Chapter 278: Return to Seattle

The 2003 Winter CPL will be held in the small town of Dallas in the United States, and will last for six days on December 23.

The time is not long, so the schedule is also quite tight, and the scale and influence of this CPL cannot be compared with 03 Korean CG.

A total of 58 teams participated in the winter CPL, but only 14 countries and regions participated, which highlights the purpose of CPL's excellence, which requires experts to come, and non-experts are exempted.

Despite this, there are as many as 36 teams in the United States this time, 4 teams in Sweden, and almost one team in other countries and regions.

There is never a shortage of giants in the event, and the traditional powerhouses of this tournament arrived as scheduled, with SK, NoA, Mouz, GX, Mibr, Unite5, and 4Kings all arriving in the United States before the 20th.

This year's CPL Organizing Committee adopted CS1.6 for the first time, which is the first reform in the history of CS development, and it is also from this time that CS will slowly enter the 1.6 era in the days to come, but now the mainstream is still led by the superstars of the 1.5 era.

In fact, the influence of this event is relatively weak, but it still attracts so many teams, in addition to the total prize money of 1 million US dollars, there are two other special reasons.

One is that this is the last event of '03, and many teams are looking to end their year perfectly, and the other is that the annual Nordstrom Awards ceremony was held in Seattle on January 1, 2004.

Nordstrom has now been recognized by the governments of several major esports countries, including the United States, South Korea, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, and has become a symbol of the highest honor for players, teams, organizations, and clubs in CS.

It will integrate all the major leagues in 03, with the evaluation of the most authoritative experts in the world today, to select NO.1, honors include "Club TOP10", "Master TOP10", "Team TOP10", "World Gun God", "King of Sniper", "Person of the Year", "Best Newcomer of the Year", "Fastest Progress of the Year", "Hall of Fame", "CS Prince", "CS Princess" and many other awards.

Winning one of them casually is a lifelong honor, and the most suspenseful thing is the selection of "CS Prince and Princess", which is the most single honor for the contestants.

In fact, the suspense of female players is not big, mainly in Yin Xinxuan, Queen, AurorA, and Sophie, which people have a consensus on.

But there are countless possibilities for the title of CS Prince, and its halo is likely to fall on the heads of several Uranus.

Among them, SK has four nominations, namely Potti, ahl, SpaN and Element, SK in 03 is an extremely glorious year, except for the first half of the French ESC and the second half of the Korean CG, SK has won all the other big and small championships in the world, and it also accounts for a very important championship, that is, the first place in the summer CPL.

SK manager BDS has made a big money strategy this year, and his specific approach is: waving tickets and checks, they will go wherever there are bonuses in the world, and he will poach whoever there are masters in the world.

SK's somewhat rough approach has aroused the dissatisfaction of many countries and regions, but it is helpless, because the strength of others is so strong, and they have to watch others snatch the bonus.

The Toyota Cup Invitational Tournament in Japan in September was a classic example, with SK taking away the $200,000 prize money without much effort, and several local Japanese television stations denounced the Swedes for their lack of work ethic.

SK's kings are expected to be elected CS Prince '03, but the other teams are also very competitive, and the other candidate is Team9's Vesslan, who won this year's ESC World Championship and CG World Runner-up, as well as the League Championship in the Netherlands.

Of course, in the hearts of many people, the Chinese god of war Lu Fei is also the most powerful candidate, because he won the most valuable CG world championship this year, and he also led the new army to the end, destroyed many giants, and shocked the world in one fell swoop.

So in this way, the winter CPL is very important, because any of these nominees, any one of them wins the championship, which means that Nordstrom has the most powerful competitive weight, and it is not far from the top honor.

On the day of the 19th, in Seattle, the United States, Tacoma International Airport was under a blue sky, the sun was shining, and the huge passenger plane crossed the blue sky and slowly landed on the airport runway.

The fuselage was marked with the logo of "China Eastern Airlines", and when the sharp-eyed reporter in front of him brought the news to the waiting hall, the people who had been waiting here for a long time began to be agitated.

Many people gathered at the airport today, including reporters from major media, a fan group who came from Aberdeen to greet them, a welcome group organized by overseas Chinese in the United States, and a pick-up and drop-off team from the Chinese Embassy.

All this is only because the Chinese Meiya CHN team arrived in the United States today.

When Lu Fei walked out of the cabin door, he was extremely emotional for a while.

He came to this familiar land again, and another year passed.

Two years ago today, he dominated this land "I am Chinese"; A year ago today, I left the familiar land with great loss and sadness; But today, when he returned to the United States, he was greeted by earth-shattering cheers and huge applause, because today he is no longer the frustrated Chinese god of war, and he is back as a king.

There were even female fans in the hall who desperately struggled to present flowers to Lu Fei despite the security guards, and Lu Fei accepted them with a smile.

CHN's trip to the United States is also high-profile, which is Huo Xixian's consistent style.

This China Eastern Airlines passenger plane is almost all people from the American and Asian Legion, including CHN's first-line popular stars, second-line players, sparring partners, familiar coaches, medical team, logistics team, cheerleading team, etc., in order to let everyone open their eyes to the world and increase their knowledge, this time Huo Xixian specially brought LesSeules, Ne4MM, 5love, and Meiya almost poured out of the nest this time.

CNN's reporter Marco Bar is very discerning, and he roughly counted that there were no less than 50 people in Meiya's party.

So he took advantage of the chaos, quickly stretched the microphone up, and asked a very intriguing question: "Miss Alva, you must know that the organizing committee is only responsible for the board, lodging and travel expenses of the contestants, and you Meiya have so many people, and a round-trip air ticket between Xijing and Seattle costs more than 100,000 US dollars. ”

Marcoba is worthy of being a reporter for CNN, not only is he quick to respond, but he also asks a tricky and spicy question every time.

Huo Xixian stopped and looked at Lu Fei.

Lu Fei stepped forward and said, "I know you, you are Marcoba, I have seen you in Paris, France before." ”

Marcoba was flattered: "It's a great honor. ”

Lu Fei smiled and said, "Let me answer your question, you go back and tell Zhu Yiqun that I came to the United States this time to win the championship, and the bonus is enough to be reimbursed." ”

This was said unhurriedly and calmly, it really didn't seem like a bold statement, but when Lu Fei said it himself, it was particularly deterrent.

Marcoba was stunned on the spot, Lu Fei in his impression had never been so domineering.

However, the audience immediately burst into loud cheers: "Chinese! Chinese! Chinese! ”

Aberdeen's old fans began to collectively "chant mantras", and the staff of the Chinese embassy had smiles on their faces, and they felt an unprecedented sense of pride and pride in their hearts when they saw this situation.

When this picture appeared on the TV of ACTV3 in the United States, in a club function room in New York, the United States, Old Green was sitting on the sofa and slowly admiring it.

He had aged a lot, and his hair was faintly gray, but his spirit was still very strong.

Beside him, a handsome white lad with blond hair contrasted sharply with the slightly older Green.

"Mr. Green, is this the Lu you often mention?" The lad asked.

"Yes, that's him." Green replied, "Jim, take a good look, he's your target." ”

Jim's eyes lit up, and he stared intently at the TV for a long time before he spoke, "He looks ordinary, doesn't he?" ”

Green smiled: "His ordinary, honed from countless extraordinary experiences, you tell me honestly now, if you fight him, how sure are you?" ”

Jim pondered, "No! ”

Green looked at him: "Not even a percent?" ”

"Yes!" Jim replied crisply.

Green didn't seem disappointed by his answer, and continued to ask, "So if you run into SK's Element, how sure are you?" ”

Without thinking, Jim said, "Mr. Green, you should ask, how sure are you if the Element touches me?" ”

Green smiled: "You mean, Lu is to you what you are to Element?" ”

"Yes!" Jim was expressionless.

Green nodded, stood up and said: "After a year of special training, you haven't gone out, and you haven't fought with them, I am very pleased that you have the confidence you have now, but this is also where I am worried." ”

Jim hesitated, "Mr. Green, this is the perfect time for me to play in the CPL. ”

“No！” Green waved his hand, "It's not that time yet, what's more, what can you do alone now?" ”

Jim said, "On my own, it's enough to be used as a team. ”

If this came out of someone else's mouth, it would be strange that Old Green didn't laugh off his big teeth, but when it came out of Jim's mouth, Green didn't have any expression on his face, and he seemed to think it was normal.

Green paced back and forth down the hall and said, "You know what? Why Lu has always been undefeated, do you know this specific reason? ”

Jim pondered, "Because his strength is so strong, watching his demo this year, I always feel that he is not a person who only studied in the United States for a year and then successfully left." ”

Green stared at him: "Then tell me what kind of person he is." ”

Jim said: "If you look at the most advanced technical statistics software in the world today, I think he has at least ten years of hard work, I don't know if I can understand it in this way, an ordinary person, his technical data from the beginning, and finally reach the height of Lu now, it should take ten years to do so, but Lu only took one year to complete the process, I have to say, this is a miracle existence." ”

Green listened to his analysis, smiled slowly, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said meaningfully: "Kid, that's why I said it's not time for you to go out of the mountain now." ”

Jim froze.

Green said: "You're right, Lu has this ability, but haven't you also completed this process in this year?" But why are you still telling me that you're not even 10% sure? ”

Jim was even more stunned, and the teacher's words made more sense.

Green let go of him, walked to the window, looked outside and said: "You are not sure, this is reasonable, because CS is the same thing as the exam paper, only the score and results can prove all the value, but you don't realize the real role of Lu, his power lies in his own influence, his adaptation to his own environment, his support to his friends, loyalty and dedication to his club, organization, and country, that is a kind of charm exuded because of CS, there is his team, That team can beat the big guys even if it's a group of rookies, and that's where you can't beat him, so I've said before that he's an invincible player and no one can beat him unless he beats himself. ”

Jim said expressionlessly, "But Mr. Green also said that there are no absolutes in the world. ”

Green turned around and said, "Yes, indeed. ”

"I get it, I still have a long way to go, and maybe I should learn from him," Jim said. ”

"No!" Green said, "You can't learn, you and his upbringing experience is completely different, simply put, because he is Chinese, he is made in China, and has learned American knowledge, you are American, you should be made in the United States, but you don't know anything about Chinese culture now, for Lu, you should take the initiative to lean up, to understand him and understand his team, if you really want to beat him, you should build your own team." ”

Jim was silent.

After a long time, he couldn't help but say: "Mr. Green, in fact, I wanted to ask a question for a long time, Lu is your most proud student, why did you suddenly change your mind and let me follow you, the giant you cultivated yourself, do you still want to defeat him?" ”

Green smiled: "Do you think I'm a little jealous of Lu?" ”

Jim didn't speak, but the expression on his face was undoubtedly an acknowledgement.

Green laughed: "You're wrong to think like that, I ask you, why do you practice CS?" ”

Without even thinking about it, Jim replied, "Because I aspire to beat someone stronger than me, it's a pleasure, and there's no substitute for that pleasure in the world." ”

Green said: "OK, it's good that you understand this, and the rest can be understood slowly." ”

With that, Green pushed open the door and walked out.

Looking at Green's back, Jim's eyes showed a look of respect, this great teacher always nodded himself with an unexpected word, which was easy to enlighten.

Yes, Mr. Green doesn't want to beat Lu Fei, but he wants to prove that he is the best scout and coach in the world, and he can create one stronger player after another, to be precise, there is no strongest, only stronger.

This is the same as the Chinese player's CS proverb: "If you want to play against an opponent who is weaker than you, and you are afraid of meeting a real master, it is a shame for the strong, a shame forever." ”

This is the pursuit, the never-ending pursuit.

Mr. Green has devoted his life to American e-sports, and when his career has reached a height, he is no longer satisfied with the fun of cultivating and promoting, he is eager to pursue a higher realm to achieve his own personal value embodiment;

In fact, that Lu Fei is also like this, when he stands on the top of the world after a lot of hardships, he will not be satisfied with the status quo and be complacent, enjoy honor, he wants to devote himself to his backward motherland, he tries to change the status quo of China with the power of one person, in order to achieve his collective value, the value of the country.

Jim thought about it distractedly, and he suddenly understood why Lu Fei ran away from Aberdeen back then, and why Mr. Green rejected Huo Xixian's hospitality and did not go to China to coach Meiya.

This is a conflict between two values, a conflict between the Eastern Chinese culture and the personal values of the United States and the West, and it is an irreconcilable ideological contradiction that cannot coexist.

"So, this battle is inevitable, though not now." Jim came to a conclusion, and he also knew what to do now, that is, hurry up and book a plane ticket to Dazhou, and watch the performance of Lu Fei on this CPL, if nothing else, another bloody storm of Chinese dynasty chopping melons and vegetables is about to set off. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the Literature Network Game Channel, more chapters, support the author, read!) ）