Xiao Yuan and Ji Yunze were both the first to come over in the professional circle, and they have basically seen all kinds of scenes in domestic and foreign competitions, and they have reached the level of not being strange. But at this time, they were still deeply shocked to see the endless crowd of people surrounding the venue in a temperature of about minus 2 degrees.

"There are so many people outside, can't you buy tickets and stay in the hotel to watch the live broadcast, you have to freeze." Xiao Yuan rubbed his hands as he spoke, the temperature in the arena room was very different from the square, and after he came out, the biting cold wind blew on his head and face, and the exposed skin immediately felt a burst of pain, and he could only relieve the cold pain by rubbing.

"You don't understand, it's called sincerity. The colder it is outside, the more they can show their sincerity, move others and move themselves at the same time. Staying in the room to watch the live broadcast, can you call die-hard fans? Can you show your sincerity for idols? At most, it's just an enthusiastic audience. Ji Yunze obviously understood the mentality of these fans outside, glanced at those holding signs, and found that more than half of them were written on Xiang Fei, and the rest were names such as Su Qihong, Zhao Xuan, and Tong Nian.

"Heh, it's really loyal. I think I only saw this situation outside Jacky Cheung's concert back then, when did e-sports stars become national idols? Xiao Yuan's eyes flashed with contempt, he took out the cigarette case and shook it twice, and a cigarette had already reached his hand neatly and handed it to Ji Yunze.

"The times are different, and the treatment of e-sports players now is the same as that of us back then. At that time, our e-sports players were dead, and when I saw the fans, they were so shy that they couldn't even speak well, they only knew how to study blind snipers and high jumps, and they didn't have anything else to think about except for the game or the game. Look at today's e-sports players, not only can they play games, but also show off, look ugly, and look good, otherwise they will be sorry for the audience. Variety show advertising endorsements take turns, the speed is as fast as that of film and television stars, and the dead house that plays games has become a national idol, this is the change of the times, and it is also an economic trend, you can't stop it. ”

Ji Yunze took Xiao Yuan's cigarette, lit the fire, took a puff, and then exhaled a large cloud of smoke deeply. The pale gray smoke and white breath floated into the air together, as if he had spit out the suffocating emotions in his heart.

"Block? Why should I block it? The more people watch, the better the esports market. As long as the real power players are not affected, it doesn't matter how many idol players mix in, the cake always has to be eaten separately. Xiao Yuan also lit a cigarette, and the contempt for die-hard fans in the previous second was immediately dissolved by the businessman's thinking, and he said calmly.

"Why does your face change faster than a book, the true character of a businessman?" Ji Yunze frowned, pinched the cigarette on his mouth and looked at it, and suddenly smiled, "It's still with the world, it was this cigarette last year, and it won't be changed this year." ”

"If you get used to it, it's good or bad because of the taste, but it's uncomfortable to change." Xiao Yuan held back his strength and sprayed the smoke into the sky, and the smoke that rushed out at great speed formed a straight trajectory in the air, and the smoke cloud at the top dispersed, quite like the flame shape of the Hungarian tree wasp in the game.

"yes, the same smoke, the same people, the same place and the same time, if it weren't for the All-Star, I wouldn't have seen you once a year. Hey, is that where we met last year? It hasn't changed at all. Ji Yunze looked up at the building connected to the gymnasium in front of him on the left, and the second floor was where they talked last year.

"It's that place, what's the matter, Director Ji plans to go up and review it? Tell me the same thing as last year? Xiao Yuan slowed down and looked up at the buildings that had begun to turn on in the distance. The wind blew off a layer of soot from his fingertip cigarette butts, making them as bright as the neon signs.

"There's no need to say the same thing twice, and you've done what I expected, so let's do it well in the future."

Ji Yunze also looked at the place where Xiao Yuan's line of sight was pointing, squinting his eyes and looking at another scenery of the city. More than a decade ago, they desperately wanted to come to the city to compete, and every step was extremely difficult, playing a game between fighting and giving up. Now it is easy to enter and exit here, and even determine the future of this place, in addition to lamenting that life is too dramatic, there is also a trace of nostalgia for those partners who disappeared a long time ago.

The cigarette in his hand had been completely burned, Xiao Yuan turned around and was about to find a trash can, when he suddenly found that a pair of eyes on Ji Yunze's dark face were squinted into two lines and looked into the distance, as if someone had carved two deep scratches on the black long stone, which was very funny. Only then did he remember that when he was playing on the stage just now, even if he was sitting in the first row, Ji Yunze was wearing glasses, and he couldn't help but smile dumbly: "Are you short-sighted?" Why don't you wear glasses when you come out? ”

I didn't expect Xiao Yuan's observation to be so keen, Ji Yunze silently smoked the last puff of cigarette, then raised his other hand, stretched out his index finger and thumb and rubbed the corners of his eyes on both sides of the bridge of his nose and said tiredly: "I have been nearsighted for a long time, but few people know that my left eye is 380 degrees and my right eye is 350 degrees, which is semi-blind." You know that my eyes are small, I can't wear contact lenses, and I can't show my might if I wear a frame, so I only bring it when I look at important things, and I don't usually use it. ”

"Mighty? If you want to be powerful when you are old, you should still wear reading glasses, so as not to distinguish between people and animals on the road. Xiao Yuan said teasingly.

"No, no, no, this is the dignity of a middle-aged man, you little fresh meat doesn't understand." Ji Yunze squinted his eyes as he spoke, walked to the trash can in the square, and looked at it for a while before throwing the cigarette butt into the cigarette butt collector in the middle, causing Xiao Yuan to laugh again.

"Big brother, in a few years, you will have to aim like this when you go to the toilet!"

"Bastard, can't you hope for me? If that's the case for me, I'll take you to the toilet and stand next to me! Ji Yunze glanced at Xiao Yuan angrily, and then continued to swing forward with his hands in his pockets, his pace was steady and powerful, which was the walking posture of a leader, but he could still see a little bit of the activity of his youth.

Xiao Yuan stood still and didn't move, looking at the man in front of him who was wearing a coat and walking with his hands in his pockets, but another picture was reflected in his mind. In the same wide and uninhabited square, the same man who likes to put his hands in his pockets, the scorching sun shining on that bronzed face, reflecting an unforgettable smile. He walked in front with a black duffel bag on his back, suddenly turned around, and shouted to Xiao Yuan with a grin:

"Don't worry, we'll see you again! Remember, this is the beginning, not the end!! ”

- The starting point?

Ten years of walking, and now you have reached the end?

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