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Bai Chuxia has already taken the entrance examination and her results are good, at least she has met her own expectations.

The most important thing about coming to South Korea this time is to watch Lu Ziang's game.

Secondly, Riot Games has invited her to perform.

She has confirmed a performance program for the MSI finals and pre-match performances, and will participate in a brand new identity.

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The group stage is a BO1 double round-robin format.

The win points +1, and the top four teams with cumulative points will enter the knockout stage.

The schedule is a total of 5 days, and each team needs to play two BO1 games every day, for a total of 10 BO1 games.

The fourth day of EDG's arrival in South Korea: May 10.

This year's MSI Mid-Season Champions Invitational and group stage officially announced the start.

There are a total of six participating teams in this group stage, from major regions around the world.

Some have fought through the qualifying rounds, and there are also spring champions from the three major regions.

As time goes by, the popularity of e-sports is also rising, and it is not just in China that the e-sports craze has emerged.

Globally, the influence of e-sports is getting higher and higher every year.

Especially the LOL event, which is already recognized as the most popular e-sports event in the world.

The number of online viewers of its official events can already beat traditional sports events such as the Premier League, the Champions League, and the NBA.

Of course, it is limited to "online". After all, the soil of e-sports is online, while the main field of traditional sports is offline.

It is difficult to distinguish between the two.

But as long as the Internet continues to develop and continue to penetrate into people's lives, then e-sports will be the future.

Incheon Gymnasium, South Korea.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the first day of the group stage, the first game is DWGvsEDG.

This is the arrangement of the organizer, and the opening game will directly increase the intensity: LCKvsLPL.

Today, these two regions are recognized as the strongest two regions worldwide.

In major regions around the world, they have a lot of fans and popularity.

In China, it is 5pm in the afternoon, and the opening match of the first day of the group stage is about to start.

In the LPL official event live broadcast room, a large number of viewers have already poured in, and the popularity value is rising rapidly, and soon reached 210 million.

"The big turtle (DWG team) is said to be very strong this year. Xu Xiu is almost equivalent to Lu Ziang in LCK."

"What a pity! I can't see Xu Xiu vs. Lu Ziang. It depends on whether Zuo Shou can withstand Xu Xiu's attack!"

"Come on EDG! We must win the first game, kill the LCK's spirit first, and tell them that LPL is the fucking first division."

"Although the offline game is in South Korea, why do I feel like I'm at home, fuck."

The live broadcast room OB perspective showed the scene.

The venue for the group stage is an indoor e-sports venue, also called Incheon E-sports Arena, which can accommodate more than 8,000 people for viewing at the same time.

The venue was built in recent years. After its completion, it has always been the home of the LCK region. Finals such as the Spring Finals and the Summer Finals are all held in this venue.

South Korea is just a small country. Although it is a developed country, its total population is only over 50 million, and its fertility rate is still the lowest in the world.

Although e-sports is extremely popular here, the base is here after all.

Even for a game like the Summer Finals, it is very good to fill the venue.

The organizer thought that it would be very good if 50% of the tickets for the group stage could be sold. As a result, the tickets were sold out in an instant as soon as they were released.

For this reason, the venue also temporarily expanded its capacity, while ensuring the viewing experience at each position, squeezing the utilization of space to the extreme.

The original capacity of 8,000 guests has been increased to 12,000, and it is still far from enough.

So that a large number of spectators gathered outside the venue, and the number of LPL spectators on the scene was directly more than half, giving people a sense of déjà vu as if they were in the home court of LPL.

Looking around, EDG team support items can be seen everywhere.

This is the home court of LCK? !

In the live broadcast room of the LCK official event, Kimchi TV, the largest live broadcast platform in South Korea, the number of real-time online viewers has exceeded 1 million.

Compared with the "popularity value" of the Chinese online live broadcast platform, the real-time online number of Kimchi TV is almost non-existent.

1 million viewers, that means there are basically 1 million people watching the game.

Both live broadcast rooms have the same live screen.

When South Korean netizens saw the live screen, they all complained:

"Wow! This is the home court of LCK! Why are there so many LPL viewers?!"

"By the way, how much is the ticket?Brothers and sisters nearby can go to the scene to support DWG... We can't let LPL occupy our home court. "

"The ticket is less than 60,000 yuan, which is equivalent to the price of a barbecue meal, but the problem is that it is impossible to get it..."

"Wow. Less than 60,000 yuan? It's less than 1/3 of the standing ticket for my idol's concert. It's so cheap? I want to go to the scene tomorrow."

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Each team will arrange at least one BO1 every day in the group stage, so each team must stay on site to prepare for the game.

At this moment, in the EDG team lounge, everyone is ready and quietly waiting for the notification from the on-site staff.

Only Qijiang seems a little anxious, walking back and forth in the room, rubbing his face with his hands, as if thinking about what else he has not said.

"By the way!"

"There is one more thing to add. The prize money for this year's MSI Mid-Season Champions Invitational is 5 million US dollars + 35% of the total sales revenue of 3 limited skins! "

After saying that, Qijiang looked at Chen Dong again, signaling him with his eyes to add something.

"Ahem, ahem." Seeing this, Chen Dong, who was sitting on the chair, stood up and added seriously: "No one will complain about money. Honor and money are both indispensable!"

"5 million US dollars, according to the current exchange rate of 1:7, that is 3500 RMB. The three limited edition skins account for 35% of the total sales, and conservatively estimated to be at least 1000 RMB."

"The total is 45 million. This year, Riot has invested a lot of money. Compared with last year's MSI, the prize money has increased by more than 5 times. "

Hearing this, several EDG players were a little excited.

Even Lu Ziang felt sad, because he also knew that the prize money for LOL competitions has never been much.

The prize pool for the next-door DOTA2 world championship has reached nine figures.

Seeing that everyone seemed a little excited, Chen Dong continued to smile and said:

"In the past, the prize pool was divided among the participating teams. Even the champion could only get 40% of it at most."

"Starting from this competition, the champion team will get 100% of the prize pool, and the rest of the participating teams... will only cover air tickets, food and accommodation... Do you understand what I mean?"

"After winning the championship. These bonuses, after deducting taxes, will all be given to you!"

"Fuck." 369 clenched his fists excitedly. His annual salary is not high.

After joining EDG, the bonuses he received have far exceeded the annual salary of his professional contract.

"The championship must belong to us EDG. Come on, brothers! For LPL, for the club, for my fans, and... 45 million, we must win this championship. "

meiko said with a resounding voice, every word was sonorous and full of confidence.

Just then.

The staff on the scene came to inform the players to go on stage...