Chapter 443: From today on, you are the challengers!

After driving the rhythm of the whole venue, the host immediately pushed the stage to the next link, "Next, let us invite the CEO of IEM to award the Grand Slam award to the members of Vitality!"

"Let us congratulate them."

Amidst the applause, the current CEO of IEM walked onto the stage with an etiquette lady.

Xu Beifang still had an impression of him. Although he had little contact on weekdays, this CEO gave a speech at the opening in Katowice, which left a very deep impression on him.

Jack was also looking forward to it. They discussed before the match that if they won this Intel Grand Slam, would there be some extra awards.

Now watching Carmac walk toward them, he directly stood on tiptoe toward the tray in the etiquette lady's hand.

He saw some content when he got up, and his eyes were instantly blinded.

"Holy crap! Gold bars!!" He widened his eyes and whispered to Xu Beifang.

Xu Beifang was also shocked, and then he looked over, finding that it was indeed several glittering gold bars.

He turned his head and looked at Jack, and both of them were full of excitement in their eyes.

Although they were already economically free, those were gold bars!

Looking at Xu Beifang and Jack's appearance, apEX couldn't help but roll his eyes, "Two fools, how could it be real."

He also saw the size of the gold bars. The 'gold bars' brought up by the etiquette lady were no longer gold bars; they could be called gold bricks!

IEM is not that generous. After all, if those five were pure gold, the total value would have exceeded the 1 million US dollars of the Grand Slam.

What are these two fools thinking about here?

shox said happily: "Let them be happy. Anyway, they are souvenirs, the surface might be gold-plated."

During the process of several people chatting, IEM CEO Carmac had already walked toward them.

Watching Carmac reach out, Xu Beifang simply shook hands with him.

Carmac was wearing a straight blue suit, smiling and saying: "Nice, I know you. You have broken our IEM records countless times, the kill records for bo1 and bo3, the rating record for a single match, the highest average rating record for the tournament, and now you have broken the Intel Grand Slam championship record."

"You are a monster!"

Carmac knew these records broken by Xu Beifang like the back of his hand.

As the CEO of IEM, he also attaches great importance to the founding of his own matches, although IEM is not just CSGO.

But in the European and American regions, CSGO is always the favored one. Countless people like it from the bottom of their hearts, hoping that the whole environment will become better.

He is also very concerned about the development of the CSGO professional link.

And Xu Beifang, this guy, has appeared in his field of vision one after another since 2019. In Cologne, he even played a big wave, which almost shocked his eyeballs. It was difficult for him not to pay attention.

And since this guy's individual ability started to explode, the ratings of IEM have been increasing several times, so whether it is from the individual or the identity of IEM CEO, Carmac likes this guy very much.

"I just tried my best to play the level I should have." Facing Carmac's praise, Xu Beifang accepted it calmly.

Carmac also smiled. He liked the confidence and straightforwardness emanating from Xu Beifang.

Immediately afterward, he took the medal prepared by IEM from the side. Xu Beifang leaned forward slightly, and then he put the medal on Xu Beifang.

"I hope you can play a more outstanding performance in the IEM match next time." Finally, Carmac encouraged him.

The etiquette lady on the side also handed over the "gold brick" that Xu Beifang had been thinking about.

Xu Beifang took it and appreciated it once, finding that the gold brick was engraved with the name of the IEM Grand Slam event, and the ID of Vitality or Xu Beifang himself was not engraved below.

But he didn't care, because this gold brick would be his from now on.

After getting the gold brick, Xu Beifang subconsciously wanted to learn from what was played in the TV series and take a bite of the gold. However, holding it in his hand, he felt that the weight was a bit wrong, so he judged that it was gold-plated.

Just as he was about to complain that IEM was too concerned about face, the host walked toward them.

When he arrived beside Vitality, he suddenly turned around and asked: "This is a wonderful final, Vitality brought a feast of gunplay, and among them, the player who performed the best, I think you all have answers in your hearts. Now let you shout his name with cheers..."

Having said that, he handed the microphone toward the auditorium direction.

"Nice!!"

The host's words moved everything, driving the happy sea wave in the venue to sweep over.

The audience below the stage raised their mobile phones excitedly, shouting Xu Beifang's ID.

This was not surprising, but Xu Beifang was still very grateful for the support of the "mother's family," and at this moment, he was also waving and interacting with them.

His performance today was not as eye-catching as the previous few matches' data, because Astralis played cautiously enough and didn't give him too many, too many spaces to perform.

But many times, the only opportunities he had, he also successfully grasped.

Overall, it was also him who was driving the team's rhythm, and he was indeed the one who performed the best. Coupled with the fact that this was his home court, he could usher in the cheers of the whole venue.

This is not strange.

But he was still grateful that the audience was so supportive.

The host waved his hand: "As you expected, it is Nice, congratulations!"

The next second, Xu Beifang's makeup photo appeared on the big screen in the venue. In the picture, Xu Beifang's body was slightly sideways, his eyes looking straight ahead, his eyes firm.

The exposed upper body, even if covered by the team uniform, could still feel the sense of power from the outline.

The right side of the screen gave Xu Beifang's post-match data in this BO5.

ID: Nice

Kills/Assists/Deaths: 80/5/40

Average damage: 112.2

Non-give-away rate: 84.2%

Tactical score (rating 2.0): 1.74

Are you fishing there?

The scene exclaimed, and the official IEM live broadcast room also exploded.

【This 2 KD ratio, is this guy really a human?】

【This is carrying from map 1 to map 3, Astralis people were beaten numb】

【How can there be a boss who is in the second stage throughout?】

【This is the fierceness of the world's number one entry fragger. Now no one's level can compare with him】

【This year's top 1 is already locked, this is really a bit terrifying】

【After Cologne enlightenment, others can only compete for the glory of top 2】

【Really suppressing the world】

【Disconnected strength】

The host offered bursts of applause, and immediately afterward, the etiquette lady walked onto the stage and handed Xu Beifang an MVP medal box.

"Nice player, you just harvested several honors. How do you feel now?" The host came over for the post-match interview as usual.

Xu Beifang put away the MVP medal box and stuffed it into his pants pocket casually.

Many players in the auditorium looked at Xu Beifang's action and couldn't help but twitch their eyes.

Damn, this is an MVP medal!

Damn, show some respect!

But for Xu Beifang, he has quite a few MVP medal boxes, and it's not the first time he has taken it, so he definitely doesn't value it so much.

Xu Beifang took the microphone, his tone revealing happiness, "The mood is quite good. Before the match, I said I would let Astralis return to reality."

He paused here, and then exposed the truth that he was a fan of Wanjiqi: "Xu Beifang, he did it!"

The audience at the scene was amused by his answer, and there was laughter.

The barrage in the official IEM live broadcast room at this moment was also brushed by 【Xu Beifang, he did it】.

"Astralis is actually quite a respectable team. Their appearance has provided great help for the rise of the whole CSGO industry, and even our team building is based on their system."

This is indeed to be admitted. Although Astralis is very selfish in professional philosophy, they established the "Astralis system," ending the disordered state of CSGO, which provided great help for the whole industry, even if this help was not what they wanted.

"But now, we have established new things on the basis of their system. If they are still standing still, they can only become a thing of the past."

This remark looks very arrogant, but many old players understand that this has already happened.

That set of playstyle philosophy of Astralis is still a textbook playstyle, but the problem is that Vitality walked out of the textbook and figured out brand-new things.

Xu Beifang took the microphone and walked casually on the stage, "Just now during the post-match handshake, dupreeh told me not to be careless, and they will put us under a microscope to study later."

"Now we have become the world's strongest battle. To say something Versailles, we temporarily have no opponents."

"It's hard to conquer the world, but it's even harder to guard the world. Next, other teams will put us under a microscope to study," Xu Beifang said here and grinned, "Then let them study!"

"Just go study, just go become stronger, and use all the methods you can think of to defeat us. I am looking forward to the arrival of that moment."

When Xu Beifang said this, his eyes were firm, a wicked smile hung on the corners of his mouth, and the confidence in his tone was overflowing.

Netizens once gave Xu Beifang a nickname called BOSS.

Now, against the background of these words, Xu Beifang seems to have really become a big boss.

However, unlike the brave man who became a dragon, this BOSS in front of them seems more like wanting to enjoy the match and wanting to enjoy a more intense and fierce confrontation.

He enjoys this stage incomparably.

The cheers at the scene were constant. In e-sports, Xu Beifang's personality is too popular.

apEX looked at Xu Beifang, who seemed to be radiating light on the stage, and felt a bit emotional in his heart.

shox took a breath: "This is directly opening a map cannon."

apEX smiled: "I just like his fearless spirit. Besides, if Beifang doesn't say this, other teams won't study us?"

"He just wants to give himself some pressure, so that in the next few months, his desire for the championship will become stronger."

But this is also Xu Beifang's judgment of his own strength.

At the current stage, they have already suppressed other teams in terms of strength.

Temporarily, there is no team that can compete with them.

However, for a period of time in the future, all teams will take them as targets.

This is certain!

"Many people on the Internet are discussing your post-match interview. Did you see it?"

Sitting in the car on the way back, Jack asked Xu Beifang curiously.

Xu Beifang shrugged, "Of course I know. After this remark, it would be strange if they didn't discuss it. This is also exactly what I want."

Now Vitality is already the number one in a disconnected way, and his individual ability has no opponents who can rival him in the whole circle for the time being.

He couldn't find an opponent in terms of strength, and he had already won the Major and the Grand Slam in terms of honor, so he felt a bit like he had lost his goal.

However, he still enjoys this event and enjoys the passionate game theory with opponents. At this time, he naturally has to use some provocative methods to stimulate the fighting spirit of these guys.

The effect is obvious. Even kennyS tweeted that he was going to start extra training, which is enough to see the terror of this post-match interview.

"I feel that our pressure will be great next! They must be watching our recordings 24 hours a day." Jack looked at Xu Beifang's indifferent expression, and couldn't help but feel a bit worried in his heart.

Now in his mind, he is thinking of the scene where other teams are frantically studying their recordings. The opponent's research is like a huge spider web, as if they can swallow them in the next second.

Xu Beifang rolled his eyes, "The professional arena is like this. Other teams only need to study recordings and formulate tactics for players, while we have to consider more."

"Indeed..." Jack listened to Xu Beifang's words and nodded subconsciously, and then he quickly reacted.

"What the hell?" He felt he was CPUed.

Xu Beifang ignored him and took out his mobile phone. At this moment, all kinds of information were rushing toward him.

All kinds of acquaintances in the circle sent him congratulations.

Perhaps because he went back to his alma mater last time, this time even many classmates sent him congratulations.

Xu Beifang replied one by one. By the time he finished sorting out this information, the vehicle had arrived at the destination. Xu Beifang also put away his mobile phone and started helping to order barbecue.

After telling his own brother about the subsequent itinerary, today's barbecue had already been served. Xu Beifang ate barbecue while brushing the forum to see the netizens' evaluation of today's final.

Thanks to 5E setting up a tournament discussion area, he didn't have to wander around on Tieba and various platforms.

He could directly view it in the 5E post-match discussion.

At a glance, Xu Beifang saw the page belonging to his team uniform, showing 9.8 points, and below it showed that 4396 people participated in the rating.

Except for apEX, Vitality's overall rating was also very high.

As for apEX, getting this rating is actually normal. He didn't transform into "Dou Zhan Sheng Fo" in this final today, and he didn't play particularly eye-catching tactics in command decision-making, so he only got 5.9 points.

Xu Beifang scanned the post-match comment area.

【gla1ve: The dynasty still exists! (Open eyes, dream woke up)】

【I can accept Astralis losing, but I can't accept losing by being shut out. device, I really don't know what he is doing】

【Everyone said before the match that there is a Tang Mo here, but after entering the match for a few rounds, they don't know who they are】

【I really like a sentence from Astralis fans: Opponent is an internet celebrity traffic team】

【Beifang has once again become the top player everyone expected】

【Beifang has once again reached that place】

【The post-match interview is really arrogant. From today on, you are the challengers!】

【This Astralis dynasty is really over】

Looking at the post-match evaluation, Xu Beifang's face gradually showed a smile.

He was quite satisfied with his and the team's performance in this final.

Although netizens criticized apEX's command for not being good, and his gunplay for not being good.

But apEX could use decision-making to give them normal, or even advantageous dueling links, which was enough.

To say something praising, the data really couldn't reflect apEX's role.

He put down his mobile phone satisfiedly and heard XTQZZZ clap his hands: "Everyone's performance today is excellent. I am proud of your performance today!"

"Everyone's performance tonight is quite good. No one made that kind of extremely serious mistake. This is the top team in my mind, and we have to go in this direction later."

In XTQZZZ's understanding, future first-line teams will go in this direction. Everyone relies on the communication and cooperation of players to play. A top-level match will not have too many, too many mistakes.

"Then let's talk about our next itinerary. After finishing this match, we have no major tournaments in the second half of the year. After returning to Paris, we have an online match, and then it's Christmas. Everyone is almost entering the holiday."

XTQZZZ looked at Xu Beifang: "Beifang, see if you want to go back. If you don't plan to go back, then you can just stay in Huaxia to play online. For you, I am relieved."

"Then it's shox's decision to retire. I think you should know, right?"

Zywoo said a bit surprised: "Really planning to retire?"

shox had been rubbing skewers, listened to Zywoo's words, and nodded: "Yeah, really planning to run away. Now the honor is enough, and the age is not small, it's about time to run."

shox is not like Xu Beifang and Zywoo, these two young people. He had been active on the field before, wanting to prove to the audience that he could still play.

Then after coming to Vitality, the Major was won, and the Grand Slam was won. The honors had already been taken seven or eight out of ten.

In terms of money, he is not particularly lacking.

He also didn't have the strong desire for games like Xu Beifang, so it was just right to retire at this time.

apEX persuaded on the side: "Old brother, accompany me to play for two more years. Let's play for two years together, and I will almost run away too."

shox nodded: "Okay, you let me play the command position."

apEX immediately shook his head: "That won't work. If I play rifle now at this level, I will be sprayed to death by the audience."

His rifle level is actually okay, it's just that Xu Beifang is in the team, so the contrast is too big.

Not to mention that he chose to transform into a commander before, just to extend his professional life.

"Then you should retire well." apEX said with a smile.

Listening to the old brother's merciless words, shox directly gave apEX a punch: "You guy is really persuading."

apEX ate a deliberate punch but didn't get angry, laughing and saying: "I still don't understand you? If you really want to retire, no one can stop you."

Don't look at shox being hi-hi-ha-ha on weekdays, but when he makes any decision, he is quite decisive.

Zywoo pursed his lips: "Actually, I feel your condition is still okay, you should be able to play."

shox shook his head: "You also said, condition."

"My aiming and overall level now actually can't keep up a bit. What really made me have the idea of retiring was when I encountered ropz on faceit before. ropz completely suppressed me in terms of consciousness." He sighed, "When should you retire, young people will really tell you."

The room soon fell into silence. The teammates who lived together day and night were determined to leave. Although it was not now, they were still a bit melancholy.

After a long while, shox broke the silence: "But don't worry, I won't run away without a sound like Douqiang-ge."

The running away of Douqiang-ge in the past can be counted as the most failed transfer in CSGO, and shox will not do such a disgusting thing.

"I also know that it might be very difficult to find people recently. I have thought about it, I will wait until the next transfer period arrives, and you will have time to find people then."

After the IEM Beijing match ended, Europe is about to unfold Christmas, and all teams will enter the rest stage, and around February, Beifang also has to go back for the holiday, so it is very difficult for them to find people temporarily. 【443-1

It is necessary to wait until around the first Major in the second half of the year for the transfer market to truly unfold, and only then will there be an opportunity to reinforce.

"Besides, I also have to see the quality of the newcomers. Otherwise, I won't be at ease when I retire."

At the very least, he has to see if the members taking over his position are qualified. Otherwise, when he retires, it would be too painful to watch his juniors make mistakes every day and cause the team to lose matches.

Xu Beifang smiled: "Since it's already decided, there's no point in saying more."

"Alright, let's enjoy our victory celebration tonight and enjoy the victory!"

He raised his hand and cheered: "Today we are Grand Slam winners!! Brothers, let's have a toast!"

Hearing this, the others also laughed. No matter what, they had worked hard for this Grand Slam for a long time, and now that they had successfully won the championship, they could enjoy the fruits of their labor.

In the midst of laughter, the glasses collided, and the reflection of the drinks mirrored faces filled with joy.