CHAPTER XV

The e-sports industry is really not very mixed. First of all, the talent requirements of people are high, and the level of e-sports is sometimes really not improved by hard work, if there is no talent, even if you put in many times more effort than others, you will not be able to meet the requirements of e-sports. Then there is the well-known fact that esports players have a short career lifespan. At one time, the esports industry was dominated by teenagers, and then with the improvement of heroes' requirements for tactics, coordination, etc., the overall age of mainstream esports players has also increased, so the average age of the esports circle is now around 20 years old, the age of the captain level may be higher, and the age of rookies is generally younger - this is also something to imagine.

However, unlike other competitive sports, esports has not yet established a well-established training system. In other sports, there are many talents cultivated from childhood, and there are also special sports schools, while the selection of e-sports players is mostly from online games to find suitable seedlings, and then absorb those with career intentions among them into the training camp for systematic training. Like Shen Yongsi, if he wants to join other teams, this is the path he takes. Most of the people in the training camp are junior high and high schools, and there are also universities, but there are not many people, after all, they will face employment pressure at that time. There are only seven seats for the official members of a team, and there are so many people in the training camp, how many can successfully get on the position?

Of course, Shen Yongsi is more special, even in a training camp that gathers top masters of online games, he believes that he can stand out from it, and this is exactly the case. However, the premise is that he has to stay in the training camp for at least one season, and the giants will not allow a private player in online games to play directly, and there is no shortage of seats for the current giants.

E-sports is the 78th officially launched sports in China, the initial e-sports industry system is not perfect, many players have to train for about 12 hours a day, and this group of young men with an average age of more than 20 years old, most of them suffer from lumbar muscle strain, cervical spine strain and other "geriatric diseases". Up to now, the system of the e-sports industry has improved a lot, and the introduction of various rules and regulations, including the guarantee system, has greatly formalized the industry, but these still cannot change the essence of e-sports, competitive sports.

We cannot say that the competitive sports industry is discriminated against in China, because competitive sports players have a great influence in society in terms of income and reputation. Athletes in many sports are worried about retirement, and all competitive sports have a shorter lifespan – even if it varies from sport to sport, but overall it is still shorter than other professions. Among the retired competitive players, some continue to stay in the circle and become sparring partners, coaches, anchors, etc., while the other part completely breaks with their past selves, and the capacity of the e-sports circle is also limited. But after they dedicated the best years of their lives to esports, and after leaving esports, many people will become at a loss and gradually degenerate.

There are not many players who have passed on the □□ after retiring, and they are unwilling to return to the stage after retiring, and they have also won the right seat again with the popularity of the year, but the results are embarrassing.

It's actually a sad thing.

Esports is nowhere near as rosy as it seems.

They know all of this.

Xu Hefeng, a league-qualified player and captain of the Sky Team, once talked to the media about his e-sports career. Xu Hefeng was the captain of the champion team of the National College Athletic Championship that year, he was a freshman in high school, and with such a beautiful record, he directly became an official player in the sky, and then he gave up his studies and devoted himself to the e-sports industry. He said that at first he just wanted to play games, and he didn't have that much mental activity. With the improvement of his level, he could no longer feel the passion at the beginning in online games, so he set higher goals for himself, his strength became stronger and stronger, and his goals were set higher and higher, and finally he stepped on the threshold of his career. He likes to listen to the sound of the other party's deliberately suppressed footsteps in the headphones, the sound of stiff bullets loading in the chaotic gunfire, and the click of the mouse and the crackling of the mechanical keyboard. All of these can make him enjoy the keyboard more and enjoy the game that brings him a qiē.

At that time, he trained for about 10 hours a day, just for the moment when he released his light during the competition. Many years later, he recalled himself at that time, forgetting the pain of having a splitting headache during training, forgetting the feeling of almost cramping his fingers, and forgetting the exhaustion of falling asleep after training. All I remember is a bullet that my teammates blocked for themselves during the game, only the excited cheers of the crowd after the victory, and only the weight in the palm of your hand when you lift the playoff trophy.

This is e-sports, this is the e-sports dream.

After Xu Hefeng finished speaking, the applause behind the stage was warm, and many people had tears in the corners of their eyes.

Shen Yongsi watched this show, he watched Xu Hefeng's nameless nameless beautiful release of skills on the field, and then thought, the former Xu Hefeng was also a teenager who was obsessed with e-sports, which seemed to be different from the traditional sense of blood, but in fact, it was still a kind of blood. Then he felt the longing that had been hidden in his heart for a long time, the professional circle, e-sports, and dreams.

Shen Yongsi looked at Ji Jundie next to her, she was wrapped in a white woolen coat, a scarf covered half of her face, and she still had a white and pink woolen hat on her head, she only showed the messy hair on her forehead covered by the hat, and the sparkling eyes reflected by the street lamp.

Shen Yongsi knew that her name was Ji Jundie, that she was a hero who fought very well and very well, and that she used to be called Chonghuang.

He also knew that the girl beside him could easily set off a bloody storm in the esports league.

Then, Ji Jundie glanced at him lightly, as if she was reviewing something, and then she spoke, with a bit of an arrogant accent.

"Look at what I'm doing, if you want to confess, just say it."

- I'm sorry, maybe what I just said about her was just delusional.

Shen Yongsi almost bit her tongue.

Ji Jundie looked at Shen Yongsi in front of her, she saw him from the beginning to the end, and from the end to the head, until she looked at him a little uncomfortable, she finally said again:

"Let's go for a walk, shall we?"

"Okay." Shen Yongsi bowed his head.

The two walked side by side in the university town, and there was a small park at the back of the university town, which seemed to be built by the community, and there would be countless couples lurking in the middle of it at night, posing in various strange poses on each seat on the side of the road.

Ahem, literally.

Ji Jundie took Shen Yongsi into this small park smoothly.

"Su Heng will come next week, and I estimate that he will move out of the dormitory the day after tomorrow."

"Do you live in a club?"

"Well, I wrote a fake note in the courtyard."

"Oh."

A simple conversation, it's still a bit cold.

"Other players......" Shen Yongsi asked thoughtfully.

"You care so much about July." Ji Jundie looked at him with a smile.

Shen Yongsi immediately closed his mouth.

"It's okay, I've almost found all the people." Ji Jundie said to herself, "Su Heng, you, plus a professional player, there are six people, and I also have a candidate for the seventh, but it's not easy to do it at the moment." ”

"When did I say I was going to July......"

"Aren't you going?" Ji Jundie stopped and smiled brighter.

Shen Yongsi felt a little chill when she looked at her smile.

"Didn't you come to me in the middle of the night to tell me that you decided to go to July?" Ji Jundie smiled so much that she almost showed twenty teeth.

Shen Yongsi felt that this in the middle of the night was a bit infiltrating, or quite infiltrating.

"You know?"

"Isn't it?" Ji Jundie closed her mouth and rolled her eyes, "Are you really here to confess to me?" ”

"No......" Shen Yongsi said reluctantly, "I'm here to tell you that I want to go to July." ”

"That's right." Ji Jundie patted Shen Yongsi's shoulder and smiled again, "Don't worry, there is me." ”

It's because of you that I don't feel at ease......

"As for the others, one is Jiang Chenxi's younger brother."

"Jiang Chenxi's younger brother?" Shen Yongsi asked.

Jiang Chenxi is a hunter in Canglan, and many of the skills of a hunter are very similar to those of archers, so Shen Yongsi is still quite familiar with the all-star Jiang Chenxi.

"Hmm. Jiang Liran. It's a knight. Ji Jundie hooked the corners of his lips and said, "That guy is very powerful, but he has been living in the shadow of his brother's all-stars." ”

"I don't think I've seen him in the game." Shen Yongsi said.

"Well, but he's still relatively famous in the circle, but he doesn't have many opportunities now. Knights, there can only be one in a team of this kind of T-biased profession, you know. Ji Jundie said.

"Hmm." Shen Yongsi nodded to indicate that he knew, "What about the other one?" ”

"It's a seedling of the Dynasty Training Camp, I've noticed him before, but it's a bit troublesome, because the Dynasty also attaches great importance to him." Ji Jundie scratched her head and said.

"That's really a bit of a problem...... "Shen Yongsi said.

But in fact, it's okay, that person's attitude towards her is a bit like Jiang Yuhuan's attitude towards her, and he also regards her as a senior who taught him. The trouble is mainly because I am afraid that the dynasty will not let go, after all, that person's profession is also rare in the whole alliance.

"It feels like you're a little dazed."

"Hmm. ……”

After being silent for a while, Shen Yongsi spoke.

"I've been looking forward to it for a long time, but when I really want to sign a contract, I suddenly feel a little at a loss."

"I'm thinking too much. I'm looking forward to doing it for a long time. ”

"It's that simple."

"It's not that complicated."

Shen Yongsi was slightly stunned, and then looked at Ji Jundie on the side.

Ji Jundie seemed to be smiling, but she didn't, her face was covered by a scarf, so Shen Yongsi didn't know her expression.

"Don't worry about the future. You just have to keep trying. ”

“…… Good. Shen Yongsi paused slightly, and then said, "Captain." ”

The night seemed to be darker, and the streetlights shone faintly.

"You have to think about the contract you want to get, what many people are looking forward to getting." Ji Jundie hooked the corners of her lips and said.

"I know." Shen Yongsi also smiled.

It's not that complicated, really.

It's good to do it, it's good to work hard.

Kindness. That's it.