After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows
Chapter 248: Slap in the Face, The Finally Connected Call

Chapter 248: Chapter 248: Slap in the Face, The Finally Connected Call

"I resign!"

After two familiar commentary voices, a somewhat stiff voice suddenly appeared.

The audience in front of the screen froze for a second and then immediately reacted; it was Zhang Linxi, who was praised as a genius young Go player from Country R, admitting defeat.

Originally during the program recording, when Zhang Linxi admitted defeat, this game was considered over.

But considering the program was for the public, so people wouldn’t wonder why Zhang Linxi suddenly admitted defeat, the post-production simulated the possible moves behind the black and white stones according to the players’ paths.

Even Jiang Tiantian could see that the black stones were losing.

"The black stones are surrounded so pitifully!"

Jiang’s mother couldn’t help but laugh, "Tiantian, did you understand it?"

Jiang Tiantian nodded emphatically, "I understood it. The pretty sister plays more powerfully, her opponent’s squinty eyes are so nervous that he’s sweating all over. Also, mom, I think Go is so interesting. Can I learn it too?"

"Of course you can! It’s summer vacation now, how about mom enrolls you in a Go interest class?"

"Thank you, mom!"

Jiang’s mother hugged her daughter who rushed into her arms to express gratitude, silently thinking: A group of adults not even as good as a twelve-year-old child!

The wild questioning comments online started changing when Zhang Linxi gave his post-match evaluation of Jiang Lingxi.

Under the HD camera of the national channel, anyone could see Zhang Linxi’s sweaty hair after finishing a game, and his genuinely admiring expression towards Jiang Lingxi’s Go skills. He even challenged her to next year’s World Go Championship.

If this variety show had any acting elements, then during the World Go Championship, everyone fought for their honor, so there shouldn’t be any actors!

No matter how reluctant, one must admit, Jiang Lingxi’s strength is truly strong!

The only ones not surprised by this result were those who already knew Jiang Lingxi’s Go skills.

When Wei Xiao learned about the doubts on Jiang Lingxi’s Go skills trending online, he even considered posting the footage of Jiang Lingxi playing against Shen Yunqing on the official account of the "Empress Yuan Zhao" program. However, the suggestion was denied when he asked the opinions of the two involved in the video.

Their responses varied but had the same meaning.

The video, those who understand will naturally understand, and those who don’t understand, naturally won’t. Those who understand but pretend not to understand will also just pretend not to understand.

It could serve as evidence, but its effect would be limited.

There are plenty of people online who cover their ears and eyes.

Finally, able to laugh heartily: "A group of people talking nonsense online now get their faces slapped, serves them right!"

Upon hearing that Zhang Linxi dared to challenge the World Go Championship again, Xia Zhi, who was usually humble and amiable, couldn’t help showing some disdain: "Zhang Linxi’s skills are even inferior to mine, and he lost so miserably, how dare he challenge Your Majesty!"

Shen Yunqing silently reviewed the game he just saw once more in his mind, finally realizing something: when Your Majesty played against him before, the style was relatively gentle.

Compared to Zhang Linxi, who was overwhelmingly crushed, there was an indescribable sense of comfort!

Although Tong Yue had already been spoiled that her artist would win, she still couldn’t help being shocked when watching the program.

She didn’t know Go, but she knew what representing the first place in the last World Go Championship meant, and her artist won against the previous first-place so easily. Why did it feel so surreal to her?

After watching the program, she couldn’t help but call, "When is the next World Go Championship? How about I sign you up first?"

She wasn’t planning to say it’s important to participate; she wanted to bring home a first place!

Jiang Lingxi: "..."

Her agent’s scope of business is getting wider!

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"Boss, we really can’t blacken Jiang Lingxi anymore. Not to mention Jiang Lingxi truly won this match, and it’s clear to anyone with eyes that Zhang Linxi didn’t pretend to lose. Now Mr. Shi is also showing appreciation towards Jiang Lingxi in his post-match comments, and Mr. Shi’s reputation in the international Go community is top-notch. If he endorses her, we’ll be exposed as hired accounts if we continue to defame Jiang Lingxi forcibly."

"It’s not easy for us to maintain these high-level accounts, please understand..."

Jiang Xiyu couldn’t listen anymore as she looked at the face adored by the camera on TV, with old and new hatred welling up, she hurled the phone in her hand forward.

The TV screen abruptly went black, and the sound from the phone disappeared.

She lost the role of Qing Yuan, had to use a wheelchair after coming out of the hospital, finding everything inconvenient.

Jiang Lingxi, however, was smoothly filming in the crew and could get such good resources as going on the Upper Country’s variety show.

Jiang Xiyu didn’t understand how the heavens became so unfair!

Upset, she had hired a batch of professional black hatids, spending quite some money, but the result was Jiang Lingxi being scolded onto the hot search. The hired black hatids were slapped in the face, and these slaps felt like hitting her directly.

"Xiao Yu jie?" The assistant cleaning the room next door rushed out when hearing the noise. Seeing the TV with a hole smashed in and the phone with a shattered screen on the ground, along with Jiang Xiyu’s particularly ferocious expression while sitting in a wheelchair, she froze, hesitating for two seconds before cautiously asking, "Are you alright?"

"Do I look alright?" Jiang Xiyu couldn’t help but let out a cold laugh, then instructed, "Go to the bedroom and bring me my spare phone, swap the SIM card!"

She impulsively smashed the phone just now, but she couldn’t go anywhere now, and the phone was the one thing she couldn’t do without.

Also, she called Little Tao’s number several times every day, not out of concern for Little Tao’s safety, but to know how her aunt was doing.

Watching Jiang Lingxi develop increasingly well, the panic inside her had never stopped.

She even had a premonition; if Jiang Lingxi continues to develop smoothly, when Jiang Lingxi becomes explosively famous, it would also be the moment she becomes completely forgotten.

She couldn’t accept that this would be her ending; it would make her feel worse than death!

After getting her backup phone swapped with her SIM card, Jiang Xiyu snatched it away and impatiently dialed the number she had memorized by heart due to frequent calls, holding her breath and waiting.

The busy tone "beep... beep..." came from the phone’s receiver. Just as Jiang Xiyu was about to plunge into despair once more like before, the "beep" sound suddenly stopped, and then a hoarse, unfamiliar voice came from the receiver, "Jiang Xiyu?"

"It’s me," before Jiang Xiyu could be pleased, she sensed something wrong, this wasn’t Little Tao’s voice. "Who are you?"

"I’m your aunt’s friend, she’s recuperating with me now. I know you have many doubts, but for now, as long as you feel unwilling, don’t ask anything, just obediently follow my arrangements."

Jiang Xiyu pressed her wildly beating heart, took a deep breath, "Okay, you say."

At the same time, in an underground room of a building flashing with eerie blue light all around, a stubbled young man suddenly awoke from his doze, looking at the sound waveform flickering on the screen before him, "Damn it, didn’t waste all this time for nothing, finally caught the communication signal!"