Another traitor!

Listening to the enthusiastic cheers in the stadium, Zhang Lan smiled slightly.

"Thank you all for your support, but there is something more important today, and that is the esports tournament. If you truly enjoyed listening, this song will be uploaded to music platforms, and you can go there to listen to it."

"Also, I play the game [Extreme Survival] too, and it is really great. If you want to play a shooter game, you can download [Extreme Survival] to experience it."

"I won't take up any more of the competition's time; today's performance ends here."

After finishing, Zhang Lan bowed slightly and turned to walk off the stage.

The moment Zhang Lan walked off the stage, raised platforms rose on both sides of the stage, each with four computers set up on them. E-sports team members slowly walked out from behind the stage.

Each team consisted of four people. They first walked to the center of the stage to greet the audience, then went to the high platforms, found their team's designated spot, and sat down.

After a while, all twenty teams were seated on the high platforms.

The screen directly above the stage switched scenes to the commentary booth.

[Welcome everyone to the official [Extreme Survival] tournament livestream.]

[Hello everyone, I am the commentator Zhou Yan.]

[Hello everyone, I am the commentator Xin Ba.]

[Thanks to Zhang Lan for the song she performed for us. I was so fired up listening to it just now; this song, reverse war, is truly infectious. If I weren't commentating right now, I would want to jump into the game and play a round.]

[I've already planned it out: when the competition ends today, the first thing I'll do when I get home is start a game and play a round.]

[Alright, let's get back to the point and talk about our finals today.]

[After three days of knockout rounds and three days of amateur selections, three teams have finally stood on the finals stage. Over the next three days, they will compete for the final championship, to lift the official [Extreme Survival] tournament trophy, along with a 20 million championship prize.]

[Let us look forward to seeing whose hands the first championship trophy will fall into.]

[Let's wait a moment longer; the players are still adjusting their equipment, and the match will begin very soon.]

[Yes, but before watching the match, if any friends are feeling sleepy, you can choose to have a cup of coffee.]

[That's right, you can choose to drink some coffee to refresh yourself, and the Nanhe Coffee in my hand is a great choice.]

The two commentators each picked up the Nanhe Coffee in their hands and took a sip.

After a while, [Alright, the director has sent word that the players' equipment has been adjusted, the match has begun, and let's turn the screen over to the match.]

As the host's voice faded, the image on the big screen switched again to the game screen.

At this moment, a plane was slowly flying across the screen.

[Let's look at the flight path; this is the route from the Training Base to Pingdingshan, which can be considered a fairly central route. Basically, all teams have a place to go.]

[Wow, there is some action; two teams have chosen to parachute into City A. Let's see which two teams they are. It's the CCC Team and the TB Team. The CCC Team was selected from the amateur teams, while the TB Team is a professionally trained team.]

[Looking at their landing, there is no intention to back down; this is shaping up to be a hot drop with immediate gunfights.]

[This is going to be interesting; let's see if the amateur team can win this time, or if the professional team can demonstrate their professional caliber.]

[…]

[The members of both teams are about to meet; a battle has broken out. One member of the CCC Team has gone down. Wait, what? Another member of the CCC Team, Ling Dang, instantly took out two members of the TB Team. What is going on?]

[Oh, this is the replay; let's see what happened. Ling Dang has such fast reaction speed; after instantly taking out one person, she immediately adjusted her aim and took out the other.]

After a while, the battle ended. [The battle for City A was ultimately won by the amateur team, the CCC Team, though it was a pyrrhic victory; only two members of the team remain. This was thanks to Ling Dang's outstanding performance; if not for Ling Dang, the battle for City A would likely have been won by the TB Team.]

[Hmm, what's going on? A string of kills flashed in the top right corner; another team has been wiped out.]

[What exactly happened?]

The commentator's exclamation rang out. [The director has already provided the replay; let's see what happened.]

[It turns out that the CCC Team and the TB Team dropped to the same location, and over here, the TG Team and the NRG Team also dropped at the school.]

[However, the battle here was one-sided; the TG Team directly wiped out the NRG Team without sustaining any casualties themselves.]

[…] The match continued…

At Jiangshang Yuan, Chen Mo looked at the Nanhe Coffee on the commentary desk, his expression becoming even uglier.

What exactly is going on with Yao Beiguo? Inviting Zhang Lan to sing was one thing, but he actually helped promote Nanhe Coffee as well.

Is he worried that Nanhe Coffee isn't making enough money now? This is another traitor! Fine! You're all going against me, right?

Chen Mo watched for a couple more moments, then exited the livestream directly. Out of sight, out of mind.

… The next day, at the Mingri Group, in the Presidents Office, Chen Mo sat in front of his computer and briefly checked the situation of yesterday's [Extreme Survival] match. Seeing that no other unexpected situations had occurred, he relaxed slightly.

However, what gave him a headache was still Zhang Lan. Just this morning, because of her singing yesterday, Zhang Lan actually made it onto the Weibo trending list.

The trending topic brought by Professor Yuan had just disappeared, and now Zhang Lan was on the trending list again. A singer making the trending list would undoubtedly increase her popularity significantly.

Chen Mo picked up his coffee and took a slow sip, unable to help but pray that this increase in popularity wouldn't bring any impact to the Mingri Group.

Knock, knock, knock! The office door was knocked on slowly, and soon Li Maode pushed the door open and walked in.

Looking at the figure who entered, Chen Mo smiled slightly. This Li Maode had been handling the Non-Armed Security Company, which was a money-losing business he had personally selected.

"Sit." He pointed to the chair in front of his desk. "How are things going with the arrangements?"

"General Manager Chen, the procedures for the Fei Wu Security company have all been completed. Now it's about choosing a venue; if we are going to train, the venue certainly cannot be too small."

"And then there is the matter you mentioned, General Manager Chen, about equipping each security guard with a dog. I have already communicated with General Manager Pang of the Corner Pet Park, and he needs to coordinate with other rescue shelters."

Li Maode sat in the chair and spoke quickly. "Hmm, so the next steps are finding a venue and then recruiting people."

Chen Mo nodded upon hearing this; both of these areas were places where money could be spent, especially the venue, as the larger it was, the more investment it would require.

"Yes, General Manager Chen, but during the employee training phase, we are the ones investing the money, so how should we pay the employees who are training?"

Li Maode was a bit unsure. In his eyes, very few of the company's security guards had actually been trained; they were usually just recruited, given a uniform, and then they were security guards.