Chapter 77: If you can’t get it, you have to destroy it. Is this LPL?
"what happened?"
Su Xing turned off the microphone and answered the call. Gao Wen's voice came from the other end.
"More than five club managers have contacted me and asked me to find your contact information, saying they want to talk to you."
Gao Wen slowly opened her mouth and said, "Do you want to talk to them?"
"What do you want to talk to me about?"
Su Xing found it a little funny. Would these people really be looking at the comments among themselves and then looking for him to come back and play in the game?
"I do not know."
Gao Wen smiled slightly and said softly, "You have the advantage of age and experience, and most importantly, you are a domestic player, which is an advantage that many teams cannot refuse."
There are not many teams in the entire LPL league that have an excellent domestic mid laner.
"Help me to say no."
Su Xing thought for a moment and said, "I have no intention of returning to the competition, at least not yet."
There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone. Gao Wen, who was still in the office, stood by the window, looking at the busy traffic downstairs, and said slowly: "Okay, I'll help you reject it."
"Well, hard work."
After the call, Gao Wen put down her phone and sighed slightly. From a rational standpoint, she really wanted to persuade Su Xing to return to the game, which would be a good thing for him personally and for the entire LPL.
An excellent domestic midfielder is too scarce, otherwise the managers of those clubs would not have contacted me one after another in the first place to try to get the opportunity to communicate with Su Xing.
22 years old is the golden age for the current professional arena. So what if he retires for a few years? Facts have proved that even after retiring for several years, Su Xing still has a level above the average of active professional players.
“This character is sometimes not a good thing.”
The reason why Gao Wen did not try to persuade him was that she knew Su Xing's character very well. Once Su Xing made a decision, he would not change it easily but would stick to it to the end.
She still remembered that when Su Xing first entered the LPL, he couldn't play some heroes, so he kept practicing. If he couldn't play one hundred games, he would play two hundred games. If he still couldn't play two hundred games, he would play three hundred games until he could play the hero well.
This kind of personality is certainly not a bad thing, but sometimes it makes Su Xing seem stubborn and he will not turn back until he hits a wall.
Under the current circumstances, it is not easy to get Su Xing to come back. Unless something happens to make him change his decision, he will not come back even if the king of heaven comes.
On the other side, Su Xing continued to broadcast live after hanging up the phone.
Because he didn't expect that today's training match would end directly with 2:0, the five of them had nothing to do and continued to play flexible ranking for a while until after 12 o'clock before disbanding.
However, Su Xing didn't know how much of a stir his performance tonight had caused in the entire industry.
Currently, it is still the transfer period, and many teams are thinking about how to strengthen their players to maintain a certain competitiveness in the summer season. The appearance of Su Xing has made these clubs surround him one by one like sharks smelling blood.
But it is a pity that Huya did not provide Su Xing's contact information. Even though Gao Wen made it clear that Su Xing had no intention of returning to play in the game, they were unwilling to give up.
Apart from BLG which has Left Hand and LNG which has Junior, which clubs have no shortage of mid laners, which other club doesn't want to have a mid laner with good operation skills, amazing hero pool and even the ability to command?
Not to mention that Su Xing has an advantage that the three champion mid laners do not have, that is, he is Chinese and has the bonus of a household registration book.
Many club managers tried to get Su Xing's WeChat through Uzi and others, but to no avail, because Su Xing, who had already fallen asleep, would never open his phone in the middle of the night to accept a friend request.
As for the phone number
At the moment, apart from Gao Wen who has Su Xing's cell phone number, no one else knows it at all.
The night passed quickly like this, but when Su Xing had just woken up the next morning, he received another call from Gao Wen.
"Why are you calling me so early?"
Su Xing was just about to go downstairs to buy breakfast, but he sat down again after seeing the incoming call.
“Don’t you watch Tik Tok and Weibo?”
Gao Wen's voice on the other end of the phone sounded a little haggard, and I don't know if it was because she worked overtime late at night and didn't get enough rest.
"Ok?"
Su Xing was a little surprised and said, "I don't usually check my phone. I just check it occasionally before going to bed. What's wrong?"
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Gao Wen on the other end of the phone was silent for a few seconds, then slowly said, "There is some negative news about you on Weibo and TikTok now. Some people say that you have been playing with others and helping them level up. Someone even posted a video saying that his King's account was created by you. In addition, some people say that you changed your ID to play with others but are actually the director who manipulates the high-ranking games in Zone 1."
"In addition, some people slandered you, saying that you were the provider of Brother Ba's weapon spirit, and that you were also involved in the Texas Hold'em games between professional players. Some even exaggeratedly said that you were secretly manipulating the LPL match-fixing."
"???"
Su Xing's face was full of question marks. Is this considered a rumor?
For a moment he felt like he didn't know how to complain. It was okay for his buddy to become a gaming companion and a booster after a nap, but how come he also had the nickname of the big director of District 1 and the one who manipulated the LPL match-fixing?
Moreover, he couldn't understand why some people started to spread rumors and slander him when he didn't do anything and had no chance of offending anyone. He couldn't say that he won against someone he shouldn't have won, right?
"These negative news suddenly fermented in the second half of last night. There are very obvious signs that someone is behind this and is pushing this matter out of proportion. The purpose should be very simple, just to destroy your image."
"Ah, what kind of persona can I have?"
Su Xing was even more confused after hearing this. How come he didn't know what his personality was?
"Of course."
Gao Wen smiled slightly and said, "A rookie who was very successful when he debuted, and who returned after years of silence is still as good as the current players. Isn't this the personality of a master?"
wake:.
There was nothing to say, these were the only four words in his mind.
"Wait a minute, I'll take a call here, maybe I can find out who is behind this."
At this time, Gao Wen temporarily interrupted the call with Su Xing, and the call was reconnected after a few minutes.
"I think I have found out everything."
Gao Wen paused for a moment and said, "It should be the intention of some club executives in the industry."
"what?"
Su Xing was even more surprised to understand this answer. He didn't understand at all that he was just an old man drinking from an old man's cup.
“I don’t know who it is, but there should be more than one person with this level of popularity.”
Gao Wen said slowly, "I thought about it. It should be because you refused to communicate with them last night that they had the wrong impression that you had already signed a contract with another team. This made them feel that you were disrespectful, so it's not surprising that they did these things."
"Besides, there are already some strong domestic mid laners. Your presence may affect the interests of others, so it is possible that some teams do not want to see you return to the game."
"Neuropathy"
After Su Xing was silent for a long time, he slowly said three words.
"You underestimate your own value." Gao Wen smiled and said, "If the operation is done properly, it will only take half a season to make you the strongest domestic midfielder. This is a temptation that many clubs cannot refuse."
"Even now that the LPL region has won three championships, it still lacks a strong domestic mid laner. Your appearance is like an ownerless gold mine. Signing you is like starting to count money."
"And now your refusal to communicate makes them feel like they've missed out on a great opportunity to make money, so they have a mentality that if they can't get it, no one else can either."
"It's difficult to train a good professional player in this era, but sometimes it only takes half an hour to destroy someone."
Silence, still silence,
Through the phone, Gao Wen could clearly hear Su Xing's breathing, which changed from calm at first to rapid, and then gradually returned to calm again.
"Well, I see."
Su Xing said calmly: "It's pointless to explain now, forget it, just let them be."
He was really angry at first.
After all, no one can stand being falsely accused of all kinds of non-existent crimes, but after calming down, Su Xing felt relieved.
He returned to this circle because of a deal Gao Wen negotiated with him.
After the transaction was completed, he returned to where he came from. From the beginning to the end, he had no intention of returning to the professional arena. And what is happening now proves that his decision to retire was correct.
Eight out of ten people in this circle have bad intentions.
excuse?
It would be meaningless for him to speak out personally to clarify the matter at this time. In today's era of advanced Internet, sometimes just a picture or a chat record is enough to accuse someone of a false crime.
He didn't want to waste his time on such meaningless behavior. As for how others viewed him,
Honestly, it doesn't matter.
Four years ago, he learned a lesson: he is a human being, a living person, not a piece of RMB that everyone loves.
Whether other people like him or hate him, it doesn’t mean anything to him personally. He lives for himself, not for others.
"never mind?"
Gao Wen frowned on the other end of the phone. She had never thought that the high-spirited Su Xing would one day say "forget it".
"People change, you and I are the same."
Gao Wen:.
After a short silence, Gao Wen slowly said, "We can't just let this go. You clearly haven't done anything like this, so why do you have to bear these negative consequences?"
"Leave this matter to me. Some people don't want to be decent, so I will help them be decent."
After saying this, Gao Wen hung up the phone, leaving Su Xing with a bewildered look on his face.
At the same time, Guo Hao, who had just woken up in the TES club, habitually opened his mobile phone to see what was special about today. As a result, he was directly pushed some things related to Su Xing.
"This"
After reading these revelations, Guo Hao's first feeling was that they seemed a bit fake. These things might be useful to fool uninformed laymen, but for industry insiders like them, they could tell at a glance that something was wrong.
It's so fake.
It is a foregone conclusion that Su Xing has been missing for several years. If he really had become a companion player or a power player, he would not have been able to hide it.
The e-sports circle is neither big nor small, and many things cannot be concealed, just like the fact that the TES players went to play a training match with those old guys last night, which cannot be concealed either.
After finishing the review last night, he took the initiative to call Gao Wen to inquire about Su Xing's affairs. Although the answer he got in the end was that Su Xing had no intention of returning to the game for the time being, he ended the call with regret.
"It seems that some people are not willing to let Su Xing come back."
Guo Hao felt a little regretful. This kind of large-scale disclosure and smearing was obviously not something that a single individual could do. Behind this might be that some bosses in the industry felt that once Su Xing returned to the game, their interests would be harmed.
At nine o'clock in the morning, under the influence of public opinion, some negative information about Su Xing spread like a virus on the Internet. Even those players who didn't pay attention to the old man or the game knew that there was such a person as Su Xing.
At 11 o'clock in the morning, professional players in the e-sports circle got up and began to pay attention to these things, even Uzi and others were no exception, but until this time Su Xing still did not clarify through Huya or speak out himself.
At 1 ., under the manipulation of some people, public opinion had even nailed Su Xing's guilt. No one was discussing even the Old Man Cup, Brother Ba's spirit weapon, and TES having his head shaved. Some marketing accounts claiming to be industry insiders came out to say that the official had noticed the news. It was basically impossible for Su Xing to turn around in public opinion.
However, all this was reversed at three o'clock in the afternoon. Huya publicly supported Su Xing through a series of online media such as Weibo and Douyin, and stated that it would use legal weapons to protect Su Xing's interests.
However, this was just the beginning. Under Gao Wen's operation, a series of videos quickly fermented on major platforms.
The first video is a program similar to an interview on a local TV station. In the video, a dark-skinned elderly person is answering questions from the host. When the reporter mentioned the name Su Xing, her cloudy eyes suddenly lit up.
Every word she said was a compliment to Su Xing. She roughly meant that she lived in a village deep in the mountains. If the children there wanted to go to school, they had to pass a very steep mountain road every day and walk for more than an hour to get to the school in the nearest town.
Some time ago, Su Xing came here and lived for a while. Finally, he chose to stay in the village and teach some children the most basic literacy and arithmetic. This saved the children from having to walk a steep mountain road in fear every day.
When the schools outside organized exams, Su Xing would escort the children out one by one and send them back after the exams.
It was not until this time that netizens noticed that the source of this video was a program released by a township TV station at the end of 2021. This means that the negative information circulating on the Internet saying that he was a contemporary coach and playmate after his retirement is all false!
But obviously this was not enough, and soon voices of doubt emerged.
Many netizens expressed their opinions on how a retired e-sports player who didn’t even finish high school could be capable of teaching in remote areas. They also said that this must be a fake video made by Huya to protect him.
This situation was exactly what Gao Wen wanted to see. At her instruction, Huya released the second video.
This is also a program video from a local TV station, but the time point of this video is the summer of 2022.
In the video, a dark-skinned young man is writing with chalk on a badly worn blackboard in a simple house. While writing, he turns back to teach them how to pronounce and write the word.
Below him sat a group of children who looked only five or six years old. A rough count showed that there were about twenty or thirty of them.
The young man in the video is Su Xing.
But from the makeup photos taken when he was playing professionally, it seems that he often worked under the sun and looked dark. If you don’t look carefully at the photos, it is really hard to tell the difference.
In addition to these, there are some other scenes recorded by the TV station staff, including the scene of Su Xing and a group of children going to the river to fish in the evening, and also the scene of taking the children to the fields under the scorching sun to teach them how to plant rice and trying to teach them an ancient poem.
It's just that these kids are so naughty that they can't be taught no matter what. Su Xing was so angry that he stomped his feet, which made people smile knowingly.
This video changed the direction of public opinion within less than half an hour of being played. Su Xing himself did not expect that his reputation would be reversed after playing a few ranked games on the Korean server.
However, this was not enough for Gao Wen, and she released the third video right after that.
This video is also an interview program on a local radio station, and is also related to Su Xing, and the time point is the fall of 2023.
The content of the program is that after learning about Su Xing's deeds, the local township leaders wanted to hold a commendation meeting during the Mid-Autumn Festival and reward him at the same time.
However, when facing the camera, Su Xing waved his hands and smiled, saying that he was also a child who came out of the mountains, but he was luckier, and the village became prosperous not long after he was born.
And he appeared in this village deep in the mountains just to fulfill a promise. Everything he experienced after coming here reminded him of the past, so he decided to stay here and do what he could. It was not for any reward, and he didn't need it.
Even when some leaders expressed that they could give him a suitable staffing status, Su Xing declined with a smile, saying that he had earned in just one year more money than many people could ever earn in their entire lives.
Now he does these things just because he wants to, without any impure thoughts mixed in.
At this point, the three videos quickly spread through major online platforms, and what Su Xing had done in the past few years gradually became known to the public. It was not until this moment that Da Huo realized that the so-called revelations before were all smears!
(End of this chapter)
