Chapter 143 The Storm

The storm surrounding the one-versus-three victory didn't subside after the match ended. Or rather, for the reporters, the real climax was just beginning.

A group of reporters, led by Ruan Cheng, were completely enraged by Tang Rou's attitude. They returned to their offices and immediately began writing various articles denouncing her. Ruan Cheng's publication, *Esports Times*, was a bi-monthly magazine, and the next issue wasn't due for another week. Unable to wait that long, he eagerly published his condemnation of Tang Rou on his personal blog, calling the incident a scandal and causing a huge uproar. In addition, major media outlets also released related reports attacking the situation from different angles.

However, there were also many reporters who sympathized with Tang Rou. For example, Chang Xian openly stood on Tang Rou's side, despising Ruan Cheng's group of reporters. The problem was that *Esports Home*, where Chang Xian worked, had strict requirements for its reporters. Submitted articles could be marked as "not representing the views of this newspaper," but articles written by their own reporters were subject to restrictions.

*Esports Home* was not incapable of taking a stand, but this time, Tang Rou's actions were highly controversial. Breaking a promise was something that could not be fully justified. *Esports Home* had always valued its fairness and authority in the circle. The final conclusion after discussion was not to express too clear a position, criticizing both sides. As a result, Chang Xian's manuscript, which clearly supported Xingxin and Tang Rou, was naturally rejected and killed three times by the editor-in-chief. Chang Xian was also a passionate young man, and he almost wanted to quit, but then he thought again that if he quit, the voices helping Xingxin and Tang Rou would become even weaker.

So Chang Xian dug out a lot of manuscripts from his predecessors to study, learning how to guide the narrative in this situation. In the end, while criticizing both sides, he subtly revealed the weight of his pen. This trick could not be hidden from the experienced editor-in-chief, but as long as it wasn't too blatant, a slight bias wouldn't be a big problem. After all, mechanical commentary without any position would appear to lack judgment and influence.

While *Esports Home* strictly restricted its own manuscripts, it was also using this topic to attract attention. *Esports Home* commissioned two external articles. One was the article published by Ruan Cheng on his personal blog, and the other was from the famous commentator Cha Xiaoxia.

Ruan Cheng's position was self-evident, while Cha Xiaoxia was a commentator who had publicly declared himself to be a die-hard fan of Xingxin. Under normal circumstances, they would not commission him to write articles about the team he supported, but at this time, *Esports Home* specifically asked him to write, undoubtedly to use his pen to argue with Ruan Cheng.

Cha Xiaoxia did not disappoint, offering various forms of tolerance and understanding for Tang Rou, and sarcastically mocking Ruan Cheng's group.

There were all kinds of voices, but overall, the indisputable fact of breaking her promise led to the overwhelming majority of comments being unfavorable to Tang Rou. *Esports Home*'s Chang Xian's efforts to express a vague position, Cha Xiaoxia's clear understanding and shouting, and some other expressions of understanding from other companies, all failed to gain the upper hand. After all, even they had to admit that Tang Rou's behavior was inappropriate. All they could express was understanding, but they could not completely describe it as a completely faultless and righteous situation.

Amidst the wave of criticism, the substantial impact quickly appeared. Several companies that were originally interested in Tang Rou withdrew their intentions to cooperate, and even sponsors who had already cooperated with Xingxin expressed their high dissatisfaction with Tang Rou's words and deeds, placing heavy question marks on the possibility of future cooperation. Xingxin... because they were new to the alliance, almost no sponsor would directly sign a long-term contract with them. They were generally one-year contracts, and then they would consider their performance and results for the year. And now this negative attention was obviously something they didn't like.

Then, the league also paid attention to this storm and eventually issued fines to Xingxin and Tang Rou for "inappropriate words and deeds." The league was very sensitive to its image. After all, electronic games were originally referred to as "electronic heroin." Although the concept had been greatly improved, the league did not dare to be careless.

Everything, although expected, came with such ferocity that Chen Guo was greatly surprised. In particular, the league's fine was like adding fuel to the fire, making the voices of condemnation even stronger.

Annoying!

Chen Guo was depressed. When she arrived at the training room, she saw Ye Xiu and Wei Chen gathered in front of a computer, seriously discussing something.

Fortunately, they were not affected. Chen Guo was very pleased and admired the psychological qualities of these old guys even more. With their calm and composed attitude, the emotions of others could also be quickly stabilized. This kind of stabilizing force was something a team could not lack!

As Chen Guo thought this, she walked over to listen to what the two were discussing.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, these idiots. Don't they do any background research before they write?" Wei Chen said.

"There's no publicly available information, is there? More importantly, they don't have that kind of imagination!" Ye Xiu said with emotion.

"That's true... Ouch, this one... this one is scolding really hard," Wei Chen said.

"This is what you call venomous!" Ye Xiu said.

"They really don't know how to write the word 'death'!" Wei Chen said.

"Forget about the small fry. The more well-known they are, the more doomed they are, in my opinion," Ye Xiu said.

"The first one to get screwed is definitely Ruan Cheng," Wei Chen said confidently.

"He's putting in enough effort," Ye Xiu said.

"He's about to lose his job, right?" Wei Chen said.

"Who knows!"

"Could he be directly killed?" Wei Chen said.

"That's an exaggeration, isn't it? He's a legitimate entrepreneur," Ye Xiu said.

"His precious daughter is being attacked like this. Even killing them wouldn't be enough to vent his anger," Wei Chen said.

"I think it's probably just..."

"Ahem!!!" Chen Guo coughed heavily, angrily interrupting the two's shameless discussion. She had thought they were discussing something serious, but these two were fantasizing about Tang Rou's family background launching a powerful counterattack on her behalf.

"Boss, you're here?" Wei Chen turned around when he heard her voice, greeted her casually, and continued to look at the articles and comments denouncing Tang Rou with great interest.

"I came to see what you two are busy with!" Chen Guo said.

"Oh, Little Tang is being flamed terribly! What do you think her dad will do to teach these guys a lesson?" Wei Chen even wanted to pull Chen Guo into the discussion.

"I despise you guys! Little Tang already said she'd handle it herself. When has she ever used her family background to say anything?" Chen Guo said.

"You can't say that. We know how domineering Little Tang is, but a father has to do his part! He should at least clean up a few of them as a warning, right?" Wei Chen said with great confidence.

Chen Guo couldn't refute this for a moment. She could only believe that Tang Rou would never turn to her family for help, but as Wei Chen said, although Tang Rou didn't need it, the Tang family might not do nothing.

While she was still in a daze, the door behind her opened, and Tang Rou walked in, still on the phone.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry about me. That's all, then!"

She hung up the phone, and the three in the room looked at each other. From the sound of it, the call should have been from Tang Rou's family, probably about the current situation. What did the Tang family want to do?

Tang Rou looked at the three who were in a daze and shook the phone in her hand. "My dad is also concerned about this!"

"What did he say?" Wei Chen asked with respect. "Is he going to bankrupt *Esports Times* first?"

"The new issue of *Esports Times* hasn't even come out yet!" Ye Xiu said.

"You can't run away from the monk, but you can tear down the temple first," Wei Chen said.

"What are you all talking about?" Chen Guo said.

Just as she finished speaking, the phone rang. Chen Guo picked it up casually, her voice still tinged with anger. "Hello!"

"Is this Boss Chen?" A male voice asked on the other end.

"Yes, who is this?" Chen Guo looked at the phone in front of her. It was an unfamiliar number.

"I'm Tang Shusen," the man on the other end said.

"Hmm?" Chen Guo quickly thought about the name, unfamiliar but with a hint of recognition!

"Tang Rou has caused you trouble. I'm really sorry. My daughter has this kind of personality. She's very competitive!" the other person said.

Oh my!

Chen Guo shuddered for a moment, finally realizing who this was, and quickly replied, "Uncle Tang, don't say that. We..."

"Ah, ah, ah!" Tang Rou obviously realized who was calling from Chen Guo's address and tone, and rushed up to snatch Chen Guo's phone.

"Dad, what are you doing!" Tang Rou said loudly, a rare look of embarrassment on her face.

The person on the other end of the phone said something, and Tang Rou immediately said, "I know, I'll handle it myself. You go to your meeting!"

"Yeah, okay."

"Oh, I've told you so many times, my class is called Battle Mage, Battle Mage! Battle God is a nickname. It specifically refers to a particularly powerful character in this class."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, the operator is more important. You're right."

"Yes, he's on our team now."

"Yeah, the unspecialized Lord Grim. You're quite clear about it!"

"What are you chatting about! You have nothing in common with him!" Tang Rou shouted.

Ye Xiu and the other two looked at each other. From the sound of it, Tang Rou's father had already done a lot of research on *Glory* and wanted to exchange a few words with the great god Ye Xiu?

"Dad, stop it, okay? If you can't get past the Frost Forest, ask Secretary Wang to find a walkthrough for you."

Sweat! The three wiped their sweat. This level of communication was indeed a bit low.

"I can get through it!"

"I can't carry you! You're in Server Eleven. Even if my account goes back to the normal server, I can only go to Server Ten. We're not together."

"No, no, you don't have to come over. If I have time, I'll create an account over there and find you, okay! We have to train. I'm hanging up."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, goodbye, goodbye!" Tang Rou finally hung up the phone, let out a long breath, and looked at the three. The embarrassment on her face still hadn't disappeared.

"Uh... he recently got a *Glory* account and just messes around with it," Tang Rou explained helplessly.

"We could tell," Ye Xiu nodded.

"What's his name? I'll give Wu Chen a call and ask him to take care of him," Chen Guo said as seriously as possible.

"If Uncle is interested in becoming an experience point dispenser, just leave him to me!" Wei Chen said with a servile look.