Chapter 626: Training and Preparation
"Are you serious?" Zou Tianyu saw that Xiao Yao even took out his mobile phone, and thought for a while, "Let's talk to Yoyo first! She is the team leader, and she is responsible for these things, by the way, ask her how she communicates with the organizer." If we really can't solve it for us, let's do what you say and find a place to train ourselves. ”
"I'll call her!" As he spoke, Zou Tianyu took out his mobile phone and dialed Yoyo's number.
Xiao Yao saw that they wanted to respect the leader's intentions, and he didn't object, waiting for them to call the team leader.
Zou Tianyu told the team leader Yoyo about everything discussed after Xiao Yao came on the phone. The result of Yoyo's negotiation on the organizer's side does not seem to be very satisfactory, whether it is to find Xiao Yao to join the team as a team member to compete together, or Xiao Yao to come forward to find another place to train, she has no objection, she agreed on the phone, and also said that she will return immediately.
Zou Tianyu hung up the phone and told Xiao Yao the results of the communication with the team leader Yoyo, and Xiao Yao immediately called Liu Youyuan. In the past few days, he has been with Liu Youyuan in YPL company, Xiao Yao and Liu Youyuan have not been separated for a long time, before coming Liu Youyuan also said that he has been idle in the past two days, and he can find him if he needs help, so Xiao Yao did not look for Hong Xiuyan, but found Liu Youyuan.
Xiao Yao told Liu Youyuan about the situation he encountered on the phone. Liu Youyuan not only agreed to help Xiao Yao find a place, but also said that he had a friend who was very proficient in computer hardware, and he could even help them buy a new computer.
Xiao Yao understands Korean, and he and several professional gamers are not novices in computer hardware, and it is not impossible to go to places like computer cities to purchase by themselves, but in comparison, it is definitely not as convenient as a local who is proficient in hardware to do this. Anyway, he had already asked Liu Youyuan for help, and Xiao Yao entrusted him with the purchase of computers after seeking the consent of Zou Tianyu and the others.
After hanging up the phone, Xiao Yao asked the three of them about the requirements for the configuration of the machine, and compiled a message and sent it to Liu Youyuan. It didn't take long for Xiao Yao to receive a reply from Liu Youyuan, saying that it could be done in the afternoon.
Xiao Yao got Liu Youyuan's letter, and he waited for the team leader Yoyo to come back in Zou Tianyu's hotel room with peace of mind.
About half an hour later, the team leader Yoyo returned.
Yoyo's real name is Tang You, in her twenties, she is delicate, and she is a girl who looks a little cute, but is actually more careful and capable. Although she is in the mixed e-sports circle, when she met Xiao Yao, she also showed a kind of state when fans saw stars, and excitedly pulled Xiao Yao to sign autographs and take photos. This kind of performance was also laughed at by Zou Tianyu and other three boys.
After meeting Tang You and meeting Tang You's request for autographs and group photos, it was not too early, so Xiao Yao once again asked the four of them to go out to dinner. Not to mention the income, in terms of familiarity with the city of Seoul alone, Xiao Yao is also much higher than these four, so the four of them are not polite to Xiao Yao.
On the way out to eat, Tang You called the management of the domestic club to explain the situation here. The club's management had already learned about the problems encountered by the team yesterday, so Tang You focused on explaining that Zou Tianyu and the three of them met Xiao Yao and planned to temporarily invite Xiao Yao to join the team and team up with them.
Now there are many celebrities in China who openly like to play games, and there are even some performing arts stars who have invested in forming their own game teams, and I have also teamed up with professional players to play some games, but when it comes to actually teaming up with professional players to participate in this kind of international official competition, there is still no one.
Xiao Yao's current popularity and influence in China are definitely the best among young stars in the entertainment industry. No matter what his game strength is, and no matter what results he can achieve in this competition, if he dares to form a team with Zou Tianyu and others, it can play a huge role in improving the popularity and influence of their team. The club's management agreed to their request without hesitation, and immediately set about preparing Xiao Yao's contract.
Because of the rejection of the visas of the two main players, the club reluctantly agreed to Zou Tianyu and others' proposal to let Tang You play as a player on top of the game, they no longer have much hope for the results of this competition, and they have no requirements for Zou Tianyu and others.
Although Tang You said on the phone that Zou Tianyu and others had played games with Xiao Yao and felt that Xiao Yao's strength was stronger than Tang You, the club's management did not think that Xiao Yao could achieve much good results if he changed Tang You, and also told them on the phone to relax their minds and play normally, and there was no requirement for their results in this competition.
However, the club has no requirements for results, but Xiao Yao does not have no requirements for results, just to show his face and go to the competition to have fun. At lunchtime, Xiao Yao had already asked Zou Tianyu and the other three about some issues that should be paid attention to when participating in the competition.
After lunch, there was no news from Liu Youyuan's side, so Xiao Yao followed Zou Tianyu and the others back to the hotel where they were staying. After returning to the hotel, Xiao Yao still didn't let the three of them go, and still pulled the three of them to chat about the game and the game "Survivor".
It's already Wednesday afternoon, the competition starts on Saturday, and Xiao Yao has to go to the closing ceremony and award ceremony of the film festival on Friday, which takes up at least half a day, so Xiao Yao can't train with Zou Tianyu and others There is not a lot of time to train and run-in.
Xiao Yao played this game before during the live broadcast, and he can't say that he can't play it or doesn't know enough about this game, but at that time it was purely for fun. Switching to the official competition, compared with professional players, Xiao Yao feels that there are still many things he doesn't understand. Now that there is no machine for practical training, Xiao Yao tried to seize the time to make some theoretical preparations.
Although there are no hard requirements for results on the club's side this time, Zou Tianyu and others, who were targeted by the organizers, are holding back the fire in their hearts. They also hope that this competition can get a good result under the unfavorable conditions of being hosted and slap each other in the face. Xiao Yao is an acting star, it is impossible to really change careers to become an e-sports professional player, and this time it is a temporary rescue of righteousness, so Zou Tianyu and others not only know everything about Xiao Yao's problems, but even took the initiative to tell Xiao Yao some lesser-known tips and operations in the game, and tried his best to help Xiao Yao improve his understanding of the game and his operation skills in the short term.
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Yao received a call from Liu Youyuan. Liu Youyuan said on the phone that the training location had been found for them, the four machines had been bought and assembled, and the operating systems, games and software they needed had been installed, so it could be said that all the preparations had been made, and asked Xiao Yao where he needed to come and pick them up.
Xiao Yao prefers large cars such as SUVs, and the car he rented after coming to South Korea this time is also an SUV, which is enough to accommodate the five of them, so he declined Liu Youyuan's kindness, and just asked Liu Youyuan to say the address, and prepared to drive someone over by himself. Liu Youyuan knew that Xiao Yao's personality was very independent, and he didn't insist, so he happily reported the address.
After hanging up the phone, Xiao Yao and the others immediately packed up their things and sent them out. The address given by Liu Youyuan was very detailed, and with the help of car navigation, Xiao Yao quickly approached the destination.
"This is a villa area, right? Did your friend get us a villa for training?
"Maybe!" Xiao Yao only knew the address, and he didn't know in advance that the address was located in a villa area. But even if it was really a villa, Xiao Yao didn't feel so surprised, but turned his head with a smile and asked Zou Tianyu, "I said that you are also a person who has won the world championship, so you haven't even lived in a villa, right?"
"I've lived in it, but I've never had the luxury of taking a villa as a place for training!" Zou Tianyu said, "Your friend won't take out his home for us to do training, right?
"I don't know, he didn't say, I'll ask later!" Xiao Yao shook his head.
"If he really vacates his house for us to train, it is really not suitable, but the villa has a lot of space, and it is a good choice to use it as a training ground. Xiao Yao continued, "I think there should be vacant villas for rent in this villa area, if he really vacates his house for us to use, then we won't train there, let him introduce the property here to us, and we will rent a villa here as a training ground." It just so happens that the hotel you are staying in now is not very good, let's get a villa, and you can either train or live these days. ”
"Good idea!" Zou Tianyu and the others nodded in agreement.
When Xiao Yao drove to the address house number given by Liu Youyuan, he found that what he was in front of was indeed a villa. Xiao Yao and the others got out of the car and rang the doorbell, and Liu Youyuan soon came out to open the door.
This villa has a garage, and after Xiao Yao introduced several members of the team to Liu Youyuan, Liu Youyuan first asked Xiao Yao to park the car in the garage before entering the villa with a few people.
This is a two-story villa, and when you enter the door, there is a large living room with floor-to-ceiling windows with a whole wall. Four computers and supporting tables and chairs are lined up in the large living room, and all the network equipment is connected.
Xiao Yao and the others were most concerned about the training equipment, and when they saw this, they didn't have time to visit the villa, so they first turned on the computer to check the configuration and network conditions inside.
Liu Youyuan dared to take the initiative to take over the purchase of equipment, and he was naturally very confident in his friend. After checking the computer, several people expressed great satisfaction. Even if the place is not suitable, at least these computers are very suitable for their training, and the most they can do is move there at most, and there is no need to buy or replace the accessories inside.
After reading the computer, Liu Youyuan took a few people to visit the whole villa. This villa has a lot of space and quite a few rooms. On the first floor, in addition to a large living room, there is a dining room, a kitchen, a storage room and two bedrooms, while on the second floor, there is a slightly smaller space and a small living room and three bedrooms.
For such an environment and arrangement, Xiao Yao and the four members of the team are very satisfied.
After looking around the villa, Xiao Yao asked Liu Youyuan the question they were most concerned about before. When Liu Youyuan took him to visit the villa, Xiao Yao felt that this place was not quite like Liu Youyuan's own home, and Liu Youyuan really gave an answer of no, this place was actually rented by him for Xiao Yao and others, and it was naturally not a problem for them to live here.
Since it is not Liu Youyuan's own home, this also saves Xiao Yao and others the trouble of renting a villa and transporting computers and other equipment.
After taking the key handed over by Liu Youyuan, thanking Liu Youyuan again and again, and sending Liu Youyuan away, several people walked around the villa again, and each chose a room to live in. Xiao Yao is now living in a hotel with Ye Jiaying and other film crews who came to participate in the film festival, and the conditions of the hotel are very good, but since it is a centralized training, Xiao Yao decided to move out of the hotel and live here with them, there are five bedrooms, exactly one for each person.
After choosing a room, Xiao Yao drove a few people back to the hotel to pack their luggage, and then went back to his hotel to pack some changes of clothes, and moved to the villa with everyone.
Xiao Yao wanted to leave the hotel where he lived with the crew and move to the villa, so naturally he had to explain to Ye Jiaying and his assistant Pei Minyi.
Ye Jiaying was of course very surprised that Xiao Yao was going to train and compete with an e-sports team in China, but after Xiao Yao promised that he would not miss the closing ceremony and award ceremony of the film festival on Friday, Ye Jiaying had no choice but to let him go. And after Pei Minyi heard Xiao Yao say that he was going to conduct a closed training camp in isolation, she remembered her assistant's responsibilities and immediately asked to follow Xiao Yao along.
Xiao Yao thought that Tang You had to communicate with the organizers of the competition, and also had to take care of the lives of the four big boys in an unfamiliar place these days, which was also very hard, and it was good to have someone to help her share some of it, so she brought Pei Minyi over.
Of course, Pei Minyi doesn't have to live in the villa like five people, Xiao Yao brought Pei Minyi over to recognize the door. In the past two days, at least four boys are not ready to go out unless there is something special, so Xiao Yao handed over the three meals a day to Pei Minyi to be responsible.
After everything was arranged, Xiao Yao, Zou Tianyu and the other three of them threw themselves into intense training and preparation. The four computers are powered on almost 24 hours a day. When the four of them have energy, they actually train the operation technology and strengthen the tacit understanding in the process of the game, and when they are tired, when they rest and relax their eyes and wrists, their brains are not idle, and they are still designing and discussing the tactics that may be used in various games while lying on the sofa.
Although it was only more than two days and less than three full days, the training effect of this training camp was still obvious. Not only has Xiao Yao's personal game operation level improved a lot, but the tacit understanding between the four people has been greatly improved, and several sets of feasible tactical play methods have been designed and improved for this competition.
Friday afternoon was the closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the Seoul International Film Festival, and Xiao Yao took a break from training that afternoon to attend in full costume. Although Xiao Yao was in the limelight during this time, this closing ceremony and award ceremony were not Xiao Yao's moments, but Ye Jiaying's.
At this film festival, Ye Jiaying won the award for Best New Director for the film "127 Hours", and the film also won the audience's vote for the favorite movie. The film won the award, and it was the director of the film who came to the stage to accept the award, in fact, this award is also equivalent to the director.
Although some media commented afterwards that the reason why this movie won the audience's vote for the favorite movie was not because of Ye Jiaying, but Xiao Yao, who made a lot of noise in South Korea, many audiences went to the film festival to watch that movie and voted for this movie because of the film's starring Xiao Yao. But it is always Ye Jiaying who comes to the stage to accept the award, which is an irrefutable fact.
The first time she participated in the Seoul International Film Festival as a director, Ye Jiaying took the stage twice to accept the award, both the professional award given by the expert judges, and the popularity award voted by the audience.
Because of these two awards, several well-known and powerful film distributors in South Korea contacted Ye Jiaying and the producers who came with them after the closing ceremony, and took the initiative to contact and inquire about the cooperation of the film in South Korea.
At the end of the film festival, Xiao Yao's set tasks for coming to South Korea this time have been completed, and Xiao Yao does not need to care about and participate in the follow-up overseas distribution of films, the only thing Xiao Yao cares about is the weekend competition. Although it was already evening at the end of the closing ceremony and the award ceremony, Xiao Yao rushed back to the villa and practiced with Zou Tianyu and others for several hours.