Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 340: The truth comes out, I am champion7.
Li Luo, the instigator, was stunned when he learned of the increasingly terrifying level of attention surrounding tonight's official announcement.

If this level of attention were placed within Uzi's timeline, he wouldn't find it strange at all, and might even feel that the impact isn't significant enough.

But in today's context, one is an AD carry who went home after the top 16 and has countless haters, while the other is a dream jungler who was forced to become a coach because he wasn't good enough.

The combined popularity of these two people is terrifying?
However, Li Luo, who had suddenly transitioned into a coach, was clearly unaware of the importance of this matter.

Given the sudden surge in attention tonight, with the focus clearly on Edg, the club must react immediately.

As the team's mouthpiece, small tweets are usually handled by the operations department, but before dealing with major events like this, everyone must be notified to work together to handle the situation.

Of course, neither of them is aware of this right now, and the operations department is also unsure of Abu and his thoughts, which means they can only remain silent and unable to speak up during this time.

Left with no other option, the operations department had to call Abu to explain the situation.

Unexpectedly, when Abu went to the finance department to process the contract, he accidentally left his phone on the table in the training room.

Now the operations department was even more anxious.

As you can see, the latest news about Edg has already gathered tens of thousands of fans and onlookers. These people are extremely excited, and basically every time they refresh Weibo, they can see hundreds or thousands more comments.

Without hesitation, the head of the operations department made a phone call to Edward Zhu.

Zhu Yihang, who was still eating, was startled. He told the operations department to go find Mingkai first, while he drove quickly to the Edg club to prepare for public relations.

Based on his intuition, if this matter is handled well, regardless of the season's performance, Edg will be in an invincible position in terms of public opinion alone.

Pig and dog team up! Add HolyGun and Xiye, and if this lineup is revealed, what does the S-series championship matter? This kind of lineup is a terrifying force that can directly stimulate the audience's dopamine release.

"Bro, you didn't actually sign with EDG, did you?" On the other end, Zaozi was also busy answering the phone.

Yan Junze, Zitai, Casa, Xiaohu, and other acquaintances all called immediately.

Li Luo also opened his phone, which was lying next to him. Sure enough, he had received quite a few calls. He opened WeChat and found that even Deft, who was well-informed, had sent his congratulations immediately.

Following the words of the operations department, Li Luo opened Weibo and saw that, just as they said, Weibo was already in an uproar.

And not only in China, but also in other regions abroad, the news of the pig and dog teaming up has spread like wildfire.

Everyone who heard this news was completely dumbfounded and shocked.

It was at this moment, when Ed Zhu arrived and found Abu, that the people in the joint operations department decided to pull off a big heist!

Under the factory manager's Weibo post, which hadn't been updated in a long time, Li Luo first reposted the factory manager's classic line: "Behind the stage, perhaps one can see the road ahead more clearly."

Then, in the repost of this sentence, another message was added: "See you in the live stream at 8 pm tomorrow night, Edg's new season official announcement and their goal of becoming number one in the Korean server!"

"???"

It's being streamed live?
Amidst this intense situation, everyone was waiting for Edg Club to make an official announcement. Unexpectedly, Clearlove came out and announced that the official announcement would be made tomorrow and that he would be aiming for the top spot in the Korean server.

Who's going to make a run? The new jungler, Champion7?

"The factory manager is finally going to do a live stream?"

"Is Ning the guy who just remembered to do a live stream once?"

"This is a live broadcast. Come on, repeat after me, this is called a press conference!"

"Oh my god, if you don't understand, just ask: will we be able to see Edg's family photo tomorrow night?"

"Seeing all the rumors today, I was thinking that Mingkai should respond in a live broadcast. Now it seems that it's true?"

"Is Mingkai going to make a comeback?"

Upon seeing Li Luo's Weibo post, his fans were incredibly excited.

Of course, it's not their fault.

The factory manager didn't stream often to begin with. After Li Luo transmigrated, apart from trying to reach the top of the national server with Zaozi to experience their strength, he didn't stream for a single day after that, nor did he announce when he would stream next. He was in an extremely lazy state.

However, it is the off-season now, and fans can understand. But understanding is one thing, with this level of hype, even if they know the official announcement will be tomorrow night, the thought of having to wait another day makes all the fans itchy and eager.

The collaboration between pig and dog fans completely activated the fan bases of the two most meme-worthy players, and once the dog fans and pig fans joined forces, they caused the fans of other teams to suffer repeated defeats.

At any time in the past, even with Riot Games' current idol-making campaign, TheShy in S8 and Doinb in S9 were never as exaggerated and crazy as the current combination of Pig and Dog.

In less than five minutes, Li Luo's Weibo post topped the charts, surpassing many esports hotspots to become number one.

Looking at this Weibo post, with just one repost and one sentence, the comments exceeded 1 within ten minutes, and the likes reached 40. As for the reposts, they were even more staggering, reaching a full 15!

Outrageous!

This was everyone's first thought after seeing it trend at number one and the impact it had on Weibo within ten minutes.

The FPX players, in particular, were green with envy!
IG's victory had already dampened the enthusiasm of domestic viewers for the championship. In addition, their victory was not achieved by an all-Chinese team, nor did they defeat any of their arch-rivals. Because their playstyle was not very entertaining, it did not cause much of a stir. Everyone was excited for one night and then calmed down the next day.

"Uzi and Clearlove, have RNG's management lost their minds? They actually let them get together. Do they think that these two joining forces would benefit RNG?" A bigwig in the industry said with a sigh as he watched Xu Xiao's elaborate scheme.

"Veterans joining forces, the 'Sunset Red Team,' everyone has been waiting for this for so long!"

"It's better to loosen the rules and let these players form teams freely than to let Riot create gods. And to be honest, the environment of LPL and China simply can't produce any true gods, especially with excessive hype. New players don't have the adaptability and fall by the second season."

"It was unwise for Ah Shui to go to RNG; he should have stayed with IG and tried to make a run for S10."

Various voices are rising in the industry. At this moment, since the end of S9, Clearlove's actions seem to be like the beginning of a new era, indicating that LPL has ushered in a new era.

The next day, at night.

XFish Live had already been working overtime during the day to allocate server resources, especially drastically reducing bandwidth for some smaller streamers' live streams.

In this state, even a thousand or so people would experience severe lag, but X Fish clearly doesn't care about their fate, because everyone knows that maintaining the factory manager's popularity is of paramount importance!
Of course, this is not their fault. The popularity on Weibo last night was simply too astonishing, even more so than when FPX won the championship. They had no choice but to be on guard.

Seeing that the factory manager was willing to share the traffic bonus with them, even if the management of Xiaoyu were idiots, they would know that ensuring a smooth live stream without lag is of utmost importance!

Meanwhile, some of the major and minor streamers in the League of Legends community, after learning that Clearlove would be streaming tonight, simply took leave, claiming that they also wanted to ride the wave of popularity and watch the stream, so they didn't have time to go to work.

In this extremely exaggerated public opinion environment, even before 8 PM, starting at 7:30 PM, a large number of viewers began entering the factory manager's live stream room, waiting on time. XFish Live also prominently featured Edg and the factory manager on its homepage, redirecting viewers directly to the factory manager's live stream room.

Normally, this long segment is shared by many live streams, but today, it's being enjoyed by one person all to themselves.

This treatment is simply terrifying.

In addition, Tencent Esports also applied to its parent company for a QQ promotion. According to big data, all users related to esports received an invitation to the live stream.

XFish is a subsidiary of Tencent, and Tencent Esports is a subsidiary of Tencent. This relationship of interests has fueled the hype.

This push notification also caused the live stream to surpass 5000 million views before it even started, setting a record for the first time in history that a live stream without human intervention has achieved such high viewership.

Especially at 8 o'clock, after Li Luo started the live stream, before even turning on the streaming, his popularity skyrocketed every second, easily surpassing 100 million views.

Back when Gogoing retired, his livestream reached 59 billion views. Now, with the official support, Clearlove's livestream views are changing every second, until they stopped after reaching 7 million views.

Once eight o'clock passed, the chat in the live stream went even crazier.

"Where is everyone? Where is everyone?!"

"Factory Manager!! Uzi!!!"

"Hurry up, it's already past eight o'clock, what are you dawdling for?"

"10000 people petitioned for the show to start airing immediately (1/10,000)"

Is Mingkai making a comeback? Has Edg bought a new top laner?

"Seven hundred million views, wow, what kind of live stream is this? It's way inflated!"

People from other sections occasionally came by following the pop-up ads, and they were also shocked by the popularity, especially the speed at which the bullet comments were flooding the screen. On a better computer, the bullet comments could be seen flowing down like water, while on a worse computer, it would simply freeze.

But many fans without cards still kept refreshing the barrage of comments.

While the barrage of comments was going crazy, some big spenders couldn't contain their excitement and casually gave large donations. With the addition of various special effects like the giant rocket, some of the smaller streamers who came to watch were green with envy.

In this terrifying atmosphere, Li Luo finally adjusted the picture and started streaming.

The screen, which was initially completely black, suddenly came into color, and then in the next second it transformed into a League of Legends account interface.

Some sharp-eyed viewers immediately recognized the client as being from the Korean server based on details, but when they focused their attention on the ID field, they were stunned.

"champion7???"

"Is champion7 the factory manager???"

"Holy crap, this account with the 30-game winning streak on the Korean server is Clearlove's account? No way!"

"Is this the factory manager??"

The comments that were initially about 7 and Uzi suddenly turned into unanimous skepticism, with everyone eager to know who had created this account.

"cough cough"

After adjusting the sound and camera, Li Luo smiled and said to the viewers in the live stream as soon as he appeared on screen, "Hello everyone!"

It was just a simple opening line, nothing technically sophisticated, but the gifts in the live chat went crazy, even faster than the comments.

Leaving aside the thousands of consecutive hits required to sign up for a card, even the big rockets are given away for 50 at a time.

This influence wasn't solely due to Edg and Clearlove; countless fans of Zaozi (Zhaozi's nickname) also came to support him and contributed their efforts.

It's no exaggeration to say that the combined number of haters of Clearlove and Zaozi is far greater than the number of fans of FPX, who just won the championship.

"Everyone, slow down your scrolling, let me answer your questions first!"

Upon hearing Li Luo's words, the comments section, which had been flooded with other questions, suddenly narrowed down to only two arguments:

First, who exactly achieved the title of champion 7?

Second, Edg's roster this season.

Having anticipated this, Li Luo remained calm. After placing the cue card out of the camera's view, he began to speak:
"Let me answer everyone's first question. This champion7 account is indeed my account, and it's registered in detail with both Riot Games and Tencent. As a professional player, I can guarantee with my professional reputation that I typed all the game on this account myself, so please stop guessing whose account this is for EdG."

"And tonight I will use this account to try and reach the top rank in the Korean server. Once I achieve that, I will return to the professional scene as player clearlove7."

As soon as he finished speaking, the live stream chat exploded with the most terrifying scene ever.

Previously, when everyone was spamming the screen, X-Fish would release a number of protocol-controlled bots to create hype, but now, when everyone is discussing it, people in the industry are shocked.

Scrolling through the comments, you'll find ten different ones out of ten, and even among a hundred, you'll only occasionally see one repeated comment.

But what was most shocking was what the factory manager himself said: Champion7 is himself!

What is the concept?
The factory manager himself achieved a 30-game winning streak on the Korean server?

Is he still getting C every game, with 30 MVPs in a row?

"Holy crap, this is the factory manager? You're telling me this is the factory manager?"

"77777777777"

"The top Korean Clearlove has returned, teaming up with Uzi, holy crap, Edg is rising in S10!"

"I'm crying! The factory manager has finally recovered! This is the same factory manager who used to treat all professional players like pigs!"

A variety of comments, countless viewers, fans, and even people in the industry were all stirred up by this eye-catching self-proof.

In fact, the identity of champion7 is extremely mysterious. Even some people who are related to Tencent Esports asked him about it, but in the end, they all said that it was a secret for the time being.

Everyone had previously guessed that this person was a Korean solo queue king recruited by Edg. After all, geniuses appear every year, so they weren't too surprised and just assumed that Edg's youth training program had found another treasure.

But now, the factory manager is directly proving in a live stream with millions of viewers that this account is his own and that he personally typed it!
The impact of this and the subsequent reflections it brings are truly chilling.

(End of this chapter)