The Shanghai Municipal Sports Bureau, located at No. 150 Nanjing West Road, is responsible for all sports competitions in Shanghai.

Today, Sun Jin, director of the e-sports department of the Shanghai Sports Bureau, summoned all the cadres of the department, and there is a very important meeting to be held.

The cadres attending the meeting speculated one after another about what the meeting chaired by the minister himself was about. But most people have their own ideas, especially considering the upcoming League of Legends World Championship in Shanghai in recent times.

The Esports Department was established three years ago as a new department was born as the esports industry boomed. As the center of e-sports in the country, Shanghai was the first to have a department dedicated to e-sports, which is leading the country.

The staff member in charge of the LOL project is named Xie Rui, a young man in his early thirties, who usually likes e-sports, and took the initiative to join this emerging department. And as e-sports has attracted more and more attention from the state, the status of the e-sports department has also risen, which makes him very glad that the original choice was correct.

The cadres sat down one after another, and Minister Sun Jin sat in the first place to convey the main content of the meeting to them.

"In recent years, the League of Legends game project has become more and more popular. In China alone, there are more than 30 million people according to IP statistics. China's capital investment in the League of Legends project also ranks first in the world. ”

Sun Jin quickly changed his words, "However, with the largest number of players in the world and the most abundant resources, we have been crushed by Koreans in the World Championship. As we all know, games are a very important form of cultural exchange for young people. And if we can't beat Koreans in the League of Legends project, it will make young people worship Korean culture. ”

His voice suddenly became stern, "This is absolutely not allowed!" ”

Everyone thinks that the cadres of the e-sports department are all young people, just to keep up with the pace of game development, and the oldest person in the department is only 35 years old.

Therefore, they are well aware of the impact of e-sports on young people, no less than Japanese music in the 80s and 90s of the last century and later Taiwanese and Korean idol dramas.

And because e-sports is confrontational, it is more likely to arouse the admiration of young people than music and idol dramas.

In other words, South Korea can now carry out a cultural invasion of China through LOL.

Some may feel that this is a trivial matter, but at the national level, the slightest sign of this should not be allowed.

Sun Jin put his hands on the table and turned his gaze to Xie Rui, who was sitting on the side.

"Xiao Xie, the League of Legends project has always been in your hands. After that, you need to put a lot of thought into it. If there is anything that needs support, you can always ask it. The General Administration has issued instructions that we must not neglect the building of spiritual civilization among young people! ”

Everyone sat up straight all of a sudden, no wonder Minister Sun Jin was so solemn today, it turned out that the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China issued an order!

Xie Rui nodded hurriedly, "Don't worry, minister, I will definitely do a good job of this project!" ”

After saying this, he secretly asked, "Minister, why did the above suddenly start to pay attention to League of Legends?" ”

The e-sports department is all young people, although the minister Sun Jin is nearly fifty years old, he is active in thinking, and the people in the rivers and lakes are called old naughty boys, and he usually has a very good relationship with the members of the department.

Xie Rui asked, and he said mysteriously: "I can tell you that the above means that in this year's Asian Indoor Games, it is very likely that LOL will become one of the official events!" ”

Everyone was stunned, e-sports was originally regarded as an unpopular activity, and in recent years, there have been sports events that will treat e-sports as a performance event. However, it has never been an official sport!

Sun Jin smiled: "No way, the future is for young people." Esports is embraced by young people and will slowly become mainstream. ”

He looked at everyone and said meaningfully: "Times will change." ”

……

Time passed quickly, and the results of the LPL bubble match finally came out.

YG took the lead and secured the No. 2 seed.

In the end, it was the FPG and MNG in the lower bracket that faced off.

Dorami unleashed his genius tactical abilities at this time, and finally won 3-1 against MNG in the eyes of everyone's incredulous eyes! Got the last ticket to the World Championship for FPG!

Haojie sat in his seat with a flushed face, and his expression was the same as that of Ankai, who was lost at the beginning.

MNG fans wept for it, and many people also lamented that LPL was about to enter a new chapter.

An Kai and Hao Jie, two of the LPL's most prestigious professional players. As they grew older and injuries worsened, they slowly lost their dominance on the field.

For the first time, these two world-renowned legends were not seen on the stage of the World Championships.

Even the famous European commentator Shadow tweeted: Tribute to the two legends of the LPL, who missed the World Championship and will represent a new beginning for the LPL.

After the bubble race, it was the departure ceremony, and for this reason, they also finished their makeup early in the background, waiting for the ceremony to begin.

"Today, let's send our blessings to the three hero teams of the LPL! They have overcome all obstacles to the end and will represent all of our LPL viewers to the League of Legends World Championship! We wish them the best of luck to move forward, play our LPL style, and win the final championship! The host shouted enthusiastically.

All the members of the three teams, ME, YG, and FPG, stood on the stage, lined up with ME as the core, and received the blessings of all the fans on the scene and in front of the TV.

The feeling of the awakening of this kind of ceremony is average, because the cheers of the fans can't match the cheers of tens of thousands of people in the audience when they win the championship.

"Let's get it over quickly. After preparing all day, is it just to come here to make a show? "Wake up and complain in your heart.

After a series of sensational programs, the host stood in front of the stage and said something that caught the attention of everyone in the audience.

"Today, we have the privilege of having a special guest. Mr. Xie Rui from the E-sports Department of Shanghai Sports Bureau gave speeches to the three teams! ”

Su Xing's eyes widened, "Shanghai Municipal Sports Bureau? ”

How could it suddenly appear here, an important department that was originally in charge of traditional sporting events?

Xie Rui walked to the front of the stage in a suit, he took the microphone, and first expressed his wishes to wake them up.

"I hope you can represent the country and the region and play our role on the world stage......"

An impassioned speech, Su Xing didn't listen much, he just thought of something.

It was at this time that the General Administration of Sports began to pay attention to the cause of e-sports, and also promoted LOL into regular sports events.

At that time, the intensity was very large, and many people paid attention to it. But later, because the LPL did not achieve good results in the S competition, the final battle at the Beijing National Stadium turned out to be a duel between two South Korean teams, which suddenly chilled the hearts of many people.

As a result, LOL has become a regular sports event, and even the entry into the Asian Games and even the Olympic Games has been yellow.