Maybe Coach Dako had grown resentful because of that, and that was why he'd gotten into a huge fight with Wang Yi."
The article then described the whole altercation between Wang Yi and Coach Dako in such vivid detail that it was hard not to believe it had really happened.
The whole thing read like a classic case of "one picture to start, the rest made up."
The author was quite skilled at fabrication, too. The story was written in a gripping way.
He was also very careful with his wording.
He never said Wang Yi liked the girl, nor did he write that the two of them were in love with each other. He merely said they had a "good impression" of each other.
After all, what man wouldn't be taken with such a pretty cheerleader?
And who wouldn't be taken with an NBA superstar as handsome as Wang Yi?
The reporter also never said that the head coach and the girl had feelings for each other, or made any claims about what was going on between them. He simply mentioned that "the two had been seeing each other."
That wasn't malicious slander. Wang Yi's legal team wouldn't sue him over it.
Even if they did, he'd only said that Wang Yi and the girl had a good impression of each other. Was that wrong?
Even if Wang Yi and the girl didn't actually like each other, saying so would do no harm. It couldn't be considered a rumor.
As for Wang Yi getting into a fight with head coach Dako, at worst, that was a nasty rumor. It wasn't malicious slander.
Even if Wang Yi's legal team insisted on suing him, there were countless other articles like this online. Could Wang Yi sue them all?
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