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Chapter Seventy-Three: The Darkness Before Dawn

When Huo Xixian forwarded the text message sent by Green to Lu Fei, Lu Fei and Monkey were in the room watching the demo of everyone in this "new coL" team.

After reading the text message, Lu Fei's face was a little solemn.

He already knew the news of the "Lone Gunner's" decisive battle against the "Golden Battleship", and he knew the name of XeqtR very well.

The strength of coL in the 1.3 era is so strong, although it is not invincible, but it definitely has the strength to win the world championship, especially this combination of troops, Lu Fei himself knows that the possibility of MDK winning is almost equal to zero.

But he wasn't afraid.

Years of experience have made him look at his opponents calmly and analyze the situation correctly.

He was surprised that Mr. Green would personally come to cheer for himself, which showed how much the teacher valued this game, and Mr. Green must have his own reasons for looking at this game, maybe what he had to do was not to disappoint the teacher.

"Are you sure about this game?" Huo Xixian asked.

"No?" Lu Fei shook his head.

"Oh?"

Lu Fei smiled bitterly: "Who do you think is sure of dealing with such a golden battleship?" ”

Huo Xixian also smiled bitterly: "That's right, the strength of this new coL is on par with X3." ”

Alice couldn't help but say: "What does it matter, who has Lu Fei been afraid of in our family, Feifei, I support you, always support you, Gogogo, Fighting!" ”

As she spoke, she jumped away.

"Huh." Lu Fei looked at her and smiled even more bitterly, "You stupid girl, what do you know?" ”

Alice tilted her little head and said disappreciably, "Why don't I know?" ”

The monkey glanced at her: "Little fool." ”

"Who are you talking about?" Alice's eyes widened.

"I said myself." The monkey's voice is as small as that of a mosquito.

Lu Fei sighed: "If in terms of strength, MDK is not coL's opponent at all, but it doesn't mean that they can come to Aberdeen and wreak havoc. ”

"Oh?" Everyone suddenly became interested, "What do you say?" ”

Lu Fei said in a deep voice: "XeqtR is a Norwegian player, in fact, he represents the rigorous style of European players; And fRoD is a native player in the United States, sunman has always been a problem teenager, and this giant ship has just been combined. ”

The monkey immediately said, "Is it that their cooperation is not yet skilled?" ”

"yes, that's what I meant." Lu Fei said slowly, "A team needs a lot of training and time to run in and mature, otherwise the combination of strong and powerful may not achieve the effect of 1+1 greater than 2, I think the idea of the coL club leader is correct, he combines players from Eastern Europe and North America, the purpose is to let the world's two most powerful technical elements penetrate and blend with each other, and finally form an unprecedented new style, of course, this new style will be invincible for a period of time." ”

Huo Xixian and the others looked at each other.

"However, they have just finished forming a team, and although the players are together, it will take a while for them to really form a whole, which means that they are not formed yet, and this is our only chance."

At this time, Huo Xixian also understood: "We have to strangle them in the cradle before they are fully formed." ”

Lu Fei smiled: "The tactics on the day of the carnival night are probably such a general direction. ”

The monkey shrugged: "Lu, why is your analysis so incisive every time?" Hit the nail on the head, what is the structure of your head? After speaking, he stretched his hand to Lu Fei's head.

Alice was dissatisfied: "Lu Fei is not allowed to touch me." ”

The crowd burst into laughter again.

Lu Fei's analysis was correct, but he ignored one point, he could grasp every change on the field, but as he became famous, he didn't pay attention to what happened off the court.

He underestimated Lake, the leader of the coL.

Lake and Green are both the kind of masters who are good at running clubs, organizing events, and selecting talent, and these two people take two different lines of thinking.

To put it simply, Mr. Green has always felt that CS is an art, players are artists, and clubs are the financial backing behind them.

However, Lake believes that the club is just a carrier, CS is a product, and the players are just a product manufacturing machine, without the support of money, all art is empty talk.

The two minds collide fiercely, but no one can tell which is right and which is wrong, because they both make sense.

The clock is approaching December 24, 2001.

The biggest holiday in the United States is just around the corner, and people are immersed in the joy of Christmas.

Everyone is thinking about where to go and where to have fun at Christmas.

As a favorite sport, CS naturally attracts a lot of attention.

The CAL league has two biggest attractions every season, one is the battle for the hegemony of the top I league, and the other is the "dark horse battle" of the P league against the I league.

Perhaps the organizing committee wanted to add more carnival content to this Christmas, and deliberately set the MDKVScoL match at 8 p.m. on the night of the 26th, at the "Flying Sports Center" in Aberdeen.

In fact, this in itself has a great suggestive effect, which means that MDK is likely to be black to the end.

This is the first cross-division battle after almost a month of sluggish CS in North America.

The Golden Battleship landed in the United States for the first time, causing a sensation throughout the United States, and people are looking forward to the birth of another legend after the X3 on American soil, which will level the CPL and sweep CG in the future.

But at this time, the negative news finally appeared.

First of all, the media in the East and Central Regions unanimously pointed the finger at MDK, and first of all, they ridiculed MDK with great irony:

"What can you do in a small town in Aberdeen?"

"The MDK Club is just a factory that sells golf equipment, and they should go and play, not touch the guns."

"Playing at home doesn't necessarily have an advantage, just wait for coL to blow them to death and let the people of the United States enjoy a crazier night of revelry."

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Lu Fei didn't care much about the news at first, and during the days he came to the United States, he was used to the nonsense of the American news media, and he didn't care.

But the fuse is still the famous mouth of CNN TV, Mike? Zhu Yiqun ignited: "The I League is a symbol of the highest honor in North America, it is a representative of the wisdom and talent of the great American people, Chinese is not qualified to enter, as everyone knows, China is a country with human rights problems, sovereignty is incomplete, how can an outsider represent the highest honor of the United States......"

These remarks directly made Lu Fei angry.

Others look down on him, he can bear it, others laugh at him, he can still bear it, but if someone insults China, he won't bear it.

He's not a very patriotic person, but he loves CS.

CNN, an open-mouthed television station, actually pulled CS to the issue of human rights.

Zhu Yiqun even suspected that there was something wrong with Lu Fei's character: "Why does a player in a low-level league like Lu Fei also have an agent and a translator?" And these two people are beautiful American women, isn't this thing worth playing? ”

In fact, many Chinese do not know that in the CPL in 01, the organizing committee originally invited the Chinese team to participate, but they invited Chinese Taipei, not Chinese mainland, and the organizing committee's explanation for this is that Taipei represents the whole of China.

People who don't know what is going on still think that the CPL is on a large scale, but this incident has caused a joint protest by many overseas Chinese in the United States, regardless of whether they understand CS or not, they all protest together.

At the start of the CPL tournament in early December, Chinese in Dallas demonstrated en masse, but in the end, it did not happen.

CNN's Zhu Yiqun's nonsense was originally a small episode, but this small episode became a big one in three days.

Many people in the eastern and central regions were instigated and demanded that the organizing committee disqualify the Chinese athletes, and the role of public opinion began to be reflected.

The wind and waves became bigger and bigger, and soon spread to the West District, and many media in the West District quickly counterattacked. Ren, Hongli? Wang, Qinke? Li collectively retorted, they insisted that "CS has nothing to do with politics, please don't use that set of political things to judge our lovely players, Chinese players have traveled thousands of miles to the United States to seek the truth, the purpose is to learn American culture, it is precisely because they have a serious attitude to study, we should not discriminate against them, Lu Fei has a good public image among the people in the West District, and the media in the East District is deliberately slandering, and it is recommended that the MDK Club sue these bad media and use legal weapons to protect their reputation." ”

For a time, the news media in the eastern and western regions competed with each other, and people turned their backs on each other.

In order to attack competitors in the same industry, both sides have used any means and dare to say anything.

This incident directly alarmed the reporters of the official website of the CGA in Shanghai, China, in the United States.

The official website of the domestic CGA put up the headline on December 24, Beijing time: China's rising star was unfairly treated in the United States.

It was only at this time that Lu Fei's image appeared in the eyes of 300 million Chinese players for the first time.

Lu Fei's story in the United States has aroused the interest of countless Csers and caused a great sensation, because he is the first professional star to emerge abroad, which surprises people and makes his group of old friends extremely excited.

But then there was a huge protest in China, with 300 million gamers expressing their indignation at CNN in various ways.

The most typical thing is that in the server of any Internet café across the country, you can see CSIDs like "Yankees eat shit, I grass the ancestors of Americans, America and my day, you aunt, down with US imperialism, resist US aggression and aid Korea", which shows the sensation caused by this US incident.

Duan Jiu and Lei Ming only saw Lu Fei's image appear on TV for the first time at this time, and the two were so excited that they didn't sleep all night, desperately squeezing on the official website of the American MDK Club.

And Erin and Yu Xiao were not only excited, but also distressed.

"He's lost a lot of weight." When Erin saw Lu Fei in the past, Lu Fei was always careless, with a free and easy smile, but now, Lu Fei in the camera has no smile on his face, a little bloodshot in his eyes, his hair is also a little unkempt, he looks listless, and he feels lacking in energy even when he speaks, obviously the nonsense of the media has caused him a certain amount of mental pressure.

No matter how strong a person's willpower is, he can't withstand the repeated tossing of the media.

Alice and Monkey finally understood why Lu Fei said that he "didn't like to deal with the media", and they now fully understand this feeling.

Every day of training, there is a large group of reporters waiting outside the club, going home after training, eating out, there are reporters everywhere, a little inattention to the microphone stretched out, and the question almost wanted to make Alice crazy: "May I ask how much is your measurements?" ”

Back at the residence, everyone closed the doors and windows, but the reporters outside were waiting all night.

A few times Alice was really angry, and simply called the police to toss around for most of the night, but the next day the media pouted: "What the Chinese's girlfriend did with the Chinese ** in the middle of the night, please continue to pay attention." ”

Lu Fei also had a headache about this.

There is more and more negative news outside, which has interfered with his normal life, but there is nothing he can do.

Sean and Chris directly gave him two days off to rest and prepare for the game at home.

Maybe that's the price of being a celebrity.

But at this time, Huo Xixian, the agent, bravely stood up and played a huge role in her.

She first issued a solemn statement on Lu Fei through EPS TV, Lu Fei loves his motherland and the United States, and there are no political problems.

Then EPS TV, together with the West End media and the famous ABC TV station in the United States, collectively criticized CNN TV's frivolous statements.

Huo Xixian also contacted the official website of CGA in Shanghai, asked the official website of CGA to count public opinion in China, protested against CNN together, and demanded that Zhu Yiqun apologize to players who love CS all over the world.

In fact, these pairs are at most working against the American media, and they cannot achieve the effect of eliminating the negative, but there are more and more voices supporting Lu Fei and supporting MDK, and they are getting louder and louder.

Huo Xixian, together with Sean and Green, contacted the CAL organizing committee, and after some mediation, Green clarified the stakes to the organizing committee officials, because of the existence of Lu Fei, so that 300 million players in China began to pay attention to the CAL league, if the Chinese are disqualified at this time, the broadcast of HLTV will suffer huge losses in China in the future, these intangible commercial value, CNN a few stinky mouths can not bear the loss.

Green is more powerful, he also contacted the sponsors behind X3 and U5 Steel and Inter, both giants have seen more than 13 million protest messages on China's CGA official website, many of which have the words "boycott American goods, love my China", the two groups are shocked into a cold sweat, if Lu Fei is disqualified from the impact of the I League, I am afraid that countless Chinese will be angry, and when the time comes, the Chinese really want to boycott their products, then who should they shout injustice to?

Representatives of Steel and Inter did not hesitate to put pressure on the organizing committee.

Under the double pressure of public opinion and commercial interests, CAL officials finally issued an official statement on Christmas Eve on the 24th: The CAL league absolutely welcomes players from all over the world, there is no ethnic and national discrimination, and anyone who doubts the nationality of the players is a person with ulterior motives.

As soon as this official statement came out, CNN and the media in the East Side were immediately silenced by the strong support of the West Side.

Neither Huo Xixian nor Green told Lu Fei about these things.

Huo Xixian felt that these were all things he should do, not only for professional ethics, but also to protect China's reputation.

And Green didn't want to affect Lu Fei at this time, although he also knew that the team MDK could not win this game, but he believed that Lu Fei would perform well, and he would not let himself down.

And the umbrella of Huo Xixian, which he arranged for Lu Fei at the beginning, also played a role at a critical time.

The real geniuses, their CS, is a real war.

The CNN incident is just a prelude, a war without gunpowder, and what really determines success or failure depends on the outcome of the carnival night.

Thinking of this, Green sent a text message to Lake on his phone: "In the first round of the media fight, you have already lost, maybe you will pay the price of frustration for this game." ”

Lake received it, but he didn't think so.