At the scene of the game at the Chicago Grand Theater, all the cameras were focused on Lee Sang-hyuk at the moment. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The huge electronic screens hanging upside down on the stage also showed the figure of Lee Sang-hyuk.

The European and American hostess standing next to Lee Sang-hyuk brushed the hair from her ears, looked at Lee Sang-hyuk with a smile and said, "Okay, then our first question is, you took out the Juggernaut in the third game of the semi-finals today, and your performance was quite good, is this a lineup system that was formulated before the game, or is it a routine that was only temporarily taken out during the game?" I think the fans and audience in the audience are also curious. ”

Lee Sang-hyuk's English is good, and there is still no big problem with simple dialogue and meaning expression.

Hearing the host's question, he held the microphone and thought about it, and then said with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, "Well, as everyone can see, the choice of the third Sword Master was indeed something I thought of suddenly, so I took it out." ”

I thought of it, and I took it out.

Lee Sang-hyuk said this with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and the expression on his face looked very natural.

However, when the audience heard this sentence, they instantly understood the powerful and incomparable self-confidence contained in it.

For a while, many people let out cheers for it.

"Wow! What a rare confident player! The European and American hostess also covered her mouth exaggeratedly and shouted.

Then she glanced at the script, quickly raised her head and continued to ask with a smile, "So now that you have got the ticket to the finals, it can be said that you are only one step away from our MSI World Championship championship this time." ”

"I want to ask, now the two remaining teams in the semi-finals are EDG and Fantic, who are you more optimistic about for these two teams? Or which team would you like to meet in the finals? ”

Hearing this question, Lee Sang-hyuk groaned for a moment and glanced at the audience.

Among the thousands of spectators in the stadium at the moment, teams like EDG and Fantic who can reach the semi-finals must also have a lot of fans.

Isn't it appropriate for him to attract the hatred of the other party if he says he favors someone at this time?

Thinking of this, Lee Sang-hyuk couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth, and subtly changed the topic, "Well, first of all, I want to say that EDG and Fantic are both very strong teams and opponents worth paying attention to. ”

"If I had to choose, I think I would probably be more happy to watch Fantic in the finals."

"As for the reason, I don't think anyone wants to experience the feeling of being caught twice in a row by four people in less than five minutes."

Hearing Lee Sang-hyuk's words, the audience couldn't help but laugh.

They all know that Lee Sang-hyuk is talking about the match between ES.M and EDG in the group stage.

In the end, ES.M won.

But the tragic situation of Lee Sang-hyuk's barbarian king being arrested by EDG four people under the tower in the early stage is still fresh in the memory of many audiences in the audience.

After interviewing Lee Sang-hyuk, Choi Hyun-wook, Dopa, and Uzi and Madlife were also interviewed in turn.

When asked what Uzi thinks fans have given him the nickname "Uzreal".

Uzi tilted his head and thought for a while and said, I think after the finals, I'm afraid they will have to prepare a nickname for me about Wayne.

The implication is that his Wayne is stronger and will probably be able to play it in the finals.

Hearing Uzi's words, countless fans and viewers in the audience immediately cheered with some anticipation again.

......

That same evening.

About ES. The report that M took away AHQ 3:0 in the semi-finals and advanced to the finals first was overwhelmingly covered by various news media.

After all, in this parallel world with an unusually strong e-sports atmosphere, people's attention to e-sports competitions is no less than that of super leagues such as football and basketball in the previous life.

If you think about the fans who stayed up all night watching the game and cheering for it in their previous lives, you know how much attention people in this world pay to esports.

This is also the reason why most of the world's first-line esports stars are worth a lot of money, and they are not much worse than those entertainment stars. Messi Kobe Bryant in the previous life, no matter their worth or popularity, they are probably no less than entertainment stars.

It's even a little more global in terms of popularity.

......

Gwangju, South Korea.

An old residential area far from the city.

"Stinky girl, it's time to wash your hands and eat."

Li Dongren wore an apron and walked out of the kitchen with a bowl of miso soup, and when he saw Li Meier sitting on the sofa in the living room, he couldn't help but laugh and scold.

"Abba, look! That one! That's a brother! ”

Li Meier held the remote control in her hand, suddenly pointed to the TV, and shouted, "Wow! Brother they won the semifinals! As long as they can win the finals, they will be world champions! ”

Hearing Li Meier's words, Li Dongren's hand holding the soup trembled slightly, he quickly put the soup on the table, wiped his hands on his apron, and then sat in front of the TV and watched the TV carefully.

When I saw Lee Sang-hyuk on the TV standing on the stage surrounded by 10,000 people, under the lights, in countless cameras holding microphones, and always with a faint and gentle smile on his face, he was interviewed by reporters.

World champion?

These four words were chewed by Li Dongren in his mouth.

Then I chewed it again.

Li Dongren's wrinkled face gradually bloomed with a smile.

"Mei'er, go and get the soju out of the cupboard."

"Yikes! Abba! No alcohol! The smell of wine is so bad! ”

"Stinky girl, Abba is happy today, just drink a little, a little."

…………

In downtown Gwangju, in an office building.

Cui Linxu, who was holding a fast food box lunch, raised his head and waved his chopsticks to gobble down the last bit of food.

Then he covered the disposable lunch box, inserted the chopsticks in, and then turned around and threw them into the trash can on the side.

"Lin Xu, let's go smoke a cigarette together."

A colleague on the side smiled and said hello as he walked by, and tilted his head in the direction of the smoking room.

"Oh, okay, come on." Cui Linxu took a sip of the water cup on the table, then put down the cup, picked up the suit that was flat on the back of the chair, got up and walked up quickly.

In the smoking room, when Cui Linxu and that colleague walked in, they found that there were already many people chatting over there with cigarettes and spitting smoke.

These people are colleagues from various departments of this company, and even if they don't know each other, they must be familiar with each other after working for so long.

Seeing Cui Linxu come in, they all smiled and nodded to say hello to this side, and then continued to chat.

The content of the chat is nothing more than a complaint about what was not done last night, and I will continue to do it today;

Or maybe I didn't do a good job in a case recently, and I was scolded by my boss or something......

Korean office workers are generally under a lot of pressure at work, and the only way to release stress at work is to smoke a cigarette in the smoking room after dinner, complain to each other, complain and complain.

On one side, there is an LCD TV about 27 inches hanging on the wall of the smoking room.

Probably due to the long-term smoke, the edges of the TV screen have been somewhat yellowed.

At this moment, the TV was playing the midday news from MBC TV.

Suddenly, when the announcer on the TV said, "Let's take a look at the footage sent back from the scene."

The picture was all about it, and a huge stage with shining lights appeared on the TV, and in the middle of the stage stood five young people who looked in high spirits.

"This time ES. M is amazing! Ha ha! I kept pressing them to win at the beginning of this World Championship, and now I have earned more than 1 million won. The man who came to smoke looked at the TV screen and immediately said with a happy eyebrow.

Betting is a spin-off of any competitive competition, let alone the hottest esports of the moment.

Cui Linxu, a colleague, is obviously the kind of team who usually likes to watch and watch games and bet on the team he supports.

Hearing this topic, a few people next to him also came over and said with a smile, "Have you watched the game in the early hours of this morning? M is really too strong! I have a hunch that they will be the champions of this World Championship! ”

"Hah! Then borrow your auspicious words, I will press them to win all the money I have recently won after work, and play a big one! ”

"Hehe, be careful of the last upset!"

"That's okay, it's all winning money anyway, even if it's for ES.M, I'm going to bet on them to win."

"I can't tell you're still an ES.M fan."

Soon someone laughed and teased, "Hey! This uncle, how old are you, and you are still chasing stars? ”

"Oh, I can't say it's chasing stars, I just look at these young people, it's like seeing myself when I was young."

"Oh? How so? ”

"Actually, I almost became a professional player in the first place, but I was not selected when I tried out at KTB."

"Haha, come on, this kind of thing is very talented, you think everyone can do it."

"I think it's important to work hard."

“......”

When it comes to this part, the topic is unconsciously pulled away.

It can also be seen that in the hot atmosphere of e-sports in this parallel world, even office workers who are in the upper grades can talk a lot about this topic.

At this moment, someone suddenly pointed to the TV with a smile and said, "Huh? Looking at the kid on the TV now, do you feel a little familiar? ”

At this moment, the interview picture on the TV happened to be given to Cui Hyun Wook.

The person who pulled Cui Lin Xu over to smoke looked up, immediately patted Cui Lin Xu's shoulder and said, "Haha, don't you say that I don't care, you see, that guy doesn't look like our Lin Xu." ”

Someone teased, "Lin Xu, he won't be your long-lost brother." ”

At this moment, Cui Linxu was holding a cigarette and staring blankly at the TV screen.

Looking at the younger brother who he grew up watching, standing in front of the stage spotlight at the moment, standing under the attention of thousands of audiences around the world, he felt a faint sense of pride in his heart.

Hearing the ridicule of the people around him, Cui Linxu raised his hand and put his eyes to his mouth, took a deep breath, and then spit out a long time.

"Yes, he's my brother."

As soon as these words came out, the people around them immediately laughed.

"Hahaha, what are you kidding?"

"yes, it's not funny at all."

"Actually, it's quite similar to my Madlife."

“......”

But looking at Cui Linxu's expression that didn't seem like a joke at all, the laughter of the people around him gradually stopped.

"Hey! You can't be serious, right? "Finally someone couldn't help it.

Cui Linxu's face didn't change, but he continued to smile and said, "Yes, my name is Cui Linxu, his name is Cui Xianxu, my own brother." ”

All of a sudden, no one stopped believing it.

It's just that everyone is a little unacceptable that a colleague who usually gets along with each other day and night and works together is actually the brother of a super e-sports star on TV.

Suddenly, there was a "buzz" in the smoking room.

......

Of course, there are more than these two.

The real-time report of the TV station here in South Korea naturally quickly spread throughout the country, and basically most people saw it.

People who are familiar with Lee Sang-hyuk, such as Jung so-jing, Lim Yun-a, Han Shi-na, and his classmates are naturally happy for him from the bottom of their hearts after seeing the news.

Those who are not familiar with Lee Sang-hyuk also think that ES.M is a strong team that defeated SSW to win the OGN Spring Championship this year.

They are also looking forward to the ES.M World Championship just one step away from the goal.

As for the fans of the ES.M team or the individual players on the Korean side, after seeing the news, they fell into a carnival.

Many people spontaneously posted on the Internet to support ES.M in the United States and cheer for them in the next finals!

......

Chicago, USA.

The Chicago Colissore's playing venue was once again crowded by the afternoon of the second day.

Because today is the second semi-final round - EDG from the LPL and Fantic from the European LCS will compete here.

Decide the last ticket to the Grand Final!

ES. M didn't play today, and by contacting the official personnel, Lee Sang-hyuk quickly got a few tickets to the scene, and then came to the scene with a few teammates.

After all, the next team they will face will be decided between EDG and Fantic.

No matter which team it is, being able to take a good look at the game between them before the game will undoubtedly help them get to know their opponents better.

In addition, at this time, in this BO5 format, if it really comes to life and death, the two teams will definitely come up with any "tactics and routines" that press the bottom of the box.

So if Lee Sang-hyuk and they can see it at the game today, they can also take precautions in advance.

With the familiar music of the World Championships, after the previous sessions, the players of both teams sat in the players' competition room.

On the second day of the semi-finals, the first match between EDG and Fantic kicked off!

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