Abstract Art Award Winner

The League of Legends All-Star event is very popular every year.

Although it's for entertainment purposes, fans can see many veteran professional esports players.

For example, this year's Strawberry, Smile, Ruofeng, and others, and among the streamers are Sao Nan and Zhou Shuyi.

Among the Korean players are Doinb and TheShy, who are currently at the peak of their careers.

As for this year's celebrities, there's only Zhou Le.

After a few days of training, they set off for Las Vegas, USA, which is also the venue for this year's competition.

Because they didn't want to waste too much time on the road, they took the 8:30 PM flight. Zhou Le had to transfer in San Francisco for more than an hour, and the rest of the time was spent on the plane.

The whole trip takes just over fifteen hours, but some other flights can take more than thirty hours.

"I always feel like Weibo is making a fool of us."

Uzi said somewhat dissatisfiedly on the plane.

"Definitely. We'll put you on stage at the Weibo Night this time, but we probably won't invite you to receive the award. I know Weibo too well. When I went to receive an award, they didn't even arrange a car for me."

However, I could post a Weibo to add fuel to the fire. You guys will definitely be more effective than those popular celebrities in the voting. Even if I don't call on you, you can still stir up more controversy. Of course, I doubt Weibo cares that much, but we can't let them play us like this.

Uzi thought about it. Although he is now retired, he relies on live streaming most of his time, and there are quite a few people watching his live streams.

Even if he can't attend the Weibo Night event, this popularity and buzz are still crucial for him, but after all, he already holds a very high position in the industry.

After much deliberation, I still feel it's better not to participate.

Weibo is primarily a platform for celebrities to network and connect. Although Weibo established Wbg last year, so far this year, given the existing Weibo users, it would be impossible for them to get on the voting stage.

If your own team can't even get ahead, what's the point of giving an award?

"I think we should just forget about it. Rather than being made a fool of, it's better not to get involved. Even if we try to influence them, they won't care."

This kind of award has nothing to do with skill. Even if you go, what good will it do? We esports players are judged by skill and results. Being bad is the original sin.

Don't let the online criticism fool you; if you drag professional gamers out there and challenged me to a one-on-one match, I'd be more than a match for most of them.

Uzi can certainly say that.

"I plan to talk to them during the live stream later and ask them not to vote for me. Since I can't go anyway, I might as well vote for you. At least you're a legitimate member of the entertainment industry. I'll get them to help you campaign for votes later. Once you're on the show, we'll have some face too."

"Me? I can't do that. Although I'm an actor, I never do these things. For me, box office and ratings are enough."

"It's okay, you don't need to worry about that. We are basically the most popular people in the e-sports circle right now. I'll contact other streamers later, and they will definitely be willing to do this kind of thing."

Moreover, their fans have stronger spending power; they can make whoever they want take first place.

Zhou Le was helpless. It was obvious that his e-sports buddies wanted to elevate him. He had already been tricked once before, so this time they had learned their lesson and wouldn't let themselves be made a fool of for no reason every time.

After more than ten hours, the United Airlines plane finally arrived at the Las Vegas airport. The group got out and took a car arranged by the organizers back to the hotel.

The hotel is very luxurious and has all kinds of facilities.

"The American organizers are really rich and powerful, no wonder it's in Las Vegas."

Uzi sighed.

Zhou Le looked around and said, "Sigh, the intrigues of capitalism. People all over the world who can come here to watch the game must have plenty of money, but why is it in Las Vegas instead of New York?"
This place, as a gambling city, is much larger than Macau. If it were me, I'd be willing to do the same.

"Yes, you mean they attract people, and even if only 20 out of 100 people go into the casino, they can still make their money back."

"Pretty much. The rent for this room is at most tens of thousands of dollars a night, but once you're in the casino, who would only gamble tens of thousands of dollars? Brother Uzi, if someone like you couldn't resist going in and throwing your signing fees from the past few years onto the gambling table, then they would have earned back everything they were supposed to earn."

"That makes some sense!"

As they talked, they each returned to their rooms. After all, the time zone in North America is quite different from that in China, so they needed to adjust to the time difference.

The local tour guides advised them that it's best not to wander off alone, and if they really wanted to go to a casino or visit other places, they should bring him along.

After all, it's a gambling city, and it's not that safe outside. There are all sorts of white and black gangs everywhere.

People who uphold principles don't care who you are.

At worst, you can spend decades in jail, but you'll lose your life.

Zhou Le immediately stated that it was definitely impossible for him to run around randomly.

So they spent most of their time undergoing high-intensity training.

I'll also take this opportunity to adjust to the time difference and occasionally do a live stream.

Uzi and others discussed it further and said during the live stream that they didn't need to vote for themselves in this year's Weibo Night voting; they would rather vote for Zhou Le.

Compared to the entertainment industry, the e-sports circle is not as vertical, but its fans are really willing to spend money. When various big streamers and e-sports players mentioned it, many of them understood the key point and rushed to vote for Zhou Le to increase his popularity.

At the beginning, Uzi had the strongest momentum and was about to reach the top. Fans of Xiao Zhan, Wang Yibo, and Cai Xukun, who were ranked ahead of him, were also very nervous and shouted that they should not let the e-sports players rise to the top.

A few days later, the esports players didn't make it, but Zhou Le soared to the top.

To promote Zhou Le, they held giveaways and gave away gifts in the live stream.

"What's going on? Have they started vote rigging?"

"What makes Zhou Le qualified for this position?"

"Is it normal for someone to jump from over forty to first place overnight?"

Most people think Zhou Le is still a reliable candidate, at least for casual viewers. Zhou Le has some truly impressive works to show for himself, whether it's "Ne Zha," "The Wandering Earth," or his previous films.

Each one of them is extremely powerful.

"Hahaha, what's so abnormal about this? You guys who were into BL (Boys' Love) could get on, so why can't Zhou Le?"

"Come on, brothers, let's show them the cohesion of our stinky gaming group."

One person posted a comment, and soon thousands of replies appeared below, all of them simply copying that same sentence.

"Charge! Brother Le must be number one!"

"I'm from Uzi's side, what about you guys?"

"I'm from my factory manager's side."

"I came with Sao Nan."

“I came from Teacher Ma’s side.”

"I came here with that slut."

The comments under these topic-related posts are filled with fans from various streamers and players, all with the same goal: to help Zhou Le win first place. This is because the fanbase of esports streamers overlaps to some extent with Zhou Le's, partly because Zhou Le himself is relatively abstract and fits the elements of internet communication perfectly.

Secondly, Zhou Le's e-sports talent, as demonstrated in previous live streams, was quite high, a complete and overwhelming superiority compared to amateurs like Zhou Jielun, Wang Sicong, Lin Gengxin, and Wang Junkai.

Thirdly, Zhou Le's works are mostly aimed at the general public, and no matter how abstract they are on the internet, he himself doesn't have much dirt to show for himself.

Fans of Xiao Zhan, Wang Yibo, and Cai Xukun, who are trending at the top of the search rankings, do feel threatened by this. However, there are other people who are close to Zhou Le, such as Wang Junkai, Yang Zi, Dilraba, and Zhao Liying, who do not feel jealous.

Their fans felt the same way. They had already tried so hard, but still couldn't get ahead, and the gap in votes with the front was huge. So after seeing this situation, they secretly contacted some fan leaders to ask them to create momentum for Zhou Le and vote for him.

At least Zhou Le and they weren't really competitors, but the three or four people under Zhou Le were all competitors.

As the saying goes, the enemy of your enemy is your friend. Besides, their main character and Zhou Le have a good relationship, so it can be considered as helping their own people save face.

Why not use Zhou Le to suppress those popular celebrities who are currently riding high?

But Zhou Le had no time to care about these things. Apart from glancing at the data every day, he spent the rest of his time on the competition.

The first match of the Infinite Firepower mode started on time in the evening of December 6th, which was the same time as the match in the United States.

This match of Infinite Power was played by professional players from various regions, so Zhou Le was not included.

But this year is special because Zhou Le is very popular in the LPL voting.

First is Uzi, second is Zhou Le.

With the recommendation of top players like Uzi, Zhou Le also secured a 1v1 spot.

In the first URF (Ultra Rapid Fire) mode match of the year, Uzi picked Aphelios, which was also the first time this new champion appeared in an official match.

Regardless of what people in China say, even when you're abroad, your teammates are all foreigners, and everyone knows who you should help.

Watching Uzi display his prowess on the field, even managing a double kill against two opponents while using a new hero.

"Damn it, knowing Riot's style, this champion is probably going to get nerfed."

Uzi's team ultimately won the match, and the 1v1 challenge match followed immediately.

However, Zhou Le drew a Japanese player named Evi, which made Zhou Le smile on the spot.

The viewers in the official live stream were also amused when they saw Zhou Le's smile.

"Haha, Brother Le actually drew a Japanese person! Don't lose!"

"That's right. No matter what happens in other sessions, as an invited guest and as a Chinese person, we absolutely cannot lose."

"I'm under a lot of pressure from all sides right now. After all, I'm not a professional player, so it's normal to lose."

"If you can't beat them, don't come to the competition. Taking up a spot and then not winning is just plain embarrassing."

There were all sorts of things being said in the live stream, but Zhou Le only had one thought in his mind: this game was in the bag.

He also knew that if he lost this time, he might be subjected to cyberbullying.

But losing is impossible.

They had already obtained the list of all the participants. Although Zhou Le didn't know most of them, he was quite familiar with a few of the professional players.

They explained to Zhou Le one by one who was more capable and who was not to be feared.

Evi is quite powerful in Japan, considering that the League of Legends environment in Japan is much worse than in China, South Korea, and North America.

EVi is the one who has been committed to teaching LoL.

He is also known by many Japanese as the last top laner of the Empire, and the ultimate ferocious crab of the Empire.

Of course, Uzi's fans still prefer to call him Colonel.

In the entire Japanese region, including foreign players, he is the only player to reach the Challenger rank in the Korean server.

At nine o'clock, the solo competition officially began.

Zhou Le and EVi were the third group to perform, but EVi was a little confused because he knew Zhou Le because Zhou Le had been recognized by many fans when he went to Japan to attend a film festival some time ago.

But who would have thought that not long after, Zhou Le would be playing in the All-Star game again?

The problem is that when you're playing solo, you need to know your opponent inside and out!
Even if the opponent is TheShy, he feels he can give it a try. After all, although TheShy has a deep champion pool, he is only good at those ones. He can pick a versatile champion, but what should he pick against Zhou Le?

He didn't even know what kind of play Zhou Le played, what Zhou Le was good at, or who he should help.

After much deliberation, he decided to choose Tom, and finally selected a few heroes who were good at countering bullet hell.

Zhou Le didn't care what the other player chose and immediately locked onto Fiora.

"Stable!"

The Japanese athlete's face lit up with joy.

ten minutes later.

"It's over!"

He never imagined that playing Tom would result in him being chased and stabbed to death by Fiora.

For a moment, he felt as if the person sitting opposite him was TheShy.

"That makes no sense. Isn't he an actor? His total box office is in the hundreds of billions. How can he be so good at video games? Where does he find the time to train?"

But there's nothing I can do if I can't figure it out.

If you lose, you lose.

Meanwhile, in the live stream chat...

"Wow, is Brother Le really that good at games?"

"Although not many people play in the Japanese region, Colonel is still very strong."

"Seriously, this level of skill is enough to participate in the main competition."

"See that? Any random celebrity player we pick who's just doing it for fun is better than Faker from Japan."

"Success in the war against Japan! Brother Le is awesome!"

"Is this cheating? Is Zhou Le really that good?"

"Cheating? Do you even know what cheating means in this kind of competition? Is it so hard to admit that someone is better?"

This was the first time Zhou Le had publicly showcased his true abilities online. His previous performances were essentially just playing around, primarily to maintain team synergy. (End of Chapter)