The leader's speech before the opening ceremony was basically meaningless. There was no important information at all. Not only the audience, but even the contestants were too lazy to listen. Basically, the contestants were secretly chatting with each other, such as Li Huailin.
"Brother Awesome, I finally see you in person!" Lin Jing said happily as she pulled on Li Huailin's arm.
"Who is this?" Li Huailin was confused. He had never seen this woman before. However, the people standing in the team were all contestants. How did this woman get in? Li Huailin asked Li Jianyi curiously.
"Uh, this is our company's A-class contestant. She placed eighth in the A-class competition and made it to the finals," Li Jianyi explained. "Her name is … Her name is Goudan 'er."
"Huh?" Li Huailin was stunned. "What's your name?"
"My name is Lin Jing. Brother Awesome, you can call me Goudan," Lin Jing introduced herself.
"…" Li Huailin looked at Lin Jing from head to toe and nodded. "Hmm … That's a good name … Not bad. I don't know why, but when I heard this name, I felt an inexplicable fondness for you."
"Really?" Lin Jing said happily. "I think it's a good nickname too."
"Good luck!" Li Huailin nodded and said, "Don't be eliminated in the first round."
"Yes, Brother Awesome!" Lin Jing said happily. She suddenly felt her morale skyrocketing.
After the leaders of the competition committee, the leaders of GVS TV station, and the representative of Tianyu Corporation, it was time for the contestants to speak. However, the contestant representative this time was slightly special. This was because he represented Magic Kitchen from the Dark Faction. Perhaps it was because he was the champion of the round-robin competition. As mentioned before, the finals did not affect the ranking of the players. For now, until the next season, Magic Kitchen would be the first S-rank player in the Hua Xia region, regardless of who won the finals.
"… On behalf of all the players, I hereby swear …" Magic Kitchen's speech was very official. He must have written his lines before coming up to the stage. However, as a public figure, Magic Kitchen's speech was very reliable. Of course, he didn't skip the stage. In short, the opening ceremony was completed without any accidents.
After the end of the opening ceremony, it was time to draw lots. However, there was still about a fifteen-minute break in between. After all, everyone had been standing and listening to the leaders for so long that even the committee knew to give them a break.
"According to the grouping, Huailin, Ming Jiang, and I will be in Group A. Little Jiang, Goudan, you two will be in Group B." Feng Yiliu said, "Huailin and I should be fine. The three of you have to work hard to move forward."
The drawing lots was no different from before. In the round-robin stage, the first to sixteenth were from Group A, the seventeenth to twenty-fourth, and the eight players from Group A were from Group B. Only Group A would be pitted against Group B in the round robin stage. This was to make the competition more exciting. After all, the finals were single-elimination matches, and everyone hoped to see the two most powerful players meet in the finals. They didn't want to know the outcome from the beginning.
On Huaxing's side, Feng Yiliu was ranked second in the round-robin stage, Li Huailin was ranked twelfth, and Ming Jiang was ranked sixteenth. They were all in Group A. The remaining two players were in Group B. The most dangerous one here was Goudan. After all, he was ranked last in Group A. Basically, all the players treated him as a soft persimmon, thinking that he would be able to enter the top 16 if he was drawn.
"It'll be best if we can meet each other in the first round," Li Huailin said with a smile.
"I told you we won't meet each other. You and him are both in Group A." Feng Yiliu held his forehead and said, "The fastest we can do is to enter the top 16."
"Don't even think about it." Li Jianyi walked over and said, "Basically, you and each other can only meet in the finals."
"Huh?" Li Huailin was stunned. "Why?"
"You can't say this kind of thing out loud. Just treat it as an unspoken rule." Li Jianyi said, "This kind of thing involves a huge chain of interests, so you may think that the drawing lots is fair, but actually … forget it, I won't say it. You should understand."
"Okay, I understand." There was no need for Li Jianyi to explain further. Li Huailin already understood that it was just like the drawing lots of football and basketball games in reality. It looked like a blind draw, but in fact, there was something fishy about it. It was no exception here. However, Li Huailin was not very worried. Anyway, they would definitely meet each other. What he cared about now was whether he could meet Anran. After all, she still had a secret treasure with her. It would be best if he could get it now. Otherwise, it would be really troublesome.
"Okay, the three of you, don't be nervous." Li Jianyi found that Ming Zhicai, Jiang Xueyi, and Lin Jing were still relatively nervous, so he comforted them, "I'm already very satisfied that you can enter the finals. You three can fight freely."
Li Jianyi did not expect the three of them to get any good results. The main points were Li Huailin and Feng Yiliu. Li Jianyi was also very clear about the current situation. He knew that Dong Zhongxing was very worried that his position would be replaced by him. But in fact, Li Jianyi had no intention of replacing Dong Zhongxing. He analyzed it very clearly. Although he was now a threat to Dong Zhongxing's position, it was only a threat. In fact, ZTE Group's foundation was very solid. It was basically impossible for Huaxing to push ZTE forward. Therefore, Li Jianyi did not want to make a move now. However, it was necessary to make Dong Zhongxing suffer in the finals. But to surpass ZTE, he was not in a hurry.
Although he comforted the three of them, they were still very uneasy. Ming Zhicai had participated in the finals once, but the last time he left after one round. Ming Zhicai really wanted to prove himself, especially in front of Li Huailin, so he was very worried.
It was Jiang Xueyi and Lin Jing's first time participating in the finals. Although they had been playing professional competitions for many years, it was their first time participating in a national finals. Of course, they were a little nervous. Even Jiang Xueyi, who was usually very talkative, was now quiet. He had not said a word since the beginning.
In such a tense situation, the drawing of lots finally began. For Li Huailin, it did not matter what he drew. But for the players who had lower results, drawing lots was a crucial moment to determine how far they could go. Hearing the host saying that the drawing of lots had begun, the three of them were once again nervous.
There were still two hosts for the finals. Liu Su had always been the male host of GVS, and Kexin had used her performance in the past few months to prove her talent. Now, she had also stabilized her position in the TV station. Therefore, the hosts for this finals were still these two.
"Now, let's begin the drawing ceremony." The host here, Liu Su, said, "First, contestant No. 1, Magic Kitchen, please come on stage to draw lots."
The order of drawing lots was based on the order of the round-robin tournament, so in fact, Lin Jing, who was ranked last, did not even need to go on stage to draw lots. Of course, this was a good thing for her because she felt that she did not have the strength to walk on stage.
Magic Kitchen walked to the drawing table very calmly. Then, he touched it casually and a ball appeared in his hand.
“A4。” Magic Kitchen looked at it and said. The staff next to him immediately wrote down the number on the board next to him. The next person to draw lots was Heaven's Team. This time, there were three second places in the round-robin tournament. The three of them did not care much about the order of the draw, so they arranged it casually.
"A16." Heaven's Team quickly finished drawing lots, took out the small ball and looked at it. The staff immediately wrote the name of Heaven's Team on the rightmost position.
Then, it was Jade Emperor Summoning. The result of the draw was A12, which was the second half with Heaven's Team. Then, it was Feng Yiliu. The result of the draw was A9. This number could be said to be very unlucky. After all, it was in the second half. According to the situation, he would meet Jade Emperor Summoning in the quarterfinals, and he would meet Heaven's Team in the semifinals. It was simply a devil's schedule.
Seeing the result of Feng Yiliu's draw, Li Jianyi's face obviously turned black. Although this result was not the worst, it was bad enough. However, the only good thing was that Feng Yiliu and Li Huailin should not meet each other, unless Feng Yiliu could beat Heaven's Team.
Next, they slowly began to draw lots according to the order of the rankings. Because the positions of several experts had been determined, it was now a competition of luck. No one wanted to meet a guy like Heaven's Team in the beginning. Soon, it was Li Huailin's turn to draw lots. In an instant, everyone's eyes were on him. After all, Li Huailin was the most popular player to win the championship. Being in the same group as him was almost the same as being in the group of death.
"Oh?" Looking at the number in his hand, Li Huailin nodded slightly. Sure enough, it was as Li Jianyi said. His number was really in the upper half. Li Huailin could not see how the competition committee here cheated, but it was indeed the case.
“A8。” Li Huailin showed the number in his hand and then said. In an instant, all the eyes in the stadium were focused on another person. He was ZTE Group's newcomer, Sharpshooter. Because he had just drawn the lot, his number was A7. This meant that in the quarterfinals, he would directly face Li Huailin.
Dong Zhongxing also frowned. This was Sharpshooter's first competition season. It would be best if he could play well and become famous. But now … it seemed that there was no hope.
"Motherf * cker, I've really seen a ghost," Sharpshooter said, a little depressed.
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