High School Belle Fell in Love with Me-Chapter 154 - 123: Don’t Try to Recover What You’ve Lost (Double-length, Part 2)
"Hmm, okay."
Hanging up the phone, Lei Yiming began finding all the match videos from the past period to watch.
An hour later, he finished watching those from a few days ago.
And today’s match videos, thanks to some bloggers’ compilation, were already available.
He spent another hour watching today’s.
Indeed, it’s Li Yang serving as the mid-laner for the EDG Team.
Overall, it seemed average, nothing too eye-catching, just incredibly fast-paced.
He liked to roam around, leading the pace of the entire team.
Sometimes, even if the team fight was lost, it wouldn’t affect the outcome.
They were especially good at seizing opportunities, able to expand an advantage from the slightest chance.
But somehow, he didn’t feel Li Yang had much credit; he was playing supportive heroes.
However, the identity of a professional player is still important; even if Li Yang lay down to become a world champion, it’s still glory.
Universities compete in many areas, for example, less prestigious universities even compete for African foreign students, offering them all sorts of incentives because the number of international students affects a university’s global ranking.
For the sake of the ranking, many universities are willing to spare no expense, offering benefits to international students better than those for teachers, sometimes with some other unsavory elements involved.
Qing University and Jing University naturally don’t need to compete for international students and are even stringent with international applications. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
But when these two schools have already developed to the extreme in traditional education fields, they struggle to expand into new areas.
If a top e-sports player emerged from Jing University, what would it be like?
It would align more closely with Jing University’s motto, more in tune with the Guanghua School of Management’s philosophy.
This is more meaningful than producing business moguls.
After all, there are many business moguls, every school has them. Business moguls themselves are tied to capability and don’t greatly contribute to promoting educational ideals.
But e-sports are different; e-sports inherently contradict academic ideologies. When two opposing ideologies merge, they directly elevate educational ideals.
Having watched the videos, he felt something was amiss.
At noon the next day, he first sent a WeChat message to Li Yang confirming he wasn’t busy before calling him.
"Li Yang, I just realized something. Aren’t you wearing the Guanghua School of Management’s emblem? If not, I’ll arrange for someone to send it to you! In such an important event, how can you not showcase your identity? You’re from Jing University, from the Guanghua School of Management, this is very important."
Li Yang said, "Actually, I’m wearing it, but I was worried before about not performing well, and if I wore it, I might bring shame to the school. But with the finals on the 19th, even if I lose, it’s not disgraceful, so I’ll wear it then."
Hearing this, Lei Yiming was immediately satisfied: "You’re quite cautious."
"Haha, mainly because the school’s reputation is too significant. In a minor gaming event, the biggest fear is having someone throw the game. And if we lose, I’m afraid of being attacked."
"This isn’t just a minor gaming event; LOL now has 300 million users worldwide. It’s the most popular game ever. Many games are popular domestically, but not internationally. However, this game is phenomenal worldwide. And you’re a student of Jing University. It’s inherently something mutually beneficial. Your excellence can elevate Jing University’s educational philosophy, and Jing University’s reputation can provide you with enormous benefits. A dropout gaming prodigy achieving fame through professional gaming is impressive, but a top-tier scholar shining in an e-sports competition is absolutely more sensational."
"Yes, yes, Mr. Lei is right."
Lei Yiming continued: "Our marketing major is inherently an output-oriented profession. If you can output your ideas and get everyone’s recognition, you succeed. Equally, projecting yourself to outsiders is also part of the professional curriculum. You have enormous potential, and you should seize every opportunity to project your talent, skills, and even personal charisma to the outside world."
"Got it, understood!"
Lei Yiming continued: "I’m planning to apply with the school here to have students watch the finals together on the 19th. I hope you can win. At the very least, show off your style."
He’s just a silver-ranked player, couldn’t say anything profound about gaming, but as long as there are highlights, it’s fine. Even if they lose, isn’t it still second place?
Second place isn’t disgraceful.
Of course, the championship is definitely best.
"Mr. Lei, is this really necessary?"
"Yes, it’s necessary. The meaning of this is different; who knows, the school might allocate more funds next year because of you."
Li Yang: "..."
So that’s settled.
Far away in Seoul, Li Yang completely understood.
He even felt this exceeded his expectations a bit.
He just wanted to make a name for himself. Now it seemed it’s more than just a name.
Fame itself represents wealth and status.
For wealth, this time, he’d definitely give it his all.
Regarding his gameplay strategy, in a few years, somebody will definitely recognize it straight away and shout: Damn, crafty!
It was with the same strategy that he defeated the two strongest teams in the LPL, Royal Club, and OMG.
Because the domestic team’s coping strategy was utterly terrible, the analysis reports, the coaches were all trash, and the players had no motivation at all.
Even if he revealed his strategy a week in advance, the OMG Team still failed to find any counter-strategy.
