Seeing the strange expression on Lin Feng's face, Chu Fangnan could easily guess what the former was thinking at the moment. He shook his head helplessly.
"You should know Senior One's personality and temper the best."
"This time, your Brother Fang was worried that something might happen, so he specially brought a large group of people to Pudong Airport to intercept them. In the end, Number One and Xiao Wu still escaped first."
"If Xiao Wu hadn't contacted me first and asked about you, I guess we really wouldn't have been able to find these two again."
As he said that, Chu Fangnan couldn't help but sigh.
Think about it, what kind of status did the dignified president of the Shanghai Esports Association have? To specially bring people to the airport to pick up the plane, this kind of standard of treatment that even the top professional players and teams in the LPL didn't have the luck to enjoy.
In the end, there were actually people who could directly ignore this kind of scene and sneak away in advance without even saying goodbye.
If it were anyone else …
They would probably have been pulled into the Shanghai Esports Association's blacklist a long time ago, and they would never be able to survive in this domestic esports circle in the future.
But the two who did this kind of thing had a frighteningly high status, and it just so happened that they were the two who did this kind of thing to make people speechless.
After all, just based on the countless glorious and legendary achievements that these two had achieved in the domestic professional esports circle back then, that kind of heavy and incalculable honor was enough to make anyone in the esports circle sincerely revere and admire them. They could almost be called the pillars of the domestic esports circle.
What's more …
This time, it was also the Shanghai Esports Association, and even the entire domestic professional esports circle, that had something to ask of them. No matter what kind of behavior these legendary gods had, they also had to find ways to satisfy their needs.
"But actually, Senior One and Xiao Wu and the others have long stopped caring about the esports circle."
Lin Feng touched his nose and said so honestly.
Indeed.
A long time ago, he had heard Senior No.1 speak of his views on this matter. The new generation should belong to the younger generation of the new generation, and the older generation like him should also give up their position. Forcefully occupying the glory of the past and not letting go, in fact, would not allow the successors of the younger generation to better grow independently.
It was precisely because of this that Senior One cursed Lee Do-jae, the previous generation's King of E-Sports, as well as the previous generation's top players in Europe. According to Senior One, they were "a bunch of old farts who still have the cheek to come out and fight with the younger generation. They've lost all their face."
That was why Senior No.1 rarely gave much guidance even to this closed door disciple of his.
Not to mention directly intervening in a big competition like the S Series League.
Chu Fangnan nodded and sighed with a disappointed expression.
"I understand what you're saying."
"Your Brother Fang and I both understand this, but the problem is …"
"Right now, our local professional esports circle is really lacking in people."
In one sentence, he expressed his sorrow, and at the same time, he expressed the current problems in the professional esports circle.
…
That was indeed the case.
In the past few seasons, the LPL division had never won the championship trophy in the world's S Series League. They had not even made it to the finals in the past two years —
It was not that the LPL teams were not working hard enough, nor was it that the professional players were not working hard enough.
They were already working very hard, very hard.
From the performance of the various teams in the LPL over the past few years, it could be seen that every team was becoming more and more mature. The players of the teams were also constantly improving their individual skills, grinding away the rough edges bit by bit, and polishing the finer details bit by bit.
But it was still not enough.
As long as they stood in the S Series League, their LPL teams would always play in all sorts of situations when they met other foreign teams, be it Korea, Europe, or North America. It was as if no matter how hard they tried, they would not be able to achieve a satisfactory result. Even if they won, it would always be an extremely difficult victory.
Why?
It was not that the domestic server lacked talented professional esports players. As the country with the most League of Legends players in the world, the LPL division was not lacking in this aspect at all.
What they lacked was talent outside of professional players.
Coaches.
Tactical analysts.
Analysts.
There were also all kinds of professional statisticians and so on.
The players of the teams fighting hard on the field was actually only a small part of the content of the competition, but winning the competition was often not limited to this. Many times, it was more important to strategize outside the field and behind the scenes.
"The tactical system of the LPL division is a whole version behind that of Korea, and two-thirds of a version behind that of North America and Europe."
This was the judgment of an incomparably experienced professional commentator in the professional esports circle.
It was incomparably sharp and to the point.
In fact, the major teams and clubs in the Chinese LPL had long been aware of this problem. That was why they had been trying to recruit more professional coaches and analysts from Korea, North America, and Europe over the past two years to improve their own teams and clubs' systems.
But this starting point was already much later than the other strong teams in the world.
Moreover, even if they spent a lot of money to recruit them, the LPL clubs would only be able to recruit second-rate coaches and analysts from Korea, Europe, and North America. The truly first-rate coaches and analysts had long since been recruited by clubs like SSK and Legend.
"One step behind means that we will always be behind.
"The top talents in this field have been monopolized by South Korea and Europe, and we haven't been able to cultivate enough professionals to support the scene. We are destined to be controlled by others."
"Lin Feng, do you understand this feeling?
"When the players of our LPL teams are training hard, thinking of going all out to compete in the S Series League …"
"In fact, long before the competition started, our tactical system has already fallen behind others.
"We haven't even fought, and we've already lost more than half."
Chu Fangnan gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. His eyes became a little red.
"This feeling …
"This is called 'unwillingness'.
"I really can't accept it!
"Why? Why is it that our players work so hard, but the world championship trophy will never be with us in the LPL division?
"Why!
"We all know what the problem is, but there is really no solution now —
"No matter how much money we spent, even at the beginning of this year, when the upper echelons of several LPL teams and Brother Fang personally led a team to Korea, we went all out and begged the top coaches and analysts of the Korean eSports circle to come to China to be specially recruited talents. However, they just mocked us and turned us away." "That's right.
As he spoke, Chu Fangnan couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"When we are at our wit's end, we are forced to seek help from outsiders, but we can only get the door shut again and again. That little bit of hope is completely shattered.
"That feeling …
"Do you know how uncomfortable it is?"
Lin Feng listened silently. He lowered his head and slightly clenched his fists.
All of this …
He could imagine.
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