Chapter 396: Ten-year fan arrives uninvited

Watching Xu Beifang lift the Major trophy high into the air, Wanjiqi is also very sentimental: "Time seems to freeze at this moment. People's evaluation of Beifang is always that he is gifted, but no one cares how much effort he has put in. In fact, there is no such thing as being gifted; it's just the natural result of hard work."

Wanjiqi has known Xu Beifang for a long time and also knows the difficulties this guy has gone through along the way.

At the beginning, everyone always said he was whimsical, an older C+ player wanting to go pro.

Later, people were saying that this style of play of his, once past the rookie period, would be thoroughly studied and he would become mediocre.

Once Xu Beifang truly crossed that hurdle, they attributed everything to talent.

But in this world, everyone has talent, but those who can truly unleash their talent are one in ten thousand!

Looking at Xu Beifang lifting the trophy, his face is also full of smiles.

At this moment, all the effort has received its best reward!

"Look at this guy, he's even trying to lift the cup with one hand, almost dropped it!" Byali mocks his old teammate mercilessly.

pasha rolls his eyes at him, "What do you know, this one-handed cup-lifting action has almost become his signature move! You can't drop the persona, brother!"

But this Berlin Major, under apEX's leadership, they finally lifted the cup with a perfect record, shattering all doubts with their strength!

"I believe that after watching the match, you all have your own MVP candidates. Now!"

If Astralis had won the finals, and device had put in a very, very amazing performance, there would still be a sliver of a chance to snatch the MVP from Xu Beifang's hands.

This is completely different from the commander that people mainstream think of.

Zywoo rolls his eyes, then pretends to look embarrassed and says: "I don't know!"

Then the final MVP candidate is undoubtedly Xu Beifang.

Shushu's desire to confide isn't strong; he is such a person in life too. Seeing his expression, the host doesn't continue to ask.

The audience's reaction is quite intense this time, because after watching this match, they really felt this point.

Just then, the host walks up from the player tunnel; next is the customary post-match interview.

The scene is full of laughter; everyone knows Zywoo's English level isn't ideal, and "I don't know!" has already become Zywoo's synonym.

Xu Beifang takes the MVP medal and opens it to look.

As a commander, he gets hyper, he makes mistakes, and he even eats up resources.

An etiquette lady walks out from the player tunnel holding the MVP medal and hands it to Xu Beifang.

At that time, it was truly amazing.

Listening to shox's words, the host also laughs.

Amidst the host's interaction, the calls of "Nice" resound throughout the arena.

After the audience's cheers stop, he holds the microphone and shouts again: "And... Nice is really too damn strong!!"

However, immediately after, Zywoo answers two sentences in English: "The mood is very good now, I can't wait to share my joy with my family."

In this final, as long as Xu Beifang is still alive, they feel Vitality has a chance to score.

So they can understand the praise for his teammate in shox's mouth very well.

Especially that 1V5 clutch, which really made quite a few people at the scene stand up.

Several people bicker with each other, their tone is incomparably relaxed, and everything seems to have returned to the past.

Because Xu Beifang's performance before the finals was really too good, almost a data-crushing dominance.

After all, it's the end of a dynasty!

He doesn't continue to interview Xu Beifang, but asks: "Next, we will present the MVP medal for this Berlin Major!"

Xu Beifang feels goosebumps all over listening to this. Sure enough, his choice to walk the path of a professional was correct!

The MVP candidate for this Berlin Major can be said to be the candidate with the least suspense.

The calls in the arena are constant. Since apEX transitioned to become a commander, the controversy surrounding him has indeed been quite a lot.

apEX takes a long breath and takes the microphone: "I am proud of my teammates. There have always been people on the internet saying that our team members are not the most outstanding group of players, but I want to say, it is this group of people you think are not outstanding who finally won the Major championship!"

But Astralis was swept 2-0, and device's performance was just passable.

Xu Beifang plays with the golden ribbons scattered in the trophy; these are all honors they earned with their strength today.

"Please shout his name out loud!!!"

He actually has several of these, but holding it in his hand still makes him incomparably happy.

"shox, say a few words to the audience at the scene."

The trophy is passed to each player's hands and lifted into the air by them in turn. The audience in the arena is also very cooperative; every time the trophy is lifted, it brings an excited cheer, and the players' positive feedback is maxed out.

He first finds apEX on the side and asks: "Dou Dou, as a Major commander, what do you want to say now?"

Watching Xu Beifang lift this trophy, their hearts feel much lighter. At least when they turn to look at Astralis again, they no longer have that hostile thought, and even feel a little sentimental.

Seeing the atmosphere at the scene is right, the host turns to Xu Beifang and says: "Then, player Nice, congratulations!"

Finally, after a round of passing, the trophy returns to Xu Beifang's hands.

The reason is not that Xu Beifang performed better in this match, but that this trophy is really too heavy. Xu Beifang has great strength and can hold it better.

"Zywoo!" The host walks to Zywoo with a smile, "In the Major in the second half of '18, you were still on the stage of the performance match as a guest. I didn't expect that you have already become a Major champion winner now. How are you feeling now?"

shox smiles: "Being able to join Vitality is really too great! I didn't expect that at the end of my career, I could lift the Major championship again. This thing is simply too great!"

The teammates on the side applaud him at this moment.

On the four big screens in the arena, Xu Beifang appears, and his specific data in this match also appears.

ID: Nice

Kills/Assists/Deaths: 66/6/30

Average Damage per Round: 121.3

Impact: 1.9

Kills per Round: 1.15

Rating: 1.77

The scene is in an uproar. Although they knew Xu Beifang's data was exaggerated, after truly seeing the specific data, they still feel a bit confused.

This... you are really fish-frying in the Major finals!

NIKO under the stage watches with a pain mask on, "Not brother, are you not nervous at all? This is the Major finals!"

Not only is the scene amazed, but the netizens watching the live stream are also confused at this moment.

【Is this the coronation of the new king of Berlin?】

【How come it feels like this guy gets stronger when facing the strong】

【Is this not a cheat?】

【1.9 impact, the impact of ordinary players is only 1.3】

【However, Beifang's performance today is indeed worthy of this data, Map 1 was really killing everyone】

【Nice: "NIKO, as long as you kill enough, nothing is unbreakable!"】

【If I remember correctly, Beifang won 1V1, 1V2, 1V3, 1V4, 1V5 in this BO3...】

【True full firepower】

"Nice, congratulations on becoming the MVP player of this Berlin Major!" The host praises him and starts the formal interview, "You successfully seized the opportunity and lifted the Major trophy. How are you feeling now?"

Xu Beifang takes the microphone, ponders for a few seconds, and speaks: "The mood is very good. To be honest, we don't dare to believe that we are already champions (laughs)."

Hearing this, many audience members under the stage also laugh. Judging from Xu Beifang's appearance of crying with joy in the team room just now, this is not a lie.

"Being able to win the championship, I am definitely very happy now. What I say next might be a bit official." Xu Beifang smiles, "But I am very grateful to everyone I met along this journey."

"I am especially grateful to my old teammates. Without them, I might not have been able to walk this path. It was they who gave me a chance to go pro, and I was able to get to where I am today."

And the director at the scene also found VP in the stands. Watching pasha and the others wave to them, the audience gets even more excited.

A year ago, Xu Beifang was just a high-ranked pub player.

Now, he has become a Major champion.

If pasha hadn't reached out to help him back then, Xu Beifang guesses he would have walked the path of a professional, but it wouldn't have been so smooth along the way.

And pasha and the others, to Xu Beifang, have already surpassed teammates.

Their professional concepts and life attitudes have influenced Xu Beifang until now.

Xu Beifang has always felt that joining VP at that stage was really the luckiest thing in his life.

"At the same time, I also thank my teammates. Without them, I wouldn't have been able to play so well."

Xu Beifang's individual ability is outstanding, but whether he can unleash his individual ability is also a very important link.

apEX's tactical inclination, JackZ's willingness to contribute economy to him, and Zywoo's recognition of resource tilt have all become important prerequisites for him to perform.

"Finally!" Xu Beifang lifts the trophy with both hands, looking at the tens of thousands of audience members in the arena who are sincerely cheering for him, "I sincerely thank myself for listening to the advice of netizens back then!"

"It was their suggestions that led me step by step to where I am today!"

The host sighs with emotion: "This is the internet era of today, and this is also the charm of esports. Finally, ask you a small question related to the game... In that 1V5 clutch in the small town, what were you thinking at the time?"

Xu Beifang smiles: "At that time, I had no way out, I could only try my best to fight for it!"

"Obviously, I fought for the future!"

The scene is thunderous with applause; they love Xu Beifang's personality too much.

The host continues to interview the coach, but XTQZZZ doesn't have a strong desire to share, only thanking the fans who supported them.

"Then, tell me with your most enthusiastic shouts!"

"The champion of the 2019 Berlin Major is!"

The audience under the stage shouts in unison: "Vitality!!"

The post-match interview segment officially ends. Zywoo is already starving and wants to slip away when he sees the interview is over, but is quickly caught back by apEX.

Under the adjustment of the photographer, the Vitality group poses in front of the trophy stage.

But amidst the happy mood, shox starts messing with apEX, causing apEX to be disgusted, and the others on the side are also watching the show.

The photographer seizes the opportunity to press the shutter. In the camera, a group of people are hooking shoulders and backs, even if apEX's expression is still full of joy.

Walking off the stage, shox asks curiously: "Why doesn't JackZ say something?"

Jack shrugs: "It's fine if you want me to do something funny, but saying something very amazing on such a formal stage, forget it."

He is already very happy to win the championship, so he won't steal the limelight.

But he is also very curious: "Do you guys think, after Beifang finishes this Major, will there be a map graffiti!"

Zywoo ponders for a while: "Shouldn't be, feels like it's not that easy."

In the past year, Valve hasn't released any map graffiti, and he feels the difficulty of this kind of thing is still too great.

shox laughs out loud on the side, "What do you want to write? Making it seem like map graffiti is very difficult, we have a map graffiti in our team!"

As he says this, he tilts his chin toward apEX.

Hearing this, apEX's face turns black.

Is that map graffiti because of him?

That's because Fnatic picked up four AWPs!

"But it doesn't matter." Zywoo smiles, "Look, does Beifang care about this thing?"

shox turns his head to look, Xu Beifang is still interacting with the audience in the arena at the entrance of the player tunnel.

The Major trophy was left casually on the floor by him, while he held his mouse and mousepad in his hands, fishing for culter in the audience seats.

Then, amidst several cheers, he throws his mousepad out with force; I don't know which lucky person got it.

Seeing Xu Beifang start to roll peripherals, the audience at the scene gets even more excited, and that cheering energy rises again.

Xu Beifang interacts with the audience for a while, and then throws his championship mouse to a little boy.

After the peripherals are all rolled away, Xu Beifang lifts the trophy, shows it to the audience, and then follows into the player tunnel.

They are still chatting about some content in the match in the player tunnel. The mood of winning the championship hasn't dissipated, and their chatting voices are incomparably excited.

"Congratulations to you guys, you are Major champions now!" In the lounge, Li Wen sincerely sends his blessings.

Although he was only accepted by Vitality for a short time, he was backstabbed by close comrades a few days ago. Xu Beifang and Vitality's actions can be considered as sending charcoal in the snow for him, and he only has gratitude in his heart.

And to be honest, they died at the hands of Astralis in Katowice.

Now watching Astralis being defeated 2-0 by Xu Beifang and his teammates, his heart is full of secret pleasure.

Xu Beifang responds: "You will also be able to find a group of teammates who can win the championship with you in the future!"

"Hope so." Li Wen holds a pessimistic attitude toward this.

XTQZZZ says at this time: "Li Wen, don't go, let's go eat together in a while, celebrate that we won the Major championship."

Hearing this, Li Wen is a bit embarrassed: "I don't think I should, I'm not a member of Vitality, your victory banquet..."

Xu Beifang adds: "It's fine, you also helped us a lot, our victory has a share of your credit."

But Li Wen still refuses, and Xu Beifang doesn't persuade him anymore.

XTQZZZ asks again: "Then Beifang, ask where your parents are? Shall we go find them first?"

Xu Beifang shakes his head: "They can wait until tomorrow for me to find them for a meal. Let's just manage ourselves today."

Today is the victory banquet, their topics are mainly about the match. He feels it's nothing for family and teammates to be together, but teammates and family might each be a bit embarrassed.

After all, the languages are not the same.

"Alright then, let's go! Set off to celebrate, eat a big meal!" Xu Beifang laughs heartily.

Packing up their luggage, the group walks toward the outside of the arena.

Inside the player tunnel, I don't know who started it, but Queen's "We Are The Champions" is sung again.

A group of people dance and sing like this, and get into the car for celebration.

After singing for a while, they are finally a bit tired.

Xu Beifang also leans on the back of the chair and starts scrolling through his phone.

He doesn't know until he looks, and he is really startled when he looks.

The messages on his various chat software are all 99+, and he even sees congratulations from classmates he hasn't contacted for a long time.

Besides that, the players he contacted in the country before, and some domestic CSGO bloggers, like Leon Kai, Yang Zhiqiang, and others, all sent him congratulations.

Xu Beifang replies to them one by one. Leon Kai and Yang Zhiqiang gave Xu Beifang very useful suggestions back then, and Xu Beifang has always had a good impression of them.

Then, he also sees the message Xiao Ming sent him.

Xiao Ming: Holy crap brother, you really won the championship!

Xiao Ming: The entire Xijiang University men's dormitory is crazy now!

Xiao Ming: Foster father, you are awesome! You don't know how exaggerated our school is now. Just in this while, there are more than ten friend requests from junior girls!

Xu Beifang immediately types and replies: Push them to me!

After Xu Beifang won the championship, Xiao Ming has been frantically scrolling through the information on the forum. Seeing Xu Beifang's information, he immediately responds.

Xiao Ming: That won't do, for the sake of your professional level, I can't let you degenerate like this

Xu Beifang is also teasing, he has no interest in finding any junior girls.

But for the situation Xiao Ming mentioned that the men's dormitory is crazy, he is still a bit curious, so he asks.

He originally intended to let Xiao Ming describe it, but didn't expect Xiao Ming to pop a video directly.

The video shows the dormitory building at night, and you can even vaguely see quite a few clothes hanging on the opposite dormitory building.

The background sound comes:

"Nice is awesome!!"

"Senior is awesome!!"

"We are the champions!!"

The men's dormitory corridor of Xijiang University is a voice-activated light mode, and under the excitement of this group of male voices, the lights of several dormitory buildings are constantly turning on and off.

Later, another video appeared, this time from a girl's perspective.

From the perspective of the women's dormitory, the men's dormitory opposite is already "the apes on both banks are crying incessantly."

The girl who sent the video turns the camera down, giving the perspective to the dormitory manager: "The dormitory manager might be very speechless, not knowing what happened."

Looking at these alumni cheering for him, Xu Beifang has a feeling of returning home in glory.

But he is also a bit confused, has the popularity of CSGO in the country reached such a high level now?

Under Xiao Ming's explanation, he quickly understands.

It is mainly because the popularity of CSGO at Xijiang University is very high, mainly because Xu Beifang is an alumnus of Xijiang University. An alumnus is a professional player of this game, and everyone's tolerance for this game is strong enough.

Coupled with the publicity of Xiao Ming and the other two on campus before, and the several times of popularity of CSGO.

At Xijiang University, even girls know there is such a senior playing CSGO professionally.

Among boys, that fame is even higher.

CSGO is inherently a very attractive game, and many people join it quickly after trying it for the first time.

Xu Beifang types a bit tiredly, simply using voice: "Seriously, your foster father played well today, right? In the future, you can also say you are the roommate of the champion!"

Xiao Ming quickly answers: "What roommate! Why are you raising me so high? Don't try to clear our father-son relationship!"

"But seriously, how did you do that 1V5 wave? It really had too big a heart! I was almost scared to death watching it."

Xu Beifang explains: "You were scared to death, I was also very panicked at the time. Astralis had already reached the match point, what could I do? I could only try my best to fight!"

In front of the two roommates, Xu Beifang is very relaxed, and some things can be said casually.

Xiao Ming in the dormitory also smiles looking at the information. He saw Xu Beifang's expression was very serious at the time, thinking he was confident, but it turned out he was just as panicked.

He continues to ask: "When are you returning to the country? Shall we go for Yellow Braised Chicken at the school gate then?"

Xu Beifang thinks for a while: "Still have to wait for a while. Just won the championship today, and there might be an interview or something tomorrow. My family has also come here, so I have to accompany them to play in Berlin for about a week."

"After returning to Paris to settle down, I will return to the country... Don't worry, the cafeteria will be full when I go back!"

Xiao Ming: "No, a million dollars, and you just treat us to the cafeteria??"

Xu Beifang laughs: "Don't worry, order whatever you want to eat, I'll let Ma Ge treat you then."

After the off-season ends, they still have a small amount of work, but overall they are free.

As for the Major prize money, for the current Xu Beifang, it is not too exaggerated.

The Berlin Major is the highest-standard tournament, the entire event has a reward of 1 million US dollars, of which the champion can take away half, which is 500,000 US dollars.

500,000 US dollars, after deducting taxes and removing the share of the coaching staff, the others can get about 80,000 US dollars in prize money income.

But this 80,000 US dollars in prize money income is not even as much as their share of the sticker income.

The Major is more about honor for them.

He enjoys this process of climbing upward.

Having agreed with Xiao Ming to meet in the country, Vitality also arrives at the place for a late-night snack.

The restaurant they came to today is a restaurant famous for its Tomahawk steak.

When the internal temperature of the Tomahawk steak reached 51 degrees Celsius, it was placed on a plate and served in front of the Vitality members.

There were still grill marks on the Tomahawk steak in front of them, but looking at the slightly charred skin and the juice that occasionally bubbled out, it had already made his appetite move.

Two hours of high-intensity confrontation consumed quite a bit of physical strength. Xu Beifang held one end of the bone directly and lifted the steak up.

Then he took a bite of the solid meat in front of him!

Have to say, we old Berliners love this bite. Don't say anything else, just two words: authentic!

The juice of the beef and the taste of rosemary, and a little bit of onion breath.

Several flavors exploded on the taste buds. For the Vitality members who were in a state of hunger, the satisfaction of this bite was really something else!

After everyone ate for a while, Xu Beifang picked up his beer glass and clinked it with them.

A sip of beer went down, and it was so comfortable.

The teammates were still gorging themselves, Xu Beifang temporarily ceased fire, picked up his phone, and started scrolling through the forum.

The finals just ended, and the popularity in the forum is unprecedentedly high.

He scrolled casually and saw quite a few posts with hundreds of replies.

【I really didn't expect Vitality to be able to defeat Astralis 2-0】

【The Vitality dynasty is coming】

【Ten-year fan of Vitality arrives uninvited】

【Who could have thought that the lineup change a few months ago was the one that gathered the championship puzzle】

【But it is true, Astralis's dominance should end. The way Vitality plays the game is really better to watch】

【The most exaggerated thing is not losing a single game in the Major, this dominance is a bit terrifying】

【Is the Vitality dynasty coming? Their dynasty started long ago, they have already won five consecutive championships!】

He agreed with this last sentence. Their dynasty actually started long ago, just missing this Major's final kick.

Now that the Major is successfully won, they have already won five championships in a year.

And 2019 hasn't ended yet. They still have the ability to win championships later and can continue to stretch this record line.

He continued to scroll down and also saw quite a few discussions about the players.

Among them, the one discussed the most is definitely him, who performed the best.

The forum is full of discussions about him, and quite a few people have even cut out the wonderful 1V5 clip of Xu Beifang. The videos with slightly higher quality are all rising in views at an extremely fast speed.

【As a rifleman, does Nice have a chance to compete for the TOP1 spot?】

There are more than 300 replies below. Xu Beifang looked from top to bottom:

【Chance? Basically already locked, right】

【What do you mean by chance? His performance this year is really exaggerated. I remember someone discussed his data before. It seems that before this Major, the average rating was around 1.47. After finishing this Major, the data will rise again. Do you think with this kind of data, he can't get TOP1?】

【Xu Beifang is really a sudden emergence, this is simply a gap-like strength】

【As long as he doesn't play with his feet later, the TOP1 of 2019 will be none other than him!】

【Really good, our Huaxia players also have a Major trophy!】

【It's just a pity, if it were an all-Huaxia team, how good would that be】

【Nothing to pity. CSGO is too competitive, and the domestic environment is not good. It's not something one person can solve. And the trend of the entire professional future is definitely moving toward the direction of an international team. Maybe in the future, the ten players in the Major finals will have different nationalities】

【Indeed, so can Nice join Faze? Come to my main team!! The double N combination mud truck smashes everything head-on!】

【I still want Nice to join NAVI. If he replaces Fire Boy, I don't dare to imagine how exaggerated the head-on firepower would be】

Seeing the back, Xu Beifang was a bit speechless. He still has a contract, and netizens are already thinking about his transfer.

Besides, if he were to transfer, he would definitely consider SKT first!

At this time, XTQZZZ clapped his hands and lifted his beer glass: "Come, come, come, children, let's have one."

Everyone clinked their glasses, took a sip of beer, and XTQZZZ said: "Everyone has worked hard during this time."

He saw the efforts of the Vitality members. Throughout the entire training schedule, no one was lazy, no one complained, and everyone worked hard for one thing.

As a coach, he is really happy to be able to lead such a group of team members.

He first announced a piece of good news: "Neo let us play casually in Berlin for a few days, he will be responsible for the expenses of the tour, and after returning to the base, he will give everyone in the team a raise to celebrate our victory this time."

"For subsequent work content, we need to accept a media interview tomorrow, and then our club will make a vlog itself. You also need to accept some questions. There is no other work, you can take a full vacation after returning to the club."

"Everyone has worked hard during this time, so take a good rest for a while."

Zywoo stretched: "Looks like I can sleep in a few more times later."

shox laughed wickedly: "Don't worry, you can't sleep. apEX will wake you up every day to take him to rank up."

The room was full of laughter. apEX's gaming level is something even Zywoo can't help but complain about.

apEX didn't get angry because of shox's teasing, but instead looked forward to the future: "Now that we have won a Major championship, our goal next is not Astralis. Next, we have to suppress all the teams in the world."

XTQZZZ shook his head: "The ambition is very big, but that kind of ambition is too big, it will put too much pressure on us."

He added: "After returning from the off-season, our main purpose is to update tactics. After all, we used up the tactics we prepared for this Major. Later in the match, we can also play by training through matches."

"Today those audience members are all saying that we crushed Astralis and have forged a new dynasty. I think they are right, but if we want to build the foundation of this dynasty more solidly, we have to win the big tournaments at the end of the year."

"Then, we also have to try our best to win the championships of Intel-affiliated events. There are two more Intel series events, and we can become the second Grand Slam winner! By then, we will truly have forged a dynasty."

JackZ took a breath: "This pressure is very big."

They have already won the Major championship, so next, all teams will put their match recordings under a microscope to observe. The operating habits and tactical styles of their several players will all be known, and the next matches will definitely be played even more uncomfortably.

So wanting to win two more Intel-affiliated events, the difficulty is really a bit big.

Thinking about the situation they might encounter after returning from the off-season, they only feel the pressure is huge.

Xu Beifang smiles: "Why think so much now, just deal with it when the time comes!"

"Think about the fans who are praising us on the forum now, think about us returning to the HLTV world number one ranking tomorrow, think about how we will spend the off-season!"

Hearing this, the dinner table was stunned for a moment, and then everyone laughed.

apEX said happily: "Then drink now!"

... ===== CHAPTER 397 =====