Hu Die Lan
Chapter 1082 An Inauspicious Start
Xia Zhongtian was a sponsor of Excellent Era, and he also played Glory himself. His character was no secret to the people of Excellent Era. Ye Xiu, as the former captain of Excellent Era, knew it perfectly well.
At this moment, using Xia Zhongtian's assistant's computer, he casually took a card, logged into the game, and directly searched for Xia Zhongtian's character in the arena. He found his arena room this way. Taking advantage of his opponent's withdrawal, Ye Xiu indeed had his character stand in the arena.
Which alt account was Ye Xiu using now? Chen Guo didn't care at all, because it wouldn't affect the result. What class he used, wasn't it all just crushing noobs for Ye Xiu? At this moment, Chen Guo actually started to sympathize with the one in the room. Compared to her nagging, this was an even more cruel blow, right? Chen Guo estimated that Ye Xiu wouldn't fight too kindly.
Sure enough, Chen Guo hadn't even finished her mental activities when a match was already over. Chen Guo glanced at the time, 30 seconds? Or less?
In the blink of an eye, the second game had already begun, and Chen Guo couldn't bear to watch the process. It was like watching an adult beat a child; a person with a conscience wouldn't appreciate the process, only feel it was cruel and inhumane.
In the blink of an eye, the second game ended, then the third game...
Chen Guo felt like she could hear the increasingly agitated breathing sounds in the room.
Xia Zhongtian had been a Glory fan for so many years. Even if he lacked aptitude, his skill wouldn't be too bad. In the online game, he certainly hadn't lost so miserably. With his status as a sponsor, he might have even interacted with Excellent Era's pro players. However, since he was a sponsor, if Excellent Era's players were tactful enough, they wouldn't have played so mercilessly.
But right now... Ye Xiu was truly showing no mercy!
After another round of mental activity from Chen Guo, Xia Zhongtian had already lost his sixth game.
Chen Guo nagged to distract him, making him lose a game every three minutes. But now that Ye Xiu was personally fighting, Xia Zhongtian had already lost six games in three minutes. This showed that speaking less and doing more was indeed the truth.
In the blink of an eye, five minutes passed, and Xia Zhongtian had lost a total of ten games.
Five minutes, ten losses.
As a Glory player herself, Chen Guo could completely imagine what Xia Zhongtian was feeling at this moment. However, this kid was persistent enough. After being beaten like this, with such a clear difference in skill, he was still stubbornly squatting in the room, unwilling to leave, and still wanted to fight.
So, another five minutes passed...
The boss's private line on the assistant's office desk rang wildly. Ye Xiu casually pressed it: "What?"
"Why isn't lunch here yet!" Xia Zhongtian didn't seem to realize that the voice on the line wasn't his assistant at all.
"After losing so much, you can still eat?" Ye Xiu asked.
Inside, there was a moment of silence. Chen Guo heard the sound of a chair moving, and looking into the room, Xia Zhongtian finally stood up, walked out from behind his wide desk and monitor, and came out.
"Was it you who was playing just now?" Xia Zhongtian came out of the room, saw Ye Xiu sitting in his assistant's seat, the computer running Glory. Although he didn't see Ye Xiu's character name, he could guess the gist of it. He wasn't a fool.
Ye Xiu just smiled and didn't speak.
"Is my skill that bad?" Xia Zhongtian had a look of disbelief.
"It's not too bad," Ye Xiu said.
Chen Guo and Xia Zhongtian were both speechless. The implied meaning of this guy, of course, was that he was too strong. This was too immodest. However, he was so immodest that they were speechless. This was Ye Xiu, Glory's top-tier God, if he humbly said that he was not good enough, it would be like slapping the faces of all Glory players. If you aren't considered skilled, then what are we?
"Summer Bro, do you want to continue?" Ye Xiu asked.
"No need," Xia Zhongtian said. He wasn't a masochist.
"Then what about our conversation?" Ye Xiu asked.
"No need either..." Xia Zhongtian actually looked at Chen Guo with some fear. It seemed that Chen Guo's domestic chattering had a pretty big impact on him.
"Anyway, your lunch hasn't arrived yet, why don't we all sit down and talk again?" Ye Xiu said.
"Is there any need for that? I think you should be very clear that it's impossible for me to sponsor Happy. I'm very surprised that you would come here," Xia Zhongtian said.
"If it's Xia Zhongtian, of course it's impossible, but if it's the head of external promotion for Mingxian Green, I think it's still a pretty good opportunity," Ye Xiu said.
Xia Zhongtian was stunned, then understood Ye Xiu's meaning.
Xia Zhongtian didn't sponsor Happy, it was completely because of his personal feelings. But if he really considered it from a business perspective, the attention Happy was currently receiving was an excellent sponsorship choice, especially for their Mingxian Green.
Because the other Excellent Era sponsors were purely commercial collaborations. They provided sponsorship and naturally wanted Excellent Era to spare no effort in showcasing their products. But Mingxian Green was different, because it was more out of Xia Zhongtian's personal wishes, so the sponsorship wasn't very large to begin with, and there weren't many demands for feedback from Excellent Era. Even the local die-hard fans of Excellent Era probably didn't know that their local famous enterprise, Mingxian Green, was actually one of the sponsors of their beloved team.
Mingxian Green's sponsorship was, to put it bluntly, equivalent to a wealthy young master's pleasant consumption. He was satisfied after spending the money and didn't have any additional expectations. This sponsorship didn't have a big impact, so now, suddenly switching to support Happy, who had overthrown Excellent Era, the impact was completely digestible for Mingxian Green. It wasn't like Excellent Era's main sponsors, who would have to carefully consider it if they wanted to switch their support to Happy now.
Xia Zhongtian was the head of external promotion, and he had professional judgment. However, when it came to Glory and Excellent Era, he always liked to act on emotion. Now that Ye Xiu said this, and he considered it from a professional perspective, indeed, Happy was currently a very good sponsorship project. If he made a professional feasibility report, even the board of directors might approve it.
In an instant, Xia Zhongtian really started to consider the feasibility of this matter from a professional perspective. But as soon as he got into the actual operation, he immediately thought of the danger Excellent Era was currently facing with its disbandment, and all of this was personally brought about by the team and the man in front of him. Xia Zhongtian's rationality was instantly burned away again.
"I refuse." He said without a trace of emotion. He wanted to make Happy people feel regret. Although he couldn't affect too much, at least, you can't get sponsorship from me. This is the only price I can make you pay, Xia Zhongtian thought.
"Is that so? That's a pity, you missed a good opportunity for promotion," Ye Xiu said.
"Don't worry, our Mingxian Green has enough promotion methods and channels," Xia Zhongtian replied proudly.
"Oh, then how do you plan to end your sponsorship with Excellent Era?" Ye Xiu asked.
"You actually have the nerve to say that?" The coldness on Xia Zhongtian's face instantly disappeared, replaced by a face full of anger. In his heart, no matter what the reason was for Excellent Era's decline, Ye Xiu and Happy had dealt Excellent Era a fatal blow. It was this blow that made him unable to forgive Ye Xiu and Happy. Even though he had learned a considerable amount of the whole story from the reports, which made him despise Tao Xuan as well, it didn't affect his grudge against Ye Xiu and Happy's fatal blow.
"That's how the competition is.付出, 收获 (fuchu, shouhuo - give and take), what's there to be embarrassed about?" Ye Xiu said.
Xia Zhongtian was stumped. In fact, that wasn't what he wanted to express either. He was unhappy with Ye Xiu and Happy simply because they dealt Excellent Era a fatal blow. As for Ye Xiu being a former Excellent Era member, defecting and turning against them, he didn't have any other emotions. In other words, as far as he was concerned, in this victory or defeat, Ye Xiu was no different from an ordinary player. They won, Excellent Era was unlucky, so he hated them, it was that simple.
Ye Xiu's victory only concerned the competition, nothing else.
Xia Zhongtian's hate was actually only related to the competition, nothing else.
"Excellent Era needs help now, maybe you can look for opportunities," Ye Xiu said.
"Me?" Mentioning this topic, Xia Zhongtian actually looked worried. "I also hope so, but unfortunately, I don't have the ability."
"You will, you just need the right timing," Ye Xiu said.
"What do you mean?" Xia Zhongtian was startled.
"Excellent Era is being broken up and sold," Ye Xiu said the news that was absolute doom for any Excellent Era fan, "I hope its most important parts don't scatter."
"Let's go!" Ye Xiu called out to Chen Guo.
"Oh..." Chen Guo responded, a little regretful. At one point, she saw that Xia Zhongtian was indeed starting to seriously and rationally consider investing in Happy. She had a glimmer of hope, but unfortunately, in the end, Xia Zhongtian still refused. This guy was worthy of being a big fan of Excellent Era; he could never get past the fact that Happy had defeated Excellent Era. And Chen Guo couldn't explain this point, because what Xia Zhongtian cared about was the competition itself, the victory or defeat itself. Because of the result, there was such a decision. To change him, unless she changed the result of that match, but all of this was impossible.
"Bad start..." Leaving Mingxian Green, the sun was high in the sky. Chen Guo, who had been talking non-stop for half an hour, was almost smoking. She bought two bottles of drinks by the roadside, threw one to Ye Xiu, and then she frantically drank half of hers first. Then, she looked at the bottle's packaging: Mingxian Green.
Ye Xiu wasn't so petty, he unscrewed it and took two sips. "Don't worry, we have no reason to lack sponsors now. It's just that you picked an impossible mission from the start, purely looking for abuse!"
"Little Chang, that kid, wait till I get my hands on him!" Chen Guo shifted her hatred and immediately took out her phone, preparing to berate Chang Xian. Speaking of which, although they were rejected by Xia Zhongtian, and so resolutely, so disdainfully, she ultimately couldn't hate this person.
In the end, it was all because of love, the same as Chen Guo, Ye Xiu, and everyone who loved Glory, pure and full of love.