Fiery Bird's representatives wanted to try a few more times to convince Fang Zhao before giving up. Even if Fang Zhao only appeared at the All-star Match, it would still generate a lot of publicity. The amount of influence Fang Zhao had in esports circles couldn't be compared with thhe amount other athletes had.

Fiery Bird's representatives had crafted three different messages to send to Fang Zhao depending on whether Fang Zhao's dissertation defense went poorly, went well, or was borderline. They had also arranged for someone to provide them with real-time report of Fang Zhao's dissertation. With this, they could choose which message to send once Fang Zhao's dissertation defense was complete.

They were preparing additional reasons against Fang Zhao's expected decline. Yet, they never expected…

"Fang Zhao said he would give us a reply in two hours time."

"It's great that he didn't decline straight away! This means that Fang Zhao has some desire to participate in the match, just th