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Chapter 98 WCA Global Finals, NA’s first world championship journey!

"Damn, I have to buy a car!"

After squeezing into the subway all the way, Li Mo almost felt like he lived in Bengbu.

To be honest, this was Li Mo's first real experience of taking the subway during BJ's rush hour.

Not only was I squeezed in like a sandwich the entire time, but there was also an indescribable strange smell all around.

Originally, Li Mo didn’t have a strong desire to buy a car in the short term, but after taking the subway today, he has decided to pick up the car this week.

Previously, the operations manager of NA sponsor Mercedes-Benz had mentioned to Li Mo that he should experience the latest model of Mercedes-Benz.

What he meant was actually giving him a car.

For Mercedes-Benz, giving a car to Li Mo can win his favor, which is obviously a good investment.

However, at that time, all Li Mo was thinking about was that the traffic in BJ was too congested. He had no intention of driving at all, so he declined directly.

Li Mo now feels that he was too naive at that time.

Traffic jams are unbearable, but the experience of squeezing into the subway is the most abstract of all abstractions.

With his financial ability, there is absolutely no need to waste his precious time on crowded subways. It is really unnecessary for him to endure such a terrible experience after what he experienced in Shanghai in his previous life.

Pick up the car!

Must pick up the car!

After getting off the car, Li Mo didn't hesitate at all and directly sent a message to Zhang Ruibo asking him to help him choose a suitable car.

Price and other things are secondary, the most important thing is comfort.

Mr. Zhang may not be able to give very good advice in other aspects, but he knows everything about cars.

"Xiaomo, look at me. I told you that you should have gotten a car a long time ago."

"A live broadcast contract costs tens of millions, so buying a car is nothing."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of this. I'll definitely pick the most suitable one for you!"

Zhang Ruibo knows everything about cars.

When he was in high school, Zhang Ruibo had long wanted to drive the family car.

But his parents had already warned him that if he dared to hit the car, they would cut off his pocket money.

After these words were spoken, Zhang Ruibo had to give up the idea of ​​driving his family's luxury car out for a ride to show off.

But now he is an adult, and he is in college and far away from home, so no one can take care of him.

So in the first week of school, Zhang Ruibo bought a car with the scholarship his father gave him after the college entrance examination.

When Zhang Ruibo heard Li Mo say that he wanted to buy a car, he was more excited than anyone else.

He only had a few dollars, so the only car he could buy was an entry-level one.

But Li Mo is different.

Others may not know, but he knows it very clearly. The balance in Li Mo's bank card is already in the eight digits.

Except for the top-of-the-line cars, Li Mo can basically get them all.

However, Li Mo had no intention of buying a car that was too expensive.

For him, at least for now, it is just a means of transportation, and at most he pursues a sense of comfort.

Therefore, his budget is only within 50.

For a freshman like him, driving an expensive car is indeed a bit too ostentatious and unnecessary.

……

After arriving at the restaurant address sent by Zhao Niannian in the afternoon, Li Mo was already feeling a bit overwhelmed.

The subway was so crowded along the way that it almost brought back memories of his previous life of squeezing into the subway to go home after get off work.

The restaurant is a steakhouse.

Li Mo was a little surprised at first. After all, except for him and Zhang Ruibo, the others invited to Zhao Niannian’s birthday party were all classmates and roommates from school.

Since we are all girls, choosing a steakhouse like this is a bit monotonous.

But Li Mo quickly realized that Zhao Niannian had chosen this restaurant most likely because she liked steak. Li Mo had also checked it out on the way here. This restaurant is indeed quite famous for its steaks, and most of the online reviews are also very good.

"Li Mo, you're late!"

"Huh, you're late for my birthday. You don't even care about me at all."

As soon as Li Mo walked downstairs to the restaurant, he ran into Zhao Niannian.

When Zhao Niannian saw Li Mo, she felt very happy instinctively.

But she still pretended to be angry, raised her little pink fist and hit Li Mo's shoulder fiercely but weakly.

"In the afternoon, I was organizing undergraduate projects in the studio. I was so busy that I almost forgot about time."

"I didn't expect the subway to be so crowded. It took me two trains to get on, so I was a little late."

Although Zhao Niannian would not be angry with Li Mo even without his explanation, after hearing him explain to her so seriously, Zhao Niannian immediately showed a satisfied smile.

"I forgive you!"

"Is this a gift for me?"

"Let me guess what it is!"

"On the left are flowers, on the right..."

Li Mo held the gift box in both hands.

The thing in the left hand was obviously a flower, but Zhao Niannian couldn't recognize the one on the right.

"Alerton specimen!"

“I love it!”

After opening the gift, Zhao Niannian was shocked.

She didn't expect Li Mo to prepare such an unexpected gift for her.

As far as she could remember, she had only mentioned to Li Mo once a long time ago that she liked butterfly specimens very much, especially this kind.

But she never expected that Li Mo would remember what she said casually.

He happily took Li Mo's arm and the two of them walked into the restaurant's elevator.

……

In two weeks, NA won the WCA national qualifier championship without any pressure.

This means that NA has become the third Chinese team to participate in the WCA World Finals after Tyloo and Eclipse.

The WCA Global Finals brings together qualified teams from all regions, and the vast majority of these teams are above the upper-middle level in their respective regions.

For example, Recca from Indonesia and Chiefs from Australia in the Asia-Pacific region.

There are also teams such as Luminosity, Gaming, Isurus and others in the Americas region.

and others like Next Generation in the Middle East and QB.Fire in the CIS.

Of course, according to past practice, the top teams from Europe, America and the CIS will basically not participate in this competition, because the value, exposure and prize money of this competition are all mid-level events in the world, which is really unattractive to the top teams.

However, this year's WCA Global Finals attracted many top teams.

For example, Team A, Faze, Fantic and Gambit, these world-class teams all participated in the WCA Global Finals.

The organizers of the WCA event were stunned when they saw the list of participants.

What happened this year? Did they mess with a strong team?
After learning more about it, I found out that it seemed that all the top teams participated in this WCA competition just to have a chance to compete with NA in advance.

It's better to try out NA's stuff in this competition than to be beaten to a pulp by NA's tactics in an S-level competition later.

Therefore, the original competition level was only the WCA finals at level B, but the intensity of this competition is no less than last year's level S event.

Therefore, facing this year's WCA Global Finals, NA has long been prepared to go all out.

This year's WCA Global Finals is not much different from previous years in terms of competition format.

Group stage: According to some information, a round-robin system may be adopted, with each team playing BO1 or BO2 matches, and the team with the highest points will advance to the knockout stage.

The knockout stage adopts a BO3 single-elimination or double-elimination system.

(End of this chapter)