Chapter 508: EDG already has enough league championships

When Ren Dong loudly read out that ID, the sound wave erupting from the VG crowd almost lifted the gymnasium's roof.

Without a doubt, from this moment on, Liang Yan became the de facto LPL's most popular star player—although this had long been beyond doubt.

Next up was the FMVP interview.

Under the gaze of countless spectators, Liang Yan wore a medal around his neck, held the small, exquisite FMVP trophy in his left hand, and gripped a microphone in his right.

Cameras below flashed nonstop.

Ren Dong spoke, facing the sea of spectators in the stands, revealing a slight smile:

"First, let's get real—I'd like to ask Firrrrrre to evaluate: in the second game of this Bo5, how many points would you give to the Green Steel Shadow used by Ai Luoli?"

Indeed, truly...

Someone in the crowd wanted me to be the villain!

Liang Yan scratched his face, his face not flushed, heart not racing, breath not labored, and said:

"Give it a nine."

The entire venue erupted in an uproar, like the sound of waves echoing in a vast valley.

Ren Dong was speechless for two seconds:

"I just want to confirm—is your scoring scale out of one hundred?"

"No, the perfect score is ten."

The audience laughed again.

The livestream viewers went crazy with complaints, this guy is spouting nonsense with his eyes wide open!

Ren Dong, unwilling to give up, pressed on:

"Then, how could you give such a high score?"

Liang Yan replied without hesitation:

"Because he almost took down a monster."

"???"

"Normally, the Green Steel Shadow can't beat monsters in the jungle. For Ai Luoli to achieve this level is already quite impressive."

In the EDG restroom, Ai Luoli's face had turned the color of pig liver.

"Damn, you're too vicious!"

Ren Dong had already realized that Liang Yan had made up his mind to stubbornly argue on this point, so he finally gave up pressing and moved on to a serious question:

"Well, thanks for your evaluation—it seems everyone is very satisfied with that answer; look how happily the audience is laughing. Cough! Second question:

"How are you feeling now?"

"Happy."

"And then?"

"Besides being happy, still happy—I also want to tell all the teams that rejected me last year: jealous? Jealousy won't help; there's no regret medicine in the world."

"Ah…"

"Hmm."

"It's clear you hold a grudge."

"That's right."

"... You seem a bit full of yourself."

"After all, I'm just one MSI away from a grand slam; I feel that even if I'm a bit full of myself, everyone can understand."

The fans burst into laughter and shouted in unison: "Not Li Sis!!!"

Liang Yan helplessly pursed his lips.

Backstage, the EDG members all wore numb expressions.

A Bu was indeed envious, even regretting it to the point of feeling his intestines turn green. Setting aside skill, Liang Yan excelled in every other way—he had looks, he had poise, his personality was flawless, and his typhoon-like steadiness was unmatched; this is the very model of a star player!

If such a person joined EDG, A Bu would dare to pound his chest and guarantee that the popularity he brings and the revenue he creates for the club would be ten times what it is now, or more!

VG is simply wasting heavenly blessings!

Then Ren Dong asked again:

"Now for the third question: please look back on this finals—after three games, is there any moment that left a deep impression on you?"

"Um, to be honest, actually there isn't."

"Really?"

"Really. I've always felt that what Ma Ge said in that interview was spot on—there's no real need to hold the finals; making us come all the way to Nanjing just feels like a tourism promotion for the city, which is fine anyway—since we're here, we might as well treat it as a trip and take the trophy home. Still, I suggest the officials adopt this opinion: just cancel the summer split and hand the trophy directly to us."

Ren Dong stared, dumbfounded.

"Man, you really dare to say that!"

"In this interview, you've teased everyone—from the officials to the audience to the opponents!"

"However, what Ren Dong doesn't know is that many of Liang Yan's answers to these three questions were lines given by the visual team; Liang Yan is cooperating with the official publicity work……"

"Exactly, it's all to create a god."

"……"

Not long after, EDG also held a post-match group interview.

Everyone sat listlessly behind the table, their voices when answering reporters' questions so dull they could put you to sleep.

"All things considered, although losing to VG 0-3 is a bit ugly, we still got second place—this result is actually acceptable for us, and it matches our preseason expectations, so it actually won't affect our team's condition, morale, or our preparations and plans for the summer split."

"Also, please rest assured, fans—EDG will definitely keep pushing forward, striving to give everyone a better spirit and team competitive state in the summer split; moreover, when the summer split arrives, we will also have new core players joining the roster, at which point our team's strength will definitely be stronger, so you can look forward to it."

A Bu droned on in a low voice, almost lulling the reporters to sleep, yet some of his remarks still conveyed useful information.

After this question was answered, we moved on to the next round of questioning; reporters eagerly raised their hands, and the event staff in charge of order randomly pointed at one.

The reporter stood up and directly asked:

"I want to ask our coach: why did we decide to replace the jungler right after finishing one game? Does this mean our training team thinks Mingkai is no longer capable of handling such high-intensity matches, or is there some other reason?"

The team interpreter conveyed the reporter's question to Coach Nofe.

After listening, Nofe frowned, thought for a moment, and finally showed an embarrassed expression:

"Um, this question, well, of course there are some reasons..."

Nofe beat around the bush for a few sentences, basically not answering the question directly, just spouting meaningless nonsense, and finally passed the question to Changzhang:

"Finally I think, um, regarding this question, our Mingkai would be more qualified to answer, because this decision was made by Mingkai himself."

Upon hearing this, Mingkai immediately lowered his head and rolled his eyes.

But facing the reporters' expectations, Mingkai still thought seriously for a moment, then answered:

"Changing the player was my own suggestion, mainly due to my own reasons, perhaps because I was a bit careless, and I didn't study the opponents deeply before the match; at that time I was just focused on researching MSI..."

The reporters instantly erupted in an uproar, all looking shocked, then began whispering to each other, making the entire interview scene as noisy as a market.

Changzhang looked at the scene, a faint, barely perceptible sneer appearing at the corner of his mouth.

And his following words made the scene even more explosive.

"Not researching VG is because I think EDG already has enough league championships; one more or less doesn't matter, but if we win the spring championship yet, due to not studying the opponent, go to MSI and get easily beaten, then I think it's better not to win it."