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Chapter 1045 - 568: Defeating a Double First-Class University (Seeking Subscriptions)_2

Chapter 1045: Chapter 568: Defeating a Double First-Class University (Seeking Subscriptions)_2

"Ah yes, the S World Championship has started,"

Upon hearing this, Ding Yue suddenly realized.

Like previous years, this year’s S World Championship began during the National Day Holiday and usually lasts for about a month, ending at the end of October or the beginning of November.

However,

the play-in stage starts during the National Day Holiday.

The play-in stage is the beginning of the S World Championship, but the teams from the LPL district, including the summer season champions, the FY team, have already advanced to the group stage. So, the play-in stage has nothing to do with the FY team, and naturally, Ding Yue didn’t pay much attention to it.

Moreover, the level of teams in the play-in stage is limited. No team that started in the play-ins has ever made it to the finals and won the championship.

But the group stage, which starts after the National Day Holiday, is different.

There are four groups, each with four teams. The group stage is essentially the round of sixteen. Then they advance to the quarterfinals, and after the quarterfinals come the semifinals, followed by the finals.

Generally, the S World Championship only gets high viewership for the matches of teams that are in the spotlight, as well as the finals, where interest typically reaches a new peak.

"For the group stage, we can just watch the livestream online,"

Ding Yue thought that his FY team should have no worries in the group stage, so there was no need for him to be present at the venue.

He usually opts to attend only when the team makes it to the semifinals or finals, to cheer on and encourage the players.

"Alright then, in that case, we won’t schedule any trip to watch the matches for the first half of October,"

Wen Ruohan replied upon hearing this.

As Principal Ding’s personal secretary, Wen Ruohan always has to plan his schedule around various events.

For instance, if Principal Ding wants to watch the S World Championship in October, Wen Ruohan must clear his schedule to make arrangements for it.

"Sure,"

Ding Yue expressed his agreement.

After finishing the call with Wen Ruohan, Ding Yue called Director Jian Zihao from the esports college to instruct him to lead the FY team in a steady and solid campaign through the S World Championship, aiming for the finals and, optimally, to win the championship.

Although the LPL district’s teams have won the championship several times in the past,

it seems like the teams from Korea have risen in strength, sweeping the championships for the past two years.

As a super-competitive LPL district, if they don’t win a championship this year, the fans will likely grow increasingly disappointed.

This year, Ding Yue hopes to see his FY team defeat the powerful Big Tiger team from Korea.

Keep in mind,

that in the Mid-Season Invitational, the FY team had lost to the Big Tiger team. This S World Championship is a journey of revenge.

If they were to be unexpectedly eliminated early on, it would be quite the embarrassment.

"Principal Ding, don’t worry, I will lead our FY team steadily forward and make it to the finals!"

Jian Zihao was full of confidence.

Because in the past half-year, Jian Zihao had witnessed the growth of the FY team round after round.

This time in the S World Championship, even when facing formidable opponents, they must remain calm and demonstrate the top skills of the FY team’s players to prove to LOL players around the world that the once powerful LPL dynasty is back this year!

"Good,"

Ding Yue was quite confident in Jian Zihao and the players of the FY team.

After giving his instructions, Ding Yue didn’t say much else. Now was not the time to burden the team with pressure. Just let them play their best in the competition!

...

The next day,

Today was also the last day of the seven-day National Day Holiday.

Most students who didn’t return to school yesterday were coming back today, including Ding Yue’s personal secretary, Wen Ruohan.

And,

Today, Ding Yue had another important matter to pay attention to.

In the first two days of the National Day Holiday, Ding Yue and his team had been busy for two days, filming a sports-themed promotional video for the competition.

Today is the last day of the online public voting.

Whether Mist City Arts and Science University can secure the hosting rights for next year’s National University Sports Games depends on the results unveiled tonight at 8 p.m.

For an event of this magnitude, if Mist City Arts and Science University were to obtain the hosting rights, it would be an incredibly good fortune for the university.

Additionally, if this year’s S World Championship is won by his own FY team, then next year’s event could be requested to be held in Xia Country, and the location, without a doubt, the world champion team would have the greatest say.

Then, if the S World Championship could be set in Mist City and hosted by Mist City Arts and Science University, that would be perfect.

Next year would be a year full of hosting events for Mist City Arts and Science University, assuming all goes well. If not, all these dreams would come to nought.

After returning from her trip, Wen Ruohan visited Ding Yue’s office immediately to see the newly refurbished Big White.

By six o’clock in the evening.

Ding Yue had Bin take charge of the National Day Holiday travel fund lottery.

This was a promise Ding Yue had made to the students before the National Day, a total of 1 million yuan in funds, divided into 500 portions, with each portion being 2,000 yuan of travel welfare.

Students from Mist City Arts and Science University simply needed to use tickets from scenic spots visited during the National Day Holiday to enter the lottery.

In the end.

Over 20,000 students participated in the draw.

Through the Twitter lottery system, Bin finally selected 500 lucky students; after which, Ding Yue instructed the finance department to start contacting the winners one after another, and to distribute the 2,000 yuan travel funds.

The 500 winning students were incredibly happy.

As it approached 8 p.m.

Ding Yue had already eaten dinner at the second canteen and then returned to his apartment room.

Big White had been following him the entire time.

The moment to announce the online voting results was near.

Ding Yue had already set his expectations earlier.

Although Mist City Arts and Science University started off with a lower vote count compared to Mist City University and Wucheng Sports College, and even lagged behind in speed to breach 1 million votes, Ding Yue was confident that the promotional video released by his university had received very good feedback.

Moreover, as of last night, he saw that Mist City Arts and Science University had overtaken Wucheng Sports College, and was only slightly behind Mist City University.

This essentially meant that Wucheng Sports College was likely out of the running. As a sports-focused institution, it wasn’t favored much, especially since its campus had not been completed yet.

What remained was the competition between Mist City Arts and Science University and Mist City University.

Mist City University is a nationally renowned Double First-Class University, the strongest in Mist City, with a strong competitive edge, and, as a century-old university with countless alumni.

Until last night, Mist City Arts and Science University’s online votes had still not surpassed Mist City University.

Was there a turnaround today?

Ding Yue felt a bit of trepidation, because he had not checked the online voting data all day, nor had he allowed anyone to tell him the numbers.

Because Ding Yue wanted to reveal the outcome tonight.

To see whether his Mist City Arts and Science University had indeed defeated a Double First-Class University and won the hosting rights for next year’s National University Sports Games.

"Sigh."

At 7:50 p.m.

Ding Yue could no longer wait and took out his phone to check Twitter.

What better time to look at the data than now?

In the last ten minutes, even if he wanted to work miracles, it was all but impossible.

Meaning, the online voting numbers from this afternoon had essentially set the final outcome.

"Mist City University 2,706,912 votes...over 2.7 million votes, that’s so many!"