YM had not yet calmed down from the ecstasy of winning the championship when the staff arranged for them to go to the center of the stage.
Lin Yan and his teammates formed a circle, each holding out a hand to hold up the LSPL championship trophy.
Lin Yan raised his head. The spotlights around the stage emitted colorful lights, reflecting on his face. He could not open his eyes, just like the first time he went on stage.
"Open your eyes wide and look energetic!" The cameraman below the stage kept urging Lin Ran to stand beside him.
Lin Yan turned his head to look. Phyllostachys Pubescens, Xiao Tian's eyes were squinted into slits by the lights, but the corners of his mouth were raised. Because he had been wearing headphones for a long time, his thick hair was flattened, and two tufts of hair stood up on the back of his head. He looked silly and silly.
He was amused by Xiao Tian's silly look. The moment the corners of his mouth rose was captured by the camera. The five teenagers held the trophy in high spirits, and the lights gathered behind them.
Lin Yan felt like he was in a dream.
It wasn't until he held the cold interview microphone that he felt that everything had really happened.
He sat in front of the LSPL screen like the rest of YM. Everyone at the long black table had a microphone. On the other side of the long table were two rows of reporters. Reporters and cameramen from various e-sports media in China were looking forward to the interview, hoping to get first-hand information from YM's interview.
"The first question I want to ask the Ran player, why was Deep-sea Titan chosen to go in the middle lane in the first game?"
The reporter in the audience threw out his question. Lin Yan did not respond at first. He was still immersed in the pleasure of his ability improvement.
After the end of the final, Lin Yan found that the originally gray "Wandering Support Ability" had risen from 80 points to 83 points. In addition, he had earned 600 points. It could be said that he had a lot of points.
The interview site was silent for three seconds. It was only when Xiao Tian elbowed Lin Yan that he reacted.
"Titan … I discovered this hero by accident," Lin Yan said after some hesitation. He didn't tell anyone about his chat with Su Cheng that day.
"You push the line very quickly, and you have sufficient crowd control. It's very useful in small-scale team battles, and the damage you deal in the early stages isn't low either. It suits my competitive style very well."
"Next question, how would you rate your opponent Baeme?"
In Lin Yan's eyes, this question had no value at all.
He had crushed him in three rounds, but could he say in public that he was a noob and a little green?
"I'm not that close to Baeme, but I heard that he's very strong …" Lin Yan looked at the reporter who asked the question. He turned on the recording pen and typed on the computer.
He felt an inexplicable sense of displeasure in his heart. Was this an interview with him, the victor, or was he trying to clear his opponent's name?
"But unfortunately, my teammate is stronger than his teammate." Lin Yan pursed his lips and put down the microphone. In the end, he still made a sarcastic remark.
On the side, Xiao Tian and Xiao Ming giggled. The inexperienced youngsters were full of arrogance.
In the entire interview, one-third of the questions were related to Lin Yan. His strength was as eye-catching as his face. The esports media also looked at the number of clicks and exposure when they made news.
Would the same question be asked to Jin Gong, whose biggest role in the game was to resist damage, or to Lin Yan, whose presence was bursting at the seams?
This seemed to be a single-choice question.
After the interview, the YM players went straight to the Bund to celebrate.
"We'll move to the base next month!"
Chubby's face was red with excitement. He raised his cola and clinked glasses with Hao beside him. "We'll move to the villa!"
"We also have to hire analysts, art designers, assistants, operations, youth trainers … everything has to come together!"
The LPL was like another world. The participants were all the top esports clubs in the country. After Chubby successfully advanced, he had to quickly recruit other members of the club.
This was not a small expense.
Lin Yan was leaning on his leather chair and scrolling through his phone.
His Weibo was calm. Only the word YM was in the trending search box at the bottom. He was not surprised. If it wasn't for Chubby, the LSPL finals wouldn't have caused much of a stir.
Logging into WeChat, Lin Mingdong's message was short and clear: [You played well.]
Lin Yan didn't know what to say, so he sent a […]
Over.
Su Cheng sent him a congratulatory sticker. The style was quite retro. It was a sticker boy holding the word "fortune" in his hand.
[Where's my present?]
[Wait a moment.]
Su Cheng replied.
Little Tian was sneakily staring at his face from the side.
"What's wrong?" Lin Yan put down his phone and asked.
Xiao Tian's sharp eyes looked through the lens at Lin Yan's slightly raised lips. With his excellent sense of smell as the LSPL champion jungler, Lin Yan was definitely up to something.
"It's nothing. This shop's lemon juice is quite good. Do you want to try it?" He looked down at the barbecue on the table.
Lin Yan was not interested in this kind of sour drink.
Fifteen minutes later, his phone vibrated for two seconds.
It was a message from Su Cheng.
[I sent you a kiss. Check it and remember to give full marks.]
It was a strong Taobao customer service style.
A video file popped up.
Lin Yan first muted his phone in case Su Cheng made a prank video. Su Cheng did this during last year's Mid-Autumn Festival. Lin Yan was almost scared to death when he opened it.
But to his surprise, the video's cool opening effects were actually in the style of League of Legends.
Little Temptress, Lisandro, Card Master … and even Deep-sea Titan were all heroes that Lin Yan used in the arena.
YMRan's ID appeared in the middle of the screen. Then, with a gorgeous transition, he entered Summoner's Canyon.
The beginning was a clip of Lin Yan's card killing Gonggoong Little Temptress. Titan's Deadly Anchor, Sindra's Heavenly Fairy Scattering Flowers, and Little Temptress's Shadow Perplexing Track … His outstanding performances this season were all shown in the video.
Lin Yan was still very touched.
[When did you learn to edit?]
Lin Yan sent a message.
【？？？】
Su Cheng replied with three question marks.
Before Lin Yan could react, she sent another voice message.
Lin Yan carefully put on his headphones.
"Lin Yan, you don't think I made this video, do you?"
Su Cheng laughed on the other end. "I'm about to take the college entrance exam. How can I have so much time? I spent a lot of money on the editing studio I hired."
Lin Yan pulled out his headphones without changing his expression.
Xiao Tian finished the barbecue meat on his plate and glanced at him.
"Try the lemon juice?"
Lin Yan took it and poured it into his mouth.
"It's so sour."
He quickly put two pieces of barbecue meat into his mouth. The meat was already fragrant after being roasted by charcoal, and with the addition of spices, it was even more tender and delicious. The moment it entered his mouth, it stimulated his taste buds, and his mouth was full of happiness.
"Boys!"
Chubby stood up and raised his glass to the YM players present. "After the procedures are done in half a month, we will sign a new contract!"
"Raise all salaries, at least double!"
Chubby said. "The LSPL championship prize will be split equally among the seven of you. Everyone, work hard in the summer competition!"