His phone beeped. It was a message from Kakao.
It was still Kim Minna. Li Xu didn't have many friends on Kakao.
In order to get back at them, Li Xu played a lot of games with Kim Minna on his phone.
"If you're interviewed tomorrow, don't talk nonsense." This time, it was no longer a knife dripping with blood. Instead, it was a little girl rolling on the ground throwing a tantrum.
Li Xu was stunned. Why did she look like she was going to cause trouble tomorrow?
"Are you still going to be interviewed tomorrow?"
"Yeah."
"Don't worry, I won't make it difficult for you. I was going to mock the opponent after winning the MVP award."
Kim Minna looked at her phone speechlessly. Sure enough! Fortunately, she warned this guy in advance. Otherwise, she didn't know what kind of trouble he would cause tomorrow.
Normally, it was normal for some contestants to trash talk during an interview. It could even increase the popularity of the contestants, but Li Jiu had a history of doing that. What if he got too excited and provoked the fans as well?
Provoking fans and opposing players were two completely different concepts.
Thinking back to the first time she interviewed this guy, Kim Minna was really shocked. As soon as he opened his mouth, some of the extreme fans in the front row twisted their faces and cursed crazily. Their spittle almost splashed on the stage.
Kim Minna decided to comfort Li Xu.
"You have to be more magnanimous. Don't be so vengeful. Besides, you don't have a big conflict." She added a forehead touching emoji.
"Don't treat me like a child!"
Li Xu replied with an angry emoji.
• • • • •
At 16 pm on January 16, 2019, it was exactly 3 pm Beijing time. The Lolpark stadium was full of people. In an hour, the opening match of the LCK Spring Season would begin.
In the tunnel of the Lolpark stadium, many cosplayers dressed as League of Legends characters were taking photos with the audience.
In the prep room, Li Ge changed from his usual silent self. He was bragging to Teddy about his trip to Busan. Of course, Li Ge automatically blocked out any information about anyone other than Zhao Enjing.
Li Ge enjoyed Teddy's envious gaze while he sat in a chair and talked about his trip.
Li Xu expressed that he understood. After all, if he didn't show off, how would others know that he went on a trip?
It was like those people who went out for a cup of Starbucks. If he didn't show off, how would others like it?
At this time, a staff member came to inform Li Ge to prepare for the opening ceremony. Each team only needed to send a representative to participate in the opening ceremony. The other players walked out of the prep room and sat at the front of the designated area, preparing to watch the opening ceremony.
The opening ceremony of the LCK Spring Season.
"Today, the flames of war. Today, Glory, you guys, are you ready — — — "
A deep and powerful voice echoed in the stadium. It was still Roaring Emperor Continuous Casting hosting the opening ceremony. Amid the intense and tight background music, Continuous Casting's words made people's hearts tremble.
The audience also gave him face and burst into enthusiastic cheers. The lights on the stage flickered and all the beams of light were focused on the big screen in the middle of the stage.
"LCK Spring Season. The participating teams will meet you soon."
The background music became faster and faster. A huge blue single-winged logo appeared on the screen. This was the logo of Team Afreeca Freecs.
Then, the logo slowly shrank and moved to the bottom of the big screen. It gradually disappeared and then appeared on the leftmost side of the screen in front of the player seats.
Next, the second team's logo appeared on the big screen. Two simple vertical lines with the team's English name, DAMWON. This was the new team of the LCK season. They were the champions of last season's LCK league, Team DWG.
The logo also shrank slowly and disappeared from the bottom of the big screen. It appeared to the right of Team AFS's logo.
Next were the logos of GEN • G, HEL, JAG, KZ, KT, SBG, SKT, and GRF, a total of ten teams. They were lined up in a row in front of the player seats.
This time, there was no preferential treatment given to Triple Champion SKT. They were completely arranged according to their team name.
These ten teams would participate in the 2019 LCK Spring Season. They would fight for the championship trophy and the only qualification to participate in the MSI Mid-Season Championship.
The competition would start on January 16th. The regular season would be a double-loop BO3 until March 31st.
The playoffs would start on April 3rd. The top five teams of the regular season would compete in a BO5 bubble match format. The competition would last for ten days until April 13th.
The 2019 LCK Spring Season would last for a total of 12 weeks. The final winner would represent LCK against MSI.
"First up, we have Team AFS, who performed well last season. Their representative is Kiin."
Kiin walked from the backstage to the leftmost side of the stage and stood in front of Team AFS.
It was Li Xu's first time seeing LCK's top Top Laner.
LCK had a tradition of producing excellent Top Laners. There had always been a steady stream of Top Laners.
In the Kespa Cup, Kiin even specifically supported Li Jiu, who was facing the attack of the shotgun, and praised his hands.
Kiin's strength was not to be underestimated. He was rarely at a disadvantage when facing LCK's Top Laners. He was also the first person to break the "Let me be equal" rule in the Asian Games.
Next, the representatives of each team went up the stage one by one. They stood in front of their team's logo and received the cheers of the audience.
SKT's representative was Li Ge. Surprisingly, Team GEN • G's representative was Little Peanut and not Chi Di.
It seemed that one could really do whatever they wanted with good looks!
Li Xu touched his face. When he turned his head, he saw Kim Minna and Kim Ji-hyun a few meters away. They were watching the caster host the opening ceremony.
Kim Minna wore a white dress that reached her knees. Kim Ji-hyun wore a black dress. When the two stood together, the contrast between black and white was eye-catching.
Li Xu took out his phone and sent a message to Kim Minna.
Kim Minna looked around and saw Li Xu sitting not far away.
Li Xu winked at Kim Minna. Kim Minna turned her head away expressionlessly and looked seriously at the caster.
'Hmm? You don't see me? 'That's not right!
Why are you ignoring me? 'Weren't we having a good chat?'
Li Xu waved his hand. Kim Minna still ignored him.
Kim Ji-hyun saw Li Xu and smiled at Li Xu. Then, he said to Kim Minna, "Contestant Li Xu seems to be greeting you."
Kim Minna said with a straight face, "I'm not familiar with him."
Kim Ji-hyun smiled and said, "Is that so? If you don't respond, I think he's going to stand up and greet you. "
"Let's go. The live broadcast is about to start."
"Didn't you say that you wanted to watch the caster host live? Also, this is a live broadcast. There's no need for a host. There's still a long time before the competition starts. "
"Stop nagging. The live broadcast is about to start. Aren't you worried at all?"
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