Pei Qian could not help but feel despair.
There would not have been so much needed if FV Team had only obtained the runner-up position. The difference between second place and first place was like heaven and earth after all.
However, everything had already happened. It was too late to salvage the situation!
Pei Qian was feeling melancholic when his cell phone rang.
He picked it up and saw that it was a call from Wu Yue from Los Angeles.
The corners of Pei Qian’s mouth twitched as he picked it up reluctantly.
There was no need to guess. He must be going to tell him the good news!
Wu Yue’s excited voice came from the other end of the line. “Boss Pei! Have you seen the competition? We won!”
Pei Qian praised reluctantly. “Yes, well done.”
Wu Yue became even more excited after receiving Boss Pei’s praise. “I have to say that Boss Pei, your logistical support is really on point! Be it food, accommodation, or hotels, they are all the highest standards. There are also bodyguards, tour guides, and nutritionists who follow the team. The team members have no worries at all. Of course, they can focus on preparing for the competition!”
“The coach team is also very important. Boss Min, Boss Ye, and Boss Bao are all doing their best and doing their best. They have analyzed the data of every hero in detail!”
“All in all, we would never have won the championship without your strategy!”
“How much will the club get this time?” Pei Qian casually asked, feeling a little melancholy.
Wu Yue answered truthfully. “I asked the official staff of Finger Games just now. It seems that the skin income in the bonus pool is about 1.8 million US dollars. In addition to the original 3 million US dollars, 50% of the championship prize pool. After deducting taxes, the club will get 20 %…”
“About 400,000 US dollars. That’s about three million US dollars!”
“However, the distribution of bonuses overseas is more cumbersome. It might take some time to really get it.”
“However, don’t worry, Boss Pei. This sum of money might not be enough to support our expenses in Los Angeles, since we spent four million yuan. However, sponsors have already approached us to discuss cooperation! As long as we take on a few advertisements as a club, we can definitely earn back the money!”
“Boss Pei, thank you for your trust in us. The four million yuan was not spent in vain. The money for first class and accommodation was earned back after we won the championship! In the long term, it was a huge profit!”
Pei Qian was speechless.
What the f*ck?!
My money was wasted!
He had thought that he could easily spend four million yuan by sending FV Team to Los Angeles to eat, drink, and play. Now, he realized that not only did he not spend four million yuan, but he had also earned a sum of money. He had even gifted a world-renowned club!
What was this?
What a loss!
The more Pei Qian thought about it, the angrier he became. He could not let it go just like that.
“When are you guys flying back?”
Wu Yue was stunned for a moment. “Oh, Boss Pei, it’s the flight from Los Angeles tomorrow afternoon. The team members plan to walk around Los Angeles in the morning and buy some things to bring back home. It wasn’t easy for them to go to the United States after all. They have been training for this period of time and don’t have time to shop.”
Pei Qian said, “Indeed, it is not easy to go overseas. You have to have some fun since you are there! How about this? You can stay there for one more week. We’ll extend your hotel accommodations and bring your team members to have fun for a few days. What’s more, the places you can play might not be limited to Los Angeles. You can shop in other cities as well. The club will reimburse you!”
Wu Yue was stunned. “Huh? Boss Pei, that’s not very good, right? It’s almost the new year. Some of the team members don’t mind, but some of them have been overseas for so long and still want to go back for the new year…”
Pei Qian remained silent for a moment. “Hmm… that makes sense.”
“Chinese New Year is our country’s traditional festival. We have to reunite with our family.”
“How about this? You guys return to the country first. After the Chinese New Year holiday, the original team will fly to the United States once again to make up for this week’s holiday!”
…
Wu Yue made some excuses on the other side but he agreed seeing how determined Boss Pei was.
Wu Yue could not help but feel emotional after hanging up.
Boss Pei shone too brightly! It was hard to express his respect for Boss Pei!
Was any other reliable boss in the world apart from Boss Pei?
Probably not.
The team members returned to the hotel first after the competition ended. Then, all of them came out for a meal to celebrate.
Everyone was very happy. Everyone had done their best to prepare for this competition in Los Angeles over the past month after all. They had all done their part.
Bao Xu and Min Jingchao were also eating and chatting, their faces brimming with joy.
The past month had been pretty good to Bao Xu.
He might be traveling overseas but it was the easiest compared to the previous tours. He did not travel for a long distance to rush to various attractions. Instead, it was going back and forth between hotels and internet cafes.
Thus, Bao Xu was living quite comfortably.
However, he was not at home no matter how comfortable he felt. Bao Xu could not wait to get home.
Wu Yue stood up at that moment.
“Let me tell everyone a piece of good news! Boss Pei was very happy when he heard that we won the championship. He allowed us to return to the United States for a seven-day tour after we returned!”
“I’ve already set the time for next month. Everyone, don’t worry about not having time to play. We’ll be back soon. This time, we’ll definitely let everyone play to their heart’s content. We’ll go to all the popular cities and attractions in America!”
“Boss Pei said that everyone has a share. No one is allowed to miss it out!”
Everyone could not help but clap and cheer the moment Wu Yue finished speaking!
Previously, the team members had been training seriously. They would play mock competition apart from resting and eating. They might have been in the United States for more than a month but they had not played anything at all.
They were overjoyed now that he heard that they could spend another seven days on a public holiday!
However, Bao Xu was stunned when he heard that. The fork in his hand was stuck in a piece of steak and he froze in the air.
Boss Pei said… no one was allowed to miss it?
Didn’t that mean that he would have to come again?!
This news was like a bolt out of the blue. Bao Xu was completely stunned.
Min Jingchao, who was sitting next to him, said softly, “Next month? That’s not bad, Brother Bao. The timing should be just right.”
Bao Xu was a little confused. “What happened?”
Min Jingchao smiled and said, “I happened to miss the holiday prize for the annual meeting!”
“Oh, right. Brother Bao, you don’t know yet, right?”
“You won another five-day tour in any city for the year’s annual meeting! No one told you because they were afraid that it would affect your mentality. We can tell you now that the competition is over.”
“It’s just as well. Brother Bao, use this five-day holiday first after the new year. We’ll connect it seamlessly after you return from the five-day holiday and come to the United States with us.”
“Isn’t the timing perfect?”
Bao Xu’s mouth opened slightly as he froze on the spot, not knowing what to say.
Chapter 857 - Finger Games’ Public Relations Crisis!
January 24th, the second day of the C
hinese New Year.
Zhao Xuming and the advance team from Long Yu Corporation took the plane from Los Angeles airport and landed in Shanghai Airport.
Zhao Xuming felt like a lifetime had passed since he stepped onto Shanghai’s land a month ago.
Zhao Xuming, Long Yu Corporation’s employees, and two other clubs were there when he went. However, when he returned, only Zhao Xuming and Long Yu Corporation’s employees were left.
That was because the two clubs had been eliminated after the group stages. Naturally, they had no reason to stay in Los Angeles and had already flown back.
It had been a long time since he heard about these two clubs on the internet.
The reason was simple. They had to play dead since they played so badly in the international competition!
It was still effective for these two teams to pretend to be dead. There was basically no one criticizing them online anymore on the internet. Their public opinion had even improved!
On one hand, it was because FV Team had won the championship for domestic players. Everyone was busy being happy and could not be bothered to criticize the two teams that were accompanying them. On the other hand, it was because various news during the international competition had gradually been disclosed. Most people realized that the failure of these two teams could not be blamed entirely on the players. There were many reasons for the failure.
The two teams would naturally not be bombarded with concentrated firepower now that the blame had been distributed.
Thus, while these two clubs did not gain much from the Los Angeles trip, they did not lose much either.
At the very least, they would be reimbursed for their air tickets and accommodation. It would not be a loss for the players to go out and compete in international competitions.
However, the entire trip to Los Angeles was terrible for Zhao Xuming!
Zhao Xuming generously arranged for all his employees to sit in business class because there were not many people. Finally, he made up for the grievance he felt when he went to Los Angeles.
However, he still purposely chose a later flight to Shanghai because he did not want to bump into FV Team.
Otherwise, wouldn’t everyone be sitting in business class and FV team discussing the championship excitedly on the plane? Wouldn’t that be equivalent to whipping their own corpses?
Logically speaking, Zhao Xuming was the person-in-charge of domestic operations of IOI. It should be an honor for him since the domestic team won the IOI World Finals. However, the problem was that the FV winning the championship had nothing to do with him. Instead, it was a slap in the face!
Zhao Xuming would definitely be very happy to ride on the popularity and take part of the credit for winning the championship if it was the other two teams who had won.
Zhao Xuming could not take it since FV was the one who won the championship.
He could not possibly say that “Boss Pei paid for the logistics team because I did not bring them to Los Angeles for early training, and that was why FV won the championship. Didn’t I make a huge contribution?”
Thus, Zhao Xuming could only choose to hide from FV Club’s group and return to Shanghai at a different time.
This trip to Los Angeles was a complete failure for Zhao Xuming!
Initially, he had not wanted to bring FV Team along. In the end, they had paid for it themselves and bumped into them at the airport.
He took economy class while they took business class;
He stayed in Courtyard by Marriott while they stayed in Ritz Carlton;
He booked a small corner on the first floor of the internet cafe, while they booked the entire second floor.
He walked to training, while they had a chauffeur and bodyguard;
He could only beg the European and American teams to train with him while they brought two training teams and had better results.
The two teams that he supported were both eliminated in the group stages. The other team had not even lost a single battle in the championship with 9: 0.
This was a complete blow to him!
The most infuriating thing was that it was the Lunar New Year holiday now. FV Team had spent this year in Los Angeles, which was very memorable. On the other hand, Zhao Xuming had spent this year in Los Angeles, which highlighted his misery!
Thus, Zhao Xuming only had one thought now. He had to hurry back to the headquarters to report his work. Then, he would go home to rest and comfort his severely injured heart.
His subordinates had already arranged for Longyu Corporation to send a commercial car to pick him up after leaving the airport.
Zhao Xuming got into the car without saying a word. He closed his eyes and rested after putting on his seatbelt. He did not want to say anything else.
The flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai took about twelve hours. Zhao Xuming did not feel tired since he could sleep and rest comfortably in the business class.
His fatigue mainly came from his mental state.
The accompanying employees of Long Yu Corporation were all core members of IOI’s operations and cooperation department. One of their important tasks in Los Angeles was to visit, interact, and learn at Finger Games’ headquarters. Naturally, they paid attention to the IOI World Finals the entire time.
The others were not as defeated as Zhao Xuming. They were not directly in charge after all. They could treat it as a public holiday.
Previously, everyone on the plane had been sleeping and watching movies. All their cell phones had been switched off. Now that they were back in Shanghai, many people opened their cell phones and went online to check the latest news.
Suddenly, an employee said in a panic, “Boss Zhao! Not good! Our company seems to be on the hot search! The public relations department is looking for you!”
Zhao Xuming, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened his eyes immediately. “What?!”
How did they suddenly become a hot topic?
What happened exactly during the ten-odd hours on the plane?
Obviously, being scolded on the hot searches was most likely related to the IOI global finals this time. As the person-in-charge of IOI’s operations and cooperation department, Zhao Xuming did not dare to be negligent and quickly took out his cell phone to check.
Long Yu Corporation was indeed on the hot searches list!
Many netizens were crazily attacking Long Yu Corporation, especially Zhao Xuming. One of the most representative posts dug directly into the past, pulling Finger Games, Long Yu Corporation, and Zhao Xuming together, spitting blood!
“Let us see how the domestic IOI operator Long Yu Corporation operates while FV is working hard to win glory for the country!”
“We can at least confirm the following points based on what was released so far:
“First of all, Long Yu Corporation brought the other two clubs to Los Angeles and did not bring FV with them at all. It was a completely differential and unfair treatment! If Boss Pei had not been very generous and paid for it out of his own pocket, FV might not have been able to play mock competitions!”
“Secondly, Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation changed their versions randomly. Not only did they expose the failure of IOI’s original game design, but they also severely damaged the interests of all old gamers! However, they have been delaying the game, hoping to cover this topic through IOI’s global finals!”
“Lastly, and the most disgusting thing, Finger Games actually privately sent game Balancer to guide FRY Team! I want to ask, how can the competition be fair if the organizer personally went to guide the club in the game?”
“Obviously, Finger Games’ official platform did not want FV Team to win the championship. That’s why they thought of such a despicable method!”
“How can Zhao Xuming not know about this as a partner of Longyu Corporation? He definitely knew about it! Yet, he did not stop it. What does that mean? It means that he is guilty. He knows that he will be scolded to death for treating FV differently. That’
s why he did not want FV to win the championship. The national and national honor of competitive competitions cannot be compared to his personal interests. In the past, we usually called such people ‘traitors’!”
“If FV Team had not been so awesome and still won the championship under such circumstances, if someone had not exposed this matter, I’m afraid that the masses who did not know the truth would still be flaming FV Team, while the two main culprits, Long Yu Corporation and Finger Games, are hiding in the dark and laughing!”
“We can see the essence of Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation from this point.”
“Finger Games is not only full of discrimination and prejudice against domestic teams, but they are also a company that cannot afford to lose. If they can’t win fair and square, they would resort to such petty tricks;”
“On the other hand, as a large domestic company, it is extremely despicable for Longyu Corporation to act as an accomplice for their own interests!”
“For something like this to happen, other than being criticized online, the only other way for players is to boycott it!”
“Players who don’t play IOI have to boycott because Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation treat our champions differently. Players who play IOI have to boycott because Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation have never truly respected the rights of players!”
Zhao Xuming was stunned and his limbs turned cold.
What was going on!
How did the matter of Finger Games arranging a data balancer for FRY be exposed?!
He roughly read all the popular posts on the internet, and his hands could not help but tremble.
The public opinion was already one-sided and everyone was pointing fingers at him!
This was an unprecedented public relations crisis no matter whether it was for Long Yu Corporation or Finger Games. The consequences would be unimaginable if it was not handled well!
He took a closer look at the hot topics. In fact, most of the content had been exposed before.
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