Chapter 628: The So-Called Genius

Compared to Wembanyama, Neymar has extremely high popularity domestically.

During the several World Cup periods, how many girls stayed up late for Neymar, and the social media feeds were completely flooded with Neymar.

Fans of his looks are not football fans, but for the production team, their value is much greater than that of real football fans.

When the producer heard that Wembanyama was being replaced by Neymar, although both are "horses" (in name), this horse is not that horse; he was stunned for a moment, muttering something to himself, looking somewhat dazed.

Could it be that Fan Dao's luck is this good?!

In an instant, the producer vaguely believed the rumors in the industry that Fan Dao secretly kept some object at home that could boost luck.

Otherwise, there was simply no way to explain it.

In less than five minutes, he saw Fan Dao run out in a hurry, looking disheveled, with wet hair and wearing hotel slippers.

Those who knew thought the program had encountered a major incident; those who didn't would have thought he was caught in the act and was fleeing in a panic.

"Fan Dao..." The producer trotted over to Fan Dao's side, "What's the situation over there?"

"Neymar is coming for surgery, Ji Xiang notified me."

Notified!

The producer felt a bit dazed after hearing this word.

"Is there any resistance on Neymar's side?" the producer asked while running out.

"No, Neymar is already about to retire. His management team said this is the last attempt." Fan Dao looked very excited, his face glowing, "I'm going to talk to Doctor Ji Xiang and strive to not have to hide his name. When the time comes, with Neymar's name hung up there! The show will be a hit whether it wants to be or not."

"..." The producer was taken aback.

Fan Dao got into the car, but the producer did not follow; instead, he stood in the neon lights of the night, watching Fan Dao leave.

"Director, is there anything that needs to be prepared?" Fan Dao's Xiao Zhu Li took out a phone, readied a notepad, and said with full concentration.

"Nothing to prepare." Fan Dao was quite relaxed, he let out a breath, "I didn't expect such a good thing to happen."

"Is it really going to work?" Fan Dao's Xiao Zhu Li had been scared by the Wembanyama incident and was terrified of a false alarm, so he asked tentatively.

Fan Dao looked at his Xiao Zhu Li with a gaze as if looking at an idiot.

The Xiao Zhu Li felt a bit embarrassed and explained sheepishly, "Director, I don't understand why. Doctor Ji Xiang is very young; he shouldn't have such great pulling power."

"Do you know what talent is?" Fan Dao asked.

Fan Dao's Xiao Zhu Li wanted to say something, but seeing his director's serious expression, he swallowed all his words back.

"A child of a friend of mine, when he was a freshman, swept through the internet cafes of the entire university town, and later won first place in a city-wide competition."

"Awesome!" Fan Dao's Xiao Zhu Li quickly stepped in to play the straight man.

Fan Dao didn't care what he said at all and continued, "Later, the whole family went north to see the aurora. He had no interest in the aurora and found an internet cafe in Nehe to go online, only to be counter-killed by a seemingly very ordinary young man there."

"Nehe, that young man is Ning Wang!" Fan Dao's Xiao Zhu Li said excitedly.

He was still young, and games were far more familiar to him than the medical subject they were currently filming. As soon as Nehe was mentioned, Fan Dao's Xiao Zhu Li thought of Ning Wang, who came from there.

"Yes, later that young man had a name, and my friend's child was relieved," Fan Dao recounted, "After all, he was a three-time league... runner-up?"

"Right, right, right, he was the runner-up," Fan Dao's Xiao Zhu Li said, "And then?"

"My friend's child remembered that he had only narrowly lost to Ning Wang at the time, so he had the idea of joining a professional league. My friend tried to persuade him for a long time, but he was very determined, so he took a year off school to go to a small team in the Imperial Capital to prepare to enter the e-sports circle."

Fan Dao's Xiao Zhu Li's eyes lit up; this was the kind of story he liked best.

"As a result, he came back less than a month after going."

"Ah? Why?"

"I was also curious at the time and asked. It was said that it was very hard, and he was terrible, couldn't beat anyone, plus he was getting old, at that age."

"..." Fan Dao's Xiao Zhu Li was speechless.

"At 20, you're already an Old Man in the e-sports circle; that really is a child's world," Fan Dao sighed, "Later I talked to him once, and he said it was because his talent wasn't enough."

"Didn't he narrowly lose to Ning Wang?"

"He said that after getting in touch, he realized he didn't even know how he had lost to Ning Wang. It looked like a narrow loss, but Ning Wang had a hundred ways to make him narrowly lose. Later, in the semi-professional team he went to, everyone could crush him."

"Occasionally winning two games was just those sixteen or seventeen-year-old kids being sensible and letting him. He gave an example, which I didn't understand, but it was roughly that others didn't even know the basic data, and just relying on operation, even using his left hand, he was completely crushed."

"Damn!" Fan Dao's Xiao Zhu Li was a bit surprised.

"This is talent," Fan Dao said very firmly, "In our words, it's called 'Heaven providing the meal.' First, Heaven must provide the meal, and only then comes personal effort. The e-sports training camp requires physical training at 8:00 every morning, at least ten hours of technical training a day, and I don't know how much more."

"That team must be very strong," Fan Dao's Assistant said, "Is it the team invested in by Sicong?"

"Are you kidding? That team went bust in less than two years," Fan Dao laughed, "As for why, there is only one reason—everyone on the team was too bad."

"!!!"

Fan Dao's Xiao Zhu Li only paid attention to the matches and those talented teenagers. He didn't expect that the director had described the rise of a talented teenager at the beginning, only to change the subject—this person wasn't a genius at all.

And those "talented teenagers" who crushed him couldn't even make it to the big stage, and the team disbanded after less than two years because they were too bad.

Where can you even reason with that?

"A genius is a genius; you've seen them in our circle too," Fan Dao smiled, "But we don't rely entirely on ability to eat, which is why you see some bizarre scenes. But you can't think that geniuses don't exist because of these things. Doctor Ji Xiang is definitely that genius."

Fan Dao's Xiao Zhu Li understood the director's logic, but he didn't quite dare to think about it.

That world was so strange that even imagining it was difficult.

"That kid told me later that his upper limit for nerve reflexes wasn't even as good as an ordinary professional player who hadn't slept for three days and nights, sleepy and tired, playing games while dozing off—what's the point of playing then!"

"Ji Xiang is a doctor with top-tier talent," Fan Dao said very firmly, "I have never doubted that his surgery might fail. If Neymar doesn't mind, I plan to strive to add some interview footage before and after the surgery."

Fan Dao's Xiao Zhu Li silently watched his director's spirited appearance; he really didn't know where his director's confidence came from.

(End of this chapter)