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Please welcome bachelor Zhang Ning, age 24, from Hunan, a professional e-sports player.
Please.
Hello everybody, My name is Zhang Ning. I am 24 years old. I'm from Shaoyang, Hunan, and I am currently a professional e-sports player.
My love motto: those who are more handsome than me are worse than me at Dota
those who play Dota better than me are not as good-looking as me.
What's that on your poster?
This is the name of our team.
And below it is my in-game ID.
Xia zero eight, right?
Xiao eight.
Oh, Xiao eight.
Xia zero eight!
He must really be a professional player.
You do really well, right?
I'm alright.
Can you tell us your best tournament?
My best tournament is The International in Seattle, for Dota 2, where we got third place.
International tournament? Very impressive.
My goodness. What talent are you going to show us today? Dota?
I'm going to sing for you guys today.
I thought it was gonna be Dota.
Please, go ahead.
Please welcome... 74 votes.
Xiao8's singing is really... introverted.
But it's not bad. Who were you singing to?
No way!
Do my eyes deceive me?
She's one of the most famous squatters on this show!
You want her?
Come on, press the button.
(most fateful bachelorette: #1)
Suitable.
Tell us your first impressions.
You know what? He is my idol~
(bachelorette #9: Zhao Jie, investment customer manager) You know what? He is my idol~
(bachelorette #9: Zhao Jie, investment customer manager)
What's happening to you?
I'm too excited.
Your idol?
Yeah~
Sorry, there is a significant age gap between us hosts and the two of you.
We really don't play Dota. We don't know anything about it. Sorry, there is a significant age gap between us hosts and the two of you.
We really don't play Dota. We don't know anything about it.
I'll say it like this.
Just so we know, which movie celebrity is he comparable to in terms of his fame in the Dota community?
Andy Lau!
Oh really?
Yeah...
Oh, he really is the best in China?
Yeah, yeah...
You can look at it like this.
Among the hundreds of thousands of Dota players in China
he's the captain of the top team in China.
Oh. How is your skill level compared to his?
Very hopeless.
The game they play is not pay2win.
It's all about skill. You really need to have a gift for this.
Actually, I've known him a little bit before.
He probably didn't know me that well.
I've watched his tournaments. I love this game.
Hello Mr Bachelor, I've read online rumors that "God is coming" to this show. Is that referring to you?
(bachelorette #12: Hong Songlin, data analyst) Hello Mr Bachelor, I've read online rumors that "God is coming" to this show. Is that referring to you?
Hello Mr Bachelor, I've read online rumors that "God is coming" to this show. Is that referring to you?
Oh, there were rumors?
Yeah yeah, I thought, which God is coming? I didn't think I would actually meet him.
There's a lot of people who idolize him like Zhao Jie (bachlorette #9) in China, right?
Oh, there's a lot. The rumors were basically all about him.
And then there's a saying that goes, lonely women wear stockings; lonely men play Dota.
So I'm looking forward to seeing how well you perform later.
Do you usually play Dota with a stocking over your head? Okay, thank you.
Do you usually play Dota with a stocking over your head?
No, that was talking about girls!
Oh.
Hello Mr Bachelor, so you're the legendary professional man who doesn't eat, doesn't sleep, doesn't date, doesn't go to the bathroom
(bachelorette #5: Lu Jinjin, clothing shop owner) Hello Mr Bachelor, so you're the legendary professional man who doesn't eat, doesn't sleep, doesn't date, doesn't go to the bathroom
(bachelorette #5: Lu Jinjin, clothing shop owner) eat instant noodles everyday, face the computer everyday, and doesn't want a girlfriend
eat instant noodles everyday, face the computer everyday, and doesn't want a girlfriend
with only the clan in mind. That's you, right?
Um, sort of, but not that exaggerated.
Hello Mr Bachelor, aren't you a Dota champion? How come the way you dress has absolutely no appeal?
(bachelorette #4: Zhang Yan, doctor) Hello Mr Bachelor, aren't you a Dota champion? How come the way you dress has absolutely no appeal?
(bachelorette #4: Zhang Yan, doctor) And your singing - I don't know if you're just really into it or falling asleep.
And your singing - I don't know if you're just really into it or falling asleep.
Actually, your shirt is pretty cool. Turn around and let everybody see it. "Zhang Ning Xiao8"
Let me tell you something. Don't think-
It's been three years since this show started, but this is the first time a participant has worn something from a sponsor. Check it out!
There are so many sponsors!
Hey, Luo (host), let's sell ourselves later.
He has a decent income. The income of a professional video game player is not low.
So his shirt is pretty cool, cooler than his person.
Hello Zhang Ning, I suddenly came up a with a cheer for you.
(bachelorette #1: *** Jinying, most fateful bachelorette) Hello Zhang Ning, I suddenly came up a with a cheer for you.
(bachelorette #1: *** Jinying, most fateful bachelorette)
Zhang Ning, Zhang Ning, with you we'll win; Zhang Ning you really are something! (bachelorette #1: *** Jinying, most fateful bachelorette)
Zhang Ning, Zhang Ning, with you we'll win; Zhang Ning you really are something!
Zhang Ning, you're the best; Zhang Ning, Zhang Ning, we'll support you!
Thank you, thank you.
Alright. So I was thinking, Zhao Jie said he was the Andy Lau of the gaming community
I think he's more than that, since he placed third in an international tournament.
Let's get to know him through a short clip.
My name is Zhang Ning. I am 24 years old. I'm from Shaoyang, Hunan, and I am currently a professional e-sports player.
I am the captain of a well-known e-sports team.
(Zhang Ning at his dorm in Hangzhou)
Many people think that my career or people like me are deviants. (Zhang Ning at his dorm in Hangzhou)
(Zhang Ning at his dorm in Hangzhou) They think we are lazy, good-for-nothing people who don't do anything productive.
(Zhang Ning at his dorm in Hangzhou) But is that the truth?
(Zhang Ning at his dorm in Hangzhou)
Last year was the most successful year for our team.
We represented the few teams in China and competed in The International tournament in Seattle.
The prize for first place was 1 million USD.
Before we left for the tournament, we had our sights on the first place.
After many fierce battles, we received third place and received a prize of 150,000 USD.
Even though we were not able to come in first, we are not giving up, because after falling down, we can get up again.
This year we will compete in The International again. We only have one goal: first place.
Did you hear that? Playing games can get you a prize of 150,000 USD!
Yeah, 150,000 USD is a lot! That's around 1 million RMB! Did you hear that? Playing games can get you a prize of 150,000 USD!
Yeah, 150,000 USD is a lot! That's around 1 million RMB!
1 million RMB! I wanna know, how much do you actually get?
We just divide up the 150,000 USD evenly among the five players.
Five players.
Oh, that's still a lot! Each player receives 30,000 USD.
Just for going to the US and playing video games.
Alright, let's deal two more cards.
Zhang Ning graduated with a degree in Computer Science from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.
Where is this University of Electronic Science and Technology?
The one in Guangdong, also known as Zhongshan Institute.
Oh. Now you're a professional e-sports player, with an annual income of (12 + N) * 10,000 RMB.
I see.
So the 120,000 is your base salary.
The 120,000 is my base salary, and the rest come from competitions I participate in.
Oh, "look at my clip to get to know me," so the clip we just saw wasn't it?
Oh, there's more? Let's take a look.
What I think was my motivation was my love for gaming.
When I was in elementary school, I was a famous gaming master in my neighborhood.
They call me the Small King of Arcade.
On the battlefield on arcade games, I am invincible, second to none.
At the time, if you gave me a single arcade token, I can stay there for a whole day.
When I was six, my uncle opened an Internet café below my place.
From then on, my gaming battlefield expanded from arcades to computers.
When I was fifteen, my gaming friends and I earned the very first sum of money in our lives from a Internet game.
We made 10,000 RMB in a month.
Gaming comes first, but my studies have never lagged behind.
I've never skipped class or dropped out due to games.
I remember my dad telling me, you're a man, so if you want to do something, you must either do it well, or not do it at all.
I am very fortunate to have parents who support and understand me.
What he said there, I think that such a good son can only come from a great dad.
He doesn't oppose him playing games, so look at him, he does well in school
Yeah.
and plays games well.
Hello Mr Bachelor, I am seeing you in such a different light.
What did you call him before? Quick, apologize!
Yeah!
Well, you can't judge a book by its cover.
Quick, apologize! Well, you can't judge a book by its cover.
Quick, apologize!
Apologize!
Zhao Jie, how can you be such a fangirl?
Zhang...
I'm sorry, Zhao Jie's idol. You're my idol now, too.
I wanna ask, playing games did not affect your studies, right?
Right, because I know how to separate gaming from my studies.
Then how do you manage your time?
Well, before, in high school, I would only play on weekends and never skip class to play.
When I play games, I concentrate on paying. When I study, I would finish homework before playing anything.
Hello Mr Bachelor, I saw a thread on the Internet that for guys who like to play games-
I know when you play Dota you spend a lot of time with other players-
And then there's a girl who said, my boyfriend doesn't spend time with me so I'm going to delete his games
so he broke up with me, and I was really mad.
And after that post, the replies were like, not killing you was him being nice to you.
And then there were things like, if a guy picks up your call or responds to your text while playing Dota
From the point of view of us girls, he seems like a very good guy, but other people call him a pig of a teammate.
Some people are very stubborn; they think that doing something precludes them from doing something else
but for me, I used to pick up phone calls all the time while playing. I don't think these things conflict.
But the players you know are not as skilled!
Yeah, because when they play games their hands cannot move away from-
Your- their skill level is too low.
Different question.
The impression I had before about playing games was that you're not doing anything productive.
If you play games, your studies, your career, your family, and whatnot will all be affected.
(bachelorette #13: Chi Min, director of a wedding company) If you play games, your studies, your career, your family, and whatnot will all be affected.
If you play games, your studies, your career, your family, and whatnot will all be affected.
But you remind me of a guy from my school; everything about you is great, and you're okay with everything.
Even though you don't talk much, you seem intelligent. I think well of you.
Mr Bachelor, I've always wanted to ask you, how can you play so well? I've always gone to your competitions.
I remember when you played at G-League, I went there to see you guys.
I think your team is the most handsome out of all the teams there.
How do you want him to respond? He can't say, oh yeah, I'm really handsome.
Then, can you teach me some tricks? I'm really noob sometimes.
Yeah, that's a good idea. We don't play, so does somebody who play, like him, have any tips for us? Then, can you teach me some tricks? I'm really noob sometimes.
Yeah, that's a good idea. We don't play, so does somebody who play, like him, have any tips for us?
Is it possible to teach it here? Let's try it. Let's bring up a mini game. We have a giant screen, we can play on there. Yeah...
Is it possible to teach it here? Let's try it. Let's bring up a mini game. We have a giant screen, we can play on there.
Here, we have a game played on Menglifang (another show). It's actually a challenge.
Let's bring it here, and do a little experiment, okay?
Let's see his reaction time.
I have a bad feeling about this.
Yeah... I think an e-sports player like you may not possess the physical finesse required for something like this.
Do you want to take the challenge?
Um, I'll try.
Try it. But let me tell you, if you're not good a it, there are plenty of us here who are worse.
Come, let's find a bachelorette for this.
I wanna play! Come, let's find a bachelorette for this.
I wanna play!
This feels like something people who compete in shooting should be good at: their hands are very steady.
Your hands have to be steady; you can't touch the track.
There's an entrance, you must go in there and come back out. If you touch the track three times, it's game over.
Let's see how far you can get.
Okay, let's go.
You have three lives; let's see how far you can get.
This is pretty hard. Two lives are gone. Three, that's it, you're done. You only just started and it's game over.
Luo, you try.
Okay, let me try.
If we all fail, you're successful.
Oh, you're really good- oh, oh no.
Is this the hardest spot?
You can't get past it? Is it really that hard?
Let me try.
So fun!
Really can't get past it.
Wow!
It hasn't beeped once, right?
He's a prodigy.
Wow, he's really good!
There's a bridge here.
This is... hard-
This bridge is a bit difficult.
Wow, he got past it!
First life.
You had three lives, see how far you can get.
Oh no, second life.
Third life is up. That was still very impressive.
The distance you've made is many times the distance we've made! Very impressive!
He really is gifted. His coordination much better than the average person.
Because this game also requires professional training.
Of course, there has been people who successfully beat it on Menglifang.
But today, we are all new to this. Everybody saw it, nobody could make it farther than three steps.
This is proof of his gift.
You must idolize him even more now, right?
Okay, let's vote.
Let's see if anyone likes him. 3, 2, 1...
Alright, let's flip over the last two cards.
"Been in three relationships," have to look at a clip again.
"My type," look at a clip.
I've been in three relationships. The most recent one was a year ago.
She was a classmate from high school. Maybe the reason we broke up was because of my career.
She thinks my career does not have a very bright future.
After a while, disagreements between us grew. Therefore, ultimately, we chose to break up.
In my personal life, I'm a very dull person. I don't like to go shopping, so things like clothes I just buy from eBay.
My activities are generally limited to indoors, like going to the gym, or reading mystery novels.
I enjoy mystery novels very much. I like to pretend I'm the protagonist and live vicariously through them.
As to what type of girls I like, please watch the following clip.
During the intermission, a mysterious spectator came.
(Zhao Jie at G-League) During the intermission, a mysterious spectator came.
(Zhao Jie at G-League) She is the bachelorette Zhao Jie.
(Zhao Jie at G-League)
It's unbelievable that such a frail-looking girl is into Dota as well. (Zhao Jie at G-League)
It's unbelievable that such a frail-looking girl is into Dota as well.
I am a fan of LGD, of course I support him.
Oh, I just realized that it's not that Zhao Jie idolizes you, but that you like her!
I was deceived!
Zhao Jie, when you heard that Andy Lau here likes you, what did you think?
I wanted to dig a hole and climb into it.
Well, since it has come to this, let me reveal the number he pressed earlier on this phone.
Okay.
He really chose bachelorette #9, Zhao Jie.
Look, he has the cute expression of a student. His face is red!
Come, come.
Oh, he wants to go change into something more formal. Okay, we support you.
(five minutes later)
Because I don't really know how to express myself, I had to resort to those clips.
I was afraid that I would screw up my confession to you, so I wrote it all down on a piece of paper.
I know you play Dota, and are a fan of our team.
You've been there with us when we participated in competitions.
When I first saw you, I thought you were really pretty and remembered you.
After that we've followed each other on Twitter.
Because I'm not very good at expressing myself, so the thing I've said to you the most was, you're very pretty.
I've seen a few episodes of you on this show, and I've seen other bachelors confess to you.
Some people gave you gifts. Some guy even massaged your feet.
I could sit still after I saw that, so when I saw you on this show again I came as well.
Even though we haven't gotten to know each other that much, you seem very innocent.
I also know that you have a great sense of humor.
Maybe many people call you "Goddess," but in reality you have a great personality.
You even make a fool of yourself sometimes.
But me, I am very introverted, but secretly I am quite humorous.
I think our personalities complement each other well.
Many people may think that your standards are too high, but I don't think so.
The important thing is that he understands you, and I think I am someone who does.
Because I'm very shy, I've only told you that you're very pretty, but today, I am going to risk it and tell you...
I like you.
Also I've brought a gift for you. It's a flying courier I brought back from a competition.
Wow, it's so cute. It's exactly the same as the in-game model. It's even wearing sunglasses!
Alright, today is really special. We were gonna do a Q&A, turn over some more cards, and ask the computer...
Skip that, let's skip all that! Alright, today is really special. We were gonna do a Q&A, turn over some more cards, and ask the computer...
Skip that, let's skip all that!
Don't need it! Skip that, let's skip all that!
Don't need it!
What do you say, Zhao Jie? Andy Lau here confessed to you.
Answer him, do you want to leave here with him today?
It's really unexpected.
Because I'm used to being a fangirl, watching you compete, watching your videos, watching your casts
and cheering for you. These are all things you guys don't see.
But suddenly seeing you here in front of me, my palms are all sweaty.
Yeah... I'm not exaggerating.
If Scarlett Johansson proposed to you, are you gonna say, I'm gonna think about it?
Because I'm used to watching you from the audience, you being "God", and me being just a fan
there's always gonna be some distance between us.
You know that, when I'm just sitting there being very quiet, I seem very lady-like.
But when I start talking you'll know that I am no such thing.
If you're gonna be shy and not talk all the time, won't it be very boring?
Um, I'm very humorous.
Then tell us a joke.
Torturing your idol is also a hobby of a fangirl?
Nevermind, let's not talk about this. Let's talk about something more realistic.
Right now, you're playing games.
But have you thought about what how you're going to position yourself once you no longer play professionally?
Because I have many years of experience in the gaming community
I can do something at a game company, or become a coach and train my own team, or
work with sponsors on competitions. All of these are possible.
Can you come closer?
Do you dare walk close to her?
Do you dare? Oh, he does.
Give me your hand.
Put it on my chest.
Can you feel my heartbeat?
Yeah, I can feel it.
Then tell me, what do you know about me?
Actually, I just want someone who really cares about me.
My desire for love is more than anybody else's.
I don't want to so easily fall in love or fool around.
I'm not sure you can withstand the weight of my love.
I don't want your half-hearted "you're really pretty" or "I like you."
Zhang Ning do you understand what she said?
If I go with you today, then I would want to spend the rest of my life with you.
I would like that.
I can only say, I'm sorry.
Alright. Zhang Ning, come back here.
I actually understand Zhao Jie.
Me too.
It's one thing to be an idol, because it's limited to a particular domain, but whether he can become a lover is an entirely different matter.
Then Zhao Jie, let us give you an idea.
You admire him, and he likes you.
Starting from now, you still stand on the stage, but can you get to know him in real life?
Like when Yang Hong gave herself some time.
Alright, I agree to that.
Okay, please return offstage.
I have a request.
Can you give me an autograph on my arm?
What's he writing? LGD?
Oh, Xiao8.
I have another request.
Give me your hand.
Hurry up!
What are you writing?
You can't let other people see!
Let me see! You can't let other people see!
You can't let other people see!
LGM. [LGD means "godfather", so LGM is its analog, "godmother"] You can't let other people see!
LGM. [LGD means "godfather", so LGM is its analog, "godmother"]
Let's shake hands.
He really won't let me see.
I think it's a phone number or something.
Alright, I guess that's it for today.
Goodbye, Zhang Ning.
What did they call him online? "God?"
God came and went like this, there must be a lot of fans not happy with the outcome.
He left depressed.
Zhao Jie, you're gonna become a target of criticism.
You've hurt your star like this.
Still, the same advice: he already put himself out there, so just keep an eye on that, okay?