The Challenger League had finally reached its final stage.
Two days after the match against Jade Dynasty, Team Happy was harassed by all sorts of media, all of whom wanted to interview Ye Xiu. The finals of the Challenger League, the former captain of Excellent Era and Team Excellent Era, fighting for the only spot to return to the Pro League. With such an explosive topic, even the Pro League had to be put aside for now.
And in the midst of this topic, Team Happy's outstanding performance was particularly inspiring. This made people gradually look forward to this impossible task. Happy's strength didn't seem to be as weak as people thought. Looking at their victories in the Challenger League, they were all overwhelming victories. Among them were Everlasting, Mysterious Fantasy, and Jade Dynasty, three professional teams.
Even if these three teams were very weak pro teams, none of them had shown that they were a match for Happy in front of Happy. In other words, Happy's strength was above theirs. In that case, challenging Excellent Era might not be something that they didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth.
The wind gradually changed.
In the beginning, everyone thought that Happy was seeking his own death, that it was all hype, and that he was shameless. But now, more and more people were interested in Happy and began to look forward to it.
This kind of anticipation was real, but it was no longer just because they wanted to embarrass Excellent Era and show their support for Happy.
At that time, their support for Happy was just to disgust Excellent Era. Honestly speaking, they also didn't believe that such a team could pose a threat to Excellent Era. But now, this kind of support was gradually becoming real because they were beginning to recognize Happy's strength. And this undoubtedly made these people even more excited because this way, their chances of seeing Excellent Era embarrass themselves would be even higher.
Some media entered the game and randomly interviewed Glory players, asking them to express their opinions on this match. After asking several hundred players, the media calculated the final ratio and shockingly discovered that for this finals, the percentage of players who wanted Happy to win was actually higher than Excellent Era, a whopping 68% …...
And the reason for the media's support could be summed up in one sentence: Watching a good show didn't seem to be a big deal.
From this perspective, a newly formed team from an Internet cafe defeating one of Glory's powerhouses, Team Excellent Era, was clearly much more unexpected and interesting than Excellent Era's victory.
An unexpected ending, for many people, was very attractive.
However, this was only hope. Another media outlet also randomly interviewed players. What they asked wasn't what they expected, but what they thought. In this survey, Excellent Era's lead. 91% of the players thought that Excellent Era would win. Even though many of them had chosen Happy when they answered which team they were looking forward to.
Monday's edition of Esports Home compared these two interesting results. At the same time, Team Happy's and Team Excellent Era's opinions on this match were also published in Esports Home. This was something that the other media outlets didn't have. Over the weekend, the two teams were harassed to varying degrees by the media, but both teams refused all interview requests. Afterwards, they only spoke a few words with the reporters that they were familiar with.
Excellent Era's reporter was Cao Guangcheng, Happy's reporter was Chang Xian. Because Excellent Era had been relegated, these two reporters had been virtually unknown for the entire season. Now, they had the resources that all media outlets envied.
Esports Home had already made their stance clear. This final match of the Challenger League would be thoroughly reported, even if it had to be on the same page as the Pro League, which was currently in its final moments. As for the Alliance, they also attached great importance to this most watched Challenger League match. Over the weekend, after an emergency internal discussion and communication with the outside world, they decided to change the venue of the final match. In order to better present this highly watched match, the Alliance decided to move the final match to the Liulisong Sports Complex in the northern district of the city.
The biggest difference between this new stadium and the current stadium was that it was equipped with holographic projection. The Alliance gave the final match of the Challenger League the same treatment as the Pro League, using holographic projection technology to present it to the audience.
This change was mainly for the audience, but for the two teams, it didn't make much of a difference. The holographic projection only changed the way the match was presented. For the players, they were still in the competition booth, watching their computer screens. They couldn't see the holographic projection as it was a bird 's-eye view.
But from the media, the Alliance, and the enthusiasm shown by the players, it was clear that the Challenger League had received unprecedented attention. This wasn't just because of a superstar team like Excellent Era. To be honest, the main reason why they were able to attract so much attention was because of the topic that Happy had created.
As the match approached, how did the two teams view each other? This was what the media wanted to find out, but it was also what many players were curious about.
And so, on Monday's edition of the Esports Home, they found the answer. In the interview report about Excellent Era, from start to finish, the word Happy didn't appear at all. Excellent Era only mentioned one name: Ye Qiu.
"Ye Qiu is a good captain." When Excellent Era's boss, Tao Xuan, said this, he revealed a complicated expression. He asked this writer for a cigarette, and according to this writer's knowledge, Boss Tao had already quit smoking for quite some time.
In an interview with Excellent Era, the reporter, Cao Guangcheng, described this with great emotion.
"Ye Qiu is a good captain, very amazing. He brought Excellent Era a record that no one has ever surpassed. This is something that no one can deny. If possible, I really hope that Ye Qiu and Excellent Era can be frozen in that most perfect moment, and then continue to maintain it. But unfortunately, nothing in this world stays the same. The Alliance is developing, Glory is improving, and we need to constantly move forward. If we don't adapt and improve, I feel that it will be very difficult to maintain a strong competitive edge. Excellent Era is actually a very good example. After winning three championships in a row, we weren't able to continue to break through. We just wanted to maintain our rhythm, and in the end, we could only watch as the other teams caught up one by one and stole the championships from us. "
"So, in these past few years, Excellent Era has always been seeking change. I hope to find a way to better adapt to the current environment of the Alliance. This way, the team will be able to develop stably in the long term. This kind of change will definitely come with a price. I was mentally prepared, but Excellent Era actually fell to the point of being relegated. I have to admit, this was something that I didn't expect. Being relegated was an accident, but I have to say that everything has its pros and cons. After being relegated, the year of rest allowed us to complete this change in a very relaxed environment. "
"Although Excellent Era isn't in the Alliance, I have to say that Excellent Era has always been active, proactive, and never giving up. No matter where we are, we only have one goal: to be the champions. We will never give up on our pursuit of the championship. It's just that this pursuit of the championship is a bit longer. We need to start from the Challenger League, and here, we have met the most outstanding player in Excellent Era's history, Ye Qiu. And now, he has become our opponent. To be honest, compared to Excellent Era's relegation, this is even more surprising to me. "
"Recently, I've heard from people in the team, and of course, I've also heard from friends in the media, that the outside world is very concerned. They're asking if Ye Qiu has some sort of conflict with Excellent Era. Otherwise, why would he suddenly make a comeback after retiring? And why would he go head to head with Excellent Era in the Challenger League? "
"Haha, why did Ye Qiu retire and then make a comeback? I think everyone should ask Ye Qiu this question! Although I'm very close to him, I'm not a roundworm in his stomach. Of course, I also understand everyone's difficulties. Ye Qiu has never accepted interviews from the media, so if you want to get an answer from him, it's almost impossible. "
"As for the specifics, I obviously can't make wild guesses about what he's thinking. But as far as I'm concerned, I can tell everyone with certainty that Excellent Era and Ye Qiu don't have any sort of conflict."
"Nowadays, whenever there's a slight fluctuation in the team's performance, or rumors of a transfer, there will always be some sort of speculation. But in reality? Most of it is just nonsense. Excellent Era and Ye Qiu don't have any sort of conflict, but if you want to say that we have some differences in opinion, of course there is. It's like if I say that beef is delicious, but you say that pork is delicious. Can you say that there's a conflict between us? "
"This kind of conflict will exist as long as there are people, so I won't say much about it. Right now, Ye Qiu is our opponent. To be honest, I'm still not used to this situation. How did Ye Qiu become our opponent? But it doesn't matter. I respect his choice. This time, we'll be opponents to determine who's better. Of course, if he doesn't mind, I'd welcome everyone to have a drink together after the match. "
Excellent Era's boss personally appeared for this interview. This was already considered a rare occurrence. And in the interview, Excellent Era's boss seemed to have completely opened his heart. He spoke frankly with assurance and answered a lot of questions about Excellent Era and Ye Qiu.
The only question that was avoided was why Ye Qiu had come to the Challenger League to be Excellent Era's opponent. This question was thrown back to Ye Qiu.
Those who didn't know the inside story obviously chased after Ye Qiu to ask, but those who knew the inside story, like Chen Guo, almost flipped the table after reading this article.
"Shameless!!" Chen Guo slammed the newspaper on the table, as if this slap had landed on Tao Xuan's face.
Tao Xuan's article first said all the beautiful words that could be said, then left a bare question for Ye Xiu to answer. This method of doing things was extremely cunning.
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