponent.
After all, even GodR has been defeated.
"Not necessarily, don't take it lightly." Lu Xiaoan's tone was still calm. After experiencing such a big event in 08, she was still very calm, "Overwatch doesn't have such a winning equation."
It is not that A beats B, B beats C, and A must beat C.
JTen is strong in releasing dogs, and the effect on the field still depends on the feel of their output positions. Although the hand feeling may not be very good for a few consecutive games, if the hand feeling explodes when the eight enters the four, AM may cause problems if he underestimates the enemy.
When all the staff were thinking about what tactics to use against this hand-feeling team, Kang Ming walked into the computer room, and for the first time he called out Yun Yun's name. He said, "Lu Xiaoan, come out for a while."
Even Yun Yun was surprised and turned to look at them.
Then Kang Ming didn't explain, and took Lu Xiaoan out directly, walked to the meeting room next door, and closed the door by the way.
"Is there something wrong?" Lu Xiaoan didn't think he had any personal affairs with Kang Ming.
Kang Ming said, "Did you make a deal with your family?"
Lu Xiaoan's eyes were calm, and his expression didn't change from usual. He was not surprised by Kang Ming's question, nor did he feel that this matter could be concealed.
Although Lu Xiaoan's surname is Lu, it doesn't mean that he is unwelcome in the An family.
Lu Xiaoan's father was the son-in-law of the An family to the Lu family, and formed the most stable relationship with the Lu family during the most difficult time for the An family.
He is simply the most favored person in the two families, and he has not become such an ignorant and tricky character like An Ruibo. It is also fortunate that there is such a cousin who is stupid in front of him every day, which makes him feel very disgusted with this kind of life. .
Maybe he always wanted to do something different to show his specialness. Lu Xiaoan admitted that becoming a professional player in Overwatch brought him a kind of longing and yearning.
To achieve results in a world that the whole family is not optimistic about is simply a very happy self-proof.
The more his family objected, the more he insisted.
In the early days of the team, he devoted countless efforts, and every game bears the traces of his growth. Now, he said: "After playing IOP, I want to quit the team."
"Go home?" Kang Ming was not surprised to hear this sentence.
"Well, go home and go out to study."
"There is no room for negotiation?"
When Kang Ming said this, Lu Xiaoan gave him a strange look. He even asked with some doubts in his tone, "Boss Chen, you should know that Yun Yun and I had conflicts."
Seeing Kang Ming nodded, Lu Xiaoan continued, "I thought you should be happy."
At this moment, Kang Ming fully understood Lu Xiaoan's childishness. This kind of brain circuit similar to that of An Ruibo was probably still in the thinking of preschool children.
He said: "Lu Xiao'an, you used to feel hatred and anger because of Wang Tianrui's leaving the team, why didn't you consider whether Yun Yun would be angry because of your leaving the team?"
"Do you think he'll be happy when the eyesore disappears and retires?"
Lu Xiaoan couldn't answer his words, and until now, he didn't know how to make up for the mistakes he made at the beginning. Yun Yun had always been gentle, and the alienation and indifference shown by such a gentle person made him immediately suffer from inner torment.
He would keep replaying the original mistakes, replaying in his mind over and over things that he wished had never happened.
This team was formed because of an output player who left before the game. Without money, it is difficult to move forward in the e-sports world. When the contract of the five people was held in the hands of the money-minded boss, Lu Xiaoan had no money.
But An Jia has. He can definitely let An Jia buy the team, but he hasn't figured out how to negotiate yet.
According to his understanding of his family, if An Jia was to pay for the team, he would most likely ask to withdraw from the arena immediately. In exchange for the freedom of the other four people by retiring from the profession, Lu Xiaoan still hesitated.
He wanted to find a more appropriate method, and tried to persuade An Jia to agree that he would continue his career in this team. It's difficult, but not impossible.
But one night, Zhang Ye said easily that his friend would solve everything.
It was like a rhetoric, but Lu Xiaoan believed that Kang Ming was really interested in the team. After all, the anchor industry has been in the industry for a long time, and there will always be some new ideas. Then, when he learned that the buyer brought an output position, he regretted his previous hesitation.
In his eyes, this kind of rich people playing tickets to buy teams, stuffing in a DPS position, making the arena a DPS show mode, he is very familiar with it, just like Yeah.
Because of the existence of Le Ye, everyone can only be a foil, and in the fixed tactical routine, they can only be a second-rate team forever. Leye's hero pool is single, but he didn't think about expanding it. He firmly held Genji to fight on the field, limiting everyone's performance.
Lu Xiaoan recalled the ridiculous thought back then, with a bit of shame on her calm face, she said, "Boss Chen, I did a lot of things wrong."
Tempting things, hostile things, he is indulging his inner jealousy in a way he approves.
He envied those who could freely choose their futures.
He even branded Yun Yun as an ignorant guy who just wanted to enter the professional circle and take advantage of Kang Ming's success to get familiar with him. He speculated that he was just a fan who wanted to follow the gimmick of professional players and broadcast live broadcasts.
Lu Xiaoan once said righteously that he was thinking of the team for the sake of the team, which was ridiculously naive. He said: "The team can achieve such results, and it has nothing to do with me. It was Yun Yun who brought the team together."
Although OP.1 was able to win the Rainbow Cup, the Rainbow Cup itself is just a small cup competition. The strongest opponent they have ever encountered is just RTK.
Yun Yun said, Are Men would be better.
Judging from the results, the team is not better, but completely reborn. They have jumped from a domestic second-tier team to a domestic first-tier team.
The potential of teammates is one thing, and the cooperation of the team is another. Yun Yun's killing ability directly raised the lower limit of the team. Climb to higher mountains.
"Even without me, the team can still win under his leadership."
There is no need for Lu Xiaoan to say these words, Kang Ming knows them all.
He has not seen OP.1, but he has seen AM's original game.
A team that makes obvious mistakes even in auxiliary support and front-line offense, is improving every game, which is the trust and confidence brought by the strong in the team. While they were working hard to cooperate, Yun Yun adjusted his attack habits. He maintained accurate killing efficiency and cooperated with his teammates to the maximum extent.
Widening the gap between players does not allow the team to improve tactics. Sometimes giving up individual heroism and choosing team combat can achieve better results.
He could clearly see Yun Yun's efforts.
Kang Ming said: "Yun Yun is the hardest-working professional player I have ever seen. He is also very talented. This team is his first team in Overwatch, and it may be his last team. You are all in his heart , recognized teammate, I believe, even if you say you want to retire, it is an apology... "
Speaking of this, Kang Ming sneered and said, "He won't be happy at all, he will definitely be angry."
Because retiring is a cowardly choice in his heart.
"He won't accept an apology like that."
"However, I don't want him to know that I have made a deal." Lu Xiaoan's voice was hesitant. He didn't know whether telling Kang Ming about it would guarantee that it wouldn't be passed on to Yun Yun. "I really thought about it. I have nothing to do with it, and it has nothing to do with the results of the competition. However, because some people are persistent, they will attract countless people who are willing to help him, and will be moved by his struggle. It is also very funny to say, I actually think that the 08 seal, The entire Overwatch hack will be blocked."
08 is just an example, such an example is likely to continue to appear in the next e-sports competitions, and no one can guarantee that Overwatch will not have a second professional player who takes risks.
"The An family can indeed help Ruifeng cover up this matter." Lu Xiaoan is not used to the transactions behind the scenes, and is used to it, "They did tell me such things."
Lu Xiaoan had no choice. If he disagreed with Anjia's deal, even if the 08 matter was turned upside down by public opinion, Anjia could use countless means to help Ruifeng keep this team.
Maybe Kang Ming and the others can still win this behind-the-scenes struggle and fight a beautiful turnaround with the verification evidence of the programmer, but the water in this pool will become more turbid.
Lu Xiaoan doesn't want the e-sports professional circle to become like this. He would rather be like this. Everyone thinks that fairness and justice should be taken for granted. Those behind-the-scenes fights seem to have no existence, and it is easy to seize a cheater. account.
"If Yun Yun knew that I was forced to retire because I reached an agreement with my family, it might be more sad than hearing me say that I don't want to continue playing professionally." Lu Xiaoan knew Yun Yun's character and was extremely persistent in the face of career. In this matter, I suddenly discovered that it is not bad to be a person in power."
The fate of professional players is in their own hands, but when they encounter unfair treatment and rules, their fate is in the hands of others.
"It's just like you guys, it's best for IOP's reputation to cover up such news, and dig it up for justice." Lu Xiaoan doesn't believe that programmers will do charity for an unknown cheat Arriving at the scene, no matter how dedicated people are, they will not do this kind of thing. Either Kang Ming and the others have enough reasons to convince John, or they have made a deal. These behind-the-scenes things are not much easier than playing games on the bright side.
This is a decision where the pay is not directly proportional to the return. Any businessman who puts interests first will not make such a choice.
Lu Xiaoan thought it was very interesting.
It's as much fun as Overwatch.
Being a person with power allows you to make choices freely. Choose to stand on the side of justice, or choose to stand on the side of interests.
"So, you will still quit?" Kang Ming was not surprised to hear such words.
Lu Xiao'an didn't answer right away, he pondered for two seconds and said, "Being a man must be true to what you say."
Since he exchanged his retirement for the An family's support for the incident, it was inevitable that he would finally return to their plan.
Otherwise, Anjia has enough time and means to make him or AM unable to continue the normal game. Public opinion is not exclusive to any one, and Anjia may not have the ability to make waves in the e-sports professional circle.
Kang Ming had never experienced this kind of family oppression and coercion. Because he was the remarried child of the old Chen family, Chen Xunjie basically took care of the old Chen family's business and took care of it all by himself. Kang Ming only needed to enjoy life as he wanted, and his father had nothing to do with him.
Strictly speaking, some large families will still follow the customs of the past and arrange the paths that their descendants should take.
According to the An family's emphasis on Lu Xiaoan, his development will definitely not be too bad.
Kang Ming thought about it, although for AM, losing a powerful conductor is a great loss, but from the perspective of Lu Xiaoan's future development, it is not necessarily a bad thing, he felt that this conversation has nothing to continue necessary.
Kang Ming said, "Then I wish you a bright future." After speaking, he wanted to end the conversation.
Lu Xiaoan suddenly said: "I will make a good handover before leaving."
"Lu Xiaoan, this is not an ordinary job, and it's not like anyone who takes your gun can go on instead of you." Kang Ming originally thought that he would not say anything more, but after hearing such a promise, he felt dumbfounded.
The replacement of team members in the professional circle is a very normal thing. Everyone has the freedom to choose to leave and join. The youth of e-sports professional players is very short, and there are many short-lived talents and dark horses that turn out.
But Kang Ming still said from the bottom of his heart: "It's just that if you make some choices, don't let yourself regret it."