Chapter 1604 Alas, I will definitely be scolded by the trolls

Xiao Peng stood in the middle of the court, feeling the malice coming from all directions - he felt that he had been tricked by Vincent, and he could already imagine that many people must be scolding him by now.

What happened was that when Xiao Peng was standing in the middle of the court, Vincent handed him the microphone and asked him to say a few words.

Xiao Peng didn't have Vincent's eloquence, so he just said a few words like "show your level, show your style" to fool him. He thought that was the end of it and was about to go back to continue eating barbecue, but Vincent pulled him back.

At this time, a woman in a gorgeous dress walked into the stadium. She was not tall but had a strong aura.

But Xiao Peng actually knew this woman, oh no, he knew who she was.

This woman is Kelly Clarkson, the champion of the first season of the talent show "American Idol".

At the time, Xiao Peng really enjoyed watching the show. He even liked Tamira Gray's voice more than anyone else, but she only came in fourth! Furious, Xiao Peng was ready to complain about the production team's alleged shady dealings, but he discovered...

This show was from more than ten or twenty years ago!

Huh? So Kelly Clarkson is about 40, right? What's she doing here?

Xiao Peng soon knew why she came - damn, in the United States, the national anthem must be sung before any sporting event starts!

Xiao Peng was now in a rather awkward position. What was he supposed to do while the Americans sang the national anthem? Find a place to sit? That was unrealistic! He could only stand there and listen to Kelly Clarkson sing the national anthem. Actually, this was perfectly normal. When the national anthem was played at a Chinese tournament, foreigners invited to attend were expected to stand and listen to the entire anthem.

But what had Xiao Peng done before? An anchor! He'd seen the skills of those keyboard warriors in China, all of them nitpicking. Their specialty was accusing others from a moral high ground, using a sanctimonious facade to conceal their own shady intentions. If they were in a time-travel novel, they'd be like those corrupted court villains. If you could capture ten of them and kill ten of them, not a single one would be considered accidental!

Xiao Peng's livestreams are full of people who are just like this, constantly criticizing others even though they're living a miserable life themselves. To put it bluntly, they can't stand seeing others do better than they already are! So many people asked Xiao Peng to open social media accounts like Twitter and Weibo, but he never did. The reason was simple—he didn't know how many people would be watching him like he was digging up a grave, recording his every move and using it to retaliate when he was down.

Aren’t there enough things like this?

Apart from anything else, the people in Xiao Peng's original live broadcast room had already irritated him enough that he simply set a rule that each comment cost 1,000 yuan. He didn't want the money and donated it all! As a result, the entire live broadcast room has been quiet ever since then.

Even so, those trolls still went to other places to argue: "One thousand yuan for a barrage? I can't do anything with this money? Why should I give it to Xiao Peng?"

But someone quickly slapped him in the face: "If you don't have money, just say you don't have money. What's the point of being stubborn! Not a penny of your money will go into Xiao Peng's pocket. Everyone donated it."

The trolls will also say: "He said he donated it, so he donated it? I don't know what's the trick here!"

This is the usual style of trolls: speaking without thinking or providing evidence - is it true that the police don't care about such things? Are you more powerful than the police?

Xiao Peng stood there listening to Kelly Clarkson sing an old American song, feeling a surge of gratitude: "Thank goodness NCAA football games aren't broadcast in China. Otherwise, who knows what those trolls would say if this got back to China." "Calling me 'worshiping foreigners' is the least of my worries; I might as well be labeled a 'traitor' or a 'sellout'!"

This is not Xiao Peng's paranoid delusion. He has seen the faces of trolls many times in the live broadcast room. They are really capable of doing such a thing!

What trolls are best at is putting labels on others!

While the singing was still going on at the scene, Xiao Peng's mind had already wandered to other things. All he wanted now was to quickly find Chen Zetao and ask him to help ban the domestic broadcast of NCAA football games.

Why seek Chen Zetao's help? The reason is simple: Ever since the Premier League's brutal financial scam, all foreign sports programming in China has been subject to negotiation with CCTV. Without CCTV's approval, no sports broadcasts can be broadcast in China. This includes local TV stations, portals, and live streaming sites that want to broadcast foreign sports events. Just like the NBA's initial attempts to play tricks after the "landmine" incident, the Penguin team finally stopped broadcasting after a lecture.

However, WWE has easily entered the country: it is an entertainment program, not a sports program.

Unfortunately, Xiao Peng's joy was premature. He didn't know that today's match was actually being broadcast live in China! And just as Xiao Peng had imagined, all sorts of online trolls had already started cursing him, and the reason for the verbal battle was Xiao Peng standing there listening to an old American song!

"Didn't I tell you this long ago? Xiao Peng is a hypocrite!"

"What did he do to become a hypocrite?"

"Look, he's still standing there listening to old American songs! If I were there, I definitely wouldn't listen and would have left long ago!"

"So people like you can never appear there. Xiao Peng is a special guest. Watch the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. Which country's leader wouldn't stand for the national anthem?"

"It's our responsibility to stand when they do, but we shouldn't stand when they do! Have you been kneeling for too long and can't stand up straight anymore?"

"You've been kneeling for too long!"

"What kind of quality is that? See? Why hasn't our country become stronger? It's because there are too many people like you. You don't know anything and just curse people. It's no wonder you like bastards like Xiao Peng! A hypocrite like Xiao Peng, you see, he does so many things, he must have his own purpose. In my opinion, he is a spy sent to our country by a foreign country!"

"I'm praising you for calling you an idiot. Do you think the National Security Bureau is just a decoration? Do you think the police are just a decoration? You just opened your mouth and put such a label on someone? And a spy? Are you really hoping he'll die? He has contributed so much to the country, and what have you done?"

"Don't I have no money? I could do better than him if I had money! He has so much money but only donated so little. He's just buying fame!"

"People like you probably won't be rich in your lifetime."

"No need to estimate. Someone like him who stares at others all day long and doesn't think about how to live his own life will definitely never be rich!"

"Tsk tsk, as if you are so rich."

"I'm certainly not as rich as Xiao Peng, but I can still come up with a few hundred million!"

"Fuck, grandson, you made me say dirty words! You really can blow it!"

"Country bumpkin, remember, my name is Zhao Shanhe! Xiao Peng's partner! I'll go find him in a few days! Remember to watch the news! LOSER!"