basketball behind the spotlight

Chapter 22 What to Do

This trip was surprisingly smooth, which made Lu Ziqiu feel a little unbelievable. With George's old-fashioned character, he shouldn't agree so easily.

Ai Jilina was thoughtful, she saw that Lu Ziqiu was often absent-minded when chatting, and after a second thought, she guessed his doubts, so she pushed her husband, "You should tell Ziqiu the reason why you refused before."

Lu Ziqiu scratched his head in embarrassment after seeing what was in his mind.

George glared at Lu Ziqiu angrily, "Is there anything between you and me that needs to be covered up?"

Lu Ziqiu was speechless.

Agilina thought he was wordy, so she explained for him: "Cather of Bobcat is an old acquaintance with us, and you should know his character very well."

Lu Ziqiu faintly guessed the reason, "Kaiser is narrow-minded and a very utilitarian person. In his eyes, everything is profit. He will ruthlessly clear out the team for any useless value. And he is still A person who will take revenge, once he accidentally offends him, he will definitely wait for an opportunity to retaliate, but he is also a veteran of Bobcats, and Yan Bingtian trusts him very much, so even if I become the general manager later, it will still be difficult to overwhelm him.”

"You're right. George had a relationship with Cather many years ago. If you follow your advice and go to Bobcats, once you have a conflict with him, you will be in a dilemma. That's why we have always declined your invitation."

It turned out to be the case.

Lu Ziqiu finally understood their good intentions.

Afterwards, they chatted with George and his wife for a while and then left. George and his wife wanted to keep them for dinner, but Lu Ziqiu politely declined on the grounds that he was busy with work.

The couple knew that he had a heavy burden on his shoulders, so they didn't want to keep him anymore.

After leaving, Xia Kexin was puzzled, "Why don't we stay and finish our meal before leaving?"

Lu Ziqiu smiled wryly and said: "The coach is a drunkard. If we stay to eat, he will definitely drag me to drink. My drinking capacity is limited. Once I get drunk, I will delay a lot of things."

Xia Kexin looked at him dumbfounded, "So you were worried about this, I thought you were so busy that you didn't even have time for a meal."

Lu Ziqiu was a little embarrassed and couldn't answer for a while.

At this moment, the phone rang suddenly.

Lu Ziqiu opened it, and couldn't help frowning, "Kexin, find a place to park first, there is something that needs to be dealt with immediately."

Xia Kexin's heart tightened when she heard the words, and she quickly found a place to stop, "Did something happen?"

Lu Ziqiu handed her the phone, "Look at this message."

Xia Kexin took a look, and her brows twitched involuntarily, "Who is this person? How could someone let her break the news about your employment at the Wolves?"

"Basketball reporter, Lin Qian."

Xia Kexin had never heard of Lin Qian, but it was not important anymore, what was important was this message, "How are you going to reply?"

Lu Ziqiu took the phone back from her and sent Lin Qian a message: "Thank you."

Xia Kexin looked at him in surprise, "That's it? Didn't you say that you don't want to reveal your identity for the time being?"

Lu Ziqiu shook his head and said, "She has to."

"why?"

"There is a person behind her that scares her, so she dare not not post."

"That person behind her wants to deal with you?"

"Ah."

Xia Kexin was a little confused, this happened so suddenly, "Who is this person?"

Lu Ziqiu shook his head, "I don't know, but this person seems to know my situation well, it seems that it is not easy to find him."

"Will Lin Xi refuse to tell?"

"She dare not say."

Xia Kexin took a deep breath, and she has been in contact with basketball for a long time. She never thought that there would be such dirty tricks behind a clean basketball. "Then how are you going to deal with what will happen next?"

"Go back to Yancheng immediately after finishing the work. As soon as this news comes out, the media from all over the country will probably go to the club to follow up and report. You should tell your father in advance and ask him to hold a meeting immediately to discuss the time for holding a press conference."

"Must it be like this?"

Lu Ziqiu nodded, "It's better to take the initiative to attack than to be surrounded by people."

Xia Kexin sighed, and she didn't have any good ideas, "What time would be better to arrange it?"

"The morning after tomorrow."

"Okay." Xia Kexin took out the phone and called her father, and told her father the situation in detail.

Lu Ziqiu originally wanted to visit Anne and Diana's mother, but the time was not allowed, so Xia Kexin could only continue driving. He called the videographer he knew and asked for the address. rushed over.

It was already nine o'clock in the evening when they arrived at the office building of videographer Ye Yang.

Ye Yang used to be the videographer of the Bobcats. At that time, Lu Ziqiu was just an assistant coach and had a very good relationship with Ye Yang. However, Ye Yang offended someone and was kicked out of the team by the Bobcats.

After Lu Ziqiu was promoted to the head coach, he went to invite him once, but he has always held a grudge against the Bobcats, so even if Lu Ziqiu came out in person, he would not return to the Bobcats.

After that, the team hired another professional videographer, so they never hired him again.

Later, Lu Ziqiu was promoted to be the general manager, and he was so busy every day that his contacts with Ye Yang gradually decreased.

In the past three years, except for the occasional phone call, they have never met.

He only knew that Ye Yang had been starting a business these years, and his life was not particularly ideal, but he didn't know how unsatisfactory it was. He occasionally asked about it on the phone, and Ye Yang never said anything.

Looking at the 30-year-old office building in front of him, Lu Ziqiu couldn't help but sigh.

"What's wrong with you?" Xia Kexin looked at Lu Ziqiu suspiciously when he saw that Lu Ziqiu had been standing still.

"It's nothing, let's go." Lu Ziqiu didn't want to say more, and led her into the gate of the office building.

The corridors are very old, and the sanitation environment is not particularly good. There is a faint peculiar smell as soon as you enter.

Xia Kexin sneezed involuntarily, and quickly covered her nose with her hands.

Lu Ziqiu frowned, "Why don't we go out, and I'll call him to come down."

Xia Kexin smiled sweetly: "It's not good. If you can call him to come down, why don't you just call him to go to Yancheng?"

"It's not impossible to call him directly to Yancheng. He has a good relationship with me and is easy to talk to. It's just that I thought that since I came here this time, I would come to invite him by the way. It would seem more sincere."

Xia Kexin said firmly: "I knew you thought so."

The two entered the elevator, which was relatively old, and the lights flickered from time to time, causing Xia Kexin's back to shiver, and muttered, "The people working in this building are real, so why don't they fix the elevator."

At this moment, a mobile phone rang suddenly.

The sudden ringing of the bell startled Xia Kexin, and she hugged Lu Ziqiu's arm in a panic.

"It's the phone in your bag that rang, don't scare yourself."

"I, I know." Xia Kexin was very strong, and refused to admit that she was afraid just now.

But after picking up the phone, they started arguing after a few words, and hung up the phone suddenly after a few words, Lu Ziqiu frowned, "Is your mother?"

"Who else but her?" After a few words with her mother, she forgot to be afraid.

"She doesn't know you're on a business trip?"

Xia Kexin gritted her teeth and replied, "I didn't tell her."

Lu Ziqiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "You did something wrong, call her later and apologize."

"I came out to work, not to play, it was her own imagination."

The speaker had no intention, but Lu Ziqiu's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.

(End of this chapter)