Chapter 72
Before Su Zheye could come back to his senses, Huang Heran asked his question first: "Fake match? How do you know Straw played a fake match?"
Match-fixing is an absolute violation in any competition, but because the illicit profits it brings are extremely high, there is still a meticulous industrial chain behind it. Under the instructions and guidance of the industrial chain and the people behind it, these players will definitely be extremely careful and will not reveal any clues at all.
In particular, Huang Heran felt that Gu Yuan's family was not involved in this kind of business. The crime of match-fixing was very serious, and Gu Yuan would not say so without solid evidence.
But Gu Yuan had already thought of an excuse: "When Shi Xing said he wanted to retire, didn't we all want to invite Night to a tryout? At that time, I went to watch many of XY's previous games, and I felt that Straw played a few games a little strangely, but I didn't think it was a match-fixing. Not long ago, a friend of my father came back. His son is a senior executive of a gambling company. Knowing that I played in the DPL, he hinted that there were active DPL players who had played match-fixing in the DDL. I thought of this at the time and asked him about it."
DDL (DTW Development League) is the Dawn and Dusk Professional Development League, which is the second largest professional league after DPL. Every year, major DPL teams will select players with outstanding performance, so some of the current DPL professional players have come from DDL.
However, the e-sports industry has developed rapidly in recent years. In addition to playing games according to the rules, many players who feel that they will never be able to make a breakthrough in the secondary leagues have started to have evil thoughts, such as making big money by playing fake games.
The training room was quiet for a moment.
“Fuck…”
With Lu Yang's innocent mind, he couldn't even accept this fact for a while: "Why? He played well in XY. Although he is not good, I heard that XY pays him a good salary, right, Su? Why would he play a fake game?"
"Um."
Su Zheye said: "Not low."
When Su Zheye heard this news in his previous life, his mind was filled with these three words: Why?
But after hearing Gu Yuan say that Straw had played a fake game in LDL, I actually understood a little bit.
Because at the beginning, the requirements for match-fixing were mostly very simple. For example, for Straw in DDL, the requirement might be just to place the first dragon or the first tower. This was a small amount of money that could be obtained by slightly manipulating the situation, considering the strength and not affecting the win or loss. At that time, Straw, who had a low salary and spent money like water, could easily not resist such temptation.
However, once the first time happens, the gamblers behind the scenes will use the evidence of the successful transaction to threaten the players for the second and third time, and the degree of threat will gradually increase to the amount of kills or defense towers given away, or even the outcome of the game.
It was a point of no return, but Straw had already fallen into the abyss.
It goes without saying how deep the gambling pool of the DTW S8 World Finals will be, with tens of billions of dollars to spare. One of the teams has someone who has been caught in match-fixing, and the capitalists behind the scenes will not miss the opportunity to make a fortune by manipulating the game.
But whether Straw was threatened against his will or not, it cannot cover up the fact that he played a fixed game.
The expressions of the SEA people suddenly fell.
Sui Ran's face was gloomy, and he narrowed his eyes slightly: "Brother Su, you only hit him once."
"that is!"
Lu Yang took a deep breath and said, "You were able to hold back and only hit him once. If it were me, I would have wanted to chop him to pieces with a knife."
Jiang Yiwen knocked on Lu Yang's head and said, "Just hit him. Why would a kid use a knife?"
Su Zheye: “…”
If he said that he didn't do it in the end, would these people beat him up first?
“Zhe Ye probably hasn’t found any solid evidence yet. After all, the industry chain behind this matter is already mature, and it’s too difficult to catch him.”
Gu Yuan said: "I asked my friend to investigate, and I will report it in the end, and he will remove all the information that needs to be exposed."
“Trouble!”
Huang Heran's sun xue was still beating non-stop: "Fortunately Zhe Ye was pulled to SEA, otherwise... I really can't imagine him staying on the same team with a teammate who played fake games and backstabbed people. Oh yeah, and there's also a stupid boss. Damn, XY is such a hellish place."
Su Zheye smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I've already left anyway."
After thinking for a while, he added: "That's why everything now seems so precious."
“Woo woo.”
Lu Yang came over and pulled Su Zheye's arm: "I'm sorry, Brother Su, I shouldn't have been so mean when you came for the tryout. Luckily you didn't make a fuss with me."
"What are you doing?"
Su Zheye said lazily: "Boss XY's scolding is more nasty than yours."
Lu Yang was stunned, and couldn't help feeling even more guilty: "Wuwuwu, Brother Su, I was wrong. I'm sorry, Brother Su."
"That……"
Huang Heran looked at Gu Yuan, then at Su Zheye: "I won't respond to this matter for now. If the league officials come to me, I will tell you. I'm just waiting for news from Gu Yuan."
Gu Yuan: "Okay."
Su Zheye: "Okay."
"You guys should avoid going online if you can. The attention on the eve of the finals is already high, and Straw has created such a big trend. It's really unlucky."
Huang Heran told Su Zheye: "Especially Zheye, we all know that those who are innocent will be innocent, don't let your mood be affected."
Su Zheye smiled: "No."
Huang Heran still had some worry on his face: "After the finals, let's go eat something good and have a good holiday - hiss, we can't have a holiday, we have to train for the Olympics, forget it, let's just eat something good. Then I won't bother you guys, you guys train."
Gu Yuan: “Yeah.”
Huang Heran walked out of the training room, chatted with the other SEA members for a few words and then continued their ranking.
After dinner, Gu Yuan took Su Zheye for a walk in the base as usual.
"Would you like to eat cake today?"
Gu Yuan asked: "If you want, I'll buy it for you."
Su Zheye shook his head.
"Where's the milk tea?"
Su Zheye still shook his head.
"I'm too full from dinner, I don't want to do it for now."
Su Zheye smiled at Gu Yuan and said, "Go change your clothes. I'll wait for you to take a walk to digest your food."
Gu Yuan: "Okay."
"Give me a coat."
Su Zheye said again.
Gu Yuan responded.
Su Zheye stared at Gu Yuan's back for a while until he disappeared around the corner of the stairs, then he withdrew his gaze.
After staring blankly for a few seconds, Su Zheye took out his cell phone and dialed Cheng Yansheng.
"Hey Zhe Ye."
Cheng Yansheng should be outside, there was a lot of noise around him: "What's going on?"
Su Zheye said: "Did Gu Yuan ever ask you what kind of car I like?"
"ah?"
Cheng Yansheng said: "No."
"I also didn't ask you what car you accompanied me to see and test drive that time?"
Cheng Yansheng thought for a while and said, "No, since the dinner we had, the only time we talked was when you asked me to entertain guests on your birthday."
Su Zheye: “…”
Su Zheye: "You are really good at describing."
"What's wrong?"
Cheng Yansheng was curious: "Why are you asking me this suddenly?"
"nothing."
Su Zheye said: "He bought me a Ferrari, the one you accompanied me to test drive that day."
Cheng Yansheng was stunned, and then suddenly raised his voice: "What the hell? ! ! 296GTB?? Is this true? Chief Gu bought you a Ferrari directly?? ! ! "
“…”
Su Zheye held the phone away with a look of disdain: "If there's nothing else, I'll hang up first and go to training."
"Wait a minute."
Cheng Yansheng's voice was still trembling. "Lend it to me in a few days. Oh, yes, I suddenly remembered that a long time ago, after you came to SEA for a tryout, Ah Huang told me that Chief Gu asked him to apologize to you again, saying that he had no opinion on your sexual orientation and personality, on the contrary, he admired you. Ah Huang didn't have your contact information at that time, so he asked me to tell you, but I forgot it. I only remembered it when you asked about Chief Gu today."
“…”
Su Zheye took a deep breath: "How could you forget this?"
"Anyway, you don't care about what others think of you, and Chief Gu was very nice to you during the All-Stars, so I didn't take it to heart."
Cheng Yansheng laughed dryly: "I was wrong."
But Gu Yuan has always been this kind of person, so this doesn’t mean anything.
In his peripheral vision, Gu Yuan had already walked down the stairs. Su Zheye said, "Okay, I'll hang up now. See you later."
After he put away his phone, Gu Yuan came over and put his coat on him.
There was no one else here, so Gu Yuan naturally took Su Zheye's hand.
"Commander Gu."
Su Zheye suddenly spoke up: "If you didn't know that Straw was playing a fake match, would you have any opinion about me after hearing what happened today?"
Gu Yuan paused.
"Won't."
He said.
Su Zheye tilted his head: "Why?"
Gu Yuan was silent for a moment, as if thinking about how to better answer.
Then he took Su Zheye's hand, brought it to his lips, and gently kissed the back of the latter's hand: "Zheye, I knew you earlier and more clearly than the rumors."
-
With the hype from the official and major marketing accounts, the SEA Spring Finals kicked off on May 23.
Although the official Weibo account will not publicly publish or comment on groundless gossip, ever since the live broadcast incident, every time DTW official posts a Weibo related to the finals, one-third of the comments below are talking about this matter, asking the league to investigate, asking Su Zheye to be suspended, and asking SEA to come out and explain, as if they had hired a group of internet trolls.
Originally, the match between SEA and XY was called the "Spring Festival Gala of e-sports" by fans. Since Su Zheye transferred to SEA this year, there has been a big fuss before each exchange of fire between the two sides. The popularity and attention have increased exponentially, which is actually what the official wants to see, so there is no large-scale ban on the comment section.
However, neither XY’s official Weibo account nor its manager came out to confirm this, and SEA naturally refused to talk about the matter.
"Relax, relax."
Huang Heran pulled Su Zheye aside and said, "Gu Yuan said he will get the evidence soon. I will definitely seek justice for you then. If you curse too harshly, I will send a lawyer's letter directly."
Su Zheye smiled: "Sorry to bother you, manager."
Yan Shusheng has been holding his folder: "According to the tactics of the past two days, if the opponent releases the blood lotus sacrifice, we will take it directly."
Su Zheye: "Okay."
"nicenice."
Lu Yang waved his fist: "Jiang Yiwen, play well today, we will definitely beat Straw's dog head in the bottom lane."
"Don't underestimate the enemy."
Yan Shusheng was oblivious to what was happening outside, and didn't know about the new feud between XY and SEA. He thought Lu Yang was just bragging: "The strength of the champion AD should not be underestimated. You must be careful of Flash."
"no problem!"
Lu Yang was still full of confidence: "Today's main task is to be careful of Flash and blow up Straw."
Yan Shu said: "..."
The finals were held at the DPL's main venue in Shanghai, which is some distance away from the SEA base, so they set off early, arrived early, and stayed in the lounge to review the game.
"I'm going to the bathroom."
Su Zheye said.
Gu Yuan looked over.
Su Zheye said subconsciously: "I don't smoke."
Gu Yuan: “…That’s not what I meant.”
Su Zheye smiled and said, "Then I'll report it as well."
Gu Yuan: “Yeah.”
After watching Su Zheye walk out the door, Lu Yang said while biting his straw, "Brother Su has changed. He used to smoke all the time, but now he even reports to the captain."
"Yes."
Huang Heran was very sad: "Su Zheye and my good buddy - also his good buddy, that Cheng Yansheng, actually quit smoking together! Now there is no one to accompany me to smoke at the gate of the base!!"
Gu Yuan: "You should quit smoking too."
Huang Heran stood at attention for a second: "I was wrong, Commander Gu, but asking me to quit smoking would be worse than asking me to die."
Gu Yuan: “…”
After they chatted about other things for a while, Gu Yuan suddenly thought of something: "Isn't the bathroom in the main stadium in the middle of the two teams' lounges?"
Huang Heran thought for a few seconds and said, "Yes."
"I'm going to go and see Zhe Ye."
After saying that, Gu Yuan opened the door and walked out.
Huang Heran touched his nose and felt something was wrong.
"The captain has changed too."
Lu Yang sighed: "Now people know how to watch others go to the toilet."
Huang Heran: “…”
Jiang Yiwen: “…”
Jiang Yiwen: "This is called caring and being considerate of teammates. If you can't talk, just shut up."
Lu Yang puffed up his cheeks: "...Okay, okay. But it's the captain's turn to go take a look, in case you're unlucky and run into some idiots."
Huang Heran understood and immediately felt relieved: "That's right."
-
Su Zheye found that he really had no addiction to smoking now. Every time he wanted to smoke, he would hold a lollipop in his mouth for a while and then crunch it into pieces. The sweetness that filled his heart instantly suppressed his addiction to tobacco.
However, as soon as he came out of the cubicle and before he reached the sink, he smelled cigarette smoke.
I, Sui Ran and Huang Heran were the only ones smoking in the team. The latter two didn't say they were coming out, so they must be XY's people.
Su Zheye's mind had automatically cleared his memory of XY, and he was too lazy to recall who was smoking. He walked out with a calm expression.
Then he looked directly into Qin Yu'an's eyes.
Next to Qin Yu'an is Straw.
The two men's expressions paused, but Su Zheye's expression did not change at all. He brushed past them and went straight to the sink and turned on the faucet.
After a moment, a voice suddenly came from the side: "Zhe Ye."
Even with the sound of flowing water, Su Zheye could still hear a hint of... an emotion like nostalgia or long-lost relationship.
But he ignored it.
"Zhe Ye."
Thinking that he didn't hear it, Qin Yu'an raised his voice and called again.
Su Zheye washed his hands, took a piece of paper, and wiped his fingers carefully with his eyes downcast.
"Su Zheye."
Sure enough, this man's nature would not change. Seeing that Su Zheye ignored him, Qin Yu'an's tone suddenly became low: "I'm talking to you."
Su Zheye threw the waste paper into the trash can and raised his eyes lazily: "Do we know each other?"
"you--!"
Qin Yu'an had just taken a step forward when a cold voice suddenly came to his ears.
"There is no crime of harassment in our country, but causing trouble in public places and chasing and intercepting others can be filed as the crime of provoking disturbances."
An arm was raised in front of Su Zheye to protect him: "As I said before, Mr. Qin, please respect yourself."
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