League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 500 The Asian Games Conclude

2018 9 Month 1 Day.

The group did not linger in Jakarta. Just the day after Chen Dongqing's match ended, the members of both the LOL and DOTA2 divisions embarked on their journey back to Shanghai.

Mr. Huo attaches great importance to these two projects, and he came here specifically to accompany everyone.

Mr. Huo couldn't leave yet because the esports competition still had two days left. But that didn't stop him from seeing everyone off.

While waiting for the bus to arrive, Mr. Huo said with a smile, "Your journey in this Asian Games has come to an end. Thank you all for your contributions to Chinese esports. I hope to see you again in the next Games."

From these words, everyone gleaned a great deal of information.

Chen Dongqing smiled and said, "From what you're saying, everything will be settled in four years?"

The next Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou four years from now, and China will have the right to decide which events to participate in.

"This demonstration event at the Asian Games was originally a stepping stone. The higher-ups need to see the competitiveness and popularity of esports."

Mr. Huo looked at Chen Dongqing and said with a smile, "The most crucial point is to see our dominance in the e-sports industry! We've done a fantastic job this time, paving a broad road for the e-sports industry!"

Upon hearing this, everyone smiled and nodded.

The most crucial point is the last one: the higher-ups need to see the Chinese team's dominance in esports.

If they add so many new projects on their own turf, and still can't win a gold medal in the end, wouldn't that be incredibly embarrassing?

Chen Dongqing, who won three gold medals in three consecutive days, was the key player in this success.

With just three gold medals in three days, Mr. Huo was confident that he could win those people's approval.

Four years from now, esports will be included in the total medal count of the main competition!

Mr. Huo concluded with a smile, "I hope to see you all again in Hangzhou four years from now."

Chen Dongqing confidently shook hands with the other person and smiled, "They don't know, but I'm definitely involved."

The bus slowly pulled up in front of them, and everyone waved goodbye to Chairman Huo before heading towards the airport.

Chen Dongqing sat in the car, put on his headphones, first played a familiar song called "Black Humor," and then browsed various online forums and message boards.

The e-sports-related discussions sparked by Chen Dongqing yesterday are still ongoing, with some topics still trending on social media.

Chen Dongqing casually browsed Weibo, but found it uninteresting, so he simply went back and opened Tieba.

The anti-corruption forum is still quite valuable. The moment Chen Dongqing clicked in, he quickly found something that interested him!

[A compilation of comments about Tree Bro from Korean online forums]

Because Chen Dongqing played a StarCraft match yesterday, the significance of his victory far outweighed the match itself. Therefore, the members of the Anti-Japanese Bar did not think of this tool for gaining experience points yesterday, and related posts only appeared today.

Moreover, since the post was about his own evaluation, Chen Dongqing had no reason to miss it and immediately clicked in to start browsing.

The reason this repost appeared is because someone on a Korean online forum asked: "How would you rate the player ilex?"

On the first floor of the post, the poster also enthusiastically posted photos of Chen Dongqing winning the 2016-2017 World Championship and three gold medals at the 2018 Asian Games.

Of the five photos of the winners, four of the victims were South Koreans.

Posting such a message and taking such photos at a time when the South Korean team has just suffered a crushing defeat and the whole country is in mourning makes it difficult to assess the poster's character.

As expected, the poster was immediately bombarded with attacks as soon as the post was published!

[Damn it! Why post these photos? What kind of traitor to Korea is this?]

[You spend all day giving opinions; don't you have any of your own?]

Why isn't this post deleted yet?

[It's one thing for the tree fans to subtly disgust people on the forum, but to openly flaunt their actions today? Seriously disgusting!]

What's so great about this person? You want me to praise him? No way! He's an enemy of our Republic of Korea!

Chen Dongqing was helpless when he saw these replies.

I just wanted your feedback, why are you in such a hurry?

Chen Dongqing scrolled through countless replies attacking the original poster, and finally saw the proper evaluation section.

[The number one player in League of Legends, a crossover champion in StarCraft 2 and Dota 2—how am I supposed to evaluate him?]

[His skills are indeed very strong, but because he's Chinese, I can only give him five points.]

[Sigh, if only Ilex were Korean, I can't imagine how high he would have gone!]

[What kind of heights could he possibly reach? He's just a lucky player who happened to catch a wave when both StarCraft and League of Legends were relatively weak. If he had been born a few years earlier, he wouldn't have won any championships.]

[This is really funny, how did it suddenly become weak? Wasn't the weakness caused by Ilex's attack?]

[Can't you see it? Ilex could have played in S4 and S5, so why didn't he? It's because he couldn't beat peak SSW and SKT! SKT in S6 was no longer good! There's a Chinese saying, "When the tiger is away, the monkey is king!"]

[What the hell are you guys talking about? Ilex has never lost to SKT or Samsung! How can you say something like that?]

[That's how South Koreans are: before a match, they're riding high and celebrating with champagne; after a match, when things go wrong, they stubbornly refuse to admit it, then find somewhere to shift the blame. If that doesn't work, they'll talk about the past, about their achievements—they're sure they're innocent, and after a while, they'll clear their name.]

[Fine, fine, the traitorous Koreans are showing their true colors again. What are the moderators of this forum doing? Aren't they going to ban these accounts?]

Chen Dongqing couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw the comments.

Because he was wearing headphones, he suddenly lost control of his voice, and everyone on the bus could hear it.

"What are you looking at? Why are you having so much fun?" Xiao Hu also came over and looked at Chen Dongqing's phone screen.

"Korean forums!" Chen Dongqing exclaimed excitedly. "Come and see, all the Koreans are completely defenseless!"

"Is that so? Look!" Upon hearing this, Xiao Hu's face lit up, and he looked at Chen Dongqing's phone screen.

Chen Dongqing just scrolled to the next comment.

[It has to be said that Ilex is indeed very strong, mainly because he never relies on his teammates. Whether it's Doinb, GodV, or even Xiaohu, he can carry them to victory. In this respect, he is actually stronger than anyone else.]

Upon seeing this comment, Xiaohu's smiling face instantly darkened, turning serious.

What does "even Xiaohu" mean?

Who do you think you are!

This forum is completely inaccessible.

They've withdrawn!

Xiao Hu sat back down in his seat and started chatting on the phone with his girlfriend again.

Behind them, everyone witnessed Xiaohu's sudden change of expression. They didn't know what Xiaohu had seen, but they just found it amusing.

The bus slowly came to a stop at the airport. Everyone timed it perfectly and didn't have to wait long before their identities were checked and they boarded the plane.

Sitting on the plane, Chen Dongqing took a photo and sent it to his girlfriend and parents to let them know his itinerary.

Just then, another WeChat message came in on my phone, this time from my cousin.

Chen Dongqing looked at his cousin's name and was momentarily dazed before finally remembering what had happened.

At the end of June, my aunt brought my cousin to our house, wanting to ask him if he could play professionally.

Chen Dongqing's solution at the time was to give his Korean server super account to his cousin, and if he could reach 1000 points on the Korean server during the summer vacation, he would arrange a trial for him.

My cousin also plays top lane, and his playstyle is very similar to Chen Dongqing's, emphasizing a lightly armored warrior who excels at stomping weaker opponents.

This playstyle does indeed help you climb the ranks quickly. My cousin reached Master rank in the Korean server in mid-July, and then reached 500 points in August.

A score of 500 in the Korean server is already quite impressive. In fact, during ranked matches, his pinyin ID attracted numerous invitations from domestic clubs.

Chen Dongqing knew about this, but he only followed it up until early August. After that, he was busy with the International Games and the Asian Games and stopped paying attention to it.

Now it's September, summer vacation is over, and Chen Dongqing has seen his cousin's final answer sheet.

Then, it took him a whole month to walk the path from 500 to 1000 points, and he still hadn't finished.

His final score was 800.

A 15-year-old with 800 points in the Korean server is a prodigy, but the esports world is full of geniuses, and there's no need to abandon his promising academic career for a possibility.

My cousin clearly understood the outcome. He's already started high school military training, and the message he sent was just to let Chen Dongqing know.

"It's okay, study hard. I'll give you another chance after you graduate from high school and get your college acceptance letter!" Chen Dongqing sent the message cheerfully, and then turned off his phone.

At this moment, the plane had already begun to slowly start and was preparing to taxi onto the runway.

For some reason, the air conditioning on the plane always had a sticky feeling, which Chen Dongqing really disliked. He opened his iPad and clicked on the movie "Dying to Survive" that he had downloaded in advance.

Chen Dongqing had seen this movie in his previous life, and it was only recently released. Chen Dongqing didn't mind watching it again to pass the time during this not-so-long flight.

Soon, the plane landed at Pudong International Airport.

Linko was very familiar with the route; he had already arranged for a bus to pick them up. Everyone boarded the bus and headed towards the base.

On the way to the base, Chen Dongqing also took the opportunity to check on the results of today's competition.

Today's game is Clash Royale.

This game isn't actually a popular esports title, but its appearance at this year's Asian Games is mainly due to its popularity in Indonesia.

If something is popular, there will be more players; with more players, there will be a larger sample size, and naturally, more skilled players will emerge.

Indonesia added this event mainly in hopes of winning a gold medal in this year's esports competition, which would make things look better.

But alas, this gold medal isn't something you can just get whenever you want.

In today's competition, Chinese player Lciop (Huang Chenghui) displayed exceptional skill and was blessed with good fortune, defeating his opponents one after another to advance. In the final BO7 seventh game, he defeated the Indonesian player to win the gold medal!

Chen Dongqing licked his lips and nodded in satisfaction.

Great job, everyone's been really helpful!

If that's the case, then perhaps China can achieve a perfect ending in the e-sports event at this year's Jakarta Asian Games!

It was evening, and both QG teams were quite disciplined. After returning to the base, they took showers and prepared to get a good night's sleep.

It has to be said that the accommodation facilities in the Asian Games Village are really not good; even sleeping there is not as comfortable as at the training base.

When everyone woke up again, it was already September 2nd.

Today is the last day of the esports events at the Asian Games.

Why did Chen Dongqing dare to say yesterday that China could achieve a perfect conclusion to the e-sports event?

Because there is another heavyweight competition to be held today.

Today, the Honor of Kings and Hearthstone competitions will be held simultaneously.

Because the two events use different equipment—one a mobile phone and the other a computer—they are held in different venues, yet the competitions can take place simultaneously.

There's no need to elaborate on Honor of Kings; China is destined to win this game, and its dominance in it surpasses that of any other sport.

As for Hearthstone, needless to say.

Hilarious! The Chinese players didn't even make it through the preliminaries, so there's no Chinese team in the main competition.

One is a project that's a sure thing to win the gold medal, and the other is a project that I didn't even care about. Both of these projects are very reassuring!

As for the result, it was exactly as expected.

The final match of the Honor of Kings tournament will be fought between the Chinese team and the provincial team!

In the final, the Chinese team swept their opponents 3-0 to win the gold medal!

With this, the esports event of the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games has officially concluded.

There are a total of six esports events. The Chinese team won gold in all five events except Hearthstone, where no one participated! They delivered a perfect performance!

Countless media professionals in Jakarta submitted their well-written articles to summarize the Asian Games. These articles quickly appeared on the Chinese internet, causing another major upheaval. Countless netizens spread the news and cheered in celebration!

Of course, this is just the beginning.

The big one arrived at 7 p.m. that evening!

A news program broadcast simultaneously by CCTV-13 News Channel and local TV stations across the country gave a brief report on the e-sports event at this year's Asian Games.

"The esports demonstration event at the Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games officially concluded today. The Chinese team won five gold medals across six esports events. Among them, an athlete named Chen Dongqing won three gold medals, becoming the fourth-highest number of gold medalists at this Asian Games. The scale of my country's esports industry ecosystem continues to expand."

In the two-minute report, CCTV spent half a minute recounting the Chinese team's performance, half a minute introducing Chen Dongqing's outstanding performance, and finally a minute introducing the recent developments in the e-sports industry.

The fact that Chen Dongqing received half a minute of screen time on this program shows just how important he is!

And that's not all!

Shortly after the program aired, various official media outlets and websites across China issued related press releases.

A major news website summarized Chen Dongqing's career, telling the story of this young man's extraordinary achievements.

One official media outlet wrote an article about the development of Chinese esports over the past two decades, explaining why Chinese esports was born, declined, and flourished.

In the latter half of this article, the name Chen Dongqing appears frequently again.

As a result, domestic social media exploded again tonight!

Because of Chen Dongqing's overwhelming appearance tonight, countless fans typed the word "high-profile" in the chat, and everyone was happy for Chen Dongqing.

Chen Dongqing's phone was bombarded with countless messages!

Tonight's news is even more plentiful than the night we won the S-series championship!

Of course, Chen Dongqing was destined not to be able to respond to each of these messages.

Because he was busy too.

The LPL competition resumed after the Asian Games.

QG will continue their journey to the playoffs.

(End of this chapter)