Chapter 220: A Feast for the Wealthy
Chapter 220: A Feast for the Wealthy
Seoul University, South Korea.
Jingjing is a Chinese student from the Department of Biology of this higher education institution, and from the day she came to Seoul University, she was destined to be involved in e-sports, because her boyfriend is a CS enthusiast.
In South Korea, where esports is the backbone of the national economy, with StarCraft and Counter-Strike alone worth more than $5 billion a year, the country's attitude towards esports is as fanatical as Brazilians are towards football.
It is conceivable that if you don't know the Terran Emperor Boxer, the heroine Yin Xinxuan, and the SKTT1 Club, you can't be regarded as a person who has lived in this country.
The problem is that Jingjing doesn't know, she doesn't like these things by nature, but her boyfriend likes it, and it's not an ordinary like.
Jingjing hates the most that her boyfriend won't accompany her when she's free, but shouting and playing CS with her dormitory classmates, playing all night day and night, and sometimes buying expensive tickets to watch the Korean Star Pro League, CS Pro League.
You know, the real South Korea is not as romantic and beautiful as in the soap opera, life here is very expensive, the price is ten times that of China, the supply of materials is very poor, and the Chinese students studying here are not as heaven on earth as people imagine.
The tickets provided by the professional league held by the Korean Association every week have to be purchased for 12,000 won, which is equivalent to 100 yuan, and Jingjing said angrily to her boyfriend every time: "Are you here to study abroad, or are you here to play?" ”
The boyfriend just replied with a smile: "I like CS, it's okay to play occasionally, right?" ”
Jingjing asked again: "Then do you like CS more, or do you like me more?" ”
The boyfriend was honest and replied, "I like them all." ”
Jingjing was angry, and her boyfriend actually compared her to CS, so she ignored her boyfriend for a month.
In the course of a month, something happened that changed her opinion on CS.
The 2003 CG World Finals are just around the corner, and the campus is full of voices and talking about this event.
Jingjing didn't understand why even these Korean girls were so keen on these games of fighting and killing?
Once during lunch time in the cafeteria, Jingjing finally figured out what CG was from her classmates.
CG - orldCyberGames, the World E-sports Championship, a global competitive game event, the world's first and largest game culture festival, the competition has been with the slogan of "beyondthegame", with the goal of promoting the global development of e-sports, aiming to promote people's communication, interaction and exchange in the Internet era, and promote the harmony and happiness of human life.
"To put it simply, CG is the equivalent of the Olympics in the sports world and the World Cup in the football world." Classmate Kim Mi-joo explained to her.
"Oh!" Jingjing understood, no wonder it was so lively these days, it turned out that the "Olympic Games" were about to be held.
A few Korean female classmates chattered again:
"Do you know that this year's CG has a T-shirt signed by Lin Yaohuan (Interstellar Terran Emperor Boxer) on sale, and I heard that you can order one for 80,000 won."
"Not only are Lin Yaohuan's T-shirts sold, but also Kay's (Korean heroine Yoon Shinxuan)'s used hairpins and small combs are sold, and I want to buy them too."
"How much does Kay's signed God of War suit cost?"
"I heard that it costs 360,000 won (equivalent to 3,000 yuan)."
"Wow, you're so rich."
"By the way, I heard that Lin Yaohuan won't participate in this year's CG?"
"yes, that's a shame."
……
Hearing these words in Jingjing's ears, she couldn't cry or laugh, these little girls are so addicted to SC and CS.
Originally, she didn't care, but after listening to it a lot, she also had a rough understanding of some e-sports memorabilia, at least, she knew that South Korea was invincible, in the CS world, there was a European aristocrat named SK, an American tank called 3D, there was a Korean local giant Maven, the tactician master Vesslan, and the genius boy Element, as well as the gun god Span, and ......
There is everything, but she just didn't hear her classmates mention who is in China?
She felt strange, why are there no Chinese?
In the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Chinese athletes fought tenaciously and finally won the third place in the gold medal list, second only to the United States and Russia.
How old are South Korea and Sweden? Why do these students ignore China?
So Jingjing was dissatisfied: "Hey, hey, you always say how South Korea is, since CG is the Olympics, our China is a sports power, why don't you mention China?" ”
Several female classmates were stunned, and then burst into laughter.
Jin Meizhu laughed: "You China, your Chinese e-sports are too backward, you can't even go abroad, and the Chinese delegation comes to CG to make up the number." ”
"You!" Jingjing was furious, she couldn't tolerate the arrogance and ignorance of Koreans, "Could it be that you South Korea went abroad?" ”
"Of course." Kim Mi-joo was proud, "Let's talk about CS, Yin Xinxuan won the first world championship for South Korea in Paris in 02, what about your China, there was not even a representative team at that time." ”
She may have overlooked the Battle of Paris in '02, when the MDK led by Chinese Lu Fei swept across the European continent, and she actually said that Yin Xinxuan won the world championship for South Korea.
But Jingjing didn't know this, she still retorted angrily, and the two sides began to quarrel, arguing and arguing, and escalating the national issue to a national dispute.
Is the Korean nation strong, or are the sons and daughters of China better?
Both sides didn't quarrel with a result, but in the end, Jingjing was still at a loss of words and left aggrieved.
Back in the dormitory, her boyfriend came to see her, and she asked him a question about e-sports for the first time: "Is our Chinese e-sports really not good?" Is it really as they say, our Chinese CS China Interstellar is the sick man of East Asia? ”
The boyfriend was stunned, but his expression quickly became gloomy.
The two of them sat down in the dormitory, and her boyfriend began to tell her stories in the esports world little by little.
Since 2000, there has been the famous "Eivl Trip", and the Chinese did not even know the map after arriving in South Korea;
There is the famous "Singapore Shame", the Chinese team was played by the student team of a small country, and all the Chinese people were speechless in pain;
There is the bold saying "We don't want bonuses, we just need to raise the national flag", interstellar player Ma Tianyu (MTY) swore to fight to the end in CG;
There was a "war without tears", the Chinese CS women's team won the domestic competition and encountered a shady, the championship bonus was given to the first place, the second place won the championship, and the five girls hugged their heads and cried outside the door of the Nanjing venue, and criticized the organizing committee "We don't want the 5,000 yuan, we just want the champion";
There was a sensation in China and Germany about the "Beijing 26BJ fraud", and the low-quality Chinese people's "dengzhebeinueba" became a shocking joke, so much so that it was later insulted by Western powers to "let the Chinese show their original form";
There is the arrogance and powerlessness of zExsunman when AS fought in Paris, France: "The yellow race also deserves to shake my hand?" ”
There are the "Ezero false age report" incident that shocked China and foreign countries, the "Chongqing C4 violence incident", the "US CNN attack on Lu Fei", the "Blue Extreme Fire", the "Meinianda Competition", "CEG shady", "Chinese also have computers? ”……
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Jingjing listened quietly, her eyes slowly turning red.
The impact of the year and the stories of each year are intertwined, circling and replaying in her mind.
Like China's modern history, Chinese e-sports has experienced sorrow and vicissitudes, full of devastation in the flames of war, the warships and warplanes of Western powers, foreign guns and cannons ruthlessly scattered and cruelly chopped, and the dignity of the nation, the honor of the country, the blood of the soldiers, and the tears of the players have broken people's hearts.
Jingjing suddenly understood why her boyfriend paid so much attention to CS, and she gradually understood her boyfriend's thoughts.
She doesn't understand CS, and she doesn't like CS, but she knows the national honor, she loves the motherland, especially the students who are floating overseas, and a pure heart will always love everything about the motherland.
China has always been like this, there are always some ignorant and superficial people, but there are always some heroes and soldiers who dare to stand up, they yearn for light in the dark, and they prove the value of their existence with their actions.
AS competed in ESC, captain LaixiLaixi roared in front of reporters all over the world: "If we want to play against opponents who are weaker than ourselves, and we are afraid of meeting real masters, for the strong, it is a shame, an eternal shame, that is not our Chinese style......"
Captain CJ pointed at the Swede's nose and shouted: "Let me tell you, we Chinese not only have our own computers, but also can prove to you that the Chinese's CS is no worse than you Swedes." ”
On Christmas Carnival Night 01, in a small town on the west coast of the United States, Lu Fei kicked over the table and bench, raised his head to the sky and shouted: "I'mchinese, I'mchinese, I am Chinese......"
On Valentine's Day in '03, at the New Star International Convention and Exhibition Center in Xijing, China, when the Chinese team defeated the god-like SK, the American commentator Mix was shocked, and he exclaimed "Heisinvincible......"
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Everything is really unforgettable, and it makes people feel calm for a long time.
"I should do something." Jingjing thought like this, although she is not a warrior who kills the enemy, but she also loves CS and the motherland in her own way.
"yes, cheer them on." Jingjing made this decision.
She wanted to call on the Chinese students of the Department of Biology to unite and personally attend the opening ceremony to cheer for the Chinese delegation.
Maybe this is a completely insignificant thing in the eyes of others, but it is precisely because there are thousands of Chinese like Jingjing that CS has been prosperous for a long time, and the Chinese team is as imposing.
"I hope that our participation in CG this time in China can rewrite a new history." Her boyfriend's eyes were full of longing.
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