In the end, Dora and her daughter decided to stay in Li Huailin's Duke's Mansion. Although they weren't of much use, they were all handed over to Ceci. Li Huailin also took a short break. He didn't have much to do, so he was basically waiting for news.
Soon, it was the next day. In the morning, the first news that Li Huailin had been waiting for finally came. It was about the S-rank competition.
The discussion took a very long time. After a day and a night, they finally came to a conclusion. As for how to deal with this incident, there was a lot of debate within the committee. First of all, it was impossible not to punish the spectators. If they didn't punish them, not only would it look bad on the surface, but it would also set a bad precedent in the future. Of course, the problem was how to punish them.
In the previous competitions, it was usually a problem between the contestants. Occasionally, there would be referees or hosts being accidentally killed. However, these were simple. It was just that the contestants had violated the rules and lost. This time, however, it involved the spectators. There was no precedent for this. How to deal with it was not even written in the competition manual.
The committee didn't know how to deal with it, so they asked the 16 sponsoring companies for their opinions. Most of the 16 companies said that they wanted to deal with it in a low-key manner, which meant that the punishment would be slightly lighter. Of course, they were all thinking about their company's interests. After all, Li Huailin had brought the viewership ratings. If the viewership ratings were high, they would naturally get a higher share. It wasn't a bad thing for them, so they naturally wanted to support him.
Of course, there were also those who insisted on disqualifying Li Huailin. For example, ZTE Group's Dong Zhongxing. This group already had a grudge against Li Huailin, so now was the perfect time to add insult to injury.
After consulting the sponsoring companies' opinions, the committee began to conduct a public opinion survey. First, they released a survey on the official website and the forums to see everyone's reaction to this incident. Then, they talked to a few of the victims to see their opinions.
In the end, what the organizers didn't expect was that the audience, who were supposed to be the angriest, didn't seem to be excited at all. Not only that, but Li Huailin's fan count had also increased by 20%. Now, he had surpassed Heaven and Earth, becoming the player with the most fans in the Hua Xia region.
After a day of voting, a total of more than 17.74 million votes were collected. Among them, 43.1% of netizens said that it was an accident, and there was no need to deal with it too seriously. 24.4% of netizens said that it needed to be dealt with, but hoped that it could be dealt with lightly. 19.9% of netizens said that it didn't matter, and only 12.6% of netizens said that it was a serious problem that needed to be dealt with seriously.
Of course, there were definitely Li Huailin's fan club and Huaxing Corporation's water army helping to buy votes. But even if that was taken out, there were still a lot of people supporting Li Huailin.
The organizers looked at the comments online. Most of the netizens who supported Li Huailin expressed that Brother Awesome had brought a very fresh feeling to the S-rank competition, and this was the motivation for them to continue watching. If Li Huailin were to withdraw because of this, they would directly refuse to watch professional matches.
Among them, not only were there people who didn't want to watch the broadcast, there were also people who were preparing to refund their tickets. Many of the spectators who had already bought season tickets expressed that they were already prepared. As soon as the news of Li Huailin withdrawing from the competition appeared, they would immediately go handle the refund procedures.
Very quickly, the organizers contacted the spectators who had been killed by Li Huailin's explosion. In the end, there were actually more than 40 people who directly expressed that it wasn't a big deal, and that it didn't matter. They didn't even want compensation. There were even those who were very proud that they had been killed by Li Huailin's ultimate skill. More than 150 people expressed that they understood the situation, and that after receiving compensation, this matter would be considered over. The remaining people expressed that they were extremely angry, and wanted the organizers to give them a complete explanation.
After a series of investigations, the organizers suddenly felt that they were under a lot of pressure. No matter how they looked at it, the spectators' views on this matter were relatively unified. That was, a light punishment was enough, and not a big deal should be made. However, they didn't know how to calculate the severity of this matter, and what punishment should they be given?
The customer was God. This saying couldn't be wrong. The organizers also attached great importance to the opinions of the spectators. Combining all the situations, they held another meeting to discuss this matter. It wasn't until the morning of the second day that the final result was finally out. Very quickly, it was conveyed through the media to the ears of everyone who was concerned about this matter.
Li Huailin received the news even earlier than the ordinary spectators, because Li Jianyi had already received the official notice from the organizers in the morning. They also discussed for a long time with Li Jianyi before finally coming up with the punishment measures. Of course, Li Jianyi also immediately asked Li Huailin to see if he could accept it.
The final result was that due to Li Huailin's inappropriate behavior during the match, causing a huge commotion, and even causing losses to some of the spectators, Li Huailin himself was issued a serious warning. This meant that he would let it go this time, but if he did it again, he would be disqualified. Not only that, not only was Li Huailin's match against Heaven's End judged as a loss, he was also directly banned for two rounds (1 round of 3, 1 round of 4, for a total of 7 rounds). At the same time, Li Huailin himself was fined ¥150,000 as compensation. Huaxing Corporation was also responsible, and was fined ¥600,000 as compensation.
Furthermore, at the end of the announcement, it was specifically mentioned that Li Huailin was not allowed to use this BOSS summoning skill again in the future. Of course, the organizer's explanation wasn't because this skill was too dangerous, but because it was a skill that would directly result in a loss after using it.
In order to explain, the organizer even attached a recording of that day's match. The recording showed that after Li Huailin used this skill to summon the BOSS, he himself directly died. According to the competition rules, the first contestant to die in the ring would be considered the loser. So at that time, when Li Huailin used this skill, he had already lost. However, because of the negligence of the referee at that time (actually, he was dumbfounded), he didn't stop the match. Later on, an accident occurred (the referee was also killed in the explosion), so in the end, the result wasn't immediately announced, but it wouldn't happen again in the future.
In any case, after explaining for a while, the final result was that they understood this skill. If you used it, you would die, so if you used it again, it would be considered your loss. Of course, this was also for safety reasons. If you used this skill once, even the ring would be destroyed. Today's S-rank competition could only be stopped, and the competition schedule had to be adjusted. They had to see if they should first hold the competition between the neutral countries, or directly change the competition venue to the Elven main city's arena. They had to hold a meeting to discuss this, and the continuous meetings really made the organizer unable to take it anymore.
The final result was out. Li Huailin looked at the situation. First, he was judged to have lost the match against the Celestial Alliance. There wasn't much to say about this, as he had already thought about it. Then, he was banned for seven matches, which was equivalent to giving him seven losses. However, after asking Li Jianyi, he explained that these seven matches weren't counted as absenteeism. This was because it was the competition committee's ban, not his absenteeism. So, Li Huailin was only considered to have been absent for three matches.
This made Li Huailin feel that it wasn't bad. If a normal player knew that they were banned for seven matches, they would have simply fainted. There were only a total of 31 matches in the round-robin competition, and a quarter of them were gone. How could this result be good? However, Li Huailin didn't mind. This was actually the organizer helping him to be absent. Wasn't that great? According to his current results, he would have 6 wins and 11 losses, and there were still 14 matches left. Li Huailin felt that it shouldn't be a problem for him to enter the finals, so he was banned.
As for the problem of the fine, everyone felt that it was a small matter. Li Huailin currently didn't lack money, and neither did Huaxing, so there wasn't much to say. Li Jianyi also waved his hand. The company had already paid for it, so Li Huailin didn't mind, and it would be fine as long as he played well in the following matches.
Since there weren't any problems, Li Huailin also agreed to this solution. After obtaining the affirmation from Huaxing, the organizer immediately released the news. Very soon, everyone knew the result, and of course, another wave of intense discussion arose.
"Seven match ban? Isn't this punishment too light? "Immediately, a player said.
"What? He's actually banned for seven matches? Isn't this stopping Brother Awesome from winning the round-robin tournament? My lottery ticket would have been for nothing. "
"Upstairs, is this S13? Even if he wasn't banned, Brother Awesome would still miss a full five matches, okay? You who bet on Brother Awesome to win the round-robin tournament, are you still dreaming? "
"Motherf * cker, it's just a seven match ban. Do you think it can stop my Big Brother Awesome's footsteps in the finals?"
"Yeah, the organizer has handled this well. With this, my Brother Awesome can rest for two rounds, and come back 10 days later to continue torturing you guys."
"This is too unfair. During the seven match ban period, Brother Awesome's opponent directly obtained one win? Why doesn't my Little Feng (Like Wind Seems Real) have this kind of luck? "
"F * ck, Magic Kitchen's luck is too good. He actually directly defeated Brother Awesome, this …"
"Magic Kitchen, I'll see you in the finals!"
Due to Li Huailin's ban, Li Huailin's next seven opponents naturally obtained one win. Among them, the one that attracted the most attention was Magic Kitchen. He was now considered to be the most famous player on the Demons' side, and even on the dark side. Originally, everyone wanted to see the match between the dark side and the light side's strongest player, but now it seemed like it was directly skipped.
Looking at the reaction of the netizens online, the organizer also let out a sigh of relief. Everyone seemed to accept this solution. This troublesome matter was finally over, and the following issues of compensation and adjustments to the competition were no longer a big deal. At this point, the big trouble caused by Li Huailin finally came to a perfect end.
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