Chapter Five: The Blockade That Failed

On Qiming Sports' third day, all seven Linjiang television stations refused to broadcast Blaze. Their reasons ranged from equipment maintenance to scheduling conflicts. The last station was blunt. "Hanhai Entertainment bought regional distribution for the second division. Anyone showing Blaze loses top-league matches next year." Three academy partner schools canceled. The shirt factory demanded payment in full. Even the team-bus company doubled its price. "This isn't business. It's a blockade!" Zhao Mingda cried. "Of course it is." Chenzhou studied a map. "Chengze spent sixty-eight million on distribution rights. He deserves to hear some noise." "Two million people reserved the next cup match. Without a signal, that attention disappears."