Chapter 286: with translation of chapter title

October 2, League of Legends officially launched.

As soon as the game launched, a large number of players flooded in, the online count quickly rose, soon surpassing 100,000.

Achieving such results naturally owes to Iron Fist Technology's promotional strategy.

But mainly it was the extensive publicity generated by the new film launch of The Legend of Heroes, plus Jing Tian's huge popularity.

On the set of The Legend of Heroes, Da Tian Tian placed a notebook on her lap and randomly scribbled on the touchpad.

"Which one is Lena, which one is Lena!"

Yang Mi beside him pointed at the computer and said, "It should be this one!"

"Ah, this isn't pretty either!" Da Tian Tian said disappointedly.

Yang Mi laughed, "It's a game, after all—surely it can't be that detailed!"

"Let me see your Rui Mengmeng!"

Jing Tian said that and then started looking again, discovering that aside from silver hair and a short skirt, there didn't seem to be anything special.

She then went to check out the Qilin prototype played by Ke La La, the Piltover sheriff Catherine.

"She's sexy, and pretty cool!"

Finally, she looked at the Rose prototype played by Liu Yifei, Katarina, and lightly remarked, "Still pretty cool."

Hu Jie beside him said, "Take a look at my Ge Xiaolun!"

Yang Mi laughed, "Here it's called Garen, looks kinda silly!"

Hu Jie also sighed, "It completely fails to show my handsomeness!"

Jing Tian suddenly exclaimed, "Wow, the Prince looks just like Brother Jielun!"

"Hey, really, it's too similar!"

"It's practically identical!"

Zhou Jielun originally hadn't joined the fun, but hearing Jing Tian and the others say that, he got up and walked over, using a distinctive tone: "Yo, really similar—looks like I should practice this hero first!"

Yang Mi said, "Um, after work tonight, how about we all go to an internet cafe to play games?"

Jing Tian hurriedly replied, "Sure, sure, let's go together, let's go together!"

Hu Jie expressed no objection, and Zhou Jielun also agreed.

Jing Tian handed the computer to Yang Mi, got up to find Jiang Heng, and proposed going together to an internet cafe to play games.

Jiang Heng was just trying to stir up some "news," so he naturally smiled and agreed.

Huang Xiaoming standing nearby naturally also wanted to go.

Adding Liu Yifei, Ke La La, and Zhang Yuxi, the number of people immediately increased.

Ding Haifeng felt he was too old and did not join.

The two brothers Yuan De and Yuan Hua preferred drinking and also didn't join the fun.

Thus, after the crew wrapped up at night, Jiang Heng first took everyone out for a late-night snack, then went to the largest nearby internet cafe.

Because there were many people, both men and women, they eventually attracted attention from nearby folks, with a few coming over to ask for autographs.

Fortunately, the phone camera quality was mediocre and it was already late, so no gathering effect occurred.

It only took a dozen or so minutes before everyone could get online.

After sitting down, everyone opened the game to pick heroes, and Jing Tian suddenly asked, "Brother, which hero are you using?"

"Frost Archer, Ashe!"

In his previous life, Jiang Heng played League of Legends fairly well, being fairly proficient with popular champions like Ashe, Weapon Master, Blind Monk, and Teemo.

He planned to switch champions each game to let the newbie players see how each hero is played.

Then, the team he led went on to win all the way.

He played each champion exceptionally smoothly, opening everyone's eyes.

From time to time in the internet cafe came Jing Tian's exclamation, "Wow, brother, how are you using the Blind Monk so well!"

"Wow, your Teemo play is going to make the opponents furious!"

First, her voice is indeed pleasant; second, some people are curious.

Not long after, a few onlookers gathered behind Jiang Heng to watch the fun.

Seeing the crowd grow and the hour getting late, Jiang Heng suggested heading back.

Although everyone was somewhat reluctant to leave, seeing Jiang Heng's tone was a notification rather than a discussion, they naturally agreed.

As they were about to leave, Jiang Heng suddenly had a whimsical thought and almost said, "Tonight's expenses will be on Young Master Jiang!"

But fearing a bad impression, he ultimately held back.

However, after the group left, the internet cafe instantly "exploded," with chatter ongoing.

"My goodness, just surfing the net I actually got to see so many celebrities!"

"I can't believe it—Director Jiang, Zhou Jielun, Da Tian Tian, Liu Tianxian, Big Honey, Little Ming Brother, Hu Jie—they actually went to an internet cafe!"

"Director Jiang's gameplay is way too smooth!"

"Well, that Teemo play is disgusting—planting so many mushrooms, the opposing players must have collapsed!"

"He definitely didn't expect those mushrooms were planted by Director Jiang; I bet he's still cursing, haha!"

"Let's check the forums—maybe someone will post!"

A few youngsters discussed and hurried to browse the League of Legends tieba, and indeed there was a post complaining about Teemo.

"What about that photo you just took?"

"On the phone—pixel quality too poor, effect mediocre!"

"No problem, as long as it's clear enough—send it to me, send it to me!"

After receiving the photo, this person replied under the Teemo complaint post, "Brother, you should feel honored—the Teemo you just laned against was played by Director Jiang Heng!"

A reply was posted, instantly attracting follow-up comments.

"Nonsense, how could Director Jiang possibly have time to play this?"

"No picture, no truth!"

As a result, the next second, the picture was uploaded.

"It's true, right in the XX internet cafe, just one row away from me, Director Jiang Heng, Jing Tian, Zhou Jielun, and a bunch of others showed up!"

"Holy crap, it's really Director Jiang!"

This is, a netizen who posted a complaint replied, "No way, is that Teemo over there really being played by Director Jiang? I can only say one thing, awesome!"

……

However, the next day, the post's click count had already exceeded one million, and the reply count exceeded 100,000, sparking heated discussion across the net.

The number of registered users and concurrent online users for League of Legends also rose in a straight line.

As a result, a certain social commentator jumped out, believing that Jiang Heng, as an internationally renowned director, promoting an online game so vigorously was somewhat unbecoming.

Jiang Heng then posted a blog saying, the film *The Legend of the Heroic Soldiers* is adapted from League of Legends; he led the main creators to an internet cafe to experience the game, which is also to let the actors better understand their roles, and can be considered a kind of life experience—what's wrong with that?

Some actors who play prisoners even go to prison to seriously observe the inmates' movements and expressions; by that logic, does that count as promoting prisons?

Online, naturally most people support Jiang Heng, but there are still some who support that commentator, making League of Legends widely known and suddenly becoming one of the hottest games domestically.

Moreover, with the smash hit *Slay Immortals*, Iron Fist Technology has firmly secured its place among China's top-tier game developers.

This left the bosses and executives of game companies like Jiu Cheng and Wang Yi stunned.

On the set of *The Legend of the Heroic Soldiers*, Jing Tian still clung to her notebook, browsing randomly.

It was naturally impossible on the shooting set to let her play games; whenever she had a free moment, she would browse tieba and look at guides.

"Hey, there's actually someone claiming to be an expert, wanting to go head-to-head with Director Jiang!"

"How come every nickname is Director Jiang—who's that brother then!" Jing Tian muttered while looking.

Jiang Heng walked over and said, "How about I set up an esports room for you nearby?"

Jing Tian's eyes lit up, "Great, great!"

"Good your head!"

Jiang Heng finished speaking, then lightly tapped her little noggin with his hand, "Put the computer away!"

"Oh!" Jing Tian wore the expression of being caught daydreaming in class by the teacher, and reluctantly closed her notebook.

(End of chapter)