"My water broke! My water broke!!"
Amidst the cheers, the members of the Water Breaking Team stood on the podium.
Under the bright lights, they were illuminated.
His teammates were beside him, the trophy was in his hand, and there was warm cheering from the audience.
This is e-sports, short but brilliant.
This moment will be forever engraved in the hearts of all members of the team, even if they will retire and leave one day.
The e-sports host gave a standard award speech and then handed over the microphone.
This is to let them express their feelings about winning the award, which can be regarded as a reserved item in the award ceremony. Generally, the winners will say some conventional words such as "Thank you to my parents, thank you to my teammates, and I will keep up the good work in the future to create more brilliance."
It should be a very normal process. The host had a smile on his face, but he kept shouting in his heart, "Don't let anything go wrong, don't let anything go wrong."
Some people may think, it’s just an award ceremony, what can go wrong?
But the problem is that the e-sports players are too young. A bunch of young people are very passionate. Give them a microphone and they dare to say anything.
Especially since the polar regions never interfere with these things, the contestants become even more "rampant".
Some complained about the official food being bad, some brought a snake up to receive the award and said they wanted to share the glory with it, some wanted to sing for their fans on the spot, and there was one session where the entire team was made up of people with social phobia, and no matter how hard the host tried to guide them, they said less than three sentences in total.
These are all normal. What we fear most is something shocking happening at the award ceremony.
For example, a champion team from the previous session.
A group of contestants who were no more than 17 or 18 years old looked fair and well-behaved. As soon as they got the microphone, they said, "It's normal for us to win the championship. After all, our opponents are simply incompetent. We should thank our opponents for giving us such a chance to win the championship."
This immediately caused the opposing team sitting in the audience to rush up and start fighting.
The fans of the championship team were of course not happy. They wanted to help their own team, but the rival team also had fans. The two teams were not on good terms, so naturally their fans joined in hating each other.
Once a conflict occurred, both sides picked up chairs and rushed forward without hesitation.
A well-organized award ceremony turned into a melee. Fortunately, although there were a lot of injuries, the most serious injury was only a fracture, and no one was killed. However, after this incident, the e-sports host who originally had a stable position was forced to resign.
What a great position it was, being the host of such a globally watched event would definitely be the pinnacle of the hosting industry, but he ended up being fired because of such an unexpected disaster.
Of course, there is sympathy for the hosts this year, but not much.
——If that guy wasn’t laid off, how could it have anything to do with him!
He now only hopes that nothing goes wrong in his session. In fact, the host has been worried since he ensured that Team Poshui won the award, because as far as he knows, Chinese e-sports was already half-dead before that.
In such an environment, a championship team suddenly emerged, which was definitely very exciting, and that made him even more worried.
As a result, he was relieved to find that the young people from the Water Breaking Team were actually just going through the "thank you process" normally.
——"Esports is my dream. I once thought that I would never be able to stand on this podium in my lifetime. It was Captain Tan who brought me up, taught us step by step, and formulated tactics for us..."
——"In addition to Captain Tan, I also want to thank Director Sheng. Thank you for appearing when my water broke, and thank you for guiding Captain Tan in treating his illness..."
——"I still remember when I first entered the industry, no one cared about me. At that time, it was Captain Tan..."
After the team members finished speaking with tears in their eyes and red noses, the microphone was finally passed to Tan Chen.
The host was already relaxed, but he saw Tan Chen smiled faintly and said in a hoarse voice:
"I also want to thank many people, thank you to the coach who taught me, thank you to my teammates who fought side by side with me before I retired for the first time, thank you to my current teammates, thank you for always believing in me."
As he spoke, he turned sideways to look at the team members around him, and all the young people were immediately moved.
Finally, Tan Chen's gaze fell on Sheng Quan in the audience.
"Like them, I also want to thank Director Sheng."
Even though this was an extremely glorious podium, Tan Chen still seemed not to be overshadowed by the brilliance. He looked at Sheng Quan and bowed gently.
Only he himself knew what kind of situation he was in before Sheng Quan arrived. At that time, he thought that he would never get the ending he longed for.
President Sheng still has a VIP seat this time. Don't get me wrong, this is not because she owns shares in Polar.
The official Polar treats everyone equally both online and offline. Those who spend money are the big spenders. As long as the money is enough, any number of seats is fine.
This scene seems a bit familiar.
Sheng Quan always sits in the audience, watching the many people on the stage shine with the light that should belong to them one by one. Often at this time, she can look at these lights and say happily: [More, love watching].
She knew what Tan Chen would say next.
Among so many people, it seems that only Tan Chen has really reached the destination he desired.
Tan Chen's eyes turned red. He took a deep breath and looked at the huge game icon in front of him: "Thank you, Mr. Sheng, for giving me such an opportunity to stand here before I finally retire."
——Wow!
The audience who had been listening quietly began to discuss in low voices.
Tan Chen meant that he was going to retire? When he had just won the global championship? Was he crazy? ? Since the establishment of the Water Breaking Club, the number of fans of the team members has been increasing almost every day, and there are naturally many fans from China in the audience.
There are group fans and there are individual fans.
At this moment, people kept shouting below: "Don't chase!!! Don't retire!!"
“No chasing!!!!”
"We can watch you play forever!!!"
After saying the first sentence, the rest of the conversation flowed much more smoothly. Tan Chen continued, "I didn't say goodbye to everyone properly when I retired last time. It has always been a regret for me. By chance, I got the opportunity to play again, but all good things must come to an end."
So when Tan Chen said this, he had a smile on his face. He was very grateful, grateful that he could finally play such a game.
Under the brilliant light, Tan Chen personally put a perfect end to his e-sports career.
——"I declare that e-sports players will not be pursued and will retire permanently."
The host who just breathed a sigh of relief said: ???
The global competition has been held for so many times, but this is the first time I have encountered someone announcing his retirement when he won the award. What is the difference between this and the entertainment industry where someone announces his retirement as soon as he wins the Best Actor award, or a singer announces his retirement as soon as he becomes the best singer.
He subconsciously glanced at Sheng Quan in the audience: You are the boss, don’t you care about it?
Not only did Sheng Quan ignore it, he also raised his hand and clapped naturally.
The people around her immediately started to applaud as enthusiastically as they could. It wasn't that they were giving face to the audience from various countries who didn't even know her, but mainly because all the people sitting around her were her people.
There were five bodyguards alone, plus two assistants. Even Brother Jiang was clapping seriously on the side.
As we all know, applause is contagious.
As applause broke out in this corner of the front row, the rest of the audience followed suit.
Amidst thunderous applause, Tan Chen returned the microphone to the host.
Host: ...It’s okay, it’s better than insulting your opponent on the spot and causing a fight.
On the hot search, with Tan Chen's words, the original #Polar Global Race Breaking Water Winning Championship# #Breaking Water Really Will Break Water# quickly added another topic #Not Chasing Announced Retirement
In front of a TV in a certain city in China, former teammates raised their glasses and saluted Tan Chen on TV: "Congratulations, you have fulfilled your dream."
A young coach from an e-sports club smiled and shook his head. She chuckled, as if in admiration and envy: "He really does what he says."
In the water-breaking club, the coach who was called back smiled and tied the bandage on his hands: "Smelly boy, you still remember this."
*** ——“
The retirement age is getting younger and younger. I wonder if we will retire in two years too. Tan Chen, how old do you think you can play until?"
——"Me? No matter how old I am, players will retire eventually. If I really have to retire, I hope I can announce it standing on the podium of the finals."
The unruly and flamboyant teenager was joking and playing with his teammates, and next to him was the coach who had not yet been fired and was just smiling at them.
The young boys and girls who were in their most youthful and unrestrained years listened to Tan Chen's boast: "If I have to retire, I will also retire at the most glorious moment. Just wait and see, we will definitely be the next champions."
*** Sheng Quan looked at Tan Chen on the stage, and heard 006's reminder in his ear: [Ding! The host has successfully changed the fate of the sponsored person 100%. 】
[Ding! Count the career progress of the funded people this time, and the funded people with the same percentage will not be ranked in order]
Sheng Quan: Quite cautious.
[Tan Chen: 100%]
[Chen Mo: 100%]
[Zhou Ke: 100%]
【Huaniao: 100%】
【……】
The Water Breaking Club is too big, and it accommodates too many people. Seeing that 006 has been reading the list for two minutes and still hasn't finished, Sheng Quan is a little worried that it will get tired (will the system get tired?) "How about you make a form and send it directly to my computer?"
006 stopped immediately: [Good idea. ]
006 has always been in charge of the system reward funds, so making tables is naturally no problem for him. Soon, Sheng Quan received a very long list.
In conclusion, the average career level of all employees is 52%, which is already a very high score. Sheng Quan thought that the percentage would be lower than 30% due to the large number of employees.
What a pleasant surprise.
Sheng Quan was very happy. She chose e-sports because the industry was indeed updating and iterating very quickly. But from another perspective, the career potential of e-sports was also growing very fast.
For example, for the Water Breaking Team, winning the global championship is the pinnacle of their career in this industry. Whether in the eyes of themselves or others, it can be said to be a 100% achievement.
When the rebate arrived, Mr. Sheng became rich instantly.
She was happy for a moment, and then turned her attention to herself: "006, what is my current career level?"
006: [Host career degree: 31%]
Sheng Quan: Hehe, it’s higher than I thought.
She guessed that the robot dog brought her a lot of fame, and the large-scale global event like the Water Breaking Club made her more famous.
After the settlement was completed, 006 enthusiastically invited Sheng Quan to draw the lottery.
Sheng Quan: "Wait a little longer."
006 was puzzled: "What are you waiting for?"
Sheng Quan took out his cell phone and sent a text message to Xingmang.
“Wait until the movie comes out.”
Then, the holographic version was launched.
(End of this chapter)