The King's Avatar Chapter 1069-1070

Translator: Nomyummi Editor: Nomyummi

Ten turned to eleven. Eleven turned to twelve.

The entire morning passed, and there were still no signs of Xia Zhongtian. Meanwhile, his secretary appeared before Ye Xiu and Chen Guo for the fourth time already, telling them awkwardly: “It’s already noon. Mr. Zhong told you two to come by again in the afternoon.”

“Oh? The afternoon? What time in the afternoon?” Chen Guo asked.

“We have a meeting in the afternoon.” The secretary replied deftly. She did not say when Xia Zhongtian would meet with them. She only said that there would be a meeting in the afternoon.

“Miss Wang, sorry to trouble you.” Chen Guo smiled at the secretary, who was putting on a fake smile. Chen Guo had started managing the Internet cafe in her teens. The industry that she fought in wasn’t very high-end, but she had at least experienced many things. After hearing about the history behind Ch’ien Tea Green’s sponsorship for Excellent Era from Ye Xiu and seeing that the other side wasn’t sincere at all, calling him over was mostly likely just to play with them.

“Then please make yourselves at home.” The secretary smiled apologetically and left first. Chen Guo looked at Ye Xiu and sighed. The two got up.

As they left, they walked past the external affair offices. Secretary Wang’s office was just outside the door. She heard a phone call, entered the room, and when she went out of the room, she saw the two of them. She gave a smile and nodded her head.

“Miss Wang, do you know what Xia Zhongtian was busy with this morning?” Ye Xiu suddenly asked.

Secretary Wang was surprised by the question, but she quickly put on a professional smile: “I’m afraid that it’s not convenient to say.”

“Haha, he’s just playing Glory. What’s not convenient?” Ye Xiu laughed.

Secretary Wang was stunned. It was obvious that Ye Xiu was correct. Chen Guo had originally been pondering over whether they should come back in the afternoon. Maybe Xia Zhongtian really had been busy and was testing their sincerity? But now it looked like that guy was actually playing Glory the entire morning, intentionally having them wait there. She immediately became angry. If he didn’t want to sponsor them, it would only take a few words to tell them. Instead, he felt the need to bully them. What’s up with that? Chen Guo stepped forward. Accompanied by a shout from Secretary Wang “What are you doing?”, she arrived at Xia Zhongtian’s office and pushed the door open.

“What is it now?” Xiao Zhongtian was sitting behind his desk. The monitor on his desk was at least 42 inches. His head was buried behind it. He couldn’t be seen at all. When he heard the door open, he didn’t even peak his head out to look. He simply asked a question.

“I’m Team Happy’s boss.” Chen Guo huffed.

“Didn’t I tell you to come again in the afternoon? I’m busy here!” Xia Zhongtian didn’t even tilt his head.

“Busy with what? You’re almost dead.” Ye Xiu also walked in with Chen Guo and suddenly spoke up.

“Sorry, Xiaozhong. I’ll lead them out immediately.” Secretary Wang chased after them in a panic and apologized to Xia Zhongtian first.

Xia Zhongtian didn’t utter a word. The sounds of keyboard taps and mouse clicking intensified, but soon afterwards, the noise suddenly came to a halt.

“It’s fine. You can go. This has nothing to do with you.” Xia Zhongtian suddenly said. The secretary, who was urging Chen Guo and Ye Xiu to get out, was surprised. She quietly left the room and closed the door.

Xia Zhongtian’s head finally peaked out from the monitor. He glanced at the two of them. Arrogance hung on his face: “Hey, if it isn’t Ye Qiu. Wait, no, God Ye Xiu! What a rare guest!”

Xia Zhongtian held a long face and spoke in a weird tone of voice. It was as if he was trying hard to put on a mocking look. Chen Guo looked at this young person. He was like her back then. He was a big Glory fan and a big Excellent Era fan. He took advantage of his business to sponsor Excellent Era. Even though he was a bit capricious, his love and passion for Glory and Excellent Era easily showed.

This type of person probably wasn’t a bad person.

Chen Guo didn’t know why, but that was what she felt. Even after Xia Zhongtian made them wait the entire morning and despite his disrespectful attitude, Chen Guo realized that she really couldn’t feel disgusted towards him.

“You want a sponsor? One word, no. You can go.” There was no point toying around with Happy any longer, so he directly expressed his position.

“Don’t be like that, Mr. Xia. It wasn’t easy for us to make this trip here. We’ve waited for so long. Why not at least hear us out?” Chen Guo suddenly said.

This reply surprised Ye Xiu. He had thought that with Chen Guo’s personality, she would definitely start arguing furiously with Xia Zhongtian. However, instead, she displayed this kind of attitude. She still wasn’t giving up and still wanted to fight for a sponsor? Xia Zhongtian wasn’t a normal Excellent Era fan. As someone who grew up in City H, apart from the normal dedication of a fan, he also had pride for his region. His support for Excellent Era was entirely for this team alone and would never change. He was undoubtedly an extremely loyal Excellent Era fan. Even until today, he detested Ye Xiu and hated Happy. Getting him to change his mind and support Happy would be extremely difficult. Even though Chen Guo was brave and did what she said she would do, Ye Xiu also knew that persuasion wasn’t her strong point.

“Alright, go ahead! In any case, my decision isn’t going to change. You can waste your time.” Xia Zhongtian said expressionlessly. Then, his two hands started to move again. His actions clearly expressed: you can say yours, I’ll play mine. No matter what you say, my final answer will be: no.

Chen Guo didn’t seem to care and started speaking: “Then I’ll be speaking. Um, let me first tell you about our Happy Internet Cafe’s history! Our Happy Internet Cafe…”

Chen Guo really did start talking. After a few words, Ye Xiu laughed inwardly. This Chen Guo was great. She didn’t have any intentions of persuading the other side. Happy Internet Cafe’s history? Was there a need? Not at all! Happy Internet Cafe’s history would have absolutely no impact on the other side’s decision towards Team Happy. Almost half an hour had passed since she started talking, and Chen Guo was at Happy Internet Cafe’s third year, when she was six!

Boss Chen wasn’t at the level where her words were sharp enough to leave the other side speechless, but her ability to tell a long-winded story wasn’t weak. It wasn’t easy for someone to remember all those small details so clearly and then say it to Xia Zhongtian in a serious tone.

Was this requesting a sponsorship?

Of course not!

This was entirely to annoy Xia Zhongtian. Using rambling to waste Xiao Zongtinan’s time as revenge for making her and Ye Xiu wait the entire morning.

This method was kind of stupid. She was harming herself, wasting her own voice. But did it cause any real damage to the other side?

It did…

Ye Xiu knew very clearly. He could easily tell by listening. He didn’t even need to look. During this half hour, Xia Zhongtian was still playing Glory, most likely PKing in the Arena. However, his playing was a mess. For someone who loved Glory for so many years, even if he wasn’t at a pro level, he should at least be somewhat skilled. His movements should at least have some sort of rhythm and strategy to them. However Xia Zhongtian didn’t have any at all. It was a complete mess. It was as if he didn’t know what he was doing at all. He clearly wasn’t focused because of a certain person rambling nonsense the entire time.

He obviously didn’t want to hear it, but when her voice drilled into his ears, his brain couldn’t help but listen to the contents. Once he started listening, his attention became split, messing up his playing. He played match after match. During these past thirty minutes, Xia Zhongtian played at a speed of one match every three minutes and lost every single one of them. He gave an irritated and furious glare at Chen Guo, but he didn’t say anything to stop her. It seemed like he was planning on competing with Chen Guo. As a result, he pulled out his ace and turned up the sound.

This ace was too powerful for Chen Guo. She couldn’t do anything about it and stopped talking.

Xia Zhongtian was delighted. In reality, his earphones didn’t have sound. This was his office, after all. Even though he was the manager, he couldn’t play games too openly. Even if it was just for a few minutes, he had to turn down the sound. He needed to listen for any matters that he needed to deal with even during break time. As a result, when Xia Zhongtian played Glory in his office, he never played with sound. Because of this, he dared to play games during work time. It never hindered his work, so no one could say anything about it. Of course, Ch’ien Tea Green was his Xia family’s business. This point alone was more important than his work not being hindered by him playing games.

Putting on these headphones was enough for this woman to shut up. Xia Zhongtian felt a feeling of victory from his trick succeeding. As for Chen Guo, after being hit by this blow, she felt a bit dispirited. She looked around and discovered that Ye Xiu had left the room already. Chen Guo immediately got up. Xia Zhongtian saw that she was about to leave and pretended not to see as if she were just air. Chen Guo only just opened the door when she saw that Ye Xiu was right outside the door playing Glory at Secretary Wang’s desk.

“You!” Chen Guo felt helpless, “Where is she?”

“She went out for lunch! I asked her if I could use her computer to play some Glory. She said I could.” Ye Xiu. The boss liked the game so much, so the secretary couldn’t help but follow along. It wasn’t just her. Everyone in the external affairs office followed along. If you looked around, you would see Glory card readers at every desk.

“We’re done here, let’s go!” Chen Guo said.

“What’s wrong? You ran out of things to say?” Ye Xiu asked with a grin.

“That guy’s put on his headphones.” Chen Guo said.

“It looks like it’s my time to shine!” Ye Xiu said.

“What do you mean?” Chen Guo was startled. When she looked at Ye Xiu’s screen, his character had squeezed into the Arena. He was only spectating though. At this moment, an open spot appeared, and Ye Xiu quickly took it.

“Who’s this guy?” Chen Guo pointed at Ye Xiu’s opponent on the screen.

Ye Xiu pointed inside the room.

“That’s… that’s too evil!!” Chen Guo cried out. At the same time, she started thinking. Were those two here to get a sponsor or were these two here to bully each other?

Chapter 1070: Off to a Bad Start

Translator: Nomyummi Editor: Nomyummi

Xia Zhongtian was one of Excellent Era’s sponsors, and he himself also played Glory. His character obviously wasn’t any sort of secret to Excellent Era’s people, so it was no secret to the former captain of Excellent Era, Ye Xiu.

Ye Xiu took the secretary’s computer and logged in with a random account card before searching for Xia Zhongtian’s character in the arena, easily finding his room. The moment the Xia Zhongtian’s opponent left the room, he resolutely placed his own character in the arena.

Which smurf was Ye Xiu using? Chen Guo didn’t bother checking because it wouldn’t affect the result. No matter what class he used, it would all just be bullying noobs for Ye Xiu, no? In that moment, Chen Guo began to feel sorry for the person inside the room. Compared to her own rambling, this was probably a far harsher attack. Chen Guo could guess that Ye Xiu wouldn’t go too easy on him.

As expected, Chen Guo had just reached this conclusion when a round had been finished. Chen Guo glanced at the time. Thirty seconds? Or was it even less?

In the blink of an eye, the second round began. Chen Guo couldn’t even bear to watch the process. It was like watching an adult hit a kid. Anyone with a conscience wouldn’t be able to admire the process. They would only find it cruel and inhumane.

The second round quickly ended, and then the third began…

Chen Guo felt like she could hear the frustrated breaths through the door.

Xia Zhongtian had been a Glory fan for so long already, so even if he had no talent whatsoever, his skill wouldn’t be too bad. In the online game, he had probably never lost so badly. As a sponsor, he might have fought a pro level match before, but being a sponsor meant that Excellent Era’s players would take it easy on him.

However… Ye Xiu was merciless this time!

In the time that these thoughts had taken place, Xia Zhongtian had lost his sixth match already.

Chen Guo’s rambling had distracted him, causing him to lose a match in three minutes. Now that Ye Xiu had personally gotten onto the field, Xia Zhongtian managed to lose six matches in three minutes. From this, it could be seen that there was definitely a reasoning behind the saying that one shouldn’t make empty promises, but act on them.

Five minutes went by rapidly and Xia Zhongtian had already lost ten matches.

Five minutes, ten matches lost.

Chen Guo, as a fellow Glory gamer, could easily imagine Xia Zhongtian’s current state of mind. But this guy was rather stubborn too. He had been beaten so badly, and there was an obvious disparity in skill, but he still refused to give up, unwilling to leave the room and fighting match after match.

Another five minutes passed…

The phone on the secretary’s desk rang with a ringtone dedicated specifically for the boss. Ye Xiu picked the call up casually. “What?”

“How come my lunch isn’t here yet!” Xia Zhongtian didn’t seem to realize that the person picking up didn’t have his secretary’s voice at all.

“You’ve lost so many times and you can still eat?” Ye Xiu asked.

Silence fell. Then, Chen Guo heard the sound of a chair moving. Looking into the room, she saw that Xia Zhongtian had finally stood up, walking around his wide desk and out of the room.

“It was you just now?” Xia Zhongtian came out of the room and saw Ye Xiu where his secretary should’ve been. Glory was running on the computer. Even though he hadn’t seen Ye Xiu’s character, he wasn’t dumb. It wasn’t hard to guess.

Ye Xiu smiled, but didn’t say anything.

“My skill level is that bad?” Xia Zhongtian looked incredulous.

“It’s not that bad,” Ye Xiu said.

Chen Guo and Xia Zhongtian were both struck speechless. What this person was implying was obviously that he was too strong. That was just too arrogant. However, no one could retort to his arrogance. This was Ye Xiu, a God at the peak of Glory. If he were humble and said something like he wasn’t so good, wasn’t so powerful, then that would be equal to slapping the faces of all Glory players. If you weren’t powerful, then what would we all be?

“Mr. Xia, do you want to continue?” Ye Xiu asked.

“No need,” Xia Zhongtian replied. He wasn’t a masochist.

“How about our discussions?” Ye Xiu asked.

“There’s no need for that either…” Xia Zhongtian looked at Chen Guo with a hint of anxiousness. It seemed like Chen Guo’s scolding of him just now did have its impact.

“Well, since your lunch still hasn’t arrived, how about we all sit and talk it out?” Ye Xiu suggested.

“Is there a need? I feel that you know that I will never sponsor Happy. I find it strange that you would come.” Xia Zhongtian said.

“As Xia Zhongtian, you definitely couldn’t, but as the head of Ch’ien Tea Green’s Marketing Department, I feel like this is quite a good chance,” Ye Xiu said.

Xia Zhongtian paused for a moment, digesting that.

Xia Zhongtian not sponsoring Happy was because he personally couldn’t accept it. However, from a business perspective, with the amount of attention Happy was receiving recently, they were a great sponsorship choice. Especially for Ch’ien Tea Green.

This was because the relationship between Excellent Era and their other sponsors was purely about business. They gave a sponsorship and naturally hoped that Excellent Era would do their best to promote their products. However, Ch’ien Tea Green was different. Since their sponsorship was more of Xia Zhongtian’s personal desire, the company didn’t sponsor them much, and they didn’t require much from Excellent Era either. Even the most loyal local fans of Excellent Era probably didn’t know that that their local famed company Ch’ien Tea Green was one of the sponsors of the team they loved.

The sponsorship given by Ch’ien Tea Green was frankly like an expenditure a rich young master had made on a whim. The money had been spent and he was satisfied. He had never hoped to profit from it. This sponsorship hadn’t gained any influence so it was perfectly alright for Ch’ien Tea Green to turn around and sponsor Happy instead. They weren’t like the other main sponsors of Excellent Era who had to carefully consider things if they wanted to sponsor Happy.

Xia Zhongtian was the head of external affairs so he had a professional eye for these things. It was just that when it came to Glory, to Excellent Era, he liked to act on his emotions. With Ye Xiu’s reminder, he realized that, from business perspective, the current Happy truly was a good sponsorship choice. If he wrote up a feasible and professional report, the board might even accept it.

In that instant, Xia Zhongtian began to consider this from a professional perspective. However, as he began to think of the practical execution, he remembered how Excellent Era was facing disbandment, and that all this was the personal handiwork of the very team in front of him, lead by the man in front of him. Xia Zhongtian’s rationality immediately burned away.

“I refuse,” he said without a hint of emotion. He wanted Happy’s people to feel frustrated. Although I can’t influence much, at the very least, you won’t be able to get a sponsorship from me. This was the only thing I can make you do in punishment for your deeds. That was what Xia Zhongtian thought.

“I see, what a shame. You’ve missed a good opportunity.” Ye Xiu said.

“Don’t worry, Ch’ien Tea Green has plenty of marketing channels,” Xia Zhongtian replied aloofly.

“Oh, then how do you plan to end your sponsorship with Excellent Era?” Ye Xiu asked.

“You actually have the audacity to ask that?” Xia Zhongtian’s cold demeanor melted immediately, replaced by the flames of anger. In his heart, it didn’t matter what had brought Excellent Era to where they were now along the way, but Ye Xiu and Happy had given Excellent Era the final blow. This blow was the reason he couldn’t forgive Ye Xiu and Happy. Even though he had gleaned the intricacies of these events from news reports, this would only fill him with disdain for Tao Xuan, but it wouldn’t influence his hatred of Ye Xiu and Happy for their finishing blow.

“That’s what competition is. You give and you gain. Why wouldn’t I have the audacity?” Ye Xiu asked.

Xia Zhongtian didn’t know how to reply. In reality, that wasn’t what he wanted to express. The reason he didn’t like Ye Xiu and Happy was just because they had given Excellent Era its finishing blow. In regards to how Ye Xiu used to be a member of Excellent Era and got kicked out before striking back, he didn’t really feel anything. That meant, for him, in this victory and defeat, Ye Xiu was just like any other player. They won and Excellent Era fell, so he hated them, that was how simple it was.

For Ye Xiu’s victory, only the competition mattered.

For Xia Zhongtian’s hate, it was in reality only about the competition as well.

“Excellent Era needs help. Perhaps you could find a chance,” Ye Xiu said.

“Me?” The topic brought up, Xia Zhongtian still seemed bitter. “I hope so, too, but unfortunately I don’t have that ability.”

“You will. You just need the right opportunity,” Ye Xiu said.

“What do you mean?” Xia Zhongtian was taken aback.

“Excellent Era is currently dismantling and selling parts of its assets.” What Ye Xiu said was the nightmare of any Excellent Era fan. “I hope that it’s most important part won’t be dismantled.”

“Let’s go!” Ye Xiu said to Chen Guo.

“Oh…” Chen Guo made a sound of agreement but felt that it was quite a shame. There had been a moment where Chen Guo saw that Xia Zhongtian had been seriously and rationally considering sponsoring Happy. She had held a flicker of hope, but unfortunately, Xia Zhongtian still refused in the end. As expected of a huge Excellent Era fan. In the end, he couldn’t get over the fact that Happy had struck down Excellent Era. Chen Guo couldn’t argue against this because Xia Zhongtian cared solely about the competition and the results. He made this decision because of the outcome. Unless they changed the outcome of that match, they wouldn’t be able to change his mind, and unfortunately that was impossible.

“We’re off to a bad start…” After leaving Ch’ien Tea Green, Chen Guo, who had kept on speaking for a full half hour, was melting under the sun. She bought two drinks from a vending machine and threw one bottle to Ye Xiu before rapidly downing half of her own bottle. Then she took a look at the packaging, Ch’ien Tea Green.

Ye Xiu didn’t seem affected and twisted the bottle open to drink. “Don’t worry about it. There’s no reason for us to lack sponsors, it’s just that you chose an impossible mission from the get go. It’s just looking to fail!”

“That brat, Little Chang, I’ll show him!” Chen Guo’s aggro switched targets and she immediately took out her phone to dial Chang Xian. Speaking of, although they had been firmly rejected by Xia Zhongtian, she still couldn’t bring herself to hate him.

In the end, it was all because of his love for the game. He was no different from Chen Guo, Ye Xiu and everyone else who loved Glory.