We promised to win the championship together, so why did you all retire?

Chapter 9 Mud Howl, TheShy

RNG fans were at most just confused.

So what if RNG didn't come? Our top laner, Tiger Emperor, will still suppress all enemies.

In 2021, Xiaohu, who was originally RNG's mid laner, switched to top lane and performed quite well.

His Lucian, combined with jungler Wei, made LPL top laners tremble with fear.

He completely lacks the aggressive, high-risk mentality often associated with mid-laners.

RNG fans are quite satisfied with this.

So although it's a bit of a shame that TheShy didn't come, it's not a big deal.

But TheShy's fans are different.

They felt like the sky had fallen.

"Hey girls, has anyone found out what kind of esports team RG is?"

"There's no team called RG in the LPL, and I checked the LCK as well."

"Could it be a European or American team? Shaq was incredibly strong against them before. Did he beat them so badly that they're now thinking of buying his services?"

"Stop it... European and American teams are so bad. Every time I watch a match, they're getting beaten up. Waaaa, my Shy!"

"It's not in Europe or America either, I just checked."

"Oh no! Could it be a secondary league team? LDL??"

The fans in TheShy's fan club searched frantically for most of the day, but couldn't find a single piece of information about the RG team.

Let alone figuring out who the other people are.

They didn't even know which region this team belonged to.

This has fans very worried.

So they quickly contacted the top fans and moderators in the super topic.

I'm determined to try every possible way to contact TheShy and find out what's going on.

Don't think it's an exaggeration.

It's already 2021, and the LPL has long since entered the era of massive fan culture.

All the major clubs are consciously operating fan groups, and there are also dedicated staff members responsible for communicating with fans.

Many pre-match photos of players that male fans wouldn't even bother to look at are specially posted on Weibo by staff for female fans to see.

no way.

In most cases, female fans do indeed provide more support than male fans.

They genuinely enjoy buying tickets to see it live.

Some fan leaders even managed to join the club's internal group and directly contact the players privately.

Don't think that only the LPL does this.

The LCK next door did it too.

LCK started its fandom operations a long time ago.

After a match, players usually have to stay behind to take photos with fans who have paid for the service, making heart shapes with their hands.

Except for one guy who likes to give a thumbs-up when taking photos, everyone else is very well-behaved.

In the past, even if TheShy caught a cold for half a day at the base, the girls on Weibo would know everything.

But now—

They really can't be contacted.

TheShy has already left IG; he left IG's internal group chat without hesitation.

In addition, he doesn't use WeChat much, which means that the Instagram staff who receive messages from fans can't contact him.

The staff had no choice but to seek help from their superiors.

The higher-ups do know.

But they can't say it.

Although many people in the industry know that RG was a team formed by a rich guy who directly bought the LPL qualification.

But RG hasn't even registered an official Weibo account yet, and hasn't even made any official announcements.

Revealing information about RG at this time is actually a bit against the rules.

Even the leak from [Love Tea] was actually agreed upon after communicating with RG and Bai Liang thought it would be a good opportunity to generate buzz.

That's why it was leaked.

Many leaks are like this.

Leaking information without consulting the club would indeed violate the confidentiality agreement.

The internet age is not a lawless place.

Often, the club simply doesn't think it's a big deal and is too lazy to pursue it.

The fans who didn't receive a reply were even more frustrated.

If it weren't for the leaker 【恋恋红茶】 saying that TheShy had only joined a team, they probably would have thought TheShy had been sold to northern Myanmar.

TheShy's fans, in a frenzy, immediately began to exert their efforts.

How many fans does TheShy have now?

After Uzi retired, TheShy became the biggest star player in the LPL.

Thanks to the efforts of these fans, the hashtag #WhereDidTheShyGo? trended rapidly on Weibo.

It even pushed down the top trending topic, "Wang Feng's new song."

Wang Feng took a nap one afternoon, and when he woke up, the sky had fallen.

Wait, who is TheShy?

…………

"That's how it is, Mr. Bai."

In the base that RG just bought.

After calmly finishing his report, Chen Ye, the head of the public relations department, adjusted his glasses and added:

"We have already arranged for the relevant accounts to be registered and verified, and the copywriting is also ready. When would you like to provide an explanation?"

Bai Liang, sitting in his office chair, casually tapped the table.

"Let's do it this afternoon at 6 PM, a simple official announcement... do you think that's strong enough?"

Chen Ye thought for a moment, "If it's just a response, that's enough, but if we want to maintain this momentum, it will be more difficult."

"Mr. Bai, we are, after all, a commercial club."

"If we can maintain this momentum, it will make things much easier for us to reach sponsors in the future."

"Um."

Bai Liang nodded.

Chen Ye was selected by him from a headhunting firm and had previously served as the head of public relations for many esports clubs.

Experienced and insightful.

Most importantly, he has a lot of initiative.

This won't save Bai Liang any energy.

He's here to play professionally, not to manage the club.

"So, what do you think is the best way for us to respond right now?"

Faced with Bai Liang's question, Chen Ye remained calm and composed:

"The first thing is to respond and acknowledge it from an official perspective, directly stating that TheShy has joined us."

"Then we'll arrange for a player to stream ranked games with TheShy."

"We don't need to be too official. We can gradually reduce the resistance of TheShy's fans while playing the game, and let them understand what kind of club we are. This will maximize our ability to attract more players."

Live broadcast...

Bai Liang was not unfamiliar with this thing.

Live streaming was already very popular in 18, and Lu Laoye had only been offline for less than a year at that time.

But back then, live streaming was quite...

dry.

His exit is Tian Wenjing, and his closed mouth is lighting mosquito coils.

I wonder what live streams are like these days.

Bai Liang has been very busy these days, and he's been catching up on his competitions over the years whenever he has a spare moment.

I really don't have time to watch the live stream.

"Okay, I understand."

Bai Liang nodded in agreement.

The base was just renovated today, and he sent messages to Uzi and TheShy.