basketball behind the spotlight

Chapter 268 The Heart of the Villain
The team's preparations were still in full swing. Xia Hongfei and the board of directors saw that the team was playing so well, so in order not to affect the team's preparation plan, they directly rejected the endorsement advertisement.

The game was held as scheduled.

Out of the protection of Lan Feng, he was still arranged to rest in this game.

Although he is still on the roster, Lan Feng understands that since the coach told him to rest him, it is absolutely impossible for him to play, even if he loses.

But now we have reached the Eastern Conference Finals, and every game is very important, so Lan Feng still took the initiative to ask for a fight, "Coach, let me go, I have already worn my eyes, there will be no problems."

But he was still rejected by Lu Ziqiu, "The opponent's Lin Dong and Dai Jin are suspended for this game. If you still need to go up and fight like this, how can you win the championship?"

Lan Feng was unwilling to back down for a long time, but he didn't say anything, just stared at Lu Ziqiu with his stubborn eyes.

Lu Ziqiu took a deep breath, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Believe in me and everyone." If it was any other player, Lu Ziqiu could have refused directly. With his current prestige in the team, no one would dare to disobey him. Listen, but Lan Feng is different from others after all, they are more like friends.

Seeing this, the players also came to persuade Lan Feng one after another, and Han Bin even assured him, "Before you come back, I guarantee that the team will never fall behind."

Seeing that Lan Feng was still unwilling to listen to persuasion, George pulled Lu Ziqiu aside, "How about this? You promise him that if the situation is unfavorable, let him play, otherwise this stalemate is not an option."

Lu Ziqiu smiled wryly, "How can I guarantee that the situation is always in our favour, but the field is ever-changing?" He also knew that he could say that, but in case there was a really unfavorable situation, would he be allowed to play?If he is not allowed to play, he will definitely be angry. With his temper, no one who will let him play in the future can guarantee that he will not explode on the court, but if he is allowed to play, what if he is injured again?
"It's not like you, aren't you always full of confidence?"

Lu Ziqiu was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly realized, yes, if I don't even dare to guarantee this, wouldn't it make the players think that they have no confidence to win?
After figuring this out, he no longer hesitated, "Okay, then do it according to your method."

George smiled slightly and said relievedly: "This is Lu Ziqiu, let's go, solve Lan Feng's problem as soon as possible, so that everyone can go out to warm up earlier."

When they went back, Lan Feng still stared at Lu Ziqiu with burning eyes, waiting for him to withdraw his order.

Lu Ziqiu smiled wryly, and could only say George's suggestion just now. Although Lan Feng was still unwilling, his tense expression finally relaxed a little, "Coach, you said this, don't lie to me."

Lu Ziqiu thumped his chest haha, and then waved to the players, "Okay, let's all get ready to go out and warm up."

At this moment, the door of the locker room was pushed open, and Xia Hongfei walked in with the members of the board of directors smiling, "Did I bother you?"

The players frowned slightly. They didn't have much affection for this group of bosses.

Lu Ziqiu smiled and shook his head, "Why are you all here?"

"I just came to see you." After saying that, Xia Hongfei glanced at everyone and said with a smile: "Everyone's performance is very good, but we hope that everyone will fight bravely on the field and play the style of our Wolves."

The players didn't respond immediately, but were a little dazed.

Seeing this, Lu Wei quickly jumped out to express his opinion.

Lu Ziqiu also signaled everyone to follow through with his eyes, and in this way, the players all expressed their opinions that there was no problem.

Fortunately, Xia Hongfei and the others also knew the importance of everyone's warm-up, so they didn't say much, they just encouraged them and left.

After leaving the locker room, including Xia Hongfei, the faces of all the shareholders darkened. The players were obviously perfunctory just now. This kind of behavior disappointed them greatly and at the same time they were full of opinions on Lu Ziqiu.

When Lu Ziqiu proposed to resign before, except for Xia Hongfei, the other shareholders tried their best to keep him, but after today's announcement, their mentality has also changed.

A shareholder who couldn't control his emotions said: "Old Xia, I finally understand why you didn't keep him at the beginning. You are right. A coach who is arrogant like him is indeed not suitable for us."

There are also relatively calm shareholders. Although their mentality has also changed, they can't help but frown after hearing this, "You can't say that, Ziqiu's ability lies there. Without him, we would not have achieved such a big achievement." Achievement."

"That's right, although Ziqiu's attitude is sometimes a bit tough, but after thinking about it, if he hadn't kept other people from intervening in the team's affairs, I'm afraid it would be difficult for us to achieve such results now."

"What's your name? According to you, does it mean that if we intervene, it will destroy the development of the team?"

"Don't forget, we didn't agree with the deals he made at the beginning, but judging from now, he is not wrong."

"Perhaps it would be better not to trade? Who knows what didn't happen?"

"That's right, at least Lu Wei's performance in leading the team to play games this season is very good. This is enough to prove that our team is actually quite strong. Perhaps it is very possible to play with a different coach."

Because of Lu Ziqiu's matter, the shareholders were divided into two factions again. Seeing that it would be difficult to end the quarrel, Xia Hongfei had to jump out of the game, "Everyone, calm down, Ziqiu has made a clear decision to leave, we What's the point of arguing here?"

But the quarrels are all quarrels, and the daring of these people will not change because of this. Xia Hongfei is very sure of this, otherwise he wouldn't have come out so late to smooth things over.

The shareholders gradually calmed down, but some shareholders still felt that letting Lu Ziqiu go would have too much impact on the team, "Old Xia, you and Ziqiu have been relieved a lot, why don't you talk to him again?"

Xia Hongfei frowned.

Another shareholder also persuaded: "That's right, Lao Xia, at least he must figure out why he is leaving. If he is going to another team, the threat to us will be great. Think about it, everyone, if he goes to other teams Team, how many of our players will stay?"

Everyone didn't think about it at first, but they couldn't help being shocked when they heard this, and some shareholders immediately became impatient, "Yes, Lao Xia, think about it, the contracts of Lan Feng and the six of them will not last until the end of this season. There are player options, once they choose to opt out of the contract, we will lose a lot."

"What a vicious mind, I only now understand why he chose to leave at this time."

Hearing this, Xia Hongfei was no longer calm, "Okay, I'll ask Kexin to talk to him immediately later, we really can't be careless about this kind of thing."

If in the past, Lan Feng and others left, they didn't care, but now it's different, they have completely played out, if they jumped out of the contract and left, it would not be so easy to sign other players to make up for it up.

(End of this chapter)