The next morning, after the not-so-pleasant surprise from the previous night, Brother Li was still sleeping in. Li Jiu left the house early in the morning for a jog. He had not exercised for quite some time, so he was not used to it.
After jogging around the hotel, Li Xu prepared to eat a bowl of noodles in a delicately decorated shop.
The shop owner knew a little Chinese, but it was difficult to communicate with him. Instead, they communicated in English smoothly. Many people in Vietnam knew English.
A Chinese and a Vietnamese spoke in English for a while, and they finally understood each other's needs.
Hanoi's noodles are really weird. Beef, chicken, pork, deep-fried dough sticks, fungus, meat and taro can be added into the noodles. You can even add everything into the noodles.
Li Xu ate a bowl of noodles, and he only had one thought. There is too much meat!
Boss, I am here to eat noodles. You gave me a bowl of meat. What is the meaning of adding some noodles?
A bowl of noodles like this cost 50,000 Vietnamese Dong, which was roughly equivalent to 15 RMB. Mobile payment was not supported here, so Li Jiu paid with cash that he had exchanged beforehand.
In the past, he had read some unscrupulous news on the Internet, such as a thousand yuan to marry a Vietnamese bride. He really thought that the price of goods in Vietnam was very low. However, when he arrived, he found that this was not the case. At least, this was not what he saw.
Last night, after eating dinner, he went to the supermarket. Li Xu was surprised to find that the prices here were even higher than in Chengdu, almost as high as in Beijing. Perhaps it was because there were too many spendthrifts from other places who came to visit.
When he returned to the hotel, Li Ge was still sleeping. Teddy had sent him a message.
"Hehe! Look at the news. "
Li Xu clicked on the link sent by Teddy. It was about Li Ge.
Today was Li Ge's birthday. His fans had rented many advertising boards in Seoul to broadcast Li Ge's personal videos. They were celebrating the birthday of Li Ge, who was far away in Vietnam.
In the familiar advertising spots, the original stars were replaced with Li Ge's classic thumbs up pose, Li Ge's smile as he lifted the championship trophy countless times, and even S7's tears on the field.
Li Xu looked at the report and looked enviously at Li Ge, who was sleeping soundly. This was what it meant to have a good reputation.
When will I be treated this way? However, the advertisement board outside the bathroom was unnecessary.
At 5 pm local time, the final match of the qualifiers began. The host, Vietnam's champion, PVB, was up against Brazil's champion, Vega, for the last ticket to the group stage.
In the previous day's competition, TL, the LCS champion, and FW, the LMS champion, had defeated their respective opponents and were confirmed to advance to the group stage. Including the three teams that had parachuted into the group stage, G2, IG, and SKT, five out of the six teams in the group stage had been confirmed.
In the end, the host team, PVB, defeated Vega with a score of 3: 2 amidst the cheers of all the fans in the stadium. They successfully advanced to the group stage and avoided the awkwardness of having to watch the match at home.
The entire SKT team was also watching the match at the hotel. Although the team's operations were poor, the Vietnamese champion, who was known as the strongest wild card division, was really something.
This team's style was very fast, even faster than all the other LCK teams. It was said that their average time in their division was less than 29 minutes. They were basically unstoppable in their division, and their opponents could not even drag them down in the later stages.
It was obvious that the players of PVB were not weak. In the previous match against TL, they even had the advantage in the online game.
However, it was unknown whether it was because they were used to playing at the early stages in the division, but PVB's decision-making in the middle and late stages were very poor. They did not know how to operate at all. The matches that TL defeated them with a score of 3: 0 were all due to problems with their rhythm in the middle and late stages, leading to their loss.
Li Xu saw the shadow of an LCK team in this team. It was JAG, the flying team.
Similarly, they were fierce in the early stages, confused in the middle stages, and blind in the late stages.
The individual ability of PVB was too obvious in this division. They crushed their opponents in the early and middle stages without any problems in the late stages.
On the other hand, the flying team's rhythm was too slow. In the early stages, they were not at a disadvantage when fighting against the LCK powerhouses. They even had a huge advantage. However, they were not able to end the match quickly. Often, they would start to lose their rhythm in the middle stages, dragging on until the late stages. It was not unreasonable for them to only win one match in the entire season.
At night, Li Xu wanted to ask Li Ge to go out for a walk and see the life of the Vietnamese people. However, Li Ge was holed up in his room, talking on the phone alone, completely ignoring Li Xu.
Li Xu secretly eavesdropped. It seemed to be a call from Zhao Enjing, so he did not ask for a rebuff.
For the next two days, the entire team trained in the hotel. They did not invite other teams to practice and mainly played solo. As the competition was approaching, there were no other tactical adjustments. The main thing was to maintain their hand control.
On the 10th of May, at 3 pm local time, the entire SKT team boarded the bus and headed to the competition venue, the Vietnam National Conference Center.
In two hours, the opening match would officially begin. It would be SKT versus G2.
Twenty minutes later, the entire team arrived at the competition venue.
"This place is so big, so big."
Under the sharp edges of the pure white building, there was a white staircase leading up. Standing in front of the Vietnam National Conference Center, Teddy was a little surprised. He did not know how to describe it.
"Solemn."
Li Jiu expressed his feelings on his behalf. Unlike other competition venues, there was a sense of solemnity to this place.
The Vietnam National Conference Center was the venue for the 2006 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum Summit. It was also the venue for major political, cultural, and scientific events in Vietnam.
To put it simply, to a certain extent, this place was equivalent to the Great Hall of the People.
The entire SKT team walked up the stairs. Next to them was a cameraman from the broadcasting company, recording the scene of the team entering the competition venue.
A group of dedicated cosplayers dressed in thick costumes under the hot and humid weather of Hanoi, cosplayers were cosplaying as League of Legends characters.
The moment they entered the hall, the surrounding audience also noticed the arrival of the entire SKT team. They started to crowd around them and shout.
“Faker！ Faker！”
“SKT！ SKT！”
“SKTGo！ FakerGo！”
Basically, only Li Ge's name and SKT's name were mentioned. After all, this was the huge popularity that SKT had accumulated in the past. Most of the audience were Vietnamese, and naturally, there were not many fans of the other players.
The audience behind also heard the shouts and rushed over. The crowd grew larger and larger, but everyone consciously made way for the entire SKT team to pass through.
As they passed through the crowd, a young female fan shouted SKT's name beside Li Xu's ear. This gave Li Xu an indescribable feeling.
At this moment, he deeply felt the influence of SKT as the most successful team in the history of League of Legends.
The Korean audience was very restrained outside the competition venue. Even in the fan meet-and-greet, they were relatively quiet. There was almost no scene of crazy shouts like this.
In this short journey, SKT was worshipped by the crowd.
The entire team, led by the coach, waved to the audience and hurriedly left to prepare for the upcoming opening match.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
