Volume 1 Chapter 14 This is part of the plan

The sudden storm caught EDG off guard.

The most important thing is that this matter is weird to its core.

No matter how powerful the fans are, Xu Yuan has basically never left the club these days except for going to the hospital with Mingkai.

So, why do fans know him?

"There is a mole."

This was the first sentence Abramovich said after summoning the management.

Everyone looked grim.

As a club that has started fan operations very early on, it is the only club that can make money.

The importance of fans is unquestionable.

And now, EDG hasn't even made public the news of Pawn and Deft leaving EDG, and Xu Yuan hasn't even posted a Weibo welcoming them to join, but the news was still leaked.

As a result, EDG's original plan to gently guide public opinion was completely scrapped, and now it has immediately fallen into a public relations crisis.

Abu immediately turned his attention to the persons in charge of operating platforms such as Weibo.

The manager sent by Ed Zhu understood immediately and looked at him as well.

The person in charge over there was sweating profusely and hurriedly explained,

"Manager, you know me."

"If I were doing this, there's no way I'd start now."

The manager touched his chin and nodded in approval.

This is true.

As the person in charge, he already knew about this a long time ago, so there was no need to expose it now.

"Who is that?"

Abu had a headache and couldn't help but lie down on the chair, rubbing his eyes and sighing.

"It's a troubled time..."

"Let's not talk about the internal traitor for now. The problem now is how to solve it."

The manager hesitated and said,

"Let's calm the fans down first."

"We can directly release Xu Yuan's makeup photos. This should attract a considerable number of fans who like his appearance."

The person in charge of operations spoke hurriedly.

"This way, we can also reduce the impact on our EDG."

"no!"

Abu simply shook his head and spoke harshly.

"Xu Yuan has now proven his potential."

"With his excellent conditions, he can definitely become the next generation core of our EDG after Mingkai retires, just like Scout or Tian Ye."

"And his path doesn't stop there!"

Abu had great hopes for Xu Yuan, so much so that he was willing to reveal some things.

His expression became more serious, he took a deep breath and spoke.

"LPL has not won the championship every year, and Tencent Esports has begun to decide to do something."

"You all have good connections, so you should have heard some news these days, right?"

As Abu said this, the meeting room, which was originally full of discussions, suddenly became quiet.

Zhang Ming, the youth training coach who brought Xu Yuan to EDG, swallowed his saliva.

He exchanged glances with the management next to him and could see disbelief and envy in each other's eyes.

"Could it be that... that news is true?"

"But... with Xu Yuan's qualifications, this..."

"How... is this possible?"

"He hasn't even played a single match?"

Shocked, disbelief, doubt, and incomprehension.

These thoughts linger in their minds.

The news was really too shocking.

That is a huge change that is enough to transform the current League of Legends viewing circle!

Abu let out a breath and smiled as if it was a matter of course.

"Never played in a competition? It doesn't matter, as long as you are sure you have the talent."

"This is what the Tencent Esports staff told me."

"With Xu Yuan's innate qualities, it's enough for Teng Jing to include him in the plan."

"For contestants like this, if they leave a label like [appearance] in the audience's mind at the beginning, it will be difficult to change that impression."

"Moreover, this is also a huge burden for Xu Yuan!"

"Until he achieves enough results, titles like 'vase' will undoubtedly linger on him."

"This is a huge loss for EDG!"

"We can't let Xu Yuan give this impression to the audience and fans!"

The manager, who had been silent until then, knocked on the conference table.

"Well, that's it."

He spoke calmly,

"Continue to hide the news about Xu Yuan and start trying to guide public opinion."

"Protect Xu Yuan."

"When it comes to that plan, we must hold back."

"As for how to solve it..."

The manager thought for a moment and asked.

"We have a live broadcast room on the Shangding platform, right?"

"Yes, there is. It's a contract that was signed before."

The person in charge of the live broadcast nodded immediately.

"Well... find Xu Yuan and explain the current situation to him."

"I remember that he has never played on the Korean server, right?"

"Well... our live broadcast room title will be [EDG's new AD live broadcast strives to be the first in the Korean server], and then we will give him a new Korean server account and let him broadcast with his hands exposed."

The manager frowned and thought for a moment before speaking.

"Since fans are most concerned about the new AD's ability, we will directly crush these doubts through this live broadcast."

“Good idea.”

Abu's eyes lit up.

This new manager is much more reliable than the former manager, San Shao!

Didn’t the fans say they were worried about the actor’s lack of ability?

Then broadcast it live to them!

With Xu Yuan's current ability to gain the upper hand against Uzi in training matches, his live broadcast to become the number one on the Korean server will surely dispel many doubts.

"What if I can't make it?"

A management spoke up.

“You…”

The manager didn't bother to say more and stood up.

"The meeting is adjourned."

Walking out of the meeting room, Zhang Ming patted the man on the shoulder.

"Old Hu, are you having trouble coming around for the moment?"

"Who said that if the slogan is to be the first in the Korean server, then we really have to be the first in the Korean server?"

"The spring season will start soon. When the time comes, just make a statement saying that you don't have enough time and need to train. As long as Xu Yuan can show his ability to kill in the rank, that will be enough."

"Many fans don't care whether they can get first place or not, they only care whether the operation is good or not."

"What they need is hope, just give it to them."

After saying that, he shook his head and walked away unsteadily.

Old Hu was stunned.

"So cunning... No, what a clever strategy."

At this moment in the dormitory, Xu Yuan was passionately confronting EDG fans.

EDG fans: "Who told you that the new AD must be bad?"

Xu Yuan: "Trust me, I'm Mingkai's uncle. I've seen the new AD in the EDG club these days. He has poor skills and a bad temper. He often bullies Tian Ye, which makes me so angry. Is he worthy of being compared with Deft?"

EDG fans: Huh? ? ? Damn it! Girls, keep going!

Xu Yuan put away his phone contentedly and sighed.

"It seems that the maggot babies in the anti-coronavirus forum have stopped questioning me. I really have no choice now. I can only make the girls on Weibo suffer."

"Fortunately, my sisters are all very simple."

"Don't worry, sisters. You can scold me as much as you want. I will protect my beloved EDG with all your love!"

Feeling his talent growing stronger bit by bit, Xu Yuan smiled with satisfaction.

He really gave too much for EDG.

This may be the life of EDG's successor.

Plain, bland and boring.

Exit EDG’s super topic and log in to Camel Girl’s super topic.

Xu Yuan concentrated and calmed down, then began to output.

"9th life sos, I didn't expect that my favorite camel girl would be separated. I just read the CP article again, it's so tearful, EDG is really not a human being."

"Family members, who understands? Not every AD is as good to our Lian Mei as Alpaca. EDG is really bad. Let's boycott the new AD together!"

"I had a cup of water today that was so delicious that I stomped my feet. I was planning to go for a city walk, but I didn't expect to see the news that my beloved EDG bottom team had split up while listening to Sunset Rollercoaster. Now I'm crying. Is my relationship with my favorite e-sports idol Juejuezi over?"

The latest sentence patterns from Xiaohongshu in 2023 can be regarded as a dimensionality reduction attack on the current CP fan circle.

The girls who always like to play with abbreviations were dumbfounded.

This sister...how come you are so talented in speaking?

However, Xu Yuan felt that the killing was not satisfying enough.

"It's a pity that there is no Genshin Impact yet, otherwise I could start with sentences like [You are right, but E DG is...] [Your quality is very poor, I play Genshin Impact every day... This is the confidence that Genshin Impact gives me]."

Xu Yuan sighed.

Perhaps this is the loneliness of a reborn person. Even when making a meme, one has to worry whether others can understand it.

Being invincible is so lonely.

In another room, iboy couldn't sleep.

"I didn't play well today."

It was a thought that lingered in his mind.

The feeling of irritability kept coming and he couldn't sleep at all.

I took out my cell phone helplessly and prepared to listen to some music.

But at this time, I saw the message sent by Tong Yang.

Um?

iboy was stunned and opened the message.

Tong Yang: EDG is like this.

Tong Yang: Xu Yuan is their favorite now. Abu is just targeting you. He has treated me like this before.

iboy was happy.

Others don’t know, but doesn’t he know?

Hu Xianzhao: Brother Kou Rou, your contract with EDG broke down. We are different. Do you have to say bad things about EDG to me?

Tong Yang: ...

Tong Yang: Since I played well at that time, shouldn’t I get more money?

Tong Yang: EDG is the capital. Is it wrong for us players to want to make more money?

iboy: Brother, it’s useless for you to tell me this. Although I am young, I still understand some principles very clearly.

iboy: I can't compete with Xu Yuan, I will work hard, this is my own problem, what does it have to do with EDG? Do you blame them for finding a competitor for me?

iboy: You don't want me to be hostile to Xu Yuan, do you? That's really disgusting.

iboy: Xu Yuan is a nice person, I am happy to be friends with him, and I won’t blame others even if I really can’t compete with him.

iboy: I heard you are going to RNG? I wish you a bright future.

Looking at the message “the other party is typing”, iboy lost interest in continuing to chat with him.

Open the contact interface decisively and select delete.

"Grass!"

In another dormitory, Tong Yang cursed angrily.

Under the light, his face flickered.

"I just want to get more money. You always say that I am not focused in training and play passively. Why the hell do you have the right to hide me?!"

After calming down, he picked up his phone, skillfully contacted a female fan, put on his clothes and left the EDG club.

“…”

Mingkai stood on the second floor, looking at Tong Yang who was leaving the club at nearly two in the morning, with an unclear look in his eyes.