Chapter 1169

Chapter 1169: The surveillance footage gets brought to light!

Translator: Legge Editor: Legge

It was extremely chaotic onsite!

The five referees were lying on the ground all swollen and bruised. They were wailing and in so much pain they could not get back up on their feet. All of them had been stunned by the fall!

“Ah!”

“Fuck!”

“My leg!”

“Help! Help!”

The Australian referee was crying out for help.

However, just as the volunteers and Chinese athletes around were about to instinctively help him up, they realized who he was and stopped in their tracks. Instead, they took out their cell phones to record the dumbfounded weightlifting referees!

“The refs got beaten up!”

“They’re the referees from the weightlifting event!”

“Quick, come and see this!”

“Record it!”

“Damn, who did this?”

The security guards came running over as well!

Some employees on the Organizing Committee also rushed over!

“What’s going on?”

“How did something like this happen?”

“What went on over here?”

“Hurry, help them up first!”

“Where’s the medical staff? Let them have a look!”

“They’re fine, they didn’t suffer any fractures!”

More and more people gathered. Even some of the media arrived to take a look!

Everyone who saw it could only feel a sense of shock and disbelief. This was an Olympic venue, a place with the highest security. How could something like this have happened? How could do it? Who could be so brazen? Who could be so bold!

The media was dumbfounded!

The Organizing Committee staff were dumbfounded!

The local and foreign athletes were dumbfounded!

Beating up referees at an Olympic venue? No one had come across something like this before!

…

Back at home.

His parents were cursing at the television!

His father said, “Good thing we didn’t go watch the weightlifting event tonight, else I’d have been so pissed off!”

His mother said, “Those foreigners are such bastards! How dare they pick on us in our backyard? Who gave them the guts to do that? Who gave them the authority?”

The criticism on the Internet was still going on!

The entertainment industry was criticizing it!

The Chinese media was criticizing it!

The netizens were criticizing it!

“Is there no place to reason this out?”

“These people should just die!”

“Brothers, let’s dox 1 those fellas!”

“Someone’s already identified those five refs!”

“Fuck, who wants to go with me to confront them?”

“Fuck! Let’s go fucking beat them up!”

“Yeah, we won’t take this lying down!”

“Count me in! I’ll go as well! I’ve really been enraged today!”

“Go? How are we going to go? That is a restricted area in the Olympic grounds. Can any of you even make it inside?”

“So we’re just going to do nothing about it then?”

Ever since the weightlifting event finished, the people cursed and scolded, for a full hour. But all of a sudden, countless news reports appeared. It had come so suddenly all the netizens were caught unawares. Everyone was tongue-tied!

“Five weightlifting referees assaulted!”

“An unexpected incident in an Olympic stadium!”

“Referees fall and injure themselves, or perhaps it was caused by someone else!”

“Police Investigating!”

“Could the surveillance footage shed a light on what really happened?”

“Just what happened in the stadium?”

On Central TV Sports Channel: “Oh, we have just received a piece of news…”

Beijing Television: “An incident has taken place in an Olympic stadium. Let’s take a look at a video footage!”

A video recorded at the scene was shown!

The five weightlifting referees who were earlier on television in all their swagger looked miserable in the video clip. Some of them were bleeding from the nose, and some of them had bumps on their heads as all of them laid on the ground crying out in pain!

With this, it became very lively on Weibo!

In an instant, the video clip was Liked over 200,000 times!

The netizens were so delighted they seemed to be welcoming the new year!

“Wow!”

“Hahahaha!”

“This is too awesome!”

“Serves them right! They fucking deserved it!”

“What goes around comes around! Who does Heaven forgive?”

“What a release! This is such a goddamn release!”

“Aiyo, I’m laughing like crazy! This feels so good!”

“Damn, the referees got beaten up in an Olympic stadium? I thought that place was out of bounds to the regular people? Who beat them up then? Just what is going on here? Let me Like this a million times first before I go check it out!”

“Could it have been a volunteer who did it?”

“Haha! All I want to say is, well done!”

“Which hero did this? Let us prostrate in worship to that person!”

“That was too goddamn brilliant!”

“This is the greatest piece of news I’ve seen this year!”

Yao Jiancai Liked the Weibo video. “Haha!”

Zhang Xia gave it a Like too!

Zhang Yuanqi’s manager also hit Like!

Huo Dongfang Liked it!

A Heavenly King Liked it!

A certain Heavenly Queen posted a winking emoticon in response!

The Beijing Times forwarded the post!

The official Weibo of a Beijing district police station Liked and forwarded it before immediately deleting all traces of both!

The people did not have much qualms about their reactions to the incident, but the entertainment industry celebrities and officials had to be careful about what they did or said. That was because they were public figures and anything they said could be seen as wrong. But they were also using their own methods to express their attitudes regarding the incident!

Zhang Ye’s father was startled. “The referees were beaten up?”

His mother yelled in approval, “Well done! Well done!”

How truly satisfying!

The incident made so many people feel very happy!

Although there were also many experts and media putting on a show by stepping forward to criticize such actions, the general public was not bothered. Everyone was just intrigued by who could have done this and if it was done by one of the volunteers or workers. Or perhaps, one of the Chinese athletes or coaches?

The foreign media was also giving a lot of attention to this matter!

“Police investigating and checking surveillance footage!”

“According to eyewitness accounts, no fighting in the stadium!”

“Injured referees lodge complaint to Organizing Committee!”

“Were they beaten up? Or was it just an accident?”

“The truth shall be revealed soon!”

…

Later that night.

At Zhang Ye’s Studio.

Zhang Ye drove back here hastily. When he came in through the door, he saw that Ha Qiqi, Zhang Zuo, and the others were actually still in the office. They were all chattering and watching television.

Zhang Ye was taken aback. “Whoa, working overtime?”

Ha Qiqi quickly said, “Aiyo, Director Zhang, why did you get back this late?”

Zhang Zuo said in a good mood, “We just saw some news that made all of us so happy that we don’t intend to go home yet.”

“This wouldn’t be included in the overtime pay, right?” Zhang Ye said stingily.

“Why are you bringing up overtime pay, Director Zhang? You’re too much of a penny-pincher.” Little Wang said joyfully, “Have you watched the news yet? Something big has just happened! Those weightlifting referees got injured!”

Zhang Ye shrugged and said, “Of course I know.”

Wu Yi laughed heartily. “They’re currently investigating which hero did it!”

“That was so cool!” Little Wang said, “I hope the surveillance cameras did not manage to record anything. Otherwise, that person might get into trouble. If it’s an athlete from our country, they’re likely to get banned from competing.”

Zhang Ye laughed and said, “Don’t worry, an athlete didn’t do it.”

Ha Qiqi immediately said, “Director Zhang, quickly go and give the Weibo post a Like. We’re currently working on gaining you a good public image, so you shouldn’t miss out on latching onto an opportunity like this.”

Zhang Zuo nodded. “That’s right, you should say a few words on your Weibo or at least post a status update.”

But Zhang Ye waved it off. “No need.”

“Why not?” Ha Qiqi was taken aback.

Suddenly, the scene on Central TV’s live broadcast changed. It was still showing a recap of today’s Olympic Games events before it cut back to the studio. Then the host said, “We interrupt this broadcast to report that we have just received an important update on the injured referees. We have gotten our hands on footage that will reveal what happened at the scene.”

The video footage was shown on the broadcast!

The country’s citizens were jolted!

“Who did it?”

“Quick, let’s have a look!”

At present, the number of people watching and waiting in anticipation was uncountable.

Ha Qiqi, Zhang Zuo, and the others also crowded around the television.

Then, the figures of five referees appeared in the surveillance footage, the exact ones who had been injured in the incident. They could be seen walking in a hurry and were even chatting and joking with one another. The next second, a key figure appeared in frame. As the two sides approached each other, right as they were passing each other, what happened was not as described by the news involving a violent beating or a fight scene as imagined by everyone!

It happened in a flash just as they passed each other!

The young man in the surveillance footage maliciously stretched out a leg to trip one of them!

The next instant, the country’s citizens were dumbfounded as they saw the five referees chaotically fall to the ground!

The young man had his hand in his pockets and even sounded like he was humming a song. The surveillance footage then got a close up shot of the young man, leading to everyone in the country reacting like they had their tails stepped on!

Ha Qiqi turned around in shock!

Little Wang shrieked!

Zhang Zuo and Wu Yi also stared in shock at Zhang Ye, who was standing behind them!

It was Director Zhang!

The person in the footage was actually Director Zhang!

Everyone in Zhang Ye’s Studio nearly fainted!

Ha Qiqi stood up by supporting herself with the table. “Director Zhang, it was you?!”

Zhang Zuo was nearly in tears. “Director Zhang, didn’t we already agree on generating a positive public image for you? We just talked about it this morning!”

Zhang Ye was also feeling a little embarrassed. “I was too impulsive.”

Ha Qiqi said angrily, “No, you did it knowingly!”

Zhang Ye gave a hollow laugh. “You all should already know this temper of mine. I won’t do it again.”

Everyone in the studio could only give each other looks and sigh. Alright then, it looked like they would really have to get back to work and put in some overtime. They should have known better that it wouldn’t be that easy being a part of Zhang Ye’s management team. Everyone in Zhang Ye’s Studio smiled bitterly as they prepared to welcome the impending storm!

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