basketball behind the spotlight

Chapter 161
Back in the office, Lu Ziqiu asked Yu Qin to call the PR department and arranged for them to communicate with Yang Xiaojing, trying to minimize the impact on the team.

After finishing the work arrangements, he started to read the news, mainly reading reports from Lin Qian.

Her report attracted attention as always, but her words changed from the previous style and became particularly sharp, pointing directly at the league's intention to manipulate the game.

This caused a huge response on the Internet, with hundreds of thousands of articles read and replied.

Lu Ziqiu looked at them one by one, and unexpectedly, no one targeted him this time, which surprised him a little.

But thinking about the absurd things the referee did last night, it would be weird if people didn't get criticized. I really don't understand if the league is out of their minds.

Before he knew it, at noon, Yu Qin called him a lunch box and was surprised to see that he was still watching the news, "General Manager, have you been watching the news?"

It's no wonder she was so surprised, usually he never reads the news, but he has been watching it twice today.

Lu Ziqiu laughed and said, "I just found out today that sometimes online news looks quite interesting."

Seeing his complacency, Yu Qin couldn't help giving him a blank look, "Are you reading Lin Qian's report?"

Lu Ziqiu proudly replied: "Of course, if you don't read hers, who else?" It seems that he wrote it.

"Hurry up and eat, no matter how you look at it, it's impossible for Lin Qian to crawl out of the computer." Yu Qin teased, and put the lunch box on the coffee table.

Lu Ziqiu got up and walked over, and knocked her on the head with a smile, "Little girl, you're getting better and better."

"It's you who are disrespectful."

"I'm old?"

"Then I'm young?"

Lu Ziqiu was choked for a moment and couldn't speak. He thought he was not stupid, but he was powerless against Yu Qin, Diana and Yang Xiaojing.

While joking, Xia Hongfei came suddenly.

Lu Ziqiu had no choice but to ask Yu Qin to put away the lunch box and invite him to sit down.

Xia Hongfei had a frowning face, and after sitting down, he couldn't help but sighed, "You've been suspended for [-] games, and you still have the heart to eat?"

Lu Ziqiu was speechless, "Are you worried about this?"

"It's not just me who is worried, all shareholders are worried. Originally, we had a great chance to make the playoffs this year. If you have been suspended for so many games, I am afraid this season will be cold again."

"Isn't there still half a season left? As long as the players stay healthy, it's more than enough to make it to the playoffs when I come back." In the past, he always avoided it if he could, but if he didn't give Xia Hongfei a reassurance today, I'm afraid He will be bored to death in the days to come.

Xia Hongfei's anxiety was not dispelled by his self-confidence, "I really don't understand where your self-confidence comes from. To be honest, I really don't see much hope for these [-] games because of your suspension. Once the gap is too large, even if you come back, what use will it be? It’s better to be bad.”

Going to mess up again?

It turned out that this was the real purpose of his coming to find himself.

Are there pitfalls in this group of people's minds?Why do you want to spoil it at every turn?

But Lu Ziqiu couldn't possibly agree. After last season's poor performance, Han Bin almost wanted to leave the team. How could he do it all over again if he made it into a whole?

"Please believe in the strength of the players. With their current strength, it is not a big problem to maintain a [-]% winning percentage. With their current strength, I think it will not be difficult to increase the record to [-]% in the second half of the season."

"But what if we actually make it to the playoffs? With such a record, it is very likely that we will meet the top two teams in the first round. With our strength, we can't beat them at all."

"For me, not winning the championship is a failure. Since I want to win the championship, I have to meet a strong team sooner or later. What's the difference between an early round and a late round?"

Xia Hongfei disagreed, and said a lot. The purpose is obvious, that is, to play badly, so as to get a good draft pick next season, but even if his lips are worn out, Lu Ziqiu will never play badly, and his attitude is very clear .

Xia Hongfei had no choice but to say goodbye and leave at last. At this time, he suddenly regretted signing the agreement. Now he must pay some money to terminate the contract with Lu Ziqiu, or he can only listen to him.

After Yu Qin sent Xia Hongfei away and returned, he felt a little worried, "I think the chairman is not very satisfied with your decision, do you want to reconsider his suggestion?" If Lu Ziqiu leaves and changes to a general manager, her The good times are coming to an end, and she will never think that there is another general manager who can be as easy-going as he is.

Lu Ziqiu smiled wryly, "His suggestion is simply ridiculous."

"But he is the chairman after all."

"Don't worry about him, let's continue eating."

But the food was cold, and he couldn't eat it even if he wanted to. In desperation, Lu Ziqiu could only ask Yu Qin to make two more copies.

Just after Yu Qin left for a while, Lin Qian called and told him that the alliance had found their company.

"What did they say?" The speed is really fast, it only took half a day.

"I don't know how to say it, but the editor-in-chief has already talked to me."

"What are you talking about?"

Lin Qian smiled and said, "There's nothing to talk about, because I fired him."

Lu Ziqiu was stunned for a while before saying, "It's not like you to be so impulsive."

"Have you repented?"

"I can't wish for it. Later, I'll ask Yu Qin to book a ticket for you. Come here as soon as possible, and have fun with everyone at night."

"I've already booked a ticket. I'll arrive at five in the afternoon. You don't have to pick me up. I'll just take a taxi."

Lu Ziqiu didn't expect her to move so fast, and he couldn't help being stunned for a while before replying: "Okay, then I'll go back early and wait for you."

The two chatted for a while, Yu Qin arrived, and Xia Kexin came over just as she was about to eat, Lu Ziqiu asked her if she had eaten.

She nodded, "You haven't eaten yet?"

The two nodded with wry smiles, even if they wanted to have a good meal.

"Then you eat first, and I have something to tell you after eating."

Lu Ziqiu saw her serious face, how could he be in the mood to eat? "Do you have something to tell me?"

"Let's talk after you finish eating." Xia Kexin insisted.

Lu Ziqiu frowned, "Did your father ask you to come and find me?" Besides this, what could be the matter now?

Xia Kexin smiled wryly, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you."

"Do you want you to persuade me to show up?"

Xia Kexin nodded helplessly, "The shareholders had a meeting in the morning, and at the meeting, everyone had no confidence in this season, so they suggested that the show be bad."

"Suggestion? Hehe." Lu Ziqiu dropped his chopsticks with a sneer, and asked in a deep voice, "Should I be notified during the meeting about the team?"

Yu Qin was startled, and hurried over to help him pick up the chopsticks, "Speak up if you have something to say, don't get angry."

Lu Ziqiu took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down, and sighed after a while, "Tell me, you came to me even though you knew I wouldn't agree, did they come up with some reason to convince you? "

(End of this chapter)