Chapter 62: The Alliance Support Who Was Suppressed by His Teammates (Part 5)
The training room door was knocked on, and Duan Qiancheng came in with a beaming face. “You’ve all worked hard.”
He said, “Let’s all go downstairs to eat.” Then he looked at Zhuang Ningyu. “You wait a moment. I have something to tell you.”
“En.” Zhuang Ningyu took off his headphones and turned to look at Yu Lin. “Go and eat with them first.”
Hearing this, Yu Lin put down his mouse, lifted his eyelashes to look at him, and stood up with him. He randomly zipped up his zipper and let out a light “en.”
It’s really like raising a son.
Duan Qiancheng saw it and let out a light hiss, feeling that this was a bit tricky.
After everyone else had gone downstairs, Duan Qiancheng glanced at the door, and not feeling at ease, he went over and closed it.
Zhuang Ningyu leaned against the back of the chair, supported his elbow, and let out a light laugh at his appearance. “Did you go and be a thief?”
“.” Duan Qiancheng was speechless. He came over, casually pulled up a chair, and sat down. “Don’t mess around. I have something serious to talk about.”
Zhuang Ningyu lifted his eyelids. “What is it?”
“It’s about Yu Lin.” Duan Qiancheng paused for a moment, his expression rarely serious.
He thought for a moment and asked Zhuang Ningyu, “You know about Yu Lin owing DEC three million, right? Boss Dai told me when he sent him to me. He said to let him work to pay it back.”
Duan Qiancheng said, “Three million. I didn’t really take it seriously at the time. This debt doesn’t go through us. With this pressure, he’ll have to work hard for us.”
Zhuang Ningyu grunted, “En,” his expression very placid. “I know. And then?”
“And then you know what?” Duan Qiancheng had a look on his face as if he had been stung by a bee.
He said, “I recently heard something else. Do you know how Yu Lin came to owe this three million? I thought that grandson of Dai Qiao was not a good person, but it’s not the case.”
Duan Qiancheng licked his cheek. “This money was owed by Yu Lin himself. I heard that after he joined the team, his relationship with Zhou Huang was not ordinary. He took three million from Zhou Huang, but Zhou Huang was not happy about it. He couldn’t pay it back, so he asked Dai Qiao to pay it back for him.”
Duan Qiancheng looked at Zhuang Ningyu’s expressionless face and opened his mouth. “I know you pity this kid… I mean, with Yu Lin… should we still sign him?”
To be fair, Duan Qiancheng felt that this kid Yu Lin looked quite obedient, didn’t cause trouble, and was hardworking. He was happy to take him in and train him.
But to use this method… the nature of it was different. Duan Qiancheng was a scoundrel, but he was not ambiguous about important matters.
He didn’t believe that things would be so unbearable, and he felt that there was something fishy, but he actually didn’t want to sign him anymore.
He had watched Dawn grow to this day, and Zhuang Ningyu was like his own younger brother. He didn’t want to plant a landmine.
But after Zhuang Ningyu had finished listening, the finger that was supporting him on the side curled slightly, and he asked him, “Where’s the contract?”
“Oh, I’ve already drafted the contract. It’s completely different from the one that was sent. Sigh, I was originally quite optimistic about this little golden bean. I had even gotten him high prices for live streams and endorsements, but now they’re useless.”
“Let me see the contract.” Zhuang Ningyu leaned against the back of the chair and reached out, and said, “It’s useful.”
“Huh?” Duan Qiancheng handed over the contract in a daze.
Zhuang Ningyu bowed, and with his eyes lowered, he flipped through the snow-white contract.
After confirming that there were no problems, he returned it. “He’s just starting out. Lower the live stream time a little. There are no other problems. Let’s sign it.”
Duan Qiancheng: “?”
Duan Qiancheng had a dazed look on his face. “Think it through. Once you sign it, he’ll be your person. Are you really at ease with letting him play? I’ve actually found a few other good seedlings and was in the middle of talking to them.”
Zhuang Ningyu didn’t know what he was thinking, but he actually let out a very low laugh. He shook his head. “There’s no one more suitable.”
“Fine.” Remembering his pickiness, Duan Qiancheng came to his senses, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. “I get it. You’ve taken a liking to him, and you want him, right?”
Zhuang Ningyu nodded. “En, I want him.”
Duan Qiancheng thought of who was in charge of Dawn, and after thinking for only a second, he stopped worrying about things that were not his business, and made a decision. “In that case, I’ll sign it.”
When they went downstairs, it was lively.
They had won the match, and it was against SIA, whom they disliked. They had gotten revenge twice in one day, and Fang Cheng was extremely excited.
He sat next to Lin Qingchuan, and it was as if there were needles under his butt. He was twisting and turning, and while he was snatching the crayfish that Lin Qingchuan had peeled, he was also browsing Weibo.
Fang Cheng had a lively personality and had a lot of interaction with his fans. When he saw a funny comment, he would lie on the sofa and laugh until he couldn’t get up. As he was lying there, he accidentally choked and coughed.
“Damn—” Fang Cheng coughed his lungs out, and his face turned red in no time. He quickly kicked Lin Qingchuan’s calf.
“Help—help—”
Yu Lin was sitting on the edge of the sofa, holding a cup of dessert in his hand. It was the kind that Zhuang Ningyu had ordered for him on the first day. He had eaten it cleanly, and Duan Qiancheng had thought that he liked it, so he would always get him a cup with every takeout.
Yu Lin was eating slowly. Seeing that his teammate was in trouble, he hesitated for a moment, and the dessert in his hand was gently pushed forward in an arc.
He was far from Fang Cheng, and he didn’t know how to speak. As he was hesitating, Lin Qingchuan had already skillfully taken a drink and had stuffed it into Fang Cheng’s mouth. “Suck.”
Fang Cheng chugged the drink, and after a long while, he let out a long sigh of relief and collapsed on the sofa. “Thanks.”
Yu Lin looked at their interaction, paused for a moment, and quietly withdrew the hand he had extended.
His features were light, and he had his head down. His thin body was nestled in the sofa, and he was holding a dessert, looking very obedient.
Zhuang Ningyu happened to see him when he came downstairs, and he let out a light laugh. When he came down, he casually wanted to ruffle his head. Just as his fingers had rested on top of his head, and before he could press down, he lowered his head, and the new team member’s senses were sharp, and his ears and neck were all red.
He pressed his lips together, and as if nothing had happened, his eyelashes moved, and he tried to control himself from dodging, and he looked up with a calm expression. “Captain.”
“En.” Zhuang Ningyu let out a laugh, and his fingers gently pressed down. “What else do you like to eat? I’ll order it for you.”
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After eating, Duan Qiancheng said hello, called Yu Lin away alone, and handed him a contract.
“Take a look first.” Duan Qiancheng leaned against the table and sat, his tone kind.
He didn’t want to plant a landmine, and he was afraid of trouble, but he didn’t believe everything, and he had no opinion of Yu Lin himself.
He instructed, “Your captain has lowered your live stream time a little. The share will be lower, but not by much. It won’t affect your training, and it won’t be too tiring. You’ve just arrived, and your annual salary is eight hundred thousand. This is already not low. It will be higher after you’ve played for a while.”
“The contract is signed once a year. Your captain set it. He’s afraid that your value will rise next year, and you won’t be given enough money. Don’t worry, he’ll change it for you next year.”
“He’s also seen the contract in advance. There are no problems. You can take another look. If you don’t understand anything, you can ask me.” As Duan Qiancheng spoke, he couldn’t help but laugh. “If it weren’t for the age difference, I would almost have thought you were his biological son.”
Seeing that Yu Lin had taken the contract, Duan Qiancheng fell silent. He was spinning a pen in his hand and looked at him with a smile.
In fact, there was another clause. In the early years, they had been short of money and had been supported by Star TV. Therefore, there was a clause in the agreement that the live stream had to show their faces to increase their popularity and platform traffic.
Even Zhuang Ningyu had to abide by this. But when he was drafting the contract, Zhuang Ningyu had asked him to casually ask Yu Lin if there were any problems. The answer he had gotten was that it was okay, which was why this contract had been made.
Duan Qiancheng actually had a good idea in his heart.
Yu Lin’s skills were not bad. Although he didn’t know how he had been buried at DEC, with proper training, he would definitely have results within a year.
When he was changing the contract, he had asked Zhuang Ningyu, “Aren’t you afraid he’ll run away in a year?”
But the person was not concerned at all. He had a calm expression and was looking at the contract with his elbow supported, and he had asked in return, “Where can he run to?”
He seemed calm, but he was actually trying to save face. So this old dog has been eaten by someone.
As Duan Qiancheng was thinking, he couldn’t help but sigh. Yu Lin had already lowered his head and had signed, cleanly and without any hesitation.
In the script, the original host had developed a repulsion for his appearance due to the long-term bullying in the team at DEC. But in order to repay his debt, he had also streamed after joining Dawn, but because of his notorious reputation and his declining skills, the results were not satisfactory.
But it was reasonable for him to be willing to serve Dawn.
So Duan Qiancheng looked at his thin chin and his clean and trusting trust, and his heart softened again.
In any case, once the contract was signed, from now on, this was his own son who had his backing. Duan Qiancheng patted Yu Lin’s shoulder. “Work hard. Don’t be afraid.”
He thought for a moment. “After the contract is signed, we have to make an official announcement. We might have to stream for a few hours then. It’s fine. I’ll arrange it for you.”
Although the two matches had refreshed his past reputation, and Yu Lin had gained a small number of fans on various platforms, he predicted that Yu Lin’s first live stream would not be very smooth.
But it was fine. He glanced at his own son’s cold and clean appearance, and he had no pressure even against a star. He calculated in his heart that when the time came, he would just point the camera at him, and he was not afraid that the fans would not come up to him.
If it really didn’t work, he still had a water army to lead the rhythm.
Duan Qiancheng’s little abacus was clattering. He waved his hand and let Yu Lin go back to rest after he had signed the contract.
Yu Lin first went to the laundry room on the first floor.
He didn’t have much luggage, and he had few clothes to change into. He also had no money. He had been busy with training during this period and had not paid attention. He would get his clothes from the laundry room every day.
The life of the team was taken care of by a special person, and in fact, it would be delivered to the room. But Yu Lin had just arrived and didn’t have much luggage, so he had taken care of this himself.
He went upstairs with the team uniform, which had the smell of laundry detergent and dry sunlight.
When this uniform had first been draped over him, it had had a little cold scent and a faint smell of tobacco.
These past few days, he had not seen Zhuang Ningyu smoke, as if the smell of tobacco that day had been his illusion.
On extremely rare occasions, he would bury himself in the team uniform, which only had the faint smell of laundry detergent, as if he had been dried by the sun.
Under the debuff of this world, he was like a little beast that was extremely lacking in a sense of security. Just the things related to Zhuang Ningyu would bring him a sense of peace.
Yu Lin went upstairs with the team uniform, and his eyelashes moved slightly. He turned his head and met the gaze of another person who had just opened the door.
Zhuang Ningyu came out with a glass of water. Seeing him, he raised his eyebrows slightly. “Getting your clothes?”
His tone was placid, and his gaze fell on the team uniform he was holding.
Yu Lin didn’t have many clothes, and it was no secret that he always wore the team uniform jacket. In the past, he had spent most of his time in the training camp, leaving early and returning late, and he didn’t have much time to meet Zhuang Ningyu.
He pressed his lips together, his fingers tightened, and he said softly, “Captain.”
The team uniform in his hand was neither to be hidden nor to be put away. His face was placid, and his neck suddenly became hot.
His eyelashes moved, and he looked away from Zhuang Ningyu, and pretended to be calm. “En, I’m going back.”
Zhuang Ningyu looked at him and, unlike in the past, he did not leave, but walked towards him.
Zhuang Ningyu had a fairy-like face, cold and placid, and he looked very ethereal. In fact, he was very tall, with broad shoulders, and he had a rare good figure among internet-addicted young men.
He was holding a water cup, and he looked down at the team uniform in Yu Lin’s arms, and he was puzzled. “Duan Qiancheng hasn’t given you a team uniform yet?”
The blue and gold team uniform was quiet under the lights of the corridor.
In fact, it should have been given to him long ago, but Duan Qiancheng had said that the team uniform was being redesigned this year, and it was still in the design stage, so there was no hurry. He would just wear the latest one when the time came.
Yu Lin pressed his lips together, not knowing how to explain. He shook his head and said, “Brother Duan said to just wear the new one.”
Zhuang Ningyu glanced at Yu Lin’s cold and beautiful face and understood. “He wants you to boost his sales.”
He nodded and suddenly asked, “Is it enough to change into?”
Yu Lin was stunned for a moment. “What?”
“The team uniform.” Zhuang Ningyu said, and he pondered for a moment, then turned his head and went back to his room. A moment later, he came out with a new team uniform and placed it in Yu Lin’s hand.
“It’s clean.” he said, and he casually ruffled Yu Lin’s smoking head, and with a water cup in his hand, he went downstairs at a leisurely pace.