Chapter 242: WCG, Welcome Home
On October 12, Wang Feiyu, Gou Xiaoyun, Lin Potian and others had just stepped out of the plane when they saw a huge banner. [No pop-up novel network]
"WCG, welcome home."
Although they had been prepared, the deafening shouts and the falling spotlights still startled Wang Feiyu and the others. Huang Xiaolu shyly hid behind Wang Feiyu, while Gou Xiaoyun looked at the crowd and frenzied shouts at the exit of the airport in Seoul in confusion.
Wang Feiyu turned his head to look at Lin Potian, who shrugged his shoulders with a smile.
Lin Potian has already participated in the WCG once, although the venue for the final of the last WCG was Australia, but Lin Potian has already seen the frenzy of Korean interstellar fans.
In their own country, the Koreans, who regard the interstellar as their national skill, of course, show their enthusiasm without reservation.
The WCG was originally funded by SAMSUNG in South Korea, and although it has become a global competition like the World Cup in football, this competition has a special meaning for Koreans. And the banner "WCG, Welcome Home" speaks to the hearts of all esports fans in Korea.
Even Wang Feiyu thinks that it is understandable for Koreans to put up such a slogan.
Because the original WCG finals, the venue of the competition, was all in South Korea, and it was not until this competition really became a popular event that took the world by storm, and it was not changed.
This slogan, when South Korea applied to host the WCG finals stage of the competition, the excited Koreans had already put up such a slogan at the application site.
WCG is to Koreans what the Olympics are to Athens.
The distance from the airport to the WCG Athletes' Village is 18 kilometers, but in such a short distance, the bus used to pick up and drop off the athletes took more than half an hour.
It's not that there is something wrong with the bus used by the Korean WCG organizing committee to pick up and drop off the players, but the interstellar enthusiasts who flock to the country along the way, which is really endless.
Seeing such a scene, Wang Feiyu could only sigh secretly. South Korea is indeed the best place to host a WCG.
And when Gou Xiaoyun saw so many signs standing on the side of the road with the avatars or names of Wang Feiyu and Lin Potian, his eyes were already straight, and among so many interstellar enthusiasts, Gou Xiaoyun actually found a lot of his supporters.
Seeing the enthusiasm of so many Koreans, Gou Xiaoyun felt incredible. Because in Gou Xiaoyun's imagination, Wang Feiyu and Lin Potian and others, no matter how famous they are, will not be comparable to these superstars in South Korea, and as soon as Wang Feiyu and Lin Potian appeared, they were already so welcomed, if it was the local kings of South Korea, what would happen to the scene?
Will it be so congested that there is no way to pass on the road? Gou Xiaoyun thinks it's possible.
If the road is so congested that there is no way to pass, of course there is no way to race, and in fact, Kinsir, Jimwo, HonYung and others have never been late for the race.
As soon as they appeared, although they would cause such a sensation, they would not be as exaggerated as Gou Xiaoyun imagined. Because Gou Xiaoyun forgot a very simple truth.
Movie stars and singers from one country may not be very popular when they go to another country, but when a football star and a basketball star go to another country, the effect is completely different.
No matter what country Beckham goes to, he will cause a burst of screams, and Baggio's eyes can easily touch a person's heart, which is exactly the reason.
Competitive competitions usually have no borders. And interstellar is also a competitive competition that attracts thousands of enthusiasts.
So in the minds of these Korean interstellar fans, there is no absolute difference between kings like Wang Feiyu and Lin Potian and local superstars.
Gou Xiaoyun didn't expect this, nor did he think of the power of the current network. In fact, when Gou Xiaoyun's REP of 4 Drones singled out 4 SCVs at the same time spread on the Internet, almost everyone in the world already knew about this genius boy in China.
Gou Xiaoyun is already so famous, not to mention Lin Potian, who defeated Jinsir, the Korean Protoss Heavenly King, at the Masters, and Pro^W^, who is almost undefeated on TOPQ and once defeated Jimwo.
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When he arrived at the WCG player village in Seoul, Gou Xiaoyun was taken aback again.
When he got off the bus, Gou Xiaoyun, who had seen the density of buildings in Seoul along the way, thought that he had walked into a real royal garden.
In the athletes' village, as the daily rest and entertainment of the athletes, the main building used for practice only occupies less than one-third of the entire area of the athletes' village. The remaining two-thirds of the area is covered by a variety of dense trees and exotic flowers.
Although RVA's headquarters in Shanghai is already known as the Royal Garden, compared to the WCG player village in front of it, it is like a farmer's backyard.
In this garden, there are all kinds of ancillary facilities such as swimming pools, gymnasiums, living halls, etc., which are probably nothing more than the ancillary facilities of the best five-star hotels in Korea.
In such an environment, even Lin Potian, who participated in WCG once, couldn't help but admire. Lin Potian knows very well that the environment and facilities here are not necessarily much better than the last Australian player village. But Lin Potian knows better that this is Seoul, where every inch of land is valuable. Even the government departments of Seoul would have been able to build such a building on such a site. Because no one can tolerate such an almost extravagant architectural style in Seoul.
However, the construction of this athletes' village only took a year, and there was no resistance at all during this period.
This alone can be seen what kind of status Interstellar has in this country.
And the treatment of interstellar players in this country is also unprecedented.
The service staff in the athletes' village are all selected from volunteers from various universities in Korea. Among them, a large number of beauties were dazzled by Gou Xiaoyun's eyes. What made Gou Xiaoyun's face blush and heartbeat was that many of them would actually ask Gou Xiaoyun in standard Chinese: "Are you Lovedog Gou Xiaoyun from China?" ”
When Gou Xiaoyun blushed and nodded, the eyes of these girls usually shone with admiration and excitement, and then pulled Gou Xiaoyun to take a group photo and sign it.
Then he would secretly tell Gou Xiaoyun not to tell others about them taking photos with Gou Xiaoyun and asking for autographs, because asking for autographs and photos from the contestants is the same as harassing the contestants, and it is not allowed in the staff's rules.
Gou Xiaoyun had already dizzy, and of course he nodded his head like a rattle.
Of course, Wang Feiyu and Lin Potian are much more mature than Gou Xiaoyun, and Wang Feiyu and Lin Potian are originally famous handsome guys in the domestic interstellar world. Wang Feiyu's smile and Lin Potian's cold and arrogant expression have always caused many girls to scream.
But Wang Feiyu and Lin Potian don't seem to be as popular as Gou Xiaoyun.
There are relatively few Korean beauties who ask Lin Potian for autographs and ask for group photos, because although Lin Potian now has a smile on his face from time to time, and the whole person is not as cold and arrogant as before, but Lin Potian, who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, does not look like a "civilian master" Gou Xiaoyun after all, it is easy to approach, not to mention that Lin Potian's T-shirt is printed with Lin Potian's smiling face. And in the middle of them, there was a small face in front of them with open eyes, as if curious.
In September, Lin Potian became a father proudly. And when Lin Potian set foot on the road to South Korea, Lin Potian and Xin's son also happened to be full moon.
Married men are naturally not as popular with girls as unmarried men, let alone men who keep a photo of a family of three on their chests at all times. So although Lin Potian is handsome and cool, he is far less popular than Gou Xiaoyun.
Wang Feiyu is not married, he is also very handsome, and his smile, in the words of many people, can also fascinate people. But Wang Feiyu is also not as popular as Gou Xiaoyun.
Wang Feiyu is not as popular as Gou Xiaoyun, and the reason for his popularity is Huang Xiaolu.
There may be many girls as beautiful as Huang Xiaolu, but there are definitely not too many girls with the same fresh and refined temperament as Huang Xiaolu.
No matter what kind of girl she is, when she sees a girl like Huang Xiaolu, she will always feel a little jealous and inferior. And when such a girl walked by Wang Feiyu's side all day long, these girls who wanted to get close to Wang Feiyu could only secretly look at their idols and the prince charming in their dreams from afar.
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On October 13, 120 players from more than 70 countries from all over the world rushed to the WCG Player Village in Seoul.
After receiving a group of European players such as Knife at the door of the player village, Gou Xiaoyun was very happy.
Although Knife is an "outsider" in RVA, he and Gou Xiaoyun are the best friends.
In Witch's words, Knife and Gou Xiaoyun are, a pair of living treasures.
Although the relationship with Wang Feiyu and others is quite good, in Gou Xiaoyun's mind, Wang Feiyu is more like Gou Xiaoyun's eldest brother and master, while Gou Xiaoyun and Knife are relatively close in age. The personalities of the two men are equally eclectic.
So seeing the arrival of Knife, Gou Xiaoyun was happier than anyone else. Under the introduction of Knife, Gou Xiaoyun also quickly got to know these famous European macho men who often fought with him online, but had never met him.
Xray, a German expert who likes to wear sunglasses and look cool. A Belgian Terran master machine with red hair. Wearing thick black-rimmed glasses, FireGun, which looks like Harry Potter but is known for its violent play. and Artwar, an Italian master known as a European interstellar artist, and so on.
These people are all internationally famous masters, and most of them have also fought with Gou Xiaoyun online. And these people are dressed like Knife, with great personality. If it weren't for the fact that Gou Xiaoyun had already been surprised by Knife's outfit, when he saw these legendary fierce men, Gou Xiaoyun would really be surprised by the gap between reality and imagination.
On the contrary, it was Xray and others who were surprised, although Knife had already described Gou Xiaoyun and Wang Feiyu and others as they did, and they had also seen photos of Wang Feiyu and Gou Xiaoyun and others from the Internet, but when they really saw Gou Xiaoyun face to face, they still couldn't accept it, Gou Xiaoyun, who was like a little hairy child, was actually the Lovedog who had fought with them to the death on TOPQ and abused himself perfectly countless times.
"The gap between reality and imagination is really big." These are the first thoughts of the European players when they enter the Players' Village.
"Someone who can win the WCG championship from so many masters is like a god." This is the second impression that these people have when they enter the training hall of the athletes' village and see the dense crowd of human heads.
In the WCG player hall, there are 180 of the latest computers, which are not only connected to the home area network, but also can be connected to the Internet, that is to say, the players who train here can choose to play IPX with the masters here, or they can find suitable training objects through the Internet.
The good facilities provided by the organizers and the dense sound of keyboard tapping made these new European players feel very shocked.
Especially these people, like Gou Xiaoyun, are all participating in WCG for the first time, although they have already expected what kind of grand event WCG is, but when they see so many masters from all over the world appear in front of their eyes, these people are still speechless all of a sudden.
Before participating in the WCG, everyone will have a dream in their hearts, but they will hope that they will have the opportunity to lift the WCG championship trophy, but when they see the black head sitting there in front of them, everyone will understand at once how difficult it is to complete this dream.
Just seeing such a scene, in the minds of these people, they have a deep respect for Jimwo.
No matter who you are, as long as you win the WCG championship, it is enough to deserve the respect of others, especially in the minds of those who have participated in the WCG, and you know the weight of this WCG championship.
So even when Boxer starts to go downhill, everyone will still call him Emperor. Because everyone, will remember his performance at WCG, and the era he started.
The person who can win the WCG championship is the one who can usher in a new era in the stars, and Jimwo is such a person.
From the moment Jimwo won the WCG championship, Jimwo became a new peak in the interstellar world, and at that moment, Jimwo also became the goal of all interstellar players to catch up.
However, Jimwo is still undefeated, and has won 23 consecutive matches in South Korea's big and small competitions this year, and Jimwo is the real undefeated king.
And now, this undefeated king is going to appear in the WCG again. Just thinking about the possibility of playing against such a legend already makes many players who have worked so hard to pass the selection tournament already feel their blood boiling.
Jimwo is an interstellar player who can make people's blood boil just by thinking about it.
So, where is the legendary Jimwo now?
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