Full-time: The Strongest Sniper

Chapter 908 Sunglasses on, I Don't Love Anyone

Of course, while the league tries its best to group players together within a team, it also consciously creates some rivalry and tension during team formation for the sake of generating buzz and entertainment. For example, last season's champions, Blue Rain, and their rivals, Samsara, are facing off. Samsara's momentum this season is incredibly strong, and the two teams have been very proactive in their matches, naturally creating a rivalry between them. Another example is Tiny Herb's Gao Yingjie and Blue Rain's Lu Hanwen; both are currently very promising rookies in the league, and a matchup between these two long-time rival teams' rookies is certainly a great topic of conversation.

Furthermore, the two veteran All-Stars from the Howling team have now joined the Tyranny team, which naturally creates some rivalry.

Of course, there are other factors involved in this arrangement. After all, as the most popular competition besides the All-Star Finals, it is arguably the most profitable opportunity for the league and the organizers, so they naturally want to maximize this opportunity.

Therefore, all the arrangements were made to make the All-Star exhibition match as exciting as possible. It was precisely because of these arrangements that even though everyone knew that this match was just a show, it still attracted Glory players and fans of various teams.

Although it's an exhibition match, it doesn't affect players' opinions on who is the best based on the performance. The professional players are well aware of the players' thoughts, so none of them want to be easily underestimated. Therefore, even though it's an exhibition match, the players still take it relatively seriously.

Of course, this is only relative; this level of seriousness is completely incomparable to that of a competition.

Putting everything else aside, here, people chat with each other while playing, but in professional matches, who has the time or inclination for that?

The only slightly embarrassing thing for the official team is that in recent years, the only All-Star healer has been Zhang Xinjie from Tyranny, and this year is no exception.

In the professional league, every team has at least one healer, as healing is crucial for a team and its skill level cannot be compromised. However, the healing abilities of different teams are not significantly different. This results in very even voting for healers in the professional league, with none having a chance to compete for All-Star status. Only Zhang Xinjie, a healer supported by four tactical masters, managed to enter the professional league. Of course, Zhang Xinjie's ability as the "God of Healing" in Glory also played a significant role in this.

Fang Shiqian, the operator of Tiny Herb's Guardian Angel Fangfeng, was also selected for the All-Star team. However, he retired after Tiny Herb won its second championship. With his retirement, the League's All-Star team entered an awkward situation where there was only one healer.

Given the current situation of the league's players, this situation will likely continue for a long time.

Unfortunately, the current professional level is too stable, and stability means that no one will suddenly have a breakthrough. There are very few healers among the new generation, let alone an all-star level player.

Of course, this isn't a professional league. So, players aren't as fixated on healing. Like last year's All-Star game, teams without healers played incredibly aggressively, with one player after another unleashing powerful attacks, directly defeating teams with healers. While this only happens at the All-Star game—after all, it's an exhibition match—players have almost no pressure and are more relaxed, so their more aggressive play is understandable.

Unfortunately, the usual situation didn't occur this year. While the top players performed adequately, the final outcome hinged on the healer's performance. The team with Zhang Xinjie ultimately won the All-Star competition.

With that, after Qiao Jingjing presented the award to the winning team, this year's All-Star event officially came to a close. Although the event's buzz and popularity couldn't compare to last year's, it was still a successful All-Star weekend. After the event, Ye Xiu and the others went directly upstairs to the car that Guan Ning and the others had prepared in advance to head to the reception. Xiao Nai went to the lounge to wait for Qiao Jingjing and Sister Ling. Qiao Jingjing still had some follow-up matters to attend to; after things were settled here, Xiao Nai and the others would meet up with Ye Xiu and the others.

The rest was very simple and didn't take much time. Xiao Nai had just taken out his phone when Qiao Jingjing, Sister Ling, and Xiao Zhu finished their business and came to join him.

In Qiao Jingjing's van, Xiao Nai took out a stack of documents and handed them to Sister Ling, saying, "Sister Ling, these are the songs you asked me to write before. Take a look and see which ones to use for collaborations and which ones to keep for Jingjing's future return to the entertainment industry."

Previously, the official Honor team wanted Jingjing to record the Honor theme song, so Xiao Nai wrote out the theme songs and insert songs from the previous life's anime and TV series, "The King's Avatar," for Jingjing. At that time, it was two songs a year, one for regular competitions and one for the playoffs. This time, Qiao Jingjing happened to record the theme song for this season's playoffs.

It's not that Qiao Jingjing didn't want to record more songs, but mainly because her musical talent is limited. Although Jingjing sings well, she can't compare to professional singers. The current results mainly rely on the million-dollar sound engineer that Sister Ling hired.

That's why Xiao Nai gave her enough songs for a long time. And this time, Xiao Nai even brought out classic songs from his previous life's League of Legends tournaments. Of course, there were also some other songs, like Jay Chou's annual runner-up song… um… let's have a moment of silence for Jay Chou. The only time he was completely invincible, an enemy suddenly appeared…

Of course, Xiao Nai didn't overlook any songs that surpassed Jay Chou's. However, he wasn't particularly good at singing, so he entrusted them to Sister Ling, asking her to find singers to collaborate with. After all, Jingjing had been persuaded by him to pursue a professional career, but her studio still needed to operate. Jingjing had even entered the professional scene for him, so Xiao Nai naturally couldn't let her have any worries. The songs Xiao Nai provided were enough to ensure that Qiao Jingjing's studio would make a fortune during her time away from the entertainment industry.

"Xiao Nai, you really are a genius. Why don't you just give up e-sports and go straight into the entertainment industry? You have no idea, the singer I collaborated with for ten years is already begging me for a new song," Sister Ling said excitedly.

"Sister Ling, don't worry. I'll retire by 26 or 27 at the latest, so a few more years won't make a difference. I'll bring my own fanbase then, so things will be easier in the beginning. Besides, Jingjing and I have pretty much the right personas for the TV series adapted from my novel," Xiao Nai said.

After all, Sister Ling had already prepared the adaptation rights and film/television rights for Xiao Nai's "Love O2O," just waiting for Xiao Nai and Jing Jing to retire so they could debut directly. Sister Ling has high hopes for the adaptation of this novel.

She was already looking forward to the future, having two top-tier artists under her wing. Then, she'd put on her sunglasses and not care about anyone. On her left, the award-winning actress Qiao Jingjing; on her right, a star and top composer—the pinnacle of her life! (End of Chapter)