After Chu Ran said that, Abu, Ming Kai, and countless viewers in the livestream room all stared at each other wide-eyed, their brains crashing on the spot.
But the next second, bullet comments and gifts surged in waves, densely filling Chu Ran's livestream room.
66666! Who the hell told him to go pro?!
Didn't he say it already? Blame Uzi! He watched Uzi's Vayne flank back then, fell in love with Rumble, and became a top laner!
Genius. I won't accept it unless Teacher Easy wins an Oscar for Best Actor.
How dare you! What are you implying? Are you implying LGD's Oscar Night?
I can't hold it in anymore. You really hadn't played for even one second? Then why the fuck was Tianya Mingyue Dao installed on your computer?
You mean Tianya Mingyue Dao suddenly appeared on your computer and then launched itself? Keep pretending, go on! I'll just sit here and watch you act.
Streaming antics are supposed to make the audience laugh themselves to death, not traumatize them to death.
Your antics can be down-to-earth, but they can't be down in the underworld.
People can be lifeless, but they can't be without material!
Seeing Chu Ran's baffled expression, many fans of the Optimistic Family had almost believed him.
Ran Chu, you really are an orphan. You deserve to die!
Fine, fine, that's how you want to play it? You've successfully awakened my buried memories. You're finished, I'm telling you.
Damn it, my head hurts. Dead memories are starting to attack me.
Just a passerby, but I really feel bad for LGD. LGD contributed to the LPL no matter what, right? Yet Ran Chu, someone with zero professional integrity, was using it for streaming antics. Why hasn't the LPL banned someone like him? Turning from fan to hater.
Malle gobi! Have you ever been to Worlds? And you're barking here? As if your EDG is any more glorious than LGD.
I'll go first: 0-4 against FNC, losing four games in a BO5, unprecedented in history.
Trash Ming Kai, every character has eight strokes, every year ends in the quarterfinals.
The Polish embassy trembled in terror. Back then, they thought they were about to host Worlds S3.
Watching the bullet comments rise nonstop, a teasing smile appeared at the corner of Chu Ran's mouth. He stared straight at Tianya Mingyue Dao's interface, looking serious, sincere, and solemn.
"Since everyone's so enthusiastic, no time like the present. I had a dream yesterday. I dreamed that I won the World Championship, but I got stuck choosing skins. Since there are so many people in the livestream room today, why don't you all give me some suggestions? If I really win the World Championship someday, what skin should I choose?"
"Personally, I'm leaning toward Vayne. I'll play top lane Vayne at Worlds, and if I win it all, I'll definitely choose Vayne's championship skin. And the ID underneath has to glow!"
Pfft~
Inside EDG Club's training room, Deft and the others were all stunned, their jaws nearly dropping to the floor.
As soon as Chu Ran said that, the livestream room erupted again, and its popularity instantly shot to first place on Huya.
Naturally, so did the reports.
Besides making the Optimistic Family explode with rage, Chu Ran's words also left many Imperial fans seething.
Was Vayne's skin something just anyone could choose?
Other than their Brother Jian Zihao, no one was worthy of choosing Vayne's skin.
66666, this guy was really using his life to create Program effect.
Bold! He really didn't care about living anymore. Streaming Tianya Mingyue Dao while choosing a Vayne skin—even Liang Jingru didn't have that kind of courage!
Followed! Bro, from now on I'm your die-hard fan. I'm just scared that one day I won't be able to see you in the LPL anymore.
This Lord was afraid this guy would one day float up from the surface of the Huangpu River.
Ran Chu!! How could you be so disgusting?
Fuck your mother! You'd just entered the LPL and you were already dreaming about winning a championship and picking skins? Were you not awake yet?
Who gave you that confidence? Ran Chu, did Head & Shoulders give you confidence when you washed your hair?
"Holy shit, genius. I've worked so hard at streaming for so long, but I still can't compare to a naturally gifted player like Little Ran."
Ming Kai widened his eyes, swallowing unconsciously as he sighed with deep emotion.
Could game streaming really be played like this?
He was a little scared.
"Um. Tian Ye, close the door. And have the club's security step up their patrols for a while."
The slight drunkenness Abu had felt earlier had long vanished. Though Chu Ran had brought EDG a huge wave of controversy, it was also an enormous flood of traffic.
Originally, EDG's regular-season match against LGD had drawn little attention. After all, LGD really were the "washed-up godfathers" now—washed up beyond belief.
At that very moment, inside LGD Club.
Godv's face had flushed red. He clenched his fists and slammed them hard against the desk several times.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
HP-3.
Even after so much time had passed, they could bring it up themselves, but that didn't mean they could accept Chu Ran bringing it up on stream like this.
"Beast. I'm so pissed at this guy. Can I follow the internet cable over there and beat him up right now?"
Ping Ye Ling was gnashing his teeth. He had already forgotten about being the Number one seed and getting eliminated in the Round of 16 in Paris, but Chu Ran had activated it again, and the painful memories flooded back.
Brand smelting iron.
But then he recalled Imp getting flashed on by Mordekaiser and beaten to death with three swings, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but rise.
It was both painful and hilarious.
"Damn! Now I understand why this bastard was called Ran Chu. He really was a beast. Didn't he respect his elders or care for the young at all?" Eimy smacked his lips. "Clan leader, you're red. By the way, did you want a Diana skin back then?"
"Get lost~" Godv said slowly, the old scenes flashing through his mind.
That arrow he had fired backward back then had ultimately become the bullet that came back to settle the score.
Pan Jie looked coldly at Godv and spoke without expression. "Wei Zheng, you'll be playing the day after tomorrow. I hope our LGD can beat EDG. Then we'll still have something to discuss regarding your matter."
Although Godv knew Pan Jie was dangling an empty promise, he truly had a fire bottled up inside him.
The past was the past, but they couldn't just treat Godv like he was nothing.
EDG had a genius mid laner like Pawn—did LGD not have one too?
Who wasn't a genius mid laner?
"Pupu, train! When the time comes, we'll pin EDG to the ground and pound them!"
"I'm going to kill Deft until he calls me brother!"
Imp looked crazed as he shouted wildly. Anyone who didn't know better would have thought he had a mental illness.
And in the future, Imp really would hold a certificate for mental illness.
Eimy's eyes shifted as he looked at Imp. "Pupu, there's something I've always wanted to ask you."
"Huh?"
"Suppose there's a bathtub in front of you filled with water. Beside you are a spoon and a ladle. How would you drain the water?"
"Of course I'd use the ladle." Imp blurted out.
Eimy and the others wore complicated, taken aback expressions. Then they sighed softly. "Um. Arrange for someone to handle Pupu's admission paperwork."
"Huh? Was Pupu's answer wrong?" Jinoo asked in confusion.
"Let them know to add another bed beside Pupu's."
Meanwhile, on EDG Club's side.
Chu Ran's livestream room ultimately could not bear the strain any longer and was sadly shut down amid the massive number of reports.
"No, Huya isn't any good either. They're already making me rectify things. What rule did I break? So many unemployed Dongguan girls dance in livestream rooms and I never see them get banned. I was just playing games and they banned me too. Don't tell me the moderators also like watching hot dances, humming softly while they watch."
Abu covered his face. That damn "humming softly."
When he heard Chu Ran explain what "humming softly" meant, he had been completely stunned.
"Little Ran, that's enough. Your stream traffic was completely maxed out today, and you earned a lot. Take it easy. If you stream again, the operations team will probably resign as a group."
Hearing Abu's words, Chu Ran saw the murderous looks in the eyes of several female operations staff and immediately shuddered.
"Ah, my talent has nowhere to go. Looks like I can only wait for another opportunity."
Chu Ran nodded and checked his stream's backend data. Excluding Huya's food gifts, he had earned over 300,000 yuan in gifts during those few hours. After the platform's cut, then splitting it fifty-fifty with the club, he still had more than 70,000 yuan before tax.
No wonder so many people liked becoming streamers. It made money much faster than going pro.
But going pro had greater earning potential. Players like the future JackeyLove could get huge salaries from clubs and huge salaries from streaming contracts too. Though he earned the title of Grand Slam Loser, it didn't stop him from making enough money to eat well.
"Brother Yuan Shuo, what do you think of my Evelynn this game? Did it have a bit of Kai Ge's Season 5 MSI style?"
Seeing Chu Ran grin as he moved over to him, Pawn hurriedly shifted his butt away, mumbling indistinctly, "Y-you stay away from me. I'm scared the blood will splash onto me later."
Too terrifying.
It was Pawn's first time feeling that the LPL was even more terrifying than the LCK.
"Tch." Chu Ran waved his hand. "Handsome-as-hell Manager Abu, arrange a Korean teacher for me. From now on, I'm going to study foreign languages every night!"
Eighteen was the age when his brain worked best. If he set aside half an hour every day to study Korean, he could communicate better with his teammates. Abu agreed with Chu Ran's idea, but he always felt Chu Ran was insulting him.
Or rather, insulting the sister he had in some void world.
But he had no proof.
"I'll arrange it later. Handle the matter on Weibo first. LGD's official account posted on Weibo."
"Oh." Chu Ran opened Weibo, found LGD's official account, and saw its latest post.
LGD Official Esports Club:
The past was like passing clouds. Today, Player Easy of EDG once again brought up something painful. We feel some grief and indignation, but LGD Club will turn that pain into strength and bring out our best form this season, without disappointing all the fans and viewers who love LGD.
Finally, a heartfelt word: as a professional player, one should not rub salt into another person's wounds. Everything still has to be proven by results. Without results, everything is empty. Don't you agree? @EDG-Easy
Attached image: LGD's 2015 LPL Summer Split championship trophy.
Just minutes after the post was published, it instantly exploded on Weibo's trending searches, and viewers from every faction came to watch.
Hahahaha, good death! What championship did Ran Chu have that he dared start a fight with our Optimistic Family?
Exactly. No matter how poor their results were, someone without a championship couldn't touch porcelain them.
Don't talk nonsense. Didn't he have a Solo Competition championship?
Does a Solo Competition championship even count as a championship?
Uzi Haters, stop barking. Imp has a World Championship title. Didn't he completely crush your EDG?
I just want to see LGD beat up EDG already. Right now, immediately!
Pawn? Let Pawn play that day, okay? Let's see whether Tathagata is stronger or Wutian is stronger!
What the hell was a pilot? Did he have a championship? Samsung Blue won all year, so what? Losing the finals meant losing the finals!
Put Ran Chu on the field. If he has the guts, let him play Fiora and see how capable his Fiora is against Jinoo!
I hope Ran Chu won't chicken out that day like Waste Kai, either putting Ah Guang on or not daring to play Fiora himself.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, the hype is huge. Brother Hekui, Imp posted on Weibo too. He said he hopes you can let him have his fill when the time comes."
Hearing Chu Ran, Deft smiled. "Ignore him. That's just how he is. After the match, he'll message me. I can already guess it—he'll definitely be unwilling to accept it."
Chu Ran nodded, then opened the Weibo editor. With hype this huge, how could he not ride it?
That would make no sense.
After all, Uzi had ridden it too. At RNG Club, Uzi looked at the Weibo post he had sent and smiled happily. He was jealous of his own talent too.
"Uzi, don't let it become another boomerang later. What if LGD loses?"
Hearing Xiao Ming's words, Uzi froze. "Impossible. I think LGD is holding in a breath right now. And for hype and traffic, EDG will definitely field Pawn at mid instead of Scout. Then there'll be a gap in top lane. If they don't field Ming Kai, I don't think Ale can necessarily beat LGD's Eimy."
"LGD is guaranteed to win."
Tathagata versus Wutian, Deft versus Imp, and the newly crowned Number One Fiora on the National Server, Chu Ran, against Jinoo, known as the Sword Immortal.
The traffic was completely maxed out. Combined with everything that happened during Chu Ran's stream tonight, nearly the entire LPL was focused on this match. The sheer hype drove many clubs mad with jealousy.
Of course, there was also one person who was very unhappy.
RNG manager Manager San Shao stared at Chu Ran's latest Weibo post and rubbed his eyes hard.
What the—
Could it be?
Had RNG misjudged him?
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