Chapter 86 Press Release Exposed
[The biggest scandal of the year is here! Can anyone summarize it?]
[Am I illiterate? Did Young Master Zeng spend his own money to fabricate investment schemes for the contestants, scamming a bunch of people, and then find a bookmaker to incite them to fix the matches? What's he after?]
[Platinum's subsidiary also invested in that 'Contract God' company?? Wait, does that mean Zeng Ge funded the trapping of four IN team players? I remember Ma Xusen and he had a good relationship, why is he treating his old friend like this?]
[If it weren't for the written investigation report, I would suspect it was fabricated by third-rate media, even more sensational than unofficial histories about Lü Bu.]
[...You've all gone in the wrong direction. You should start by looking at the official league report on the adjustment of ability test parameters. The trend is that the proportion of individual ability has been reduced, while the evaluation weight of proficiency has been increased.]
Based on the adjusted parameters, unless one has been enrolled in mecha training courses since childhood, it's virtually impossible to pass the ability test; their intentions are despicable.
[Can I interpret this as Zeng Dashao drastically increasing the difficulty for 'a child from a poor family to achieve greatness'?]
[So match-fixing, investment schemes, and ability tests are all related. The root cause is preventing players from ordinary families from succeeding. It's disgusting!]
[I was happily enjoying the gossip, but this has killed my laughter. Who stole my life...?]
[I don't want to watch anymore, I'm getting more and more upset. I hope Platinum City goes bankrupt. Zeng Ge, go to hell, go to hell, go to hell!]
[A contestant with a history of imprisonment, supporting a reporter's quick offline action]
[Let's all boycott all products from Platinum Technology starting today, okay? Money is the vote.]
[To be honest, even without boycotts, the Platinum Cheng basically won't last more than three years. Without new patents, it's tantamount to slow suicide.]
[Did Brother Fang already know something, which is why he deliberately didn't sell the new patent to Platinum Wheel...?]
Having just lost the match, the expressions of the YXG players were not pleasant. They emerged from the cockpit one after another. Lin Yuzheng shook his sweat-drenched hair and retrieved his terminal in the preparation area.
However, the first notification he received was not about JR team winning the championship, but rather news of Platinum Technology's financial troubles.
He subconsciously looked at Zeng Ge.
Zeng Ge gripped the terminal tightly with his five fingers, and blood vessels quickly appeared in his eyes.
He kept getting calls, and his parents even blocked him. They immediately issued a press release to distance themselves from him, claiming that it was all his personal behavior and had nothing to do with Platinum.
However, these actions did not stop Platinum Technology's stock price from continuing to decline. Within just ten minutes of the announcement being released, Platinum Technology's market value had evaporated by more than half.
This is devastating for a large manufacturing company that relies heavily on cash flow.
If there were no new patents, it would only be a matter of time before Platinum Drive went bankrupt and shrank. But the current precipitous drop in its stock price is a direct declaration of the company's demise.
His mind felt like it had been pulled into a vacuum, and he could hardly stop thinking about where he had gone wrong.
With his massive cash flow, Fang Zhuo completely overwhelmed him, leaving him utterly helpless.
Platinum Chase's cash reserves are already very healthy; he never imagined that a company would have such a terrifying cash flow.
Since this money is Fang Zhuo's personal asset, wouldn't eliminating this person solve all the problems? He would still be the eldest son of Platinum Technology, and his parents would have room to raise the stock price again…
Seeing that his expression was getting worse, his other teammates considerately left through the passage, leaving him alone to process the news.
Only Lin Yuzheng mustered the courage to step forward and comfort him, saying, "Brother Zeng, it's alright, there's always a way out..."
Zeng Ge gave a bitter smile.
He knew Lin Yuzheng too well; he knew him better than anyone else in the world.
Lin Yuzheng said that not because he was really worried that Yuzheng might do something rash.
On the contrary, Lin Yuzheng was afraid that when he was at his wit's end, he would reveal the secret of the novel and cause a mutual destruction.
Zeng Ge waved to Lin Yuzheng, giving him one last, deep look. His gaze was extremely profound, as if he wanted to etch every feature of that face into his mind.
The next second, he returned to the cockpit and started the mech without hesitation.
"Brother Zeng, are you crazy?! Where are you going?! Don't do anything stupid! There are no-fly zones for mechs. If you use a mech to attack ordinary people, you'll be sentenced to prison!"
Lin Yuzheng's mind was completely blank. There were only the two of them in the entire preparation area. After the competition, this godforsaken place wouldn't turn on the surveillance cameras. If Zeng Ge did something antisocial that would lead to the destruction of the whole world, he would definitely be implicated.
With a determined heart, Lin Yuzheng simply returned to the cockpit, piloted his mech, and charged out.
If something really happens, at least he could have stopped it on the spot, and the league officials might have given him a commendation for his bravery, which is much better than being investigated.
Lin Yuzheng kept a distance that was neither too close nor too far, following Zeng Ge at a distance.
However, instead of flying towards the press area where the crowd had gathered, Zenger flew straight to the JR team's preparation area.
Outside the preparation area is a transparent walkway that is also not covered by surveillance. The walkway has an automatically running track, and it usually takes about 20 minutes to walk on the track to reach the preparation area.
Although Lin Yuzheng was more than a thousand meters away from the covered bridge, he could clearly see the three people on the bridge through the mech's built-in scope.
JR team owner Fang Zhuo walked at the front, followed by a child who looked to be just over ten years old. The child had a rainbow lollipop bigger than his face in his mouth and was wearing dark blue overalls. He was probably JR's genius repairman who could replace outer panels extremely quickly.
He didn't recognize the man in the middle. He was wearing a long black trench coat and had his hair tied in a high ponytail. He looked like an ancient person who had traveled from the planet Earth. The probability of seeing this person in a museum was higher than the probability of encountering him in reality.
Before Lin Yuzheng could react, Zeng Ge had already slammed his shield down on the three people opposite him.
The mecha is over 20 meters tall, and the shield of the hard-tank mecha alone is 5 meters long. Even Iron Man couldn't withstand it, and Ultraman would have his red light flash if he took a hit.
After confirming that there were no surveillance cameras around, Lin Yuzheng stopped in place and did not stop Zeng Ge's attack.
However, he then noticed that Zenger's shield had stopped, as if it had been blocked by a tremendous force, and even twisted uncontrollably to one side.
As the dust settled, a large dent appeared in the chest of the young man in ancient attire on the covered bridge. He clearly wouldn't live much longer, yet he had somehow managed to withstand a mecha attack with his bare body.
Are you crazy?
Where did this come from? Is this still the Covenant?
A powerful gust of air, carrying the shield's attack, struck Nie Shuyang, who was the most vulnerable. He was the first to be slammed against the glass wall at the other end of the corridor, bouncing several times before vomiting a mouthful of blood.
After forcibly blocking the attack, Fu Zhaoyu's condition was visibly poor. The fabric above his chest was scorched to pieces by the high temperature of the shield, his knife was broken in half, and a pool of blood quickly gathered at his feet.
Fortunately, Fang Zhuo's stamina had increased to 71, which was much better than the child's situation.
He looked up and saw Fu Zhaoyu say expressionlessly, "My lord, my card is going to be canceled, but I can do you one last favor before it's canceled. Use all your points to exchange for stamina and see if you can take care of this mech."
As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Zhuo saw the countdown that had been frozen on Fu Zhaoyu's shoulder start running wildly.
At the same time, Zenger's hard-tank mech suddenly seemed to lose its way and began to sway dizzily from side to side.
He had checked Fu Zhaoyu's personal profile and knew that the other party was originally an SSR-level bodyguard character card, but some of his abilities were blocked by the system, which is why he became an SR-level character.
Using additional capabilities would certainly come at a price, but he never imagined that the price would be the employees' own lifespans.
Fu Zhaoyu comes from an extremely dangerous infinite world, and his survival time may have been accumulated through countless near-death experiences in dungeons.
Ruan Zihan's short play is quite suitable for Fu Zhaoyu, which is indeed very kind.
The ratio of points to character stats is 50 to 1, meaning 10 million points can be exchanged for 1 point. After the last live stream, Fang Zhuo still had 353 points and over 80 billion in cash.
He acted swiftly, first spending 20 billion to exchange for 2,000 points, then accumulating his stamina to 100, and finally spending 500 points in the system shop to buy a manual on scimitar specialization.
The entire 20 billion was invested in him personally. Even without Zeng's attack, these points could be used in other high-risk planes in the future, so he spent them without the slightest hesitation.
Fang Zhuo then used all the stamina pills he got from the blind box and used the skills given to him by the system.
[The host has already used the SR-quality skill: Burning]
[Skill Note: Consumes three days of remaining survival time. Enjoys increased speed and stamina for half an hour, followed by a level 1 Pain debuff.]
[The host has consumed thirty days of survival time; this skill will now stack tenfold.]
The entire process of redeeming all items took less than two seconds. The speed at which the system interface switched completely crashed Yidiandian. The customer service option kept spinning, and the system was automatically popping up notifications.
[A large expense has been detected. Do you want to use the microloan plugin?]
Ignoring the system notification, Fang Zhuo felt a special power flowing into every tiny blood vessel after his stamina increased. He quickly took out the scimitar he had pulled from the blind box from his hidden wristband.
The knife, which used to require two hands to lift, is now as light as a piece of paper and can be easily lifted with one hand.
Upon seeing Zeng Ge launch an attack on them in his mech, Fang Zhuo was certain that this person was no longer the kind-hearted supporting character from the original book.
Two hundred billion yuan can't buy Platinum City, but dealing with a crazy Zeng Ge is still very easy.
Seeing Fu Zhaoyu gradually weaken and his expression grow increasingly ashen, Nie Shuyang leaned against the glass wall, a bitter smile on his face, tears streaming down his face, and began to utter his last words:
"Boss, I actually lied to you. I'm not 302 years old. I'm only twelve. You're my first employer..."
"I'm not some rich young master from a prominent family at all. In my original world, I could barely afford a decent meal. The day before I signed the contract, I was fighting with another homeless man for a nutrient solution."
"Thank you for letting me eat delicious braised pork, thank you for giving me a dormitory. I will never forget this place. You have been so good to me, just like my father. No one has ever been so good to me before..."
"Shut up, son." Fang Zhuo gripped his curved blade and swung it towards the core of Zeng Ge's mecha—
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