matchstick heaven

Shen Qing returned to Eagle's training base in Qiujing Villas early the next morning.

After he left, Zhou Chenshan's villa didn't seem to have changed much.He still gets up at the usual time, goes out at the usual time, and arrives at the company at the usual time.

Zhou Chenshan walked through an ivory-white all-glass corridor in the company, nodded to everyone he met, and walked to the next meeting with never-changing steps.Drink the first cup of coffee at 8:45 in the morning, finish lunch at 12:00-12:10 at noon, and sometimes drink two cups with clients. Most of the evening is socializing. When I return to the villa, I have to prepare the materials for tomorrow morning.

However, when he is free, he will still take a look at the results of the League of Legends Demacia Cup match posted on social media.

It seemed that the team he invested in did not perform as well as everyone expected, so after the group stage, he called Shen Qing.

"Coach Shen, lost two out of four?"

There was silence on the other side for a while, and then the somewhat familiar voice said: "Take advantage of the group stage to practice the new lineup."

"oh, I see……"

"Did you watch the game?"

Zhou Chenshan smiled: "How can I have time? I just watched the result."

Besides... In fact, even if he had time, Mr. Zhou couldn't understand the content of the game.

Shen Qing thought about it again and explained: "This year, some teams in the German Cup are in the first team, and the lineup has not changed from last season, and the cooperation is better, so there are more powerful enemies. We mainly use this German Cup match, Practice the lineup for the next version, the Spring Split will be after New Year's Day, and it will be too late to practice again. And there are many uncertain factors in BO1..."

Zhou Chenshan said: "It's okay, I believe you are a professional, just came to ask about the situation, don't be nervous."

Shen Qing: "...Oh."

After a moment of silence, Zhou Chenshan cleared his throat and said, "Then go do your work first."

The other end of the phone said: "Okay, bye."

The phone was hung up quickly, Zhou Chenshan put down the phone, tapped twice on the table with his slender fingers, then picked up the internal phone: "Hu Xu, come here."

The matter of KUP’s capital injection into Eagle was not led by Zhou Chenshan on the surface, and the actual person in charge was Mr. Hu, Hu Xu, who is the director of KUP’s investment department.

Hu Xu arrived quickly: "Mr. Zhou, are you looking for me?"

"sit."

Hu Xu is much older than Zhou Chenshan, and has a very stable manner. He is one of the first group of people Zhou Chenshan holds in KUP's hands. Many investments that Zhou Chenshan obviously does not want to participate in are all done by him.

"Regarding the investment in Eagle, when will you request a report?"

Hu Xu thought for a while: "It's almost the end of the year, and the annual report is definitely inevitable."

He quickly heard what the boss meant, and guessed that the recent results and revenue of the Eagle e-sports club should not be ideal. The boss began to worry that the problems reflected in the report would affect the board's attitude towards this investment.

Zhou Chenshan followed his guess and continued: "Their results in the last two small competitions were not satisfactory, which led to unfavorable public opinion outside, but these two competitions are not important. You should emphasize it in the report."

"Ok."

"The main purpose of this investment is to take advantage of the popularity of e-sports competitions and the high correlation between the youth market and our products, to do a wave of advertisements, 3000 million annual titles, and 5 live broadcast rooms on the first-line live broadcast platform 60 hours of high exposure during the prime time at night every month, popular clubs announced and brought goods, these are enough, and the team's performance is the icing on the cake."

"Understood, I will write down the meaning clearly."

"After writing...give me a look."

"Ok."

Hu Xu kept his expression on the surface, but he was quite surprised in his heart. Among so many investment projects in KUP, Zhou Chenshan has always only cared about those projects that are related to the company's strategic goals, and the rest almost don't even read the quarterly and annual reports. It's all empty talk, as long as you can handle the board of directors.

Therefore, Hu Xu put a higher emphasis on this e-sports club in his heart.

Zhou Chenshan achieved the effect he wanted, so he changed the topic with satisfaction, and chatted about another investment project that was more important to KUP.

"How's the talk with the flying sloth going?"

Flying Sloth is the largest animation film production company in the world. Next year will be KUP’s 50th anniversary. This is an excellent marketing opportunity, so he plans to put a set of special toys on the shelves next year. This is a newly developed series. In order to open up sales, In order to further expand the market and do a good job of initial drainage, he plans to form a strategic partnership with Flying Sloth, and use several of their well-known big IPs to build momentum.

Hu Xu replied: "A few basic terms have been negotiated, but the other party is not sure how much attention our new series will get. It may be because the resources we exchanged in the cooperation are basically equal. But judging from the foreseeable results, we will earn more income than them, including topicality.”

Zhou Chenshan nodded thoughtfully, and said: "Indeed, they released a mature IP, but we paired it with a brand-new series. The resources replaced in the early stage are equal. They must feel that they are at a loss... If it doesn't work, just Spend money to buy it, it doesn’t have to be replaced.”

Hu Xu is a person who always obeys orders when he pays for some unclear investments, and he never hesitates to spend money when asked to spend money, but when it comes to this kind of serious business, he seems very shrewd. In any case, I want to save some cost.

He persuaded, "Mr. Zhou, isn't your second uncle's family coming to Shanghai the day after tomorrow, or..."

"You mean...to ask them for a big booth at the Shichuang Fair?" Zhou Chenshan's second uncle, Zhang Delan, participated in the operation of the world's largest creative merchandise fair.

"Mr. Zhang is always talkative, and he is very close to you. I guess as long as you ask, he will agree. With this booth, the flying sloth will be satisfied. They have applied for their own products so many times. If we can use their IP to go there once, they will be happy."

"Um... that's fine."

After thinking for a while, Zhou Chenshan stood up and took two steps. He seemed to have made up his mind and said, "Go back first. I'll tell you about the results."

Hu Xu got up quickly: "Okay, Mr. Zhou, you are busy."

After Hu Xu left, Zhou Chenshan took out his phone, hesitated for a while, and sent a message to Shen Qing.

"There may be important relatives coming to Shanghai the day after tomorrow, can you come out and have a meal together?"

After a while, Shen Qing replied: "Can I go back to the base that day? There will be a game next day."

Zhou Chenshan called up the game schedule and took a look. It was indeed the first round of the knockout round.Fortunately, the game is at 7 o'clock in the evening.

"For the game at 7 o'clock, if you eat late, you can sleep at home. I will send you back to the base early in the morning. Is this okay?"

Shen Qing quickly replied: "Yes."

"Will it affect your training?"

"No, the idea is almost settled, and I'm already practicing according to it today."

"That's good, then I'll send someone to pick you up."

Zhou Chenshan called his second aunt again, saying that it was rare for their family to come, so why not let him host the dinner, so that he could get to know Shen Qing again.Zhou Chenshan's second aunt was also very pleasantly surprised. After all, Zhou Chenshan had to return to his home to report on New Year's Day, and his status in the Zhou family had been visibly raised, so he happily accepted the invitation immediately.

When Zhang Delan's family arrived at Hongqiao Airport, Zhou Chenshan sent someone to pick them up.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon that day, the car to pick up Shen Qing also arrived at the agreed club. There were only 3 people sitting in the large private room. Shen Qing joined them and sat next to Zhou Chenshan who was in a suit and leather shoes.

"This is my lover, Shen Qing, this is my second aunt Zhou Jin, and my second uncle Zhang Delan."

Zhou Chenshan's second aunt was very handsome, she smiled gently at Shen Qing, and said, "I met you last time in Hangzhou, but there were so many people at that time, we didn't talk alone, do you remember?"

Shen Qing smiled politely and nodded: "Remember, your child came that day."

The second aunt really remembered him when she saw him, and immediately laughed happily.

Zhou Chenshan dismissed the waiter and poured some wine for Shen Qing himself.

It was too late for Shen Qing to stop it.

Zhou Chenshan persuaded with a smile: "Didn't it mean that the preparations for the competition are almost done, the second aunt's family is rarely here today, let's drink a little."

When approaching Shen Qing, Zhou Chenshan could smell a very faint fragrance from his body. I don't know what brand of shower gel he used, but it smelled good.Zhou Chenshan looked down at him, and saw that Shen Qing was also dressed very neatly today, with a hoodie, casual pants and sneakers, like a college student.

Zhou Chenshan put down the decanter, leaned his upper body in the direction of Shen Qing, and started chatting with the second aunt's family.

He didn't notice the insignificant, slightly wrinkled eyebrows in Shen Qing's expression.

Shen Qing secretly put the phone under the table, and sent a message to Zhou Chenshan: "It is agreed not to drink during the game."

Zhou Chenshan glanced at the phone, and then couldn't hide his smile. He replied to Shen Qing: "The agreement is not to drink during the LPL league. I checked, and the German Cup is not [Satisfaction.jpg]."

Shen Qing stared blankly at this reply, not knowing what to say.

Like the last time when he attended a banquet in a building in Hangzhou, he could easily express that he would not drink alcohol, but now the Second Aunt’s family, who is hosting a banquet alone, is obviously very important to Zhou Chenshan, otherwise there is no need to ask him to come together, he may just be a diner It's just a matter of fact, but if he refuses to drink on the spot, it may ruin Zhou Chenshan's plan.

Shen Qing felt a little irritable in her heart, and couldn't help but glared at Zhou Chenshan, but Zhou Chenshan raised an eyebrow at him arrogantly.

Zhou Chenshan signaled to the waiter that it was time to serve hot dishes, then he sat up a little bit and raised his wine glass: "Come on, Second Aunt, Second Uncle, don't be polite to me today."

The guests raised their wine glasses, and Shen Qing could only keep up. When everyone took a big sip, he could only take a sip with frowning.The quality of this wine is indeed good, with a smooth taste, but Shen Qing usually doesn't touch wine, so she is still not used to it.

Zhou Chenshan leaned forward and asked in a low voice, "Is it okay?"

Shen Qing moved the cup embarrassingly: "It's okay."

The corner of Zhou Chenshan's mouth curled up into a smile: "This wine is not high in alcohol content, but it's quite delicious. It's okay to drink it slowly. I've told my second aunt and the others that I won't drink you."

"Ah."

"Later, you take the time to take the initiative to respect the second aunt and the second uncle."

"Uh... ok."

Shen Qing is not good at the banquet of the wine table. Although he has participated in the banquet of the club's high-level executives before, he is not used to drinking, and then he just escaped when he could.He had no choice but to slowly consume a little of the wine in the glass, and then nervously waited for the right time to stand up and toast.

Fortunately, Zhou Chenshan didn't pour much for him. He felt a little dizzy after toasting and sat down, but he recovered a little later.

Zhou Chenshan poured a little for him again, and looked at Shen Qing asking for advice.Shen Qing didn't know how to refuse, so she could only stretch out her hand and push, preventing Zhou Chenshan from pouring too much.

Afterwards, the second aunt and the second uncle saluted him once. He drank about half a glass. Zhou Chenshan also smiled and clinked glasses with him. He was already very dizzy, so he only drank a little.

The jewel-like red liquid looked so transparent, Shen Qing stared at it for a while, but didn't know what she was thinking.He realized that he might be drunk, but he couldn't speak, so he raised his hand to pull Zhou Chenshan, but he didn't have much strength in his hand, so he just tugged at his suit sleeve.

When Zhou Chenshan turned around, Shen Qing took a deep breath and looked at him without any reaction in his mind.He had already forgotten what to say to Zhou Chenshan.

Zhou Chenshan leaned over, and could vaguely hear him asking "Is it okay", and then saw him pour the wine from Shen Qing's glass to himself.Shen Qing felt that her task should be completed, so she adjusted her sitting posture and secretly squinted for a while in a relatively obscure posture.

After that, Zhou Chenshan spent about 10 minutes talking about the largest booth in the toy exhibition hall of the Shichuang Fair for KUP's new products.

It was not too late when Zhou Chenshan returned to the villa with Shen Qing who was asleep. To be honest, he seldom invited people to dinner and arrived home no later than 10 o'clock.

Zhou Chenshan carried Shen Qing to the guest bedroom until he put Shen Qing on the bed.Shen Qing's underweight surprised him a lot, and he decided to contact Eagle's Zhang Renmin to ask him to add some food expenses to the training base.

Shen Qing didn't live peacefully in her sleep, she changed her posture repeatedly, frowning tightly.

When Zhou Chenshan wiped his face with a hot towel, he opened his eyes briefly, but he didn't seem to be very awake. When Zhou Chenshan called his name, he didn't respond, he just stared at the overhead light in the room in a daze.

Zhou Chenshan was attracted by his eyes.

What kind of emotion is that?There was something unbearable about it, like the look a beggar on the side of the road would give when he saw him go by.

A strong sense of loneliness, like a person who has nothing, walked a long way alone, his skin was torn by the icy cold wind, his hands and feet were cold, and he had no hope.Then he saw a passerby, and he didn't know what this passerby would bring him, a coin or a blank stare.

"Shen Qing?" Zhou Chenshan called him softly.

Shen Qing finally had some reaction, he struggled to get up: "Are you home?"

"Yes, we're home."

"I'm home..." Shen Qing repeated it dully, looked around in disbelief, then pushed Zhou Chenshan away, rummaged for something under the quilt, rummaged for a while, and almost fell asleep again.

Zhou Chenshan quickly supported him: "What are you looking for?"

"cell phone."

Zhou Chenshan hurriedly brought over his coat, and the phone was in the coat pocket.

"Give."

Shen Qing took the mobile phone, cut out a game video with her eyes closed, then tried to open her eyes, watched for a while, and then closed her eyes again.

Zhou Chenshan squatted beside his bed and looked at him, a little curious.

He never took care of a drunk man.He was only a little over 3 years old when his parents left to escape the control of his grandfather. He doesn't have much memory about his family. He vaguely remembers that his mother took care of his drunk father once, but those were just fragments.

Zhou Chenshan simply sat down beside the bed, while supporting Shen Qing to keep him from falling asleep, he watched what he would do.

Shen Qing was very quiet when she was drunk, and did nothing, just turn on the video, watch it for a while, and record for a while.

Then fell asleep completely.

Seeing his bowed head, Zhou Chenshan thought it was a little funny and cute.

In the end, Zhou Chenshan took his mobile phone, stuffed him under the quilt, and turned off the light for him.