LOL: I just turned 18, let me fight back and be reborn

Chapter 360 What exactly is a CCTV mid-laner?!
After the grand awards ceremony concluded, the venue was about to host the finals of other esports events, and the players from various countries all walked back to the backstage area in the same direction.

Meanwhile, Beryl, from the KR team right behind them, immediately put on a smile as soon as the live camera was turned off.

He and Deft mingled with the crowd of teammates in front, chatting and laughing. After all, almost everyone in the CN team was a teammate, so they seemed very natural and comfortable with each other.

However, the expressions of the people behind them were not so pleasant.

Score was comforting Chovy, Lee Sang-hyeok was comforting Zeus, while the two JD Gat players stood with their arms crossed, ignoring each other – a classic "2/2/2" formation reappeared.
However, just as everyone pushed open the backstage door...

A round of applause, full of ceremony, swept over us and resounded throughout the room!

Among the crowd that came to offer their support and congratulations, there were a few supporters from Saudi Arabia and Taipei, but almost no South Korean faces were seen.

Among them, the majority were supporters of the gold medal-winning Chinese team, including leaders of the Asian Games Village, familiar faces from the e-sports circle, and even many professional athletes who also came to participate in the Asian Games.
As the most influential esports game right now, League of Legends naturally attracts a large audience of athletes with a very young average age. It's hard for people with such a close connection not to come here and check out their favorite players.

Many of them are heavyweight athletes.

Congratulations! You played really well!

"Especially Master Ye, I never expected to see your Akali today! It was definitely worth the trip!"

A player who wasn't particularly tall but had a muscular physique, especially his leg muscles which looked exceptionally developed, came forward to offer his congratulations.

Ye Bo, unfazed by being called by his nickname, readily replied with gratitude: "Su Shen, I'm your fan!"

Su Bingtian joked jokingly, "Hey, you want to beat me one-on-one too, huh? I know everyone who hears that line is going to get one-on-one killed by you!"

"It's okay, Su Shen! You run fast, even Talon can't catch you!" Xun joked with a grin beside him.

Su Bingtian, who seems to have no connection with e-sports, is actually a genuine e-sports fan.

Back in the S5 season, Su Bingtian teamed up with Jay Chou at the Demacia Cup All-Star exhibition match—and Deft was even on his team!

He also recognized Deft standing next to him and went over to him, kindly comforting him, "Actually, a bronze medal is pretty good. Just do your best. I just got a bronze medal myself."

Su Bingtian was unable to participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games due to injury, but he just received the bronze medal in track and field that was reissued for the Tokyo Olympics.

Unfortunately, these words clearly did not offer any comfort; in fact, they were even more hurtful.
After all, those in the know understand that the two are worlds apart in terms of both the projects and the competitions themselves!

Even bronze medals have their shortcomings!
The KR players next to them could only pretend not to hear and led everyone to the corner of the interview room, to the spot reserved for the bronze medalists, to be interviewed.

The site has been cleaned up.

The media, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately swarmed in eagerly.

Everyone on the Chinese team received a medal, with long queues forming behind each player, including substitutes and the coaching staff who were nowhere to be seen, demonstrating the treatment afforded to gold medalists.

Everyone here, even the substitutes, are top-notch substitutes!
Even some food delivery coupon managers have to evolve into "Gold Medal Food Delivery Coupon Managers"!
The main theme is "even the chickens and dogs rise to heaven".

what is interesting is.

Compared to everyone else, Ye Bo had only a pitifully small number of cameras arranged in front of him.

It's obvious that no media reporter would not want to interview this well-known "core player of the national team" — but no one dares to compete with the two top TV stations that are right there for the interview order, so they can only honestly interview other people first.

Even CCTV5, the sports channel that usually interviews the top stars first, had to temporarily set its cameras back this time.

Because right in front of Ye Bo was Zhang Yan, the host he had met briefly during the semi-finals, who was now smiling at him with a sign that read "CCTV1".

And at the same time.

On television sets across China, the breaking news of Asian Games gold medal wins was broadcast intermittently, just like for all other events.

"Now for a breaking news report from the Hangzhou Asian Games front!"

"The League of Legends esports finals have concluded, and the Chinese team has emerged victorious, winning the first-ever gold medal in esports at the Asian Games!"

"Now, our reporter Zhang Yan will bring you a live report."

The camera cuts to the scene.

Zhang Yanxian began familiarly: "Congratulations again to the Chinese esports team for winning the gold medal in League of Legends! We have interviewed Ye Bo, the captain of the League of Legends national team!"

"Ye Bo performed exceptionally well today, winning the Most Valuable Player award multiple times throughout the competition. He led the Chinese team to sweep Vietnam and South Korea in the quarterfinals and semifinals, and finally won the gold medal today!"

She also specifically explained to the public: "The Most Valuable Player award is the highest individual honor in a team project, signifying the player's outstanding contribution and brilliant performance in the game!"

How is Ye Bo feeling right now?

The atmosphere after winning the championship was quite different from the pre-match interviews. Even though Ye Bo had accumulated considerable interview experience in the LPL, he inevitably appeared inexperienced and reserved in the face of this impressive lineup.

Fortunately, Ye Bo's fearless personality came through. He confidently raised the microphone and faced the screen, expressing his honor and pride in representing the national team.

His personal interview took up nearly 40 seconds of screen time!

To know.

This is CCTV-1, not a sports channel!
The treatment they received was absolutely top-notch.

This actually gives us a glimpse into the fact that the higher-ups' attitude towards this first esports gold medal, and towards the event itself, has quietly begun to change.

The brief interview has ended.

Host Zhang Yan knew Ye Bo was very busy, so she simply smiled and congratulated him again, bringing up the matter of inviting him to the documentary program earlier.
A CCTV5 reporter nearby also hurriedly set up his camera—and CCTV5, as the sports channel, was much more generous with the amount of footage.

Ye Bo's solo interview lasted a full two and a half minutes, even longer than some gold medal recaps!
Such a grand event was naturally discovered by netizens very quickly, who immediately shared screenshots and links of the video on online forums and message boards.

Countless fans and netizens watched together, once again creating a huge stir!
Holy crap!! This is incredible!!

[China is awesome! Coach Ye is awesome!]

[MD, we followers of the Balance Cult are so proud!]

[V5 should give Genshin Impact's player and Alpaca some psychological counseling beforehand, so they don't have a mental breakdown when they come back! The World Championship is the main event!]

[No way! Who was sitting next to these two in the mid lane during the Asian Games? And who is it now that they're back? They'll just respawn!]

[What do you mean by "C-site mid-laner"?! And some people say the Asian Games have no real value? Do they even know what the value of CCTV certification means?!]

[Actually, we were on CCTV5 last year when we won the championship, but it was in the late-night slot. I really didn't expect that this time it would be broadcast directly in the morning, and even aired on both CCTV-1 and CCTV-5!]

The CCTV interview has just ended.

The hungry wolves surrounding them immediately swarmed around as if they were fighting for meat, pointing the live stream camera at the center and flashing their lights wildly, making the scene somewhat chaotic.

Fortunately, the on-site host intervened and stopped the conversation, reminding each person that they could only ask one question.

{Tencent Sports Reporter}: "As the captain of the Chinese team, after winning the gold medal, is there anything you would like to say to your fans and viewers who support you?"

Ye Bo: "We are all very proud and honored to have won the first Asian Games esports championship on behalf of China!"

He paused after he finished speaking.

He added, "To those who have been disappointed before, I want to say, this time! We did it!"

The viewers in the live stream all thought that Ye Bo was "whipping" the person who had predicted KR's defeat before, and they all got really excited.

No one knew that Ye Bo was actually saying this to someone who might not be able to see this scene.
After waiting for a long time, a South Korean reporter wearing a Taegeuk symbol badge finally got the chance to raise his hand and ask a question.

"The Chinese team had a very smooth run in this competition, and even broke several tournament records. So, Ye Bo, do you think the teams from other countries performed poorly?"

"Or, are there any foreign athletes that you think performed particularly well?"

Anyone with eyes can see that this South Korean reporter is definitely a Faker fan.

He was clearly trying to steer the conversation towards the idea that the KR team played poorly, ideally emphasizing the humiliating "1550" score. This is obviously similar to what all T1 fans want – they want people to only remember "1550" and forget the other numbers!
Ideally, one could also offer praise for the player who was replaced in that one and only winning match.

Unfortunately, Ye Bo was not fooled at all and still gave a somewhat official answer: "The players on every team are fighting for the country, and everyone is doing their best. We have also seen many novel playing styles, absorbed these ideas, and continued to improve."

"If I had to say something, our opponents in the finals, the Chinese Taipei team, are very respectable!"

"Thank you! Let's all do our best in S13!"

Even Ye Bo himself couldn't help but laugh after he finished speaking.

However, the South Korean reporter clearly misunderstood him, his face twitching with embarrassment.

Meanwhile, the live stream room on the Laoshu TV channel where he was broadcasting was also overwhelmed.

[Damn it!!! Is he saying we're not even as good as the PCS region?! He's insulting us!!!]

Where are you? They're the runner-up, what about you?

[A bunch of C8 bastards! All this support I've given LCK is for, and this is how you repay me? LCK is a complete pile of garbage now!!]

[Friendship First, Competition Second, League of Legends Third]

[It's all those Korean players' fault for putting on a show! I knew I shouldn't have called them back! It's like planting traitors into the team! Their departure proves they weren't loyal at all! Disloyal!]

[The LCK's draft picker also deserves credit; those bastards are all going to get blown away by my dump truck when they get back!]

The live stream on the TV station was in complete chaos.

However, there are still many loyal LCK fans who are still putting up a fight against the odds.

To be honest, the Asian Games have absolutely no prestige, you could even say they have none at all. I ask you, do you even get a skin for winning this competition?

Indeed, does anyone really think the Asian Games are more valuable than the World Championship? Especially since it's on CN's home turf!

[A bunch of Chinese people have come here using a VPN and keep spamming "bronze bronze bronze bronze bronze bronze," it's so annoying! Are there any moderators here?!]

[Urine test! Thorough investigation! I demand a second urine test!!!]

However, overseas netizens immediately responded in the live chat.

[Indeed, this competition may not have a lot of gold medals, but it's definitely full of bronze medals!]

[Copper copper copper copper copper copper copper copper copper! Just copper! Just copper!]

[Congratulations to the Korean region for achieving the bronze medal! The prize is a CD city public transport card voucher!]

The urine test results are in; there wasn't a single drop of urine in his test results!

Having finally escaped the media frenzy, Ye Bo was eager to go back and see the reactions on domestic forums, as well as his handsome photos.
Unfortunately, it wasn't that easy for him to escape.

Ye Bo immediately noticed that behind the media, there were several foreigners wearing white headscarves running towards him.

He couldn't help but notice—because those people were holding several "golden" and even somewhat dazzling objects, which were really too eye-catching.

"Fuck!"

Xun, who was about to run over to meet Ye Bo, suddenly stopped in his tracks, widened his eyes, and pointed at the Holy Gun Bro next to him, muttering something.

"That thing isn't pure gold, is it!?"

Several young men wearing headscarves ran up to Ye Bo, and the one in the lead spoke to Ye Bo excitedly in broken Chinese.

"Oh! Wai Yi! I'm a fan of yours! Can you give us an autograph?"

"Wow, me too!"

"Me me me! Metoo!"

Ye Bo listened as the other person recited a long string of his Chinese name, but he could only make out one of them: something like Al-Saud something-Muhammad.
However, since they were all fans, he gladly accepted the keyboard they offered.

As a result, I almost stumbled and fell because of the weight—it really does seem to be pure gold!

Ye Bo looked at the thing in his hand and muttered to himself.

This can't possibly be worth a year's salary, can it?
Thank you!!!

The other person took the keyboard back, looking at the signature on the keyboard as if it were a treasure, and even refused to hand it to the bodyguard next to him, insisting on keeping it himself.

He clearly had something else to say, but unfortunately his Chinese proficiency was insufficient, so he could only rely on the accompanying translator to convey his message, while he gestured wildly to follow along.

"Is Saudi Arabia going to host the League of Legends World Championship as well?"

The translator didn't explain it very clearly, but rather relayed the message that a world championship featuring League of Legends will be held in Saudi Arabia next year.

Moreover, the prize money for the champion will not be less than that for the World Championship!
Strictly speaking, most champion teams are not formed with the goal of winning the S-series prize money.

But that's still a figure of millions of dollars!
The other party's request was very simple—they hoped to pay an extra "invitation fee" in exchange for inviting Ye Bo to participate in the competition.

In other words, no matter which team Ye Bo joins next season, that team will be directly invited to the tournament.

After all, if a tournament is organized by a non-official organization like Saudi Arabia, and there aren't enough influential teams participating, it's bound to be considered a "shoddy competition" with no real value.

From the Saudi perspective...

Any League of Legends competition that Ye Bo participates in is definitely of high quality!

"OK, I'll go next year if I have time!"

Ye Bo agreed without hesitation.

No, it's not for that "invitation fee" that you know will be exorbitantly expensive without even having to think about it.

Ye Bo simply values ​​every opportunity to play in international competitions and doesn't want to miss any chance or match.

This may still be influenced by the fact that, despite his many twists and turns, Denbo ultimately just wanted to play more games, as mentioned in his diary.

The competition schedule was specially arranged, and the remaining esports events all had only the finals left.

It only took a day and a half after the League of Legends event ended.

All results for the esports events have been released.

The Hangzhou Asian Games includes a total of 7 esports events.

The Chinese national team participated in 6 of these events and ultimately won 5 gold medals!
The only event in which the Chinese national team participated but failed to win even a bronze medal was FIFA Online 4.

The Chinese name of this project is: "Online Football".

It can only be said that the value of the national fortune balancer is still rising!
But no doubt.

In the e-sports arena of the Hangzhou Asian Games, the Chinese national team emerged as the ultimate winner, returning home laden with honors!

The aftershocks of the Asian Games will likely linger for a long time.

There are still nearly half a month until the highly anticipated S13 World Championship begins.

The V5 members, who had been working non-stop, were given a short break.

Ye Bo also set off back to his hometown of Huzhou the day after winning the gold medal.
So-called.

Wealth and honor do not return home, just like walking in brocade at night!
(End of this chapter)