The next day, Chen Yuzheng was dragged to the training room by Qi Yanan. "You are the one who owes the most live broadcast time in the whole team. The training camp will start next month. You should give me the live broadcast time to make up for it in the next two days. The staff of Zhanyu have contacted me."
Ultraman slept until late at night.
I wandered around the cafeteria and ate a few buns to fill my stomach. I went to the training room on the second floor and found Chen Yuzheng alone in there playing rank.
Ultraman yawned and pushed the door open and went in.
He looked tired. He turned on his computer, slumped in his chair and was too lazy to move. He browsed Weibo on his phone.
The only sounds in the room were Chen Yuzheng playing games and typing on the keyboard. Ultraman followed a bunch of random e-sports Weibo accounts on his fake account.
There have been no competitions recently, and they have no new material. Their daily routine is to repost clips of professional players’ live broadcasts, as well as various interactions between players that everyone loves to see.
Ultraman scrolled down a few posts, all with familiar titles like erfish. One of the people involved was playing games right next to him.
Because of the well-known past events, Chen Yuzheng and Yu Ge are often compared in terms of technical style and appearance. In addition, the fan battle between the two is unique in LPL, so naturally, they are often put together by marketing accounts to attract traffic.
Ultraman was already used to it. There were so many photos that he didn't even want to click on them. He was just randomly scanning them, but there were several of them in a row. Ultraman became curious and clicked on a photo at random. After flipping through the content, he was stunned.
Chen Yuzheng was secretly photographed drinking with Yu Ge at a barbecue restaurant a few days ago.
One of them is an LPL star player, and the other is the latest popular star in the e-sports circle.
Apart from anything else, the number of hot searches that these two have appeared on combined can even beat some third-tier stars. Every time they play against each other, it is basically the e-sports Spring Festival Gala with the highest ratings in LPL.
All in all, the discord between Zheng and Yu has become a consensus among everyone.
In addition, Chen Yuzheng's behavior of showing his brand to Yu Ge again in the summer finals angered many of Yu Ge's fans. The new hatred and old grudges made the relationship between the two families, which had been easing, fall to the freezing point again.
The distance was a bit far, but I could still tell it was the two of them.
There are seven or eight photos in total, some are clear, some are blurry. Yu Ge folded his arms, his posture did not change much, and Chen Yuzheng, who was sitting opposite him, kept looking up and drinking.
Chen Yuzheng stared at the cup, while Yu Ge looked at Chen Yuzheng.
In the comments.
There are passers-by who forcefully press their heads:
Taste it, taste it carefully for me, taste it carefully! Have you tasted it? The look in fish's eyes when he looks at er is so gentle, this fuck, I almost squeezed the water out of it! It's so lingering, it's hard for me not to seduce.
There are poets who write sentimental literature:
It's funny that the whole world thought he was my enemy, but who knew that my love for him was buried in an abyss never seeing the sunlight and could never be expressed.
There are also wild and unrestrained brain supplement people:
Look at the fifth picture. Chen Yuzheng is holding Yu Ge's arm, his face full of anxiety. His face is full of hesitation, everything is self-evident. Girls, I wiped my nosebleed, and I have already imagined a hundred-word pornographic text in my mind... ... Speed up!!!
As a straight man, Ultraman watched it twice more and finally figured out what these fans were talking about.
Are these people serious
Ultraman doubted his life: "Chen Yuzheng, this world is too magical. There are people who support you and Fish as a couple. I don't think I will be any better."
Chen Yuzheng's face tilted slightly, "What?"
"The photo of you and Fish having dinner a few days ago was taken by a passerby and posted online." Ultraman was still in shock. "You and he have become gays. You have completely ruined Fish's innocence. He must have wanted to kill you after seeing these fan fictions."
Ultraman: "What these people said almost made me believe the beautiful love-hate relationship between you and Fish. Tell me, are you really secretly in love with Fish?"
Chen Yuzheng said casually: "Love is not necessary, but brotherhood still has its reasons."
"Is there a theory?" Ultraman laughed sarcastically, "You still want to be brothers with Fish? What nonsense." He said firmly, "Even if there is love between the two of you, there will be no brotherhood."
Chen Yuzheng shook the mouse and reminded: "I'm live streaming, please be careful with your words."
Ultraman instantly picked up the sound.
Rows of question marks appeared in the live broadcast room, causing some long-lurking CP fans to jump out:
Manman's truth is out, Er is secretly in love with Fish!!! I'm touched!!!
When things developed to this point, passers-by would just watch the show. But Ultraman openly led the rhythm in Chen Yuzheng's live broadcast room.
A well-known fan of Yu Ge posted a Weibo post, revealing his resistance: "Please stop riding on the popularity of someone. He has been sucking blood from his debut. It's endless. Can he walk independently? He is so arrogant, but he can't produce any results. He only knows how to do fan circle marketing? Is this little fame he got by fucking with fish?"
Some people in the comment area questioned: But they are having dinner together privately, so they should have a good relationship, right? There is no need for fans to keep fighting.
The big fan replied sarcastically: "Someone just hangs out with whoever is popular. Before, he went to Fish's live broadcast room to send rockets. Wasn't that just trying to curry favor with someone powerful? Isn't that obvious?"
This Weibo post implying Chen Yuzheng was forwarded hundreds of times.
Chen Yuzheng's fans were also provoked to anger, and the little host of the super topic took the lead in charging forward: "The most ridiculous sentence I heard in 2021, er became popular because of the bundling marketing with fish."
The flames of war intensified, and suddenly a bunch of people with the IDs "Chen Yuzheng's wife xxx", "uqer baby xxx", "Zheng is very good", and "erovo" dropped into Yu Ge's super topic and started cursing.
At the same time, Chen Yuzheng's super topic was also flooded with fans using IDs related to Yu Ge.
The two groups of fans attacked each other's super topic and the fight was fierce.
Ultraman and Killer were on the front line surfing the Internet and also watched this grand event.
After turning off his phone, Ultraman was extremely worried: "When they find out that Er and Fish are relatives, will Weibo explode?"
Killer is looking forward to that day: "What's wrong with being one family? If the two fan groups merge, who in LPL can rival them?"
This year's global finals will be held in China, in four cities: Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing.
Winning a championship in their home country has been the long-cherished wish of LPL viewers for many years, and it has even become an obsession.
After a half-month holiday, several teams have entered an intense period of preparation.
A month later, the World Championship qualifiers were held in Hangzhou for a total of six days.
As the third seed of LPL, WR played well throughout the whole process and beat the teams from the peripheral regions. There was no suspense and they successfully broke through the qualifying round and met with the other two teams.
After the qualifying round, the draw ceremony for the top 16 will be held.
The sixteen strongest teams from each division from all over the world are divided into four groups. According to the principle of avoiding teams from the same division, they will not meet before the quarterfinals.
TG was a bit unlucky and was placed in the officially certified death group, together with the Korean No. 1 seed PPE. WR was placed in the same group with the Korean No. 2 seed YU. Among the three teams, OG had the best grouping, and their opponents were not very good, namely the No. 1 seed of the North American region, the No. 4 seed of LCK and a wildcard team.
The draw is over and the group stage will be held in Guangzhou one week later.
The group stage will still adopt a double round-robin system within the group, divided into the first round and the second round.
The first round was a relatively easy schedule, with a total of six days, and each team played a BO1 every two days. The second round was relatively tight, with each group having only one day, and the four teams in the group had to play three B1 games. In the end, the top eight were decided based on the points.
OG and WR finished first and advanced as first and second in the group respectively.
The last match day is Group C.
Apart from the Intercontinental Championship, this is the first time they have truly stepped onto the world championship stage.
At the end of the first round, tg's record was 2-1, and the qualifying situation was relatively clear.
The provincial team from LMS lived up to its title of top 16 every year. As expected, they failed in the second round of the group stage and were sent back to their hometown by TG. In the last game, PPE was in a hot state and brought out an ultimate teamfighting lineup, directly defeating TG 2:0.
tg qualified as the second in the group.
Although the process was tortuous, the result was still optimistic. TG also made it out of the death group and advanced to the quarterfinals.
The group stage matches were all over, and two retired players from the LPL came on stage to draw lots for the quarterfinals. This part was the most tense, and after about ten minutes, everything was settled.
The final grouping results are out.
OG and WR are in one half of the bracket, and TG is in the other half. This means that the best case scenario is that both WR and OG are in the semifinals, but there will always be a team that stops in the semifinals, and TG will not meet an LPL team before the finals.
Among the three fans, some are happy and some are sad.
Fear of South Korea is the norm for most LPL teams. Although TG is in good shape recently, it is a new team after all and has no experience in major competitions. As a result, B5 will face LCK in the first game. OG is facing the top seed in Europe and the United States. Based on the past record of the encounter, it is not difficult for them to enter the semi-finals.
wr was rather unlucky, as they met the favorite to win the championship, ppe, in the quarterfinals.
After drawing the lots, several people returned to the backstage lounge.
The official filming team will be shooting materials soon, and people from WR and OG will be together.
Ultraman and Killer were both called in for an interview. After a while, a staff member came to call Chen Yuzheng.
Chen Yuzheng put his hands in his trouser pockets and looked around: "Am I the only one here?"
The staff member led the way in front: "There is one more."
He nodded, not taking it too seriously.
When he walked to the interview site and saw someone sitting down early, Chen Yuzheng was stunned. Yu Ge happened to look up and saw him too.
——The two were clearly arranged by the authorities.
Chen Yuzheng paused, sat down on the chair next to Yu Ge, and leaned back lazily: "What are you doing?"
"You two are both popular players in LPL, so I'm interviewing you together." The editor-in-chief handed them two interview scripts, "Come, take a look at the questions first."
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Yu Nuo was sitting on the sofa, checking Weibo. After TG won the game, the five people's Weibo automatically updated a certification of the 2021 S-League quarterfinals.
She liked their post using her trumpet, and suddenly someone pulled her arm.
Xiang Jiajia was impatient: "Come on, come on, come with me to watch the fun."
Yu Nuo was pulled to stand up by her: "What are you watching?"
Xiang Jiajia looked excited as if she was eating melons, and lowered her voice and said, "Your brother and your boyfriend were dragged to the interview together!"
"The two of them, interviewing together?" Yu Nuo was a little confused. "They are not from the same team, how can they be interviewed together?"
Xiang Jiajia explained to her: "Haven't the fans of fish and er been fighting again recently? It's such a hot topic! Pulling them together for an interview is obviously to stir up trouble."
The interview took place in a corner of the public lounge, with a camera set up and a random background board erected.
In fact, in addition to Xiang Jiajia, there were many people who wanted to see Yu Ge and Chen Yuzheng's fun. When they arrived, there was already a circle of people inside and outside.
Xiang Jiajia pulled Yu Nuo inside.
The interview has just begun.
Chen Yuzheng and Yu Ge both saw Yu Nuo.
They both looked at her at the same time.
The interview started off quite serious, asking questions about the competition. Although they were sitting together, the two refused to make eye contact with each other, no matter how the director guided them.
"You have all made it to the quarterfinals. What are your expectations for the upcoming schedule?"
Yu Ge remained aloof and indifferent like a statue, and answered in a very appropriate and conservative way: "Just play well in every game and leave no regrets."
Chen Yuzheng boasted as always: "Win the championship."
"So confident?" The interviewer smiled and said, "The ID of a contestant is just like a person. I hope that one day you can really conquer everyone."
Eventually, the topic went off topic.
“Can you guys rate each other?”
Chen Yuzheng was very cooperative: "I don't need to comment on fish, he is handsome and has strong skills."
The interviewer asked Yu Ge again.
Yu Ge picked up the phone and said reluctantly, "He too."
Chen Yuzheng replied: "Thank you."
Everyone smiled knowingly.
"What's going on today?" Chen Yuzheng joked, "Everyone is looking at me and Fish in a weird way. Is there something on our faces?"
The interviewer looked curious: "Well... because everyone thought you two didn't know each other well, but it seems like you guys have had dinner together privately?"
Yu Ge had a sour face and simply ignored the question.
Chen Yuzheng: "Yes, so sometimes we can't just look at the surface of things."
The director wanted to ask something else to improve the show's effect. But Chen Yuzheng and Yu Ge were both notoriously difficult to deal with. They brushed aside any slightly ambiguous topic.
The interview is coming to an end. "Finally, do you two have anything to say to your fans?"
Yu Ge: “Thank you for cheering me on.”
"Where's er?"
Chen Yuzheng thought for a moment, then looked at the camera with despair: "I want to say something to those male fans who have been sending me private messages on Weibo recently calling me husband. You have no chance, so stop harassing me."
"I'm not gay, I'm a straight man." He glanced at Yu Nuo and said calmly, "I have someone I like, and she's watching me next to me."
After Chen Yuzheng's words came out, everyone, including the interviewing lady, the director, the cameraman, and the onlookers nearby, couldn't help but look at Yu Ge.
Yu Ge: “…”
Chen Yuzheng: “?”