Chapter 60

After listening to Boss Qin's description, Yu Luosheng roughly understood what had happened.

In the evening, without training, Huang Yu used to frequent some small bars.

This time, it was a rare chance to relax, and Huang Yu went to the bar as usual to have a drink, only to run into the members of the first-place team from Tian Da.

There were only four well-known internet cafes in Lesheng, and people who often hung out there knew each other.

After Wu Kai was chased away by Boss Qin, he was still upset. Seeing Captain Huang Yu of the Blood Team appear in the bar, he deliberately pointed at Huang Yu and told the others that Huang Yu was the captain of the Blood Team.

As it turned out, some of those people did know Huang Yu and mocked him for being dumped by a girl in the past.

This was a sore spot for Huang Yu, and he would not allow anyone to mention it.

After an argument, a fight broke out.

It felt like it was done on purpose. Initially, both sides were just shouting and pushing each other, but then someone smashed a bottle and stabbed it into Huang Yu's hand.

The tendons in the back of the hand connect to several fingers, and being stabbed like that would definitely make it impossible for the fingers to press keys flexibly.

The intention of the other side was very clear: to prevent Huang Yu from playing in the match the day after tomorrow!

The prize money was 30,000 yuan, and every team was very envious. With Boss Qin, an experienced game leader, the Blood Team had a good chance of winning first place. The people from Tian Da were clearly trying to eliminate the Blood Team as a threat!

Such tactics were despicable to the extreme. After hearing Boss Qin's description, even the very ladylike Yang Qianqian couldn't help but want to curse.

She had heard before that some competing teams would use underhanded tactics before a match, but she never thought that such low tactics would actually be used in an LOL event. No wonder Xiaodao was so angry that he wanted to stomp on Wu Kai's hand!

Xiaodao, Huang Yu, Xiao Tongtong, and Xue Haiyang had been playing League of Legends for a long time and were very passionate about it.

Originally, these four were very laid-back and used to playing casually. But for the competition, they had been training for 10 hours every day in the internet cafe for two months straight!

Training for 10 hours a day was already very close to what professional e-sports players did.

Playing games and competing professionally were two different concepts. You might not think much of playing 10 hours of League of Legends for four or five days in a row, but if you had to play 10 hours a day for 10 days, or even several months, it would no longer be playing games but a truly tedious and exhausting ordeal, with your mind filled with nothing but training, training, training...

They had changed their usual lazy ways and trained hard to win the Lesheng Championship. They were getting closer to their goal, but then they were severely injured by such a despicable means.

Everyone knew that Boss Qin made a living from games. Many people found life difficult if they didn't get paid for a month, let alone the fact that Boss Qin had invested a lot of money in the Blood Team over the past two months...

Boss Qin sat in the hospital chair, taking out a cigarette several times to smoke, but remembering it was a hospital, he put it back in his pocket.

"Can the team members be temporarily replaced?" Yang Qianqian asked softly.

There were quite a few good mid-laners in the Longsheng Internet Cafe. If they joined the Blood Team, they shouldn't lose.

Boss Qin shook his head and said, "The team members cannot be replaced."

"Boss Qin, let's go outside for a smoke," Yu Luosheng patted Qin Ying.

Qin Ying nodded, telling the others to wait at the clinic door, and walked outside with Yu Luosheng.

...

"Boss Qin, how much have you invested?" Yu Luosheng asked.

Boss Qin was taken aback and said, "You noticed?"

"Even a ghost could see it. You want to develop in professional e-sports," Yu Luosheng said.

Providing food and accommodation for the team members, paying them, and setting a training schedule was a simplified model of a professional e-sports team. Yu Luosheng had played professionally before, so he could see it clearly.

Professional players and ordinary competition participants were two different concepts. Professional players often trained for a long time, had a fixed team, a fixed manager, and even their own club and sponsors...

Ordinary competition participants were just a group of amateur experts who came together for a competition. They might be individually strong, but compared to professional players who trained long-term, there was a significant gap.

The Blood Team's success in the Longsheng Internet Cafe was not a coincidence or because of the addition of a godlike player like Yu Luosheng. It was because they trained harder than any other team in the cafe, which everyone could see, as they could see the Blood Team training in the C area of the cafe every day.

"I have invested a lot. Online games are really not as profitable as they used to be. If I can't find a good way out..." Qin Ying sighed.

"The path of e-sports is not easy. Although the threshold is really low—just a computer, a room, and a meal can form a team—the competition is very intense. There are only a few truly authoritative competitions, and everyone is waiting for such opportunities, like a large group of fish waiting at the bottom of a dam, all hoping to leap over it. Some do, but many more die in the attempt. Even if they leap over, they might not have a good life," Yu Luosheng said.

"You know more about e-sports than I do, and you've truly walked this path..." Qin Ying smiled bitterly and took a deep drag on his cigarette. "But you're young. If you take the wrong path, you can still turn back and choose a better one."

Taking the wrong path...

For some reason, hearing this made Yu Luosheng feel a sharp pain in his heart.

In fact, he still didn't know if he had taken the wrong path.

"And me? I'm already in my thirties. I used to be naive, thinking that playing games and hanging out with a group of brothers every day was enough. But now, I'm almost thirty, and I know nothing but games. Many of my brothers have moved on and done well, and they still call me Boss Qin out of loyalty. But I know that being a boss is just a joke," Qin Ying cursed.

Yu Luosheng remained silent.

Boss Qin looked at Yu Luosheng and continued, "Xiao Bing, Gu Dong, and Tu Mao, you know them. We were sworn brothers, and you followed us. We laughed at you for being a kid. They were smart and knew this path had no future, so they left early. I was foolish and kept going, and now I'm getting more and more desperate. But if I were to take another path now, where would I go? Where could I go? Yes, I could work for someone else or do some business, and I wouldn't starve, but could I make my wife and children suffer with me? You've met my wife, Meiwen. She can't stand being looked down upon."

"So you want to go into professional e-sports?" Yu Luosheng said.

"Yes, LOL is very popular. It's been a long time since a game has been this hot. A second-tier city competition has a prize of 30,000 yuan, and it can add up as you go higher..." Qin Ying flicked his cigarette and stepped on the butt, looking at Yu Luosheng. "Shengzi, to be honest, it's right for you not to play professional e-sports anymore. This path is more treacherous than a 1200-point ranked match during summer vacation, and many people have been crushed."

"But at my age, I have no choice."

"I know you're good. This time, I'm really asking you to help me play well, at least... at least to be the first in Lesheng. This is really important to me!" Qin Ying said sincerely.

Seeing Qin Ying pour out so much, Yu Luosheng felt even more uncomfortable.

Yu Luosheng knew that there were many people like Boss Qin who made a living from the gaming industry and had no choice but to stick to this path.

Qin Ying's life was already difficult, and he had gathered 30,000 yuan for this. This act of kindness made Yu Luosheng feel deeply grateful.

Now that the Blood Team's captain, Huang Yu, was injured, and Boss Qin had invested everything in this, if he couldn't achieve a certain level of success and fame, his future in the gaming industry would be even more difficult.

How could Yu Luosheng bear to see Boss Qin lose everything?

And if they didn't win first place, how could he repay the 30,000 yuan he borrowed from Boss Qin? When he borrowed the money, Boss Qin didn't hesitate to hand over his card.

Losing one person did make Yu Luosheng a bit worried.

But thinking about it, how often did they play 4v6 or 3v7 matches in ranked games?

It was just 4v5.

They wouldn't lose, they definitely wouldn't lose!

(Friends who like this book, please give it a recommendation vote. The path of e-sports is not easy, and writing an e-sports novel is even harder. I really need your support, thank you very much~~~~)

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