In view of what Zhou Tian said was still a bit general, in the end Xie Yi went to Lin Lin alone after the media interview, and asked about the cause and effect.
Lin Lin didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the time, because after probing for a long time, he found that the online exposure that Zhou Tian's father said was posted to a game forum that didn't have much traffic!
"I really overestimated them." Lin Lindao, "I've been thinking about it for a long time, this time is during the playoffs, even if someone really wants to link up with the marketing account, the team can't just sit idly by and spend money to buy news , and ended up running there to post a post, and you know, there has long been a tacit understanding with all the teams there, and if it really involves something that has a big impact, they will lock it first."
Xie Yi: "...but there are still risks."
After all, the forum manager still saw it, which means that Zhou Tian's family situation may be spread sooner or later, and because of the private chat spread, it may even be several times outrageous than the truth.
The so-called three people become a tiger, nothing more.
"Yes, so I'm thinking about it, and I plan to ask our old friends to write a special interview with Xiao Zhou." Lin Lin said, "They originally meant this, and they asked me about it before, I want to prepare for the playoffs If it's more important, press it first."
Xie Yi immediately understood: "Just mention her family situation in the special article?"
Lin Lin: "Well, it can be regarded as a vaccination for fans first, so that if her family members become monsters in the future, the public opinion in the circle will definitely subconsciously favor her."
Of course Xie Yi understood this truth, but he was a little worried that Zhou Tian would not be happy.
He thought for a while and said, "I'll ask her first."
"Would she like... You can persuade me." Lin Lin tried to explain the pros and cons of this matter to him, "The public opinion in this circle belongs to that kind, and if you don't manage it, something will happen, and she is the first The female contestant is stared at by a bunch of people, wishing to look at her with a magnifying glass all the time."
Xie Yi's tone was light: "Let's see what she thinks."
Lin Lin: "..." Don't you just mean that you don't want to persuade me!
"Ayi." He finally showed the aura of the leader, "Let this matter to me, okay? I will definitely not harm you."
"I know." Xie Yi is not an unreasonable person, "but it's not the only way to do it."
"Then what else can I do?" Lin Lin asked back, "Let me tell you, I have seen a lot of people like her family, this time there will be a next time if I don't hit the mark, next time Xiao Zhou may not be as good as this time. Luckily."
Xie Yi: "... I know that."
If you know you, don't stop me, otherwise what should I do at that time, Lin Lin thought so, and a crazy idea suddenly popped up in his mind.
"Wait." He pulled Xie Yi back, "Don't tell me that what you think is true, you spend money to make people shut up like last time."
"..." In fact, this is indeed a solution, it's just a bit bad.
"You can save some flowers!" Lin Lin raised his forehead, "Forget it, I will tell her myself that I don't count on you anymore."
Xie Yi was reprimanded a few times, but he didn't have the nerve to stop him.
But after going back, when Lin Lin told Zhou Tian about this, he still couldn't help but listened to it.
Fortunately, Zhou Tian was not as unwilling as he had worried. After hearing what Lin Lin said, she immediately nodded to express her willingness to cooperate.
"It has to be resolved," she said. "My career has just begun, and I can't spend the rest of my life worrying about whether it will suddenly explode."
"Isn't it!" Lin Lin was very excited, "I just said that it's all like this, it's best for us to preemptively seize the initiative, A Yi still—"
With this excitement, he sold Xie Yi, even if he slammed on the brakes at the last moment and stopped talking, it was enough for Zhou Huang to immediately cast a suspicious look at Xie Yi.
Xie Yi: "..."
"It's nothing." He could only explain, "I thought you didn't want to."
"Why don't you want to do that?" Zhou Tian asked back, blinking his eyes.
"Anyway, it's fine if you want to." He didn't answer directly, turned around and entered the training room after saying this, leaving Zhou Tian and Lin Lin to look at each other.
In fact, after Xie Yi calmed down, he also felt that his reaction was a bit exaggerated.
Zhou Huang has never been a person who is embarrassed to talk about her family situation to others. She has a clear conscience and is neither humble nor overbearing. He is so worried, but he seems to underestimate her.
It shouldn't be.
…
Lin Lin's actions were quick, and after getting Zhou Tian's consent, he invited the media that had cooperated with YYG the most in the industry to the base the next day, and asked them to interview Zhou Tian between team training games.
Zhou Huang didn't know that this media actually wanted to interview her well before, and when she came out of the training room, she was taken aback when she was greeted with enthusiasm by the other party.
"Cosmic girl!"
"Uh... hello." She paused, "I'm sorry to trouble you."
"How come! I'm very happy that you are willing to accept our interview! By the way, congratulations on advancing to the finals. Last night's game was really exciting. The best rookie of this year must be you."
Zhou Huang was a little embarrassed by the praise: "The final has not yet been played, and it depends on the performance of the S game."
"No, I trust my intuition." The other party was unwilling to take back the compliment, "Hey, since we are talking about the finals, let's start talking about the finals in two days?"
"What are you talking about?"
This started a relaxed interview, because the person who interviewed me was really friendly and sincere. In the end, Zhou Tian not only said a lot in cooperation, but also exchanged contact information with him.
After the end, Lin Lin sent them out, while Zhou Tian ran back to the training room for Rank without stopping.
When she went in, Han Ziliang and Ying Yuanxia had just finished one blow and were waiting for the next one. Seeing her push the door, they were quite surprised: "Why so fast?! It's only been about forty minutes."
Zhou Tian: "They have already made an outline of the interview, and then they understand that we are preparing for the finals, and they will finish it soon."
"Okay, it's very conscientious."
"Brother Lin looked for it."
"I remember that they wrote an article for brother Xie before, and it was written with real feelings, and they were fans." Ying Yuanxia glanced at Xie Yi, who was still concentrating on his operation, and found that he didn't mean to care about himself. , so I boldly continued, "Xiao Zhou, have you seen it?"
Zhou Tian: "...No." She used to be a hard-working game streamer, except for the Rank crash, the only interaction with the professional circle was watching games.
Ying Yuanxia was in high spirits, patted his thigh and said: "Then you must read it, I don't know how many fans shouted and cried at that time, only brother Xie wrote it in the year when he won the best newcomer."
This is the second time Zhou Huang heard these four words today. She was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Xie Yi, who debuted as a genius AD, also won this award back then.
In view of Ying Yuanxia's exaggeration, after the training at night, she couldn't help but searched Weibo for the special article interviewing Xie Yi.
Xie Yi was seventeen years old that year.
The runner-up in the spring competition and the top six in the summer competition, the team's points were enough to play in the bubbling match, but God forbid, YYG finally fell at the last moment of the bubbling match and failed to qualify for the global finals.
When the three teams representing the competition area went abroad to prepare for the global finals, he was interviewed by the media at the base on vacation.
In the written interview, it is written that his teammates have all gone home, only he still maintains the schedule at the end of the season, playing Hanbok rankings until 5:00 in the morning every day, and within a few days, he hit the top 20 for all three numbers , the one with the fewest number of games went directly to the first place with a winning rate of 72%.
At that time, being number one in Hanbok was an honor that people talked about for a long time. But when the reporter expressed congratulations to Xie Yi, Xie Yi said that this is not worthy of congratulations.
"A qualifying is a qualifying, a game is a game."
When talking purely about the game, his words are not as few as the rumors say.
"I can score high, it can only prove that my sense of operation is not bad, but it can't change my performance."
In the last round of the bubbling match, YYG played five games before being declared out. Xie Yi played very well in the first four games. He won two games and was MVP, and he couldn’t blame him for the two losses. At the critical moment of the game, it was also because of his aggressiveness that the opponents seized the opportunity to defeat them in one fell swoop, and won the last ticket to the global finals.
At that time, there were not a few people who scolded him. The nice scolders had a false reputation, and the bad scolders directly called him an actor, the MVP of the opposite side.
The reporter asked him if he felt aggrieved, because in an objective evaluation, without him as the "opposite MVP", YYG would not even be able to play the fifth game.
He shook his head very firmly.
"E-sports only talks about results."
Therefore, for such a result, no matter how others judge him, he has no right to be unfair.
At the end of the interview, the reporter asked him to say something to the fans who have been defending him everywhere. He said two sentences, one is to thank you, but there is no need; the other is that I will enter S.
When Zhou Huang saw this, he had mixed feelings, because next year's YYG still fell in a familiar place.
And next year—and now.
She took a deep breath, and then accidentally opened WeChat.
[It will definitely be possible this year.]
This message was sent endlessly, but Xie Yi understood it as soon as he received it.
Almost only a few seconds later, he replied.
[Um.]
[Because I can trust you a little more.]