Boundless Love Master Lin Qi
Inside the club, Kane stood facing his colleagues, with whom he had worked for anywhere from three to five years to over ten years, his face pale.
The way people looked at him was complicated, with disgust, hatred, and something else that was hard to explain, mixed with a kind of fawning that was both cowardly and hateful.
Everyone else was laid off, but Kane was the only one who stayed. What was even harder for people to accept was that Kane became the Executioners who was ultimately responsible for carrying out the execution.
Those who remain as plumbers and Electrician understand that this is how skilled jobs are; the longer the working hours, the more proficient one becomes, and the easier it is to find a satisfying job.
Experienced plumbers and Electrician with over a decade of experience can easily solve both major and minor problems.
But the others weren't so lucky; they were all summoned by Kane, who crushed their last hope.
The club was somber, as if a funeral had just been held there, with everyone wearing a somber expression of grief, as if something had been buried.
Looking at these people, Kane lowered his head and said sorry.
No one responded to him; they just stared at him or looked elsewhere.
A short while later, the coach stood up. The bottle in his hand was empty, and he reeked of alcohol. "Why aren't you leaving? Staying here... are you going to make a fool of yourself?" he said, beckoning to his student. An assistant coach helped him up, and the two of them gradually left amidst his cursing.
Everyone was mentally prepared for the coach to be fired, but they didn't expect to become part of the whole plan themselves.
Gradually, more people stood up and left in silence. These people already had other jobs. Their purpose in hanging out at the club was not because they loved it, but because they could get subsidies from it.
The United Sports Association has never stopped providing subsidies to professional athletes, but there is a process or regulation involved. They need to be affiliated with a club, even if that club is an amateur club.
While it's true that they're a little heartbroken to not receive this subsidy, they're unwilling to beg for even the smallest amount. After all, losing the subsidy doesn't mean they'll starve, and having it won't significantly change their lives.
So they chose to follow their hearts and leave directly.
The rest were people who had a strong attachment to the club, or people who really had nowhere else to go. They wanted to see Lin Qi and see if there was any way to salvage the situation.
In the afternoon, nine trucks drove straight into the club's parking lot. It has to be said that when these trucks, which are two or three people tall, drove side by side, they did give people a heavy sense of oppression. Kane and their leader, Cook, made contact and became even more confused.
Around 3:30 p. m., Lin Qi's luxury car drove into the club, and Kane immediately led the remaining ten or so club staff out to greet Lin Qi.
Lin Qi didn't act like a villain who had just killed these people from continuing to loaf around in the club, full of disdain, contempt, and disdain for the lower class. Instead, he was as friendly as someone who vaguely existed in everyone's memory, perhaps the neighbor's child or a relative's child, young, sunny, full of energy, and with a face full of smiles.
This enormous disparity made each of them feel a sense of unreality. Could it really be that such an optimistic, cheerful, and sunny young man was issuing such an inhumane order? "Each of you is a contributor to the club!"
In the club's small conference room, Lin Qi's first words were an affirmation of the contributions these people had made to the club. His expression was genuine, and his voice was filled with deep emotion.
Some sentimental people's eyes immediately welled up with tears. They recalled the various miracles this club had created in the past. They had witnessed its rise and its fall.
The more this happens, the more painful it becomes.
Lin Qi's gaze lingered on each person for a moment. "The rise of a new dynasty is inevitably built on the ruins of the old one, and the same applies to this club."
"An unreasonable structural system, an unreasonable management system, and unreasonable personnel standards led this place to a brief period of glory before it fell into an abyss."
"I'm here to save it from the abyss. I'm not going to gamble with my own money. To restore its glory and to give people a full understanding of the Sabine City Football Club, I have to cut away the rotten flesh."
"Actually, my heart aches too, and I'm in a lot of pain!"
"You are all the club's most important assets, but we have to face a difficult choice."
"I spoke with the mayor not long ago about our club moving to another location. I will build a more professional sports center there, with a more professional team to take over the work here, and more humble and reliable athletes."
"We will create new glories, create new history, and write our own miracle in the national league."
"You are all witnesses, even if you are not in the club, you are still witnesses to these miracles."
Lin Qi's words were always full of emotion. He paused here, then his tone became a little lighter, "To thank you for your past contributions to the club, starting today, I will establish a Hall of Fame, in which your names will be included, and you will also become lifetime honorary members of the club."
"As long as it's one of our games, whether it's Rugby, tennis, polo, baseball, hockey..." His gaze swept over the people again, "As long as it's one of our games, you can enter for free anytime and watch the whole game from the best spot."
"You can come to the club anytime, come here to take a look, walk around, and experience our progress every day."
"Of course, although you have temporarily lost this job, I will reopen the recruitment channel to the public later. If you can meet the requirements of the new team, I will still welcome you back to this big family..."
The resentment these people initially felt towards Lin Qi vanished in an instant; they even became somewhat happy, feeling that Lin Qi's actions were reasonable and the right choice.
There was indeed some unspoken atmosphere in the club before, with many people being inactive or even letting things drift.
Their purpose in being listed here is to receive subsidies; they don't care what happens to the club, including the coaching staff.
Looking back now, if the club had been able to pull itself together when it was facing investigation and trouble, it might not be in the situation it is in today.
The United Sports Association can guarantee their basic operations. As long as they continue to work hard and win, they will have a different future.
But it is precisely those who only think about getting by that have brought the club to such a state. If we don't get rid of these rotten apples, we will never have any hope.
Some people here even believe that Lin Qi did this on purpose so that they can smoothly integrate into the new club, and they are quite pleased with themselves for it.
Through Lin Qi's sincere and emotional communication, everyone gradually came to feel how much Lin Qi valued the club and understood his good intentions.
They even suspected that Lin Qi's goal was to get rid of some people through this method, so that they would be rehired and go on to achieve new glory with the club.
Suddenly, they no longer hated Lin Qi. Of course, they still had some dissatisfaction with Kane, but overall they were very satisfied. In any case, they could be inducted into the club's Hall of Fame and even enjoy prestigious treatment. What more could they ask for? After Lin Qi talked about his vision of the future and discussed the difficulties they were currently facing, each of them shook hands with Lin Qi and left with gratitude and excitement on their faces.
Of course, they didn't realize that all of this was being recorded by several cameras.
After watching these people leave, Kane was also somewhat agitated, because there were many things Lin Qi had said that he didn't know.
He hadn't been able to ask earlier, but now he couldn't hold back any longer, "Boss, you said we'd have a new place..."
Lin Qi glanced at Kane and nodded. "At least two hundred acres, maybe more. The club will not only operate Rugby, but also various mainstream sports."
The brand and commercial value of sports and related industries are not yet so obvious in this era, and people have not yet realized the business opportunities here, not only in sports themselves, but Lin Qi must have known this.
The news of people robbing shoes at gunpoint on the street is the best proof of this; they don't even want money, they just want some special shoes.
In this "barren" world, many things are still in their nascent stages, which is precisely the best time to make industrial plans.
It may take a long time for it to yield gratifying results, but once these industries mature, they will bring astonishingly large profits and influence.
Kane was unaware of the depth of Lin Qi's motives. He felt that it was all worth enduring the criticism for Lin Qi's sake. He had no other thoughts; he didn't care about other sports, he was only focused on Rugby.
He figured Lin Qi was in a good mood, so he tentatively asked, "You said you'd be recruiting those colleagues..."
Lin Qi chuckled, a laugh that made Kane uneasy. "Of course, but first they have to be able to meet the needs of the new team. We don't employ useless people... no, we don't employ people who are not good enough."
He slightly modified the last half of his sentence because he was about to sign a declaration and cooperation Disabled Persons Federation regarding the employment of disabled persons, and actively advocated for giving more care to disabled people.