【Zhou Xiang】The Tropic

1.

Call Zhou Zekai...?

As soon as this idea appeared, it immediately took root in my mind and could not be ignored.

Sun Xiang is a well-deserved action guy. In the next second, he picked up the phone, unlocked the screen, opened the address book, and found a certain person's name in the list of recent calls without any mistakes.

Just before he pressed it down, his fingers suddenly stopped.Then an involuntary smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Forget it. This guy may still be socializing." Sun Xiang muttered in a low voice, with a familiarity that he hadn't even noticed.

It's a pity that Fang Minghua, who often listens to Jay Chou, is not there, otherwise he would 100% see the abnormality at a glance, and then tease Sun Xiang, "Even the neighbors next door know how you feel now~"

Regarding Sun Xiang's sensitivity in certain aspects that is far inferior to ordinary people, a certain column of E-sports Weekly focused on lace many years ago made it very accurate-"The woman who wants to sleep with him has not succeeded so far. No other reason could be found."

Is there anything weird about Sun Xiang?have.But more of it was briskness and complacency, the urge to share, they covered up the weirdness, so Sun Xiang couldn't detect it.

Of course, it was all due to him being slow and too harsh—— Zhou Zekai participated in these matters from the beginning to the end, was helpful and communicated, and he never forgot to wish him success before leaving.So now that Sun Xiang has come here, in a sense, Zhou Zekai must have a share of the fruits of victory.He wanted to talk about the progress with others, and it was easy to make sense.

Sun Xiang gave up the phone call, wrote an email to Zhou Zekai, and briefly repo'd today's events.

This email was supposed to end after the "contract is finalized". I don't know what Sun Xiang thinks, so I will add a sentence first, "There is a change in the itinerary, I will reply tomorrow." You. The real person is very lively, eccentric, and unbearable." A .jpg for wiping sweat is included

Are you done?without.

Sun Xiang wrote in the last line: "Don't forget about dinner just because you don't have dinner."

2.

After clicking "Send", Zhao Yaoyao's love call just ended.The two continued to chat, and walked all the way back to the hotel. The matter of confirming whether Zhou Zekai had replied to the letter was temporarily left behind by Sun Xiang.

Thousands of miles away, in an office by the Huangpu River, a handsome young man stared blankly at the new email that popped up, opened it, and a slight smile appeared in his eyes.

He squeezed the center of his eyebrows, raised his hand to check the time, and dialed the internal number.

"I'm worried that Mr. Zhou will forget to eat again today." The assistant brought in the hot lunch box with a smile, "You and Mr. Ye are so similar, you can't take care of anything when you focus on your work."

The assistant had been with his mother for three years before, and Zhou Zekai was five years older. With these two factors, he often couldn't help but use the tone of "big sister" when communicating on weekdays.

"Thank you." Zhou Zekai smiled and took the lunch box without explaining too much.

The assistant left with doubts, closed the door, noticed Zhou Zekai's expression again through the crack of the door, and couldn't help but rubbed his eyes to make sure he read correctly.

Really different.

There was a world of difference between the smile Zhou Zekai smiled at himself just now and the smile that Zhou Zekai unconsciously showed when he was alone.

Although one can't fault it, it is absolutely polite and polite, and the other... is like water waves under the moonlight, every frame is full of silent and real tenderness.

3.

When Sun Xiang returned to the hotel, it took a lot of time to take a shower and deal with the accumulated work.When I was free, the moon was in the sky outside the window, the lights of nearby residential buildings were sporadic, and most people in the whole city had already reached bedtime.

Although he himself yawned again and again, Sun Xiang's hands were itchy after not playing the game for a day.He logged into New Glory, looked at his friends list, Ye Guiren was not online, neither was Zhou Zekai, Zhao Yaoyao's icon was on, but the coordinates were displayed in a desolate wild area, he probably fell asleep, and the mining machine was hanging up.

Sun Xiang finished the single-player daily task, feeling that it was not interesting, so he logged off.

He threw the computer aside and lay on his back on the bed, always feeling like he forgot something.After studying the texture of the ceiling and the style of the wall lamp for a long time, Sun Xiang suddenly sat up.

"Mobile phone, mobile phone, where..." Sun Xiang groped for a while, and finally found the important communication tool that he had forgotten for a long time under the pillow.He rubbed his face to wake himself up, and then posted an ins—he remembered the last important thing!

Group photo, BY Boss Sun and two Samoyeds, both showing bright smiles, with Sun Xiang's iconic V gesture on his chest, accompanied by the text: yeah!

After that, Sun Xiang fell asleep as if the power went out as soon as he closed his eyes, and he didn't remember whether the wall lamp was turned off or not.There was only a group of night cat fans cheering up and shouting "There will be surprises if you stay up late!", rushing to leave him snacks and comments.Some praised him for his trendy look and asked where he bought the clothes, some licked his face and blew rainbow farts every day, and some praised his cute dog and wondered when Sun Xiang raised him. Of course, most of them asked "so happy, what's so good about it? Let me know." ah"

There are hundreds of hearts, and one of them comes from an account whose ID is "Z".

As the first and only lucky "fan" whose good news was revealed by the person concerned, Zhou Zekai opened the electronic schedule calendar after clicking the likes, and made changes to a certain position on the next day.

4.

The next morning, on the 23rd floor of Hongyuan Holdings, Zhou Zekai's office welcomed a regular visitor.

"..." Zhou Zekai raised his eyes and saw Ye Mingkang at the door. He immediately averted his eyes skillfully and continued to concentrate on his work. His acting skills were exceptionally natural, as if this kind of thing had happened countless times.

"Kaikai~" Ye Mingkang put on an expression of grievance that is difficult for others to see, and sat directly opposite Zhou Zekai, resting his chin on one hand, staring at his handsome nephew, "Why are you so indifferent when you see my uncle?"

"..." Zhou Zekai stopped typing on the keyboard, the corners of his eyes twitched, "What's the matter?"

"Can't I come to chat with you if I have nothing to do? Uncle is so sad." Ye Mingkang picked up a pen and turned it slowly. Zhou Zekai glanced at him again, and immediately sat upright and coughed, "Okay, okay, I'm not joking, I I really have something to find you, it's business."

"Business?" Zhou Zekai seemed to be pointing.

"That's right!" Ye Mingkang blinked knowingly, "That aspect. You must be interested in hearing it!"

5.

It turned out that Ye Mingkang talked to Zhou Zekai this time about the NFC project.Judging from the profit and scale alone, this business is definitely a mosquito leg that Hongyuan despises.Its more role is to pave the way for subsequent benefits.

"There has never been anyone who has really passed all the upstream and downstream of the industry. Whoever is the first to do this, will be the first to seek similar benefits in the future." Ye Mingkang talked about serious affairs, and his whole temperament changed suddenly. He was absolutely rational and peaceful. The adventurous spirit in his bones is well integrated in him, "Whether it is the league, the manufacturer, or the club, everyone wants to roll up their sleeves, but none of them can make it."

"Yes." Zhou Zekai nodded, "There are constraints."

The league is hindered by the General Administration of Sports. As a subsidiary spin-off organization, although they want to make money, they are limited by their status as referees and cannot be commercialized too openly.

The manufacturer's constraint is that they are already very close in team cooperation, and there are inevitably biases, buttocks are naturally crooked, and they cannot gain the trust of the entire alliance.

It is easier for clubs to understand-no matter in terms of energy, standpoint or ability, playing a good game and winning the championship is what they are best at and the most cost-effective investment.In matters such as NFC, it is much safer to choose to borrow someone else's boat to go to sea than to build one yourself.

At this time, with Ye Mingkang's identity in the Asian E-sports Association, coupled with Hongyuan's capital, and the previous friendship between Zhou Zekai and Yu Wenzhou, and with a few teams who are willing to be a test field as a breakthrough point, it seems that the whole cake is not so difficult to draw. up.

"Almost?" On the details and timing, the two continued to discuss for a while, and basically reached a consensus on the main points.

"Share composition?" Zhou Zekai understood that Ye Mingkang planned to set up a joint venture company and work hard.

"Your fund contributes 51%, I get 19%, and the remaining 30% is for the Asia Electric Power Association." Ye Mingkang seemed to have made up his mind, and raised his hand to prevent Zhou Zekai from saying, "It's not good for me to earn more and less." It’s important, the important thing is to do things with you, isn’t it more fun to do what we both want to do? And for e-sports, you must be more professional. When you hold a controlling stake, when specific projects are running, I can do trivial things Spread your hands and throw it to you to worry about, haha!"

Zhou Zekai glanced at him helplessly: "Thank you, Mingkang."

"I still don't want to call me uncle..." Ye Mingkang muttered quickly, then extended his hand with a smile, "We're all a family, so why not be polite. Come on, I wish us success behind your mother's back! Five!"

After Zhou Zekai gave him a high five, he suddenly remembered something: "Does the experimental team have options?"

Ye Mingkang's expression suddenly became a little strange, as if he was trying to hide something.

Zhou Zekai grew up with him since he was a child, so he couldn't tell that this guy was hiding something in his heart.

"Uncle, uncle." He paused every word, staring at Ye Mingkang, "Huh?"

"Oh, that's right." Ye Mingkang pretended to be innocent, and slapped his head, "Look at my memory, I have a cooperation proposal for a team here, and I'm going to ask you to have a look."

After finishing speaking, he took out a document from the bag he brought and handed it to Zhou Zekai.

He watched Zhou Zekai's next move, but unfortunately, after opening the cover and seeing the page with the name of the team, Zhou Zekai almost didn't hesitate to turn the page.

Ye Mingkang was quite disappointed that he didn't get the expected reaction from his nephew, and turned his pen boringly.During this period, he secretly observed Zhou Zekai a few times without giving up, and Zhou Zekai's state was no different from any other contract, serious, serious, slightly frowning, nothing special.

As everyone knows, Zhou Zekai saw his reaction from the corner of his eye.

Zhou Zekai went through the cooperation case carefully twice, and sighed with a broken smile: "The general direction is fine. Send me the electronic version."

"Fix the details? It's fine." Ye Mingkang nodded, and then asked tentatively, "You don't have any...do you have any other opinions?"

Zhou Zekai was silent: "Other? What else?"

Ye Mingkang realized that it would be difficult to talk to his nephew, so he had no choice but to open up and say: "It's a bit inappropriate to pull your former teammate in first... So I want to hear your real thoughts before starting. What does my sister think, she If you still care so much, let's take it easy, it's nothing more than more time to find other clubs."

Zhou Zekai paused while arranging the documents, his eyes were downcast and his expression was vague: "The matter is over. I don't owe her now."

6.

Sun Xiang took an early flight and landed at Hongqiao at about ten o'clock in the morning.

There was still some time left before the noon dinner, so Sun Xiang took the time to go back to the team first - the benefits of choosing a location in the western suburbs of the city were immediately reflected at this moment.

This time, he wanted to see the team captain.

7.

Sun Xiang was born as a player, and has learned various lessons, remembering not to overstep.Team management is the job of Zhao Yaoyao's team. He will not touch it if he can. Only when there is a storm like Wu Yue being poached, he will come forward to suppress the field at the request of the management.

Zhao Yaoyao had entrusted him with the task of finding out the captain's word - he had too little time before he left, and he only had enough time to talk to Wu Yue. Now the signing of He Xi is a certainty, so as to understand the overall state of the team and stabilize the morale of the army, it must be done as soon as possible. the better.

Mercury's captain is called Qian Chen, who has the same surname as Qian Yiqian, who was widely criticized on the Internet a few days ago, and his personality is very different.

Qian Yiqian has Qian in his name, but he is arrogant and impetuous.Qian Li is just the opposite, modest and stable, especially low-key.

He is the oldest in the entire team, 20. He has played in the old glory for two years, and his skills are above the middle, but he suffers from the team's weak strength and has never had a chance to make his mark.Fortunately, he has a distant relationship with Zhao Yaoyao, so he got a valuable interview opportunity.Sun Xiang took a fancy to his formal system background, recognized that his skills still had room for improvement, and finally signed him.

Facts have proved that, just like signing Wu Yue at a high price without hesitation back then, signing Qian Jin was definitely one of the most correct decisions Sun Xiang ever made.

Qian Jin lived up to the expectations of Mercury's high-level executives. After switching to the new Glory, he gave up the pastor who played well before and replaced him with a more aggressive male clergyman.This class perfectly fits his tactical style, which is extremely aggressive, and his sudden and clever moves often make opponents feel timid and shy away.On weekdays, the management team members are also quite good, and they are one of the few guys who can hold Wu Yue down.

Unfortunately, there is a shortcoming - too fat.

When Sun Xiang caught Qian Chen, he was in the tea room, ignoring the team doctor's orders, and earnestly eating small cakes.

Sun Xiang couldn't help coughing.

Qian Chen is 1.7 meters [-] tall, but weighs nearly [-] catties.After discovering Sun Xiang, he didn't panic. He ate up the fresh milk cubes that ordinary people would have to dig a dozen spoonfuls of to solve, and threw them into the trash can with his backhand, skillfully destroying the evidence.

Sun Xiang said speechlessly: "A few catties, you should lose some weight."

"Ji Jin" is the pronunciation of "Qian Jin" in Shanghai dialect, which is a double meaning and very magical.Originally, only the Shanghai Support Club shouted "Brother Jijin", but somehow, fans all over the country happily used it.

"He Xi? This name is interesting." The soft fat man rested his chin and thought, "When they turned around and entered the arena, after they shouted, how many catties, how many catties, they can continue to shout, He Xi, He Xi, the future Can be expected, it rhymes, doesn't it?"

Sun Xiang: "..."

He said, Zhao Yaoyao thinks too much, there is no need to worry about things.Chin seems to be receptive to the fact that he may have a small player.

"Brother Xiang," Qian Jin seemed to have guessed Sun Xiang's thoughts, and smiled gently, "Temporarily changing players, the length of the running-in period is uncertain, will Wu Yue's mood fluctuate? Are you worried about this?"

"Well, Wu Yue chatted with you?" Sun Xiang unscrewed the Coke and took a sip.

Qian Chen nodded and shook his head: "I'm looking for him. Well, there are several other main players who have talked with each other alone. After collecting the opinions of everyone in the circle, there is actually only one most important thing."

"Which one?"

Qian Chen said very sadly: "Don't be too handsome. Too handsome is easy to fall in love."

"Cough, cough cough—" Sun Xiang almost sprayed money on his face with Coke.

8.

"He's just a radish, not even up to your chin height, what are you thinking about!" Sun Xiang said speechlessly.

Although it seemed that the problem had been resolved, in the end he still solemnly told the captain to take care of the children, especially Wu Yue, so that he and He Xi, two gifted boys, would not get into a fight.

He had lunch with the investors at noon, and in the afternoon he had to deal with the audit and held a meeting until six o'clock. After that, he didn't even have time to catch his breath, and immediately rushed to the dinner in the media circle.In order to connect with each other at the end of the year, this kind of occasion cannot be avoided.

This group of people belong to the type who are particularly good at playing, and the venue is either a KTV or a pub, and they will never let you go without a drink.

To save face for acquaintances, Sun Xiang drank four bottles of beer, and then tried to persuade iced tea to be mixed with whiskey.He was thinking about getting out early, and was about to send a message to Zhao Yaoyao, asking him to call to pretend to be urgent, but unexpectedly, the phone rang by itself.

At this time, he had almost forgotten that he had told someone about going back to Shanghai today, but he forgot, the other party remembered clearly.

Sun Xiang didn't even look at who it was, so he picked it up and hurried to the terrace, "Hello, who is it?"

"Go back to Shanghai?" A pleasant male voice spoke from the opposite side.

"Yeah," Sun Xiang was in a daze, thinking he was an acquaintance like Zhao Yaoyao or Fang Minghua, and directly reported the name of the bar.

"Changle Road?" The other party paused, and after six or seven seconds, asked again.

"Yes." Maybe it was because of the alcohol, or maybe he was seduced by that voice, Sun Xiang said every word without thinking, "Why? Ask this? Are you going to pick up brother?"

As soon as the words fell, there seemed to be a slight laugh on the other side.

"Two ten minutes," said the voice, "right away."

"Wait..." Before Sun Xiang had time to speak, there was only the hang-up sound of "beep beep beep".

At this moment, a gust of cold night wind blew by, Sun Xiang didn't wear a coat, his whole body shivered, his wine faded a bit, and his sanity returned.

He hurried to check the identity of the caller.

The three words "Zhou Zekai" completely woke him up.

TBC