LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 95 Forgive My Ignorance
That night.

12 points in the early hours.

After a ten-hour transit through Warsaw, Poland, the EDG team finally returned to Shanghai.

The plane landed, and soon after, a group of people got off the cabin with their luggage and left the airport.

The airport was empty in the early morning. Apart from the service staff and some accompanying passengers, the only sound was the sound of luggage wheels dragging on the ground.

Lin Ruo yawned. God had no idea how tired he was from the whole journey.

It took nearly two hours on the bus just to get from Katowice, Poland, where IEM was held, to the capital Warsaw to board the plane, so I had to get up at around four in the morning to pack.

Flying is not that uncomfortable, but it is not a soft and fragrant bed, so it is unrealistic to expect to have a good night's sleep.

Lin Ruo walked out of the airport tiredly, and the screams that followed made him lose his sleepiness instantly.

At this time, on the avenue outside the stadium, even though it was early in the morning, there were still hundreds of female fans wearing EDG uniforms waiting patiently.

"The fields have been hard at work."

"Scout is awesome."

Looking around, although it wasn't so crowded that the road was blocked, it was still quite spectacular to see a huge crowd of people holding up light boards, craning their necks, and calling out the names of the contestants in unison.

No, I just treat it as a fan chase.

Lin Ruo gave these female fans a thumbs up in admiration, secretly cursing who leaked the work schedule, hurting both herself and others, and quickly got into the club's business car.

However, it seemed that few people called his name. After getting in the car, Lin Ruo leaned against the window and looked out of the car seriously again.

Forget it, I am just a hangout, and my fans are a bunch of fun people. Who would normally come to the offline store in the middle of the night to watch Dansha?

He even blocked all the few female fans he had on Weibo.

Tian Ye stayed for a while, responded to comfort the fans who had been waiting for a long time, and received a few bouquets of flowers before slowly getting into the car.

"Can you hold so many flowers steady?" Ai Loli complained on the surface, but she was actually envious in her heart. Why didn't anyone give him a few bouquets?

"If you want it, I'll give it to you." My sister didn't mind sharing some of it. After all, it wouldn't be of much use if she took it back.

Lin Ruo skillfully asked for a few bouquets: "These flowers are not cheap. I will sell them on a second-hand platform. Even a little bit of money is still money."

When Tian Ye heard this, he hurriedly snatched it back.

"Please do this to me."

If fans find out about this, it will be a disaster.

The car drove away from the airport and there was no more noise in his ears. Lin Ruo took out his mobile phone and opened Weibo comfortably.

Needless to say, he gained more followers by beating foreigners. After three days of going out, his Weibo followers exceeded two million.

Can you believe that this is the amount possessed by a player who has just entered the professional arena and played less than ten Bo3 games?

He never does anything to buy fans, and these fans are basically all active fans without exception.

The cheerful Lin Ruo took a close-up photo, waved his hand, and sent it on Weibo to give back to new and old customers.

EDG, Ling:

I have returned home safely. I would like to thank all the fans for their support day and night. The plan to attack Poland was successfully completed. The hope of Chinese e-sports is never a joke.

Warm reminder, fans who have just started following me, please remember to come to my live broadcast room to hang up the light board for real-name verification, otherwise your fan status cannot be confirmed and you will not be considered a true fan.

After finishing a series of things, lie down with peace of mind.

It was almost three in the morning when I got back to the club. I packed my luggage and rested to adjust to the jet lag.

At noon the next day, a phone call woke up Lin Ruo, who was tired and sleepy.

After answering the phone, he hung up shortly, washed up, went to the office, and then wrapped himself in thick clothes and prepared to go out.

Nearing 13: p.m., Ai Loli, A Guang and others had almost all gotten up and sat in the training room.

Seeing Lin Ruo coming in to get something and then going out, Ai Loli was surprised and asked, "Aren't you training this afternoon?"

Lin Ruo was very excited. He shrugged and turned to go out. "Brother asked for half a day off to discuss a big business deal. The training match will be postponed to the evening."

"You're not going to go out and meet up with your female fans offline, are you?"

Seeing the person walking away, Ai Loli shouted loudly: "There are risks in having fried noodles, you need to be careful in love."

Lin Ruo turned his head from a distance and uttered four clear and powerful words: "qnmd."

"The club gave us a day off, so it must be for serious matters. What nonsense are you talking about?" It was another day when Tian Ye felt like he was out of tune with his teammates.

……

On the other side, after leaving Lingshi Road, Lin Ruo got in the car and fastened his seat belt. After about an hour, he arrived at the door of the company with the Blizzard logo printed on it.

"Hey, I'm already at the door of your company."

After making a phone call, a middle-aged man in a suit soon came out to greet me with a warm smile.

"You must be Lin Ruo, right? You're so young and so handsome. I heard you won the IEM Cup yesterday. You have a bright future ahead of you."

Lin Ruo shook hands with him: "Oh, have you heard my story?"

"Of course. IEM is a global event, and our Overwatch team, VG, was invited to attend, but we were eliminated in the group stage." The middle-aged man led the way into the company base and said, "Let me introduce myself. I'm Li Dong, the domestic operations manager for Overwatch Blizzard."

"Overwatch has just started in the country, so it's normal that its strength is lacking."

Lin Ruo said, and suddenly hissed: "Hey, I seem to have heard your voice somewhere before, it sounds familiar, what's going on?"

Li Dong coughed and lowered his voice slightly, "To be honest, I was the one who discussed the price with you during the last offline event."

"Oh, it turns out it's you."

Lin Ruo pointed, a smile spreading across her face. "Then I still prefer you, Manager Li Dong, when you were so unruly and disrespectful that you would hang up the phone at the slightest disagreement."

Li Dong smiled awkwardly, feeling a little ashamed because the offline event had invited anchors based on their national rankings.

Apart from the first-rank score, he really didn't know where Lin Ruo came from.

So I was a little perfunctory in my behavior.

Who knew that this guy would not only beat a group of professional players in the exhibition match, but also become famous in LPL and even the world within two months.

Li Dong recalled it and was immediately glad that he had made the right call.

"I am short-sighted. I can't recognize 2.58 million, and I can't recognize a single dragon. I have been in this industry for so many years, and I am ashamed."

"I didn't expect Lin Ruo to become so famous in the professional arena in his first appearance."

Listening to the boasting, Lin Ruoshi gave him a way out: "No problem, Manager Li Dong, you know I never hold grudges. Maybe I was a little too tight-lipped at the time."

The two of them chatted and laughed as they entered the office.

Sitting on the leather chair, Li Dongqian poured a cup of tea and handed it to him: "Contestant Lin Ruo, you... your words from the beginning still count, right?"

"What did I say back then?" Lin Ruo touched his head and thought.

Li Dong smiled and was about to warn him when he saw the latter suddenly understand and said, "You said that when I become famous, I will help you guys to ride on the LPL's popularity, right?"

"You can't say that. This is borrowing contestant Lin Ruo's influence for commercial promotion." Li Dong looked left and right and explained.

"Really? In my spare time, I often broadcast Overwatch live for you for free at the base." Lin Ruo replied.

"Okay, Lin Ruo, as you know, May 5th is Overwatch's first anniversary celebration in China. We want to make it a grand occasion, so we'd like to invite you to attend and attract some traffic. The price is negotiable."

Lin Ruo nodded: "That's all."

"There are also some future events and platforms, such as the entertainment competition in April. In short, there will be a lot of contact in the future."

Li Dong said in detail that when it comes to the current professional players and famous anchors in the Overwatch field, who can compare to Lin Ruo, who is an amateur but has great strength.

They naturally want to seize the cross-circle celebrity effect and maximize the publicity effect.

"Rather than going through so much trouble, you might as well just ask me to be the spokesperson for the national game." Lin Ruo took a sip of tea and muttered.

Li Dong shook his head repeatedly. "That won't work. You're a professional League of Legends player. We're in different fields after all. Discussing individual collaborations is already a hassle. Endorsements aren't just about the club."

"Just kidding, of course I know." Lin Ruoping said calmly.

Tencent and Blizzard have never been lumped together.

Half an hour later, the two walked out of the base together.

Lin Ruo shook hands and said goodbye: "When I retire in two years, I will become your spokesperson. However, when I win the world championship, my price may increase tenfold. I hope you can afford it."

Hearing this, Li Dong was at a loss for words for a moment. He replied with a cheeky face, "Then I wish you great success in the World Championships held in China this year."

Watching the people walk away, Li Dong's expression was very complicated, and he couldn't help muttering:
"This kid is too arrogant. After winning the IEM Cup, he threatened to win the world championship."

"Forget it. I hope you can play better. The more popular you are, the better it will be for promoting our game."

……

On March 3, the sixth week of the LPL regular season began.

After a week, Shanghai Central Plaza is bustling again.

On the big screen outside the stadium, the two games of today were shown.

17:00RNGVSWE.

19:00EDGVSQG.

Lin Ruo came to the lounge, put down his schoolbag and collapsed on the sofa, then glanced at the big screen.

The early game has come to an end. RNG defeated WE 2:0 and got a valuable point, maintaining the first place in Group B.

"Hello, everyone watching live and before the live broadcast, welcome back to today's games. After the first highlight match between RNG and WE, the next one is the EDG vs. QG match, which is also an exciting match not to be missed."

"Hello everyone, I'm Haokai, the commentator for this match."

"I'm the commentator Rita."

Two minutes later, after reciting the jingle, Haokai began his analysis, saying, "QG is currently at the top of the standings. Led by Korean mid laner Doinb, they're in excellent form. I believe they can give us a fantastic performance today."

Rita nodded and continued, "There's no need to say much about the EDG team. They're undefeated so far, and a few days ago they went all the way to Poland in Europe to win the IEM Cup. Lin Ruo's performance was particularly impressive, making this a night match worth watching."

　There are still 5000 words to be added later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)