Really Was It Yang Yang!

The headquarters of a Chinese web portal.

Starting at eight in the morning, aside from being as busy as usual handling all kinds of affairs, the employees in the news department would occasionally stop and ask a male colleague in the middle of the office, concerned, "Any news? Has it come out?"

The male colleague was staring intently at his computer monitor. The browser displayed a French-language webpage—the official website of France Football Magazine—and it automatically refreshed every two or three seconds.

Whenever a colleague asked him, the man would shake his head, but his gaze never left the monitor.

This was his job today!

The day before, they had received reliable news from their European counterparts that France Football Magazine would announce this year's European Golden Ball Award winner today. Who would it be? That was the answer the entire world was eagerly awaiting.

The previous day, the Manchester Evening News had broken the news that Denis Chaumier had been spotted at Manchester Airport, and had therefore concluded early on that Cristiano Ronaldo had won the award.

However, according to the website's sources in Europe, the Manchester Evening News's report was inaccurate. Denis Chaumier had indeed appeared at Manchester Airport, but he had gone to Liverpool. The newspaper had made a colossal blunder.

"They don't even have a chance to explain themselves, because France Football Magazine will officially announce the result on its website first thing today, and newspapers all over the world are waiting for the French to give them the answer."

It wasn't just newspapers, either. Websites were waiting as well!

At that very moment, practically every news website in China was surely watching France Football Magazine's official website and waiting for the latest news. Some would even do what this web portal had done: assign someone