Chen Yehui, who had been summoned, ran all the way to the boss's office. As soon as he entered the room, he wanted nothing more than to swear to everything within a five hundred meter radius. Ye Qiu was using Lord Grim. This was something he had personally confirmed in-game. The two characters had spoken to each other face to face!
But a character was just an account card. If Ye Qiu could use it, then so could everyone else. Chen Yehui was betting everything on this oath. This only proved that the Lord Grim he had met back then was indeed Ye Qiu. But now, the person who had used Lord Grim to sign up wasn't Ye Qiu.
Of course, this was something that could have happened. The mistake was that no one had realized this. Chen Yehui felt quite wronged. Because his judgment wasn't wrong. As for the fact that Lord Grim wasn't Ye Qiu, he hadn't thought of this problem. But Cui Li and even Tao Xuan hadn't thought of it, either. They had been preparing to expose Ye Qiu's identity at this time, all of them had discussed it with each other. Even though Chen Yehui was the first to suggest this, Chen Yehui couldn't accept it now that it was all his fault!
In the end, Tao Xuan was so angry that he fainted. He said something that was extremely illogical: "Could it be that he purposely made you misunderstand?"
Chen Yehui mulled over this for a long time, but he still couldn't figure out what was going on. He carefully stared at Tao Xuan and carefully said: "Ye Qiu... purposely made us think that he was Ye Qiu... then wouldn't he still be Ye Qiu?"
"Boss..." Cui Li couldn't bear to see Tao Xuan's confused expression. He hurriedly said: "Ye Qiu is definitely hiding behind Lord Grim. We've all met before. Isn't he Happy on the other side? Happy Squadron, no matter what, it was impossible that it had nothing to do with him. From the looks of it, this Lord Grim wasn't using Ye Qiu's name when he signed up for the challenge. "
This logic wasn't complicated at all. Tao Xuan wasn't a fool. When he received the news, he had already figured it out. However, understanding was one thing. Because of their carelessness, they had overlooked this possibility. Now that they had made such a big mistake, how were they going to explain to the crowd of fans at the entrance?
Tao Xuan felt extremely embarrassed, so he wanted to find a less awkward explanation. However, he ended up messing up his thoughts.
"How should we deal with this matter now? Tell me." Tao Xuan calmed himself down. He knew that getting angry wouldn't solve the problem, and there was no need to find out who was responsible. This wasn't anyone's fault, but their collective brains.
"If Ye Qiu didn't use Lord Grim's name, then did he use the name of another character in Team Happy?" Cui Li said.
Tao Xuan immediately opened the Challenger League interface on his computer and typed in "Happy" in the search bar. There were 62 results.
Many days had passed since Chen Guo signed up. The Happy Family had a new member. There were now 17 new teams named after Happy. If he wanted to know which one was the Happy on the opposite side, he had to click on the details one by one. Tao Xuan was annoyed. He wasn't in the mood to do such tedious work. However, the manager, Cui Li, had a good eye. After glancing at the situation on the screen, he volunteered: "Let me take a look."
"No need." Tao Xuan randomly clicked on a Happy. Of course, he wasn't so lucky as to click on Ye Xiu's Happy. "There won't be any real-name information here. Let's just ask the Alliance."
Wang Sheng from the external relations department, who had rushed over around the same time as Chen Yehui, interrupted: "Did the report say that Ye Qiu wasn't in it?"
"Did it say so?" Tao Xuan had heard the news directly from Cui Li. He also saw that the fans had changed sides, so he knew the situation wasn't fake. Therefore, he didn't personally check. Now that he heard Wang Sheng say this, he asked Cui Li for confirmation.
However, Cui Li couldn't answer this question. He had only heard the report from his subordinate and hadn't read the full text. Wang Sheng hurriedly answered: "It did say so. The report said that the Alliance confirmed that Ye Qiu wasn't in Team Happy's registration information. "
The media was clearly much better at digging into the details than they were. When they found out that Lord Grim wasn't Ye Qiu, they took the opportunity to ask if Happy was in Ye Qiu. In the end, they received such accurate information. Now that it was directly announced, it was practically a slap to Excellent Era's face.
Fortunately, Esports Home was fair and honest. They analyzed the situation rationally in the report: Even though the Alliance confirmed that Team Happy wasn't in Ye Qiu's registration, Excellent Era couldn't be shooting off in the dark. Team Happy was definitely related to Ye Qiu. Lord Grim's character should also be related to Ye Qiu. It was just that he didn't use this character to register for the Challenger League.
Tao Xuan finally understood the full picture of the report. The reporter had already helped them understand everything that could be understood. What else could they ask? They couldn't just charge into the Internet cafe across the street and press down on Ye Qiu's head to force him to give them an explanation!
"Then let's start from this angle and explain to the fans … Focus on Team Happy's background as Ye Qiu." Tao Xuan instructed.
"Okay, I understand …" Wang Sheng nodded. He was the director of the External Marketing Department. He was more professional when it came to such matters. Asking the boss for instructions was just a general direction to take, so that he wouldn't have to take full responsibility if something went wrong in the future. Getting some instructions from the boss was also like getting an official's sword. Wouldn't it be easier to get things done?
Wang Sheng immediately went to work. Dealing with the media and fans had always been his main job.
Only Cui Li and Chen Yehui were left in Tao Xuan's office. The atmosphere was stifling. The boss was clearly still angry! The two of them looked at each other. Then Cui Li said, "If there's nothing else, we'll leave first."
"Okay …" After Tao Xuan responded, Cui Li and Chen Yehui hurriedly left.
In the office, Tao Xuan sat there for a long time with a gloomy face. After a long time, he got up and walked to the window. The fans gathered at the entrance of the club were already sparse. Happy Internet Cafe was also silent. Many fans were pacing back and forth, clearly not knowing what to do. One moment they were like this, the next moment they were like that. Fans also wanted to save face. Previously, Happy had caused such a huge ruckus. In the end, the media reported that Lord Grim wasn't Ye Qiu and that the entire Team Happy didn't have Ye Qiu. This was a slap to Excellent Era's face. At the same time, it was also a slap to the faces of the fans who were causing a ruckus. Excellent Era was embarrassed from top to bottom. How could the fans not be embarrassed?
Excellent Era explained the situation to the fans. They admitted that they might have made a mistake, but they also emphasized that Team Happy definitely had something to do with Ye Qiu. But after all was said and done, there was no real evidence. The fans weren't stupid enough to believe whatever you said. This time, it was already good enough that they could accept Excellent Era's explanation. As for turning around and causing a ruckus on the other side of Happy, the fans weren't in the mood to do so.
In the end, the farce ended in such a gloomy manner. Excellent Era and Excellent Era's fans were all red in the face. Happy? From beginning to end, they hadn't said a single word. It was only when the media found out the truth that Excellent Era's story collapsed. Being relegated was already bad enough. Now that there was such a ruckus, Excellent Era's players didn't dare to look at the Glory forums. There would definitely be a lot of mockery and ridicule.
Of course, there wouldn't be a lack of mockery and ridicule, but there wouldn't be a lack of analysis and gossip either. As the media pointed out, even though Excellent Era had made a mistake, there was a reason for it. Ye Qiu and Happy definitely had something to do with Lord Grim. This didn't need to be said.
In addition, if Ye Qiu had signed up, wouldn't that have been against the rules? Didn't retired players have to wait a year before they could return? This kind of rule had to be interpreted by the Alliance. In the end, the Alliance staff member who was interviewed felt a bit awkward. The rules regarding retired players didn't mention the Challenger League at all. However, according to the current rules, the staff member could only admit that it wasn't against the rules.
In addition, there was the conflict between Ye Qiu and Excellent Era, Lord Grim's actions in the tenth server and in the Heavenly Domain, as well as the situation with Happy's current characters! All of these were brought up again and again.
After so many things had happened, the one who was most grateful to Happy was Zhang Jiale. Even though he had already confirmed that he would join Tyranny, it hadn't even been a year since he retired, so he could only express it verbally. He couldn't actually do anything about it. On August 29th, Zhang Jiale had finally been retired for a year. He could officially announce his return.
During this time, there was a lot of gossip about Zhang Jiale, especially from some Hundred Blossom players who hadn't given up. They even signed a petition asking for Zhang Jiale to return to Team Hundred Blossom. This obviously didn't go well with Team Hundred Blossom's plans. But that was how fans were. Teams could influence them, but they could never control them. They only did things based on their own preferences. These diehard fans of Zhang Jiale didn't care about the idea of a new core, nor did they care about Club Hundred Blossom's reasoning. The good things of the past were the past, and they should look forward to the future together.
Club Hundred Blossom was also a bit scared! Their current plans didn't leave a spot for Zhang Jiale. They even sold Dazzling Hundred Blossom's account card. Now that the fans were doing this, if Zhang Jiale suddenly changed his mind and decided to return to Team Hundred Blossom, the team would be in trouble.
Fortunately, Zhang Jiale seemed to have made up his mind this time. In his comeback announcement, Zhang Jiale once again expressed his gratitude and guilt to Team Hundred Blossom's fans.
"But, no matter what, there are some things that I must pursue." Zhang Jiale said at the press conference.
"Are you referring to the championship?" a reporter asked at the time.
"Yes." Zhang Jiale nodded his head.
"Is the championships really that important?" A reporter said with some disdain. Team Hundred Blossom's fans had done everything they could for Zhang Jiale. They were practically hugging his leg and begging him. And Zhang Jiale still refused to turn back. Many people couldn't stand it. Even the media and reporters couldn't help but have some personal feelings.
"Yes, it's very important." Zhang Jiale looked directly at the reporter's disdainful gaze. "It's more important than anything else."
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