Pokémon: Thunder Shatters the Darkness

"It's right here. Please wait a moment."

The security guard pushed open a big door, pointed inside and said to the boy:

"Minister Qu hasn't arrived yet, you can take a rest first."

"Thank you."

The security guard nodded politely to Yang Xiao: "You're welcome."

When Yang Xiao passed by him, his eyes followed him closely, revealing a hint of envy and emotion.

So young.

Are you qualified to participate in this competition at this age?

No wonder he was able to come for the interview after the preliminary selection.

It is no wonder that Minister Qu chose to drive here late at night even though he was on vacation today.

Young and promising.

thump.

Hearing the door being closed, Yang Xiao naturally took the remote control on the table, turned on the air conditioner, then pulled out a chair and sat on it.

The warm wind whistled, and Yang Xiao felt a little warmer.

Looking around, this is just an ordinary meeting room.

There is a long table in the center, and on the right side there is a simple private desk with a little dust on it, and some tea pets and other decorations.

Apparently, at least it's commonly used here recently.

After looking around here, Yang Xiao took out his mobile phone, thought for a moment, opened the browser, and started searching for something.

After about thirty or forty minutes, the sound of footsteps outside gradually approached. Yang Xiao raised his head and put away his phone, knowing that someone was coming.

Clang.

"I'm sorry, I kept you waiting."

The door opened and a middle-aged man wearing glasses, who looked a little thin and was in his thirties, walked in with a smile.

He was covered in snow and dust, and was carrying a computer bag in his hand.

"fine."

Just as Yang Xiao was about to stand up, he saw the other party smiling and pressing his hand:

"Sit, sit, sit. No need to stand up. By the way, Qi Xu told you something..."

He didn't finish his words, but gestured something with his free hand and then looked at Yang Xiao.

"said."

Yang Xiao paused, then added: "But I didn't say much, we still need to discuss the details."

"Ok."

The middle-aged man did not continue talking after he finished speaking. Instead, he took out his notebook and put it on the table, then took off his clothes and shook them.

The snowflakes fell on the ground, forming a thin layer.

After doing all this, he lifted the cuffs of his sweater, sat opposite Yang Xiao with a smile on his face, and said slowly:

"Now, we can have a good chat."

The first thing he did was to spread his hands towards Yang Xiao, and then said:

"Before everything begins, I think I need to tell you that you are the eighteenth 'seed player' we selected after careful consideration."

Number eighteen?

Yang Xiao raised his eyebrows, then jumped a few times, and then seemed to think of something, and gradually calmed down.

He knew why.

The middle-aged man seemed not to notice this, and continued:

"Among all the players currently registered for the competition, you are the youngest, and the time it took you to be promoted to a professional trainer is also one of the shortest."

“But we still have extremely high expectations of you.”

"Therefore, we learned that you would come to Zhongyu the day before yesterday and assumed that you would participate in the competition, so we ranked you 18th in the singles competition..."

"As for the team competition, you and our hypothetical teammate Qi Xu... have no seed ranking."

Done.

He deliberately paused for a few seconds to give the boy time to digest the thought.

Yang Xiao nodded slightly but said nothing.

after awhile.

The middle-aged man took the initiative to turn the laptop around, facing the screen towards the boy, and pushed it over:

"Here are some of our arrangements for the time and process of the event. Please take a look and see if you have any objections."

Hear the words.

Yang Xiao glanced over.

[The qualifying round will start on January 2023, 1 and will last for three days.

Content: To determine at least 128 players who will advance to the competition.

Supplement: The team competition will determine at least 64 players.

[The competition opens on January 1 and lasts for three days.

Content: To determine the top 16 players in the inter-provincial competition.

Supplement: The team competition will be postponed for one day and will start on the 26th and 27th. The top 16 will also be selected.

[The final battle will begin on January 1th and will last for three days.

Content: Producing Champions

Supplement: Team competition is the same as above]

After a quick glance at the screen, Yang Xiao raised his eyebrows again.

This time.

He looked at the middle-aged man opposite with some surprise.

As if he had anticipated his reaction, the middle-aged man pushed his glasses with a smile and said with a hint of pride:

"Indeed, the first dual-province professional competition has a large number of participating professional trainers..."

"This is because we are not only targeting the two provinces, multiple cities and several counties, but also those places that are further away."

"I'm not even exaggerating when I say that the combined number of participants for our two events this time is close to 2,000, but we don't need that many people, so we eliminated a lot of them."

The middle-aged man had a smile on his face:

"In terms of the enthusiasm among the players, we have no shortage of it."

"As for the popularity of other shows, our group has already signed contracts with the authorities in advance and is preparing to do a lot of online promotion starting tomorrow."

Done.

He put his hands together and said excitedly:

"So, you don't have to worry about other issues. We will never do anything that would harm your business value or anything else just for the sake of popularity."

"In our competition, even if you can't beat those experienced professional trainers, you will definitely learn a lot."

"I might as well give you a hint."

“Although you are only ranked 18th in the singles competition in our prediction, it is actually not low, and many people are following you and are looking forward to seeing your performance.”

"Because you are indeed too young. There are quite a few of us who are at the top of the Bright Silver level...haha."

"Since you are here, it means you want to participate. If you have no objection to the schedule, we can move on."

Moving back to the computer, the middle-aged man slid his fingertips across the touchpad, as if calling up a table, and then looked at the boy opposite him again.

And Yang Xiao was looking at him silently.

It should be said that it is very professional.

He introduces you to this event in many ways.

In terms of strength, there is no doubt about it.

When he was on the train, he noticed that someone had been paying attention to Qi Xu before, but quickly approached him after seeing him.

The wariness in his eyes was replaced by disguised admiration in an instant.

It’s a good act, but Yang Xiao is the master in this area.

I guess the precautions are because of this event.

In terms of popularity, the only time the middle-aged man mentioned the "group" in the entire article was when he promised to do publicity and promotion.

This has been guaranteed.

If the popularity can be guaranteed, then the trainer only needs to show how strong he is and he won't have to worry about being seen by the public.

No wonder there are so many professional trainers participating.

In fact.

With so many people participating, the popularity itself cannot be too low. We can only say that they complement each other.

"no disagreement."

After a brief moment of contemplation, Yang Xiao responded: "We can continue the conversation."

"call."

The middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief, not knowing whether he was pretending to do so for Yang Xiao to see:

"Great, please let me repeat it quickly. There are indeed many people paying attention to you. Especially after Qi Xu first expressed your intention to participate in the competition to us, and we leaked it a little bit..."

The middle-aged man spread his hands and said exaggeratedly:

"Many universities have submitted investment application reports to us... After all, except for a few, the national college league is basically a group of professional trainers."

"So, what do you think about the ultimate reward?"

“Just speak your mind.”

The middle-aged man waved his hand and said loudly: "If you can become the champion, runner-up and third place, what do you want to get in order?"

"Just tell us, we'll discuss it and then confirm it right away... Don't change it midway, think it over first."