"Long time no see, reporter from China."

Gu Xing strode into the room and extended his hand to the reporter with a warm smile on his face.

Every time he sees the other person's name, he will think of a very famous fellow journalist in history.

When the other party saw Gu Xing, he felt like a breath of fresh air. He quickly stood up and shook hands with him, "The last time we met was half a year ago, right?"

After the S6 World Championship, a CCTV reporter interviewed Gu Xing and wrote an article that sparked heated discussions on the Internet.

Gu Xing nodded slightly and said in agreement, "It hasn't been that long... Now that I think about it, it's actually a sign of your good wishes."

The Chinese reporter laughed heartily after hearing this.

At the end of the last interview, he said something polite - looking forward to meeting next time.

At that time, Gu Xing joked that he would have to wait until he won the next world championship before he would have a chance to be interviewed.

The reporter is used to seeing big winds and waves. He has interviewed all kinds of people, and his emotional intelligence is surprisingly high. He immediately replied: "How can you win a championship with your ability?"

It was just a compliment, but I didn’t expect that in just half a year, Gu Xing would once again win a world-class event, and even win a Grand Slam!

It is precisely because of this that superior leaders saw Gu Xing's rapidly expanding popularity and arranged another interview with CCTV.

The reporter still felt quite dreamy when he recalled it.

After a while of making jokes, the atmosphere in the room became cheerful.

The camera turned on, and the reporter cleared his throat and corrected his attitude.

"Then we will officially start the interview..."

Seeing that Gu Xing agreed, he officially opened the topic.

The age group of the e-sports audience is already on the lower side, and CCTV is not as serious as formal news broadcasts. The reporter did not jump into the topic abruptly, but unfolded it slowly, and the overall tone was relatively light.

"As a Grand Slam winner under the age of 20, your achievements in the e-sports field have surpassed countless professional players of the same age or even older, so much so that even outside the e-sports circle, you can be called young and promising..."

The Chinese reporter said in a slightly ridiculing tone, "It has only been a year since entering the professional arena. Has player Gu Xing adapted to his transformation from a student to a top player?"

"To be honest, not yet," Gu Xing spread his hands and chose to tell the truth, "Sometimes I feel confused when I get up, and sometimes I think I have to pick up my schoolbag and go to class... This year's career always feels like a dream.

"

Only when he enters the game will he truly feel what he has gained this year.

A Chinese reporter echoed Gu Xing's point of view, "I had similar thoughts when I first started working..."

Then another question was raised.

"Although player Gu Xing's debut was short, he has won a lot of trophies. I believe many people are curious about how he felt when he won the trophy. Can you share it with everyone?"

Gu Xing didn't even have to think back, the memories of when he won the championship came to mind.

"Our project is considered a victory if we demolish the enemy's base. The moment we demolished the opponent's main crystal in the decisive game, I was completely confused and my mind went blank," he said eloquently. "I could hear the words of my teammates in the voice."

The meaningless roar, and the exaggerated noise from thousands of live audiences outside the headphones will make your eardrums tremble."

"After a brief trance, you will feel the ecstasy after winning the championship. With your blood pumping, it feels like your heart is about to jump out of your chest. When you step on the ground, you will feel soft under your feet."

Gu Xing feels very intoxicated every time he thinks about it.

"It can be seen that it is indeed a very charming experience," the Chinese reporter smiled, "If you were given a chance to start over again, would you still choose to be a professional player, right?"

This is a common question during interviews.

Faced with many people who have achieved success, this problem has been tried repeatedly.

Most people will choose to follow this old path. Of course, entrepreneurs like Jack Ma can also give the answer of "regret starting Alibaba".

Gu Xing was stunned for a moment.

"Let me make it clear first," he said carefully, "does it mean to be reborn again, or to walk through life again without any memory?"

The Chinese reporter was a little dazed by Gu Xing's rhetorical question.

"Well... let's be reborn."

"Who would play games after being reborn?" Gu Xing smiled helplessly, "Am I not good at studying or doing business?"

Esports is about making money.

But if you are reborn with the memories of your past life, doing anything will be easier than this industry!

Training for more than ten hours a day, as if life-threatening, for fear that up-and-comers might catch up and threaten your dominance, why bother?

"That seems to be the case," the Chinese reporter realized something was wrong. He felt as if he had been tricked into the circle by Gu Xing, and quickly started the next topic, "With the popularity of e-sports, many young people have seen professional players on the stage.

Showing self-worth and eagerness to embark on this path, what do you think, would you advise them to be like you?"

Gu Xing shook his head.

"My opinion is still that academics are the most important thing. This is the safest choice. In the e-sports industry, youth depends on the weather, and there are huge variables."

"What most viewers see is the glamor on the surface. For example, my teammates and I are relatively successful professional players in the circle. In fact, more people are eliminated in unknown corners."

He counted on his fingers, "There are dozens of teams in the National City Hero Contest alone, and more than a dozen in the LSPL. These players alone account for more than 90% of the professional circle. As far as I know, the treatment is

Not very high."

Even in LSPL, the salary is basically around 1W.

Regardless of the fact that food and accommodation are included, it seems to be a very good salary in the Shanghai stock market.

But if you can't make it to the LPL, you will be considered successful if you can get this salary for two years!

What will you do when you retire?

"One thing to say is that the e-sports circle currently does not fully protect the future life of professional players," Gu Xing said rationally, "because the industry is very imperfect."

The golden period of most competitive games is only three to five years. The main operating groups are major game companies. It is difficult to ask them to plan for the future of players.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Unlike traditional sports, e-sports players are more fate-oriented, because the games you are good at may not necessarily be popular and have commercial value when you are at your strongest." Gu

Xing said so.

"To give the simplest example, 10-15 years ago, RTS games such as StarCraft were popular, but if you were not proficient in it and practiced hard, you would not be able to reach the heights of other players. But if you were to play MOBA five years ago,

When gaming becomes popular, you might be able to make a name for yourself..."

Very few players can be proficient in multiple different types of games at the same time and improve their level to one ten thousandth of the previous level.

Gu Xing had only heard that Gao Dewei could play like this, and the optimistic patriarch was already preparing to bring his talent to the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds project.

Other players really can’t play well. Even players like Jack who like to play mid-range sniper CSGO, their FPS level is slightly better than that of ordinary players, but it is far from the level of CSGO professional players!

This is one of the differences between e-sports and traditional sports.

Without encountering that game at the most appropriate time, many players simply cannot become professional players who deliberately support themselves, and can only treat it as a hobby.

When proficient games take over the market, either due to academic studies or age, they will not be able to engage in professional e-sports.

Like traditional sports, talents who play football or basketball don't need to worry about this. The status of the sport is very stable.

Therefore, e-sports geniuses like Gu Xing are the product of the right time, right place and right people. At their peak time, they will enter the game project that they specialize in.

It is conceivable that top professional players are almost equal to God's blessing!

"So I would not recommend that children should deliberately take this path," Gu Xing finished his argument and reiterated his conclusion, "there will be many more choices for the future of studying."

Unless you really can't take the path of studying and have to go to a factory to drive screws, then there's no harm in taking a gamble.

Anyway, the result won't be any worse.

The Chinese reporter said that he understood clearly and turned to the next question, "Can you introduce the work and rest time of professional players? The e-sports circle is mysterious to many viewers. Everyone wants to know the difference between professional players and normal office workers.

.”

CCTV came for the interview, somewhat with the intention of helping to promote it, and most of the audience were netizens who had not known e-sports before.

Gu Xing memorized, "Usually I get up at noon and play two rounds of training matches at 2pm and 7pm. Some teams have an extra round of practice at 10pm. After the match, there is individual qualifying practice, which basically lasts until the early morning.

At two or three o'clock, it is normal for some diligent players to practice until early morning, and the training time remains above 13 hours."

"If you want to take a vacation, it depends on whether the schedule allows it. For example, there will be no rest time in the entire international competition. After all, everyone's goal is to win the championship, and there is no chance to take a vacation," he explained simply. "There is some free time in the regular season, such as VG tomorrow

There is only one day off, basically one day off per week.”

The reporter from China showed a look of sudden realization, "That's quite hard work. Do you usually feel bored?"

Gu Xing was very straightforward, "Of course I will. After all, staring at the computer every day for training is bound to be boring. But since you have chosen to become a professional player, these are the responsibilities that you must bear... Besides, we make money, and even if we are tired, we will lose our appetite."

"

Whenever he thought of the string of zeros after the contract amount, the feeling of fatigue and fatigue would disappear in the blink of an eye.

The reporter from China had a smile on his face, "Besides making money, what is the reason that supports you to continue to fight in the professional arena and always maintain the top level?"

"The desire to win," Gu Xing replied sincerely, "No matter what kind of competitive event, if you want to reach the top, you must have a strong desire to win. Players who just want to get by and get by will not be able to maintain their excellence for a long time."

state."

“In the first year of my career, I have been collecting various honors. It is my desire to win that drives me to train diligently day after day. I don’t want to lose any game because of laziness. I know that will happen.

Let yourself regret it for the rest of your life."
To be continued...