LOL: The No. 1 Succubus in the eSports Circle

Chapter 24 The fish has been hooked, but it is not time to close the net yet

Busan, South Korea.

Gimhae International Airport.

"Uncle, let's go to the convention center."

After putting his luggage away, Cui Ze sat in the back seat, fastened his seat belt and told the taxi driver his destination.

The driver glanced at the rearview mirror and said, "The whole journey is 24 kilometers. Please sit down, passengers. We are leaving now."

Cui Ze's hands never stopped. As soon as he sat down, he took out his mobile phone and reported his location to the senior executive of Shiquan who was responsible for arranging his work.

The taxi drove out of the airport and onto the highway, and the driver looked back from time to time.

“Is the passenger Chinese?”

"Hmm?" Cui Ze was stunned for a moment, then nodded and smiled, "They say taxi drivers have sharp eyes. Today I saw that it was indeed the case. Uncle's guess was very accurate. But why did you guess that?"

He took a look at his outfit. Following Xiran and Xiaoyu's suggestions, he went for a Korean boyish style today. His Korean was also spoken with a standard Seoul accent. There shouldn't be any flaws, right?
The driver smiled and said, "It's not about the clothes or the looks, but now young people in Korea call the convention and exhibition center BEXCO, which is the abbreviation of the English name. Only the older generation calls it the convention and exhibition center."

"Oh~I see." Cui Ze nodded, understanding.

As early as twenty years ago, many landmark buildings and famous businesses in South Korea had a formal Chinese name, and the public also referred to them by their Korean names.

However, as the integration with European and American cultures has become more and more in-depth, many landmark buildings and businesses on the street have cancelled their Chinese names, and some are even too lazy to use Korean names, retaining only an English name.

Young people also think speaking English is fashionable. Even though they know that the Korean English accent is strange, it still does not stop them from mixing a lot of English vocabulary into their conversations.

A typical example is that a girl group named Red Velvet is pronounced as "Leide Beibei".
"If you're going to the convention center, you should be planning to watch the League of Legends World Championship, right?"

"um, yes."

"I understand. Young people are like that." The driver smiled innocently, and then changed the subject: "But, the competition seems to start in two days. If you just arrived in Busan, why don't you go to the hotel to rest first? Maybe the hotel you booked is next to the convention center?"

It was unclear whether the driver asked this out of genuine concern or to get a commission by recommending the hotel. In any case, Cui Ze told the driver truthfully: "It's okay. I'm not an ordinary spectator. I'm a staff member of this world competition, so I have to report to the convention center first."

"Ah~ So that's how it is. If you're a staff member, then there must be a unified accommodation arranged for you." The driver's voice gradually became lower and soon he fell silent and concentrated on driving.

Cui Ze smiled knowingly and did not expose the uncle's little thoughts. He put on headphones, listened to music and enjoyed the scenery along the way.

Although there is nothing to see, after all, whether it is natural scenery or skyscrapers, the north and south of China have their own unique styles. China basically has everything that Korea has, and vice versa.

After a 40-minute drive, Choi Taek finally arrived at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Haeundae District, dragging his suitcase.

As soon as I got off the car, I saw a man with glasses waving at me from afar. When I got closer, I saw that it was indeed the senior executive of Shiquan who had spoken to me on the video call - Mark Wen.

The name makes people feel that he is not from the mainland. In the chat, Mark's self-introduction also said that he was born in Hong Kong, joined Riot after graduating from university, and came to China according to the arrangement of Riot headquarters after the establishment of LPL. He served as a manager in Riot China's wholly-owned subsidiary.

In fact, it stands to reason that given Mark's position in Shiquan Company, he shouldn't "condescend" to receive a small temporary worker like Cui Ze.

But on the one hand, Cui Ze was recommended by Chen Yu, and secondly, Cui Ze himself has gained a certain popularity in the LOL e-sports circle and has a good fan base, so Mark specially "recruited talents regardless of their background" for him.

"Xiao Cui! Hello, hello, you are really handsome, much more handsome than you looked in the live broadcast!"

"No, no, Mr. Mark, thank you for the compliment." Cui Ze smiled and shook hands with him. "My elders, leaders and friends all call me Aze. You can call me that too."

"Okay, then just follow me and put your luggage away first. Then I'll arrange a temporary agent for you to help you get familiar with the process. The job content is very simple, and you are also familiar with the culture of professional players. Oh, sorry, I almost forgot that you are also a professional player."

"It's okay, it was just an unintentional mistake. Please lead the way."

The two walked in one after the other. On the way, they saw many young men and women wandering in and out of the convention center. Some of them were wearing very obvious team logos. They were undoubtedly fans.

Mark took Cui Ze to a lounge and told him to put his luggage in the corner. Then he said hello and left. As an executive of Shiquan Company, he had more than just LPL personnel to coordinate with. It was a great honor for him to take the time to show Cui Ze the way.

After putting his luggage away, Cui Ze looked around the lounge.

There were several bags randomly placed on the table and the sofa. He recognized one of the off-white bags. It belonged to his "good sister" Xiran.

Cui Ze took out his cell phone and sent a WeChat message to his best sister. The content was an emoticon of a puppy sighing. Commentators, hosts, etc. of e-sports events basically do not carry personal items while working, with the exception of cell phones.

If my good sister has some free time after work, she should be able to see this WeChat message, but it is hard to say whether she will reply to it.

As expected, the reply came after a few minutes.

[Iris: What's wrong? Why are you sighing all of a sudden? ]

[Choi Taek: I didn’t see anyone (sigh)][Iris: ???]

[Iris: It's already noon. Are you still waiting for her? ]

[Cui Ze: Yes (Little Bear spreads his hands)]

[Iris: Are you stupid? You've been waiting for so long but can't see her, why are you still caring about her? Just go back! Don't forget to block her! ]

[Choi Taek: But I took a lot of effort to get to the place where I was going to meet her. I still want to wait and see, even if it’s just to see her once.]

After saying this, Cui Ze tried hard to suppress his laughter and pinched his cheeks hard to stay calm.

Hold it in, Cui Ze, hold your laughter. The fish has been hooked, but it’s not time to pull in the net yet!
[Xiran Iris: You are hopelessly stupid, Cui Ze! (Knocking head) (Knocking head)]

[Iris: You’ve been fooled by that bad woman! Listen to your sister and take a taxi back to the base right now. Go drink and sing with friends, play ranked games to get points, or interact with fans on live streaming. Anyway, don’t think about that bad woman anymore!!!]

[Cui Ze: Thank you, Sister Xi Ran, but I still want to wait and see. ]

[Iris: (The other party rejected your call request)]

In the auditorium of the convention and exhibition center that has been converted into an e-sports viewing area, Xiran had no choice but to put away his phone after seeing three consecutive WeChat video calls on his phone being rejected.

"What's wrong? You look sad today. Are you in a bad mood?" Agent With asked with concern.

"No, just a very small personal matter."

With shook his head, took out a bottle of water from his bag and handed it over: "Drink some water and take a rest. I'm going to bring a new person over now, and you will be responsible for teaching him in a while."

"Okay, I got it. Sister With, you go ahead and don't worry about me." Xiran nodded weakly.

She had heard about a new member joining the team a few days ago. It was said that he was a young and handsome guy, but Xiran had no expectations for this new colleague at that time.

So what if you are handsome?

You are not him.

Seeing Xiran's listless look, With wanted to say something, but in the end he held it back.

Since the two met, Xiran has been seen in her as a young lady who works very hard, studies very attentively, is full of energy all the time, likes socializing, and likes to share her joys and sorrows with others.

What caused such an energetic girl to become listless?
Perhaps there is no other answer except emotion.

Forget it, never mind, let’s go and bring the new guy over first.

After looking at the message the boss sent on WeChat, I found out that the newcomer is actually a professional player from LDL, and the mid laner of this year's spring and summer champions.

Although I don't know why a professional player was recruited as a temporary translator, since the boss has assigned him to me, he must have personally assessed him. I just need to train him well.

"Cui Ze? It's him?"

With did have some impression of this boy with the ID Veronica. He was handsome and had many female fans. And if he remembered correctly, Xiran seemed to know this player.

"Born in 00." She is a little young, four years younger than Xiran, who was born in 96.

But it doesn’t matter. As the saying goes, “A woman three years older than a girl is worth a lot of gold.” This is more than just one gold brick, and the older sister also knows how to be more considerate than the younger sister.

The group stage and the finals will last for more than half a month. In the working environment where they spend every day together, it is hard for a young man and woman not to have some sparks. If they can get some help to bring them together, wouldn't their emotional troubles be solved from the root?

I'm so smart!
With was fantasizing in her mind, and her steps became faster and faster, as if there was a wind pushing her from behind, and soon she arrived outside the door of her group's lounge.

Although he was his agent, in order to successfully match him with Xi Ran, With thought about it and decided to be polite and leave a good first impression on others so that the plan could proceed smoothly.

"Boom boom boom——"

There was a polite knock on the door.

In the lounge, Cui Ze heard the voice and went over, raising his hand to straighten his slightly messy bangs.

"Please come in."

I still want to explain here:
This book is not a passionate e-sports article from beginning to end.
It is not a pure love story under the guise of selling dog meat.
Instead, there are two main lines: [e-sports] and [emotion].

Therefore, I hope that all readers can understand:
The reason why this book starts on the eve of the S8 World Championship is that
The purpose is to make Cui Ze, the protagonist of this book, gradually shape a character that is different from any real professional player through his acquaintance and interaction with various people in the e-sports circle.
That is the theme of this book - succubus.

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(End of this chapter)