Chapter 609: The streamer playing LOL is wasting his talent

... There's something I think you should know right away.

The tense-faced secretary hurried into Taidamier's office, and the first words out of her mouth caused Taidamier, who was tidying his desk, to furrow his brows deeply.

Originally, recent research on weakening VG had made no progress, casting a shadow of immense pressure over the entire headquarters; even the usually mild-tempered Taidamier inevitably grew somewhat irritable, and the secretary's remark was likely to ruin his day—thinking he would have to spend the day in a foul mood made Taidamier even more displeased.

He raised his head and spoke displeasedly:

"Next time remember to knock, Kaitelina. What's the matter?"

The secretary, who had given herself a name identical to Hero's Ominous Blade, stood opposite the desk, her hands tightly clasped in front of her lower abdomen:

"Sorry, Boss…… but the matter is indeed somewhat urgent……"

"Cut the chatter, just say it."

Taidamier waved his hand impatiently.

Kaitelina said a few words to that effect.

Taidamier stared, eyes wide, dumbfounded for a moment, then couldn't help but blurt out a curse:

"WhattheF**K!"

"Fire is streaming PUBG?!"

"Are you kidding me?!"

The secretary shrank her neck, like a little cat shivering with fear, gulped down saliva, and stammered:

"Yes…… it's really true…… he's still streaming; if you want to know the details, you can…… uh…… just take a look yourself……"

Before the secretary finished speaking, Taidamier had already sat down at the computer. Riot had opened a service directly connecting to China's network, so he needed no tools to enter China's streaming platform directly.

Just as he opened the homepage of a certain fish streaming platform, Taidamier instantly saw, in the site's huge recommendation window, Firrrrrre playing a shooting game.

Tap-tap-tap-tap—tap-tap-tap-tap—

Amid the rhythmic sound of rifle bursts, two opponents fell.

A flood of comments instantly covered the screen:

【???】

【The red dot sight didn't wobble at all—are you even human?】

【You've got hacks!】

【So awesome, even the M762 can be suppressed like this!!】

【This guy is definitely a faking newbie; when he's not streaming he must be playing hard!】

【The landing spots he picked in these three matches are obviously those of a newbie……】

【So this is what a genius looks like? I've really broadened my horizons today.】

【The streamer playing LOL is wasting his talent; he should switch to shooting—his gift is too amazing!】

【He's a LOL world champion pro, a bona fide World's No. 1 Jungler earning nearly twenty million a year, coming to play a game that doesn't even have a professional league yet?】

【I bet he's gotten a sponsorship from those thigh-highs; this stream probably netted him a few million, haha】

Although Liang Yan can't play and commentate on LOL simultaneously as he does when he plays it himself—his prowess in this game comes purely from operation, i. e., aiming accurately, with no deep understanding of the game's mechanics—yet as a first-time shooter newcomer, Liang Yan's stream effect is explosive, especially his godlike recoil control, leaving countless viewers in awe!

For a time, the stream was flooded with praise, and the gift effects never ceased.

In the Riot CEO's office, Taitamier sat wooden-faced before the computer, watching Firrrrrre, who smiled faintly in the webcam below the screen as he enjoyed the game.

He couldn't understand the Chinese comments, but he understood PUBG.

Even before PUBG's official launch, Taidamier had taken notice of the game; to study it thoroughly, he even played it himself for a few days. Back then Taidamier realized that, although PUBG's gameplay is completely different from LOL's, since most players are omnivorous consumers, if PUBG became wildly popular it would obviously siphon off many LOL players.

In short, Taidamier understood this game.

Put another way, if Firrrrrre wished, he could truly switch careers to become a professional PUBG player—although as things stand he shows no motivation to do so.

Put another way, if Firrrrrre wished, he could truly switch careers to become a professional PUBG player—although as things stand he shows no motivation to do so.

But what if?

What if Firrrrrre feels he's reached the peak in the LOL realm and wants to conquer a new summit?

And what if Firrrrrre encounters some truly unpleasant things in LOL, like being targeted by a patch, and then becomes disappointed with the game?

All of this is possible.

Then, if Firrrrrre really leaves LOL for PUBG, there's no doubt that, given his influence, it would deal a huge blow to LOL's rising development trend.

——Even a world‑number‑one player switching careers—this game must have a problem, right?

Many people will surely think that.

If, when Firrrrrre switches careers, he also happens to diss League of Legends a couple of times, the outcome would be even worse—LOL would definitely lose a huge chunk of players!

This is something Taidamier absolutely does not want to see……

"Huh——"

Taidamier drew a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, calming his anger and composing himself. He sat in his executive chair, pondered a moment, then raised his hand toward the secretary still standing opposite the desk, waved it, and spoke in a low voice:

"I want to call an emergency meeting; you go notify the design department."

"Okay. Does everyone in the design department need to attend, or……?"

"The heads, and all core staff; anyone who's been on board less than half a year doesn't need to come."

"Now?"

"Now, immediately, at once! Within five minutes I want to see everyone sitting properly in the meeting room—latecomers lose a week's afternoon‑tea perk!"

"Yes!"

Kaitelina turned and darted out.

Meanwhile Taidamier remained seated before the computer, watching Firrrrrre's webcam feed, his eyes flashing with a mix of love and hate.

This guy—could he have caught wind of something?

It's really hard to say, for although Taidamier issued a strict gag order and even had all informed staff sign a special confidentiality agreement forbidding them from leaking to the outside world that Riot is researching a game version to suppress VG, so many people know that it's not impossible someone would slip up.

Sigh... forget it, let's discuss it again.