"Xiaochen."
Ma Guotao called out, and his secretary, Chen Qiang, imdiately squeezed in from the outer office.
"Go and ask Zhao Yuan to co here. And be polite, understand?"
"Yes, sir." Chen Qiang nodded in agreent.
In truth, even if Ma Guotao hadn't added that last part, he would have been exceedingly polite to Zhao Yuan. 'It's no joke,' he thought. 'With so many teachers and experts willing to stick their necks out for Zhao Yuan, how could soone like dare to offend him?'
Yu Ke reminded him, "Zhao Yuan should be in his dical Ancient Texts class right now. You'll find him over at the academic building."
"Okay." After thanking Yu Ke for the helpful tip, Chen Qiang pushed his way out of the crowd and hurried toward the academic building to find Zhao Yuan.
Just then, a series of shocked gasps erupted from the crowd outside the president's office.
Ma Guotao's brows shot up. He demanded, "What's all that noise out there?"
A dical Ancient Texts teacher squeezed in, holding up his phone, and said, his voice a mixture of shock and excitent, "The Man Who Wants to Be a Witch Doctor just posted on the school forum, strongly supporting Zhao Yuan!"
"What?!"
As soon as the news broke, everyone in the president's office was utterly stunned.
"Is that for real? Why would The Man Who Wants to Be a Witch Doctor speak up for Zhao Yuan? Do they know each other?"
Ma Guotao darted over to the dical Ancient Texts teacher, snatched the phone, and looked. Sure enough, it was a post from The Man Who Wants to Be a Witch Doctor, and it detailed the entire incident with incredible precision, as if he knew everything about it.
The others also scrambled to pull out their phones and log in to the school forum.
After confirming that The Man Who Wants to Be a Witch Doctor had indeed posted in support of Zhao Yuan, they were all, like Ma Guotao, completely dumbfounded.
After a long mont, Qiu Haogu cried out excitedly, "I get it! Zhao Yuan must have learned his dical skills from The Man Who Wants to Be a Witch Doctor! No wonder he's so young yet has such profound attainnts in subjects like dical Ancient Texts, Acupuncture Technique, and Chinese Herbal dicine!"
Qiu Haogu's speculation was t with unanimous agreent.
"That explains it! I was wondering how Zhao Yuan could be so skilled in dicine at his age. Even with incredible talent, it's impossible to be this amazing just as a freshman. So he's been studying under The Man Who Wants to Be a Witch Doctor. That makes perfect sense."
"A great master produces a brilliant student! The Man Who Wants to Be a Witch Doctor's dical skills are so high that even Elder Xiao and Elder Liu admit they are no match. It would be stranger if Zhao Yuan *wasn't* highly skilled after studying under him."
"No wonder The Man Who Wants to Be a Witch Doctor chose to solve problems and post on our school's forum. It must be because Zhao Yuan studies here."
Even Ma Guotao accepted this explanation, and his resentnt toward Zhao Dezhu grew even stronger.
'Zhao Dezhu, oh, Zhao Dezhu, what did I ever do to you?' he thought. 'If I had actually expelled Zhao Yuan, not only , but all of West Hua dical University would have beco a laughingstock in the dical world, forever branded with a mark of sha!'
Taking a deep breath, he picked up his phone, found Zhao Dezhu's number, and dialed.
The call connected quickly.
Zhao Dezhu was in a fine mood. He said with a wide smile, "Brother Guotao, are you calling to tell you've expelled that shaless fraud, Zhao Yuan?"
Ma Guotao was already fuming. Hearing this, his anger erupted. "Shaless fraud? Zhao Dezhu, you've got so nerve saying that!"
Zhao Dezhu was taken aback. "Brother Guotao, what do you an by that?"
Ma Guotao said coldly, "What do I an? You know perfectly well! I'm calling to tell you that West Hua dical University is not to be trifled with. You lied to us, and there will be a price to pay! Zhao Dezhu, for a man of your stature, aren't you ashad of yourself for doing sothing like this? I'll leave you with one piece of advice: he who is unjust is dood to destruction!"
Now Zhao Dezhu was angry too. He snapped, "Ma! What the hell do you an?"
However, Ma Guotao didn't answer him at all. He just hung up.
Zhao Dezhu was furious. He shot to his feet, cursing Ma Guotao nonstop.
His daughter, Zhao Jingrou, who had been playing on her phone nearby, was startled by his extre reaction. "Dad, what's wrong?" she asked quickly.
Zhao Dezhu gritted his teeth. "That bastard Ma Guotao! He clearly promised he would expel Zhao Yuan, but now the fucker has gone back on his word! I don't know what kind of potion Zhao Yuan gave him to make him trust that kid over !"
Then he let out a cold, sinister laugh. "Good thing I was prepared for this. So you won't expel Zhao Yuan? Fine. I'll just make you, Ma Guotao, and West Hua dical University go down with him!"
He had just finished laughing when his phone rang again. He picked it up and saw that the call was from the head of the online troll army.
Zhao Dezhu smirked. "See? My second move is already working!"
He answered the call and spoke before the other person could get a word in. "Hey, Old Peng, how's it going? Is Zhao Yuan's na mud online by now, hated by everyone? I'm telling you, don't let up. We have to press the advantage! We need to drag his na so far through the mud it's unrecognizable! Also, have your people cook up so dirt on West Hua dical University and their president, Ma Guotao, and sar them too! If they dare to oppose , I'll make sure they learn their lesson!"
When he finally finished his tirade, the head of the troll army stamred, "Uh, Boss Zhao, we're very sorry..."
"Very sorry? What do you an by that?" Zhao Dezhu asked, confused.
"Our operation failed," the man said. "Everything was going smoothly at first. We had complete control of public opinion, and everyone was condemning Zhao Yuan. But then soone made a post defending him, and the narrative completely flipped. Everyone sided with Zhao Yuan. We tried our best to salvage the situation, but it was useless..."
"What?" Zhao Dezhu was shocked and enraged. He roared, "How the fuck do you people do business?! I paid you all that money, and you screwed it up this badly?"
The head of the troll army replied, "I'm sorry, Boss Zhao. I'll refund your deposit. We can't do this job. It's impossible now."
Zhao Dezhu cald down a little. "Who was the person who posted in support of Zhao Yuan?" he asked.
He was very curious. Who could have so much influence that a single post could completely reverse such one-sided public opinion?
"The person's userna is strange. It's 'The Man Who Wants to Be a Witch Doctor'."
"What? The Man Who Wants to Be a Witch Doctor? He... why would he help Zhao Yuan?" Zhao Dezhu's jaw dropped. His legs suddenly felt weak, and he collapsed onto the sofa.
The trolls might not know who The Man Who Wants to Be a Witch Doctor was, but how could Zhao Dezhu not?
Although The Man Who Wants to Be a Witch Doctor had only erged recently and his identity remained a mystery, his status in the dical world was supre! Even Zhao Dezhu couldn't compare. After all, this was the person who had selflessly published the *Outer Canon of the Yellow Emperor*. On that point alone, he held an Extraordinary position in the dostic dical community!
A sense of unease suddenly flooded Zhao Dezhu's heart.
'It seems that in trying to deal with Zhao Yuan,' he thought, 'I'm going to suffer a double loss.'
User Comments
0 comments from readers