Chapter 13: The Era of the Great Western Development of Esports!

On this side, since Mr. Dejiang had distributed the "cowardice allowance" half a month early, Lin Jingyi bounced up from her half-lying-on-the-bed state.

"Worker, overtime soul, no one can stop me from working overtime today!"

Following Jiang Ming's request, Lin Jingyi quickly edited the recruitment information on the computer.

Finished at light speed, she checked that the information and text were error-free, then flung it into the Jin Ling University part-time QQ group.

That's right, Ms. Lin La A Meng was still one of the administrators of the university part-time group.

The campus part-time recruitment Jiang Ming needed might require biting people everywhere to others, but for her, it was just a matter of moving her fingers.

"Jin Ling University Campus Part-Time Group!"

(Administrator) Lin Yidan:

【Campus Part-Time | Video Editing Intern Recruitment】

【Seeking students majoring in Media/Film and Television!】

【...】

【Urgent Recruitment | Courier Packing Part-Time, 4 people】

【Salary: 15-20 Yuan/hour + Same-day settlement optional】

"..."

Unlike packers where you could directly state the hourly wage and just need some strength to do the job, regarding video editing recruitment, Lin Jingyi, who knew Jiang Ming's work mode, was very clear that they had to find people with certain experience.

As soon as Lin Jingyi posted the recruitment information to the part-time group, the QQ message notification sound exploded like a popcorn machine.

"Lin Xuejie! Is the courier packing still short of people? I can do fifteen pull-ups in the physical test!" — the classic opening line from a sports department hunk.

"Lin Jie, does the video editing position require a portfolio? I've done chaotic mashups for Bilibili UP owners!" — Chen Yuting, a sophomore from the Media School, attached screenshots of her work.

Lin Yidan's fingertips flew across the mechanical keyboard when she suddenly saw a sarcastic message: "Yo, Administrator Lin is recruiting maids for Young Master Jiang again? How many bed-warmers this time?" She coldly smiled and clicked on the other party's profile — it was indeed Wang Hao from the Accounting Department, whom Jiang Ming had rejected last time. She directly right-clicked to report, block, and blacklist in one go, then turned around to @everyone in the administrator group: "Pay attention to cleaning up garbage accounts; there are perverts mixing into the group recently. Remember to screen each other before inviting people in the future."

Just as our Lin Lin Xuejie's keyboard was about to smoke from the typing, the hands-off Shopkeeper Jiang returned to the team's basement before the LPL pre-season selection match began.

There were a total of six teams with a 2-0 record; unlike before where the first-ranked team in the solo queue draft picked first and the second picked second, the rest were basically teams with some strength in their respective server solo queue drafts, but as long as they could win one more game, the teams with three consecutive wins would basically lock in their LPL pre-season spot.

Because in the next round, their opponents would be drawn from the pool of teams with a 0-3 record.

NXG's third opponent for Jiang Ming was drawn as the top team from Black Rose; after two rounds of matches, they were considered to be among the top three in strength besides NXG.

"Look at Vayne, look at Vayne!"

"I've got my ultimate, I've got my ultimate, instant AD, instant AD!"

"Backline, watch the backline, I have Zhonya's, they can't kill me."

"..."

In the third round of the LPL pre-season selection points match, the CX team, which was ranked first in the Black Rose solo queue and had excellent individual skills, still failed to become a roadblock for NXG.

In this match, Jiang Ming, even considering the need to train the players' pressure resistance, chose a combination with poor initiative for his own team's champions.

"Remember, before fifteen minutes you are Ninja Turtles; after twenty minutes..." Jiang Ming raised his voice: "You are Super Saiyans!"

Top lane Malphite, Jungle Imperial Prince, Mid lane Orianna, AD Ezreal, Support Zyra.

In terms of composition, the Blue Side CX had Top lane Renekton, Jungle Lee Sin, Mid lane LeBlanc, AD Vayne, and Support Blitzcrank.

In comparison, the Blue Side could be said to have maximized their aggression; even after seeing their own top lane pick Malphite, they specifically locked in Vayne, the most suitable AD in the current meta for fighting tanks, as their counter-pick.

In contrast, the Purple Side NXG, at first glance, seemed to have very little understanding of the game, relying purely on stacking ultimates for their composition.

Unfortunately, the two teams' game understanding was completely on different levels.

In the early laning phase, they gained some slight advantages through individual skills and champion characteristics, but their understanding of minion waves was equivalent to nothing; the Renekton with Ignite, after failing an all-in at level three, completely fell into Malphite's rhythm.

With the minion waves stacked in front, they just relied on Sunfire Cape to burn slowly; when the Blue Side top laner wanted to force a push, the Orianna and Imperial Prince on the right had already arrived.

Of course, compared to the two teams in the first round, CX not only had strong individual skills but also trained their team awareness quite well, knowing how to force team fights during their champions' power spikes.

However, the strategic significance of the Dragon in the S3 version was really not high; the extra economy added was easily made up for by the gap in both sides' Fundamentals of last-hitting.

NXG's five members firmly remembered their boss's instruction: "Before the composition reaches its power spike, do not stubbornly force team fights that can be avoided."

At seven minutes, to prevent the opponent from forcing a team fight, NXG even played a top-bottom lane swap tactic, with the tough-skinned Malphite moving to the bottom lane, while Ezreal and Zyra moved to the top lane.

In that second, whether it was Renekton on the top lane or Vayne on the bottom lane, both fell silent.

Standing behind the NXG members, Jiang Ming couldn't help but scratch his head; tactics like lane swapping were really a bit too advanced for the National Server players of this era.

For the entire 22-minute match, NXG, having brought out a team fight composition, hardly engaged in proper team fights with the Blue Side; they were either rotating lanes or on the way to rotate lanes, and then just as a few young guys were on the verge of a mental breakdown, NXG suddenly initiated a team fight at the Baron, trading two for five and sending a team wipe to them, leaving the five CX players in immense frustration.

"Haven't won, huh? Haven't won, huh?"

The support player even frantically typed question marks in the public chat before the crystal exploded.

They had never seen anyone play the game like this.

"Ahem, ignore them; let's rest a bit and continue the review. If we win the fourth game, we will have officially stepped into professional competition."

Jiang Ming coughed to attract the attention of the players.

They were all hot-tempered young people; if they started insulting each other in the public chat, the trouble would be huge.

Shi Zhenyu, Pang Ran, and the others exchanged glances, shrugged, and went about their business: those who needed water drank water, and those who needed to go to the ground-floor restroom to solve personal problems did so.

Insult each other?

Insulting each other is impossible; for us LOL players, what could be more satisfying than making the opponent break down in the game?

"Hehe, just thinking about the enemy Zed landing his ultimate and getting controlled immediately makes me want to laugh."

"Not everyone can be like Brother Ming, playing a new champion very well right after it launches; they are just imitating others poorly."

"Old Xu, from your perspective as a veteran AD, what level would you say the enemy Mid lane Shadow Master is at?"

"Mid-tier ninja, nothing more."

"Their jungler can't even clear the F4 properly!" The AD player, Sorry, pointed at the Lee Sin spinning in place in the replay, "How did such a team get into the selection match?"

"Because this is the era of the Great Western Development of Esports," Jiang Ming tore open a package of his own meat floss cake, "an era where you just need to hold a shovel and know how to swing it to dig up gold."

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