Rise

In the night sky of the Imperial Capital, a few stars were twinkling.

The Beijing E-Sports Association headquarters building stands among the tall buildings in this city, silent under the night, with only one window still shining light.

That's the president's office.

In the spacious and clean office, Lin Songshi, the top person in charge of the China E-Sports Association headquarters, sat in front of the desk. He finished processing the last document report tonight, wrote down his review comments, and then stretched out his hand a little tiredly. He rubbed his brows.

Such all-nighters were something he was used to.

As the president of the China Electricity Association Headquarters, behind this honor and title that countless people envy, it also represents a heavy responsibility.

The field of Chinese e-sports has really emerged in the past two years and has entered a rapid development rhythm like an explosion.

This kind of momentum is naturally worthy of joy.

But while they are happy, they, the national e-sports people, cannot take it lightly.

They lack enough experience. Many problems that arise in the development of national e-sports require them to deal with them with all their strength. Otherwise, this development will only expose more and more shortcomings, just like a high-rise building. The building looks glamorous, but is actually riddled with holes and crumbling.

If you are not careful, such a building rising from the ground may collapse in an instant at any time.

Lin Songshi would not allow such a situation to occur.

He stood up and walked slowly to the floor-to-ceiling window of the office. Looking out at the city shrouded in night, Lin Songshi stood silently with his hands behind his hands.

As the first batch of e-sports people in the country, it can be said that they have put in a whole generation of efforts to make the national e-sports industry grow to the gratifying appearance it is today.

but……

not enough.

Far from enough.

As the president of the China Electronics Association, he also has an ambition that belongs to himself and to countless national e-sports people.

That is to surpass Europe, the United States, and even South Korea, and truly become the most prosperous e-sports kingdom in the world.

But this road is not easy to walk.

They have spent a generation of hard work, but they have only made professional e-sports in the national server what it is today.

To realize that ambition, it will take at least one generation, or even two generations, of struggle.

Thinking silently in his heart, Lin Songshi paused, his eyes flickering slightly:

certainly.

The current situation is enough for them to be gratified by.

Because no matter what, at least their national e-sports has ushered in a glorious era of prosperity.

Next…

What is needed is the joint efforts of their generation of elders and the new generation of young e-sports people in the national server to truly create a world for their national server in this glorious era of e-sports.

And this task, more importantly, falls on the young people of the new generation.

Thinking of this, Lin Songshi lowered his eyes slightly.

Then he slowly raised his head again, his eyes fell on the window again, and he looked at the deep night starry sky in the distance with his hands behind his back, a rare complex expression flashed across his face.

Tonight, a piece of news spread throughout the country and shocked the entire country.

It's about an ID name.

It’s about a legendary and magnificent feat that makes people’s hearts tremble.

CN丶Hook2.

Tonight, countless Chinese players are excitedly trying their best to guess the identity behind this ID name, but no one can guess the truth.

And either by coincidence or not...

He happens to be one of the very few people in the entire national server who knows the truth.

…

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, silent for a long time, Lin Songshi took out his mobile phone and dialed a number that led to the other side of the ocean.

Soon, the call was answered.

A young man's voice came from the other end of the phone with an unexpected tone:

"Old Lin?"

"Why did you remember to call me now? It's early morning over there, and you still haven't rested so late?"

On the other end of the phone, Lin Songshi looked calm, but when he opened his mouth, he asked questions very directly:

"The CN and Hook2 numbers are yours, right?"

The young man on the other end of the phone paused and gave a rare dry laugh:

"Ah, yes."

"You guessed it."

Lin Songshi's face was expressionless: "Is it Xiaofeng who used that account to solo queue all night to top the Korean server rankings tonight?"

The young man coughed: "Ahem, yes."

"Is it your idea?"

"Ahem, that's right."

The conversation on the phone suddenly fell silent for a moment.

Lin Songshi took a deep breath: "So, it was you who made Xiaofeng's choice to come back this time?"

This time, the young man’s answer seemed quite straightforward:

"no."

"It's his own choice."

Lin Songshi was silent.

After a long while, he slowly spoke again:

"I don't want him to come back."

The young man on the other end of the phone also paused for a moment, and then laughed calmly:

"Oh, really?"

"From what standpoint do you say this?"

"As the current president of the China E-Sports Association... or Xiao Feng's uncle?"

Lin Songshi was silent.

This question really left him speechless.

Because as the president of the China E-Sports Association, from this position and knowing Lin Feng's identity as Maple back then, he has no reason not to hope or even prevent Lin Feng's return.

As he also knows, even if he has retired for many years, as long as Lin Feng returns to the professional e-sports arena, the strength of their national LOL professional e-sports circle will be instantly injected with a powerful new blood.

even……

It is the emergence of another spiritual figure who is the leader of the national service with a banner level.

All of this can be proven most powerfully just from tonight's 16 single-queue results in the Korean server that CN and Hook2 shocked the entire Chinese server.

On the other end of the phone, the young man's voice rang again:

"Actually, you are also conflicted, right?"

"As the current president of the China Electronics Association, I naturally hope that professional e-sports in the national server can rise completely in this era of e-sports. Excellent e-sports players like that guy are definitely the talents that are most lacking in the national server now. ”

"But you are that boy's uncle."

"From the perspective of family members, I may prefer to see my nephew successfully pass the college entrance examination, go to college, and get an ordinary but stable job, rather than becoming a professional e-sports player for a seemingly illusory dream. Fight for your youth.”

“It’s really contradictory”

The young man smiled:

“For the mainstream public, the e-sports industry is not worthy of dreams.”

"But for professional e-sports players in the national server, this dream is extremely practical, and it is even worth all their efforts to fight for it."

"Is not it?"

Lin Songshi clenched his cell phone.

After another long silence, the current president of the China E-Sports Association finally showed a faint wry smile:

"It's very contradictory."

"Back then, my brother-in-law had already shouldered a lot of pressure from Xiaofeng's parents."

"Now...are we going to experience the feeling of being caught in the middle again?"

The young man laughed:

"Thanks a lot."

"However, that boy is different now than he was then."

"What he needs now...is just time. He will be stronger in the future than he was then."

"Don't you also know about his ranking in the Korean server tonight?"

Lin Songshi nodded:

"The last game was when we defeated the Korean team's mid laner Orian."

The young man replied calmly:

"yes. "

"That kid's performance tonight surprised me."

"If this momentum continues... in the future, he can really take over from me."

Lin Songshi's eyes suddenly became a little deep:

"But, for him, there is still the biggest obstacle standing in front of him, isn't it?"

The young man smiled calmly:

"Yeah, that's right."

"There must always be the most powerful opponent as a target, so that people can have the motivation to catch up."

"Speaking of which..."

"Over in South Korea, the boy named Han may have noticed something."

Update sent, thanks to friend Ike for the big red envelope~