Chapter 112: Beast of Burden Liao. (1/2)
As he happily hung up the phone, the night breeze blew past, evaporating the sweat on his body and allowing a chill to seep in. However, with his excitement rising by several degrees, he did not notice the cold.
“So happy?” The one who was speaking to him happened to the school senior who had successfully pulled Kang Shengzhe into the basketball team. Since it was his private affairs, he let it slip after he teased him with a single comment. “Are you alright? You can go back and rest if you’re tired, the rest of us are going to continue for another half of an hour.”
Kang Shengzhe shook his head as he caught a ball and threw it. The ball did a neat parabola in the air and it hit the basket but it did not go in. “I’ll practice for a while more.”
The school senior was very gratified, “Sure, practice more!” As he scrutinised Kang Shengzhe, the feeling that it was a good decision to recruit him kept rising. “With you around, our team can still have a go at it. This year’s goal is to play one more match than last year!”
Although the boys in the Liberal Arts College were not being discriminated against, it was true that their physiques was slightly lacking compared to the other faculties. For starters, they were small in numbers and consequently, the pool they could choose from was not ideal. People like Kang Shengzhe who were two-metres-tall was something that happened once every few years.
Evidently, Kang Shengzhe did not agree with his words. He tousled his hair and said deeply, “Just playing one more match is not enough.”
The school senior: “Then what do you want?”
Kang Shengzhe: “I want to take the championship.”
The school senior’s expression froze at the onset of those words before it changed and there was an unspeakable complexity on his visage. “Having ambition is a good thing but the championship… will be quite difficult, mainly because this year is a little different since I don’t know which beast of burden…”
The school senior abruptly cut off his own words and looked left and right before he pulled Kang Shengzhe to whisper, “You’re not clear about it because you’re a new student, but in the annual basketball competition that A University hosts every year, only thirty-one faculties participate. Thirty-one, do you get it? The Physical Education Institute is not included. Their Institute typically hosts their own basketball competition, and they’re usually not allowed to participate in such large-scale events.”
Feeling strange, Kang Shengzhe asked: “Why?”
The school senior gave him a look, “The basketball team in A University is famous, and they’re known to have no opponent in City A. If they were to attend, then we don’t have any prospects of winning even if we were to play. Hence, there’s a tacit understanding that they’re not allowed to participate in annual basketball competition, but there was a school senior from the Physical Education Institute in the School Student Union this year who insisted and protested. In the end, after he kicked up a fuss for a few days, the school had no choice but to add the Physical Education Institution into the mix.”
The two of them were talking in soft whispers and someone at the side called out to them loudly: “Hey, what are you guys talking about!”
The school senior choked and he turned his head back to shout: “What else can we talk about! We were talking the lot drawing, let’s see who we’re drawing for the first round this year and blow them up!”
A wave of war cries reverberated from the basketball court. Kang Shengzhe picked up a ball and returned back to his basketball team. Just as the school senior was about to continue elaborating on their topic of conversation, Kang Shengzhe opened his mouth to let out a big yawn.
The school senior: “…… EMMMM, let’s practice.”
He started practice his three-pointer balls again, throwing the ball after another like he was bringing down a heavy rainstorm and strong gale.
When he returned to the dorm after the tiredness wore him down, Liao Su had already slept to an extremely deep degree. Whereas Kang Shengzhe dragged himself to shower and his drowsiness made him resemble a rigid corpse hopping around wherever he went. Once he was done, he fell onto the bed and dampened the pillow without care.
In the midst of lethargic drowsiness, his phone had a WeChat notification all of a sudden. Kang Shengzhe glanced at the screen with squinted eyes. It was a message from Wang Lu.
It was just one sentence, simple in construct: — K, something happened.
Middle of the night, two o’ clock. Wang Lu had sent him a message saying that something had happened. Kang Shengzhe’s brain immediately sobered up and he lifted his body off the bed to sit up.
* * *
After the conversation he had with Kang Shengzhe, You Liangxing felt like his time had being elongated by uncountable folds. His work consisted of receiving one task after another and completing them but time seemed to barely move.
Initially, You Liangxing thought that it was just his delusion but he came to realise later that it was called being too concentrated and absorbed. As a result of this, his work efficiency doubled by n number of times, and what should have taken three to four days to complete was unexpectedly finished by him in a shorter duration although he scarcely ate or slept during that time frame.
The people in the company watched on, terror-stricken. With their executive fighting at the frontlines, the staff did not dare to relax. Thus, within two to three days, the plan for popularising and propagating the application fell on You Liangxing’s table like snowflakes.
“If our ‘YouLiang TV” wants to raise our reputation, we definitely need a spokesperson. However, when it comes to promoting games, wanting to find a celebrity to open a short broadcast is unlikely to have much effect. Afterall, MengMao and Shark have done it before, and this is disregarding the fact that finding a person to endorse it is also a problem. If we need a celebrity with high popularity and an image of loving games, I recommend Zhang XX.”
“Zhong XX isn’t bad either.”
“Qi XX is even better.”
Struck with worries, the personnel argued nonstop, but You Liangxing already had a plan. “I’ve already chosen the person.”
The staff asked in succession: “Who?”
You Liangxing used one name to end the debate. “Bai Yao.”
When that name came out, all the staff made a noise of surprise. Bai Yao went by the surname of Bai, and the fact that her father was You Ming was a matter that very few were privy to. While everyone knew that You Liangxing was You Ming’s son, they did not know he had a biological older sister by the name of Bai Yao.
“While it is true that Bai Yao’s gaming image is compatible and she is popular enough, her popularity comes with an equivalent price. If we were to invite her to live broadcast, I’m afraid that initial budget is not substantial enough.”
“Furthermore, Bai Yao has gamed with MengMao before. If we were to do it again, the effect won’t be as far reaching.”
You Liangxing: “If the effect of one person is not sufficient, we merely have to invite her entire movie cast. Isn’t she in the process of filming as of late? Invite all six of the main cast, and in turn, it can serve as advertisement for them.”
His astonishing manner of handling business shocked the team to the extent where they could not utter a single word. Inviting the entire cast over— the results of that need not be said because it was bound to max out the network capacity by the second day. But there was the problem of capital…
Was CEO Xiao You planning to pluck more money from his family?
You Liangxing was very clear about what thoughts his team had. Thus, he simply said: “I’ll personally contact Bai Yao, and she will act as the go in-between for the other people in her movie cast. The capital is not something you need to worry about.”
While the team assumed that You Liangxing would say that he would handle the issue of money next, this was what You Liangxing said instead when he opened his mouth in a unhurried manner: “I won’t let her be too costly.”
Everyone: “……”
…… Sure enough, he is You Ming’s goose.
Businessmen were truly too terrifying!
Another meeting ended like this. Wanting to resolve the countless matters pressing on his head as soon as possible, You Liangxing opened Bai Yao’s WeChat – which was something he rarely did – and sent his own planning document and the contract over concurrently.
Her Majesty the Queen: — Finding me for endorsement? Do you know how much I’m worth? Do you know how much my appearance fee costs? Do you know that I love playing big cards?
You Liangxing replied: — I’ll give you as much as you want.