Charles Davis's chest was like a bellows, rising and falling rapidly and fiercely. It was more of a sense of humiliation than anger. After a hard slap on the face, there were two more crisp slaps in succession. The echo completely pushed him into the abyss.
The first slap came from Lu Ke, the second slap came from a passerby, and the third slap came from the producer of the "Inside the Alliance" program. Each blow was harder and harder than the last, throwing all the shame on his head.
Just now, the producer of the program specifically found Charles and had a private conversation.
The content of the conversation was very simple. The fermentation and repercussions of this news event have gone far beyond imagination. The program team needs Charles to fulfill his bet and complete the bet. If Charles refuses to finish, the show will have no choice but to fire him and issue a statement of condemnation.
In other words, the show crew won't clean up Charles' mess.
How could Charles forget that this is Hollywood, this is Vanity Fair, and this is the Colosseum. Profit comes first, and they entertain themselves to death. For the sake of ratings and advertising sponsorship, they will do whatever it takes. If necessary, all chess pieces can be sacrificed. What's more, Charles was the one who started this incident, and they had no reason to let it go.
The program producer looked distressed and helpless, and repeatedly emphasized that if the influence of the incident was not so great, not only the voice on the Internet, but also other TV stations also paid attention, the incident would have been out of ESPN's control; Otherwise, they would definitely be willing to protect Charles' "honor."
But now, "Charles, you must understand our difficulties." These were the producer's last words. After saying this, he turned around and left without waiting for Charles's rebuttal and argument.
As for how Charles should complete the bet, it is not something that the producers need to worry about and consider. They simply put all the responsibility on Charles, wailed like a cat, patted their butts and left, then crossed their legs and waited to watch the show together.
Damn Lu Ke.
It's all because of that guy, that guy who doesn't know the heights of the world. Involuntarily, Charles clenched his fists, getting tighter and tighter, so that his arms began to tremble faintly, and his eyes became red. Whether in his career as a professional player or as an analyst and commentator, he has I have never experienced such humiliation.
From today on, there will be no end between them!
That guy better pray that he can keep up his winning momentum, not only by winning consecutively, but also by performing brilliantly in every game, otherwise, he will make that guy regret coming into this world. Don’t get me wrong, it was just a small fight before, this war just started today!
Who will have the last laugh is yet to be seen.
Soon after, Charles left the lounge and went to the video studio to record today's "Within the Alliance." The staff entered the room and prepared to clean up, but they saw a mess in front of them——
All the furniture and decorations in the room were smashed to pieces. The powder and eye shadow on the dressing table had been scattered all over the floor and mixed into a ball. Even the sofa was smashed, and the filling inside was exposed, as if It was like being disembowelled; fragments of lamp bulbs and glass fragments of water glasses were scattered all over the floor. The only good thing was that the mirror of the dressing table was not smashed.
Looking at the lounge that looked like a tornado passing through, the staff all looked at each other. Then...then he took photos and left evidence of the gossip, and it began to slowly spread in the circle.
Now everyone knows that Charles Davis and Lu Ke are truly fighting to the death!
But, who started this war?
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It’s the recording of a new episode of “Within the League”. For the ten analysts and commentators, this has become a fixed work schedule every week since the start of the regular season. There are not many surprises in the early preparations and the program recording itself. Gradually, a nine-to-five living habit was formed, but the surprise was lost.
However, today is an exception.
Not only the analysts and commentators, but also the host Edward Bowen are full of expectations and excited. They have just experienced a wonderful weekend and a weekend with many topics. Now, everyone is Looking forward to today's recording of the show and most importantly, looking forward to Charles' response.
Spencer Larson was chatting with Melissa Anderson, Jessica Carney and others. His proud look showed his good mood, and his bright smile showed his excellent condition.
The joy and happiness in the aftermath of a disaster often multiply. This week's game and the victory of the San Francisco 49ers allowed Spencer to truly taste the joys, sorrows and joys of competitive sports, which is indeed both joyful and worrying. The emotion of empathy is like riding a high-speed roller coaster ten times in one breath. After coming back to consciousness, the soul is almost free from the shackles of the body, but it is indeed... refreshing!
When Charles entered the studio, all the discussions stopped, and all eyes were directed towards Charles. Under the calm and silent atmosphere, you could clearly feel the turbulent undercurrent, and the exchange of glances. The anticipation and excitement could hardly be concealed, but the pity and sympathy mixed with them were a secondary insult to Charles.
Charles straightened his back and strode towards Edward Bowen. The two walked to the side, whispered for a while, and then returned to their positions.
Soon, the show officially started recording.
Facing the camera, Edward finished the opening remarks simply and quickly, leading all the audience into this episode of "Within the Alliance", but then, he didn't talk too much and went straight to the topic.
"Last week, a shocking bet occurred on the show, with Charles Davis and Spencer Larson competing."
Along with Edward's words, the live camera focused on Charles and Spencer. Although both of them were expressionless, the details of their eyes and expressions still showed completely different psychological states. This was for the audience in front of the TV. For me, it is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime exciting moment.
"Last week, in the game between the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Giants, the two commentators each supported one side and placed their own bets. Now, the results of the game have come out, which also means that the time has come to realize the bets."
After finishing speaking, Edward turned to look at Charles, and the camera of the show also focused on Charles alone, truly attracting the attention of everyone.
In the ratings survey after the program, the number of viewers and ratings at this moment both hit a new high since the 2011 season, becoming the highlight moment of the season "within the league". Both sets of data were the highest in the entire season. , even the subsequent Super Bowl special couldn't break it.
Not only that, the relevant video was later uploaded on YouTube, and the click-through rate exceeded 10 million in less than 24 hours, and it was still doubling at a speed visible to the naked eye, quickly becoming the most popular video in 2011. One of the biggest hot topics ever.
Before the bet started, no one expected this; but after the bet was completed, there was no surprise at all. This is the spirit of the times of entertaining yourself to death.
For Charles, this was a memorable moment in his career, deeply imprinted on the pillar of shame; similarly, the two quarterbacks Lu Ke and Eli Manning also became famous all over the world with this gamble. .
However, these are all follow-up matters. Returning to the studio, under countless sights, Charles endured it again and again, unclenching and then clenching his fists. After repeating this several times, the surging excitement finally came to an end. After he calmed down a little, a thick smell of blood came from his mouth, but he didn't even dare to open his mouth and breathe.
Because he had to hold his breath, and once his breath relaxed, he didn't know if he still had the courage to fulfill this bet.
Then, Charles stood up, walked to the open space next to the round table, took out an enlarged version of the world map from his pants pocket, spread it completely on the ground, raised his head and looked at the camera, trying to stay strong , said in a loud voice, "The New York Giants lost the game, and I also lost the bet. I will fulfill my promise now!"
In the camera footage, Charles was seen standing on a starting point, which was clearly the location of Los Angeles, and then moving forward step by step towards the Pacific Ocean, on top of this world map that was magnified ten times. , it took seven steps to reach Beijing on the map.
Finally, Charles also imitated the state of the gymnast after completing the action, raised his right hand high to indicate that he fulfilled his bet.
This was an opportunistic way, and there was no need to kneel forward, thus avoiding greater insult; however, the bet was finally completed, and the excitement came to an end.
After all the action, Charles turned around and faced the camera. The feeling of shame and shame kept coming, and his whole face turned red. He was speechless and couldn't say a word, but he still held his breath and raised his middle finger towards the camera.
In an instant, ESPN was stunned. After the director was stunned, he did not stop Charles after all, because this was a recording and they could edit out this part when it was finally played, and there would be no problem. To be honest, they were still a little curious about Charles' subsequent reaction.
Then he saw Charles's face was red and his veins were bulging, as if he was about to explode at any time. He said viciously, "Fuck! Lu Ke - damn Skywalker! I bet that after this season is over, you will be like a shooting star." It usually disappears completely! Disappears without a trace! This war is endless, let’s see who is the one who laughs last! Damn it!”
