The importance goes without saying.
Most importantly, the Mid-Season Invitational for League of Legends allows us to compete against strong international teams, and after gaining experience from this major event, we will be able to accumulate invaluable experience for the S Competition in the latter half of the year.
After checking on the important information about the Mid-Season Invitational, Ding Yue immediately called Jian Zihao.
The first call didn’t go through.
But the second one did.
"Hello, Principal Ding."
"Director Jian, are you all getting used to living in Baxi Country?" Ding Yue first inquired about the well-being of his FY team.
"Mmm, it’s all right, everyone is pretty much accustomed to it by now," Jian Zihao replied.
"I’ve been so busy with the 3D bioprinting technology recently that I forgot about your competition schedule. It wasn’t until I saw off Professor Yang today that I suddenly remembered," said Ding Yue apologetically.
"Principal Ding, you have to manage so many things for the entire university, and on top of that, the issues with 3D bioprinting technology at Mist City Arts and Science University are very important. I saw online that it has been nominated for the National Science and Technology Awards, hasn’t it?" Jian Zihao definitely knew which matters were more important.
Principal Ding being preoccupied with more important matters and thus overlooking his FY team’s games was understandable.
"Yes, that really is great news. Of course, if your FY team could take the global championship at the Mid-Season Invitational, that would be equally incredible news!" Ding Yue said encouragingly.
"Mmm, Principal Ding, we’ll do our best, but it seems there’s a problem within the team right now..." Jian Zihao started with a determination to give it their all before his tone slowed abruptly.
"What happened?" asked Ding Yue, puzzled.
As the head of the university, Ding Yue obviously couldn’t focus all his attention and energy on the FY team, so he was unaware of any issues currently within the team.
"Currently, FY team’s players Qian Yu and Wang Shilin are not in a good state. Qian Yu is dealing with family issues, while Wang Shilin is troubled by some matters concerning his girlfriend," Jian Zihao quickly explained the team’s situation to Principal Ding.
"Tell me more about it, what’s happened to Qian Yu’s family? And what about Wang Shilin’s situation?" Ding Yue needed specifics.
Whether it’s trouble at home or personal relationship crises, such issues can affect a person’s state of mind.
Especially for top-tier players like Qian Yu and Wang Shilin, if their mental state is affected, it will undoubtedly reflect in their performance during a match.
And such impacts only get magnified in major competitions.
With the semifinals coming up, Ding Yue worried if they would be affected and lose the match?
It had not been easy for them to emerge as a dark horse and win the LPL Spring Festival games, then break into the Mid-Season Invitational.
If they were to falter now, it would indeed be a pity.
"Qian Yu is struggling because his parents have been fiercely arguing about a divorce, which might happen in the next few days," Jian Zihao said reluctantly.
This situation was indeed very distressing for Qian Yu.
In the face of such circumstances, there was nothing much Ding Yue could do, as another family’s personal matters were beyond the reach of a school principal.
Ding Yue was not entirely powerless; at least, he could do something to help Qian Yu adjust his mental state.
But now, with Qian Yu and the others in Baxi Country, South America, while he himself was in China, even if he wanted to use items from the system’s store to help them regain their composure, it was impossible to do so from thousands of miles away.
"Let’s do this, I’ll prepare to come to Baxi Country right away."
After saying this, Ding Yue turned to Wen Ruohan and said, "Wen Ruohan, purchase plane tickets immediately. We’re going to Baxi Country."
Wen Ruohan was momentarily taken aback, then quickly responded, "But Principal Ding, we need to apply for visas to go to Baxi Country."
Ding Yue had nearly forgotten about that; indeed, one does need to handle passport and visa affairs to travel abroad. He had a passport.
As this was not Ding Yue’s first trip abroad, he had one, but to go to Baxi Country, the visa would have to be arranged in advance.
"Shouldn’t there be enough time if we expedite the visa process?" Ding Yue murmured, "The championship isn’t until next week."
Tomorrow’s match was the semifinal, with Mist City Arts and Science University’s FY team facing Baxi Country’s MBQ team.
Of course, this was under the assumption that the FY team would win against MBQ in tomorrow’s semifinal. Otherwise, they could just purchase tickets to return home, and he wouldn’t need to go either.
"Alright, Principal Ding. I will prepare the materials and apply for the visa right away," Wen Ruohan nodded and immediately set to work.
"Principal Ding, what if tomorrow’s semifinal..."
Jian Zihao suddenly spoke with some unease.
The truth was, the MBQ team from Baxi Country was also quite strong; the League of Legends teams from Baxi had made rapid progress in recent years.
Given the current state of the FY team, the quarterfinals had already been a struggle, and it wasn’t at all certain that they could smoothly defeat MBQ in the semifinals.