Chapter 196: The Battle of Seattle
On July 30, five young people full of dreams traveled to Seattle, the venue of the highest tournament in the Dota world. This place has left an indelible impression on many people, and here, the people wearing the national flag are the most wonderful scenery in the world. Lu Hai, when they went to Seattle, they also brought the national flag, maybe they can really use it then?
On the plane to the US, the fourth brother Lu Hai, Li Nan, and Ling Yun, who participated in such a large-scale event for the first time, were a little nervous in their hearts, and Ling Yun never thought that one day he would be able to play such a game as a grassroots person.
"Lu Hai, I really brought the old bottom with me this time, I borrowed 10,000 yuan from my family, and brought all the living expenses I had saved before, and if I can't make a name for myself this time, it will be a real loss." Ling Yun said with a smile, he knew in his heart that as long as he appeared on the ti field, in this dota circle with thousands of cloud players, he would be directly popular.
Speaking of cloud players, why is Dota not popular now, the age group has generally soared, younger children can't understand this kind of difficult and difficult game, they tend to choose simpler CF or league games, older, go to work, don't have much time to play Dota, occasionally just tired at night to look at the explanations of the old guys, just laugh, these people, are also the mainstream in Dota, they are cloud players.
"Me too, what I told my family was to travel to the US, and the final exam was over, after all, my family gave me the money for a round-trip air ticket, and the rest was only the living expenses I had saved before." Li Nan symbolically touched his pocket and sighed. Going abroad at your own expense, even if it is a round of travel, each person has a bonus of tens of thousands of yuan, and now it has become a tourist visa, and if you can't bring back the money, it is equivalent to paying all the expenses yourself, which is very difficult.
Lu Hai thought about himself, and told his family to go out for a trip, and didn't tell them that it was us that he went, as long as he was 3,000 yuan, he couldn't even afford a plane ticket, Lu Hai saved more than 20,000 yuan and less than 30,000 yuan, and bought a round-trip ticket, only 10,000 yuan left, in us, this money is not calculated like this, even if 10,000 yuan, converted into a beautiful knife, it is only more than 1,000 yuan, after so many days? It's simply impossible not to find some part-time jobs.
"I feel that except for Erbing, you should not have enough money to stay until the tenth of August, enough to choke." The fourth brother said.
"Looking for a part-time job, after arriving in Seattle, we all train to five hours a day, and the rest of the time we all find something to do on our own, if we don't make money, we may not be able to live so many days." Lu Hai said, "If you have money, just train yourself, and you don't have to go out to work like us." Lu Hai said.
"Erbing, what about you? Is the cost enough? Lu Hai asked, it's been a year, who knows if Er Bing has spent the previous bonus, and if he finishes spent, he can only follow Lu Hai and them to find something to do.
"Don't you all have any money? Why don't I borrow you first? I won't be in a hurry in the future. Er Bing asked.
"No, this thing, I can't afford it, the treatment of a temporary job in us is not bad, I can earn 100 US dollars a day at most, and I feel that there should be no problem in barely living there." Lu Hai said.
He didn't want to borrow money, even if Er Bing borrowed tens of thousands of yuan from him, he still couldn't afford to pay it back, so wouldn't this borrowing money increase the psychological burden? It's not as comfortable as working together, the first time you go abroad, you have to see the world and learn something.
"Okay, five hours a day of training, and still work, you all have notebooks, right, why don't we find a host family in the evening?" Erbing suggested.
"What happened to the other teams?" Ling Yun asked curiously, there are several domestic teams that go with them, but their treatment is different from that of Lu Hai, those teams are basically the same as uncles.
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nbsp; "They all live in hotels, and the club pays for them, so they don't need a penny, of course they're comfortable." Er Bing said.
Alas...... Lu Hai sighed for a while in his heart, the world is impermanent, if he offends the forces, what good end can he have?
Er Bing noticed the change in the state of several people, and added: "But it doesn't matter, we are going to fight for the country, there will always be wise audiences who will stand on our side, the alliance or something, they can do whatever they like." ”
As soon as Er Bing's voice fell, someone on the plane leaned over and asked, "Are you the team that is going to participate in TI this year?" ”
"Yes, what?" Lu Hai looked curiously at the man who was sitting on the other side of the aisle and talking, he was not very old, and it looked like he should also be a college student, he directly guessed Lu Hai's identity, and Lu Hai immediately mentioned the nature.
"Really! I haven't seen any of you, don't you...... Are you the best? The civil team selected by the audition? The college student rubbed his eyes vigorously, he never thought that the team in front of him was the team he felt the most powerful.
"yes, you're going to Seattle to watch the game?" Ling Yun asked in a friendly manner.
"Well, I bought a ticket all the way to the finals, but I'm weird, the other teams seem to be in first class, don't you really have the support of the club and the boss? I heard that the water is quite deep. This guy made such a bold guess, but Lu Hai didn't say anything about him, but explained: "We are just five Dota fans......"
"Wow, you guys are really amazing, it's up to you and IGV this year, and the other teams don't feel as good as your two teams." This kid didn't lick his face to say that Lu Hai was good, this is a fact, among the domestic teams, the two strongest teams, the IGV with the highest points ranking in the direct invitation, the strongest best in the qualifiers, blowing Lu Hai them, no problem.
"Thank you, we'll do our best." Lu Hai said.
The college student glanced at it a few more times, only to find a strange place: "Huh? This is not ......" He found out that the person sitting in the corner was actually the tallest person who raised the champion shield last year, how could he be here, could it be that Er Bing was really last year's iceice?
"Don't be surprised, I came with them to TI this year and changed teammates." Er Bing explained in a whisper.
"......" The college student didn't know what to say for a while, and said, "My name is Jing Kaixuan, can I ask you for an autograph?" ”
"Signature? My signature is worthless......" Er Bing touched his head innocently, saying that he didn't understand, what do you want your signature for? It's not handsome, you can't hold a photo, and you're not a star player, what's the point......
"Being able to get your autograph, I feel like I've been playing Dota for so long."
Er Bing couldn't shirk it anymore, people just wanted an autograph, and Er Bing quickly wrote one for him.
"Thank you, I'm the number one fan of best this year, haha."
On the plane, Lu Hai didn't expect that there would be one more number one fan in the team, this student, who was as big as himself, but he felt like a child, an indescribable childlike innocence......
The road to Seattle was a long one, flying for almost twelve hours, and finally reaching the place where the dream began.
(The price of a ticket from Magic City to Seattle fluctuates, between 4,000 and 24,000, which is a large range.) )
Lu Hai went abroad for the first time
The first time I came to Seattle, I didn't know anything, I could only follow Erbing, he had been here once, he must know the whole process, and it would be good to have such a guide in the team.
"Erbing, that, where should we go first?" Lu Hai asked for help.
Er Bing thought for a while: "Are we going to live in the city center?" The cheap one over there costs about $300 a night, can you afford it? "Erbing can afford this, but as long as the game is played, it will take more than ten days to fight until the end, 300 US dollars a day, and almost more than 3,000 US dollars will go out, which is a lot of money.
The fourth brother said: "How many rooms is 300 US dollars a night in the hotel?" ”
"Us has always been apartment-style, usually 300 US dollars, about three bedrooms, almost all five of us can live, but Li Nan is a girl, I feel that the five of us live together, is it really good?" Er Bing said embarrassedly.
"It's okay, I don't mind, Lu Hai just sleeps on the sofa." Li Nan covered her mouth to steal fun, of course she was joking......
"If we live near the airport, there is a double tree, almost more than 100 US dollars a night, which is not very expensive, and we have to take the light rail during the day, which is not slow." Er Bing said another choice.
However, the fourth brother replied very simply: "No, just live in the city center, I can afford three or four hundred dollars a night, I finally came once, this visa is for my sake, I will use the money to make up for everyone." ”
Everyone knows very well in their hearts that the visa failure is not all because of the fourth brother, even if Lu Hai goes to do it, it will be the same result, the fourth brother said such a thing, Lu Hai felt a little unhappy in his heart.
"There are five of us in total, and we can divide it evenly every day, and each person can probably get about eighty dollars a night, and we will go out to find something to do, and we can still afford to pay for it, and if we eat, we will spend it as a lot of money." Lu Hai said.
"I think so too, it's too interesting to let you control it, I don't want to live in vain and ruin my character." Ling Yun also said, the fourth brother glanced at Li Nan, she also nodded, and Er Bing made the same move.
Seeing that the four of them were like this, the fourth brother couldn't say anything more, so he had to choose to agree with their idea and live in the center of the city. A place like Doubletree is often more suitable for one or two people, and may be more suitable.
When the plane arrived, it was already about six o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Hai they quickly took the light rail to the city center, there are few people in us, and the transportation is convenient, this Lu Hai has a deep experience, sure enough, out of China, to such a developed country, only to find out how inconvenient the traffic in China is.
"Little brother, when we see Ang in a few days, we'll leave first." Ling Yun waved his hand to the college student who was still packing up his things and said.
"No, I want to go with you, where do you live? Can I live next to you, anyway, it's my first time here, I don't know anything, can you take me? Jing Kaixuan's eyes were full of urgency, and he looked like he wanted to follow Lu Hai and them.
"What to do? Lu Hai, you say, let him follow? Ling Yun asked.
"Follow, it's the first time we're here, so let's make friends, anyway, a few of us are not celebrities except for Erbing, and there is nothing to lose our identity, so let's follow." Lu Hai said.
"Okay, you can come with us." After Lu Hai spoke, he nodded and agreed, and Jing Kaixuan suddenly nodded wildly with joy, "Hmm! Well! Well! Well! He followed Lu Hai and a few of them to the city center, dont
on, the most prosperous area.
The venue of the game is in the Key Arena, which is the most prosperous area in the city center, and Lu Hai and they are not going to live next to the Key Arena, but are ready to live in a reasonably priced area in the city center.
Sitting in the car, Lu Hai looked at the constantly changing scenery outside, and couldn't help but say: "It's really different from the scenery in China...... The architectural styles of this building are all so different. ”
"You're just the tip of the iceberg, and when you look around, you'll find that in fact, our country is still far from it, and it's not as it says on TV, it's already catching up with ......," Er Bing said.
The light rail of us is still quite fast, and it didn't take a while, Lu Hai and they had already arrived in the city center, on Airbnb, Lu Hai they first found a hill home hotel, which said that it was 400 US dollars a night, which can accommodate up to four people, saying that it is four people, two double beds, a sofa bed, after the sofa bed is opened, it is the same as a double bed, basically enough, think about it, they are all big men, and there is no problem for two people to sleep in one bed.
Tentatively here, after Lu Hai made an appointment, he went directly to the target point. Jing Kaixuan didn't know anything and followed Lu Hai and them.
Hill Home is a private house of US, a rental is a complete set, Lu Hai and the five of them, found the owner.
The owner of the house is a person from us, he speaks English, Lu Hai's English level is 0, he can't understand it at all, he can't communicate, and among the other people in the team, Li Nan is the same, he can't understand anything, not to mention the fourth brother, everyone is an excavator school, half a catty and eight taels, not much worse. Lingyun will be a little bit, and he is not very strong, and it is estimated that he is only at the level of elementary school.
What about Erbing? When he came last year, he basically ate and drank in Aton, and when he lived, he was managed by the boss before the club, and his English was not sixth, which was very embarrassing.
At this time, the situation was a little urgent, and Jing Kaixuan, who was standing behind the five of them, suddenly stood up.
"You ...... Is there something going on? He saw that Lu Hai and they didn't say a word, and he felt that something should be wrong, so he hurriedly stood up and helped.
"Do you know English? Help us talk to him and see how we can stay. ”
"Okay." Jing Kaixuan said, and then asked the foreigner about the accommodation in fluent English, his fluent English, immediately stunned the five people present, I thought it was a game otaku, but I didn't expect it to be a school bully......
"He said 500 US dollars a night, I talked to him a little, 450 a night, not allowed to damage his facilities, he knew that we were Huaxia, specially told me that IFI has no password, casually connected, check out after 12 o'clock in the morning." Jing Kai said.
"Wow, you're too good, English is so six, which school are you from?" The fourth brother asked in amazement.
"Imperial Capital Foreign Chinese Language School, do you have an imperial capital?" Jing Kaixuan asked.
"The three of us are from the imperial capital." Lu Hai pointed at Li Nan and the fourth brother and gestured.
"Oh yes! That's really great! You guys live first, I just saw that there is no one living in the house opposite, I'll go see if I can live on the opposite side, you can only hold four people here, do you want to go over one? Jing Kaixuan asked in a friendly manner.
"It's okay, we have to train, discuss things, you go and live, we'll stay here." Lu Hai said, and at the same time made a friendly gesture to the foreigner landlord, nodded, this foreigner is also quite funny, and smiled at Lu Hai, it seems that laughing is really a friendly way without borders......
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