Chi Mingkun was puzzled in his heart, but he didn’t hesitate to give his official Weibo account to Chi Gui.
Chi Gui logged into the account and, as soon as she was online, she received 99+ messages. She ignored them and simply typed out and posted a sentence:
"Thank you all for your concern. We never intended to leech off the popularity of racer Lucine. There’s no other reason; it’s simply because leeching off her popularity would be a foolish waste of time." The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the ɴovelfire.net
Everyone who was waiting on Weibo to see "Yao Ming" official account’s response: ??
This statement had managed to completely offend both Lucine’s fans and Zhang Ziyi’s fans!
In the comments section, with likes numbering over a hundred thousand and topped in the first slot, a die-hard fan of Lucine wrote: "Heh, why don’t you first invite a racer more popular than Lucine for a live stream? Show us with actions instead of just trash-talking behind a keyboard, OK?"
Chi Gui directly tagged this fan and responded: "Okay."
This straightforward and resolute reply immediately set the internet ablaze—everyone, including those who were just there to watch the drama unfold, took screenshots and shared comments!
However, within just a minute, Chi Gui’s two sentences had become the subject of mockery on the trending search!
"6666, waiting to see the face-slap! Setting everything else aside, I admire this host’s fearless courage!"
"23333, does the person above mean ’ignorance is bliss’?"
"I originally had a good impression of this host because he broadcasted my idol’s racing team, but now, I’ve turned against him... But does he really think he’s so influential that he can just summon the ’world’ racing team whenever he wants, after just one collaboration?"
"Lu You has issued a notice stating that the team will be undergoing intensive training for the next two months and will not participate in any commercial activities. Please don’t attract hate towards our racers, host."
"I hope the host has some integrity. Just don’t say later something like ’I never specified a time, so whenever I manage to invite them will count’ or anything of that sort."
Others were skeptical: "Their ability to secure the ’world’ team’s broadcasting rights last time should tell us something... Maybe they really do have a good relationship with the great Lu You?"
In addition to these, there were also loyal fans of Chi Mingkun trying to rebut the mockery, but they were few in number and weak in influence, quickly drowned out by the tidal wave of scorn.
Chi Mingkun, who had just logged in with a secondary account: ?
Even though he knew since that night’s race that this sister wasn’t so soft, he had no idea she would be this tough!
This was like fighting against the entire internet by herself!
And most importantly, the great Lu You and his team had started their intensive training two days ago; the location was unknown, and even if Chi Gui could get Lu You to agree now, it would be impossible for them to come immediately!
Chi Mingkun clicked on Chi Gui’s profile hesitatingly, pondering whether to say something or not, when he saw that Chi Gui had sent another message: "Can I borrow your live streaming account for a few days?"
Chi Mingkun immediately stopped any objections and sent over the account credentials.
When it came to racing, Chi Mingkun now had unconditional trust in Chi Gui.
After sending the account information, Chi Mingkun hesitated for a long time but still sent over a cautious message: "Sis... would it be possible to make the Chi Family one of the sponsors for this live stream?"
The live stream of the "world" team had popularity comparable to that of a top domestic variety show.
The Chi Family had just gone through the ordeal of the Tenggui Group’s bidding fiasco, severely damaging their vitality. The news of being duped had been used by the competing house to smear their reputation online, and even their stock prices had been affected.
If they could sponsor the live stream of the "world" team, it wouldn’t fix everything, but at the very least, it would help in swiftly warming up netizens’ regard for them.
But Chi Mingkun knew how much Chi Gui disliked the people from the Chi Family, so he didn’t hold much hope when he asked: "If it’s not possible, it’s fine too..."