Qin Yang, the son of the Tianyu Group's president, is also a passionate gaming enthusiast. Rumor has it that his father is unwilling to hand over the empire to his son, so Qin Yang returned from abroad overnight, personally taking charge, and frequently appearing at the company.
The company's senior management basically all knew about this, but many employees were not aware of it, such as several new employees in the publicity department, who were standing in a position where Xia Yao could hear and discuss it.
"Mr. Qin is so handsome, it would be a waste if he didn't go filming~"
"I saw in the newspaper that Mr. Qin has been abroad for many years. Why did he come back?"
"China is Tianyu's home turf. As the sole successor to the group, Mr. Qin must return!"
Perhaps because he couldn't control his voice, the last sentence reached Qin Yang's ears clearly.
Qin Yang's eyes, which originally had a peach blossom smile on his face, turned cold in an instant. He looked coldly at the people behind Xia Yao. The talkative employees' expressions froze and they all lowered their heads, not daring to say anything more.
Seeing this, the deputy manager of the publicity department hurried over and pulled the people away, while casting an apologetic look at Qin Yang from a distance.
Qin Yang withdrew his gaze and looked at Xia Yao with a smile again.
He had a murderous expression on his face one second ago, but he was as gentle as a spring breeze the next. Xia Yao teased in her heart, the domineering CEO novels really didn't lie to me.
There was no chance for the two to communicate. The cameraman quickly put the camera in position, and the players of the eight professions were called in front of the screen one by one, like emotionless puppets, allowing the stylist to manipulate them.
Amateur players have almost never experienced this kind of scene. When they first stood on it, their limbs were stiff and their expressions were unnatural. Fortunately, the cameraman was very experienced. After a few casual chats, he made the players relax and the filming became much smoother.
Chen Weihan is an exception.
He obviously has a handsome face and a tall and thin figure, but his limbs seem to have their own thoughts. They refused to cooperate from beginning to end, and his expression became more and more ferocious.
The cameraman nearly collapsed.
The other players laughed out loud in embarrassment.
Chen Weihan simply frowned and said, "I don't want to shoot anymore. You guys should find someone else."
Cameraman: ...
He turned around to look for someone as if asking for help, and then looked at Qin Yang, the eldest son of the group.
Qin Yang was silent for a moment, then a glimmer flashed in his eyes. He suddenly leaned over and said to Xia Yao, "President, how about you take a photo with her?"
Xia Yao turned her head and said, "Don't you want to take individual photos?"
Qin Yang smiled lightly: "It's okay, this is very flexible and can be modified."
She didn't know what the prince was planning, but since the head of the family had spoken, she just had to do as he said.
"Master..." Chen Weihan wailed in despair when he saw Xia Yao also walk to the curtain.
Xia Yao patted her head: "Don't be afraid, we will take the photo together."
Perhaps it was the presence of her master that really made her relax. The movements and expressions that she had been unable to coordinate with before, Chen Weihan suddenly performed very stably as if her Ren and Du meridians were opened.
Then Chen Weihan went down and Qin Yang came up.
Xia Yao raised her eyebrows: "You want me to accompany you too?"
Don’t tell me that the prince of a prestigious group also has camera phobia.
Unexpectedly, Qin Yang nodded shamelessly: "Yes, I want the president to accompany me."
He spoke in a low voice so that only Xia Yao could hear it.
Xia Yao snorted, "If others knew that the young master of Tianyu Group had two faces, I wonder if it would become a hot topic?"
Qin Yang: "No."
"Because I won't give them the chance to make an announcement."
Xia Yao:......
The two of them struck various poses at the cameraman's request. It was unknown whether the cameraman did it on purpose, but Xia Yao always felt that the interaction between her and him was a bit more intimate than that between her and Chen Weihan. The others who were watching them being filmed also smiled meaningfully.
Xia Yao shook her head, hoping she was overthinking it.
Qin Yang looked at her little expression and smiled.
Everyone was about to return to the locker room to change clothes when a middle-aged man in a suit suddenly walked into the studio.
When passing by the man, Xia Yao stole a glance at his name tag - General Secretary: Jason
Jason walked up to Qin Yang respectfully, and the latter's voice instantly turned cold.
"What's the matter again?" Xia Yao heard Qin Yang ask coldly.
Jason: "The master asked me to cancel your promotional activities."
Xia Yao's eyes flashed and she slowed down her pace intentionally.
Qin Yang: "Just because they are ordinary people, not celebrities?"
Jason: "Yes. What the master means is that high prices have their own advantages. The effect brought by celebrity endorsements is far better than that of amateur players. The master hopes that you can understand what commercial value is."
A sneer sounded behind him.
"Commercial value? So, ordinary consumers can buy a defective gaming pod and ignore it, but professional players can arrange for a repair the same day with just one phone call? Players' personal information is ostensibly classified as internal confidential, but in reality, it's immediately disclosed to others as long as it has exchange value? What a differentiated commercial value! Jason, don't forget, Boss Qin will get old one day too. He's even willing to abandon his wife and children, let alone a subordinate like you."
These words left the general secretary speechless.
Then, muffled footsteps were heard behind her, and Xia Yao immediately sped away.
Qin Yang saw the figure outside the door suddenly disappear, and his eyes flashed slightly.
He raised his left wrist and looked at the time on it. The first day of the Dark Realm competition was about to end.
He called his personal assistant and received a positive response from the other end. Then he returned to the locker room, rubbed his eyebrows, and took a rare moment of relaxation.
His father had sent him abroad to study since junior high school, and he was forbidden to return to China without special circumstances. He had naively believed his father was concerned about his further education, but it wasn't until two years ago that he learned through his assistant that his father had no intention of handing over the group to him.
The old man's original wife, his mother, was unable to help him in his career because of her weak family background. In order to help Tianyu move to a higher level, she unilaterally divorced him and quickly married the daughter of a local wealthy family.
Qin Yang is not a competitive person, but that doesn't mean he can be manipulated by anyone, even his biological father.
This time when he returned to China, he came here with the intention of seizing the group.
Tianyu's problems had gradually become apparent over the past few years. Even with the release of the hit holographic game "Eternal Legend," internal vulnerabilities couldn't be masked. For example, a mid-level manager leaked a video of a player completing a dungeon. If it weren't for his strict inspections, he probably wouldn't have noticed she was being targeted again.
A year ago he was abroad and couldn't reach the country, but now he is back, the group needs to be reformed, and justice must be restored to Vermouth.
That night, the Dark World finals ended.
Although there were still matches to be played the next day, judging from the scores of each team, Edmund no longer had a chance of a comeback.
The last place among the eight teams made the three words "Edmund" appear on the hot search list for a whole day.
Some fans spoke up for them before, thinking that they might not have performed well last year and should keep up the good work this year. Unexpectedly, this year’s performance is even worse than last year. Is it okay for them to be last in the group?
Countless insults were directed at the Edmund team, and the captain Xu Zhixian was the most severely criticized.
"You idiot conductor, give me back my ticket money!"
"Incompetent captain, shame on you!"
Xu Zhixian and four other teammates sat in the car with ashen faces. Of course, they were mainly talking about the former.
The atmosphere in the car was tense. Xu Zhixian sat in the second row of the business car, while his four teammates sat in the third. He turned around and complained, "What kind of rubbish is this on the internet? There are winners and losers in competitions. I even won the individual championship last year. Can't you see that?"
I'm so embarrassed to say that...
Mercy, the youngest boy, rolled his eyes inwardly.
Ever since I heard from the old teammates that he joined the team through the backdoor and even turned against Vitalik, I have never been nice to him.
The other three veteran team members also said nothing and didn't want to pay attention.
Xu Zhixian glared: "Are you all mute? Can you bear being scolded like this?"
Coco, the oldest, glanced at him slowly and said, "Shouldn't you be scolded for being last in the class?"
"You...!" Xu Zhixian's attempt to gain recognition failed, and he was instead rebuked. "Okay, Coco, your contract is up this year, and you'll be retiring soon. You'll just get paid and leave anyway, so you can say whatever you want. What about Mercy? Are you as indifferent as them?"
Mercy, who was cueed, curled her lips: "So, Captain, what do you think I need to do? Go online and fight?"
As he said this, he picked up his phone and did it on purpose for the other person to see.
Xu Zhixian just felt a headache. What happened to these two people? They were fine before, but suddenly it was as if there was a layer of glass between them and he couldn't see through them.
So he swallowed his anger and prepared to complain to the Black Mountain Demon.
Unexpectedly, Mercy in the car suddenly said, "Hey, someone revealed that there was something fishy about Vitalik Buterin's match-fixing last year~"
"What?" The three veteran team members were all surprised.
Xu Zhixian's back suddenly stiffened.
Mercy continued, "There are 12 recordings in total. They were released by an anonymous person at 8pm. Now it's 9pm. Well, it's only been an hour, and there are already hundreds of thousands of likes and over 50,000 reposts. Let me click and listen."
"Don't listen!" Xu Zhixian in the front row suddenly pounced on Mercy like a mad dog, snatched Mercy's cell phone and threw it out of the car. His eyes were bloodshot, veins on his forehead bulged, and he looked like he wanted to eat someone.
Mercy was so frightened that she sat in a daze. Then she realized that her cell phone was gone. She hunched over and rushed out, venting her anger towards Xu Zhixian.
The veteran team member quickly held down Mercy to stop him from doing anything. Xu Zhixian felt smug when he saw that his teammates were still helping him. He was about to speak when suddenly, a cell phone that someone had placed in the back row started playing automatically.
"Master Xian, everything has been arranged. Vermouth will never be able to explain themselves. WW has also been sold to an American club. Don't worry, they can't cause any trouble. From now on, you will be the captain of our Edmund team. You can participate in any competition you want!"
"What did I tell you last time? Not only do I want to participate, I also want to win a prize. Don't you understand?"
"Yes, yes, but this team competition is indeed difficult to manage and quite risky. How about this, I arrange a solo competition for you at the end of the year? I'll let you know the list of players you'll be competing against in advance. Is that okay with you?"
…
The following conversations came one after another, and Xu Zhixian was completely stunned.
He pushed everyone away like a madman and tried to grab the cell phone in the back row.
There was shouting in the car and the situation became chaotic.
It wasn't just Team Edmund that was thrown into chaos; the entire e-sports community was shaken.
No one could have imagined that Vermouth, who was once widely condemned, was actually framed! Even more outrageous, it wasn't another club that framed her, but one of her own.
The haters, passersby and fans who had been chasing Vermouth and calling him a cancer have all fallen silent.
What exactly did they do?
Indiscriminately spreading malice towards Vitalik Buterin, who once won the national championship, and even forced her to apologize and give an explanation to her fans?
It's so funny and ironic that as fans, they not only did not choose to believe their idols at the first time, but instead followed public opinion and cursed them together.
How long had she been scolded?
It’s been almost a year, right?
How did she spend this time? Did she hide away in a corner where no one paid attention, silently watching the halo above others' heads, or did she completely leave this circle and never appear again?
All sorts of voices emerged online at once. Some felt sorry for what Vitalik had gone through and burst into tears in the comment section; some expressed guilt for their vicious words and posted a whole row of “I’m sorry” messages; others went straight to Xu Zhixian’s Weibo and hurled all sorts of nasty words at him.
After a short while, the hashtag #XuZhiXianGetOutOfEsports# shot to the top of the list, followed closely by Xia Yao's livestream account: #ItTurnsOutVGodHasAlwaysBeingWithUsTT,GuidingWhiteBearCrazyRabbit#
It happened that Xia Yao had just started broadcasting at this time. As soon as the screen was turned on, barrages of comments instantly flooded in.
[Sister, I'm sorry. I misunderstood you back then. I sincerely kowtow and apologize. Please forgive my ignorance.]
Vitalik: We were wrong. We were blind and couldn't tell right from wrong, causing you to suffer so much injustice (crying loudly)
[God bless Xu Zhixian, may he be struck by lightning]
[V God, we will always wait for you]
…
Xia Yao was confused.
What's going on?
I immediately opened my phone and saw rows of entries related to the Dark World, Xu Zhixian, and Vermouth at the very front.
She remembered that the recording had not been released yet, so how come someone got there before her?
Oh, but since someone has already put it out, you shouldn’t mind her having another one, right?
So for the first time, old fans discovered that she turned on the camera in the live broadcast room for the first time.
In front of the camera, she curled her lips slightly and introduced herself: "Hello everyone, I'm Crazy Rabbit, of course you can also call me Vermouth."
Huang Cheng, Little Frog, King of Kings, and others who were also watching her livestream at the time were like, “Holy crap!!! The president is Vitalik Buterin!”
Ten minutes ago, Qin Yang looked at the public opinion on the Internet and raised the corners of his mouth with satisfaction.
He found the recording, and perhaps even God was helping them, allowing him to meet former members of the WW team by chance in the United States.
He was a veteran gamer and had always been following domestic esports events and teams. WW was the second-best team in China at the time, second only to Edmund. How could such a strong player end up in the US as a loser?
After investigations at home and abroad by the personal assistant, the truth finally came to light three months ago.
He bought the recording at a high price, settled WW's people in the United States, and then returned home with the evidence.
When the top executives of Tianyu Group learned that he was coming back, they thought he was coming to compete with the old man for the group.
Actually, I only guessed one thing.
Xu Zhixian is the old man’s second son, and his mother is the vice chairman of the E-Sports League.
He has always hoped that the domestic e-sports industry can be fair, open and just, but the old man chose to marry the daughter of the vice chairman and wade into the muddy waters of e-sports. This has caused unrest in the e-sports industry over the past year, with scandals emerging one after another in major competitions.
He has always respected professional e-sports players and the industry.
The moment he saw Vermouth wearing a loose lettered sweatshirt and standing on the stage to receive the award, he could no longer hide his attention to her.
She was tall, with a thin face and a neat ponytail. Her clear eyes showed infinite expectations for the future. She shook the trophy and then handed it to her teammates, saying that Edmund's honor never belonged to her alone, but to the entire team.
She did not seek credit for herself or attract attention. She just stood there quietly, like a beam of pure moonlight, shining into Qin Yang's heart.
Since then, Qin Yang had only one thought in her mind: domestic e-sports needed players like her.
However, when that incident broke out, he was unable to collect any evidence abroad, and the old man kept his mouth shut and refused to reveal any information to him.
He had been abroad for more than half a year, and finally, he had evidence in his hands and made the truth public when the dark world was at its hottest.
At this moment, another explosive news was pushed to the hot search.
——#V God's live broadcast room exposed the chat records, how much more is the Alliance and Edmund involved#
Qin Yang was stunned for a moment, then laughed softly.
If you are not stupid, you will grow up. This is the style of Vermouth.
Tianyu's collapse happened in a flash. Powerful netizens quickly dug out the relationship between Xu Zhixian, Tianyu's boss and the alliance's top management in just a few hours. Coupled with the fact that Tianyu had previously ignored the quality of players' game warehouses, Tianyu's stock price plummeted with layers of buffs piled up. Its market value fell to less than one-tenth of its original value.
The old man convened a shareholders' meeting overnight, but Qin Yang got there first.
The chief secretary suddenly changed sides and stood on the side of the eldest young master Qin Yang. Others secretly judged the situation. In the end, Qin Yang pushed down his biological father with a slight advantage and took the high position.
Tianyu Group underwent a major change overnight, and the e-sports league also underwent a major reshuffle.
For the entire night, players were crazy about watching the show, and the number of likes, comments and reposts kept increasing.
It wasn't until the sky outside the window brightened that the cultivators finally put down their phones with satisfaction.
However, just as they were about to dream about Zhou Gong, Tianyu, who had just replaced his personnel, immediately sent out the first message.
#《Eternal Legend》Live Action Trailer, let's see who is your top pick#
Players: Holy crap!
They all woke up in shock from their dying sleep. Why were they sleeping? They wanted to see the number one god on the list!
The trailer is short and fast-paced, with real players' faces flashing by one after another, and the barrage of comments turns into screaming chickens, screaming wildly throughout!
【Ahhh, it's definitely my knight idol! 】
[I declare that from today on, my man is Boxer Brother~ I love you~]
[Hunter Chen Weihan turns out to be a cool girl. I love her cool expression.]
[Hahaha, but even though he's cool, why does he look a little aggrieved?]
[Who's standing next to her? Is he also a player?]
[Fuck, you guys are blind, that looks like Vitalik Buterin!]
What?! Vitalik is the number one poet?! My pupils are shaking.
[!!! My whole family is shocked. I, a fake fan, only just recognized it. Wow, I'm going to face the wall and think about this now.]
[Ahhh, look at the man next to Vitalik, so handsome~]
[It's the number one summoner, Dark Soul Egg. Oh no, isn't this Qin Yang, the newest president of Tianyu?]
How much more gossip do we have to reveal today? I'm almost full from eating so much.
[Have you noticed that Vitalik Buterin and Yang Zong seem to be a good match~]
[Be more confident and remove the word “seemingly”]
[This Jinjiang writer has already imagined the love-hate relationship between the two, and the groundhog screamed.]
[The pen in front is for you, write quickly! ]
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