As a partner, Zhao Xuming had also accompanied Long Yu Corporation to Los Angeles. It would be unreasonable for him to say that he did not know anything about this matter.
If Long Yu Corporation knew about this matter but did not negotiate or stop it, and instead acquiesced and condoned it, the nature of this matter would change when combined with Long Yu Corporation's previous treatment of FV Team!
It was no wonder that netizens called Long Yu Corporation a traitor.
Zhao Xuming quickly checked the source of the news and realized that it came from a foreign media outlet. It was said to be an anonymous report. The evidence submitted was a series of photos: two data balancers from Finger Games entered and exited Fry's training venue, discussed tactics with Coach Fry, and guided training together.
The photos weren't particularly clear and seemed to have been taken secretly. However, someone could still recognize that the two statisticians were indeed employees of Finger Games.
As for who had done the anonymous report, many people guessed that it was an internal member of Finger Games or FRY Team. However, this range was too large and there was no way to locate it.
As for the motive, it was easy to explain. Such an explosive exclusive report meant popularity and traffic. They could earn a huge sum of money by selling the relevant information to the media. Finger Games or FRY's lower-level employees might secretly take photos because of this motive.
At the moment, Finger Games had already started emergency public relations.
Their first reaction was to deny it and insist that it was impossible. However, after the second wave of news released a large number of photos, Finger Games could not continue to be stubborn. They could only say that "this matter is still under investigation. The officials are absolutely fair and impartial in the competition. If any employee's personal behavior goes against the official position, they will be dealt with immediately."
Finger Games' response was obviously to push the blame away, hinting that even if there was such a thing, it was all the personal actions of the two statisticians. They had gone to guide the FRY team to earn extra money and had nothing to do with Finger Games.
There was no other way. Previously, he didn't want to admit it even if he was beaten to death, but now that the photos had been released, it would be too powerless to deny it.
However, such an explanation obviously could not appease the netizens' anger. Even the European and American forums were flaming and questioning Finger Games' professionalism.
Finger Games would not be able to escape responsibility even if these two statisticians had taken the initiative to help FRY Team. This meant that there was a huge problem with Finger Games' management.
What's more, most netizens felt that Finger Games was behind this. The two statisticians were probably the scapegoats.
Of course, the funniest thing was that I's official statistician had helped Fry Team, but the finals were still 3: 0!
The fact that an official staff member had been hung up and beaten was no different from a joke.
Thus, the current pressure of public opinion was very disadvantageous to Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation!
All kinds of news were exposed one after another, causing them to be overwhelmed and unable to take care of themselves. The people from the public relations department of Long Yu Corporation had been looking for Zhao Xuming, but Zhao Xuming had been on the plane for the past ten hours, so they could not find him.
The public relations department of Long Yu Corporation was obviously under immense pressure.
The public relations department of Long Yu Corporation did not have much choice now. While they could solve some problems with cold treatment most of the time, this matter was obviously not something that could be resolved with cold treatment.
That was because no one knew how long the public opinion would last. If Long Yu Corporation did not take the initiative to respond, the initiative would be in someone else's mouth. The netizens saw that Long Yu Corporation was pretending to be dead and could not vent their anger. They might not dig out any more hot news.
As the matter became bigger and bigger, the difficulty of public relations would naturally become higher and higher.
However, there was really no way to push the blame away now.
That was because Zhao Xuming was indeed the one who had treated FV Team differently. Zhao Xuming was even involved in sending a statistician to FRY Team.
In other words, the scolding online was actually too light.
If he did not stand up now, it would be equivalent to having a guilty conscience. If he stood up to take the blame, it would be equivalent to courting death. If he stood up to push the blame, how would he explain to Finger Games?
Zhao Xuming leaned back, feeling very helpless. There was nothing he could do.
He had thought that the nightmare of the IOI World Finals would finally be over after he returned to China. However, from the looks of it, everything had just begun!
Zhao Xuming closed his eyes for a long time before letting out a long sigh. "Return to the company for an emergency meeting."
He secretly calculated in his heart that he would probably have to spend a lot of effort to cover up this matter in front of the upper echelons. If he was not careful, he would probably be in trouble.
At that moment, the commercial car that he was in began to drive into the bustling area of Shanghai.
Zhao Xuming suddenly realized that the billboard by the side of the road was actually a huge advertisement for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe!
Immediately after, he saw more advertisements, including Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Upwind Logistics, Sloth Apartments … Most of Tengda Corporation's physical businesses had them!
The style of these advertisements were all minimalist, with a solid background and a logo or a picture of a store. It was very different from the other colorful street advertisements.
However, this very simple design highlighted a sense of confidence.
The cost of the layout was the same. Other companies would create a beautiful background, spokesperson stars, various product pictures, and advertising slogans when advertising. They were all arranged in one go, afraid that the layout would be wasted.
However, Tengda's advertisements were the exact opposite. They compressed the necessary information to the minimum and minimized the key content. Many ordinary people who did not know about these industries did not even know what kind of industry it was when they saw this advertisement.
However, this also highlighted a strong sense of confidence. He believed that no matter how simple the advertisement was, it would still have an excellent effect. What's more, it was completely different from those colorful and coquettish sluts. It stood out as a maverick.
Zhao Xuming's face darkened.
Preposterous!
For some reason, he felt as if Boss Pei was riding on his face.
What's more, the most ridiculous thing was that there were not many physical businesses of Tengda in Shanghai!
Fish-Catching Take-Out, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Upwind Logistics, Deposit Fitness, Sloth Apartments … many of these businesses did not have physical stores in Shanghai at all, but the advertisements were still there!
Zhao Xuming was so angry that his face turned ashen. He directly put down the sunshade at the back of the commercial car, not looking at Tengda's advertisements that were all over the streets.
"Drive faster!"
…
At the same time, in Los Angeles …
The finals had come to an end, and all the teams had left.
However, this was not the end for Finger Games. The storm of public opinion had just begun.
Eric was in his high-end apartment, drinking coffee while overlooking the Los Angeles cityscape.
Of course, Eric had arranged for someone to take the photos of the two statisticians and provide them to the media anonymously.
In fact, Eric had hesitated before submitting these photos. After all, there was no turning back once the news got out. The storm of public opinion would be enough to seriously damage the reputation of Finger Games and even Dayak Corporation.
However, Eric made up his mind after much consideration.
That was because he could not guarantee that Chrétien would be replaced by the upper echelons of Finger Games without this final fatal blow!
To be fair, the IOI finals this time were not bad. Putting aside the results, at least it was famous and popular. It also brought a very good positive impact to IOI.
The upper echelons of Eric Corporation and Finger Games were very unhappy that FV Team had won the championship, but it was not Chrétien's fault that FV Team had won the championship.
What's more, taking ten thousand steps back, the popularity brought about by FV Team winning the championship was objectively beneficial to the promotion of IOI's domestic server.
Thus, most of the upper echelons would very likely think that Chrétien's series of actions were effective. Chrétien might still be the person-in-charge of the China region.
Even if the individual upper echelons were not satisfied with Chrétien's results, they should not have enough reason to remove him from his position as the person-in-charge of the China region.
That was intolerable to Eric.
The opportunity was fleeting. If he could not grasp it this time, he did not know when the next time would be.
Thus, Eric still exposed this news and gave Chrétien a fatal blow!
It was Chrétien's own idea to send two statisticians to help FRY Team come up with tactics. Naturally, he would be the one to take the blame.
The upper echelons of Dayak Corporation and Finger Games were having an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures now. However, no matter how they discussed, this matter was already set in stone. Someone had to stand up and take responsibility. Otherwise, they would not be able to appease the public's anger.
Using two statisticians to take the blame would not be enough to appease the public's anger.
There was a high chance that Chrétien would be the scapegoat.
On the other hand, Eric took this opportunity to submit his research materials on Tengda and GOG in Jingzhou. He also analyzed the pros and cons of the IOI qualifiers and the IOI finals in depth.
Most of them were dry goods, but there was also a small portion that hinted that Chrétien's strategy could not fundamentally change IOI's weak position in the battle with GOG.
You have to let me do it if you want to turn the tables!
Eric was very confident because there was no better candidate than him after Chrétien took the blame and left.
As for whether Chrétien and the others would suspect him …
It did not matter. There was no evidence even if they suspected him.
Eric had been lying low for so long just for this moment.
At that moment, his cell phone rang.
The corners of Eric's mouth curled up when he saw the number. He picked up the call.
"Alright."
"I'll rush over immediately."
Eric adjusted his suit and tie in front of the mirror and smiled confidently.
"Boss Pei, just you wait. I'll be back soon!"
"I won't give you any more chances this time. I'll keep burning money until your Tengda Corporation's true colors are exposed!"
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