Rebirth is fine, but I get eight hundred dollars right from the start?

"Do you make money playing professionally? What will you do if you stop playing?"

Suddenly, a parent in the crowd asked without thinking.

puff!

Before Lin Shu could reply, the Huya staff member who was carrying a camera and doing a secondary live stream couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Does Emperor make money playing professional esports?

Dear parent, can I tell you that he is currently the highest-paid e-sports player in China?

Moreover, thanks to the e-sports traffic, he has long since become a millionaire.

Contestant?

Please call him the chairman of HWG Esports Club and the owner of the Taobao store selling esports products!

The chat in the second live stream was also bursting with laughter.

[Haha, that's a great question from the parent!]

This is the funniest joke I heard today.

[Dear Auntie, if even the pork floss pancake king in front of you can't make money, then the e-sports industry has no commercial value whatsoever.]

[I secretly checked out E-God's Taobao store, and he's already sold tens of thousands of All-Star commemorative T-shirts priced at 299 yuan.]

[Business acumen!]

Emperor doesn't actually make money; he's the one paying out money to others.

Unlike the cheerful reactions of the audience at the scene and fans in the live broadcast room, this blunt and direct question...

Lin Shu didn't rush to answer. He sat up a little straighter and carefully considered his words before saying, "My personal situation is special. Parents, I can give you a reference based on the treatment of the four players from my HWG team."

"The professional income of LPL players—that is, their salary plus bonuses—is higher than that of ordinary office workers."

"Of course, this only applies to current top-tier players. Youth training, substitutes, and second-tier teams have very low and unstable incomes."

"And only by playing well enough can you continue playing. If your performance declines or the game version changes, you might be unwanted after two or three months. What you can do after retiring depends on the individual. Some people become coaches, commentators, or streamers, while others change careers and leave the industry altogether."

After saying this, he looked around.

"So my advice is: if your child is still in school, make sure their studies are stable first. Professional esports is indeed an emerging industry, but it's not a 'fallback' path; it's an extremely narrow one. More than 90% of people who try this path end up going back to school."

The parents gathered around quieted down for a moment. Some nodded, while others took out their phones and quietly took pictures of the science brochures on the display board.

As for the parent who raised the question, just as they were about to ask why Lin Shu's personal situation was special, the person next to them, who seemed to be a sister, tugged at their sleeve, only wanting to know the contestant information in the handbook.

When she saw the bolded words "Founder of HWG Esports Club," she immediately put her question back.

……

As the Q&A session at the booth drew to a close, the science brochures were passed around countless times among the parents, and their questions evolved from initial wariness and probing to more specific concerns and curiosity.

The staff member assisting Lin Shu checked the time, then glanced at the row of computer devices in the adjacent experience area that had already been set up. He stood up from his chair, raised his voice slightly, and made sure that everyone around him could hear him:

"Dear parents, if your child is here today, you can bring them or you can sit in the experience area. We have specially arranged for an active professional player to play a simple one-on-one match, allowing your child to personally experience the intensity of a professional player's skills. There are no agreements to sign, no results to be awarded, it's just an experience. If you want to try it, you can sign up and wait in line."

The words caused a small commotion in the parents' group, which had just relaxed. Some looked back at their children, while others took out their phones to make calls for help.

The experience area was located to the right rear of the exhibition point, with two computers lined up in a row. The screens were in custom mode, with the runes and talents set to the most basic configuration, without any additional bonuses.

After the staff finished adjusting the equipment, they raised their hand to indicate that the machine was ready for normal use.

On the outer edge of the crowd, amidst countless eager gazes, a middle-aged man in a dark blue short-sleeved shirt led a teenager forward.

The boy was about sixteen or seventeen years old. He was not short, but he was hunched over with his shoulders pulled inward and his eyes avoiding all the gazes around him.

When his father grabbed his arm, he took a half step back, but couldn't break free. He was half-dragged and half-pulled to the computer in the experience area.

It was Wang Bo and his son.

"Slow down, slow down, don't pull the child!"

Wang Bo's mother followed behind, calling out, but her outstretched right hand never intended to stop her husband's actions.

I'm enrolling my son.

A thin layer of sweat covered Wang's forehead, his brows furrowed. He glanced at Zhang Hai sitting next to him, then at his son. "He plays games every day, sometimes for more than ten hours a day. He doesn't go to school, and he doesn't talk. When asked, he says he doesn't want to go to school and wants to be a professional e-sports player like you guys."

"Could you please test him for me? If he really has this ability, I'll agree to his request."

After saying that, he released his son's arm.

The middle-aged man's voice wasn't loud, but everyone present could hear the pain in the few words he squeezed out through clenched teeth.

"real???"

Upon hearing this, the boy stopped and finally raised his head, revealing a pair of eyes beneath his bangs. A hint of expectation flashed in his previously calm gaze.

"whispering sound!"

Seeing the scene before him, Zhang Hai felt rather uneasy about taking on the task of curing internet addiction from his boss.

He instinctively thought of himself last year.

They were just as crazy, just as obsessed, and their relationship with their parents was just as hostile.

Zhang Hai glanced at him sideways, intending to say something, but the other man had already impatiently sat down in the chair and gripped the mouse in his hand, his hand position perfectly upright, clearly the habitual posture of someone who frequently plays games.

He swallowed his words, sat down, placed his fingers on the keyboard, and asked, turning his head, "What position do you usually play?"

"Top lane."

The boy answered quickly.

Top lane?

Top lane is great!

Zhang Hai tried to suppress the corners of his mouth.

I'm worried that if you play other games, it will affect the effectiveness of our internet addiction treatment method.

"That's perfect."

Zhang Hai nodded and took the initiative to choose his best hero in the custom game – Riven, the Exile.

"No, Hai Zi, isn't that a bit too much?"

Standing to the side, Xiaoxiao glanced at the hero the boy had locked onto—the War King, Pantheon.

"Playing against a kid, and he's even using his main hero?"

Mingkai shook his head. "If we're going to show the difference in professional skills, of course we have to go all out!"

"Use all your strength..."

Xiao Xiao's lips twitched slightly. She hadn't even used her full strength against NA in the match just now.