Chapter 144: A Little Expert in Provoking War
Qianda Plaza, Yutang Internet Cafe.
Yang Ruoqian looked at the flow of people near the Internet cafe and nodded with satisfaction.
Even today, when this Internet cafe, which does not accept any customers, has become somewhat famous, there are still passers-by who want to surf the Internet but are stopped by the young lady at the door.
Just by standing aside and observing for a few minutes, Yang Ruoqian initially estimated that several hundred dollars of business had been lost. He didn't know how much money he would lose in this month.
Inside the Internet cafes, there are a host of costly equipment that consumes enormous amounts of electricity even when running - most importantly, the high rents, management fees and e-sports team salaries are not effectively supplemented at all.
Just yesterday, Yang Ruoqian rejected a sponsorship with extremely considerable income on the grounds that the quality of a certain sponsor's products was not up to standard.
"Not bad, very good." Yang Ruoqian nodded, "Now you are the hope of the entire company!"
In order to secretly inspect the current situation of the Yutang Team, Yang Ruoqian did not inform Ruan Miner that he was coming over, and also greeted the gatekeeper.
"We want to go online. Isn't this an Internet cafe?" Two people who didn't pay attention to e-sports events stood at the door of the Internet cafe with question marks on their faces.
Are there really Internet cafes in this world that refuse all customers?
Opening an Internet cafe in such a commercial center already has huge cost pressures, and if you don't receive customers, how can you make money? At this time, the door lady was politely stopping them with a bright smile on her face: "Yes, gentlemen, this is an Internet cafe, but we don't receive customers."
For some reason, I felt that this young lady had the illusion that she was very happy looking at the gate...
Yang Ruoqian muttered in his heart, took his phone from the small table beside him, stood up and walked towards the Internet cafe.
Seeing Yang Ruoqian coming over, the gatekeeper subconsciously stopped him and said with regret: "Sorry, this one first..."
Seeing that it was her boss, the young lady quickly changed her facial expression, smiled brightly, and said in a high voice: "Hello, Mr. Yang!!! Mr. Yang, please come this way!!!"
The two people who had just left in disappointment looked sideways when they heard this, and couldn't help but turn around to see what kind of strange person the owner of this Internet cafe was.
At a glance, I found that it was a very young man.
"Fuck, he's a rich second generation!"
"I asked them why they didn't run the shop after paying the rent. It turns out they don't need the money at all. They just want to have fun."
"The cost of this shabby shop is probably not even as high as the interest on people's deposits. I'm leaving now. I can't afford to offend..."
Yang Ruoqian ignored the envious looks around him and walked into the Internet cafe quietly like a thief.
In his imagination, the training room of an e-sports team should be extremely bad - dark and gloomy, with tissues, various personal items and takeaway garbage scattered all over the floor.
Even if a cleaning lady cleans and tidies up the house every day, the house will be a mess again the next day.
From the few memories I have, apart from being able to access the internet, there isn’t much difference between the e-sports team’s training base and wilderness survival.
It's good enough that the internet-addicted teenagers who play e-sports don't control themselves to death. It's simply a pipe dream to expect them to control themselves in a decent manner.
But as soon as he entered the Internet cafe, Yang Ruoqian felt something was wrong - the lights were on, and everything, from large cartons to small cups, was neatly arranged.
There is no smell of takeout or second-hand smoke.
The floor was not spotless, but at least there were no obvious signs of dirt.
The various facilities in the Internet cafe are almost 90% new and there are no visible signs of wear and tear.
If no one told them, no one would associate such a nice environment with an e-sports training hall. Instead, they would think it was some kind of light luxury relaxation bar.
"What's going on?" Yang Ruoqian was a little confused. "Could it be that Ruan Min'er has arranged an outing and no one is training in the training hall today?"
Just when Yang Ruoqian was about to continue his investigation, a huge roar suddenly erupted from the deepest training room.
"Why do you keep your skills? You get interest if you put them in the bank, right?!"
"F**k, you**, I**k!"
"Didn't I tell you that there were two people waiting for you? Why did you go there? You're fighting... you're fighting well, nice!"
“Help, help, help, help… That’s all?”
"Don't come here anymore, I really beg you to go away and harm others!"
"Do you think your father really wants to help you, a hopeless piece of mud?"
Yang Ruoqian's originally furrowed brows suddenly relaxed - yes, that's right, how could a newly formed team be able to get along so quickly? This group of unruly internet-addicted teenagers, each with their own ambitions, how could they possibly submit to others?
Seeing how they were arguing, Yang Ruoqian felt relieved all of a sudden.
How can an e-sports team with such intense internal conflicts maintain its form for a long time and achieve good results? Mr. Yang, who knows nothing about e-sports, is very confident in his judgment.
After all, in his opinion, many of the words he just heard were beyond the level of joking. Such relentless personal attacks, how could they be jokes? They were clearly a manifestation of discord within the team.
The heart that was originally hanging in the air was suddenly relieved.
There is no risk of collapse in the e-sports team project in the short term.
Listening to the wonderful sounds coming from the e-sports training room from time to time, Yang Ruoqian went to get a glass of ice cola in a good mood, sat on the sofa in the hall, waiting for the game to end.
"It's over. I'm not the one carrying you guys in this game. You can surrender in 20 minutes."
"Come on, you're taking on four enemies by yourself. If you don't stand up, find a good place to be buried."
"This is clearly my credit!"
"I don't want to bother with you guys. I'm going to go outside and get some potato chips."
Yang Ruoqian nodded as he listened.
Very good, and also steal the credit...
"Help me get a pack too... Shit, Mr. Yang!"
Ruan Min'er came out of the training room cursing, and just as she turned around, she saw her boss sitting in the living room with a smile on his face, shaking a cup of Coke in his hand.
"Who is Mr. Yang?" Someone poked his head out curiously.
"Boss Yang who pays us, what Boss Yang?!" Ruan Min'er didn't know how much of her "sweet words" Boss Yang had heard. At this moment, she just felt a chill on her back, "Quick, come out..."
"Fuck, the boss is here..."
"I won't be fired, will I? I just bragged to my mom."
"Get out now and stop talking nonsense."
Hearing that their boss was here, the words used by the internet-addicted teenagers became noticeably more refined and easy-going.
Dozens of seconds later, several teenagers who looked like they had just reached adulthood sat down nervously around Yang Ruoqian, completely unlike the passionate exchanges they had in the training room before.
This is the ultimate form of keyboard warrior...
Yang Ruoqian complained.
However, the appearance of these children is still much better than Yang Ruoqian's. At least they don't dye their hair in all kinds of colors, and they all look relatively clean.
"Okay, okay, this isn't a very formal occasion, relax." Yang Ruoqian was very satisfied with this project that had been causing steady losses to the company, and he treated the employees in charge of this project with the same gentleness, "I came here today to check on your status."
Several internet-addicted teenagers felt a pang in their hearts.
Oh no, how much of their passionate exchange in the training room just now did the boss hear?
These big bosses may not understand that in their circle, the more harshly and unscrupulously one criticizes others, the better the relationship.
What if this is interpreted as a disagreement within the team? I hope the boss just arrived...
However, Yang Ruoqian's next words shattered their fantasy.
"I've been sitting outside for half an hour, and I heard everything you had just said." Yang Ruoqian drank the last sip of Coke in his cup and said slowly.
Finished.
He will definitely be reprimanded, criticized, disciplined, and have his salary deducted soon.
The captain's discipline was already very strict, such as no smoking or drinking, a regular life, and daily exercise...
If everyone didn't have an e-sports dream and wanted to win, who would endure this?
Of course, Boss Yang did give a lot.
As the team leader, Ruan Miner had to take the first blame: "Boss Yang, I..."
“Very good, this atmosphere is very good, we must continue to maintain it in the future.”
"Ah...ah, okay." Ruan Min'er was about to sincerely apologize and promise to correct her mistakes when her brain suddenly short-circuited, "Okay, uh, let's, just like that, keep going?"
What does it mean to maintain it? Does it include the friendly communication during the previous training?
"Ruan Min'er!" Yang Ruoqian's face suddenly became serious.
"Oh, here we are, Mr. Yang!"
Yang Ruoqian turned his head and looked at the other team members who were anxious but actually had already flown to the sky in their hearts: "I don't have time to pay attention to you normally. There are not many people in the company who know about the e-sports industry. They have a heavy workload and are too busy to do anything."
What a huge workload.
Now these people are so idle that when they see work assigned, they can’t wait to do it, even if there is no commission at all.
This bad trend is spreading more and more in the company and needs to be curbed.
"I'm not sure you guys would accept it if I let the coach take care of you."
Yang Ruoqian added: "So I thought about it and found that you are the most suitable person to manage this e-sports project in the entire company, so I appointed you as the e-sports project manager."
"Everyone else must cooperate with Ruan Min'er's work, understand?"
After saying this, Yang Ruoqian secretly glanced at the faces of his team members.
As he expected, everyone, including Ruan Min'er, had a look of surprise on their faces.
That's right, this is the effect we want! Ruan Min'er is a company veteran and the founder of the team, but she is a girl, young and inexperienced.
While constantly increasing her power, she suppressed the power of others, making the entire e-sports team a one-man show under Ruan Min'er.
When a team that is already full of internal conflicts has a boss who has the final say, won’t the team lose its morale? Once the morale is lost, the team will be hard to lead. If the team is hard to lead, the team will lose games, sponsors will flee, and the team’s business losses will be further widened...
As long as internal strife breaks out, even the most powerful team will become a paper tiger.
Form cliques!
Forming a clique for personal gain!
Forming internal small groups! A team of seven formed more than 30 group chats!
Yang Ruoqian has already begun to imagine that the internal structure of the e-sports team is like the Holy Roman Empire, broken but not dispersed.
No, that's not enough...
Many of Ruan Min'er's powers are now only verbally authorized by Yang Ruoqian, and very few are actually implemented. If other people unite to target her, she will easily be sidelined.
We need to add more fuel to the fire.
Yang Ruoqian came up with a vicious plan: "Since you are the project manager, I will hand over the management of the team to you. Whoever you want to terminate the contract with, whoever you want to recruit, whoever coach you want to hire, whoever coach you want to fire, you can do it yourself, no need to send me a message."
"If you want to buy any peripherals or upgrade the training center, just go to the finance department for approval. You don't have to report to me."
As soon as he finished speaking, the expressions of all the team members became even more shocked.
This, this is life and death! As a member of a team, he can fire any teammate he wants, and can even change the coach without the boss's consent.
Who dares to mess with Ruan Min'er in the future? If you dare not give me resources in the game, I will put you on the bench.
If you dare to talk back, just get out of the team.
If the peripherals are uncomfortable, change them. If the teammates are disobedient, change them. If the coach is disobedient, change the coach. If the leader is disobedient, change the leader.
The power is too great... Who will dare to mess with Ruan Min'er in the future? In future competitions, the primary goal of the players is not to win the game, but to please Ruan Min'er. The coach's goal is not to arrange tactics against the opponent, but to arrange tactics for Ruan Min'er to make her have fun.
Do you still want to win the game if you do this?
As time went on, the morale of the troops was completely weakened, and the entire team became a place where Ruan Min'er could do whatever he wanted.
The point is that Ruan Min'er is still not convinced. Otherwise, why would she scold so harshly during the training just now?
This is Yang Ruoqian’s plan.
Very good, this loss-making project has stabilized and there can be no accidents.
It's time to go back to the company to deal with other things.
"Does anyone have any objections to my arrangement?" Yang Ruoqian looked around and asked.
Ruan Miner raised her hand almost at the same time: "Boss Yang, I..."
"Okay!" Yang Ruoqian was deaf and blind at the moment, and just pretended that he didn't see anything. "Then I won't delay your training. Let's go!"
Yang Ruoqian threw the cup in his hand into the trash can, patted his butt, and disappeared in a flash.
Only a few internet-addicted teenagers were left looking at each other in bewilderment.
"Ruan, Sister Ruan...it turns out that what you said before was not bragging."
"Awesome, Sister Ruan!"
"No matter how awesome you are, the stone man on the road will definitely not let you eat him."
Ruan Miner, who had boasted in front of his teammates before, felt guilty. He raised his head and said coldly, "Stop talking nonsense and go to training!"
…
After leaving Yutang Internet Cafe, Yang Ruoqian was in a good mood. He crossed the street and returned to the company.
As soon as he entered the room, Yang Ruoqian saw Shao Yiqi, who had just finished his work with Cheng Yu, resurrected with full energy. He was talking in the office and bragging to other employees in the company about his heroic deeds in the past few months.
Yang Ruoqian watched him pretending quietly, and suddenly a vicious smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
(End of this chapter)
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