Hu Die Lan
Chapter 796 Not Ye Qiu
Jun Mo Xiao is Ye Qiu.
This news was enough to shock the entire Glory world. However, the higher echelons of the Glory circle had already recognized this fact. As for the mid-to-low level players, they had heard this rumor for a long time. Whether they believed it or not, they had long prepared themselves mentally. Originally, this news wouldn't have caused too much of a reaction.
But Excellent Dynasty's confirmation of this rumor at this moment was a bit subtle.
Team Happy participating in the Challenger League and treating Excellent Era as their opponent was beyond doubt. Because of this fact, some people recently dug up the rumor that Jun Mo Xiao was Ye Qiu, using it as an argument to say: Of course Jun Mo Xiao isn't Ye Qiu. If he were Ye Qiu, how could he fight against Excellent Era?
As a result, Excellent Dynasty now confirmed that Jun Mo Xiao was Ye Qiu, which made some people's brains turn for a long time. In the end, some people affirmed: Ye Qiu and Excellent Era have a big conflict. It seems this is true, and they're locked in a death grip.
Those who weren't fans of Excellent Era or Ye Qiu were just watching from the sidelines, chattering with all kinds of wonderful and imaginative discussions. At this moment, many Excellent Era fans were like Little Ming before, experiencing a moment of shock and disarray after hearing this confirmed news.
In the previous days, Excellent Era fans had completely demonized Team Happy. In their eyes, it was simply a villainous organization that did all kinds of evil. But suddenly, the other side transformed, and the big villain Boss was actually their Excellent Era's most prestigious god, Ye Qiu, the ace player they were cheering for just a year ago. How could Excellent Era fans accept this for a time?
There were doubts, questions, and even direct curses.
Excellent Era's relegation was undoubtedly a major crisis in the team's history. At this time, the team's former captain not only didn't become any help, but instead started his own team and came to the Challenger League to make trouble for Excellent Era…
Based on this logic, Excellent Era received a lot of support. For a time, no one discussed how to step on Happy anymore. More people were denouncing Ye Qiu for being ungrateful. In comparison, those who spoke up for Ye Qiu were much weaker.
Excellent Era was quite satisfied with this move. Whether it was Cui Li or Chen Yehui, they could directly see a large number of fans gathered outside Happy Internet Cafe from the window, holding banners demanding that Ye Qiu give an explanation.
This scene was familiar!
Last season, when Excellent Era's performance was a complete mess, these excited fans gathered at the club's door more than once or twice. And now, seeing Ye Qiu being forced to this point as well, Cui Li and the others felt like they had finally released a breath of pent-up anger. Next, they would see Happy's public relations ability. But that was just a small internet cafe; what kind of professional crisis public relations team could it have?
Excellent Era estimated that Happy would at most expose the conflict between Ye Qiu and Excellent Era, pointing out that Ye Qiu was forced to retire or something. But this could only be said by Ye Qiu's own mouth, without any real evidence. Even if Su Mucheng was added, it would just be a war of words, pulling and tugging, and there wouldn't be any clear results for a while.
Excellent Era had long prepared for this kind of squabble and wasn't afraid at all. The public relations groundwork they had laid had been in preparation for this day! No one knew and feared Ye Qiu's influence more than Excellent Era. They couldn't not guard against this possible revelation before Ye Qiu's influence disappeared. If Ye Qiu countered with this kind of revelation, it could be said that it would fall right into Excellent Era's lap, something they couldn't wish for more.
Tao Xuan, Cui Li, Chen Yehui, and the like were hiding in the club watching the excitement, but Excellent Era's actions didn't stop. Following Excellent Dynasty's confirmation of Jun Mo Xiao's identity, the spokesperson of the external publicity department, Wang Sheng, also made a statement on behalf of the club, confirming that Jun Mo Xiao was indeed Ye Qiu. Furthermore, he briefly mentioned that when Excellent Era's team was in poor condition, they had tried to contact Ye Qiu to come back and help the team as a consulting advisor, but unfortunately, Ye Qiu refused. At this time, Wang Sheng pointed out in his speech that he regretted Ye Qiu's refusal, but the club could only respect Ye Qiu's choice.
It didn't matter whether Excellent Era had said this or not. What was important was that it was brought up again at this moment, and it was a beautiful opportunity to seize. In the eyes of the fans, the team asked you to come back, but you didn't, and now you've formed your own team to play in the Challenger League. Are you sincerely trying to oppose the team?
For a time, countless fans felt chilled. Both Happy Internet Cafe and Excellent Era Club had media rushing to them. The transfer market hadn't been very lively recently. Who would have thought that such explosive news would appear in the Challenger League? With a giant like Excellent Era, there was no need to worry that this topic wouldn't attract attention!
Of course, as media, reports couldn't be groundless. Doing more homework could also make the content of the report more substantial. So, while rushing to the two places for interviews, the media also searched for information on Team Happy, especially regarding the Challenger League. The media went directly through the official channels of the Glory Alliance.
The result of this inquiry was quite surprising. Glory officials clearly stated that the registration identity used by Jun Mo Xiao was not Ye Qiu at all.
As for Ye Xiu's background, the officials certainly didn't know. The Challenger League registration only required providing a real and valid identity. Being able to pass the identity verification during registration meant that Ye Xiu's name and ID number could prove to be real and valid. Ye Xiu, as a person, did exist, and he was the one who used the account Jun Mo Xiao to register. But what was his relationship with Ye Qiu? The Glory officials would of course have Ye Qiu's information, which would be kept on file when registering as a professional player. The two names were very similar, and the ID numbers were also surprisingly similar, but they were not completely the same after all. The two identities were completely real, which meant that they were simply two different people.
As far as the Glory officials were concerned, if the identity was legal, then they had no reason to question it any further. As for the outside world, the Challenger League had never had the practice of publicly announcing names and information from the beginning, because in the early stages, the identities of the participating players were not necessarily real or trustworthy.
In order to expand the influence and allow more players to actively participate, the Challenger League registration review only required one identity, and all the matches in the early and middle stages were online. The official rules of the competition could only be relied on by players to consciously abide by during this stage. If someone cheated and did something like account boosting, it would be difficult for the officials to have any evidence.
But in the final stages of the Challenger League, the Challenger League would enter offline matches, and it would be impossible to have account boosting and the like. Teams that had used tricks to get to this point would also have nowhere to hide at this time. Therefore, every Challenger League would also announce everyone's identity after offline verification in the final stages.
So now Jun Mo Xiao had registered with the name Ye Xiu, a real and valid identity. The officials could only suspect it privately, but they had no reason to question it from an official point of view. And what they could tell the media was the registration information they currently had: Jun Mo Xiao was not Ye Qiu, at least according to the registration information. Therefore, according to the regulations, the person operating Jun Mo Xiao could only be this Ye Xiu. If Ye Qiu was account boosting, then according to the regulations, the character would be banned by the Glory game, and players and teams with cheating behavior would be disqualified.
The media who got the news from official channels looked at each other. This was the confirmation given by the league officials. Of course, the media knew that the officials must have had Jun Mo Xiao's registration information to say this, and the credibility was beyond doubt.
Soon, this news was reported by the media. The Glory League officially pointed out that the player who registered with Jun Mo Xiao was definitely not Ye Qiu.
The fans were stunned. They had been yelling and cursing for a day, but it was just an oolong made by Excellent Era Club? Was it Excellent Era Club who got it wrong?
Excellent Era Club.
From Tao Xuan to Chen Yehui, everyone was in a very good mood. It was the perfect opportunity to detonate Ye Qiu's identity at this moment. Standing by the window, watching Happy Internet Cafe being surrounded by people, Tao Xuan felt very happy in his heart.
He was enjoying the view when he suddenly noticed that the crowd seemed to be a little restless.
Were they going to make a big move? Tao Xuan was quite expectant, watching the scope of the commotion expand, with players turning east and west, exchanging something. Then, Tao Xuan saw the crowd turn around in unison, stride across the road, and block the entrance of Excellent Era Club.
What was going on? Tao Xuan was slightly startled, then realized that this was probably because Ye Qiu revealed the news, and the fans immediately turned around to ask Excellent Era for an explanation.
Thinking of this, Tao Xuan was not annoyed at all. He had been prepared for this. Ye Qiu, ah, Ye Qiu, you finally couldn't hold back? Tao Xuan thought, returning to his desk and picking up the phone, ready to greet the external publicity department to find out the situation and then proceed with the planned next step. Who knew that before he could dial the number, his office door was suddenly knocked on.
"Come in," Tao Xuan said as he dialed the number. The door was pushed open, and manager Cui Li walked in, looking rather embarrassed, obviously not bringing good news.
"What is it?" Tao Xuan's hand froze as he dialed the number. He suddenly had a bad feeling.
"The news just now. Some media reported that Jun Mo Xiao is not Ye Qiu, but someone else, and the news was acknowledged by the league," Cui Li said.
"What? What news? Which media reported it?" Tao Xuan exclaimed.
"Esports Home…" Cui Li said.
Tao Xuan immediately couldn't question it any further. Esports Home was the most professional and authoritative esports media in the country, not the kind of tabloid that would fabricate sensational news for circulation. If Esports Home's report said so, then it must have been confirmed by the league.
"What's going on? Call Chen Yehui up here!" Tao Xuan immediately became angry. Jun Mo Xiao was Ye Qiu. The news was originally provided by the guild. Tao Xuan now wanted to ask him clearly.
As for the fans blocking the entrance of Excellent Era Club, Tao Xuan certainly knew that this wasn't because Ye Qiu said anything. It was because the players themselves saw the report and immediately ran to Excellent Era to question them.