No one expected that when they were still discussing not using the game to protest, Xu Yuan's fans had already chosen such a radical approach!
The fans below the Tencent Esports studio said nothing, just quietly held up signs and questioned Tencent Esports.
You could say they are disturbing public order... they just give way to people who are coming, and only gather again after the people have almost passed, without even saying a word.
But even so, can Tencent Esports ignore them?
Absolutely not!
From east to west, from Lujiazui to Central Plaza, this morning, all the footage of EDG winning the championship at M SI was playing.
Among them, Xu Yuan, who looks extremely handsome in the center of the picture, was also recognized by the people of Shanghai for the first time.
"Do you know what this person does for a living?"
"Look at this picture. Is this an award ceremony for some sports competition?"
"This child is so good-looking, and he smiles so happily."
"What on earth is this?"
The same question has been widely raised in major first- and second-tier cities across the country.
Many people who don’t pay attention to games or e-sports are naturally attracted by Xu Yuan’s surprisingly tall appearance and spontaneously want to get to know him.
After all, to be honest, although it is impossible for everyone to be a face lover, people’s pursuit of beauty is real.
A handsome young man like Xu Yuan is more likely to attract the favor of older aunts and uncles.
In fact, these people are often the mainstream public opinion in society.
Fortunately, at the bottom of the screen, the video made by fans naturally marked Xu Yuan’s identity.
Careful people soon noticed it.
"EDG team ADC player, MSI finals FMVP Xu Yuan?"
What is foreign chicken?
Caress, adore, chop…what is that?
#Who is Xu Yuan?
This Weibo topic quickly rushed to the top of Weibo's hot search list, and directly reached the top of the topic list in a very short time!
A singer in leather pants who happened to release a new song on this day and was desperately marketing it felt like crying but had no tears.
My headline!!!
The extremely high popularity of the topic has brought extremely terrible pressure to Tencent Esports.
Almost immediately, a phone call from Penguin headquarters came to the Tencent Esports Studio.
The middle-aged person in charge answered the phone with sweat dripping down his face.
"What the hell is going on? You've put the top management in a very passive position!"
"Handle this matter immediately and issue an apology statement!"
"If the players don't forgive you, you will be demoted!"
The tone of the other party on the phone from the head office was very stern.
As someone from Penguin Head Office, he has already investigated the whole story clearly.
Now is not the time to scold him, but to do the necessary crisis public relations.
“Yes, yes, yes!”
The middle-aged person in charge no longer had the arrogance he had in front of his subordinates, and responded hurriedly with sweat dripping down his face.
After hanging up the phone, my subordinates finally brought good news.
Apology announcement, done!
The middle-aged person in charge carefully checked the announcement several times to make sure there were no potential problems before asking his subordinates to contact the technical department.
He really didn't dare let anything happen again.
Around 11:35 noon, when the players exited the game and went to the homepage, they immediately saw an apology announcement expressing blessings to EDG!
[Congratulations to EDG for winning the 2017 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational Championship! ]
[I am very happy to tell you that the LPL team EDG defeated the invincible SKT team in the just-concluded MSI, completing an epic reversal with a score of 3 to 2, helping LPL win its second MSI championship! ]
[Starting today, the Champion Road event: From today to the 20th, everyone can participate in a lucky draw as long as they log in, and they can participate in a second lucky draw after playing a game! ]
[You can get two skins in total, and this skin will definitely be available if you don’t own it! ]
[300% bonus to experience in the entire region, double the amount of blue essence gained for one month! ]
[And give away the exclusive MSI champion avatar [EDG], and open Akali's secret shop event. Players can participate in the free Akali secret shop skin event by sending "Congratulations EDG!" in the game chat! ]
[The following is an apology announcement:
Due to the holidays, our company was unable to respond in a timely manner a few days ago, which hurt everyone's feelings. We feel very guilty and uneasy about this. 】
[It is crucial for EDG to win the MSI championship. We have no intention of targeting the EDG e-sports club. The event on the day of the championship was already planned in advance, but because the new interns were not careful enough, the event plan was accidentally lost and had to be redone.]
【Thank you for your concern about this matter, and I feel very guilty for not letting EDG get the honor they deserve in the first place.】
[We solemnly apologize to the players and clubs whose feelings have been hurt! 】
It can be said that overall, this job application is written with sincerity.
This time, three skins were given away directly.
For the penguin, which is always terribly stingy, you are not just asking it to give away three skins, you are asking for its life!
This benefit is unmatched in S7, let alone in later generations, no champion will be given so many skins.
Experience is tripled and blue essence is doubled.
This is also very powerful, and it was basically only available in the previous Battle Night events.
Although he later put part of the blame on the intern in a very classic way, he still apologized and didn't mention it a word.
For the very proud Ma Fu of this era... this is the first time that such a thing has happened!
However, for Xu Yuan's fans, things are not over yet.
Xu Yuan’s fans: Humph, want to escape?
Just by sending an apology, you expect us to stop attacking you?
What are you thinking about!
If apologies are useful, what do we need police officers for?
Girls, keep sprinting!
They either hired internet trolls or did it on their own initiative, going to the new Weibo account of League of Legends and began to copy and paste messages, and began to like the comments of their own people crazily.
This is a classic tactic used by fans: controlling comments.
Of course, the operators of League of Legends also want to control the comments. However, how can these people who are responsible for operating the game be as professional as the professional fan club sisters?
Just like Nido Gojo Satoru encountering Sukuna, he was swept away by Xu Yuan's fans like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind, and instantly fell to the ground. "Ah, I couldn't even let them use their full strength..."
There was no moment of mourning for the collapse of the operation, and those who immediately rushed to the battlefield were... Xu Yuan's men!
Piggy pigs, here we come!
The piglets were ready from the moment the team battle began.
I'm rushing! I'm rushing!
I have arrived!
Although the piglets seemed to be trying to steal the kill, Yuan Za was very generous and didn't care about it.
The comment section of League of Legends was completely destroyed, but Xu Yuan's reputation slowly began to spread because of this incident.
When the mainstream society learned that he was an e-sports player, they were initially disgusted.
After all, in the eyes of people who hold the mainstream discourse power in society, games are definitely that thing.
Video games are electronic games.
Although this statement is rarely seen in 2017, this concept has been deeply rooted in people's minds.
However, after Xu Yuan's fans took the trouble to educate them about Xu Yuan's career, many people did have a big change in their views.
Although they still hate this thing and believe it is the main cause of children's degeneration.
But they felt that Xu Yuan's situation was indeed one of those that there was no solution.
At the same time, they also learned about the current situation of this industry and knew that for Xu Yuan this was indeed a life-changing path.
What choice does such an unfortunate child have?
Naturally, disgust began to turn into a little sympathy.
Although Xu Yuan is already seventeen years old, this age is the age of many mainstream people's children.
If it were their children, they would still be clamoring to buy this and that at home every day.
And what about Xu Yuan?
They have already started to defeat the Koreans and win glory for the country for LPL, a region that in a sense can be said to represent CN!
They don’t know that LPL is not equal to CN, they only know that Xu Yuan was fighting against the Koreans, and he won!
So, public opinion began to shift and began to condemn the penguins.
They don’t care whether Tencent Esports and Penguin are the same thing, anyway, what you did is indeed not fair!
This really made the penguin feel uncomfortable.
The top management held several meetings in a row and began to slide to their knees over the next three days.
The person in charge of Tencent Esports, who was the instigator of this incident, was fired directly!
Still want to be demoted?
That’s nice to think about!
You will be fired immediately!
Not only him, but even his immediate faction were expelled completely at the same time.
This time the person in charge was completely dumbfounded.
He never thought that things would become so serious.
So much so that even the penguin had no thought of showing mercy and used thundering means directly!
Regret it now!
The person in charge who was kicked out glanced behind him.
His direct subordinates, who had been respectful to him in the past, all had cold faces and looked at him with a rather unfriendly attitude .
The subordinates also felt that they were in bad luck.
No matter which school a student graduates from, they will feel very lucky to be able to work at Penguin.
Penguin is undoubtedly a large company now, with good salary and benefits, and it is very impressive to talk about it.
During the holidays, when people ask you what you do for a living, if you say, "Oh, I work at Penguin," you will probably be envied by many people.
Because penguins now have high requirements and higher salaries.
Only the absolute industry elites can enter.
However, now, such a job that is absolutely enviable for ordinary people... is gone!
How could they not look cold?
The person in charge walking in front… oh, it was the former person in charge who felt the anger in their hearts and couldn’t help but quicken his pace.
He was really afraid that these people would not be able to control themselves and beat him up here.
Fortunately, I walked out of the studio and took a taxi.
In the end, the subordinates did not take any action.
Their education limits their anger.
However, the person in charge was not very happy either.
This incident was a complete strategic failure. With such a resume, it is absolutely impossible to get a job at a company similar to Penguin.
Maybe he could still get into a smaller company, but for him who could reach the highest point in Penguin's branch...
What's the point?
Looking at the sunlight slanting into the taxi, he couldn't help but cover his eyes and muttered to himself.
"The sunlight... is so blinding."
I regret it now!
I regret it very much!
He still remembers that he had won the trust of the top management and proudly told the former head Qin Zhongze: "I will be in charge here from now on."
How proud he was then, how embarrassed he is now.
I regret it so much!
Why do you want to support Uzi?
He has no grades!
If he could achieve good results, would I have encountered such a big problem this time?
I believed someone I shouldn't have believed!
There’s nothing wrong with wanting to deify someone just through marketing.
The problem is that some people have the real ability and can still achieve results without any marketing!
And Xu Yuan is that kind of person!
In comparison like this...
False pseudo gods are completely vulnerable in front of the true God.
As all the people involved were kicked out, this incident officially entered its final stage.
This time there was really a river of blood!
The official Weibo account of League of Legends posted three consecutive apologies, which finally calmed the anger of Xu Yuan’s fans.
Under each of the three Weibo posts, there are more than 200,000 replies!
This is how terrifyingly popular Xu Yuan is now!
He is handsome and good at fighting.
Compared with other LPL players, the speed at which he gains fans is simply a dimensionality reduction attack.
And Xu Yuan... of course also knew it.
He has always been a master at surfing the Internet. Now that there is such a big commotion, there is no reason for him not to know about it.
To be honest, Xu Yuan was really touched.
How disgusting is Tencent Esports?
I believe that those who have experienced the S8KDA championship will understand that their ability to withstand pressure is simply exaggerated. Even if people like Prince Wang start to attack on Weibo, they still choose to play dead.
Xu Yuan originally thought that this matter would at most involve a final make-up event and a casual apology.
Unexpectedly, fans actually sent three apologies in a row to League of Legends!
The employee who was originally responsible for this aspect was also fired!
It can be seen at a glance that Tencent Esports is really sweating profusely this time.
And this time, not only did he achieve a complete victory, Xu Yuan's fame even began to spread beyond the circle.
People who grow up in adversity are always lovable.
"Xu Yuan? Xu Yuan?"
Hearing a worried voice from the other side, Xu Yuan came back to his senses and smiled.
"It's okay, Boss. I was a little distracted."
At this moment, he was in a private dining room carefully arranged by Ed Zhu.
Behind Ed Zhu there was an assistant holding a contract.
"It's okay, it's okay. Are you feeling better now? If you're often absent-minded, is it because you're too tired from training? Pay more attention to rest next time."
Ed Zhu spoke softly, and the more he looked at Xu Yuan, the more he liked him.
Even though he had obtained Xu Yuan's photo a long time ago, it was only after he actually met Xu Yuan that he deeply realized what it meant that hearing about someone is not as good as meeting him in person.
This child is really outstanding in appearance!
As a businessman, Edward Zhu was very keenly aware of the huge commercial value contained therein.
The way he spoke was naturally gentle.
"Yeah, I know, boss."
Xu Yuan behaved neither humbly nor arrogantly and nodded slightly.
This made Ed Zhu look at him even more highly.
He likes calm people.
Without talking about business first, after the food came, Edward Zhu began to frequently ask Xu Yuan about his well-being and recommended dishes to him from time to time.
He behaved like a kind and amiable elder.
After eating and drinking, Edward Zhu finally brought up the business.
"Xiao Yuan, I remember your contract was for one year, six million?"
He had a smile on his face and didn't look particularly stern.
"Well, yes."
Xu Yuan couldn't figure out what Ed Zhu was thinking, so he hesitated for a moment and then nodded.
He didn't know whether Edzhu wanted him to renew his contract.
If so, then Ed Zhu is likely to be disappointed.
Because Xu Yuan currently has no plans to renew his contract for the second year.
It’s not that EDG treats him badly, but with EDG’s current mid, top and jungle, it cannot be said that they have no chance against IG next year, but they do have no chance at all.
Even if the top laner is strengthened, what about the jungler?
MingKai's final peak was in S7, and he was still able to compete with Xiaohuasheng that year.
But in S8, facing an aggressive jungler like Ning Wang, it was difficult for Mingkai to perform well.
From the S7 Summer Season to the World Championship, the version is still the Censer version. Xu Yuan is confident that he can lead Mingkai to win.
But the S8...
Without a strong top, mid and jungle, it is impossible to beat IG.
What's more, after leading Mingkai to win the S championship, Xu Yuan has fulfilled his promise.
For him, EDG is just a stepping stone to enter the professional world.
After coming to EDG for a year and helping EDG win an MSI championship and an S championship, I have really done a great job for EDG.
As a professional player, all he wants to do is win the championship.
But for EDG in S8, this is not possible.
Even if the top lane can be strengthened, where can the jungler go to strengthen?
Xu Yuan doesn't like to beat around the bush. If Ed Zhu wants him to renew his contract, he will refuse directly.
One year is enough.
"Do you know who has the biggest contract among professional League of Legends players right now?"
Ed Zhu changed the subject and asked with a smile.
Without waiting for Xu Yuan to answer, he gave the answer on his own.
"Uzi, 15 million."
“How much do you think you’re worth?”
Xu Yuan didn't know what he meant, but if he compared himself to Uzi...
"Then the minimum guarantee is 16 million, right? I have already proved in the Spring Finals that I am better than him."
Xu Yuan spoke lightly and confidently.
I am better than him!
If he can get 15 million, then I can get 16 million.
"Great! I like your confidence!"
"Xiao Yuan, I don't know if you are willing to stay with EDG after this year's contract ends. We at EDG are willing to give you our utmost sincerity, 40 million for two years. Are you willing to stay?"
Ed Zhu clapped softly, giving Xu Yuan an unexpected number.
Forty million in two years...that's a solid twenty million a year!
This is 40 million in 2017!
Even if Xu Yuan stops playing professionally from S9 onwards, the 40 million is more than enough for him to achieve initial financial freedom and live a worry-free life.
But Xu Yuan still shook his head.
Because for him, current results are not the point.
No one could have imagined how confident he was.
This is the confidence the system gives him!
Xu Yuan has absolute confidence that he can become the key man who determines the outcome of the game and achieve terrifying results that many people dare not even think about.
Because from the moment he got the system, he was already convinced that he was a child of destiny!
If this world is a book, then Xu Yuan, who possesses the system, is undoubtedly the absolute protagonist among the professional League of Legends players.
He has always believed so.
It's crazy!
But he thought it was okay.
If you have a system but don't have the confidence to win the championship or even surpass everything, then why bother playing professional games?
You are such a useless person, just retire and go raise pigs!
At least raising pigs is really profitable now.
"I came to EDG only because of Mingkai."
Xu Yuan spoke calmly,
"Thank you for your appreciation. If I cannot win the championship this year and EDG is still willing to renew my contract, I will choose to stay in EDG to fulfill my dream."
"I promised Brother Kai that I would help him win the championship."
“This is my dream.”
Ed Zhu didn't care about Xu Yuan's refusal because he was not trained by EDG's youth training team.
It is in line with his personality to help his idol win the championship, and it is normal that he has no sense of belonging to EDG.
To put it bluntly, the reason why Ed Zhu was willing to offer such a contract was also because he saw the commercial value and ability of Xu Yuan.
The choice is mutual, and no one owes anyone anything.
Could it be that some people think that Ed Zhu is ugly but kind-hearted?
Stop joking.
If Xu Yuan had no value, how could he be willing to come out and have dinner with him!
That’s reality, my friend.
"Okay, let's update the contract then."
Ed Zhu shrugged.
"One year, 16 million. Just as you said, and it will continue until the end of S7 this year."
"You're worth it."
Xu Yuan was a little surprised, because he didn't expect that Ed Zhu would be willing to offer such a price.
He refused so decisively, shouldn't he have changed the subject and not mentioned it again?
However, he also thoroughly felt Ed Zhu's kindness and recognition of him.
EDG wanted to keep him and showed its sincerity.
Although there are interests involved, there is no good thing in the world that happens without reason.
This is normal.
At this time, there was also a lawyer sitting behind Xu Yuan, whom he had specially found from the most famous law firm in Shanghai.
The reason why this lawyer is so quiet is because...
Xu Yuan gave enough money.
The lawyer carefully looked over the contract that Edward Zhu brought over. He leaned close to Xu Yuan's ear and whispered.
"No problem, but there is an additional condition. If you want to consider renewing your contract next year, when the conditions are similar, they hope you can give priority to EDG."
"But it's not mandatory, it's more like an expression of sincerity. The contract specifically mentions that your subjective wishes are the highest priority in all matters. Even if you choose not to renew the contract, it doesn't matter. Your subjective wishes cannot be violated."
Xu Yuan thought for a moment and then spoke.
"I agree."
This is not a letter of intent and is not mandatory, and EDG has indeed shown sincerity.
So, what's there to disagree with?
Edzhu smiled, stood up and held out his hand.
"Then it's a pleasure to work with you."
"Xiao Yuan, lead EDG to win the S championship this year. This contract is a reward for you winning MSI."
Xu Yuan looked at him deeply, stood up and held his hand.
"I will."
After negotiating the contract, Xu Yuan was ready to return to his hometown.
That is to say...
In this life, it was the poor little mountain village that supported him.