[Fight to the Peak] should be the first e-sports variety show in China.
Similar to the TV series "You Are My Glory" that Gu Wei once filmed, this variety show was tailor-made by Tencent for its top game "Honor of Kings".
The program invited 30 e-sports newcomers from the arts and literature field to form different teams, and through rounds of competition, the champion was finally decided.
Gu Wei came to participate in the last game of the competition. After layers of competition, the last two teams will decide the real champion this night.
To be honest, although Tencent has put in a lot of effort and invested huge sums in "Fight to the Peak" from investment and production to inviting guests, the popularity of this variety show is not high.
Even with the participation of as many as 30 celebrity artists and the addition of top stars like Da Mimi, the limitations of e-sports variety shows themselves mean that the possibility of the show breaking through the circle and becoming popular is not high.
Although [Honor of Kings] is very popular, for the much larger number of ordinary audiences, true game fans are only a small part.
For gamers, the gaming level in e-sports variety shows is too low; it’s better to just watch the KPL professional competitions.
For non-gamers, the scenes of e-sports competitions are dazzling. They cannot understand the terminology and cannot understand what the two sides are doing.
Therefore, no matter how many stars there are, they can only rely on the popularity of the stars themselves to attract audiences in the early stages. If the content is not good and the variety show is not attractive, the subsequent audience will quickly disappear.
The private plane landed at Qindao. After leaving the airport, Gu Wei and his accompanying staff got into the car that came to pick him up.
Arriving at Studio 28 in Oriental Movie Metropolis, the recording location of "Fight to the Peak", he first met the program's director and producer, and after chatting for a while, he met Yang Mi backstage.
"Miss~"
Da Mimi had already put on her makeup, wearing a casual plaid shirt on the upper body, a short skirt and long boots on the lower body, and her white legs.
Her long wavy hair was combed into cute twin ponytails, and paired with delicate makeup, she looked like a gaming girl.
"Is the filming finished?"
Yang Mi was also very happy to see Gu Wei. Although they often sent WeChat messages and called each other, they hadn't seen each other for a while.
"Not yet, it will be finished in about half a month.
When you called me last month, you were still recording [Flowers and Youth]. How come you've suddenly become a contestant on [Fight to the Peak]?"
“[Flowers and Youth] was recorded for only 15 days and was finished long ago.
After that, I’ll go to this variety show.”
"Tsk tsk, really busy.
I remember you were still filming [Escape the Room Season 4], right? You've appeared on so many variety shows in a year, you've really become a variety show star." Gu Wei joked with a smile.
Yang Mi waved her hand nonchalantly: "What's wrong with being a variety show star? Why don't you do a job that pays well and requires little effort?
Besides, I also want to act, but isn't there a good opportunity?"
As she said this, she looked at Gu Wei with some resentment: "You don't even think about me when you start the show now.
When we met, she called me "Miss" and was very affectionate, but she didn't think of anything good happening to me.
"Well, there are no suitable roles." Gu Wei didn't expect why he was blamed.
"Isn't this TV series you're filming good? Liu Yifei can act in it, but I can't?"
“Please, big sister, the drama I’m filming now is produced by Huace, and they contacted Yifei first.
I was able to take the job because she strongly recommended it.”
“Hehe~
Yifei? You're calling me that so intimately."
Yang Mi muttered softly.
"By the way, I didn't watch the previous episodes of [Battle to the Peak]. With your gaming skills, how come you didn't make it to the finals?" Gu Wei asked curiously.
In the final of the Peak Night that will be held later, Yang Mi will be a guest commentator just like him.
Obviously, as one of the 30 artist contestants, her team did not get into the role.
Gu Wei often competed in rankings with Yang Mi, so he had a better understanding of her level.
It's definitely not comparable to professional players, but it's considered excellent among ordinary people.
Most of the contestants in [Battle to the Peak] are celebrity artists, and their skills are not very high. Some of them don’t even know how to play. Yang Mi is definitely a master among them.
"Don't even mention it. I can only hammer a few nails if I'm made of iron. If my teammates are too weak, I can't do anything about it.
Besides, Ao Ziyi, Hu Xia, Justin and the others all played well."
Speaking of this, Yang Mi was also helpless.
Zhang Dada in her team is a complete bummer. If it weren't for the show, she would have cursed while playing games.
After saying that, she looked up at Gu Wei and said, "If you participate in this show, we can form a team and definitely make it to the finals and win the championship!"
Gu Wei knew Yang Mi's strength, and Yang Mi was naturally also very clear about Gu Wei's level.
When the two of them ranked together, it was usually Gu Wei who took her flying.
In Yang Mi's opinion, his gaming skills are almost reaching those of professional players.
"Don't say I don't have time. Even if I really participated, with our fame, the organizers would definitely split us into two teams, and then we would be rivals."
"Haha, I don't want to be your opponent~"
"After the peak night to decide the champion team, there will be a friendly match. I will take you flying then!"
It is impossible for Gu Wei to come all the way to participate in the show just to be a guest commentator, as that would be a waste of his appearance.
The program team specially arranged a friendly match, in which Gu Wei and Yang Mi formed a star team, and then selected three previously eliminated guests to play against the winning King's Team.
"Okay, okay, I'll be your assistant." Da Mimi was a little excited.
Normally, when playing xenophobia with Gu Wei, as long as we don't encounter any bad opponents, we can always win very easily.
After staying backstage for a while, today's Peak Night finals officially began. Gu Wei, Yang Mi and two other professional commentators sat in the commentary area together.
"Hello, Teacher Gu Wei!"
The two professional commentators were both boys and looked very young. When they saw Gu Wei, they greeted him enthusiastically.
Gu Wei also responded with a smile.
After an opening dance, the two hosts came on stage and this year’s Peak Night finals officially began.
The two teams competing for the championship are S.Carry Team (Ao Ziyi, Zhang Han, Wang Lin, He Youjun, Lai Meiyun, Ye Xiangming) and 0829 Team (Huang Minghao, Ding Ruoxu, He Sui, Li Xueqin, He Hongshan).
Although most of them are artists, since they have reached the finals, their level is not too bad, and both teams have one or two powerful people.
Before the finals officially started, Zhou Keyu, Liu Yu, Xu Tianqi and Gong Jun took the lead in individual competitions. Gong Jun used an unexpected Miledy to defeat Xu Tianqi.
Then he used Diao Chan's detailed operations to defeat the wild king Zhou Keyu and won the title of single combat king.
"Teacher Gong Jun is incredibly talented. It's such a shame our team didn't advance!"
The commentator praised Gong Jun and said something after the individual competition.
In fact, based on real strength, Gong Jun is not even among the top five among the 30 contestants. He can win only because the other three in the individual competition are too weak.
"Teacher Gu Wei, do you have many opportunities to play Honor of Kings?"
"I started playing quite early, but I'm usually quite busy with work, so I don't have many opportunities to play."
Gu Wei told the truth.
"If you want to know how Gu Wei plays, just ask me. I usually drag him into the rankings," Yang Mi interrupted.
"Oh? Sister Mi, can you tell me what level Teacher Gu Wei is at?"
"I don't know if you've seen a TV series he starred in before, called 'You Are My Glory', where Gu Wei plays a top student who is very good at playing 'King of Glory'.
I feel like his skills in real life are no worse than what he shows in the drama.
I usually invite him to play duo with me when I play games. As long as he has time to log in, he will almost certainly help me rank up!"
"Teacher Gu Wei is so amazing!
Then the audience of the friendly match later will be able to open their eyes."
After the host sighed, Gu Wei smiled modestly: "Mi Jie is exaggerating, I am not as amazing as she said.
[Honor of Kings] is a game for five people, and the most important thing is cooperation."
The individual competition was over, but the finals had not yet begun. A few people were chatting in the comment section, and the audience's attention was all on Gu Wei and Yang Mi.
"I really want to see Gu Wei play games. I wonder if he's really as good as Yang Mi said."
"That doesn't seem like a compliment. We have a friendly match coming up, and we'll know whether our skills are good or not once we get on the field!"
"Gu Wei is so handsome! If he could be good at gaming too, he'd be perfect!"
"Gu Wei is the real-life version of Yu Tu. It's a pity Reba didn't come, otherwise today's game would have been a classic. It would have brought back memories of 'You Are My Glory'."
“Da Mimi is fine too, I really want to see her cooperate with Gu Wei.
The Great Mimi Chosen Game Girl! "
At this time, the director and producer were also chatting in the studio.
"With Gu Wei's appearance, the attention and click-through rate of the finals will definitely increase significantly!"
"What a pity! If Gu Wei could participate in the competition from the very first episode like Yang Mi, the attention of our variety show would definitely take a big step forward!" Chief Director Yu Chunlong said with some regret.
"There's nothing we can do about it, Gu Wei is too famous.
Mr. Sun invited him when we were preparing for this variety show, but his schedule was too full to spare the time."
The Mr. Sun mentioned by the producer is Sun Zhonghuai, the president of Tencent Video, who is also the producer of [Fight to the Peak].
It wasn't long before tonight's real championship match officially began.
The finals are best of five.
At the beginning of the first game, Huang Minghao of the red team made a strong counterattack on the jungle, and the blue team urgently supported him. In the end, the two sides ended up in a tie with one for one.
Then, the blue team's Lai Meiyan's Xishi performed well. She first grabbed the tyrant by herself, and then used the low economy to output with full control.
Cooperating with Ao Ziyi's strong catching, they created a perfect rhythm.
Relying on the advantages accumulated in the early stage, the blue team pushed forward all the way and finally won.
"Lai Meiyun played very well, Huang Minghao played quite well, but it's a pity that his teammates were a little weaker.
"Ao Ziyi of the blue team was able to cooperate with Lai Meiyun, and together they gained an advantage," Gu Wei analyzed after watching the first game.
"The Red Team's He Sui's Ying Zheng and Li Xueqin's support weren't very effective. If the Red Team wants to turn the tide in the second game, it's probably going to be difficult for Huang Minghao alone. He needs the support of his teammates."
"Xueqin usually plays well, but her performance just now was a little abnormal. Let's see if she can recover later." Yang Mi has the best relationship with Huang Minghao, so naturally she hopes he can win.
In the second game, Li Xueqin chose the hero he was good at, Donghuang. He first sucked in Zhang Han's Li Yuanfang, and then bit Yunying in the middle lane, winning two team battles.
Next, she continued to perform well, hitting the opponent's core in succession. Luban No. 7 won three consecutive games and helped the team win the game.
One to one, the final was quite tense.
However, the facts proved that there was still a certain gap in strength between the two teams. The victory in the second game was due to Li Xueqin's outstanding performance, and the S.Carry team was a little too confident after winning a game.
In the third game, the S.Carry team did not give any chance after taking it seriously. With the cooperation of Lai Meiyan and Ao Ziyi, they frantically caught people in the early stage, and in the later team battles, one controlled the opponent and the other dealt damage, and they quickly pushed up the high ground and won the victory.
Lai Meiyan also won the MVP of the third game because of her outstanding performance.
It was match point.
Huang Minghao and others from Team 0829 were very nervous.
Unfortunately, they failed to reverse the unfavorable situation and still lost the fourth game.
In the end, S-carry won the championship of [Fight to the Peak] with excellent teamwork and stable performance, and Ao Ziyi also won the F-MVP as he wished.
"What hero do you use?"
After the finals, the friendly matches will begin, and Yang Mi wants to determine what Gu Wei will play.
"How do you want to win?"
The two of them had already left the comment section, and no one else would hear what they said, so Gu Wei became much more casual.
"What do you mean?" Da Mimi didn't understand.
"In my opinion, the S.Carry team has some strength, but its shortcomings are also obvious. Aside from Ao Ziyi and Lai Meiyun, the skills of the other three players are mediocre.
He Xianjun had no merits or demerits, Ye Xiangming's skills were average, and Zhang Han was a bit aggressive and not very willing to cooperate.
If we make breakthroughs from these three points, it will be easy to win the game."
"What do you want to do?" Gu Wei's tone was loud, but Yang Mi did not doubt his ability at all.
“If you want to team up, I’ll pick a hero with balanced abilities and we can all team up.
If I want to win overwhelmingly, I'll use a hero who can chain-harvest. As long as I have a significant economic lead, I can easily defeat five people at once."
"If we are going to win, we must win big!" Yang Mi said without hesitation.
Gu Wei smiled and said, "I understand. Just watch me."
After a while of preparation, the friendly match began.
In addition to Gu Wei and Yang Mi, Gong Jun, Li Xueqin and He Sui joined their team as supplementary players.
"Brother Wei, Sister Mi, take me flying!" Li Xueqin was very familiar with Gu Wei and Yang Mi, and said with a smile when they met.
"Don't worry, Xueqin, Gu Wei said that he will carry this!" Yang Mi glanced at Gu Wei and said to Li Xueqin with a smile.
Gong Jun and He Sui came forward to greet Gu Wei, and they seemed a little reserved.
Gu Wei exchanged a few pleasantries with them and began to arrange the formation. He asked for a seat first.
"I'll play jungle, you guys can play whatever you want, but be cautious in the early stages and wait for me to help."
"Then I'll be the shooter, and Xueqin, you'll assist me!" Yang Mi said.
"I'll be the mid laner~" Gong Jun also asked for the position he was good at.
In the end, the top spot was left to He Sui.
"The S.Carry team chose their favorite lineup, consisting of Ying Zheng, Hou Yi, and Lu Ban.
This lineup has strong output, but is a little fragile.
Let’s take a look at what heroes the star team has chosen.
Yang Mi chose Baili Shouyi and Li Xueqin chose Niu Mo. It seems that these two are going to go to the bottom lane.
Gu Wei chose Zhuge Liang, a hero that requires a lot of skill. I wonder if he will play in the jungle or the mid lane.
As the commentator introduced the game, both teams selected their heroes and the friendly match officially began.
Zhuge Liang used by Gu Wei is a very powerful harvesting mage with both obvious shortcomings and advantages.
A game with a favorable wind is almost unsolvable. If we talk about the ceiling of snowballing, it must be Zhuge Liang. As long as the economy is ahead enough, no matter the enemy's front or back row, he can just sweep them away with his passive magic ball and then take them away with his ultimate move in seconds.
However, once the economy cannot keep up, Zhuge Liang's effectiveness will plummet. His output is weak, and he himself is fragile, so he can hardly play any role in team battles.
Since Gu Wei used him, he was naturally confident that he could win the game with an overwhelming advantage.
At the beginning of the friendly match, the three lanes of the star team developed slowly according to the guard's request and did not stand out.
Soon, Yang Mi and Li Xueqin in the bottom lane were pushed under the tower. Hou Yi on the opposite side had just crossed the center line and moved forward a little when Zhuge Liang, who had just finished killing the wild monsters, emerged from the bushes.
At this time, Li Xueqin's Niu Mo also stepped forward in time, and with the cooperation of Baili Shouyao's gun, Zhuge Liang took down two heads in the bottom lane in just a few strokes.
"marvelous!"
Yang Mi was extremely happy as he got two assists at the start of the game.
"Keep developing, don't go too far forward, I'll come back later."
Gu Wei said this and controlled Zhuge Liang to dive back into the grass.
"It seems that what Sister Mi said was true. Teacher Gu Wei is very strong.
I can’t see much from the technique of the early catch, but my awareness was perfect.”
"Yes, this game depends on whether Team S.Carry can control Zhuge Liang's growth. If they let him develop, then this game will be a sure thing."
The two commentators analyzed the situation and praised Gu Wei.
"Wow, Gu Wei's Zhuge Liang is so handsome!"
"I got two heads right away and took off!"
"It's really amazing! The big star is also a game master!"
The audience was also discussing the arrest that had just taken place.
After taking two kills, Zhuge Liang quickly supported the middle and top lanes.
Although the opponent was already alert, he still forced Ying Zheng to death when he only had half of his health left.
After gaining some economic resources at the beginning, Zhuge Liang's equipment has gradually improved, and he has a great advantage in damage.
"Don't panic, everyone, be quiet, we'll team up and catch them in one wave."
Ao Ziyi, who played Zhao Yun, comforted his teammates and arranged tactics at the same time.
He took two people to the middle lane and crossed the tower to kill Gong Jun's Angela. No one on his team died, but they were all low on health.
At this time, Zhuge Liang appeared again in the grass in the river, and with a series of combos he smoothly harvested three heads.
"It's over, the opponent's Zhuge Liang has shown up, he can kill people instantly.
Squishy heroes like Hou Yi and Ying Zheng will die as soon as they show up." Lai Meiyan frowned, looking very pessimistic about her team's situation.
Just as she said, Zhuge Liang, who had been harvesting heads continuously, had accumulated a huge advantage and was far ahead of the opponent economically.
He has the ability to kill squishy targets in seconds.
"This awareness and operation are already on par with many professional esports players. Teacher Gu Wei's skills are very strong!"
“Yes, Zhuge Liang actually arrived a long time ago. He predicted that the opponent would cross the tower to kill people.
The final attack was incredibly smooth, and the HP calculation was incredibly accurate!"
While the commentator was praising the player crazily, there was also cheering from the audience.
Gu Wei’s actions just now were indeed amazing.
After getting a triple kill, Zhuge Liang started to capture people all over the map, single kill, double kill, triple kill, the field became his personal show.
The S.Carry team was forced into a corner and had no choice but to gather together and fight head-on.
As a result, Zhuge Liang showed his head and turned around and left, pulling the five opposing heroes away, waiting for his own teammates to fill the position, and then turned around and attacked.
“Oh my god, five consecutive ultimates!
Gu Wei, you are too fierce! "
The enemy team was wiped out in one wave, and no one on their side was killed. Yang Mi excitedly waved his fist, and the other teammates also looked happy.
After this team battle, the situation became even more one-sided.
Soon after the Star Team won another teamfight, they successfully pushed up the high ground and destroyed the crystal. (End of this chapter)
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