matchstick heaven

Xi'an, Ming City Wall.The evening wind was not very gentle, and it whizzed past.

"Hey... I see, I'll think of a way... What does the official say now? Must someone be replaced immediately? How long? Within today? Okay... I see, I'll ask again."

Shen Qing hung up the phone and glanced at Zhou Chenshan.

There was no expression on that pale face, even a little dull.

"Brother Zhang said that if he can't make up the list today, he will be directly sentenced to lose in the next game."

Zhou Chenshan whispered: "Why are you so harsh?"

"Um……"

The regulations were decided by the authorities, and Zhang Renmin had already argued for them. Since he couldn't refute them, he could only accept them silently.

Zhou Chenshan couldn't bear it, but at this time, he couldn't do anything except hug Shen Qing's thin shoulders tightly.

He has also encountered partners who lack the spirit of contract. Usually he will solve the crisis perfectly and make the other party regret afterwards.But now the Hawks have to finish the game, and they can't even find a sixth man willing to represent the team.

According to this year's regulations, people who are not on the entry list cannot be temporarily added to the field. The second team of the Eagles did not over-apply for the list of places for the World Championship because they had time to participate in small competitions and sponsor activities that overlapped during the World Championship.

Now, they couldn't move an inch.

"What about UN? They just finished the game, maybe they are not ready to return home yet, the players should be willing to have the opportunity to continue playing?" Zhou Chenshan proposed.

Shen Qing stayed for a long time, and then it seemed as if her brain started working again.

He licked his lips and replied, "I've asked, but the club doesn't want to let him go."

"Which clubs have you asked? Is there any one with higher hopes?" Zhou Chenshan asked softly.

This problem made Shen Qing return to a slightly better state, trying to solve the problem again.

"The other three teams in the LPL have asked, and they don't have any substitutes to spare. Although KOG has two substitutes, their starting positions in these two positions are unstable and they need to rotate."

"Well, what else?"

Shen Qing recalled: "I also contacted several companies that had made an appointment for the training match before, and only POP said to wait for them to think about it."

"POP has been eliminated, right? It seems that their players are already preparing to return home."

"Hmm... I also know the coaching staff of the teams that have played against each other in the group stage. I'll ask them."

"Okay, if it doesn't work, you can buy a name at a high price."

Shen Qing picked up the phone again, ready to call the coach of the Brazilian team Q7.

At this time, a call came in.It's Lu Man.

"Hello?" When Shen Qing picked it up, her voice was trembling a little.

"Hey, Coach Shen, do you still need someone?"

"Yes! Would you like to borrow it?"

"It's like this. Our team leader said that you are in a hurry to make up the roster. It just so happens that Luigi, the starting support in our team, wants to stay for a few more days to travel. I have very little English, so I guess it's not very good to really play."

Shen Qing didn't care about so much anymore, the most important thing is to be able to make up the list now.

"Yes! Can he go to sign now? Our team leader and boss are here."

"Okay," said Lu Man on the other end of the phone, "Don't worry, I'll let him go there now. Then what will you do next?"

Shen Qing lowered his head and thought for a while, then said in a muffled voice: "Let's see again, ask if there are any support players who are willing to play, and then make up the list again. Well... Let us pay for Luigi's board and lodging expenses these days, besides……"

He asked Zhou Chenshan for his opinion with his eyes.

Zhou Chenshan continued his words directly: "Eagle will give POP a thank you money, thank you for your help in difficult times."

Lu Man smiled: "Oh, so good? All right, I'll let Luigi come over first."

"Okay, thank you very much!" Shen Qing thanked him thousands of times before hanging up the phone.

Strong winds blew up the walls of the city, and the sun in the distance was sinking to the west with the last ray of orange light remaining, and the sky was filled with brilliant orange-red clouds.

Shen Qing blinked.

"Found someone."

Zhou Chenshan patted him on the shoulder comfortingly: "Yes."

"It's cold, let's go back."

"it is good."

When the two came out, they didn't bring other clothes. Shen Qing said it was cold, so Zhou Chenshan trotted back to the car with his arms around him.

Shen Qing called Zhang Renmin on the way back: "It's Luigi, POP's starting assistant. He doesn't understand the language, and he may not be good at playing games. Let's report to him first, and then find out if anyone else is willing to borrow... Well, I I know...I'm going back to the hotel now, yes, let me tell the team members, don't worry...well, goodbye."

The car drove through the lively neighborhood, following the light and shadow cast by the night lights, and finally returned to the hotel where all the Eagles players and staff gathered.They are all anxiously awaiting the news.

From the moment Shen Qing entered the elevator, she regained the demeanor a coach should have.

Zhou Chenshan followed behind him, never leaving.

The elevator door opened.

The floor is quiet, the lights are dim and ambiguous, and there is a scent of fruity aromatherapy.

"Knock knock knock."

He knocked on the door of the standard room between old F and Luna.

"coming--"

As soon as the door was opened, the lights inside were bright, and there were many people staying in the small room.The players are all there.

"Coach!" Old F shouted in surprise, "We are all discussing what to do, do you have a solution?"

Shen Qing closed the door and looked around, Little F, Black Tea, Pan Luping... and the bot duo, all of them didn't show any frustration on their faces, they were a little nervous, and they were seriously thinking about ways to save the team, but No one bowed their head and threw in the towel, and no one gave up hope.

"For the time being, I asked POP's assistant to help us put up a name."

"Oh, that's okay." Old F said.

"It's a relief, but I still have to find a substitute." Luna nodded.

"Maybe an LPL team will be eliminated in the next game-ahhh! Maybe the old F will play at his best all the way to the end! There is no need for a substitute!" Little F was a little impatient.

Shen Qing said in a calm tone: "Let's do this for now. After these two days are over, we will go to the eliminated team to ask, or rent one at a high price, and we should be able to rent it. You should train as usual first, come on, The coaching staff will go to the meeting with me first."

They spent an afternoon digesting the predicament in front of them and slowly regaining their mentality.The players scored high in the national server, and the coaching staff held a meeting to discuss alternate plans.

In the evening, the whole team watched the match between SPP and NSS together.

The result of this game was a bit unexpected.The No. 8 seed SPP from the LEC defeated the No. [-] seed NSS in the LCK. So far, the traditional top [-] division LCK has stopped in the top [-] this year, which is really a shame for the division.

Once upon a time, the LCK has always been a nightmare for other regions, and it was a mountain that blocked teams from other regions in the quarterfinals.

It's a pity that if you sail against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat.

This year's LCK failed to achieve good results. Maybe after a whole new season next year and the whip of this shame now, they can make a comeback.

At this moment, Shen Qing only cared about the winner.

The SPP team only bought seats last year and began to appear in the public eye. The name and team logo are very "girly", and there is even a top laner with beards and loves to wear kilts.

Their team name is taken from a classic old game "SuperPrincessPeach" more than ten years ago. Everyone loves to call them Super Peach, SuperPeach.

This team has passed all the way to the top of the LEC this summer, and has a faint sense of dominance of the "sons of the version".

Their strongest is the wild-core jungler 008. KOG didn't get much benefit from him in the group stage. When they met in the second round, KOG directly came to a five-ban jungler. In the end, they still couldn't win. too easy.

"SPP should not be underestimated," Shen Qing said to the team members, "Look, if you are arrogant, you will lose the game and go home."

But the Eagles are unlikely to be arrogant at this time.

Coupled with the excitement of this game, all members of the Eagles were more focused than ever on that night.

Passionate shouts came from the e-sports training room prepared by the hotel, and the coaching staff held an all-night meeting in the small conference room next door to discuss the new BP strategy.

Now the quarter-finals are not over yet, but the BP direction can be roughly finalized, and only the part against the opponent is left, which needs to be decided after the results of the game come out.

Shen Qing stayed up all night, having heated discussions with the assistant coach and analyst, during which quarrels broke out, but many useful conclusions were also drawn.When the sky was bright and there were lively voices outside, he realized that the night had passed.

He stood up and thumped his shoulders, preparing to lie down for a while.

Walking outside, he unexpectedly saw Zhou Chenshan coming over with two sets of breakfast.

"It's over?" Zhou Chenshan asked.

"Hmm..." Shen Qing saw his deep dark circles and asked, "Did you accompany me yesterday?"

Zhou Chenshan laughed out loud: "I'm sitting next to you, didn't you notice?"

Shen Qing suddenly felt guilty.

He was too focused to notice.

"You should go to bed first, you don't need to accompany me...I'm going to lie down for a while now, and get up to watch the game in the afternoon."

Zhou Chenshan gave him a plate: "Eat breakfast before going to bed."

Only then did Shen Qing slowly realize that Zhou Chenshan was wearing a shirt, trousers, and leather shoes.

"are not you going to rest?"

"No, there will be a very important press conference in a few days, and I will arrange it remotely."

"What press conference?"

"The new engine is coming out, and it will be released in 4 days, after which it will be put on sale in major shopping malls and online flagship stores."

"Wow... so fast!" Shen Qing exclaimed sincerely.

"It was originally a semi-finished product with 7% of the development, and we added some ideas of our own later."

He kept his head on the game, and he didn't know...

"Four days later... isn't that the day of the first round of the semi-finals?"

"correct."

Zhou Chenshan raised his hand with a smile, and messed up Shen Qing's unruly hair: "This press conference is very grand, I hope this engine itself can be successful, and it would be great if you can win the competition. "

Shen Qing smiled embarrassedly.

"Go back to your room, call me if you need anything."

"Okay... you... also pay attention to rest."

Shen Qing returned to the room with weak steps.But the strange thing was that he felt physically tired, but mentally he was extremely excited. His mind was full of clear logic, complex calculations, and new ideas emerging one after another.

He thought of the unexpected exit of the LCK this year, and of a certain season many years ago, when the LPL was just as dark.

He thought of Chengdu again. After all 4 games in this round are finished, the officials will arrange for everyone to go there.Therefore, he has 2 more days to rest.

He also thought of old F's unstable state, Yueshen's secret desire to win, the back view of Black Tea and Pan Luping sitting there forever playing ranked together, and little F...and the one who hadn't suffered a lot before themselves together.

Like to flash forward, you may be scolded if you lose, but you can jump up and shout "Nice" if you win.

How similar.

The new engine including KUP is also constantly emerging in his mind.

He didn't sleep well, he just lay down and thought in vain all morning, and then his consciousness settled for about 2 hours. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the alarm clock to watch the game woke him up.

The curtains were drawn in the room, but sunlight still seeped in.

Shen Qing was very awake, she blinked and found that she was not sleepy anymore.He got up quickly to take a shower, then went downstairs to the small meeting room assigned to his team, and watched the upcoming game with everyone.

This match between AT and PP belongs to the LPL civil war. The barrage is generally relatively easy, but it is very difficult for the PP players on the field.

In the LPL, I was beaten by AT, and in the World Championship, I will lose face again.

I don't know if it's because of this kind of psychology, PP didn't even play at the level it should have been, and the strength of the whole BO5 confrontation was very weak, and Shen Qing even fell asleep for a while.

"Tsk, this PP didn't even use AT's hidden moves."

"Wow, AT is too easy."

"I can see that Coach Guo's face is almost numb with a smile. It's really easy to win."

Shen Qing shook her head helplessly.

After that, all the staff stayed up all night, and then used the day to catch up on sleep.

The team's team leader, manager, and boss were all looking for substitutes to support players, including PP who had just been eliminated, but they were unlucky and couldn't find a suitable substitute in the end.

In the last match of the quarterfinals, KOG faced Brazil's wild card team Q7.

Q7, the wild card team, suddenly emerged. In the group stage, they defeated the LPL No. 5 seed Eagle, which was infinitely optimistic about the outside world. Therefore, they received great attention from the KOG team. As a result, they were severely beaten by KOG in this BO[-].

At the end of the game, all Q7 members put on pain masks.

But this game is much more valuable to Shen Qing than last night's game.

What KOG played in the first two rounds was something they studied secretly. Although there must be some tricks hidden, it is good to be able to play a little bit.

This is followed by a new round of draws.

A week later in Chengdu, there will be a duel between SPP and KOG first, and Eagle and AT the next day. The LPL civil war will inevitably be staged again.