Chapter 153: Nothing to do with You
Fu Yansheng moved his gaze back to the screen in front of him and said, “That Bai Cao just said that they’ve known each other since five years ago, but before Xiao Ye was poached by FTD, their team’s best result was eighth in the country. As soon as Xiao Ye left, their performance plummeted. Bai Cao is considered the strongest next to Xiao Ye. He’s made great progress in the past two years and he can now barely be considered top line. But he’s still no match for an ace like Xiao Ye. In the past few years, they have rejected all offers from other clubs, going at it by themselves, waiting for Xiao Ye to come back. You could say that these people were cultivated using the money Xiao Ye earned. This was how they were able to stick it out until now. They truly are a group of friends with a deep sense of brotherhood. But let’s put that comradeship aside first. Why do they think that once Xiao Ye comes back, they will be able to upgrade into a first-class team?”
With a swipe of the mouse, the page jumped to the records in the game ‘Hero Battle Tower’ of the members of the Weeds Team. It also listed the various competitions and the corresponding prize money. The presenter just now, Bai Cao, expressed their intention to capture the championship, an endeavor that frankly went beyond their actual strength.
At present, Xiao Ye is the only one I can see any commercial potential in. This is because Xiao Ye has already been tested by the market. There’s nothing that needs to be said about his game skills, his personal image and even his commercial ability. However, no matter how powerful a star player, he still needs capital packaging, the support of sufficiently excellent teammates otherwise he will only be dragged down…” Fu Yansheng frowned and said, “Just looking at these is not convincing enough. I need them to show solid records. In addition, they also need a professional manager.”
Qi Yu: “A manager?”
“Yes, an e-sports team must have support personnel like a manager, a captain, coaches, etc…However, all of them just now were players. If they had an excellent manager to tap the business potential of each of player, planning their future, for now, regardless whether they can win the championships or not, even if they’re just a middle of the road team, they would at least be able to maintain the basic operations of the team. But they don’t have one and they look very scattered…” Fu Yansheng knocked lightly on the table with his left hand. He said in a deep voice, “But, I do know a guy whose good at organizing and managing. He knows how to manage things smoothly and tactfully. He’s very suitable to be a manager…”
Qi Yu realized that Fu Yansheng was tossing out this thread of discussion. He immediately asked, “Who?”
Fu Yansheng looked at Qi Yu. “A classmate I met when I was studying abroad, surnamed Jiang. He’s also a rich second-generation. He worked as a sports team manager in Italy. He led the team to win the championships. He also sold houses in Australia. He was awarded some sort of gold medal manager award… I remember that he likes to play games. When we were in London, he would bicker with me about the e-sports industry. His arguments were clear and logical…”
Qi Yu: “Does a person like him have time to be an e-sports team manager?”
Fu Yansheng smiled and said, “Don’t be deceived by how he seems so powerful and able to do everything. He also doesn’t have a proper job. Both of his older sisters are strong women. There’s no family business for him to inherit. Soon as he graduated, he drifted about to all sorts of places. Those achievements I told you about were ones he got while he was moving from place to place.”
Qi Yu sighed in his heart. Despite being similarly rich second-generations, some people could come up with a dazzling resume by drifting about, while some could only either go clubbing, pick up girls, play games or cry at home.
He looked towards Fu Yansheng. He was about to ask if he could get in touch with this person when he saw that the other party had picked up his phone and after a quick scroll through his contacts, was already making a call.
After a few seconds, the call connected. Fu Yansheng made no attempt to conceal his conversation from Qi Yu. He said directly to the phone, “Jiang Xu, where are you?”
There were only Fu Yansheng and Qi Yu in the conference room. Jiang Xu probably had a big voice box and his voice came out clearly through the speaker the size of a pinhole. “Hey, a busy bee like you actually has time to call me?”
“I want to ask you a favor. Have you heard of the game Hero Battle Tower? … Oh, then do you know Xiao Ye? … You do? Great. I’ve got Xiao Ye and he wants to form a team. He came looking for me to invest but they’re missing a manager. How would you like to help me lead this Hero Battle Tower Championship short-listed team? …Heh, a rich second-generation idler like you has something to do? … Salary? No salary, we’ll talk about it after you show results.”
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All they could hear was indistinct grumbling and indignant shouts from the other end of the line. Qi Yu could vaguely make out ‘You f*cking white-wolf-bare-handed-catcher‘.
Fu Yansheng put on a fake smile and said, “You’re not short of money.”
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When Fu Yansheng hung up the phone, he saw Qi Yu directing a sinister smile at him. He explained calmly, “I was just kidding. He’s overly curious and I was trying to entice him.”
Qi Yu snorted softly, “How do you know he’s free?”
Fu Yansheng put down his phone. “It’s a lucky coincidence. I watched his Moments a few days ago and saw that he was in H City, idle and looking for something to do. Let’s see. If he’s willing to come, it might actually be possible to put up this makeshift team.”
Qi Yu: “What if he doesn’t come?”
Fu Yansheng thought to himself, “There was a time when I helped out his father’s company with their financial problems by putting forward a few plans. He owes me a favor. It’d be inexcusable for him not to come…”
Qi Yu: “…”
Qi Yu laughed in his heart. “So you’ve decided to invest in Xiao Ye’s team?”
Fu Yansheng shook his head: “No, your dad said that Shanyu’s funds cannot be moved.”
Qi Yu frowned: “Then, this…”
Fu Yansheng put his index finger and middle finger together and swiped lightly on the table. “We’ll help them set up, we’ll provide the people and the plans. As for Si Hang, when the time comes we’ll have Xiao Ye sign a conditional agreement with him. If within a year, Xiao Ye can bring his team to earn the money they agreed upon in their agreement, Si Hang will exchange Xiao Ye’s redemption fee for as much as 20% of the shares and enjoy continuous dividends. If Xiao Ye fails to fulfill the condition, Si Hang can request Xiao Ye to repay the money to him in installments with the corresponding interest.”
Qi Yu: “Your plan is to ask Si Hang to use the remaining one year and three months of Xiao Ye’s contract as his investment?”
Fu Yansheng: “Yes, in this way, you don’t have to spend money to redeem Xiao Ye. Also, with this pressure on Xiao Ye, he will certainly lead the team to work hard.”
Qi Yu: “Since this is the case, Xiao Ye himself would have the money to set up a team. What else would we need to do?”
Fu Yansheng raised his eyebrows: “Haven’t I told you? We provide the people and the plans. With these, we have to have at least 50% of the shares. Besides, when the time comes, the housing and staff salaries can be considered as your investment. By my estimate, you’ll spend a maximum of a million a year, which should be enough to maintain daily operations. Since you’re the one who wants to help them, you can pay for it yourself. For you, this amount of money isn’t much. If they really have prospects, you’ll earn a fortune and you helping them in their time of need would not have been in vain. If you lose, you’ll lose one million and Xiao Ye will owe you a favor. If he has a conscience, sooner or later, he’ll pay you back even if he has to sell himself to do it.”
Qi Yu thought about it for a while, then smiled and shook his head. “Just this amount of money to take 50% of the shares. To me, with your plan, I won’t lose either way.”
“Of course,” Fu Yansheng tapped the side of his head and smiled, “This is what your husband is selling.”
Qi Yu was momentarily stunned. He then swiftly reached out and grabbed Fu Yansheng’s ear. Between gritted teeth, he said, “If I don’t stop you, you’re just going to walk all over me, aren’t you? Wife, husband, you sure know how to deliver those words so smoothly…”
Fu Yansheng completely wasn’t expecting Qi Yu to perform such a move. He got his ear pinched and for a while, he couldn’t react.
The two looked at each other. Qi Yu seemed a little embarrassed and was about to let go, when he heard Fu Yansheng let out an a very fake sounding “Ouch.” His eyes, looking at Qi Yu, were full of love and tenderness. This “ouch” sounded so much like flirting, it would have been more convincing had not said anything.
Qi Yu hurriedly put down his hand. It was then that Fu Yansheng cried out in a pitiful sounding voice, “Ai, why are you so violent…” He stretched out his hand and grabbed Qi Yu’s wrist. He pulled Qi Yu towards him, readying to kiss him.
As soon as their lips met, they heard a “click” behind them.
Qi Yu suddenly pushed Fu Yansheng away. He turned his head to look behind him, and saw Xu Jing standing there with a look of astonishment, his hand still on the doorknob.
The three came face to face. For a moment, they all had surprised expressions on their faces.
“Jing Ge…” Qi Yu murmured and stood up immediately.
Xu Jing quickly looked away. He looked at Fu Yansheng, pretending to be calm, “Manager Fu, I’m just here to get something. Your assistant didn’t tell me that you were in the conference room. I saw the lights on but thought it was someone else.”
Fu Yansheng: “Get what?”
Xu Jing shook the document bag in his hand: “Wancheng’s case, I forgot it when I left for the night…” He then glanced back at Qi Yu, “Sorry for disturbing.” After saying that, he turned and left.
Qi Yu rushed out and stopped him: “Xu Jing!”
Xu Jing stopped at the entrance of Shanyu’s office. Without turning his head, “Is something wrong?”
Qi Yu: “I…”
After avoiding him for a whole month, they finally, unexpectedly met in this way – just now Fu Yansheng grabbed his hand and kissed him and Xu Jing a hundred for certain saw them.
There were thousands of words in his heart, but at this moment Qi Yu couldn’t say a word.
Xu Jing didn’t say anything after hearing the word “I” from him. He turned sideways and smiled, saying, “Qi Yu, you don’t need to explain anything to me. Don’t worry, since I’ve decided to leave, I won’t be meddling anymore. I’ll just pretend I hadn’t seen anything and I won’t tell your dad.”
To Qi Yu, Xu Jing’s words, though light as a feather, felt like knives stabbing into his heart.
But what could he say in response? Should he say, “It’s fine if you meddle” or that he shouldn’t have hidden from Xu Jing his relationship with Fu Yansheng?
He clenched his hands tightly and finally struggled to ask, “Jing Ge, are you going to Lin Huan after you leave?”
Xu Jing’s fingers around the document bag suddenly tightened. He retracted his gaze, turned his back to Qi Yu and said, “That has nothing to do with you”, before striding towards the elevator hall.
Fu Yansheng, who came after him, stood beside Qi Yu. He raised his hand and put it lightly on his shoulder. He let out a remorseful sigh. Even one as eloquent as him was at a loss for words at this moment. He didn’t know how to comfort his lover.
Knowing that that embarrassing just now was because he’s done something excessive, Fu Yansheng seemed to blame himself.
Taking Qi Yu home that evening, the two sat in the back of the car. Fu Yansheng grabbed Qi Yu’s hand and rubbed his palm repeatedly, revealing his inner anxiety.
However, before he’d even realized it himself, Qi Yu had already returned to normal. When he was about to arrive home, he held Fu Yansheng’s hand back and said, “I’m fine.”
Fu Yansheng frowned, “Are you really okay?”
Qi Yu smiled lightly, “Didn’t you say you weren’t afraid of appearing out in the sun with me? It can’t be that you’re all nervous now because Xu Jing saw us, right? How will you face others in the future?”
Fu Yansheng was shocked. Face others? Was Qi Yu taking him out of the closet?
It should have been a happy thing to finally be recognized, but Fu Yansheng felt that Qi Yu’s reaction was a little unusual. And the most terrible thing was, he could no longer guess what this smart student of his was thinking.
When he arrived at the villa in the southern suburbs, Qi Yu explained to him again, “As for the Weeds Team, you might as well draw up that conditional agreement. When your friend agrees, I’ll get back to Xiao Ye.”
Fu Yansheng responded, “Okay.”
Qi Yu got out of the car, turned and walked into the house. From an angle that Fu Yansheng couldn’t see, the faint smile on his face faced and a trace of sadness and unwillingness floated in his eyes.
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【Little Theater】
Xu Jing: Turns out! You two! Had this kind of relationship! ! (#°Д°)
Qi Yu: Jing Ge, listen to me…
Xu Jing (beating his chest): Stop talking! I lost! (You dog Fu, I regarded you as a formidable enemy, but you were actually my sister-in-law!? That’s just too foul!)
Fu Yansheng: …
Growing up hurts sometimes, poor Qi Yu but he’ll come out of it stronger 💪🏽
It’s like there’s always a knife twisting in the heart regardless of what happens…
YS helping out QY is sweet…
Ugh it hurts seeing Qi Hu sad, but I’m guessing this Ling Guy is going to be someone Qi Hu will defeat first to become the black bellied precident of business world
It’s chapter 153 now, and Lin Huan still hasn’t appeared sigh
The rucking angst 😭😭💔