League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 254 Champion Skin and Terrifying Sales! (A Long Chapter of 10,000 Words!)

This scene infuriated Linko, who rushed into the lounge and exclaimed, "What are you doing? What time is it and you're still playing PUBG?!"

"What's the rush?" Chen Dongqing asked calmly. "There are still five minutes left, aren't there?"

There are five minutes left until 8 o'clock, but the final circle will refresh in just two minutes. Finishing before 8 o'clock is obviously no problem!

The timing was perfect!

As the promotion continued, the number of people in the live stream increased, and under everyone's gaze, the poison circle began to slowly shrink to a single point.

Under this pressure, Uzi's operation was distorted. In a single attempt to peek out and engage in a gunfight, he was instantly headshot and killed by another team, leaving only Chen Dongqing and Gao Dewei.

However, the two experienced players skillfully used smoke grenades to move around and place themselves in a safe position. Then, when the other two teams started fighting, they successfully reaped the benefits.

"Nice, nice!" Uzi grinned contentedly. "The three of us were awesome, we ate chicken all afternoon!"

Chen Dongqing glanced at the post-match results and smiled kindly: "Indeed."

Uzi's kill count is 1.

With one minute to go before 8 o'clock, Chen Dongqing and Uzi quickly closed PUBG and switched to the League of Legends interface. Then, as required, they connected to the main live stream room specially set up by Douyu.

Douyu's official team seems to have put a lot of thought into this. In addition to the main screen in the middle, there are three sub-screens on each of the left and right sides, which are connected to the cameras of the three QG players and the three FPX players, respectively.

Lin Weixiang wasn't shy at all; he greeted everyone as soon as he came in.

Liu Qingsong and Doinb also greeted each other.

Once all six people had arrived, they followed the rules and each person gave away one hundred sets of champion skins in a lottery held in their respective live streams, with a time limit of ten minutes.

Then another 100 sets were given away in the main live stream, making a total of 700 sets of champion skins given away.

The current champion skins don't have the special feature of a 40-yuan markup for signature editions; they're all priced at 79, and even if you buy six together, it's still 474 without a discount.

Giving away these 700 sets would cost 265,300 RMB, which is quite a significant investment.

As soon as Chen Dongqing posted the giveaway, he saw the number of participants skyrocket and couldn't help but smirk, saying, "Brothers, you can go to Liu Qingsong's or Lin Weixiang's live streams. There are fewer people there, so the chances of winning are higher."

Liu Qingsong couldn't help but purse his lips as he listened to Chen Dongqing's words.

Although he knew that Chen Dongqing was the one directing traffic to him, he still felt somewhat annoyed.

Whose livestream has fewer viewers?

Once everyone had finished their prize draws, the promotional campaign officially began during this ten-minute break.

The screen in the main streamer's room went black, and the promotional video for this champion's skin began to play.

In the black screen, the Fist logo appears and then fades, and the screen gradually brightens.

Actually, the preview video for the championship skins leaked out a week ago, but Riot Games won't pay to make videos for you, so the preview video only shows the basic attacks, recall, and skills.

It falls far short of its intended purpose as publicity.

The videos that are actually used for promotion are the exquisite videos with special effects that Tencent Video spends money to produce.

As soon as the scene begins, a scythe flies in from off-screen.

This uses a naked-eye 3D technique, where the hook extends out of the deliberately framed image, giving the illusion that it's about to be hooked out of the screen and head straight for your face.

The beautiful sound effect of Thresh hooking someone plays. The scene then shifts to an overhead view.

Thresh, enveloped in white mist, landed a hook that struck Ashe in the fountain!

Seeing this scene, everyone's memories were awakened, recalling the night QG won the championship.

In the final five seconds of the last game, Liu Qingsong's hook from the fountain perfectly delayed Pray's Ashe respawn time, blocking ROX's advance to defend the base. QG's coordinated actions secured them the championship!

But the difference from that time is that Thresh and the hooked Ashe are no longer the same as before.

Both heroes now have glowing dark blue skins and wear white armor, the color of the QG team uniform.

The armor was incomplete, emitting a white glow and shrouded in gray mist, creating a subtle contrast with the hero's deep blue skin, giving it a mysterious look!

If future generations were to see this skin, they would surely gasp in astonishment.

Holy crap, the Ash Knight!

In fact, the style of Riot Games' championship skin design has an evolutionary history.

For example, the skins for Seasons 3, 4, and 5 were designed very simply. Riot Games just put the heroes in team uniforms and did a sloppy job.

It wasn't until Season 6 that Riot Games finally decided to do something interesting.

Starting from this year, instead of simply designing according to the team uniform, we would design a theme and design the whole thing around that theme.

Riot Games originally set the theme for Season 6 as combat, so battlefield elements such as armor and cloaks were created around this theme.

Just like the original SKT S6 championship skins, all five players are wearing red armor, posing in a fighting stance, and facing the same direction, creating a sense of unity.

The initial draft designed by Riot Games for QG was roughly the same, the only difference from the SKT version being that the theme color changed from red to white for the QG team uniform.

QG was naturally dissatisfied.

Later generations generally commented that while the splash art for the S6 championship skins was impressive, the skins themselves were of average quality and rather mediocre.

Furthermore, QG's white color doesn't fit the theme of battle.

However, if we go back to the original and design the skins in a conventional way based on the white team uniform, then the S4 SSW skins would be too similar.

So QG engaged in lengthy discussions and negotiations with the designers, but ultimately failed to reach a satisfactory conclusion.

In the end, it was Chen Dongqing who spoke up. He proposed the theme of Ash Knight, which was full of "ruin" and "madness" from the perspective of someone who came after him, and the white style also matched QG's white color scheme.

(Originally, I planned to imitate Instagram with a white and ink painting style, but I later felt it wasn't quite right, so I abandoned it.)

In the subsequent skin design process, Chen Dongqing followed up throughout and provided many key suggestions, which led to the final product we see today.

This year's championship skin adopts the Ash Knight style. Although the current technology is not as advanced as that of later generations, the quality of the skin has not reached the level of the Ash Knight skin in later generations. However, it is much better than in previous years!

In the promotional video, Ashe and Thresh have already started fighting. Ashe uses her W skill, "Volley of Arrows," and countless arrows shrouded in white mist are released, striking Thresh and creating bursts of frost.

His ultimate ability, [Magic Crystal Arrow], is even more terrifying. A huge white crystal arrow is launched from his hand, exploding into white ice crystals on Thresh's body.

Judging solely by its special effects, this skin is already quite impressive!

"All I can say is that this skin's ultimate skill is probably not very easy to land," Chen Dongqing joked.

Why is Ashe's Project: Shadows so popular? Besides her excellent feel, another reason is the narrow arrow animation of her ultimate, which has a hidden bonus to accuracy.

But this QG Ashe has such a terrifyingly large ultimate attack that even a fool would know to dodge it.

"Who cares about the intensity? As long as it looks cool!" Of course, Lin Weixiang was a bit of a show-off; he just loved that kind of swagger.

Thresh's special effects are also quite impressive; when he uses his E skill forward, a wave of white light pollution follows!

The audience's eyes lit up when they saw these two appetizers.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this year's champion skin design is absolutely meticulous, a world apart from previous years.

Putting everything else aside, where did we get these kinds of special effects in previous years?

In the scene, a gray-white aiming line suddenly appears on Ashe, who is fighting Thresh.

The camera quickly zooms up and then moves to the right, revealing a policewoman some distance away, preparing her ultimate attack.

As the policewoman unleashed her ultimate attack, a pair of enormous white wings appeared behind her. The moment she unleashed the attack, her wings flapped forward, and a bullet with a gray-white trail shot straight out, heading straight for Hanbing's face!

But at that moment, something unexpected happened. Thresh suddenly flashed and appeared in front of Ashe.

The bullet that was meant to kill Ashe was stopped by Thresh.

Immediately afterward, a Syndra appeared above the policewoman, also in gray and white tones, followed by three dark orbs.

A fierce battle ensues between Syndra and the policewoman.

During the final stages of their fight, the Cheetah suddenly joined the fray, immediately healing the policewoman, clearly from her side.

A fierce two-on-one battle erupted. Nidalee landed her javelin and then transformed into a cougar to pounce, while Syndra used her ultimate on Caitlyn.

During the fight, the special effects of both sides' skills were on full display.

Syndra's W can directly create a QG team logo, and Nidalee and Caitlyn's traps are similar, with the QG team logo printed on the bottom of the trap.

In a two-on-one situation, Syndra's health bar gradually decreased. Just as Syndra was about to be killed, a trophy suddenly appeared behind her.

This is Thresh's W, "Soul Lantern," which uses a trophy instead of a lantern. This was Liu Qingsong's idea.

Syndra, low on health, lit a lantern and left, standing with Ashe and Thresh, while Caitlyn and Nidalee faced off.

FPX has three members in one faction, while QG has two members in another, making their stances clear.

At this point, the live stream room was filled with 6s.

Chen Dongqing chuckled upon seeing this.

"Is the official team putting on a little theatrical performance here?" Uzbekistan couldn't help but laugh. "It's kind of cool!"

The thought that the policewoman's skin belonged to him filled Uzi with an uncontrollable smile.

This is exactly what he's been dreaming of!

"Where's my Brother Shu?" Lin Weixiang shouted into the voice chat. "Where did my Brother Shu go?"

They came as soon as they were told.

The two sides clashed again. Due to being outnumbered, QG's Caitlyn and Nidalee were ultimately at a disadvantage and were killed one by one.

The official footage then showed close-ups of the female police officer and the leopard woman's death poses.

The next second, a Fiora appeared behind the FPX trio.

Like the other five, Fiora has dark blue skin and gray-white armor. The blade in her hand seems to be transparent, like some kind of ice crystal. She thrusts straight into the battlefield with lightning speed, aiming for the head of the icy man!

Immediately afterwards, Fiora flashed and used her ultimate ability to finish off the low-health Syndra!

Thresh used his E [Pendulum of Doom] again, but it landed right on Fiora's W!

A dazzling sword aura stunned Thresh, and then the ultimate move was unleashed. In an ordinary second, four strikes were executed, and Thresh was sent away!

Of the original six members, only Fiora remains.

"Triple kill!"

A healing circle unfolded around Thresh's corpse. It was a huge gray-white barrier with thick, misty fog swirling around its edges. The fog spread towards the center of the barrier and eventually formed a huge QG team logo at the center, beneath Thresh's corpse!

The QG team logo can only be seen after achieving four breakthroughs!

"Holy crap, that's awesome!" Even Lin Weixiang couldn't help but exclaim, "This design is incredible!"

"And what is this?" Liu Qingsong noticed a blind spot: "There's a string of numbers above Fiora's head."

At this point, you can see a faint number above Fiora's head—1.57.

Chen Dongqing explained with a smile, "This is the time it took to achieve four breakthroughs this time. This is one of my little ideas. After using my skin, it will record the time it takes to achieve four breakthroughs from the moment you break the first weakness. I hope that after everyone uses my skin, they can achieve four breakthroughs faster and faster."

Adding a timer to the game temporarily doesn't require high technical skills, so after Chen Dongqing discussed it with the designer, the designer, who always likes to stir things up, readily agreed to the idea.

Seeing this, the audience members were all puzzled.

Don't you even consider what will happen to those who can't achieve a fourth ascension?

[Okay, I can already picture it: I get a fourth breakthrough, and a 10 appears above my head, leaving me completely speechless.]

[Don't be so harsh; the flaw will disappear in eight seconds.]

[Holy crap, Tree Bro looks down on noobs, huh?]

[Haha, I suggest using the Tree Bro skin for a four-break speedrun race in the future, since there's an official timer anyway]

After showcasing the special effects of the six heroes, it was time to demonstrate the recall animation.

The only remaining Fiora on the field struck an elegant pose, and the blue light of her recall began to shine around her.

Miss Fiona straightened her chest, holding a rapier in her right hand and swinging it repeatedly in front of her eyes.

Six seconds before Fiona was about to return to base, a silver hook and iron stroke spelled "ilex" appeared in front of her.

This is also a new addition to the S6 championship skins; the player's signature will be displayed during the recall animation.

This can be considered a moment of glory.

Seven seconds into the recall, a dummy suddenly appeared around Fiora, and four weaknesses slowly emerged. Fiora, having finished her signature, adopted a defensive stance, and used her W [Laurent's Eye of the Mind] to expose the first weakness.

A timer with a value of 0.01 immediately appeared above Fiora's head and started scrolling rapidly.

The eighth second after returning to base, which is also the last second.

The Fiora flashed, unleashing an AE-Flash-Q combo!

The remaining three weaknesses were completely dispelled in the blink of an eye!

A number appeared above Fiora's head.

0.65

This number radiates a dazzling golden light.

With 0.35 seconds left before recalling, the dummy instantly disintegrated under the fourth attack. Fiora reached out with her right hand, grabbed a championship trophy from the dummy's body, and raised it high.

With the golden number 0.65 seconds remaining above her head and the championship trophy in her hand, Fiora returned to the fountain.

"Consider this a little Easter egg," Chen Dongqing continued with a smile, "If you can achieve a fourth breakthrough in less than a second, the number will be gold. If you really can't get it, just keep pressing the recall button; I'll do it for you."

The designers couldn't have executed the 0.65-second A-flash four-hit combo; they specifically asked Chen Dongqing to help them execute it, and then replicated it one-to-one in the recall animation.

The comments section erupted in laughter again.

[Brother Tree actually considered us noobs, I'm so happy for him!]

[I just keep pressing the recall button, that way I can become a master of four-hit combos in 0.65 seconds!]

"Wow!" Shi Senming peeked out from behind, his eyes filled with undisguised envy. "So handsome!"

Chen Dongqing's skin has reached a new level in terms of both special effects and creativity.

No wonder he's the FMVP; the designers must have put in a lot more effort!

Chen Dongqing turned around with a smile and said, "It's okay, just play well. I'll get you one this year too. Think about whether to choose Diana or Riven for the championship skin."

Chen Dongqing's words drew another wave of questions from the live chat.

Godwin turned around, glaring at her. "You're not happy unless you're stirring things up, are you?"

Chen Dongqing turned his head away and did not respond.

Next, the other characters' recall animations were displayed.

Liu Qingsong's return animation shows Thresh sitting in front of a stool with four gray-white hands in front of him. Thresh then uses the fingers of his four hands as piano keys and begins to play the piano.

According to Liu Qingsong, the back-to-city animation is from the music video of a song called "energetic" by the South Korean boy group WANNA·ONE.

Lin Weixiang's version was far more vulgar. The Ice Archer wore mysterious, tattered gray-white armor, but then started waving his hands wildly, completely ruining his image.

Then it's Doinb.

During Syndra's recall animation, a dark orb went out of control and flew around in the air. Syndra eventually forced herself to use [Psychic Power] to pull the orb in front of her and take out a Summoner's Cup from it.

Xiangguo's recall animation features Nidalee wielding her spear, showcasing a beautiful move, while the QG team logo at her feet becomes increasingly bright. In the last second, a trophy rises from below, and Nidalee holds the trophy high as she recalls.

Finally, there's Uzi's return move.

This championship skin showcase video is also coming to an end.

This Piltover policewoman in armor seems to be much taller in the model than in the original skin. She is holding a delicate and antique white sniper rifle and shooting at a target.

The first shot missed.

The second shot missed.

The policewoman seemed unable to accept this fact, and squatted down on the ground, with a gray-white aiming line connected to the target.

The ultimate skill was unleashed, hitting the bullseye perfectly. The target finally exploded, and the sniper rifle in the policewoman's hand transformed into a trophy. Caitlyn appeared in the fountain holding the trophy.

This return move clearly tells the story of Uzi's esports career, where he reached the S-series finals three times before finally winning the championship.

The scene of the female police officer recalling to base ended, and the preview video of the championship skin also came to a close.

At the end of the video, a scene of the five members of QG lifting the trophy at the Staples Center in Los Angeles appears prominently, highlighting a sense of nostalgia.

It was only a story from half a year ago, but fans felt as if a long time had passed.

Behind the image of the trophy being held is a group photo of the six champion skins.

This group photo still uses the designer's original composition style, with all six QG heroes gathered in the upper right corner of the image.

Everyone was united in purpose, pointing their spears to the lower left. Some were aiming, some were throwing javelins, some were urging their magic orbs forward, and some were extending their hooks.

Among them, Fiora, the Grand Duelist, stood in the very center of the team, charging ahead at the forefront.

As for the individual hero artwork, it is a portion extracted from this set of artworks that belongs to the hero.

In fact, Chen Dongqing was quite satisfied with the original painting because the composition conveyed a strong sense of grandeur.

Chen Dongqing liked it more and more as she looked at it, and happily took a screenshot and posted it on her WeChat Moments. It was 8 pm, prime time, and the post immediately attracted countless likes and comments.

Immediately following this, the promotional campaign for the champion skins entered its next phase.

More live streams connected, all from well-known streamers on the Douyu platform.

There are Luwei, Da Sima, Xiaoxiao, and a female streamer, Feng Timo.

Although Feng Timo is a singer, she is indeed in the LOL section, so the official team also let her ride this wave of popularity.

These four League of Legends streamers will be evenly divided into two teams, left and right, to form a 5v5 competition. The goal is to select a champion skin, with the main focus being on selling skins.

To avoid the game becoming boring due to too many kills, the six players discussed it and decided to shuffle the character selection and positions.

Uzi raised an eyebrow, shouted "I want to play Fiora," and then immediately locked in Fiora after entering the game.

Chen Dongqing sensed something ominous. After thinking for a moment, he decided to choose Ashe, focusing on lane dominance.

Xiangguo chose Thresh support to go bot lane with Chen Dongqing, while Feng Timo and Luwei chose Amumu jungle and Syndra mid.

The match started quickly.

Chen Dongqing was facing off against Liu Qingsong's AD Ashe and Lin Weixiang's support Thresh.

These two brothers also engaged in wife-swapping.

Chen Dongqing grinned and decisively stepped forward to subdue him.

Liu Qingsong's laning ability wasn't top-tier to begin with, and Lin Weixiang's Thresh support was only on par with Xiangguo's. Chen Dongqing, playing Ashe, quickly seized the advantage in the bottom lane.

Both players were playing Ashe AD champions. Chen Dongqing's Ashe arrows rained down on Liu Qingsong's Ashe, but Liu Qingsong was unable to switch targets!

Seeing this, Lin Weixiang chuckled and said, "Are you even capable, Liu Qingsong? Why do you seem like I'm just a toy for him?"

"Stop barking like a dog!" Liu Qingsong was also embarrassed by the rebuke, but he had no choice but to comply.

Fortunately, the two sides separated their voices after the match started, so Liu Qingsong did not hear this conversation.

Liu Qingsong finally couldn't take it anymore, so he used his W skill to slow down the Ice Blossom and forced his way up to get a hit!

At that very moment, a hook shot out from the bushes.

Xiangguo's Thresh actually hooked someone!

"Whoosh!" Chen Dongqing let out a dragon's roar, and Ashe immediately activated the marksman's focus, firing wildly. Then she dodged Thresh's hook with her positioning, and then flashed twice, easily completing the kill in the bottom lane!

Just when Chen Dongqing felt that he had the game under control, good news came from the top lane.

Uzi's Fiora got completely wrecked by the enemy's Darius.

"Holy crap, Darius is disgusting!" Jian Zihao ruthlessly complained in the voice chat.

Chen Dongqing sighed and rubbed his forehead.

Is there anyone who can't beat Darius with Fiora?

Helpless, he could only say, "Hold on, I'll take care of it."

"OKOK," a warm smile appeared on Jian Zihao's chubby face.

Two minutes later.

Fiora learned her ultimate ability and fought Darius again.

But Da Sima wasn't stupid either. Darius quickly moved to the wall, hiding his last weakness. Uzi tried his best but couldn't break through, and the timer above Fiora's head kept increasing.

The final number reached 8, the ultimate move was ready, and the weakness disappeared.

A red cross appeared above Fiora's head—Jian Zihao vividly demonstrated what it looks like when the fourth ascension is not completed.

Then Darius unleashed a guillotine strike, instantly killing Fiora.

Uzi's face immediately turned as red as Guan Yu's, clearly enraged by Darius's attack.

Meanwhile, good news came from the mid lane. Feng Timo's LOL skills were ultimately no match for the high-ranking streamers and professional players on the opposing team. She was easily found to have a weakness and, along with Luwei, ended up feeding the enemy team.

The upper half of the zone was breached.

Chen Dongqing sighed and rubbed his forehead. Faced with such a huge disadvantage, what could he, Han Bing, possibly do?

Ultimately, they lost the first game.

"It's mine, it's mine," Jian Zihao immediately replied in the voice message.

As the world's number one ADC, he was brutally choked by Da Sima in the top lane, which made for a truly entertaining spectacle.

"It's okay, you can go mid lane," Chen Dongqing said cheerfully. "You should still be able to play mid lane, right?"

Uzi played mid lane early in his professional career, playing champions like Syndra and Riven.

Syndra, the champion, is now in his champion pool.

Feng Timo was moved to the top lane to play Malphite, while Royal Club's duo of Luwei and Uzi started coordinating their mid and jungle roles, and Chen Dongqing continued to play bot lane with Xiangguo.

This time, Uzi finally didn't have any problems; he even managed to solo kill Xiaoxiao on the other side.

Chen Dongqing maintained a solid performance in the bottom lane, and with both carries contributing, they easily won the game thanks to Feng Timo's mindless ultimate initiation.

The two teams then split up again and played two more matches. Amidst the immense buzz, the promotional event for the championship skins finally came to an end.

"Phew." Uzi couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief as the live stream ended.

For the contestants, these kinds of activities are essentially just part of their daily work routine. They personally don't want to participate, but they have no choice but to do so for the money.

"I'll have to check how many copies this championship skin sold later!" Xiangguo said smugly, "Could it reach a million copies?"

"How is it possible to sell a million copies in a single day?" Linko disagreed from behind.

Their club has data on the first-year sales of champion skins over the years.

The skins from S2 to S5 each sold around a million copies, so the sales figures are similar.

(Note 1: Here, "a set" refers to a single skin priced at 79 each; buying a set counts as five sets.)

(Note 2: The S1FNC skin was added after S4, so there are no sales figures to speak of.)

Even with QG's championship win and other advantages, Linko's conservative estimate is that total sales will only be around three million copies, no more.

Chen Dongqing watched from behind without offering any conclusions.

He was also undecided on this matter, so he planned to wait for the data to come in before making a decision.

But one thing is certain: their skin sales could not possibly be only three million units!

The next day, afternoon.

After finishing a series of filming tasks for the club, the QG players finally sat back down in the training room.

Just then, Linko, beaming with joy, pushed open the glass door of the training room and excitedly announced, "Guys, the first-day sales figures for the championship skins are in!"

Xiangguo immediately became interested and asked, "How much?"

This data is quite novel, and even Gao Dewei and Shi Senming turned their heads to look.

Linko suddenly became suspenseful, saying smugly, "Guess!"

Uzi said, "Could it really be a million?"

Linko shook his head: "Let's guess as high as we can!"

"One and a half million?"

"not enough!"

Chen Dongqing glanced at Linko's expression and knew their sales figures were extraordinary. He asked, "Two million?"

"Two million two hundred thousand copies!" Linko shouted. "You guys are simply unbeatable!"

The revenue sharing model for championship skins is to give 25% of the skin's sales in the first year to the team.

In previous years, the total amount of skin produced was only around one million units.

Now, QG has reached two million in just one day!

Just one day!

Chen Dongqing was immediately taken aback when he heard about the sales figures.

It was more than he had imagined.

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The QG team immediately started brainstorming and began calculating frantically.

Xiangguo, whose CPU had been completely burned out, immediately turned around and opened the calculator on his computer.

79 (unit price) * 2200000 (quantity) * 0.25 (profit sharing ratio) = 43450000!

He earned 43 million in just one day!

The 43 million was given to the club for its own distribution.

The owner of QG was quite generous, choosing to split the profits equally between the club and the players, meaning each side would receive one-seventh.

"Everyone can get 6.2 million?" Xiangguo was utterly incredulous. "They made 6 million in just one day yesterday? That's incredible!"

The annual contract fee for Xiangguo is only five million, so this is like doing a year's worth of work in one day.

For Lin Weixiang, whose contract fee was only 200,000 last year and just over 2 million this year, this is an absolute killer.

Last year, I just went on a trip to the United States with my older brothers, then played a bit in the group stage, and ended up making tens of millions.

Who can stand this?

"And I specifically asked around," Linko continued, "today's sales are not much different from yesterday's."

Another six million

Although skin sales are usually concentrated in the first three days, the fact that these two skins have six million in hand still makes everyone quite excited.

Even Chen Dongqing showed a satisfied smile.

As a time traveler, he has no shortage of investment skills; he clearly knows what will rise and what will fall.

But these things are all long-term investments, and you won't see returns until one or two years later. He doesn't have the ability to play short-term games.

If you're investing for the long term, you'll need sufficient capital.

The revenue from these championship skins is a crucial source of initial capital!

The future is bright!

Chen Dongqing seemed to have already envisioned himself living in a river-view apartment in Shanghai after retiring from sports.

The money won't arrive for another year, so these fantasies are still premature.

What QG needs to do now is to win the MSI championship and further boost skin sales!

Over the next few days, the QG team entered a busy training period.

Time quickly came to June 10th.

QG members arrived at Pudong International Airport by car and were met by the commentary team who were already waiting there.

The commentary team also flew to Brazil today.

"You guys chat here for a bit, I'll go get the check-in passes." Linko grabbed everyone's IDs and slipped away, while Chen Dongqing familiarly found the commentary booth and started whispering sweet nothings to his girlfriend.

"Brazil is probably more dangerous than Chicago," Chen Dongqing said, putting his arm around Lin Yuanhua. "Don't go out at night, just stay in the hotel."

Brazil is notorious for its chaos, with frequent gang shootouts and seeing corpses on the streets being commonplace – it's like a real-life GTA game.

However, in Brazil, the most dangerous thing is not the gangs.

During major sporting events, gangs actually help maintain order because it represents the development of the tourism industry, which also brings them profits.

Chen Dongqing still remembered that when the pandemic ravaged the world in his previous life, the Brazilian authorities did nothing, and it was the Rio de Janeiro gangs that issued the lockdown order.

What they need to watch out for are drug addicts and criminals walking the streets.

"I know," Lin Yuanhua nodded with a smile, indicating that she understood. "Then see you in Rio?"

"Okay, see you in Rio," Chen Dongqing said with a smile. "We can have lunch together then."

Two days ago, Chen Dongqing specifically inquired about the flight routes of the two teams.

Riot Games covered the players' airfares, but the LPL had to pay for the commentators' flights, so the two sides' flights weren't the same price.

Because the demand for flights from Shanghai to Rio is so low, there are no direct flights. The commentary team was forced to choose a 30-hour journey that required transfers between multiple airlines, including two layovers in London and Rio.

The contestants chose Emirates Airlines, which only requires a one-stop flight in Dubai and takes only 26 hours.

"Huh? A 26-hour flight." Xiangguo, unfamiliar with the flight route, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when he saw his boarding pass. "Won't my butt go numb from sitting so long?"

Last year's flight to San Francisco, which lasted more than ten hours, was already extremely grueling; this time it was double that, the absolute worst.

"26 hours is already the fastest. Do you think I want to take this?" Linko said helplessly. "26 hours is already the fastest. It crosses half the globe, and it's not even a direct flight. It's normal."

For a middle-aged man like him, a 26-hour flight was a fatal blow.

But he had no choice.

"Can we upgrade?" Uz asked from the side. "How much is first class?"

"We're in economy class, it's a little over ten thousand, and that's covered by our company. First class is fifty-eight thousand, so we'll have to pay the forty-plus thousand upgrade fee ourselves," Linko said. "Can you accept that?"

"Upgrade! How much is this?" The QG team members were making millions a day a few days ago, they were pure nouveau riche, and they didn't even care about the 40,000 upgrade fee.

Linko thought for a moment, then made a phone call and came back to say, "Okay, I've spoken to Mumu, and the club will cover your upgrade fee."

QG is really not short of money now, so this upgrade fee of around 200,000 yuan is nothing.

The QG members wore satisfied smiles.

They certainly aren't short of money, but getting something for free is more satisfying.

Before long, Chen Dongqing was already sitting in the first class cabin of the Boeing 777.

Everyone says that Emirates' first class is the ultimate experience, and now it seems that's true.

Each first-class cabin is a separate, enclosed small room with two porthole windows, a sofa chair, a large table, and in front of the table a 32-inch full HD LCD TV equipped with an entertainment system with 2500 channels and a wireless remote control, as well as a tablet computer.

Next to the television was a small refrigerator containing drinks such as Coca-Cola and Perrier.

According to the flight attendants, if you get tired of playing, you can go to the adjacent bathroom to take a shower at any time, and then ask them for a blanket to sleep.

Sitting in the comfortable sofa chair, Chen Dongqing could only sigh to himself that the 50,000 yuan was well spent, and then marvel at how rich the Dubai tycoons were.

After everything was settled and the plane took off, Chen Dongqing connected his phone to the in-flight Wi-Fi, let his family know he was safe, and sent a message to Lin Yuanhua to let her know he was on the plane.

But he didn't mention that he was flying first class, afraid that the other person might feel uncomfortable.

Lin Yuanhua, who had already taken to the skies, quickly replied to the message. After a brief chat, Lin Yuanhua said she was going to sleep.

International airline Wi-Fi costs about $10 an hour and the speed is very slow. The two of them didn't plan to chat much; they just wanted to say hello.

Chen Dongqing put down his phone, turned on the TV in the cabin, and clicked on a Conan movie called "The Phantom of Baker Street." It was a new movie released this year and had received very high praise, consistently considered the best Conan movie.

After finishing the first book, Chen Dongqing read "The Darkest Nightmare." After finishing it, he felt sleepy, but instead of going to sleep, he scrolled through his phone for a while longer.

After waiting for nine hours for the plane to land in Dubai, Chen Dongqing immediately rushed off the plane, stretching his back while chatting with his teammates about the first-class service.

Chen Dongqing glanced at Xiangguo's hair and was surprised to find that this guy had actually taken a shower on the plane.

This guy sometimes doesn't even shower while he's at the base.

After asking around, Xiangguo said he just wanted to experience what it's like to take a shower on an airplane.

After resting for two and a half hours in Dubai, the group walked around the airport a couple of times to stretch their muscles before boarding the plane again for a long 14-hour journey.

This time it was much better. Chen Dongqing asked a flight attendant for a blanket, then closed his eyes and fell asleep. When he woke up again, he had already landed at Rio de Janeiro International Airport.

As soon as he got off the plane, Chen Dongqing felt the intense sunlight shining directly on his face.

As a city nestled between mountains and the coast, Rio de Janeiro offers comfortable air and temperatures.

Chen Dongqing checked his phone and found that he had arrived before Lin Yuanhua, who had taken off earlier, so he simply put his phone away.

Linko's old friend Vincent picked him up at the airport on time. He chatted with Linko for a few minutes and then led the QG team to the hotel.

Halfway there, Chen Dongqing came up to Vincent and asked, "I heard you're the prototype for Luo?"

"Haha, it really has nothing to do with me," Vincent said cheerfully. "Even without me, Riot Games would have designed Xayah and Rakan anyway. I'm just lending my name to them."

"You're going to be famous this year!" Chen Dongqing laughed. "Luo's hero mechanics are invincible; he'll definitely be a key player in the competition. You might even get a championship skin!"

"Then you guys better do your best," Vincent said cheerfully. "Hopefully, you'll be the ones to get Rakan's championship skin too!"

"Absolutely!"

At eighteen, Shi Senming, who was standing like a lackey at the very end of the line, heard the conversation between the two people in front of him and couldn't help but shrink back.

Because Xayah and Rakan were banned during the Mid-Season Invitational, he hasn't seriously practiced Rakan yet, so you could say he doesn't even know how to play him.

Why was a skin chosen for him?

Hehe, a long chapter of 10,000 words, nothing much to say. I've made up for what I missed the other day, and I'll even give you guys a thousand.

MSI opens tomorrow

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Thank you, bosses.

(End of this chapter)