In the Excellent Era club. The manager hadn't gathered all the team members, but the two captains, Sun Xiang and Liu Hao, as well as the exposed spectators, couldn't escape.
As soon as they entered the meeting room, they saw the manager's gloomy face. After they sat down, one of the team members quietly asked, "What's wrong?" The manager immediately threw the morning newspaper in front of him.
Some of them had seen the news, while others hadn't. The one who had muttered, "What's wrong?" was Guo Yang, one of the main players of Team Excellent Era. His character was Qi Master, Qi Breaker. Last night, he had also been lurking in the group chat, but when he saw the commotion, he joined in. Today, his name had appeared in the newspaper, but he didn't know what had happened. The manager was so angry that he glared fiercely at Guo Yang.
In the esports newspaper, including the headlines, it took up almost four pages. Content, analysis, comments, and a lot of screenshots. It was also difficult for them to arrange for the printing of what had happened last night so quickly.
"What are you all doing? Do you think that your opponents aren't popular enough, so you're running over to be advertisements for them? " The manager finally began to roar. Although he was only facing the members of his own team, his words included the pro players from the other clubs who had been exposed.
On Excellent Era's side, there were a total of four people who had gone to join in the fun.
Sun Xiang, Liu Hao, and He Ming. They obviously cared a lot about Ye Qiu's strength, so they went to watch. As for Guo Yang, he was a bit of a bystander. In the end, he attracted the most hate from the manager. Who told him to act like he didn't understand the situation?
As veterans, they weren't surprised by the manager's roar. Especially in this season's Excellent Era, their results were terrible. Everyone had seen the manager's expression many times. Only Sun Xiang, who had been treated like a treasure when he was in Team Conquering Clouds, was the ace core of Excellent Era. This was the first time he had been yelled at since joining the pro scene. His expression immediately turned ugly.
"Cough." Liu Hao cleared his throat and was about to say something when someone knocked on the door. The manager turned around and shouted, "Come in!" A staff member barged in. "Manager, there are reporters outside who want to interview us. What should we do?"
The media that specialized in E-Sports basically had reporters stationed in the cities where there were clubs. They had rushed to produce the news in the middle of the night, but the interviews with the people involved had only started this morning, so that they could carry out the follow-up reports.
The manager had obviously expected this. He waved his hand and said, "Let them wait for a while."
"Oh." After the staff left, the manager turned around and looked at Liu Hao, who was about to speak but was interrupted. "What do you want to say?"
"This shouldn't be a coincidence." Liu Hao looked at the newspaper. "Although we attracted a lot of attention when we went online, no one knew which room we went to after we entered the arena. Even if it was an accident, the room had a password. How could it be so coincidental that someone broke in? And looking at how detailed this report is, it doesn't look like an ordinary person who just came to watch. It's obvious that they broke in with intentions. This is clearly a planned publicity stunt. We've been used! "
"Do you still need to say such an obvious thing?" The manager was angry.
"At that time, no one thought about it that much," Liu Hao said helplessly.
"It's useless to say that now." The manager said, "I saw the report. Ye Qiu's identity didn't seem to be exposed?"
"This …" Liu Hao was a little hesitant because it was impossible for him to remember all the details. Everyone present knew that Lord Grim was Ye Qiu, so they didn't deliberately emphasize it when they spoke. Was there any conversation that revealed Lord Grim's identity? In his impression, there was no such thing. Perhaps it was because of this that the report didn't confirm Lord Grim's identity and called him a mysterious man.
But since he was a mystery, they had to guess. Therefore, guessing Lord Grim's identity was the main topic of the day. But in the process of guessing, this mysterious man didn't seem like a mystery at all. Combined with the rumor that Ye Qiu was going to form a new team, eighty percent of the guesses pointed to Ye Qiu.
The 20% of doubts were all because of a single question that didn't make sense logically: If this really was Ye Qiu, then wouldn't it be too quick for him to regret his decision to come back so soon after his retirement, causing such a huge uproar? The people who raised these doubts clearly didn't believe the rumor that Ye Qiu was going to make a comeback.
Speaking of which, the rumor that Ye Qiu was going to make a comeback was because a Battle Mage had appeared at the All-Star Competition and used Dragon Raises Its Head. Whether that person was Ye Qiu or not, there was no one hundred percent proof.
"I remember that when Huang Shao challenged him, he mentioned Ye Qiu's name." At this moment, Guo Yang suddenly said.
Liu Hao thought about it and it really did seem to be the case. At that time, after Huang Shaotian defeated an opponent, Ye Qiu's Lord Grim didn't go down. He had called out Ye Qiu's name in the public chat. If he really wanted to create hype, he wouldn't have missed out on such a detail. Ye Qiu's name was also a huge gimmick!
The Clubs all knew that Lord Grim was Ye Qiu, but why didn't anyone say anything? They didn't want to help him confirm this identity. This was because in their eyes, Ye Qiu was a competitor. If he used the popularity of this identity, many things would go smoothly. As a result, they were extremely happy to see Ye Qiu continue to pretend to be a nobody. This guy had never shown himself before, so if he wanted to prove himself, it wouldn't be easy.
As for Excellent Era, especially Excellent Dynasty, they were extremely worried that Ye Qiu's identity would be exposed. Ye Qiu's identity would definitely have a huge impact on Excellent Dynasty. The more experienced the fans, the more they would know. In Excellent Dynasty, there were few who weren't Ye Qiu's fans who had been in the guild for more than five years. If this identity was exposed in such a convincing way, then it would be impossible for Excellent Dynasty to deal with Ye Qiu in the future. If the other guilds wanted to make things difficult for Ye Qiu, they would even have to take the bullet for him. Unless Excellent Era didn't care about their image or their popularity, they would rather bear the infamy of abandoning their benefactor …..
This was also why Excellent Era was the most worried about this matter.
The other Clubs were more depressed because their own players had become living advertisements for others, increasing the popularity of their opponents.
Loulan Slash's new team had been quite popular since the beginning. Afterwards, they constantly promoted themselves and became more and more eye-catching. Everyone was looking forward to it, thinking that it would be a strong team that could disrupt the Alliance. Now that they had Lord Grim's help, they once again proved their strength …..
Even though the headlines said that all the pro players were surrounding and attacking Lord Grim, Lord Grim was now tied to the new team. The new team was created by Loulan Slash, but Lord Grim had become the new team's spokesperson, their trump card.
If Lord Grim was strong, didn't that mean the new team was strong as well?
And how strong was Lord Grim? Look at the full page battle report. It described in detail how he defeated Huang Shaotian.
Huang Shaotian! Who was that? To be able to defeat him, even in the Fixed Field, he was still an amazing expert, okay?
Such a powerful expert, just who was he? Who was it? Who was it?
The newspaper invited many famous Glory commentators, hosts, and other professionals to speak. Eighty percent of them suspected Ye Qiu. An expert was an expert after all. Everyone knew what kind of foundation was required for a profession like an unspecialized. Ye Qiu was without a doubt a perfect fit.
In the eyes of the big clubs, Ye Qiu's exposure would only increase the other party's popularity. They weren't like Excellent Era, who still had other concerns. This was also one of the reasons why Excellent Era's manager was so worried. With so many Clubs, they would definitely be interviewed. As long as any of them nodded to the media, then Lord Grim's identity as Ye Qiu would be confirmed …..
"Manager ….. Should we contact the other Clubs and ask them what they're thinking so that we won't be passive during the interview?" Liu Hao was an expert at currying favor. He had also thought of this, so he came up with a plan. What he was talking about was, of course, how the other Clubs would answer Lord Grim's questions.
Without a doubt, who was Lord Grim? Why would the pro players flock to fight against him? These were questions that every Club would have to answer in today's interview.
Excellent Era's manager was also thinking about this question. Liu Hao's suggestion solidified his thoughts. Just as he was about to grab the phone, Excellent Era's publicity department's Wang Sheng suddenly said: "I don't think there's a need for that."
"Since this is a planned hype, how could the other side miss out on such an important detail like Lord Grim being Ye Qiu?" Wang Sheng continued, "Based on my observations of this new team, they've always done this step by step. Gradually heating up the atmosphere is their usual method of creating hype. No matter what the topic is, they won't say it all at once. Instead, they'll reveal the valuable details step by step. Lord Grim being Ye Qiu, even if we don't say it, they'll say it sooner or later. But if we say it, we'll have a bit of an advantage. If we wait for the other side to say it, we'll be completely passive. "
As soon as Wang Sheng said this, Chen Yehui became somewhat anxious. No matter what, he didn't want Ye Qiu's identity to be exposed. Let alone in the future, even right now, if the guild players knew that Lord Grim was Ye Qiu, their Excellent Era would probably be thrown into chaos.
"That won't do. If Ye Qiu's identity is exposed right now, the guild might be thrown into chaos!!" Chen Yehui hastily said.
"Ha ha, that'll depend on their speaking skills. Don't worry, Guild Leader Chen. We'll take this into consideration. "Wang Sheng laughed. Their publicity department was responsible for the Club's publicity and public relations. He himself was Excellent Era's number one spokesperson.
"Oh, what do you mean?" The manager asked. Although Wang Sheng was in charge of the details, he still had to ask for the manager's opinion.
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