League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 274 FMVP! (Ready to be devoured!)

At this moment, the three commentators in the LCK commentary booth had already taken off their headphones. They could clearly hear the noisy commotion coming from the LPL live broadcast room next door.

Miller, his face flushed, shouted excitedly, "Three to one! Congratulations to QG for successfully defending their title and winning the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational! They are the first team in MSI history to successfully defend their title!"

Wawa excitedly shouted, "In 2015, 2016, and 2017, our LPL swept all the championships since the inception of the MSI tournament! We proved to the world who the number one region is!"

Inside the Rio Olympic Stadium, tens of thousands of spectators applauded and cheered!

The live stream has now switched to the scene, where the water droplet screen at the top of the venue is changing colors, eventually converging into a fancy "Victory"!

Behind this icon is a photo of QG's base and a golden QG team logo!

At this point, the stage is divided in the middle, with completely different scenes on both sides.

On the left side of the stage, spotlights shone brightly, illuminating the area.

Golden ribbons twirled and fell from the sky, while the dry ice machine in front of them spewed out thick white mist!

Chen Dongqing took off his headphones and stood up. He heard the sound in his ears suddenly become louder. He turned around and hugged his teammates tightly.

Shi Senming was especially excited about his first championship win. He jumped over and hugged everyone's shoulders, shouting, "We won! MSI champion!"

"Look at you!" Uzi joked from the side, "This guy already won the championship a long time ago."

Although that's what he said, the rosy complexion on Uz's face betrayed his true feelings.

Winning the championship in front of 60,000 spectators and millions more watching on camera is definitely something to be excited about!

Chen Dongqing was also overjoyed, and he glanced at his own mid-laner.

Godwin also looked excited, but in addition to excitement, there was also a hint of something unusual about him.

Godwin was not only excited, but also somewhat wistful.

Because all of this was still somewhat of a dream for him.

He actually had the day when he could dominate the international stage with Diana, an experience he had never had before while with LGD.

All I can say is that joining QG was the best decision he ever made.

Several people rushed out of the backstage passage with excited expressions.

Linko, holding a white team flag, draped it over Chen Dongqing's shoulders, then patted the teammate on the shoulder and said, "Go shake hands!"

“Let’s go, let’s shake hands!”

Chen Dongqing stood at the front of the group and walked towards the opposite side of the stage.

On the other side of the stage, a completely different scene unfolds.

The spotlight doesn't belong to them, the cheers don't belong to them.

Smeb sat in the player's seat and inexplicably felt nauseous. He quickly leaned back in his chair and took a couple of deep breaths, which helped him feel a little better.

Peanut felt a pang of sadness upon seeing his teammates' performance.

Many times, even he couldn't help but sigh, "Why did the tree have to be born when the vast ocean already exists?"

He turned his head and saw Chen Dongqing walking towards him, draped in a white team flag.

This scene is all too familiar; just six months ago at Staples Center, it was a scene straight out of a movie.

Same people, same team uniforms.

They failed in the same way.

Chen Dongqing shook hands with everyone from the support position onwards, and when he shook hands with the former EDG duo, he even offered a few words of comfort in Chinese.

Then there's the little peanut.

Chen Dongqing gripped the two corners of the team flag with his left hand, securing it to his body, then lightly squeezed it with his right hand and said in English, "See you next time, at the S-series."

"Yes." Peanut nodded solemnly and said, "I'll say it again, I'll definitely win next time."

Chen Dongqing didn't object, but just smiled kindly: "Then good luck, I'll be waiting for you in China."

This year's World Championship will be held in the country, with the finals taking place at the Bird's Nest in Beijing!

For the LPL, this World Championship is more significant than ever before, and all teams are doing their utmost to win it!

After shaking hands with Xiao Huasheng, Chen Dongqing walked over to the last person.

Smeb seemed to be feeling much better. He stood up from his chair and shook hands with Chen Dongqing blankly.

Seeing that the other person didn't seem very interested in chatting, Chen Dongqing didn't say much, only saying, "Keep it up."

After the handshake ended, he turned and glanced at it.

You can see that Shi Senming, who is at the end of the line, has just started shaking hands with Mata.

One of them had a dark complexion and remained silent, while the other had a wide smile on his face, creating a stark contrast.

This scene was quite amusing, and Chen Dongqing couldn't help but smile.

At this moment, Xiangguo finished shaking hands and, seeing Chen Dongqing stop, urged, "Hurry up, hurry up, I can't wait to touch the trophy."

"What's the rush?" Chen Dongqing said as he strode quickly to the center of the stage.

The MSI championship trophy is located in the center of the stage, on the pedestal.

Chen Dongqing stood around the trophy, one hand resting on it.

At that moment, the cheers from the audience clearly rose to a new level! Subsequently, Xiangguo, Gao Dewei, Uzi, and Shi Senming each put one hand up.

Then raise it high!

The MSI trophy isn't as big as the Summoner's Cup from the World Championship; you could even wrap your arms around it once.

This made the scene of QG players each holding one hand look slightly comical – the audience could barely see the color of the trophy.

But this didn't stop the cheers from the audience from erupting instantly!

The camera panned to the audience, and surprisingly, players from both G2 and Flash Wolves were spotted.

The MSI matches were held close together, and the eliminated teams hadn't even had time to go home yet, so they simply chose to come to the venue to watch the matches.

When everyone saw the camera focused on them, they all gave a thumbs up.

For G2, if they had to choose between QG and KT, they would definitely prefer QG to win.

This is the innate optimism of Europeans.

It is known that QG is the champion, QG beat G2, QG also beat KT, and KT is the runner-up.

So G2 = KT, G2 = runner-up, no problem.

Flash Wolves, of course, also hope that QG will win.

After all, QG was willing to help them play practice matches the night before their match, and Chen Dongqing even taught them a trick that helped them win an extra game against KT. This was a pure act of brotherhood!

Therefore, QG's victory was widely expected.

The Brazilian host strode onto the stage, approached the QG team, and shouted, "Dear audience members, let's all shout out the champion's name!"

The entire audience of 60,000 chanted in unison: "QG!"

The Brazilian host's voice rose and fell in unison as he spoke in Portuguese, using words the audience couldn't understand: "Congratulations to QG! Successfully defending their title! Achieving a two-peat at MSI!"

As Chen Dongqing listened from the side, he thought to himself that as expected of a host from a football powerhouse, the way he shouted those words gave him the feeling that "goal had been scored."

The host then continued, "Next, please welcome Riot Games co-founders Ryze and Tryndamere, along with our award presenter, Ronaldo!"

The cheers from the audience reached a new level, and many people found it hard to believe!

Who?

Ronaldo?

In Brazil, the football kingdom, Ronaldo is a hero, known to everyone in the country.

Let alone the whole country, this kind of person probably enjoys extremely high popularity all over the world!

Even in China, where the football culture isn't particularly strong, Ronaldo is a household name—of course, this might also be thanks to Jin Sangzi throat lozenges.

Seeing that such a person had been invited to present the awards, the audience below the stage erupted in cheers!

Uzbekistan's eyes lit up. He usually watches football matches and often plays FIFA live. Seeing the real Ronaldo right in front of him, he was overjoyed!

Amid cheers, Ronaldo received the medals from the hostesses and pinned them around the necks of the QG members one by one.

As Chen Dongqing watched Ronaldo walk up to him with the medal, he politely lowered his head slightly and immediately noticed Ronaldo's noticeably protruding beer belly, making him look exactly like Gragas.

Only when he felt the weight of the medal hanging around his neck did Chen Dongqing raise his head and shake hands with Da Luo.

Ronaldo seemed quite taken with the handsome Asian man before him, smiling and saying, "I watched today's match; you played beautifully!"

Chen Dongqing smiled and nodded: "Thank you."

Immediately afterwards, Darrow walked toward the next person, who was Uzi.

After putting on his medal, Uzbekistan shook hands with Ronaldo quite firmly, expressing his wish to take a photo with him later.

Darrow readily agreed.

After the last medal was awarded, Ronaldo stood on the left side of the team, next to Chen Dongqing, and posed for a group photo with the photographer.

This is a group photo of world champions, it's an amazing collaboration! The audience below the stage stirred up a buzz at just the right moment, making quite a commotion!

The awards ceremony then moved on to the next stage.

The host smiled and announced, "Next up is the FMVP award for this year's Mid-Season Invitational!"

"I'm sure you all have your own answers regarding who should be the FMVP. Please shout out the name in your hearts!"

The atmosphere was electric as the audience responded to the host's provocative shouts, with a constant stream of cheers and shouts.

It's really hard to say who the FMVP is, because every QG player had their moments in the finals.

In the beginning, there were many different voices, and even quite a few supporters of Shi Senming.

But after a moment of chaos, the voices began to unify!

The entire audience started chanting the same ID!

"ilex!"

"ilex!"

"ilex!"

Hearing the cheers from the audience, Tryndamere walked to the microphone, opened the envelope, glanced at it, and then shouted, "The 2017 Mid-Season Invitational FMVP is .QG.ilex! Congratulations!"

Chen Dongqing grinned and took a step forward under the watchful eyes of his teammates.

Actually, he wasn't obsessed with the FMVP award; he was even happy to see his teammates win it.

This means that the team has the ability to win the game even without relying on him, which is undoubtedly something to be happy about.

Of course, if he can win the FMVP, that must be pretty good!

This time, Ryze stepped forward and presented Chen Dongqing with a small trophy.

Ryze shook hands with Chen Dongqing, then said helplessly, "Well done, you've successfully kept our design team quite busy."

To be honest, Ryze was very unhappy about Chen Dongqing winning the FMVP again.

Everyone knows how Riot Games designers operate: in each patch, they push a particular role to make that player shine.

For example, the jungle carry meta in the first half of last year, the mage meta in the second half of last year, and the AD meta in last year's World Championship.

Although they often went astray, they did have those intentions.

In the first half of S7, Riot Games clearly wanted to continue the idea from last year's World Championship and further strengthen AD carries.

But we've seen the results.

No matter how Riot Games plays, the FMVP is always the top laner.

This is absolutely outrageous!

The entire design team felt insulted!

No, keep buffing AD carry, keep nerfing top laner!

Damn it, I don't believe you can win the FMVP at this year's World Championship!

Everyone knows that Riot Games wants to increase the presence of AD carries this year.

Chen Dongqing smiled and nodded, his heart unmoved, and said, "I'll try to keep you all a little busier in the future."

As a reborn individual, he naturally understood what the second half of this year would be like.

But of course he didn't care.

Buff AD, go ahead and buff AD. My AD is Uzi, who am I afraid of?

Ryze smiled and patted him on the back, indicating that the stage was his.

Chen Dongqing turned around and raised the trophy high!

The images on the large screen behind him changed, and a promotional photo of Chen Dongqing was displayed.

In that instant, a clamor arose, and the shouts of countless spectators soared into the sky, gradually turning into a unified chant!

"MVP!"

"MVP!"

"MVP!"

This outcry is almost exhilarating.

Chen Dongqing raised the corners of his mouth and waved to the audience to express his gratitude.

At this point, the Brazilian host, accompanied by a translator, walked onto the stage and began asking for comments:

"This is your second MSI championship and your second FMVP award. Do you have any different feelings this time?"

There was a Portuguese translator nearby, translating the text into Chinese.

Chen Dongqing stared at the ground and listened carefully to the translation. The question did seem a little novel.

He replied with a smile, "Winning the championship is ultimately something to be happy about. Although the locations, opponents, and even teammates of these two MSI championships are different, the excitement brought by the championship is still the same."

"As for this FMVP, it doesn't mean much to me. League of Legends is ultimately a team game. I wouldn't have won this award without them. All I want to say is 'thank you teammates.'"

Chen Dongqing's words were sincere, but some people didn't take them to heart.

A certain place in Shanghai.

Doinb deliberately didn't go live today, instead sitting alone in front of his computer.

He felt that if he watched the finals live, there would definitely be a lot of drama, so he chose to watch the game alone.

As it turns out, he was right not to do a live stream.

Doinb felt a pang of sadness upon hearing Chen Dongqing's words of gratitude to his teammates.

If he hadn't left the team, would he be the one standing on the stage now?

I think so.

Back on the field.

The audience members felt uneasy listening to Chen Dongqing's words.

what's going on?

Hey kid, that's not what you said in that interview at the beginning of the fourth game!

Where did your arrogance go?

Chen Dongqing is no fool, of course. It's one thing to say arrogant things before the match, but to say things like "the opponents are all noobs, there's no pressure to win" after the match is just inviting hatred.

The main selling point is high emotional intelligence!

The interview with the host is still ongoing.

"With this, the first half of the League of Legends season in 2017 is over, and we can confirm that the first half of this year belongs to QG! What are your expectations for the second half of the year?"

Looking ahead to the second half of the year, this is where they start making grand pronouncements before the game.

Chen Dongqing listened to the question and pondered for a moment.

He confirmed that in addition to the World Championship (S-Series), there will also be an Intercontinental Championship award in the second half of this year.

Chen Dongqing said, "The competitions in the second half of the year seem to be more intense. Riot Games seems to have launched a new international tournament called the Intercontinental Cup. This means that QG will no longer be the only team to achieve a Grand Slam. We need to work hard towards this goal again."

"Furthermore, the World Championship is being held in my country, which means a great deal to me."

Chen Dongqing said with a smile, "So, there's only one thing we need to do: win everything in the second half of the year. We will never give up on the pursuit of the championship, and we will never lose!"

Upon hearing this, the audience below the stage began to shout excitedly again.

It's spicy for my stomach! It's spicy for my stomach!

That's what you should be saying!

The reaction from the comments section was also huge:

【Crazy! Crazy! Crazy!】

We will never lose!

If Brother Tree can win the championship again at the Bird's Nest this year, he will truly be a legend.

If he wins two consecutive championships, can Tree Bro become the greatest player in history?

[Absolutely! Tree Bro is already the greatest of all time, a Grand Slam winner and Finals MVP, who can compare?]

[Is a self-proclaimed "filial son" trying to piggyback on Faker's two championships?]

Why didn't Fei's dad come to MSI? Did he not want to?

For some reason, the comments section suddenly started hurling insults again.

Since Chen Dongqing won the FMVP last year, the debate over whether he is the greatest player of all time has never stopped in the live stream.

In the front row of the audience, Lin Yuanhua sat in her seat, her voice hoarse from shouting.

She squinted at the stage not far ahead, then, annoyed that she couldn't see the faces clearly, she simply looked up at the water droplet screen above.

The world is now focused on Chen Dongqing, and his image is the only one on the waterdrop screen.

Lin Yuanhua squinted at it, liking it more and more the more she looked at it.

After asking Chen Dongqing two questions, the host turned his attention to the other four people.

After a long series of interviews, the post-match awards ceremony came to an end.

As soon as they stepped off the stage, LPL's official photographer, Yicun, rushed up and started snapping photos of everyone, taking several close-up shots of each person.

Uzbekistan finally had the chance to take a photo with Ronaldo while holding the trophy.

When the QG team returned to the rest room in high spirits, several commentators and hosts rushed over to congratulate them.

Lin Yuanhua was among them. She spotted Chen Dongqing resting on a sofa in the corner of the lounge at a glance and casually sat down to Chen Dongqing's left.

Seeing this, Shi Senming, who was sitting to Chen Dongqing's right, scratched his head and silently stood up, deciding not to be a third wheel.

Photographer Ichimura also entered the room. His gaze immediately fell upon the two adulterous couple sitting in the corner of the lounge.

He immediately picked up his camera and snapped several photos.

(End of this chapter)