Chapter 311: The rice is not exposed, and the fan circle is in turmoil

"what's the situation?"

"Looking at the phone again, what else can I do?"

The bedroom door quietly opened a crack, and the scenes inside and outside the door were different, but equally dull.

In the bedroom, Xiye lay straight on the bed, and the good mattress that the club had carefully purchased felt like a steel bed because of him lying on it.

The mobile phone in his hand was the only source of light in the bedroom. The pale light reflected on Xiye's haggard face was quite creepy.

Outside the bedroom door, two equally haggard faces stared at each other, seeing the same helplessness and worry on each other's faces.

"It's been like this for several days, every day..." Zhang Jiale sighed.

"What your fans say is really hurtful." Lu Liang was also helpless.

When this was mentioned, Zhang Jiale got angry: "That's a bullshit fan of mine. If she has the guts to come to watch the game offline, even if she has to give up her professional career, I will teach her what it means to be careful with what she says and does!"

"At least, they are using your name to advertise on the Internet, right?"

Lu Liang didn't respond much to Zhang Jiale's impotent rage. Just a few words made him dejected.

He was now somewhat helpless.

Speaking of which, after Fanhua lost to LGM that day, the final result was actually the most acceptable one.

After being depressed for a while, Xiye and Mo Fan quickly cheered up and put in their utmost effort to prove themselves.

I even deleted all games except League of Legends, including Naraka: Bladepoint, as soon as I returned, and started playing ranked games day and night.

A harmless defeat brought about a complete awakening for the two young men who were in declining form.

This was originally the most perfect script for Fanhua.

If the fan club didn’t call me.

On the first day, both players were in decent shape and played the qualifying training match as usual, with their recovery speed being quite impressive.

Judging from the speed, they will be able to recover to the combat effectiveness of the world championship level team within two games.

But starting from the next day, Mo Fan was fine, but Xiye's condition began to plummet.

The reason is very simple, Xiye was looking at his phone.

Mo Fan is so socially anxious that he hardly even uses social media. He basically uses his computer to play games.

Therefore, he is basically 100% immune to all the public opinions on the Internet.

But Xiye doesn't have this ability.

He just took some time to check social media before going to bed after the first day of qualifying, and was immediately overwhelmed by the overwhelming criticism and became autistic.

Speaking of which, after losing the game, the war criminals were blackened by the entire network, which is also a traditional skill of e-sports.

In the spring season, the immature Fanhua was not so stable in beating the weaker players and lost many games, and Xiye was often the war criminal.

Therefore, he was mentally prepared to be scolded or even blackened by the entire Internet.

He even chose this time on purpose and prepared himself mentally for a day before turning on his phone.

He first opened a short video on Xianyu. Not surprisingly, as the most popular game in recent times, the game area was filled with videos that were trying to take advantage of Fanhua's disastrous defeat.

There were technical bloggers who analyzed frame by frame why Fanhua was defeated, and there was Slicer Man who frantically cut the reactions of major anchors watching the game frame by frame.

But Xianyu is Tenghai’s own territory after all, so it is naturally subject to strict control.

The videos that can be released have basically been screened and do not contain personal attacks or purely rhythmic remarks.

It is said that several so-called "game review" bloggers who make a living by following the rhythm of e-sports were directly banned because of this.

Xiye took a look at Xianyu and found it acceptable. Some of the technical anchors’ analyses were not even considered by him.

Then he opened the forum again.

In Xiye's opinion, the public opinion here should be the highlight.

Especially the Dansha Bar, which can be said to be the most notorious discussion community in the e-sports circle. Even a dog would spit at it when it sees it.

But looking at it, it’s actually not that bad.

After all, the Dansha Bar has only been around for half a year, and it is far from having the accumulation of more than ten years like a certain Kang Bar.

This means that many of the most vicious personal attacks have yet to be deconstructed.

For anti-bars and similar communities, extremely vicious and offensive words such as "somewhere" and "someone is Sima" have actually been becoming less offensive because they have been used by a large number of people over the years.

After all, a person will be very angry when he hears someone call him a idiot for the first time, but if he stays in an environment where everyone is accustomed to calling each other idiots for a long time, then idiot will become a harmless everyday term.

After the original attacks were rendered harmless over time, forum users had to find more offensive words as new means of insulting others.

Over time, a disgusting community was formed that was always full of jokes and exposed people's scars.

However, the Dansha Bar in this world has just started, and under the control of the bar management team set up by Tencent Esports, the use of extremely abusive words has always been extremely strict.

This does not give forum users many opportunities to deconstruct vicious words.

Without the foul language, even though the guys in Dansha Bar were still sharp-tongued, the disgusting level dropped by 90% on the spot.

On the contrary, some of the memes they created during the public trial have the potential to spread widely.

After visiting these two most representative communities, Xiye’s original uneasy mood was relieved by 90%.

Even though I was scolded, I can still accept it. I will train hard in the future and try to fight back.

If Xiye put down his phone and went to sleep at this point, there wouldn't be so many troubles.

But who told him to open Weibo again in a moment of thought?

Weibo can be said to be a magical field for e-sports.

First of all, this website is not owned by Tenghai, so Pei Yunteng has no way to directly control the comments on it.

Secondly, the e-sports content on Weibo is really lackluster.

There are neither as many high-quality e-sports bloggers as on Xianyu, nor as many eloquent people who are good at creating memes as on Tieba. In terms of content production, it can be said that there is nothing good to say.

However, Weibo is not without its own original specialties, such as... fan circles.

Countless fans gathered in the Weibo super topics of each major team, having discussions that outsiders could not understand but were shocking.

For example, there are CP fan fictions and Guzibaji, which mainly focus on an outsider coming in confused and leaving confused.

For these fans who are still just following their own circle, Tencent Esports’ previous attitude was basically… don’t care.

That’s right, the authorities don’t really care and let each club manage it themselves.

The reason is very simple, it is a thankless task.

If you don't understand, just ask, as an e-sports league, where does LPL's income come from?
It can be mainly divided into two categories.

One is the advertising revenue from major sponsors, there is no doubt about that.

However, a considerable number of manufacturers willing to advertise in e-sports leagues have some connection with this field, or are simply old-time sponsors of major competitive sports.

The former include various peripherals, e-sports software, and even advertisements for Tenghai’s own new games, and so on.

The latter are the Mercedes-Benz and Red Bull, old friends that everyone loves to see and can be seen in major competitive arenas.

Regardless of which category it is... Weibo's fan clubs don't seem to be their audience.

The other big source of income has even less to do with fan circles – in-game revenue.

Even though the Tencent-Hai version of League of Legends is much more conscientious than the Malaysian version, it still makes just as much money as it should.

Apart from other things, the sales of the MSI collective champion skin of Fanhua alone can basically match some of the single-player games that Tenghai has made in the past that did not sell so well. But the problem is that before Pei Yunteng finally made enough preparations to release the game King of Glory (or maybe the League of Legends mobile game, depending on the situation), which completely changed the game ecology,

Getting fans to play LOL doesn't seem to be much easier than getting them to buy peripherals.

So the question is, since these two major sources of income have little to do with them, what do they do with the rice they earn?

Um...mainly support for offline viewing and various peripheral products.

As for this small amount of money... individual clubs may still be interested in it, but for Tencent Esports, it is just a tiny bit of cash that is spilled through their fingers.

You know, in order to ensure the experience of watching the game live, the main stadium of LPL has been operating at a loss so far.

However, fans in the fan circle still think that they have made great contributions and believe that they are the main force in the team's peripheral culture and income, so they are somewhat condescending.

They have little money and a lot of troubles. It's a wonder Tenghai would be interested in these people.

Anyway, they usually just talk about CP in the super topic, so let each team earn some extra money.

Anyway, they are quite generous in giving gifts in the live broadcast room.

As a result, once you ignore it, problems start to arise.

While Fanhua was arguing with E-Sports Home, a kind of speech began to spread quietly among Fanhua's core fan circle and unofficial fan groups.

To put it simply, it was obvious that the world championship was won thanks to the hard work of veterans like Zhang Jiale and Sun Zheping, but the two weakest young players ended up getting inflated.

It doesn't matter if they become arrogant, but they will waste the few peak years of the veterans.

It is still unclear whether they will be able to maintain this state next year.

So the guy who spoke called on fans to unite and put pressure on the official and Xiye Mofan himself.

If these two guys don't want to play, just get lost and don't delay other people's seasons.

Logically speaking, this kind of rhetoric that destroys unity should be strangled by team fans as soon as it is released.

But the Fanhua team is special. The personal fans of Fanhua and Xuejing account for a considerable proportion, even exceeding the total of the other few people.

After all, player CP is what e-sports fans love the most.

As we all know, Zhang Jiale's fans, or the former Baihua fans, are recognized as the most obsessive group among all fans in the e-sports circle.

Love extreme, hate extreme.

So this absurd and extremely selfish suggestion actually received a positive response from this group of people. They were eager to try and were ready to give the authorities a tough blow at any time to pave the way for Zhang Jiale.

As for what problems will arise within Fanhua after Xiye falls, no one cares. They just need to move themselves with their "heroic act".

Since it is not an official fan group, there is naturally no way to control it.

What’s more, fan club fans don’t have anything else except a high degree of organization.

It didn’t take long before the official Weibo of Fanhua and Xiye’s personal Weibo were flooded with messages.

As for Mo Fan... well, he didn't have a Weibo account, so he dodged the disaster.

Xiye originally opened Weibo with ease, but what awaited him was an overwhelming barrage of abuse.

It just so happens that Xiye himself somewhat agrees with their core views.

What he cares about most is whether this flower, which is destined not to bloom for too long, can reach a higher peak before Zhang Jiale and the others grow old.
With the brainwashing of his Weibo fan group, he really became autistic for a while.

From the second day on, Xiye was in a daze and even looked for Tian Sen several times in a row, hoping that he could start.

At the beginning, Tian Sen was still able to patiently plagiarize the ideas of Wang Jiexi next door and come up with some inspirational quotes like "We must support the future of prosperity."

But after doing it many times, I realized something was wrong.

When the news reached the old Dengs, it was like a bolt from the blue.

Anxious Zhang Jiale and Lu Liang searched all places that might affect Xiye's condition, and only then did they notice any clues about the fans in the fan club.

But it was too late, Xiye had completely shut himself off.

"Do you think it will be useful for me to post on Weibo to control my fans now?" Zhang Jiale had a headache.

"It's not very useful. Even if you shoot the video yourself, they can use conspiracy theories to explain that you were forced by the club. Maybe you will rush even harder then."

Lu Liang shook his head.

"What should we do? We can't just watch Xiao Su go on like this, right?" Zhang Jiale was anxious.

He has been displeased with these fans for a long time.

Before he started playing in LPL, it was these fans who supported CP without any bottom line in the live broadcast room, making it awkward for him and Da Sun to meet.

It got even worse after the professional fight started, with all kinds of fan fiction and fan art flying everywhere.

Zhang Jiale tolerated all of this. He couldn't do anything about people's love for CP, so that's it.

It was not until this time that they actually started attacking their own teammates, which truly touched Zhang Jiale's bottom line.

He knew very well how much his teammates had contributed to finally getting the championship he had longed for for almost ten years.

Mo Fan and Xiye may look young, but their contributions are no less than those of the older guys.

In order to adapt to the team's changing play style, he was willing to be a supporting role, and not to be a drag when facing experienced and skilled opponents...

There has never been any talk of anyone delaying anyone else.

However, what methods can they use to counter the fanatical fans?

It doesn’t seem like there are too many.

Even if you send a lawyer's letter, it is difficult to find a suitable reason and target.

It’s difficult, it’s difficult.

After quietly closing Xiye's bedroom door, the two old guys came to the conference room and gathered around a few other old guys who were also awake. They looked at each other in silence.

This hurdle is difficult.

Lu Liang even had to start considering whether he should really let Xiye rest and adjust for a while and let Tian Sen take over.

But if that happens, once Xiye cannot get over his inner demons, it will most likely be a devastating blow to Xiye's growth...

Guo Mingyu looked at everyone's worried expressions. Although he was also very anxious, he had to consider the next arrangements.

Just when he was about to say a few words to ease the atmosphere, his cell phone finally rang.

Suddenly, everyone in Fanhua seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and all eyes were focused on Guo Mingyu.

He didn't care about anything else and quickly took out his cell phone and answered the call.

After listening to a few words from the other side, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and more and more murderous.

After hanging up the phone, Guo Mingyu took a deep breath under everyone's expectant gaze:

"We have found our target."

　Well... maybe there will be only one update today.

　　Because of the internship, the author has to prepare to go back to school today and tomorrow. Today he returned to the city from his hometown, and tomorrow he will take the high-speed train back to school early in the morning.

　　So in order to conserve my energy, there will be fewer updates in the next two days.

　　I will make up for it once I am settled.

　　Slide here.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)