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Chapter 427 - 393: Domineering

Chapter 427: Chapter 393: Domineering

Wu Li left, and his attitude made Wang Kehan realize there was no chance for easing the situation.

After all, what was his status, what was his popularity? Just a while ago, because of her, he faced so much online attacks and stirred up such a big controversy. Now that the opportunity had arrived, how could he not retaliate?

Watching Wu Li’s slowly fading silhouette, Wang Kehan felt a strong sense of regret. She should never have listened to her agent in the first place!

But now it was too late to say anything, she could only wait to be ’KO’d’.

On November 3rd, the second day after the top eight competition, Wu Li held another press conference.

Wang Kehan hid in her room, not daring to go out. She knew that Wu Li’s press conference today would definitely be about her, which made her subconsciously afraid to face it.

At 10 a.m., in the New York Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall, Wu Li held the press conference on the first floor, with Gong Juren still hosting.

"Good morning, friends from the media. The main reason for calling you all here today is to announce something."

In front of countless flashing cameras, Wu Li calmly said into the microphone, "In view of Hua Country Team member Wang Kehan’s disobedience to the coach’s arrangements, I have decided to dismiss her from the Hua Country Team."

Boom!

As soon as the words fell, the room erupted, with even the other members of the Hua Country Team who were watching on the second floor looking surprised.

A few seconds later, the reporters in attendance raised their hands one after another wanting to ask questions. Gong Juren randomly selected a reporter.

"Wu Li, may I ask what specifically you mean when you say Wang Kehan was disobedient to the coach’s arrangements?"

Wu Li: "In the first match of the group stage, she did not follow the tactics previously set by Coach Li Tongyun, and afterward, she openly defied the coach during the team’s tactical discussion."

The reporter continued: "So is it also because of Wang Kehan’s disobedience that she wasn’t arranged to fight in the second match of the group stage and Chen Min was sent instead?"

Wu Li: "Correct."

Reporter: "Why didn’t you mention this reason at the last press conference?"

Wu Li: "At that time, mentioning it could have affected Coach Li’s reputation, but now there’s no need to worry, I think no one will question Coach Li’s abilities now."

Got it, now all the reporters understood the intention behind Wu Li’s actions.

Reporter: "Is the sole reason for dismissing Wang Kehan simply her disobedience to the coach?"

Everyone was looking at Wu Li, while the reporter’s underlying question was: Are you dismissing Wang Kehan only because she didn’t follow orders, or is it also because she damaged your reputation and you want to retaliate?

Wu Li, with an unflustered expression: "She was dismissed for not following the coach’s instructions. We don’t need such players in the Hua Country Team."

Reporter: "Then why announce her dismissal all of a sudden?"

Wu Li: "As I said earlier, I didn’t go public with this information before because I didn’t want to harm Coach Li’s reputation. Now, there’s no need for concern."

Reporter: "Will dismissing Wang Kehan affect the upcoming matches of the Hua Country Team?"

Wu Li: "Without her, we still made it into the top four. The same old saying, I will bear all consequences!"

Half a month ago, Wu Li had said the same thing in the same place. At that time, many people thought he was bluffing. But now, having gone from the group stage to the top four, with a 5:0 victory over the Russian Team in the quarter-finals, the same words coming out of Wu Li’s mouth carried a completely different weight!

...

After the press conference, the public opinion online was overwhelmingly one-sided.

"I said our Wu Li isn’t that kind of person. Now you see, there’s a reason for everything!"

"No wonder Wu Li didn’t want to say it earlier, it turns out he was protecting Coach Li."

"I think Wu Li is very warm-hearted, preferring to take the criticism himself rather than have Coach Li questioned."

"This is what a real man does! If there’s a problem, he shoulders it himself."

"This Wang Kehan really played her part well, huh? She acted so innocent in the interview before, but it turns out she was the one causing trouble behind the scenes!"

"I must apologize to Wu, I had him all wrong before!"

"I don’t think it’s necessary to just fire Wang Kehan directly, right? It feels a bit like revenge."

"What’s wrong with firing her? If it hadn’t been for Wang Kehan’s agent starting a trend online, would Wu have been blasted all over the internet? Why didn’t Wang Kehan step forward to help clarify things for Wu back then?"

"Exactly, you start trouble with others and you don’t allow them to fight back?"

...

After the truth came out, Wu’s previous actions were understood, and many netizens who had previously criticized Wu openly apologized to him, with many praising Wu’s initiative to take responsibility.

Of course, there were also people who felt Wu should not have directly fired Wang Kehan, but such voices were few, and they quickly got drowned out.

...

In her room, Wang Kehan sat on her bed with a pale face. She had expected Wu’s counterattack to be strong, but she hadn’t anticipated it would be this strong and that he’d directly fire her!

Her phone on the side kept ringing, calls from her agent.

After a long wait, she finally picked up the phone.

"Why aren’t you answering your phone?" her agent asked.

Wang Kehan, looking exhausted, replied, "What’s up?"

Agent: "Haven’t you seen the comments online?"

Wang Kehan: "So what if I have seen them?"

Agent, urgently: "We have to fight back!"

Wang Kehan: "How do you want to fight back?"

Agent: "We can’t let Wu have his say alone; we can also speak up online. Plus, Wu firing you outright, there are many who sympathize with you. There’s quite a bit of sentiment online that he’s too domineering. I can get people to sway the conversation in that direction!"

Wang Kehan closed her eyes, recalling Wu’s expression as he spoke to her last night, and during the two press conferences, how he had said he would "take all the consequences on himself."

Facing such a man, both on and off the field, being his enemy, was enormously stressful for Wang Kehan.

"Forget it, Sister Zhang," Wang Kehan said. "Wu himself is a very dominant person. Even if we try to sway him online, he simply won’t care; he might even outright admit it."

"Besides, many of his fans like him for that very dominance and overbearingness."

Agent, reluctantly: "Even so, we could keep tearing into this issue, at least not let you take all the blame alone!"

Wang Kehan sighed, "Sister Zhang, we’re simply in the wrong here, and compared to Wu, we’re just too far behind. Forget it, I don’t want to struggle anymore. Just let it be."

With that, she hung up the phone and sighed deeply.

...

On the other hand, after the press conference, Wu did not pay any more attention to the matter.

He had long decided to fire Wang Kehan. Not letting her play in the second group match was meant to be a warning, if Wang Kehan was willing to change her attitude, and cooperate with Li Tongyun after that, then Wu would have considered continuing to use her.

But after her agent started causing trouble first, followed by Wang Kehan adding fuel to the fire, eager to fight with Wu online, Wu had decided then to fire her.

He was loyal and righteous to his friends.

But to his enemies, he was always unyieldingly dominant!