Abu’s interview, Qi Jiang’s worries

The interview is over.

That night, the EDG team went to the largest restaurant in the city to celebrate the victory.

A night of silence.

The next day, news of EDG's victory over IG in the playoffs continued to ferment and became a hot search topic in major mainstream media.

Among them, Yezi's violent attack on IG's bottom lane has become a topic of conversation for the audience after dinner.

Of course, the outside world is not particularly surprised by this result.

After all, everyone was optimistic about EDG before the game. The only thing that surprised them was that IG didn't get a single point.

"IG doesn't feel weak, but it's still too young in front of the EDG team."

“With such a good bottom lane, it’s surprising that IG can win.”

"I can only say that IG really tried their best in the middle and jungle, especially in the second game. I thought IG could get a small point."

"I thought too much. I saw that IG had a low chance of winning in that game. No matter how badly EDG was targeted in the top, middle and jungle, it would be difficult to win against EDG as long as nothing happens in the bottom lane."

"That's right, God Z's AD is really too powerful."

Under the hot search, countless viewers began to comment. The popularity grew higher and higher, and soon there were tens of thousands of comments.

Seeing the explosive popularity of EDG, the eyes of other clubs were red. Among them, Su Xiaoluo was even more hysterical.

"Fuck! EDG is really unlucky this year."

"Not to mention a Z, I also happened to encounter the bot lane version."

"Oh, this is fate. When will IG rise?"

"Ahhh!"

Of course, Su Xiaoluo was secretly mad, but what he didn't know was that Kid was watching this scene.

…

Not long after, a set of somewhat funny emoticons were posted, and the protagonist was Su Xiaoluo.

As soon as this set of emoticons came out, the audience immediately went into a frenzy, with countless people discussing Su Xiaoluo's slightly funny expression.

For a time, the popularity of IG increased greatly, and more people came here just to take a look at the real Su Xiaoluo.

This is something kid didn't expect.

When Su Xiaoluo discovered all this, everyone was stunned. He was made into an emoticon? What the hell am I?

Also, who took the photo? Who uploaded it?

Finally, after some investigation, the target was locked on Kid.

Su Xiaoluo: “MMP!”

Kid smiled apologetically and said: "Don't be angry, isn't this great? I am also thinking about the popularity of IG."

"Renima! Why don't you make yourself an emoticon?"

"How can I make that expression like yours?"

"Fuck!" Su Xiaoluo was furious: "You haven't settled the account of me being blacklisted by Z last time you broke the news on live broadcast. You're waiting for me to go find the principal."

Kid shrugged, but it didn't matter. He had frequent contact with the principal, and his relationship was actually closer than Su Xiaoluo's.

Su Xiaoluo said with a dark face: "I won't do this next time."

…

"Damn it, IG is so shameless for the popularity."

In the EDG team, Abramovich felt a little distressed when he saw that IG had taken away a lot of heat from him.

In the eyes of the club, winning the game is not the most important, but the popularity is the most important.

Now that IG is a loser, grabbing popularity in this way makes Abu somewhat unbalanced.

On the side, the factory director said: "You said Su Xiaoluo's set of emoticons are indeed quite interesting."

Meikou said with a smile: "Su Xiaoluo seems to want to eat people."

Zoom: “This is how you lose the game.”

Yezi also found it quite interesting, and he didn’t feel that IG had stolen their popularity.

After all, EDG has been winning continuously, and everyone who needs to know EDG is basically familiar with it.

Those who are pink will naturally become pink, and those who are not pink will not become pink no matter how high the heat is.

The LPL circle is so big, and fans are divided up into many parts. Judging from the current situation, if there are no particularly big events, the LPL pattern will basically not change much.

EDG popularity = RNG popularity > WE popularity > IG popularity... This is the current popularity status of LPL teams.

As for what is a particularly big incident, it is nothing more than a player or club revealing particularly big black information, or which team wins the world championship.

Only the occurrence of this kind of incident can change the LPL pattern. Under normal circumstances, the impact of winning or losing in domestic leagues will not be too great.

Of course, Abu just made a few remarks and soon became serious and got down to business.

"Now that we have determined that we do not need to play the bubble game, the next thing to do is to secure the second place and fight for the first place.

Although the pressure is not that great, if you can get the best spot as the No. 1 seed, the popularity will be higher..."

Abramovich was talking eloquently in the front, mostly about the situation of EDG and trying to paint a picture for them...

But, is it really good for EDG to get the No. 1 seed?

Sitting in his seat, Yezi fell into deep thought.

In his memory, EDG did not go well after getting the No. 1 seed. In the group stage, they were beaten by all the major teams. In the end, they had no hope of qualifying. They got the worst result in the history of the World Championship - breaking through the top eight and reaching the top 16.

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After the game, jokes such as "Why the No. 1 seed has zero bars and three, and is confident that he has three Lucian" and "the economy of 10,000 yuan was overturned" were even more popular.

Although this year's EDG has been completely transformed, Yezi still feels a little guilty in his heart.

After all, it’s a lesson learned from the past.

The intensity of confrontation between the World Championship and the domestic league is definitely different. Don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens.

"Should we deliberately lose to RNG and avoid the pitfall of the No. 1 seed?"

This thought flashed through Yezi's mind, but the next moment, he shook it off.

His goal is the highest honor in e-sports - the world championship. If he doesn't have the courage to overcome everything and just thinks about taking chances before the game, there is no need to compete.

Thinking of this, Ye Zi's mind suddenly cleared up, and he felt that his thoughts suddenly became clearer.

"Yi Zi, come down and come to me. I have something to tell you."

"ah?!"

Ye Zi woke up suddenly.

Seeing this, Abu twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking that all he had said was in vain. Judging from his state, he didn't listen to a single word.

Looking at the players next to Yezi, their conditions are also very different.

"Look at you, you're not like Si Liu!"

…

Abu's office.

Yezi pushed open the door and walked in. When he saw Yezi coming, a smile suddenly appeared on Abu's face.

"Ye Zi, are you here?"

"manager……"

Yezi was a little confused, wondering what Abu meant by calling him out alone.

"Sit down first." Abu was extremely enthusiastic. After Yezi sat down, he took the initiative to pour him a cup of tea: "This tea is extraordinary. The boss gave it to me. I usually can't bear to drink it. I heard..."

"..."

Ye Zi was not interested in tea, "That manager, if we have anything to say, let's just talk to him."

"Uh..." Abu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Young man, being too impatient is not a good thing."

Yates: "The main reason is that the audience is waiting for me to start broadcasting. Every minute of delay is worth money."

Now it was Abu's turn to be speechless, and then he remembered that Yezi was not only a professional player now, but his live broadcast career was even more prosperous.

Even in terms of income, Yezi's live broadcast income is much higher than his professional income.

Thinking of this, Abramovich couldn't help but feel that things were a bit tricky. His purpose today was simple, just to test whether Yates would continue to renew his contract with EDG before the World Championship.

This is the normal operation of the club. If the player shows that he does not want to renew the contract, the club will have to consider whether to let the player continue to start.

Of course, EDG doesn't have much choice. Even if Yeez doesn't cooperate, it's impossible to deprive Yeez of his starting spot, but some things still need to be prepared in advance.
To be continued...