What Do You Think of Ye Qiu?

(Tao Xuan is the CEO of Excellent Era, Cui Li was the former Excellent Era Club manager)

"How could this be your fault?" Su Mucheng immediately expressed dissatisfaction, "Clearly, you commanded them well. It was them who did not cooperate with nor followed your commands"

Su Mucheng wanted to continue explaining, but Ye Qiu immediately covered her mouth and explained, "Excellent Era's team synergy has some problems, it's because I didn't devise a good training plan."

Tao Xuan furrowed his brows. He didn't understand why Ye Qiu refused to let Su Mucheng defend him and instead insisted on taking the blame.

"Who dares to disobey your commands?" Tao Xuan said with a cold face.

Su Mucheng wanted to report Liu Hao, but Ye Qiu pressed her mouth shut, preventing her from speaking.

Seeing both of them silent, Tao Xuan had to take out the arena data statistics made by Cui Li and inspect them. 

After checking, it was found that Ye Qiu and Su Mucheng's data were excellent, while Liu Hao's data was mediocre. However, Guo Yang, Wang Ze, Shen Jian, and He Ming's data were extremely poor.

Tao Xuan immediately darkened his face. "Is it Guo Yang, Wang Ze, Shen Jian, and He Ming who didn't cooperate with your arrangements?"

Su Mucheng desperately wanted to speak, but Ye Qiu still did his best to prevent Su Mucheng from uttering the words "Liu Hao."

Su Mucheng didn't understand why Ye Qiu still wanted to defend Liu Hao at this time. Wasn't the plan to suppress Liu Hao's arrogance? But considering Ye Qiu's insistence on stopping her, he must have his own thoughts.

Su Mucheng calmed down and sat on the sofa, pouting silently while sulking.

Seeing Su Mucheng's emotions stabilize, Ye Qiu breathed a sigh of relief and explained, 

"The team members don't have major issues. Their poor performance in the data is simply because they are undertaking auxiliary roles in the team. Not everyone in the team can focus solely on output. The main reason for the poor performance iis basically me."

Tao Xuan clearly saw that Ye Qiu was lying, or rather, he was defending his teammates.

Tao Xuan sighed. "Ye Qiu, you are a qualified captain. I believe everything you do is for the good of Excellent Era's team. However, this year our team missed the playoffs for the first time. The fans and sponsors have strong opinions. They need an explanation."

Tao Xuan's expression showed no joy or anger, but there was an inexplicable meaning in his eyes.

Ye Qiu understood Tao Xuan's implication. As long as he was willing to show up, appear in front of the media cameras, all the problems, whether it be fan pressure or sponsorship cooperation, would be resolved easily.

Ye Qiu shook his head. "I will issue an apology statement on Excellent Era's official Weibo."(I micro-blogging chinese app similar to iInstagram and Twitter)

Tao Xuan didn't hear the answer he wanted. He snorted coldly and remained silent.

At this moment, Su Mucheng jumped forward and whispered to Ye Qiu, "Why did you stop me? Didn't you say you wanted to suppress Liu Hao's arrogance?"

Ye Qiu smiled bitterly. "Mucheng, if I explain the situation to the boss and let him punish Liu Hao. Will Liu Hao and the others genuinely follow my commands after being punished?"

Su Mucheng was stunned, shaking her head. No, they definitely wouldn't. By then, they would resent Ye Qiu even more.

"That's right. Punishing Liu Hao and the others means completely cutting them off. Because of that, Excellent Era's performance will not improve. On the contrary, internal conflicts in the team will worsen due to heightened tensions." Ye Qiu explained earnestly.

"What should we do then? We can't let Liu Hao continue to be arrogant, right?" Su Mucheng said discontentedly.

Tao Xuan, seeing Su Mucheng and Ye Qiu whispering in front of him, became dissatisfied. "Ye Qiu, did you come to me for something?"

Ye Qiu snapped out of it, explaining with a smile, "I want to sign a professional player for Excellent Era. Excellent Era needs reinforcement."

"Who?" Tao Xuan asked.

"Excellent Erai's Youth Training Camp's number one, Qiu Fei."

Tao Xuan had some impression of Qiu Fei. It seemed he was a disciple cultivated by Ye Qiu, with decent skills.

"No problem. I will arrange for Cui Li to sign him. After the playoffs, he can officially join Excellent Era's team." Tao Xuan agreed directly. "Is there anything else?"

"I hope Qiu Fei can temporarily replace Shen Jian in the starting lineup, of course, temporarily. Liu Hao's performance desire is too high. He needs a cooling-off period." Ye Qiu said.

Tao Xuan frowned slightly. He didn't immediately agree, but instead picked up the data again.

"Although Liu Hao's arena data is not outstanding, among all the professional players, his data score is above average. But you want Qiu Fei, a rookie who has never played a professional game, to replace Liu Hao?" Tao Xuan questioned.

Ye Qiu nodded.

After thinking for a while, Tao Xuan shook his head and vetoed, "No! Liu Hao is Excellent Era's third player, and he also has a considerable number of fans. Letting Liu Hao be susbsituted by Qiu Fei will upset the fans."

Ye Qiu was taken aback, not expecting Tao Xuan to reject his proposal. Why? Didn't the boss always trust him?

Su Mucheng was also surprised. She felt that there seemed to be a gap in the relationship between Ye Qiu and Tao Xuan.

After pondering for a moment, Ye Qiu seemed to understand something and said, "Then let Qiu Fei replace Shen Jian in the starting lineup."

"Okay." Tao Xuan agreed.

After Ye Qiu and Su Mucheng left Tao Xuan's office, Su Mucheng couldn't help but ask, "Is this your plan?"

Ye Qiu nodded. "Unfortunately, it failed. I planned to have Qiu Fei temporarily replace Liu Hao, but the boss disagreed because Liu Hao has high commercial value."

"Liu Hao is really bad!" Su Mucheng complained.

"Yeah, Liu Hao is really bad," Ye Qiu chuckled, with a hint of bitterness in his expression.

"Why am I bad?" Liu Hao walked over with a smile, "Ye Qiu, so you wanted Qiu Fei to join the team to replace me?"

Ye Qiu remained silent, his face showing no emotion, his eyes fixed on Liu Hao, who was approaching slowly.

"Why are you here?" Su Mucheng asked in surprise.

"Of course, I wanted to hear if Ye Qiu and Chief Su talked bad about me to the boss," Liu Hao said with a smile.

Seeing the expressions of Su Mucheng and Ye Qiu, it seemed that they had already reported to Tao Xuan. It probably wouldn't be long before Tao Xuan called him to come over.

Luckily, I have a backup plan. Liu Hao thought to himself.

At this moment, Liu Hao's phone rang, and the caller was Tao Xuan.

Liu Hao answered the phone, and the next second he heard Tao Xuan's cold voice, "Liu Hao, come to my office now."

Sure enough!

Liu Hao glanced at Ye Qiu, who had a slightly playful smile on his face, as if saying, "What are you waiting for? The boss asked you to go in."

Liu Hao pushed the door and entered, facing Tao Xuan, who was sitting in the boss's chair.

"Hello, boss!" Liu Hao said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Tao Xuan, seeing Liu Hao, was somewhat surprised. The handsome guy in front of him looked very much like Liu Hao, but in his memory, Liu Hao's appearance was quite ordinary, wasn't it?

"Are you Liu Hao?" Tao Xuan asked uncertainly.

"Maybe it's because of the hairstyle change, it's quite a big change," Liu Hao smiled.

"This change is not just a little bit. I even suspect you went to South Korea for plastic surgery," Tao Xuan doubted.

"Boss, did you call me here for something?" Liu Hao asked.

Only then did Tao Xuan remember that he had something important to do.

"What do you think of Ye Qiu?" Tao Xuan asked.

Liu Hao was stunned. What does Ye Qiu look like? What does Tao Xuan mean? Is it a loyalty test?

(End of this chapter)