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Chapter 126 Arrival in Tokyo
Chapter 126 Arrival in Tokyo
The news of the Huaguo Gunwang national team participating in the Asian Championships quickly spread throughout the e-sports circle.
Although most netizens said they were "not very optimistic", there were also many fans of Pei Feng and Jiang Shaoyu who left messages to encourage them, expecting them to break the curse of "going abroad is always a round trip".
In previous years, 8 countries participated in the Asian Championships. The final champion, runner-up and third runner-up had trophies and bonuses. The champion was rewarded with 10 million yuan, and the runner-up and third runner-up were 5 million and 3 million respectively. The Asian E-Sports Alliance is hosted by South Korea, a major e-sports country. , still quite rich.
Asian Championships, usually used to gild the players of the Korean team.
There are 9 participating countries this year. Hua Guo was assigned to Group B. Some enthusiastic netizens went to the Gun King E-sports Alliance to check the official announcement and carefully analyzed on Weibo: "Group B, Malaysia, Japan, Vietnam, and Indonesia are four. These opponents, I checked the past records, the Japanese team has entered the top eight in the World Championships, and the Asian Championships often won the runner-up; Malaysia and Vietnam have both won the third place, and Indonesia is the weakest, but compared to the one who never participated in the competition Huaguo, they have been playing the Asian Championships for three years. So in general...we seem to have to be cannon fodder QAQ"
"The landlord's analysis is well-founded. When participating in the Asian Championships this time, Coach Jiang obviously asked inexperienced players such as Pei Feng and Huaran to accumulate experience. The important thing is to participate, it is to give newcomers a long-term experience. ."
"Hey, I don't dare to watch the live broadcast, it's too heart-wrenching. When the result comes out, trouble my brothers and sisters to kick me."
"I don't want to watch it either. Although Fred and Huahua are very handsome, I will be sad to see the handsome guy being abused."
Before the Asian Championships, the Huaguo team did not participate, and the league did not broadcast live broadcasts, so almost no one paid attention. This time, because Jiang Shaoyu led the team to participate, it set a precedent. After all, he represented the country to participate in the competition. The league also gave the head coach a lot of face, and specially sent a reporter over to interview with the team.
At the same time, the official live broadcast channel opened up a "Asian Championship live broadcast area", and invited two well-known commentators of the A-League, Feifei and Xiaoxi, to follow the Huaguo team throughout the game. However, there are only a few million netizens who follow the "Asian Championship Live Broadcasting Zone", which is incomparable to the tens of millions of followers in the "A League One Live Broadcasting Room".
There is only 1 hour time difference between Japan and China. It is necessary to transfer from the Imperial Capital to Tokyo. Yu Mingxiang arranged the fastest flight. The contestants boarded the plane after lunch and arrived at the Tokyo International Airport around 19:00 in the evening.
Anna is proficient in many languages ββand can communicate with the airport staff in Japanese without any problems. This assistant coach doesn't usually appear in the national team, but she plays a very important role when she goes abroad. With her as an interpreter, the players go through all the procedures very smoothly.
People from the competition committee learned that the Huaguo team had to come two days in advance, and they also arranged for someone to pick them up.
Anna communicated with the pick-up staff in Japanese for a while, and finally came to everyone and said helplessly: "They thought we only had five or six coaches and players, and they sent a 7-seat commercial vehicle, which couldn't fit."
Everyone was speechless.
Qi Heng groaned in a low voice: "Fuck, do you really think we are here to be cannon fodder? The bare commander brought 5 contestants to the competition, what a joke!"
Jiang Shaoyu frowned and said, "Let's go over by ourselves."
The team going abroad this time includes Chairman Qi, Team Leader Yu, Coach Jiang, Lao Chang, Assistant Coach Anna, Team Doctor Xue, plus a team reporter and photographer. There are 8 members in the working group, 6 players and 14 players. The team is huge. The staff in Japan who was in charge of picking up the plane almost dropped his chin - I thought that Huaguo came here this time, just a few random people to make soy sauce. I didn't expect so many people to come?
The reporters brought them all, uh... The group stage is only played for 2 days. Is it necessary to be so exciting?
The team reporter's name is Yan Luo, a male beta reporter who is very active in the e-sports circle. Hearing this, he ran over to interview Jiang Shaoyu, but was scared off by Jiang Shaoyu's cold eyes.
Qi Heng waved his hand and said, "There is no need to report this kind of news. Domestic netizens know it, and they will only think that we are too good and like to be pompous. Report more content related to the game."
Reporter Yan had to silently put away the microphone.
Everyone's mood was not very good. Anna hurriedly smoothed things out and said with a smile, "Why don't we take the subway there. I know Japanese street signs. When I search for the map, I will take everyone away."
Yu Mingxiang was a little worried: "I have already submitted the list to the organizer for this competition. How could they have mistaken our number?"
Jiang Shaoyu said lightly: "It's not enough. The organizer didn't take us seriously, thinking that we were just here to make up the number."
Yu Mingxiang frowned and said, "The room reserved for us is probably not enough? If not, how many more rooms should we pay out of our own pocket?"
Qi Heng said: "Okay, this money comes from the national team's funds. When you go out to play games, you can't let everyone sleep well."
After everyone discussed it, Anna followed the road signs and led everyone to the subway station. This time in Japan, if they can reach the finals and participate in the award ceremony, they will need to stay for up to 5 days. They come two days in advance, that is, they will stay for a week.
Everyone wears team uniforms during the game, so everyone doesn't bring much luggage, and everyone has a unified backpack.
A group of people walked to the subway station in a mighty manner. Anna, who is very good in Japanese, held a small flag and was responsible for buying tickets for everyone and leading the way.
The people around them saw that they were lined up neatly in two groups, and the backpacks all looked the same, and they thought it was a "tourist group" from where.
The national team, regarded as a "tourist group", transferred to the subway twice and walked a few hundred meters, and finally came to the door of the hotel arranged by the organizing committee.
ββAs expected by Yu Mingxiang, the team and contestants she submitted were obviously 14 people, but the organizer only reserved 7 single rooms for them. Yu Mingxiang had no choice but to open a few more rooms out of his own pocket.
Anna communicated in Japanese at the front desk: "Is there a big bed room?"
The girl at the front desk said, "Sorry, only the standard room is left."
Yu Mingxiang thought about it and said, "Then book 4 more standard rooms for 7 days, and our staff can live in double rooms."
While checking in, everyone arranges dormitories.
I usually live alone, and it is very common to live in a double room during outings. Yu Mingxiang said, "I live with two girls, Anna. Xue Yao, can you live with Dr. Xue? Dr. Xue is also a Beta girl."
Qin Xueyao nodded: "Of course."
Pei Feng took the initiative to say: "I'll live in a double room with the kid, just to tell him something about the game." Gui Siyang is an Alpha, and Pei Feng has officially accepted him as his apprentice, so it's convenient for them to communicate in a double room.
Of course, the kid had no objection, and said happily, "No problem! I live with the master."
Journalists and photographers also live in double rooms. Of the remaining 8 people, 7 can be arranged in the single room reserved by the organizing committee, and the remaining 1 person can live alone in a double room. Jiang Shaoyu said: "I will live in a double room. My room can be used as a temporary conference room. If you need tactical discussions, come to me."
Everyone quickly arranged accommodation and went upstairs after completing the formalities.
When they turned to leave, someone was muttering and talking behind them. They wore work cards around their necks, and they looked like the staff of the competition committee.
"This year, the Huaguo team is actually the first to arrive?"
"So active? Have you never been to Japan, so you came to meet the world in advance."
"There are so many people here, and you still book 7 days of accommodation? You only need to play for 2 days in the group stage. Why do you book so long?"
"I definitely want to travel at public expense in Japan, let's play for a few more days."
Anna speaks very good Japanese and can fully understand their complaints. After returning to the room, she gritted her teeth and said, "Those staff are so arrogant! They said we were here for tourism, and wondered why we booked a 7-day stay... They were so sure that we couldn't stay until the day of the awards ceremony. ?"
Yu Mingxiang smiled, patted her on the shoulder and said, "Don't be angry about this kind of thing. Go abroad to play a few more games and you'll know it. It's not surprising that this kind of situation is not surprising. We have never had the right to speak in world events, nor He has always been looked down upon by players from other countries."
She paused and said helplessly, "If we want to win the respect of others, we have to have the strength."
Anna looked at this gentle sister with mixed feelings. In fact, Sister Yu must have suffered a lot of grievances when she led the team to play in the World Championship a few years ago, right? She is the team leader of the national team, and she is responsible for all communication with the competition committee. She must have faced all kinds of embarrassment and contempt...
However, this sister has always been firm in safeguarding the rights and interests of the national team players, so that they have no worries. It's a pity that the results of the previous sessions were really bad. No matter how hard they worked, the final results still depended on the players to strive for it on the field.
Anna forcibly swallowed the anger from the airport to the present, she believed that one day, these dog-eyed guys will be surprised.
Who said that the Huaguo team is here to play soy sauce and travel? We are here to win the championship!
It was already 8pm when the players packed their bags. Pei Feng took a look at the hotel's buffet... There were some leftovers, few kinds of sushi, and the shrimp shells were almost shattered, so the fuck is this still edible?
Master has a bad stomach, so eating these cold things will definitely hurt your stomach.
Pei Feng frowned and knocked on Sister Yu and Anna's door, and said, "Sister Yu, I just took a look at the hotel restaurant, and there is nothing to eat. Besides, some people are not used to Japanese food, so why don't you eat outside? ?"
Yu Mingxiang knew that when he said "some people are not used to eating", it was actually Jiang Shaoyu who was not used to it.
There are a lot of raw and cold food in the Japanese food. Jiang Shaoyu has a bad stomach. If he eats these, he will be sent to the hospital tomorrow.
After thinking for a moment, she looked at Anna and said, "Check if there are any Chinese restaurants nearby? During this competition, order takeaways from Chinese restaurants and let them deliver meals on time every day."
Anna took out the mobile food app and searched, and said, "The nearest one is also one kilometer away."
Pei Feng said: "In this way, Sister Anna and I will go to the restaurant to have a look first. If there is no problem with the environment and hygiene, we will order food."
Yu Mingxiang said: "Okay, then you go, be careful on the road."
Anna turned on her mobile phone for navigation, and went out with Pei Feng. On the way, Anna couldn't help but wonder: "Xiao Pei, are you not used to eating Japanese food?"
"I usually eat it occasionally, but my master never eats sushi or sashimi," explained Pei Feng.
Anna suddenly realized: "Oh! It turns out that you are thinking about Coach Jiang. Your apprentice is quite caring."
Pei Feng said: "Of course. He is the backbone of our national team, and there can be no mistakes."
The two chatted casually and soon arrived at the well-known Chinese restaurant shown on the map.
Pei Feng personally went to the store to inspect it. The environment of this store is not bad, it looks clean, and the dishes are mainly light southern cuisine. It is safer to eat light food when going out, and eat too much spicy and heavy food. Something, it is likely to have diarrhea.
To avoid revealing his identity, Pei Feng made up an excuse and said, "Hello boss, we are on a business trip to Japan and we have to stay here for a week. Because we are not used to the Japanese food, we want to order food from you. Lunch and dinner, 14 Personal, 28 set meals per day. Look, is it convenient for food delivery?"
When the boss heard such a large order, he immediately burst into laughter: "Of course no problem! I can send someone to deliver it to you every day."
Pei Feng said: "Please show me the menu, we will order the dishes in advance."
The boss handed him the menu, and Pei Feng picked and chose, and soon ordered a week's menu to give to the other party. Every day, it was a combination of meat and vegetables, three dishes and one soup, which was rich in nutrition.
Anna watched him skillfully handle these details, and couldn't help thinking that the captain of the national team was really careful, and even had to see three meals in person.
As everyone knows, Pei Feng is so worried about the menu, he just hopes that Master can eat and sleep well during the overseas competition, so that he can have the energy to deal with those foreign players, right?
Most of the dishes he picked were Jiang Shaoyu's favorite dishes.
Of course, he can't make his "eccentricity" too obvious. There are two combinations of 14 sets of meals every day. Those who like meat can choose two meat and one vegetable, and the master can choose two vegetables and one meat, and everyone can take care of it. arrive.
When he returned to the hotel, Pei Feng happened to meet Master coming out of the house. Jiang Shaoyu glanced at him: "Where have you been?"
Pei Feng smiled and said, "Sister Anna and I are going to order a meal. Is Master hungry? The package will be delivered immediately. We have also ordered the package for the next 7 days."
Jiang Shaoyu looked at his apprentice in surprise. He didn't expect that Pei Feng was so resolute in his work that he even bothered with the logistical work of ordering meals? You, the captain of the national team, are quite conscientious.
Jiang Shaoyu nodded and said, "Well, after dinner, I called all the players to come to my room for a meeting. The schedule has already come out."