"The photo was taken very well," the reporter from CCTV5 smiled broadly, praising the professionalism of his photographer. "We can put this photo directly on the official website as the cover later."

"Can Gu Xing come to me?" he requested, "I want to interview you."

This CCTV reporter has dealt with Gu Xing before - he conducted interviews on behalf of the state media after Staples and the Bird's Nest won the championship, and he also published two special reports, so he is an old acquaintance.

At this moment, Gu Xing naturally had no reason to refuse. He straightened his hair and stood next to the reporter, trying hard to get rid of the sleepiness caused by the long journey and make himself look energetic.

"In recent years, the e-sports industry has developed rapidly, and it has become an Asian Games event for the first time in history. As the most famous athlete in the domestic and even global e-sports field, Gu Xing, you have made a huge contribution to this. Can you talk about your feelings?

"

Gu Xing was serious and thought clearly, "I dare not and cannot take credit for the entry of e-sports into Asia, because this is the joint effort of countless e-sports people including me, including Alex, Sky, etc.

Thanks to the unremitting persistence of all the seniors, e-sports has entered the mainstream today. In a sense, I am just a fruit-eater..."

"But I hope that after I retire, my presence can plant a tree in the history of e-sports and bear fruits for those who come after me to draw on and move forward."

In the e-sports circle, he has been regarded as a model of outstanding eloquence. At least he is much better than many players who have slurred speech and frequently add "just" and "that" when they are interviewed. CCTV reporters are very happy about this.

satisfy.

"Let us turn our attention from history to the present," the reporter's smile became more obvious, "League of Legends is the most watched e-sports event in this Asian Games. Among them, the biggest competitor KR Team is bound to win this competition.

, To this end, we have called together famous athletes who are still participating in competitions in our country to form a team with superior strength. I would like to ask Gu Xing, what do you think of them?"

Gu Xing pondered for a moment.

As the reporter said, the KR team is quite strong.

Based on the competitive level shown by the CN team in the two training camps, Gu Xing did not have the full confidence to win.

But now that the matter has come to this, Gu Xing cannot say no. He promises in front of the camera, "The KR team certainly has good strength, but there is still a certain gap if they want to compete with us... The first time after e-sports entered Asia

This gold medal must belong to us!"

When the reporter received the promise, he immediately smiled and his voice was a little excited, "Then I will wait for the good news from Gu Xing as before. I wish you success in this Asian Games and smooth sailing!"

He was busy interviewing the contestants of Honor of Kings International Edition and Clash Royale. Gu Xingze breathed a sigh of relief and finally relaxed his tense body.

Abu hurriedly gathered the players and left the airport. As expected, many fans were waiting outside holding flowers and cheering lights. When they saw the CNLOL team, they waved the little red flags in their hands.

"Brother, come on, this game depends on you!"

"Xiaohu, why don't you steam the steamed buns to get some credit? Don't show your filial piety to Faker!"

"Yan Junze, you too, use your expertise of equality of all beings to mix it up, just choose Ornn, I'm thinking about your carry top laner!"

"Jack, don't turn on the air conditioner too much when you sleep at night. Otherwise, Brother Xing will catch a cold again, and you will be the main culprit for losing the gold medal!"

When Yu Wenbo heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

After the VG base team was wiped out, after a period of ups and downs in performance, fans were once dissatisfied with this and even went to the home game to question the club with banners.

In order to quell the public outrage, the official blog quickly announced the cause of the player's illness and the current status of treatment, making the trouble caused by Jack well known.

"Abu has already reminded me!" Yu Wenbo raised his hands to salute the French military salute, "Brothers will definitely not dare to cause trouble this time!"

In Gu Xing's view, the scale of the pick-up was not too outrageous. After all, there were not many local fans in Indonesia who liked VG. Most of the people who came to pick up the plane were domestic spectators who came to watch the game.

But when you compare it horizontally with other entries, you can see how exaggerated it is.

In today's traditional sports, athletes with a large number of fans are basically related to leagues. Unpopular sports do not have stable exposure. It is obviously not enough to rely solely on four-year competitions such as the Asian Games and Olympics to gain popularity.

It can be said that, except for the national sports table tennis and basketball and other sports that have a wider audience, athletes from other traditional sports are really not as popular among young people as LOL e-sports players.

And this is just a small scene.

Taking a bus to the Kemayoran Asian Games Village in the center of Jakarta, Gu Xing was surrounded by a group of athletes wearing award-winning uniforms from various countries as soon as he got off the bus.

"Virtue, I am your fan!"

"Can you sign your autograph for me? I've been watching your games since S6!"

"MSI played really well. Bro, what skin do you plan to choose for this year's championship?"

They surrounded Gu Xing like stars holding the moon, asking for autographs and photos.

Athletes who come to participate in the Asian Games are generally young, and the coaches are very strict. They cannot go out to play often, and they basically spend their leisure time playing games online.

Among them, League of Legends is definitely a topic that cannot be avoided.

As a leader in the LOL e-sports field, Gu Xing’s popularity among athletes is soaring, which is understandable.

Gu Xing, who was enthusiastically sought after, could only act as a ruthless photo machine. On the way to his residence while carrying his suitcase, he took dozens of group photos and almost stopped laughing.

After finally dealing with the requests from these fan athletes, Gu Xing finally found time to look at the Kia Asian Games Village.

The building complex built in the center of Jakarta is not particularly large. There are only 7 buildings in total, which can accommodate a total of 14,000 athletes. As you can imagine, they are all high-rise buildings.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Looking from the outside, the balcony is densely packed with national flags hung by athletes spontaneously, which looks spectacular.

All CN athletes stayed in Building 4. Staff from the Information Center of the State Sports General Administration greeted them at the door and led them to check in and get their room cards.

"If you need to buy daily necessities, just come to the lobby on the first floor." The staff took the room card from the local Indonesian volunteer and handed it to Abu. "You live on the 7th floor.

Each person can be allocated freely..."

"Is that a god or demon?" Jack played the role of a curious baby and pointed his short finger at the TV screen in the lobby on the first floor.

There was a kind-faced man wearing black-rimmed glasses, about thirty years old, with a smile that made people feel like spring breeze. He put his hand into the glass jar and stirred it back and forth to extract the black balls.

It looked like a lottery ceremony, but Jack couldn't understand the English in the live broadcast signal.

"News and live broadcasts related to the Asian Games will be broadcast here..." the staff introduced, and then he noticed the content on the screen, "Oh, this is Mr. Huo Qigang, aren't you e-sports athletes? The one he is drawing is the LOL group.

"

The camera turned and Yu Wenbo saw the League of Legends logo clearly.

"Wow, let's get rid of it and get a good draw!" Jack clasped his hands together and prayed.

When they heard the live broadcast of the lottery ceremony, not only Jack, but also all the members of the CNLOL representative team stopped and paused.

Huo Qigang drew out the first black ball and unfolded it to reveal a red flag.

Everyone started chattering and discussing.

"Are we in Group A?" Uzi asked the teammates next to him excitedly, "Except for the three teams from East Asia, who else is participating in the group?"

After all, you don’t even know who your opponent is, so why are you so excited?

Gu Xing complained in his heart.

He looked at the national flag and the English names below and said, "Vietnam, the host Indonesia, Kazakhstan? And Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, it should be these countries. They are all teams that stood out from different divisions in the qualifiers."

"...To be honest, except for Vietnam, are the other teams even a little competitive?" Xiaohu chuckled.

"I think so, the top four are already certain!" Letme agreed deeply, "We, Wanwan, Vietnam and Han Country, others don't even have a chance to compete!"

This statement was approved by most people.

The other four countries don’t even have competition zones, so what can they do to challenge us head-on?

There are no doors!

Gu Xing suddenly said, "What if this draw will cause our four teams to fight to the death in advance?"

"Huh?" Uzi raised his head suddenly and followed Gu Xing's gaze.

As a result, Huo Qigang took out another black ball, took it apart and looked at it, showing a half-smiling expression.

When you unfold it, you will see that it is the Taegeukgi inside!

The cold country representative team!

The Tai Chi flag moved below the red flag, immediately arousing a burst of exclamations from the teammates around Gu Xing.

"Holy shit!" Letme's eyes widened, "China and South Korea are in the same group?"

"Not only that... but also Vietnam." Gu Xing's tone was full of helplessness.

Another red flag also appeared in front of them, they also entered Group A where China and South Korea were!

"A shady story!" Jack shouted dissatisfied, "A complete shady story!"

Even if China and South Korea, the two biggest competitors, are divided into a group, and Vietnam is added to the mix, who can withstand it?

"It's not fair, draw again!" Duan Deliang was also filled with indignation.

"Oh," Yu Wenbo sighed, "It would be great if you were here, Abu..."

Ji Xing's head was full of questions, "What do you mean?"

"Use Ekko's ultimate move to activate time and space regression. Go back to before the lottery ceremony begins and do it again!" Jack said matter-of-factly, "Isn't your EDG the best at this move?"

"You damn me..." Abu's teeth itched with hatred.

Gu Xing and others were delighted when they heard this.

After the drawing ceremony is over, the complete group results will be finalized.

Group A: China, Hanguo, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia.

Group B: Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan.
To be continued...