I'm a platinum-level author, so what if I play professionally?

Chapter 127 Ah, Song Dynasty, things are about to change!

The Snake team's refusal to lift the trophy after winning the championship has once again sparked heated discussions across the internet.

The hashtag #LPL has no right to crown me# trended on Weibo for a whole day, allowing Snake to break into the mainstream while winning their first LPL championship in team history.

It's worth mentioning that the official response to Snake Esports' somewhat outrageous behavior on the finals stage was noticeably more subdued, with no reaction whatsoever.

However, everyone on the Snake team knew that this was just the calm before the storm.

It's just that Snake Esports is currently at its peak. Once Snake Esports' performance declines, the authorities will definitely take advantage of its misfortune and clean up its reputation.

Therefore, the pressure on the Snake team at this Mid-Season Invitational is immense.

This Mid-Season Invitational is mainly divided into two stages.

The first stage of the qualifying rounds has already begun in Brazil, while the spring split champions from major regions like LPL and LCK only need to participate in the group stage on May 11th.

Even so, the Snake team only has less than seven or eight days left to train and prepare.

In the Snakes' training room, Song Wen walked in with takeout, placed a cup of coffee on Wang Ke's desk, and started teasing him.

"Hey, Mr. Wang, you've been sitting here for over ten hours straight without moving an inch. Are you bursting with inspiration?"

Upon hearing Song Wen's words, Wang Ke stretched.

"We really capitalized on the hype during the finals, and our stats are getting better and better. Let's update more now, and I'll give you some patches before MSI."

"Patch me? What patch?"

Song Wen looked at Wang Ke's new chapter with a strange expression and asked in confusion, "Weren't you supposed to be cursing here?"

It has to be said that Wang Ke's current novel is also getting better.

With the support of massive traffic, the average daily subscriptions of the six-time champion rose to 30,000 in just a few days, making it the number one novel in the Qidian Alliance category.

Looking back when this book was first published, its descriptions of UZI drew criticism from many readers, and it was also ridiculed and even sabotaged behind the scenes by other authors in the alliance.

Because of its high-intensity use of memes and its attacks on Uzbekistan, it was regarded as a joke by its self-proclaimed professional peers.

Not long ago, Wang Ke, in a fit of anger, even changed the title of his book, simply renaming it "Red Wen Six-Crown King".

As a result, the novel's performance improved, and the "red and warm" trope became a huge hit, but the controversy also grew.

Seeing the charts filled with copycat works by Hong Wen, some authors couldn't sit still.

They say things like "the popularity of novels has affected the entire ecosystem of the Alliance of Literature," and "novels are meant to bring joy, but too much negativity is not good."

While being sarcastic and unsettling, they also try to portray themselves as virtuous.

Wang Ke couldn't help but laugh when he saw it, and immediately posted a separate chapter.

Chapter 126: A Gift to Certain Stupid Authors

[Some people, stop pretending to be literary guardians here. You're just useless people trapped by homogenized formulas, and you still have the nerve to accuse others of ruining the ecosystem?]

He's just making a living by writing fan fiction. Once he starts writing original works, he disappears from the public eye. He got some benefits early on because he entered the industry. Does he really think he's some kind of literary bigwig? Did he build the whole ecosystem?

You've been writing about esports for years, and all you've got is the same old cliché of "time travel, getting a system, climbing the ladder, winning a championship," turning esports into a soulless upgrade template.

The so-called "ecological impact" is nothing more than the fact that no one is watching their outdated and stagnant approach anymore. Seeing others become popular with creativity and exciting moments, they get so anxious that they jump up and down and throw dirty water. They complain that the "red-temperature" setting is too radical, criticize others for using memes as "tasteless," and say that exploiting Uzbekistan is too vulgar.

How come the other professional players don't have any objections when your protagonist uses the system to slap other professional players in the face and wins the championship with Uzi?

They say they're not a dog-like person.

That's ridiculous. Dog fans always say they're not dog fans.

To put it bluntly, you're not afraid of the ecosystem being destroyed, you're afraid of losing your livelihood because of your stagnant ways! The ecosystem of Alliance Literature has never been maintained by you conventional and useless people, but by fresh ideas, genuine emotions, and satisfying moments that resonate with readers.

Lying in the old routines and complaining about everything, they can't even grasp the essence of following trends, yet they still have the nerve to pretend to be high-minded.

These old fogies in the literary world, clinging to the old imperial calendar as their bible, are no different from you, the gravedigger of League of Legends novels. The "rules" you talk about are nothing but a fig leaf to cover up your own complacency and inaction. League of Legends novels are just a few templates, the characters are assembly-line tools, the plot is a copy-paste path to victory, and even the players' emotions have to be packaged according to your "refined" standards. You've turned passionate esports into a lifeless, formulaic essay. When readers don't buy it, you blame others for "damaging the ecosystem"?

He puts on a master persona, writes a bunch of flawed competition reports, and then claims to be a master from ten years ago, saying it's normal for him to be bad now.

It seems like all the masters from ten years ago are now writing Alliance novels on Qidian.

Stop pretending to be high and mighty. You're just a pathetic wretch abandoned by the times, hiding in your little circle and criticizing innovators, only to cover up your own creative stagnation. Instead of wasting your time pointing fingers at others, go home and read some books to learn what "there are no fixed rules in literature" and "no destruction, no construction" truly mean.

Regardless of the results, at least I dared to innovate and step out of my comfort zone. Meanwhile, some people, no matter how much they write, can only come up with five words—

"We are the champions."

Then, back in their own little circle of authors, they start making sarcastic remarks about others and blaming themselves.

I hang out with this big shot every day, and I'm familiar with that big shot. When my book is released, all I can write in the author's note is the book title.

Online writers have to rely on their own writing skills, you idiot!

After distributing the order, Wang Ke breathed a sigh of relief, feeling refreshed.

"Feels good to swear at people, right?"

Song Wen asked.

"Cool."

"I told you to yell at him a long time ago, he's just a jerk."

"Hmm, was my wording a bit too harsh?"

After sending out the single, Wang Ke regretted it a little.

"What are you afraid of? Learn from me," Song Wen said nonchalantly. "Besides, didn't you say so yourself?"

"Online writers have to rely on their own writing skills, you idiot!"

"Hey," Wang Ke said, "Let's not talk about this unlucky guy. He wrote a web novel, an alliance novel at that, and he even thought he was a scholar. He was engaging in all that scholarly banter. He's just been writing too many novels and he's even started to fantasize about himself."

Song Wen, chewing on a chocolate bar, asked, "By the way, what kind of patch did you put on me? I don't feel anything at all!"

"In recent matches, I had the protagonist in the book pick some champions from Season 6 onwards, like Camille before, and gave him perfect mastery. However, I don't know if this last-minute patch will work."

The plot development in novels is definitely faster than in reality.

At this point, the "Six-Crown King" had progressed to the point where he was competing against Faker at MSI.

Song Wen picked up Wang Ke's novel and glanced at it, then said somewhat irritably, "What kind of person is Da Fei? Does he even deserve to fight me on equal terms?"

Wang Ke chuckled coldly.

"I checked your rank history. You've faced Faker eleven times in the Korean server and won six times. The reason you won one more time was because Faker's teammates were completely crushed in that game and he just quit. In those eleven laning matches, disregarding champion counters, you two were about even. You had a stronger lane dominance, but you were more vulnerable to being targeted by the jungler. You solo-killed Dafei three times, but Faker was more cautious than you in team fights."

Song Wen's face flushed red: "Why are you peeking at other people's underwear?"

"What nonsense are you spouting? I'm the team's analyst."

"Sigh," Song Wen sighed, "Back then, I could wipe out Dafei in a flash with a laugh, but now he can fight me to a standstill. You say you've reached a professional level in both individual skill and game understanding, so why haven't I returned to my peak?"

Pointing to the content of Wang Ke's novel, he suggested, "Why can't you just write here that I completely crush Da Fei?"

Wang Ke said helplessly, "Even novels need to follow logic. Besides, to increase persuasiveness, this book wasn't just a simple bulldozer wish-fulfillment story from the beginning; the protagonist didn't even have a system. Now I'm halfway through writing it, and suddenly you've skyrocketed in strength and can easily defeat Da Fei. Does that make sense? Once the logic and combat power collapse, it loses its persuasiveness. Without persuasiveness, how are you going to increase your strength using this book?"

Wang Ke's words made Song Wen nod.

The saying "The more you believe, the more genuine I become" perfectly describes Song Wen.

"Have you heard the story of the weasel begging for a title? That's it."

Who are you calling a weasel?

Let me give you an example.

"You're a real dog, nothing good can come out of a dog's mouth."

Wang Ke smiled and then opened the match video to review it.

Seeing Wang Ke's actions, Song Wen said, "Aren't you going to sleep yet? Those brats are still having a meal out, and you're here like an ascetic."

Wang Ke glanced at the time.

July 30, 4:15.

"It's normal to be happy after winning the championship. We promised to give them two days off. I don't like crowds either, and it's boring to stay here anyway."

""

For the Snake Esports team, this is their first-ever LPL championship.

This will also be the first time that they have gone abroad to participate in a global competition.

Due to official reasons, they appeared very calm on stage, but in reality, they couldn't hide their joy.

Although the MSI tournament is just around the corner, it's still important to balance work and rest.

Song Wen chuckled and teased.

"Sigh, our great writer Wang has really changed. He used to talk about giving up all the time, but now he's so ambitious."

Hearing Song Wen's words, Wang Ke replied earnestly, "Giving up is just an excuse for losers to comfort themselves. When I used to write novels, I could never put myself in their shoes. I always felt that it was unrealistic for the protagonists to be so determined to achieve a goal. Now I understand, the reason the protagonists don't give up is because they are confident enough to believe that they can get what they want. But in reality, people always encounter failures of one kind or another."

"Moreover, compared to a novel, a person's life is too long, so long that many times you can't see the end. When writing a novel, you only need to set a main plot, and at the end of this main plot is what the protagonist wants to get. But for people, they often don't even know what they want to get in their entire lives, and this road is long and tedious, and they don't want to walk it anymore."

Song Wen lazily lay on the table.

He has always been in good spirits; even if he only sleeps four or five hours a day, he can still maintain a full spirit all day long.

Unless I hear Teacher Wang start a class.

"So, have you now found a long-term goal that you can dedicate your life to?"

"No," Wang Ke shook his head, "but I'm now imagining myself as the protagonist."

"Alright," Song Wen pulled out another box of chocolate bars from somewhere and stuffed it into Wang Ke's mouth. "Shut your mouth and stop spouting your abstract philosophy. You'd be better off practicing your jungle. When training starts tomorrow, don't be shy, let that bastard Saofen practice as support. If he dares to say no, I'll slap him across the face."

"Will this work?"

Wang Ke seemed somewhat hesitant.

"What do you mean 'can' or 'can't'? Aren't Vietnamese guys originally meant to play support?"

"I mean, am I capable?"

Song Wen gave Wang Ke a disdainful look: "Can't you even be my dog? Don't you have that much confidence?"

Fuck you!

The next morning, still half asleep, Wang Ke was dragged to the training room by Song Wen.

Looking at the figures in the training room, Wang Ke was somewhat bewildered.

"What's going on? Didn't we agree on a two-day holiday?"

Song Wen stood with his hands on his hips, looking very proud.

"There's no way around it, I'm just too charismatic. They're willing to work overtime for me."

Upon hearing Song Wen's words, Wang Ke's face was full of doubt.

Whether others did it voluntarily is unknown, but Wang Ke is certain that the bruised and battered "Emperor 0" was definitely not voluntary.

Zuo Wu walked up to Wang Ke at some point and said, "They really did it voluntarily. Last night when we had dinner together, they saw Zhu Kai ordering takeout for you. Knowing that you and Song Wen had been training, they insisted on finishing early to rest."

"That Emperor's face?"

"Emperor 0 doesn't understand Chinese," Song Wen said with a grin, "so I chatted with him privately."

"Okay," Wang Ke nodded, "Since everyone's here, let's not waste any more time."

He turned on the projector in the training room.

"There are only a few days left until MSI. Cramming at the last minute is better than nothing. The training in the next few days will be targeted. Before that, we must find out who our opponents are in this MSI."

Looking at the PPT that Wang Ke had created on the projector, the Snake team members were full of admiration.

Professor Wang is working so hard!

"This MSI will feature a total of six teams: besides us, there are SKT from the LCK, G2 from the European region, and LMS..."

FW from the North American region, TSM from the North American region, and GAM from the Vietnamese region.

As soon as Wang Ke finished speaking, he saw the Snake Team members exchanging bewildered glances, which prompted him to ask, "Is there a problem?"

Crystal spoke up, "Um, Brother Wang, the qualifying rounds have only just begun, right?"

Wang Ke was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening.

Indeed, the MSI qualifying rounds are only on their second day.

It's worth noting that there are a total of thirty teams in the Play-In Stage, and the TSM, FW, and GAM he just mentioned all came from the Play-In Stage.

He's been so busy these past few days that he's completely out of it, to the point that his mind is a bit foggy.

Faced with the puzzled looks on everyone's faces, Wang Ke coughed awkwardly and said, "Haven't you all read that novel on Qidian about the six-time champion? They've already made it to the finals, and the novel says that the group stage opponents will be these few teams. I think the author's analysis is very reasonable and well-founded, and it completely coincides with my own thoughts, so we'll tentatively set these six teams as our opponents in the group stage!"

Wang Ke's words caused everyone to have strange expressions.

That's right!

They had certainly read the book about the six-time champion; it's incredibly popular in the league right now.

While it must be admitted that the novel is indeed of very high quality, isn't it a bit too unscientific to use a novel as a teaching material?

"Just as I said," Wang Ke lied without batting an eye, "his thoughts coincided with mine, and of course, most importantly, it was my judgment, except that I found corroborating evidence in that novel."

Song Wen spoke up promptly, saying, "Wang Ke is the coach; whatever he says goes. Why are you questioning him?!"

Zhu Kai awkwardly began, "Uh, I'm the coach."

"roll!"

"Okay," Zhu Kai walked to the door in three quick steps, then asked, "What are you having for lunch? I just grabbed a big coupon on the platform, so ordering together will give us a bigger discount."

Song Wen kicked Zhu Kai away.

"Eat stir-fried pig's head."

Wang Ke coughed to draw everyone's attention and said, "SKT needs no introduction. They've won the World Championship in 2013, 2015, and 2016, and were the 2017 LCK Spring Split champions. They're the favorites to defend their MSI title. Top laner Huni, jungler Peanut, mid laner Faker, ADC Bang, and support WoIf. This lineup combines the mechanically skilled top laner Huni with the tempo-oriented jungler Peanut, while the mid and bot lanes are a well-established championship duo. Their teamwork and teamfight capabilities are world-class."

"However, there's no need to panic. If EDG could beat SKT to win the MSI championship, so can we."

"Indeed," Song Wen nodded, "SKT losing to a team like EDG shows that SKT is also a team like EDG."

"...

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"Song Wen, please sit in the corner and turn off your voice function. Thank you for your cooperation."

Song Wen snorted coldly, crossed his legs, and remained silent.

"Besides Peanut, we also need to pay attention to SKT's current substitute jungler, Blank, who also helped SKT win the S6 championship."

Song Wen couldn't help but say, "Someone's imitating my face, and someone else's imitating my ID. Is he illiterate? Did he originally want to be called 'Black'?"

"Zhu Kai!"

Upon hearing Wang Ke's shout, the training room door was instantly pushed open, revealing Pig Head, who had been eavesdropping outside.

"Here I am."

"Give Song Wen a cappuccino, brewed with 100-degree hot water!"

Seeing that Song Wen had finally quieted down, Wang Ke continued, "Although Blank has basically been sitting on the bench this season, we can't rule out the possibility that SKT will use him to save the day."

"G2, a three-time European champion and the 2017 EULCS Spring Championship winner, is a representative team of the European region. Top laner Epect, jungler Trick, mid laner Perkz, ADC Zven, and support Mithy. The team's style leans towards stable and macro play. Perkz has a deep champion pool in the mid lane and can switch champion types according to the situation."

"FW, the dominant force in the MS region, has won the regional championship multiple times. Jungle coordination is the core tactic of the team. They have strong early-game tempo control and are good at establishing an advantage through jungle invasion and dragon team fights."

"TSM, a veteran powerhouse in the North American region, has reached the North American LCS finals multiple times, and is the 2017 NALCS Spring Split champion, making them a landmark team in the North American region. Their roster includes top laner Hauntzer, jungler Svenske, mid laner Bjergsen, and ADC..."

WildTurtle and support Biofrost. Mid laner Bjergsen is the team's absolute core, responsible for mid-lane tempo and late-game damage output.

"GAM, a rising force in the Vietnamese region, the 2017 GPL Super League champion, has a jungle carry system centered around jungler Levi. Levi's Lee Sin and Kha'Zix skills are sharp, the team plays aggressively and is good at quick early game wins."

Wang Ke has great respect for the GAM team.

Although he comes from the Vietnamese region, it was precisely because of his presence that he captured both TES and JDG, making the "Vietnamese fermented bean curd" meme go viral.

But if we're really talking about the first one to be tainted by fermented bean curd, Tes doesn't actually rank high.

Because WE lost to GAM in the 2017 MSI group stage.

However, since this is just the group stage and it doesn't affect whether you can just pack your bags and go home, not many people care.

This also shows that GAM has always had the characteristics of an LPL team, and its own strength is not weak.

Wang Ke lingered on GAM's page for a long time.

"Pay attention, this team is dangerous, we absolutely cannot be careless."

After all, metaphysics is a bit scary.

"I have also developed a special training plan for you in preparation for this MSI."

Wang Ke looked at Saofen and said, "Starting today, Vietnamese guy, you have to spend half of your ranked games playing support. In the scrims afterward, I will also arrange for you to support Crystal."

Upon hearing Wang Ke's words, Sao Fen was completely bewildered.

"Me? Play support?"

"right."

"Who's going to jungle?"

"Never mind that, just focus on playing your support role. Do you think those two Graves players in the finals didn't come without a price?"

The fan looked utterly dejected.

If he had known that playing Graves would mean he couldn't even jungle, he wouldn't have played Graves.

At least you can farm even if you play Sejuani.

How do you farm gold as a support player?

Wang Ke then looked at Crystal Bro.

"K, your training task from now on is to last-hit every enemy without missing a single kill, even with the Vietnamese guy assisting you!"

Crystal was taken aback and looked at Sao Fen.

The girl with the pink smile looked shy, but she didn't seem like a good person.

Wang Ke finally looked at Holy Gun Bro.

"Xiao Lan, starting today, you will play ten top lane games with Song Wen Solo every day."

Wang Ke's words left Saint Gun Bro bewildered.

You know, solo matches are the least rewarding part of training. Especially when it's ten matches a day.

But he immediately became excited.

In Flandre's view, this may be his only chance to regain his tactical status within the team.

If he can demonstrate superior strength compared to Song Wen in a solo match, then Wang Ke might start making tactical arrangements around him!

As for whether he can beat Song Wen, Saint Gun Bro is actually quite confident.

Although he knew that Song Wen was also a mechanically skilled player, he was still just a mid-laner. How could he compare to their top-lane players who were undefeated in countless battles?

On the top lane, only those who are alive are eligible to last-hit minions!

"That's a great idea!" Flandre raised both hands in agreement. "I think it's really a good idea!"

Song Wen clearly sensed Holy Gun's intentions and said with a cold smile, "How about we do it now?"

"sure!"

Both of them were action-oriented, and they immediately sat down in front of the computer.

Seeing that the two were going to have a solo match, the others also became very interested and gathered around to watch.

"How do I hit Brother Wen?"

"First blood, first tower, 100 CS," Wang Ke said, "but the only summoner spells you can take are Teleport and Flash, so you have to deal with it like a match laning phase."

"Okay!" Flandre rubbed his hands together, then asked, "What about the hero?"

Wang Ke said, "Kennen, Fizz, Shen, Rumble, Galio, Gragas, you all have to play against each of them."

These heroes are the strongest T0 top laners in the MSI version.

As for these heroes, Wang Ke had already had Flandre practice them during the Spring Split regular season.

So after hearing Wang Ke's arrangements, Saint Gun's confidence increased even more.

After all, given my familiarity with these heroes, I wouldn't say I've mastered them, but I'm certainly very familiar with them.

"How about we play Galio first? Wen is more familiar with Galio."

Looking at Flandre's confident demeanor, Wang Ke's expression turned strange.

"You're quite considerate of your brother Wen."

Wang Ke knew that Song Wen was proficient in all five positions and had maxed out his skill with all heroes. He was a humanoid League of Legends fighter jet that Wang Ke had created himself.

In terms of laning skills alone, given his current mid-level professional player skill, Song Wen's skills are probably even better than the top-tier players.

He glanced at Song Wen again.

This kid's smile was harder to suppress than an AK, but he stubbornly held back a single word.

In online novel tropes, this is called "playing dumb to fool the enemy."

Saint Gun Bro obviously didn't understand the implication in Wang Ke's words, and said with a smile, "After all, Brother Wen plays mid lane, so I'm at an advantage coming to the top lane."

"I hope your brother Wen will consider this for you."

Wang Ke began to pray for Holy Gun Bro.

Eleven minutes later, Song Wen's Galio was the first to reach 100 CS.

Galio is a champion that is unlikely to get a solo kill.

However, Song Wen still managed to out-farm Flandre by nearly twenty CS in the top lane.

"Xiao Lan, your Galio play is a bit rough."

Saint Gun Bro didn't seem to care much. After all, Song Wen had probably played Galio more times than him.

"Haha, next round, next round."

"What do you want to play?"

Song Wen smiled and looked very amiable.

After thinking for a moment, Flandre thought for a moment and said, "Fishman, I guess."

Fizz should also be a champion that mid-lane players need to master in their champion pool.

However, in the current version, Fizz has almost no place in the mid lane, while top lane AD semi-tank Fizz is very popular.

In Flandre's opinion, he actually has an advantage when playing Fizz in a solo match, but it's a mid-lane champion in the conventional sense, so winning is something to be proud of, and losing is a normal game.

Six minutes later.

Song Wen secured the solo kill.

"Xiao Lan, you little fishman—are you really playing seriously?"

Song Wen is starting to show his true colors.

Saint Gun's face flushed slightly, but his mentality remained unaffected.

"Come on, Shen."

We've already lost two games, and with so many people watching, it would be a bit embarrassing if we didn't win at least one more.

Therefore, in this round, he chose to play a conservative hand.

Shen has always been a top lane champion, and it's a must-learn skill for LPL top laners. He simply doesn't believe that Song Wen, who plays mid lane, can do it—

"Not a buddy?"

Upon hearing the name Song Wen, Wang Ke's scalp began to tingle.

"You think you can get solo killed playing Shen? You're exaggerating."

Saint Gun's ears were visibly red and burning.

He was a bit too confident in his play, thinking he had a good grasp of how to deal damage to Shen. He frequently traded blows with Song Wen, and in the end, he was only fifty drops of health away from being the first to die.

In Flandre's opinion, there was actually an element of luck involved.

"Rambo, come to Rambo!"

Rumble is a champion he's been practicing intensively lately, and he's currently in excellent form.

"Dude, no offense—you're acting a bit inhuman. You can't even control your temperature properly, what kind of Rumble are you playing?!"

"A barrel!"

As Wang Ke had predicted, Song Wen had already begun to unleash his full power.

"You're so bad, it's making me dizzy. I feel like I don't even have this much pressure playing against bots, because I have to consider your feelings. It's hard to believe that you're the LPL champion top laner, you really bring shame to the champions."

Seeing that Flandre's face was completely red, as if Uzi was about to tear his skin open and jump out shouting "I'm here!", Wang Ke was a little worried and wanted to comfort him. But then he heard Flandre stammer, "Playing the same hero is a bit too stressful—and in a normal match, it's impossible to play the same hero—"

Wang Ke was stunned for a moment.

He saw excitement gleam in Song Wen's eyes.

"Come on, let's not play the same hero again."

Song Wen invited Holy Gun Bro to immediately create another room.

What are you playing?

"Rambo, please."

"Okay, then I'll play Fizz."

Flandre paused for a moment, then hesitated and said, "Isn't Fizz a bad matchup against Rumble?"

This version of Rumble even has some counters to Fizz.

Song Wen smiled and said, "Heroes only have a counter relationship when two summoners are evenly matched. Between you and me, that doesn't exist."

Song Wen's words made Saint Gun Bro even more intense in terms of temperature and color.

Seven minutes later, when Fizz used a preemptive E-Flash to kill Rumble under the tower, Song Wen sighed.

"To be honest, playing solo with you feels like a waste of my life. If you're this bad, you should quit playing League of Legends and go home to raise pigs."

Seeing Saint Gun Bro staring blankly at himself, completely lost in self-doubt due to the collapse of his beliefs, Wang Ke waved and called out Song Wen.

"Didn't I tell you to go easy on him a little? What if you do this and break his mentality?"

Song Wen held his head high, looking extremely disdainful.

"You mean you want me to throw the match?"

"What do you mean by 'match-fixing'? Isn't this to help my teammates?"

"Impossible brother," Song Wen waved his hand, "Don't even mention him, even if one day you're not on the same team as me, I'll still coolly beat you."

Seeing that he couldn't do anything about Song Wen, Wang Ke could only walk back to the training room and decide to comfort Holy Gun Bro.

"Xiao Lan, don't be sad. Look at these last few games. Although your mechanics were off—your awareness was fuzzy—I mean your positioning was terrible, and your Rumble's temperature control was like a fever—these are just minor issues! The more like this happens, the more it shows you have room for improvement. Isn't the purpose of our training to improve?"

Seeing Saint Gun twitch, Wang Ke immediately continued, "Winning or losing in SOL0 isn't important, what's important is learning! Look what you've learned from Brother Wen? Let me summarize for you: Learn how to control the lane, how to harass, how to predict, how to calculate the kill threshold, how to slaughter you under the tower—these are all valuable experiences, don't you think?"

Saint Gun turned his head and looked at Wang Ke with a blank expression.

"Don't worry, we'll continue tomorrow. Wen and I won't let you off the hook—we won't give up on you."

"Brother Wang————"

Saint Gun Bro was about to speak when Wang Ke interrupted him.

"Don't say anything. I know you're unhappy right now, but it's okay to be unhappy today, because tomorrow won't be any better anyway."

"What I mean is, even though you lost today, don't panic, because you won't win tomorrow either."

1

Flandre cried.

Wang Ke panicked.

"Hey, why are you crying? What are you crying about at your age? Song Wen, quickly apologize to Brother Holy Gun."

The Snake team members looked at Wang Ke, and Crystal said quietly, "Brother Wang, why don't you try apologizing?"

The Snake team's training is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Over the past few days, although the players have complained a lot about Wang Ke's targeted training, especially the daily solo battles between Flandre and Song Wen that gave him nightmares for several days in a row, and he even slept with a mask of pain on. But thinking of MSI, everyone still persevered.

With the MSI just around the corner, Snake Esports' training has become increasingly intense.

May 8th.

The night before I was to depart for Brazil.

Snake welcomed an unexpected guest.

"Hello everyone, I hope you've all worked hard during this training period."

In the training room, Wang Ke looked at the man standing next to Zuo Wu and exchanged a glance with Song Wen.

Houge Pavilion.

The owner of OMG eSports Club is now standing in their Snake eSports Club's training room, signifying that Shuangquan's previous plans have completely failed.

At the same time, Snake's official Weibo account also posted an update. This Weibo post, made by Snake's former boss Jiang Xin, clearly stated that Snake had transferred most of its shares to Hou Geting. From today onwards, Hou Geting will become the actual controller of Snake, and the boss behind Snake has changed from the rare earth tycoon Ye to the pig farming tycoon.

These rich kids do indeed enjoy playing esports, but the funny thing is, whether it's Jiang Xin or Hou Geting, they thought they were investing in the booming esports industry, but in the end, they both ended up being restricted from high-end consumption.

However, Wang Ke and Song Wen didn't seem to care about the change of boss.

After all, this matter doesn't have much to do with them.

But Wang Ke quickly realized he was wrong.

"Song Wen! Wang Ke!"

Hou Geting called out their names with a smile, his face full of joy.

"I've heard so much about you! You guys are quite the big names in the LPL now, and your popularity is exceptionally high."

When Hou Geting called his name, Wang Ke was about to give a perfunctory reply when Hou Geting continued, "You two have indeed contributed a lot to this team. Snake's success today is largely due to your efforts. Starting today, you're getting five days off to rest and relax!"

Hou Geting's words startled everyone present. Zuo Wu quickly said, "President Hou, the group stage of the Mid-Season Invitational will begin on the 11th."

Hou Geting showed no surprise upon hearing Zuo Wu's words.

"I know, but the MSI group stage lasts five days, right? And it's a six-to-four elimination round, so there shouldn't be much pressure, right? It's a rare trip to Brazil, so I'll personally take Song Wen and Wang Ke out for a couple of days as a reward for you guys."

After Hou Geting left, Song Wen asked, "What exactly did this man surnamed Hou mean?"

Wang Ke shook his head.

"I don't know, I suspect it's because I've raised too many pigs and my nose has turned into a pig's nose."

77

As a "working person," what I fear most is encountering a "boss" who knows nothing but likes to give unsolicited advice.

In this respect, Shuangquan did a very good job.

In fact, Wang Ke also couldn't figure out what the other party was doing.

He had many speculations in his mind, but it was really not appropriate to say them aloud.

As the owner of OMG, Hou Geting is one of the earliest rich second-generation entrepreneurs to enter the league industry. He naturally has many connections with the LPL officials. Is this an attempt to sabotage the officials' efforts to make things difficult for them?

Wang Ke thought this was unlikely.

Although he was extremely adept at thinking of the worst aspects of human nature, he always felt that the reason why this Mr. Hou could make such an outrageous request was not because of this.

After all, he's the owner of Snake now. Why would he donate his team just to please the official team?

Based on Wang Ke's understanding of Hou Geting, this pig farming heir is a typical "rich second-generation speculator." When he has money, he squanders his passion for e-sports; when he runs out of money, he just walks away. He treats the e-sports industry as his own "capital testing ground," but has never had any sense of responsibility towards the industry or its practitioners.

Hou Geting's layout in the e-sports field can be described as "disorderly expansion in the style of capital speculation". Relying on family capital, he frantically acquired teams such as OMG and Snake, and even got involved in the investment of clubs such as WEA and Royal Club, but in the end all of them became black holes of losses.

His team acquisitions are more like "stamp collecting investments," only pursuing the gimmick of "ownership."

Therefore, Wang Ke had many guesses in his mind, but he rejected them all.

Because he felt there might not be that much capital involved behind it.

Hou Geting may simply not see these contestants as human beings, but rather as his personal property.

Thinking about this, Wang Ke couldn't help but laugh.

Their hard training for so long seems to have been meaningless to this Mr. Hou.

Wang Ke couldn't help but mutter, "Damn it, things are about to change in Song."