basketball behind the spotlight

Chapter 104 No puppets are allowed

That night, Lu Wei and Lan Feng came to visit.

As soon as they met, Lu Ziqiu pointed at Lan Feng and reprimanded him, "Why did you bring Luo Mang and the others to make trouble while I was away?"

Lan Feng frowned twice, "We didn't cause trouble." It was so loud, it didn't seem like a fake.

"Then let me ask you, why don't you come home at night? Why don't you obey the team's management?"

"It was agreed at the beginning that as long as we don't delay training and games, the team will not care about us, but after you were hospitalized, everything changed."

Lu Ziqiu frowned, Lan Feng would not lie about such a matter.

Lu Wei sighed: "It's true that the management has gone too far, no wonder they are here."

"what is the problem?"

"After you were hospitalized, our five main players played for more than 40 minutes in almost every game. When the score was close, we didn't even have to rest for a minute. Let alone me, even Lan Feng's body couldn't bear it."

Lan Feng continued with Lu Wei's words, "We all recognize these. After all, we are not cowards, but later the team decided to play badly. In order not to lose too badly, we have to fight hard. How can we agree?"

"Is this really the case?" Lu Ziqiu suppressed his anger and turned to look at Xia Kexin.

Xia Kexin lowered her head guiltily, not daring to look at him.

Lu Wei explained for her: "It's no wonder Coach Xia and Coach George are responsible for this matter. After all, they are not the head coaches on the field. Everything is decided by Thompson and Harris, and they have the backing of the board of directors, so they are so unscrupulous. .”

Lu Ziqiu took a deep breath, looked away and asked, "What's the matter with not coming back that night?"

Lan Feng was noncommittal, shrugging his shoulders and said: "Before you were hospitalized, we were often away. Why didn't they say it before? Isn't it because we don't want to play and let them lose face to face the fans of Yancheng? "

It turned out to be the case.

Lu Ziqiu finally understood what was going on, so he sincerely expressed his apology to Lan Feng.

"How can this be your fault?"

"As the head coach, I was angry with you before I figured out the reason. Isn't it wrong?"

Lan Feng couldn't answer for a while, so he could only ask Lu Wei for help. Lu Wei knew Lu Ziqiu too well, and he didn't know what to say at this time.

Fortunately, after Lu Ziqiu apologized, he changed the subject, "How are your injuries?"

Both said it was fine, it was just a minor injury, and it did not affect the game.

While chatting, the three of Luo Mang also came over.

This was really beyond Lu Ziqiu's expectation.

After the three came in, they almost turned a blind eye to Xia Kexin, and didn't even say hello.

Xia Kexin was really suffering and couldn't tell, but she really didn't know how to explain it, so she could only turn around and walk into the garden silently.

Han Bin frowned and asked, "Why didn't you tell us when you were discharged from the hospital?"

"Don't you also know now?" Lu Ziqiu smiled and stood up, inviting them to sit down.

Lin Sen looked at him from top to bottom, "You didn't hurt your brain, did you?"

"What do you say?"

"It's good that I didn't get hurt. If my brain is broken, I will leave."

Lu Ziqiu couldn't help laughing, and scenes of the past suddenly came to mind, "I haven't convinced you yet, how could I let you go?"

"It's not that easy to convince me of you."

"There will be that day."

Lin Sen glanced at his mouth, "I'll wait." The words fell and he sat down.

Han Bin also sat down, but Luo Mang stood still with no expression on his face.

He is such a person, and Lu Ziqiu did not insist, "I'm sorry, I didn't do what I promised you."

Luo Mang frowned, but didn't speak.

Lin Sen pretended not to hear.

Han Bin smiled and said, "At least you still have some credibility."

"Forget about this season. You should recuperate your injuries and train when you need to. Remember to slowly strengthen your weaknesses according to Coach George's training plan. How about we fight side by side again at the beginning of next season?"

The other four nodded silently, while Lan Feng asked hesitantly, "Are you going to give up this season completely?"

"Yes, I will also be away for a while."

"The coaching staff won't ask us to play again?"

"will not."

Lin Sen said in a deep voice, "It's pure nonsense to let me play and lose on purpose."

"That's right, I can't do it either." Han Bin nodded.

The other three also nodded silently.

After they left, Lu Ziqiu went out to visit Xia Kexin.

With her chin on her knees, Xia Kexin sat in the garden with her back to the living room.

Lu Ziqiu walked over and knelt down, and said softly, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have blamed you before."

Xia Kexin looked at him, and gently stroked the hair that was blown away by the evening wind, "I don't blame you. If I stood firmly on their side back then, they wouldn't blame me either."

Lu Ziqiu reached out to help her, "Go back to the house, it's cold outside."

"I want to stay for a while, you go back first."

"But I'm hungry and Diana isn't here, so you can't let me make supper by myself? My legs won't last long."

Only then did Xia Kexin wake up, and quickly reached out to help him, "Get up quickly, don't squat down."

Lu Ziqiu smiled slightly, "You don't have to worry so much, I won't even be able to squat for a while."

Early the next morning, Lu Ziqiu went to Xia Hongfei, and asked Xia Hongfei face to face about what Lan Feng and the others had raised.

Xia Hongfei was stunned for a moment, he never thought that he would come to him for this matter.

Lu Ziqiu frowned at him, waiting for his reply.

After a while, Xia Hongfei nodded with a wry smile, "The employment of Thompson and the others was indeed questionable, but we can't really blame them. At that time, the team's record was not good, and you had a car accident. Everyone was under a lot of pressure."

"A lot of pressure?" Lu Ziqiu laughed in a low voice. After laughing, his eyes flashed suddenly, "The pressure can't be an excuse at all."

Xia Hongfei frowned and did not reply.

"I don't care what the board of directors have done before, and I don't want to pursue it anymore, but I only have one request. Before the start of next season, I don't want to see Thompson and Harris again. This is my bottom line and is not negotiable."

The corners of Xia Hongfei's mouth twitched after hearing this, "Although they made mistakes in using players, their original intention was also for the good of the team. Why do you have to do this?"

"They don't understand that respecting players is the biggest mistake. I will not allow such people to appear in my coaching team."

"Isn't it necessary to negotiate?"

Lu Ziqiu shook his head resolutely, "Chairman, we have an agreement first, and I hope the board of directors can abide by our agreement." He had completely lost his patience, and at this moment he suggested that even if the board of directors wanted to trade Lan Feng and others, they should not act rashly.

"Others are easy to talk about, but the two of them are old heroes of the team. If we terminate the contract with them like this, I'm afraid it will be hard to convince people."

"I'm sorry, if the team doesn't terminate the contract with them, then I will leave." Without further words, he turned around and left.

He had seen through Xia Hongfei a long time ago. He was a man of both sides. If he didn't put pressure on him in advance, the board of directors might go crazy when Thompson and Harris were fired.

What's more, what happened this time made him think a lot. If he wants to make some achievements, he must never allow the puppets with the board of directors to stay in the team.

(End of this chapter)