Chapter 494: I came, I saw, I conquered (3)

My dream has been fulfilled; every step from now on surpasses the dream……

At this moment, Ding Jun sat in the VIP spectator seats, watching the on‑site big screen and listening to Xiao Duan's speech echoing in the venue; his expression was inevitably moved.

After watching the semi‑finals live last time, Ding Jun fell in love with the feeling of watching his own team dominate the scene live; he got a bit addicted, so he came again today.

But today Lu Wenjun didn't accompany him, nor was he backstage; instead he was busy handling the team's Brazilian visa matters. Although the finals only start today, Lu Wenjun has no doubt whatsoever about whether his team can win the championship.

Xiao Duan had been on the team for a while; Ding Jun knew him, but previously he hadn't left a deep impression—just the feeling of a familiar face among strangers.

Until today, Ding Jun suddenly realized:

Every ordinary person actually has a dream unknown to others, belonging to themselves.

Ding Jun felt ashamed and decided to pay more attention and care to the LoL division from now on.

After Xiao Duan finished speaking, it was EDG's turn; mid‑laner Scout appeared on camera, speaking Chinese that was fairly fluent, and as he opened his mouth he revealed silver braces.

"Making it to the finals, a year's effort has been rewarded, but we cannot let up. The championship—I really want to win it. I want to prove myself, not be inferior to the champion mid‑laner."

"Want to win the championship……"

Zet only had that one sentence, his face flashed across the screen and was then covered by the face of VG's mid‑laner Easyhoon. Easyhoon sat sideways facing the camera, adjusted his black‑rimmed glasses, his expression calm, tone solemn, speaking fluently in Chinese:

"I'm very grateful to my club's boss, the manager, and everyone on the team—thank you all for letting me become a member of this extremely great team.

"Back when I was at SKT, I hardly communicated with my teammates, and I never even exchanged a single word about the game with... Faker; thus... the team atmosphere was actually quite oppressive.

"VG is different; VG... is very lively, Sheng Qiang Ge, Shuijing Ge, and Xiao Duan are all very... cheerful kinds of... personalities.

"Ma Ge doesn't talk much, but he's a really great person, often treating us to meals.

"Liang Yan... well, Liang Yan is younger than me, but he's actually like a team... big brother figure... err, no, I should say that compared to a player, he's more like a coach, yes.

"Liang Yan is usually gentle, but when it comes to some... matters involving principles, he becomes very... strict; I think I haven't used the wrong adjective.

"The changes Liang Yan has brought to the whole team are very obvious, very obvious, and in my personal opinion they are the main reason why VG, which was still struggling at the playoff threshold line last year, could achieve such impressive results today……

"Off‑camera voice: 'Impressive, that long complex sentence is really impressive.'

Easyhoon smiled shyly.

After Liang Yan joined the team, in order to communicate more smoothly with the jungler, Li Zhixun further strengthened his Chinese studies. Therefore, compared to the Easyhoon of the past, the present Easyhoon's Chinese proficiency is much better.

Then the picture changed, and the protagonist finally appeared.

Liang Yan likewise turned his side to the camera, smiling calmly:

"To be frank, daily training means little to me now, because I feel my mechanical skill has reached its limit; further improvement would be extremely difficult. So aside from necessary practice matches and streams, I will devote more time to higher‑level thinking—such as how to make everyone better, how to make team communication in matches simpler and more effective, and how to unleash everyone's strength.

"Off‑camera voice: 'That's exaggerated—have you really reached that level? Then do you usually, as the Marquis said, take charge of a lot of coaching work?'

Liang Yan: "Not really; the main coaching work is still being done by our Long Ge, I just offer some big‑picture advice.

"Off‑camera voice: 'Then you look more like a director, like the chief head coach in the Korean club system.'

Liang Yan: "Past, past……

"Past, past.

Sima Laozei suddenly appeared on screen, waving his hand and saying:

"There's nothing much to say about playing EDG.

At that moment the noise in the venue reached a boiling point, with countless people shouting "Ma Ge is awesome!"; in the livestream, the screen filled with the same four characters in the danmaku.

After the pre‑match interview ended, the guest commentators were nowhere to be seen; the person appearing before the camera was the commentator responsible for today's Bo5 pick‑ban and combat commentary.

Surprisingly, neither Wawa nor Guan Zeyuan appeared among them; of the three commentators, only Miller could be called a veteran LPL commentator, while the other two turned out to be Ji De and the female commentator Rita.

No need to say more about Rita—she's the new female commentator who only made her official LPL appearance near the end of this spring regular season.

Ji De, although his professional ability and typhoon are both excellent, but he hasn't been in the LPL long either, and likewise can be called a new commentator.

The LPL organizers made this arrangement with clenched fists, naturally there is a deeper meaning.

Wawa is lacking in professional ability, so his on‑air appearances will likely gradually decrease, and afterward he will probably shift to commentating, crowd control, and backstage management.

As for Guan Zeyuan, it's likely because he posted some overly stimulating opinions about certain teams' fans on Weibo a couple of days ago, now he's in the eye of the storm; the officials worry that letting him appear in the finals would stir up bigger trouble, so they've told him to lay low.

Suddenly realizing that the finals commentary lineup is like this, the livestream audience also buzzed with opinions: some said giving young people a chance is great, the LPL commentary needs more professional fresh blood; others said the new commentators lack experience and might not be able to handle such a big stage.

As for the two new commentators already standing before the camera, today's commentary assignment naturally also carries extraordinary significance. If they do well, their future careers will naturally go smoothly; but if any aspect reveals an obvious shortcoming, then…

Thus, facing the camera, Rita appeared somewhat nervous. She was already good‑looking, and compared to the two big men beside her her petite figure made her look even more delicate; her smile was a bit forced, her hands held straight in front of her lower abdomen, making her seem even more fragile.

Then the danmaku started brandishing swords.

But at this time, Wang Ji was like a newborn calf unafraid of tigers, full of ambition and vigor; the greater the pressure, the more excited he got—facing the camera, he showed no trace of timidity, instead his face revealed some excitement.

Beside him, Miller kept a straight face, for some reason looking somewhat displeased.