RoleplayNovel Chapter 41: Ah Zhen, are you serious?
Chapter 41: Ah Zhen, are you serious?
The headquarters of Huya Live was brightly lit.
The moment Qin Weichuan sent back the news of the official signing with Crush, the keyboard clicks in the public relations department suddenly intensified. Everyone seemed to have been turned on by an invisible switch, jumping up from their seats and quickly entering battle mode.
From the legal department urgently delivering contracts and completing the filing with the management department, to the repeated polishing, finalization, and uploading of promotional copy to various platforms, and then to the simultaneous promotion of pre-placed trending search terms.
The whole process took only twenty minutes.
Every second counts; swift and decisive action is required.
Clearly, even with a brilliant solution like "Crush signing," Huya's top management had reached their limit with the days of online ridicule.
Comments like "Is this all Huya is?", "Failed to create a god", "Huya's brilliant plan to conquer the world in the e-sports version has backfired!", and "They don't even look at you" have been buzzing around like flies, filling the ashtray in the conference room with cigarette butts.
Let the dust settle a little longer, until it gets hotter?
Sorry, but in this live-streaming market where people are quick to pull out all the stops and unleash their ultimate moves, if you dare to let this kind of negative publicity linger for a couple more days, even if the other party wasn't originally your opponent, they're guaranteed to turn it into reality.
The legal and business departments of competing platforms are monitoring them 24/7. Whoever makes a mistake will be ripped out.
Huya truly lives up to its reputation as one of the top giants in the live streaming industry today.
With the League of Legends section as the core platform, game forums, various game-related online communities, and trending topics sections—information promotion spread rapidly like mercury.
The editors and operators lurking in various online communities received the instructions almost simultaneously, and their fingers flew across the screen as they pushed up the pre-launch posts one by one.
The platform's homepage even removed the original event at exactly midnight and replaced it with a promotional poster that had been prepared for many days.
The poster features a black and gold color scheme, creating a strong visual impact.
In the center is a half-body profile of Fu Shiyan;
The eighteen-year-old boy had his eyebrows slightly lowered and his expression indifferent. The headphone wire was faintly hidden in his collar, and a sharp arc of light cut through the dark background behind his shoulder.
Beside him, the Chinese server ID "Crush" spans the screen in ink-splatter calligraphy, with the edges of the ink marks still bearing traces of war scars.
Below the poster, several rows of bold, black text are displayed in sequence:
[The mysterious streetball star who crushed Dopa has officially signed with Huya!]
[A rising rank king, a universally acknowledged master strategist among players with over 1000 points!]
No script, only absolute talent!
[Huya Live, witness the birth of a legend!]
[Personal or professional? October 26th, room 996520, see you there!]
"The New King of Rank!"
"Crush Dopa!"
"A master conductor!"
It has to be said that the people in charge of publicity in Huya's public relations department have truly inherited the skills of UC Shocking News Department.
Their skill in using clickbait headlines is unparalleled; they can exaggerate enough to attract casual readers while leaving room for criticism of false advertising.
The overwhelming amount of traffic pushed out, coupled with these exaggerated promotional headlines that were practically being thrown at players' faces, drew the attention of countless League of Legends players—and even onlookers from outside the scene.
Thus, an unavoidable question emerged.
Who is Dopa?
Who is Crush?
For the vast majority of League of Legends players in the Chinese server, this ID is almost synonymous with "God of Rank".
Once upon a time, Dopa firmly ruled the top of the Chinese server. No one, whether an unruly high-ranking solo queue player or a seasoned professional player, could shake his throne.
His peak win rate in ranked games was terrifying, and his champion pool was unfathomably deep. If it weren't for the match-fixing scandal that led to his lifetime ban from the LCK, LPL professional teams would have signed him as a core player long ago.
Even if he can only showcase his skills in ranked games, there is no doubt that Dopa's strength has already been recognized by countless people.
Yet this absolute powerhouse in the Rank field was utterly defeated by an anonymous random player who appeared out of nowhere.
It wasn't a narrow victory, nor was it a fluke; it was a complete and utter domination in lane and a crushing defeat in team fights.
This news caused a stir in the gaming community, at least in the esports circles of major forums on the Chinese League of Legends server, much like a small earthquake.
Moreover, after defeating Dopa, the protagonist of the story showed no sign of stopping.
He continued to duo queue with his jungler teammate, whose rank was only Master, and they climbed the ranks like crazy.
The two were like a red-hot dagger cutting into butter, rampaging through the crowd and kicking away all their opponents on their way to the top.
Professional youth training?
A veteran streetball king, a master of unique skills?
Whoever comes, falls.
The topic had already become incredibly heated after two days of spontaneous fermentation.
Now that Huya has added this official boost, the level of popularity is unimaginable.
Hang in there!
[Here it comes! The monster who used to dominate Dopa has signed with Huya!]
[First floor sofa, thanks for the invitation: Signing with Huya was expected.]
[As I said before, it's most likely scripted. Huya cultivated its own Dopa, and now they're bringing in a challenger to dethrone him... All that dominating is just for traffic.]
[Your data usage is ridiculous! Do you even have a brain? Don't you want to check who's currently number one in the Chinese server?]
[Friendly reminder: BKBS-Crush - 1341 points]
Even if it's just a script, Crush is genuinely talented.
[This really suits my ID; no matter who I play against, as long as my teammates don't feed, it's a stomp.]
[A player who can earn the respect of a group of top-tier players by being called a "Master Strategist" must have some real skill. Yesterday, I watched a streamer who was a 1000-point jungler. After being matched with a Crush, he listened to the team's commands in silencing for the entire game, and afterwards even said, "I've learned a lot."]
[A new meme in high-elo games: "You still lose even when you're matched with Crush? How bad are you?"]
[Haha, people used to say there were three top players in the Chinese server, but now there's only one left.]
[However, Crush is still on that city championship team? Isn't he considering joining the LPL directly? With that kind of skill, isn't playing in the city championship a bit... like using a cannon to kill a mosquito?]
[The scope is too narrow; nuclear bombs are the way to go. No matter how strong the teams in the city championship are, can they be stronger than five LPL professional players in a 1000-point game?]
[These LPL players are truly useless. They performed terribly at Worlds, and they can't even recruit a single talented rookie.]
Is it possible that Crush simply thought they were too bad?
[It seems Crush wasn't just joking when he said he wanted to make it into the LPL during his stream!]
【No, Ah Zhen, are you serious?】
Judging from Huya's live stream promotion, this should be it. The debut of a streamer signed by the platform isn't playing ranked games or hosting friendly matches, but rather participating in a city championship tournament. That's quite unusual.
[Interesting, very interesting. If that's the case, I really need to check it out.]
[It's a ridiculous joke. I used to never pay attention to LSPL, but now I'm actually interested in a city championship tournament.]
Hurry up, hurry up! I can't wait to see Crush help those young people overcome their internet addiction!
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