When the final match ended, the audience's applause sounded somewhat mechanical. It clearly wasn't the kind of applause that came from the bottom of their hearts. It was just a polite applause.
Samsara's ace player, Zhou Zekai, didn't seem to care about any of this. After the match ended, he waved his hands to the audience and said a "thank you" before quickly leaving the stage.
They had been supporting him from the very beginning. They had wanted to make him the brightest star of the night, but in the end, it looked like he was performing during the garbage time of the Spring Festival Gala. Everyone in Samsara sighed incessantly. Even though this Rookie Challenge was undoubtedly the most exciting and successful of all the previous years, their players hadn't been able to shine in such an exciting competition. This only made them feel even more depressed.
After the Rookie Challenge ended, the main content of the first day of the All-Star Weekend was basically over. They were all 1v1 matches. Even though each match wasn't long, including the guest appearances, speeches, and opening shows, it had already been going on for almost two hours.
Afterwards, there was a holographic projection show and a few lucky draws. If this was in the past, many of the audience members would have already left during this garbage time. But this year, with the new holographic projection technology, many of the audience members hadn't had their fill yet. Instead, they stayed behind and continued to watch.
This lasted for nearly half an hour before the official announcement of the end of the first day of the All-Star Weekend. During this half an hour of garbage time, the security guards were already in place. The lights in the stadium gradually turned on. In the end, it was completely lit up. The audience members all got up and began to leave the stadium. Some of the fanatical fans were still looking around. They were here in person, so they wanted to find an opportunity to interact with their idol.
But how could the organizers not be on guard against such a thing? The pro player seats had their own path, so they wouldn't mingle with the normal audience members. When the lights came on, the spectators looked towards the pro player seats, but they had already cleared out.
This sea of people slowly moved out of the stadium. It took another half an hour. Everyone was sweating profusely. Once they came out, they immediately felt much better. Under the lights, they could see the audience members breathing heavily.
Most of the local spectators were clearly experienced in watching live matches. Once they came out, they immediately rushed to the roadside without stopping to rest. Although some business-minded taxi drivers knew to come to this area when it was almost time to do business, the overall demand still fell short of the demand. The side of the road was extremely noisy. Everyone clearly didn't care about each other just because they were all Glory fans. The fight for the car was extremely fierce.
The three of them were not unfamiliar with such a scene. There was no need to mention Ye Xiu. As for Chen Guo and Tang Rou, the Internet cafe was right opposite the Excellent Era's home court. When the Excellent Era had a home court match, it was also like this when the match ended. How could they not have seen it before? However, it was the first time for the three of them to experience it personally. In the end, they struggled for another half an hour before they finally managed to get a taxi.
When they returned to the hotel, the three of them were tired and hungry. They ate their dinner on the plane and went straight to the hotel when they arrived in S City. They didn't have time to rest before they went to watch the competition. They had been in a hurry the entire way, so they hadn't prepared any snacks while watching the competition. They had been focused on watching the competition, on lining up to leave, and on waiting for a taxi. They hadn't realized it, but now that they saw their destination, they immediately felt as if their hearts were in front of their backs. They didn't hesitate to rush to the restaurant.
After randomly ordering a few things, the three's gazes fell on the big screen in the restaurant that was currently playing a program.
Nowadays, the e-sports industry was flourishing, and the Glory Alliance was one of the best. In addition, the Glory player base was extremely large, so their fan base was extremely good. Glory's All-Star Weekend was naturally the focus of S City's recent events. The big screen was currently playing the first day of the All-Star Weekend, the grand occasion of the Rookie Challenge Competition.
The opening show, one challenge after another.
They had just seen these things live. Now that they were watching the highlights on TV again, the feeling was different. Chen Guo was still as excited as before. Every time there was a highlight, she would call out to the other two. The only part that didn't sink was the moment when Han Wenqing defeated Sun Xiang. This should have been the highlight of the night, but for Chen Guo, this highlight clearly wasn't a happy one.
After the highlights were introduced, the TV broadcast the press conference after the first day of the event.
As the host, even though Samsara was depressed, they couldn't directly say it out loud. During the press conference, they praised the success of the holographic technology as well as the brilliance of the Rookie Challenge Competition.
Afterwards, a few of the celebrity players that had been invited to attend the event used an official tone and praised the event. However, the reporters weren't so easy to dismiss. This year's Rookie Challenge Competition was clearly a battle between the old and the new. Naturally, a series of questions would be thrown at them.
However, the Alliance had clearly been prepared for this. The members that were sent to the press conference were all good at playing Tai Chi with the media. Faced with these sharp questions, all of them just laughed it off. They emphasized the professional attitude of the players and expressed that the battle between the old and the new was positive. It was the embodiment of the Alliance's healthy development.
Clearly, they wouldn't be able to dig out any interesting topics from these players that were only there to brush them off. The reporters waited because they knew that according to the rules, a portion of the players that participated in the Rookie Challenge Competition had to appear for interviews.
In the end, four of the players that participated in the Rookie Challenge Competition appeared at the press conference. The rookies were Dai Yanqi from the first round and Samsara's rookie from the sixth round. As for the old players, Wang Jiexi and Zhou Zekai appeared.
The reporters glanced at them. How crafty! The people that they wanted to talk about didn't appear. Dai Yanqi and Samsara's two players, what was there to ask? The only one that had any news value left was Wang Jiexi.
The reporters quickly gathered around and threw a bunch of questions at Wang Jiexi. Naturally, they were focused on the match that he lost to Gao Yingjie.
Wang Jiexi had been around for many years. What's more, that match had been planned by him. The current situation was completely within his expectations. Attending the press conference was something that he had requested. How could he have panicked?
Faced with the reporters' questions, Wang Jiexi wasn't in a hurry. He clearly replied to them one by one.
Even though they didn't receive the explosive answers that they had hoped for, Wang Jiexi's serious attitude in answering their questions was still very useful to the reporters. It wasn't easy for them either. When facing big name stars, who knew how many times they had been rolled their eyes because of their sharp questions. Towards Wang Jiexi, they had no lack of similar questions. Even questions like whether or not he had intentionally let them win were accidentally asked by the reporters. However, Wang Jiexi patiently replied to them one by one.
In comparison, Zhou Zekai's group was given the cold shoulder. Only a few reporters that couldn't squeeze into Wang Jiexi's group asked them a few questions.
This type of situation was very common in interviews. Even the rookies didn't think much of it. In reality, for most people, being interviewed so frequently wasn't a happy thing. They were even happy to be given the cold shoulder in the post-match interviews.
For example, Zhou Zekai, the current most popular player in Glory, was given the cold shoulder, but he seemed to be quite happy.
However, compared to the other two rookies, Zhou Zekai still attracted a bit more attention. For some questions, the opinions of a God were always more attractive than the opinions of a rookie. Those who couldn't squeeze into Wang Jiexi's group mostly ran over to Zhou Zekai's side.
"You can be said to be a middle-aged player in the prime of his life. Facing this year's Rookie Challenge, don't you feel that this type of arrogance from a rookie is a type of disrespect to a veteran?" A reporter asked.
Silence … … After ten seconds of silence, Zhou Zekai looked like he was thinking. After a while, he raised his head and said seriously: "It's okay?"
And then, there was no more and then. After saying these three words, Zhou Zekai looked seriously at the reporters. His meaning was clear: they could move on to the next question.
The reporters were quite speechless. They obviously knew that interviewing Zhou Zekai was very difficult. This so-called number one handsome guy in Glory was quite impressive when it came to putting on a show, but when it came to interacting with others, he was quite boring. Especially when facing the media, with a super long string of questions, he would sometimes only answer with "Mm", "Oh", "Ah!", "It's okay!" Like right now, a single "No". It couldn't be said that he didn't answer the reporters' questions, but … … what was the point in writing this type of answer?
"Ha ha ha ha … …" Chen Guo, who was watching TV, was already laughing. She pointed at the screen and said: "I like watching his interviews."
As for Tang Rou, who was watching Zhou Zekai's interview for the first time, she immediately realized that this person was different from the rest. She asked in astonishment: "That last sentence of his counted as an answer?"
"Yes." Ye Xiu nodded his head.
How could the reporters be so quick to compromise? It was rare that they didn't have to fight for an interview with Zhou Zekai. Everyone was determined to overcome this difficult interview.
"Tang Hao defeated Lin Jingyan. Do you think he can be called the number one Brawler in the Alliance?" It was a very direct question.
Zhou Zekai thought for another ten seconds, then said: "Everyone is very outstanding."
"Everyone? Who is everyone? "
"Mm … …" Thinking, "Everyone!"
"Everyone? Don't tell me you think your skill level is about the same as Yu Nian's? "Yu Nian was the rookie that accompanied Zhou Zekai today.
"Uh … … he's very hardworking!" Zhou Zekai said.
"Hardworking doesn't mean that your skill level is good, right?" someone asked.
"As long as you try your best." Zhou Zekai said after a moment.
The reporters were in tears. Chen Guo was already laughing so hard that she was banging on the table. Tang Rou also couldn't help but laugh. She asked Ye Xiu: "Is this person really like that, or is he playing with the reporters?"
"Believe me, he really is like that." Ye Xiu nodded his head and said.
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