Chapter 125 Xingxin Won!

The attention this match received was neither a lot nor a little. At least, in this round, it was the only match that the media took notice of.

After all, one side was a team with a lot of buzz, and the other side was a professional team, so the contest between the two was somewhat interesting. No matter how big Jia Shi's name was, if they were just beating up on ordinary players, no one would be too concerned.

If Team Wuji had won against Xingxin, the media coverage would probably have been a simple, passing mention. But now that Team Xingxin had actually won, and by a large margin of 8.5 to 1, it was worth writing about.

*Esports Home*, currently the largest and most authoritative electronic sports print media. And Glory, this currently super-prosperous electronic sports project, is undoubtedly their focus. The bi-weekly *Electronic Sports Weekly* devotes at least 80% of its pages to Glory coverage. *Esports Home* has interview stations in all the cities where major Glory teams are located. Some of the top teams even have dedicated reporters assigned to them to build long-term, friendly relationships in order to get exclusive interviews.

City H, as the former home of the Glory dynasty team Jia Shi, has the oldest interview station, and was the first to have a dedicated team reporter. But as the Jia Shi team gradually declined, the work of the City H interview station gradually became less hot. Last season was lively, because Jia Shi's miraculous and disgusting record was a huge news topic. The staff of the City H *Esports Home* interview station worked like crazy for a season, only to find that they had had their fun and then died.

Because Team Jia Shi had miraculously been relegated!

This was certainly a major topic, but after this coverage, how much space could a relegated team, even one as prestigious as Jia Shi, occupy in *Esports Home*, which primarily covers the professional league?

The City H interview station was clearly in an awkward, marginalized position.

Sure enough, in the summer, while the major teams were busy trading transfers and developing equipment, *Esports Home*, as a media outlet, was also making new deployments to welcome the new season.

The first step was to adjust the staff at the City H interview station.

City H only had one team, Jia Shi. With their relegation, the staff who were specifically there for them seemed less necessary. So the resident staff of the City H interview station were sent to other places: There were new teams joining the league, weren't there?

In the end, only two people were left at the City H interview station. If they didn't believe that Team Jia Shi would definitely return to the league, and that they had made such big moves as trading for Xiao Shiqin and Sheng Lingmie, the City H interview station could have been temporarily shut down.

Leaving two people wasn't a sign of great importance, just a contingency plan. There would be some topics and some coverage in the later stages of the Challenger League, and this year there was Team Jia Shi, so there would be a few more topics. But for the reporters, they had once followed the dynasty team to the pinnacle of the Glory circle, and were familiar enough with the bigwigs of each team to exchange a few words. Suddenly, they were reduced to watching the Challenger League. The disappointment in their hearts was no less than that of the professional players who had been relegated with the team.

Cao Guangcheng is currently the head of the City H *Esports Home* interview station, and was once the Jia Shi team's reporter. When Jia Shi was at its most glorious, he was undoubtedly the most glorious reporter at *Esports Home*. Every year, his articles appeared on the front page countless times.

But in the blink of an eye, a plucked phoenix is not as good as a chicken. With Jia Shi's relegation, he, this infinitely glorious reporter, also became embarrassed. Of course, he could still do the work if he was transferred to another team. But when it came to being a team reporter, connections were not to be ignored. Cao Guangcheng's relationships were all built on Jia Shi. If he were to run to another team now, he would probably not be able to compete with the other reporters. Cao Guangcheng knew that many people were already secretly laughing at him! After all, it was impossible not to be envied after being so glorious for so many years.

At the *Esports Home* annual meeting in the summer, Cao Guangcheng heard a lot of people greet him with veiled sarcasm. He was holding his breath! The current top teams already had stable team reporters. If he were transferred, it would definitely be to a new team joining the league. How much important coverage could a team that only aimed to avoid relegation get? Maybe they would be relegated again, and he would be out of luck again, wandering around like that, probably never to see glory again.

Cao Guangcheng knew this circle very well, so he wasn't in a hurry to find another way out after Jia Shi's relegation. After all, this was Team Jia Shi! Relegation was defined as a miracle. Who would doubt that Jia Shi could return to the professional circle in a year? And they could trade for Xiao Shiqin and Sheng Lingmie after relegation. This was a big move, rarely seen among the professional teams during the summer transfer period.

Cao Guangcheng stayed. He was waiting to return to the league with Jia Shi. But this season, he would probably have a leisurely time.

When he was usually so busy that he couldn't sleep, rushing to write manuscripts, he cursed his profession every day, saying that it was exhausting and unrewarding. But now that he was really idle, he really missed the days when he was so busy that he couldn't sleep, so much that he had insomnia...

He had time to sleep, but he couldn't sleep. These days made Cao Guangcheng a little sad and indignant.

Friday morning.

Cao Guangcheng opened his eyes and looked at the time. He subconsciously tried to figure out whether Jia Shi was playing at home or away today. As soon as he thought about it, he smiled bitterly. The new league season should be in its third round, but he hadn't adapted to the fact that Jia Shi wasn't in the professional circle, and he didn't need to follow the team for interviews!

Helpless, Cao Guangcheng got up and went to the bathroom naked.

Their interview station was actually just sending people to live in City H specifically to conduct nearby interviews. The company rented apartments for the reporters everywhere. Everyone lived and worked normally, went out to run interviews when needed, and then wrote manuscripts. There was no need for a dedicated office location. If you had to say there was one, then here, their respective bedrooms and the living room, were the office locations.

Cao Guangcheng came out of the bedroom and passed through the living room, and saw Chang Xian, the young man who had been left in the City H interview station with him, was in the living room, holding a computer and busy typing away.

Compared to Cao Guangcheng's proactive request to stay, Chang Xian was more passive. This young man was a recent college graduate who was recruited into *Esports Home* and directly assigned to the City H interview station. He was a very enthusiastic Glory fan. But unfortunately, the City H team, Jia Shi, pulled off a miraculous relegation, and the young man's career had just started when it was put on hold. He didn't receive a transfer order from headquarters this summer, and became a holdover like Cao Guangcheng. However, Chang Xian didn't have as many thoughts as Cao Guangcheng, and was still energetic and ready to work actively. The way he seemed to want to deeply report on the Challenger League was a bit ridiculous in Cao Guangcheng's eyes.

The Challenger League? What was there to write about?

Cao Guangcheng, who had covered the finals as a team reporter four times, really couldn't bring himself to pay attention to the Challenger League. So he was quite relieved to have a young man like Chang Xian working hard. At least it was a way to get the job done!

Seeing Chang Xian so busy early in the morning, Cao Guangcheng couldn't help but wonder what the kid was up to. Yesterday seemed to be the end of a round of the Challenger League, right?

Before he could get close, Chang Xian had already seen his figure in the reflection of the monitor, and quickly turned around to greet him, "Brother Cao, good morning, you're up!"

"Yeah, what are you busy with?" Cao Guangcheng had already seen Chang Xian's monitor. He had opened a lot of web pages and a lot of documents, and seemed to be organizing something.

"Oh! In last night's Challenger League match, Team Xingxin defeated Team Wuji!" Chang Xian said excitedly.

Never seen the world!

Cao Guangcheng muttered to himself, and said calmly, "Is that so?"

"Brother Cao, do you think we can go interview Xingxin? Looking at the news in the circle, Ye Qiu is almost certainly on Team Xingxin, right?" Chang Xian said.

Cao Guangcheng laughed as soon as he heard that. When it came to inside information, he was a hundred times more informed than Chang Xian. Of course he knew that Ye Qiu was on Team Xingxin, but it would be ridiculous to try to interview him based on that. Who was that? Ye Qiu! The biggest enemy of the media in the entire Glory circle was that guy! As the only privileged person in the league who ignored the media, no one could do anything about him.

Cao Guangcheng, a dignified Jia Shi team reporter, had only interviewed this Jia Shi captain three times!

Three times!

Cao Guangcheng had followed Team Jia Shi for eight whole years, and had only interviewed him three times. Any team reporter probably saw their team captain more than that in a week. What made Cao Guangcheng even more depressed was that all three interviews were conducted on QQ...

Yes, to this day, Cao Guangcheng had never even seen Ye Qiu in person. This was something he had always been particularly tearful about.

Thinking of this, Cao Guangcheng felt a little sad and indignant again. Seeing Chang Xian's excited look, Cao Guangcheng felt it was necessary to let the young man know how deep the water was in this circle. Young people these days thought it was difficult to interview Zhou Zekai! Had they ever followed a team for eight years and never even seen the team's ace player, only conducting three exclusive interviews on QQ?

"Xiao Chang, you've found a pretty good news angle. Xingxin is a team that's been getting a lot of buzz lately. You can do some follow-up coverage. Go ahead, I'm counting on you!" Cao Guangcheng said.

"Okay!" Chang Xian excitedly began to pack his equipment, but suddenly turned back halfway through, "Brother Cao, aren't you going?"

"Oh, I won't go. You should go out and run around more yourself now, you need to be able to stand on your own! If this Xingxin team can really make it all the way, wouldn't it become your resource? You have to grab it!" Cao Guangcheng said.

"Okay, I'm going out, Brother Cao," Chang Xian called out.

"Be careful, I'm waiting to see your manuscript!" Cao Guangcheng said.

"Okay!" Chang Xian set off energetically.