Chapter 80
"Fortunately, you are only developing your career overseas, otherwise the company's public relations department would have to work overtime until midnight every day just to deal with your gossip." Qiu Yin said as she patted the back of Xi Ying's hand with satisfaction.
Xi Ying: “…”
Xi Ying curled her lips and muttered unconvincedly: "Mom, this is called experiencing all kinds of life!"
…
at the same time.
At the other end of Beijing, in the base of the famous e-sports team - Ambition.
"Why are there so many people here?" The manager of the Ambition team, Wu Yanhao, was surprised to see four professional team members standing at the door of the conference room.
He clearly only called two people, so how come there were two more people out of nowhere?
"Everyone, please come in first," Wu Yanhao finally chose to invite a few people to go into the house first.
The originally empty conference room suddenly became lively.
After Wu Yanhao took his seat, he first looked at the two people who had come uninvited and asked, "Do you two have anything to tell me?"
The shooter player "Natural Fool" subconsciously turned his head to look at the jungler player "Wild" beside him.
Kuangye waved his hand, signaling the manager not to bother with them and to continue with his own business.
Although Wu Yanhao had his doubts, business was of the utmost importance at the moment, so he did not continue to pay attention to the two irrelevant people.
He looked at the two people sitting across the table. One of them was the captain of the Ambition team, a popular star player, and top confrontation player "Youen", and the other was the support player in the team, "Sangzhu".
"Let's first talk about the expiration of Mangkhut's contract," Wu Yanhao picked a simple thing to talk about.
He was still struggling with how to persuade the other party to back out, but unexpectedly, Mangzhu took the initiative to say:
"Manager, I don't plan to renew my contract. My mother found a good partner for me in my hometown. I plan to pack up and go back to my hometown to get married."
“So that’s how it is…” Wu Yanhao was overjoyed. In fact, they had already secretly found Mangkhut’s successors, two support players who were even better than Mangkhut.
As long as they let Mangkhut leave the team, they can arrange trials with these two supports at any time to replace the team's current shortcomings. I believe that the overall strength of the Ambition team will make great progress in the next season.
Wu Yanhao had to pretend to be very sorry on the surface and expressed his understanding of Mangkhut's choice:
"After all, getting married and having children are major events in life. We can understand your choice. Don't worry, the club will give you a big red envelope for your wedding so that you can go home and get married happily."
"Thank you, manager," Mangosteen nodded with a smile, but he was also thinking about his own things in his heart.
He has passed his prime as a professional player. Instead of staying and waiting for his form to decline and be blamed by netizens, it is better to quit while he is ahead and leave a good reputation for himself. After all, he has already made a lot of money.
After talking about Mangkhut, Wu Yanhao turned his attention to their team's star player "You En".
You En's contract was about to expire - compared to the support players who were persuaded to quit, the order given to him by his superiors was to keep the core of their team at all costs.
"Yuuna, all in all, you have been in Ambition for six years. In these years... everyone in the team has treated you as their closest family. No matter what you want, the leaders and managers will do their best to help you..."
Wu Yanhao first played the emotional card to lay the groundwork for later persuading You En to renew the contract.
"Brother Hao, I know how you mean to me, and I've always been grateful to you all," You En knew what the manager was going to say next, so he planned to take the initiative.
He looked at Wu Yanhao calmly and said slowly:
"But this time, I may disappoint you."
The air in the conference room seemed to freeze in an instant.
The smile on Wu Yanhao's face suddenly froze. He subconsciously sat up straight and said in a tense voice, "You En, what do you mean by that?"
You En did not answer immediately, but turned to look at the shooter "Natural" and the jungler "Wild" beside him.
"I have decided to retire." You En's voice was very soft, but it was like a bomb, exploding in Wu Yanhao's ears.
"What?!" Wu Yanhao stood up suddenly, and the chair made a harsh sound on the floor.
He stared at You En in disbelief, his voice almost trembling: "Retire? Why? You En, you - you must think twice before you act! Obviously, your current condition can support you to play for a few more years!"
Looking back to the year when You En just made his debut, he was like a meteor streaking through the darkness, causing quite a stir in the entire professional league and making them pay attention to this talented young man.
The ambition team relied on generous salaries to recruit the opponent into the team, and the opponent's performance on the field was worthy of their attention. One year, two years... After six years, the opponent has also been tempered from a shy kid who just joined the team into a reliable team captain.
Wu Yanhao had always imagined that the other party loved the game. Even if his form declined, he should switch to the support position like other older professional players to extend his career life, instead of directly announcing his retirement...
"Why do you want to retire?" Wu Yanhao was puzzled.
"Is he injured? Or do you think the club's arrangement is inappropriate?" He was frantically looking for an explanation.
You En shook his head, interrupting Wu Yanhao's excitement: "No, it's just that I've lost my feeling for the game and can no longer perform better game operations, so I don't want to drag down the team."
The idea of retiring had been on his mind for several days.
Ever since he learned about Qiao Ruien's death in a car accident, his whole state became very abnormal. Not only was he indifferent to games, he also showed a strong aversion to the idea of playing professionally.
He questioned himself many times, if he had not persuaded the other party to watch his game, the other party would not...
You En closed his eyes tightly. He had played professional games for a total of seven years. He debuted in one year and stayed in the ambition team for six years. He played from the immature competition system to the commercialization, and from a minor to his current age.
He was really tired and wanted to rest.
You En's words were like a bucket of cold water, poured heavily on Wu Yanhao's head.
However, it also made Sheye and the other man sitting next to them feel complicated. They clenched their fists and gritted their teeth, as if they had encountered something infuriating.
Wu Yanhao opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but found that he had nothing to say.
He was silent for a few seconds, and finally squeezed out a sentence: "You... have decided?"
You En nodded: "Yeah."
Wu Yanhao took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.
He knew that once a player like You En decided to leave, forcing him to stay would only embarrass both parties.
"Okay..." He forced a smile. "Since you have made up your mind, I won't say much. The club will respect your choice. However, the club hopes that you will just take a break and not retire directly. Maybe you will change your mind one day."
You En smiled and said, "I don't think that day will come."
The meeting room fell silent again.
At this time, Tianran Dai, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up: "Manager, actually, this time Kuangye and I came here to discuss the contract."
Wu Yanhao's heart skipped a beat and he looked at him fiercely: "You guys...?"
The contracts of these two people have clearly not expired yet, so why are you suddenly bringing this up?
Kuangye closed his eyes and said resolutely, "Tianrandai and I are going to transfer to the Panic team. The contract has been signed."
Wu Yanhao felt his eyes go dark. The three members of the ambition team were actually leaving the team at the same time?!
Should they not play next season? Or should they just disband right here?
Wu Yanhao suppressed his anger and said in a low voice: "How could you sign such a contract? Do you know that your contract with the team has not expired yet? Such insidious operations like this will only make you bear a high penalty for breach of contract!"
Kuangye looked directly at Wu Yanhao and said calmly, "Team Panic will pay our penalty fee when the time comes. We don't need to worry about it."
There is a reason why Kuang Ye dares to do this, because there are people supporting him behind him.
"Besides, this matter cannot be entirely blamed on us. If anyone should be blamed, it should be your favorite You En. If he hadn't always dominated the team's limelight, Tianran Dai and I wouldn't have taken such an unconventional approach and chosen such a thankless method."
He fantasized wildly about Youen's expression after she knew the news. Whether she was surprised or angry, it would greatly satisfy his vanity. However, the result was contrary to his wishes.
——They finally made up their mind to leave the team, but the other party is retiring?!
Is Youen deliberately disgusting them? !
“After all, the golden age of e-sports players is only a few years, and we can’t afford to waste it,” Tianrandai took over the conversation with a firm look in his eyes.
"Many people say that the core of our team is You En. Apart from You En, no matter who the other four players are, they can all perform well."
You En was too popular, making the other four people become supporting roles, as if they were born specifically to set off this red flower.
Every time Wild and Innocent sees this kind of comments on the Internet, they feel more disgusted with You En in their hearts.
They are obviously very good!
Why...why do people always fail to see their efforts and existence, and only know to blindly praise Youen.
The five team members actually secretly split into three factions.
One faction was composed of En and his loyal lackeys, the other was composed of the two of them, and finally there was the neutral faction, which was also the faction of only one person - Auxiliary Mangzhu.
"Wild and naive, can't you see that we care about you too?" Wu Yanhao was heartbroken.
He had never realized that there were undercurrents beneath the seemingly peaceful team.
"But you still care more about Youen!"
Tianrandai's words left Wu Yanhao speechless.
Kuangye continued the topic, "Manager, we can't change the fact that we are leaving. You have to learn to let go and learn to accept it."
The wild man who was speaking took the initiative to look at Youen, his undisguised eyes hiding his hostility towards the former captain.
"You are quite good at making choices. We originally planned to beat you in the arena, but you used the excuse of retirement to slip away."
He was so angry that his teeth were itching, and not being able to retaliate against the other party only made him even angrier.
"Don't be angry, Kuangye. Maybe we won't even see this team next season." Tianrandai folded his arms.
The feeling of suddenly becoming the master made him extremely proud.
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