As a partner of Longyu Corporation, Zhao Xuming also traveled to Los Angeles. It would be unreasonable to say that he was completely unaware of what had happened.

If Longyu Corporation knew about this but didn't intervene or prevent it, but instead tacitly approved and condoned it, then combined with Longyu Corporation's previous differentiated treatment of the FV team, the nature of this matter would change!

No wonder netizens were furiously denouncing Longyu Corporation as traitors and sellouts.

Zhao Xuming hurriedly checked the source of the message and found that it came from a foreign media outlet. It was said to be an anonymous tip, and the submitted evidence was a series of photos: two data balancers from Finger Company entering and exiting FRY's training facility, discussing tactics with FRY's coach, and jointly guiding training.

These photos weren't particularly clear, seemingly taken in secret, but some people still recognized that the two data balancers were indeed internal employees of Finger Company.

As for who made the anonymous report, many people speculated that it was an insider from Finger Company or the FRY team, but this range was too broad to pinpoint.

The motive was also easy to explain. Such explosive exclusive reports meant popularity and traffic. Selling the relevant information to the media could earn a lot of money, and low-level employees of Finger Company or FRY might have the motive to take these photos.

Currently, Finger Company has launched an emergency PR campaign.

Their first reaction was to deny it, insisting that this was absolutely impossible. But after the second wave of revelations released a large number of photos, Finger Company couldn't continue to deny it, and could only say that "the matter is still under investigation, the official position on the event is absolutely fair and impartial, and if any employee's personal behavior is contrary to the official position, it will be dealt with seriously as soon as possible."

Finger Company's response was obviously trying to shift the blame, implying that even if this kind of thing happened, it was all the personal behavior of these two data balancers. They went to guide the FRY team in order to earn extra money, and it had nothing to do with Finger Company officially.

This was the only option. Before, they didn't want to admit it, but now that the photos were released, denying it would be too weak.

But this explanation obviously couldn't quell the anger of the netizens. Even the forums in Europe and America were furiously denouncing it, questioning the professionalism of Finger Company.

Even if these two data balancers went to help the FRY team on their own initiative, Finger Company couldn't escape responsibility. This showed that Finger Company's management had a big problem.

What's more, most netizens felt that there must be an authorization from Finger Company behind this, and these two data balancers were probably scapegoats.

Of course, the funniest thing was that the official IOI data balancers helped the FRY team, but the finals were still 3:0!

The official staff going down to the field and still getting crushed was simply a joke.

Therefore, the current public opinion pressure on Finger Company and Longyu Corporation can be said to be very unfavorable!

Various messages were being revealed one after another, making them distraught and overwhelmed. The public relations department of Longyu Corporation had been looking for Zhao Xuming, but Zhao Xuming had been on the plane for the past dozen hours, so they couldn't find him.

The public relations department of Longyu Corporation was obviously under great pressure.

Now, Longyu Corporation's public relations department didn't have many choices. Although cold treatment can solve some problems in many cases, this event obviously couldn't be solved by cold treatment.

Because no one knows how long this public opinion will last. If Longyu Corporation doesn't take the initiative to respond, the initiative will be in the mouths of others. If netizens see Longyu Corporation playing dead, and their anger is not vented, they may dig up more explosive material.

The bigger the matter gets, the more difficult the public relations will naturally be.

But responding now, it's really impossible to shift the blame.

Because the differentiated treatment of the FV team was indeed done by Zhao Xuming, and even Zhao Xuming participated in sending data balancers to the FRY team.

In other words, the things that were being cursed online were actually mild.

Not standing up now is equal to a guilty conscience; standing up and taking the blame is equal to courting death; standing up and shifting the blame, then how can they explain it to Finger Company?

Zhao Xuming leaned back and felt very helpless, simply at a loss.

He originally thought that after returning to China, the nightmare of this IOI World Finals was finally over, but now it seemed that this was just the beginning!

Zhao Xuming closed his eyes for a long time, then sighed: "Go back to the company, call an emergency meeting."

He secretly calculated that this time, he would probably have to use a lot of words to cover up this matter in front of the senior management. If he didn't handle it properly, he might suffer as well.

Just then, the business car he was riding in began to drive into the prosperous section of Shanghai.

Zhao Xuming suddenly noticed that the billboard on the roadside was actually a huge advertisement for Moyu Internet Cafe! (Moyu: Touching Fish, a slang term for slacking off)

Then, he saw more advertisements, including Moyu Internet Cafe, Moyu Takeout, Nifeng Logistics (Nifeng: Against the Wind), Sloth Apartment… All of Tenda Group's physical industries were there!

The style of these advertisements was all uniformly minimalist, a solid-color background, plus a logo or a picture of the store, which was very different from the other colorful street advertisements.

But this very concise design highlights a kind of confidence.

The cost of the layout is the same. Other companies put up a beautiful background, celebrity endorsements, and all kinds of product pictures and advertising slogans, all crammed in, for fear that the layout fee will be wasted.

However, these advertisements of Tenda were just the opposite, compressing the necessary information to the extreme. They saved as much as possible on key content. Even many ordinary people who didn't know these industries, after seeing this advertisement, didn't know what industry it was an advertisement for.

But this also highlights a strong confidence, believing that even if the advertisement is done in the simplest way, it can achieve excellent results. And it's completely different from those colorful, flamboyant whores, highlighting a unique personality.

Zhao Xuming's face instantly darkened.

Outrageous!

For some reason, it felt like President Pei was riding on his face.

And the most absurd thing is that there aren't many Tenda's physical industries in Shanghai!

Moyu Takeout, Moyu Internet Cafe, Nifeng Logistics, Managed Gym, Sloth Apartment… Many of these industries don't have physical stores in Shanghai at all, but the advertisements are still being put up!

Zhao Xuming was so angry that his face turned blue, and he directly put down the sunshade in the back row of the business car, not looking at the Tenda advertisements all over the street outside.

"Drive faster!"

……

Meanwhile, in Los Angeles.

The World Finals had come to a successful conclusion, and all the teams had left.

But for Finger Company, this was not the end. The public opinion storm had just begun.

Eric was in his high-end apartment, sipping coffee while overlooking the cityscape of Los Angeles.

The photos of the two data balancers were of course arranged by Eric to be taken and anonymously provided to the media.

In fact, before submitting these photos, Eric had hesitated. After all, once this news was exposed, there would be no turning back. The resulting public opinion storm would be enough to seriously damage the reputation of Finger Company and even Dayak Corporation.

But after careful consideration, Eric made up his mind.

Because without this final fatal blow, he couldn't ensure that Christian would be replaced by the senior management of Finger Company!

Objectively speaking, this IOI World Finals was pretty good. Leaving aside the results, at least the popularity and exposure were there, and it brought a very good positive impact to IOI.

Although the FV team winning the championship made the senior management of Dayak Corporation and Finger Company very unhappy, the FV team winning the championship was not Christian's fault.

Moreover, to put it another way, the popularity brought by the FV team winning the championship objectively helped the promotion of IOI's domestic server.

Therefore, with the merits and demerits offset, most of the senior management may think that Christian's series of measures were still effective, and Christian may still continue to serve as the head of the Greater China region.

Even if individual senior managers were not satisfied with Christian's achievements, they shouldn't have sufficient reason to remove him from the position of head of the Greater China region.

This was intolerable to Eric.

Opportunities are fleeting, and if he can't seize it this time, then he doesn't know when the next time will be.

So, Eric exposed the news and gave Christian a fatal blow!

Sending two data balancers to help the FRY team formulate tactics was entirely Christian's own idea, so naturally he would be the one to take the blame.

Now, the senior management of Dayak Corporation and Finger Company were holding an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures. But no matter how they discussed it, this event has been set in stone, and someone has to stand up and take responsibility, otherwise it won't be possible to quell the public anger.

It may not be enough to quell the public anger by just pulling out two data balancers as scapegoats.

Pushing Christian out as a scapegoat will be a high-probability event.

And Eric took this opportunity to submit all the research materials he had done on Tenda and GOG in Jingzhou before, and deeply analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of this IOI qualifier and the World Finals.

Most of them were useful information, but there was also a small part of personal gain, implying that Christian's strategy could not fundamentally change IOI's weakness in the struggle with GOG.

If you want to turn the tables, you still have to let me do it!

Eric was very confident, because after Christian was kicked out, there was no one more suitable than him.

As for whether Christian and others would suspect him…

It doesn't matter, even if they suspect, there is no evidence.

Eric had been dormant for so long just for this moment.

Just then, the phone rang beside him.

Seeing the caller's number, the corners of Eric's mouth rose slightly, and he answered the phone.

"Okay."

"I'll go there right away."

Eric tidied up his suit and tie in front of the dressing mirror, revealing a confident smile.

"President Pei, wait, I'll be back soon!"

"This time, I won't give you any more opportunities, I will keep burning money until your Tenda Group shows its true colors!"