Athletes

"Mr. Lin Qi!" After a brief moment of surprise at Lin Qi's youth, the newly hired coach quickly approached, firmly grasped Lin Qi's outstretched hand, and shook it vigorously and enthusiastically twice. "Your youth and achievements make me feel ashamed!"

This is a coach who knows how to speak well. Instead of praising Lin Qi directly, he used self-deprecation and self-deprecation to highlight how remarkable Lin Qi's brilliant achievements at such a young age are.

This was a very effective and enjoyable form of flattery. Kane glanced at the enthusiastic and cheerful head coach and couldn't help but think of the unofficial introduction of him by the United Sports Association officials—a tyrannical coach.

But as it turns out, even the most tyrant has moments of weakness, as long as they have needs.

Of course, the coach's words were not entirely flattery. Everyone knows that running a professional club is very expensive. Even if their team doesn't have any star players yet and is just composed of ordinary people, it will still cost a lot of money.

The equipment and supplies for each player cost a lot of money. Add to that the maintenance of the venue and the salaries of the staff. Even if they don't have any star players, Lin Qi still has to face various expenses ranging from tens of thousands of yuan every month.

In the head coach's eyes, Lin Qi is probably too old to even go to college. To achieve such success at such a young age and run a professional club, whether it's his background or his ability to build something from scratch, is truly worthy of respect.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Moldok. You can call me Moore or Momo." Momo is a single pronunciation, but he actually hides another name for himself: Tyrant.

Lin Qi nodded. "Coach Moore..." He glanced at the people lining up on the side of the road, watching them with curious eyes, and then asked, "How did the selection go?"

Moldok nodded with satisfaction. "We've selected a group of good young men. As long as they don't slack off, they'll quickly adapt to the sport. As for the girls..." He glanced at Lin Qi and Reynolds, who looked on with curiosity, "Perhaps you can give me some advice, boss."

A very slick answer. Reynolds immediately looked at Lin Qi. Undoubtedly, he was very interested. Lin Qi did not refuse and nodded in agreement. He also called the Fox family and asked them to come over now.

The Fox family has promised to form a women's Rugby team, and this is a good opportunity for them to learn about the selection process and coaching staff, serving as a warm-up.

Before long, a group of people were sitting in the office. After reviewing the selection process for the women, Lin Qi quickly called a halt.

Moldok simply assumed that Lin Qi needed an excuse to surround himself with pretty girls. He underestimated Lin Qi's ambitions. Women 'Rugby professional rugby was not his hunting ground for women; it served other purposes.

Many of the girls who applied were very pretty, but they looked like the kind of girls who were frail and delicate. They might be suitable as pretty faces, but in high-intensity, confrontational competitive sports, they might not survive a season.

"Boss, are you really planning to let those girls compete on the Ball Field?" Moldok looked at Lin Qi in disbelief. He felt that this handsome young man seemed to have a bit of... bloodthirstiness, or something else, deep down.

He could hardly imagine what it would be like to see a group of beautiful girls running and colliding with each other while wearing protective gear. There's no phrase like "pale with shock" in this world to describe such a shocking scene, but it's still something one can imagine.

From the moment this sport was invented, girls were never considered for participation.

Moreover, even male athletes often injure themselves or others during competitions; rib fractures and tibia fractures are commonplace for them.

It's possible that even a simple collision could break several bones, which those girls definitely couldn't handle.

"Coach Moore, I have to remind you, this is prejudice against women!" Lin Qi criticized him slightly from his high vantage point. "The Women's Rights Protection Association is also paying close attention to the Women's Professional Sports I initiated. In the future, some of their people may come here often to watch the games and training up close, so you need to change some of your thinking."

Moldok apologized for his thoughts without hesitation. He was able to be so humble because the whole club was still in the process of getting to know each other. Lin Qi seemed a bit difficult to get along with, but he usually didn't get involved in things.

Kane usually takes charge, Kane is an easy-going person. He feels that he and Kane can work together for a long time.

Secondly, he resigned from the university with his team. If he were to fall out with Lin Qi and his assistant coaches now, he and his team would have nowhere to go in the short term.

The professional league isn't over yet, so it's impossible for anyone to replace a player midway through the season. The university semester is about to start, and those who were supposed to renew their contracts have already done so. There won't be any extra spots for him. If he doesn't want to go hungry at home for a year or two or even longer, and doesn't want to be complained about by his assistants, the best way is to integrate into this club, which is also his original dream.

Lin Qi raised his hand to indicate that Moldok was being overly cautious, and then talked about the girls best suited for these sports. "I've talked about these things with people from the Women's Rights Protection Association before. Maybe we can hold a public audition and at least select some suitable girls in this city to participate in the selection."

"Our target group is girls who have received some education, have a certain cultural foundation, are healthy, beautiful, and sunny..." He looked at Little Fox, "Can you give me a proposal? I will take it to talk to the Women's Rights Protection Association, and it would be best to target female college students."

Girls who have received higher education prefer this approach, and they do indeed want to pursue equal rights with men. Most importantly, the fact that these girls can afford to go to university indicates that their families are at least wealthy, and they can provide financial support to the Women's Rights Movement when necessary.

This was the first time that Little Fox. had been directly instructed to do something, but neither Little Fox. nor Old Fox. had much of an opinion on it. The former even nodded in agreement, saying, "I will come up with a plan as soon as possible."

Little Fox. studied management in college, and project planning was part of his studies, which was easy for him.

After discussing some details, Lin Qi, Kane, and Moldok left alone, leaving Reynolds and Fox together so they could find some common ground to talk about.

Meanwhile, Lin Qi and his group went to see the selected Young Men, who would become the backbone of the club in the future.

The Young Men were somewhat intimidated and had mixed feelings about Moldok, the strict interviewer who directly "touched" them during the interview. Moldok's method of assessing their qualities by directly touching their bodies was a bit strange. Even today, with the rise of various sports, gender orientation remains a very serious topic.

This is not difficult to understand. The Women's Rights Movement can gain social support because there are female deities in many religions who hold important powers, such as female God of War.

However, in religions and beliefs, even if the gods are willing to be fetishists, they will not have any issues with their orientation, which has led to a lack of foundation in this area in society.

The Young Men were still wary of being touched by Moldok.

These are all very strong Young Men, their muscles bulging. Moldok spoke of Young Men with great enthusiasm, saying, "Their physiques and muscle definition are more comprehensive than those of athletes who have undergone rigid training in college."

"This also means that they are more adaptable. As long as they can understand and master the rules of olive maple, they can quickly get on the field and start playing!"

Moldok stood outside the crowd. He hesitated for a moment, then assured Lin Qi, "If nothing unexpected happens, our club will be able to return to the professional arena next year."

In addition to organizing various professional leagues, the United Sports Association also organized a relatively professional amateur league. As long as you can make it into the top three, you can be promoted to the lowest level of the intercontinental professional league. In Moldok's view, this goal is not difficult to achieve.

Currently, there are only 22 teams in this amateur league, which is about 10 fewer than before. This is also related to the current economic downturn, as many amateur clubs have closed down, making it easier for amateur teams to break into the professional league.

Moreover, many amateur teams do not intend to compete in the professional league. Entering the professional league would mean that their expenses would be much higher. Even without raising the salary standards of these "professional athletes", the constant travel to various places for competitions would become a financial burden.

After looking at the young men, Lin Qi had some ideas. "We need at least three complete teams. We'll use a competitive selection process, with internal matches to try and become starters for the official teams. I believe you're an expert and understand what I mean!"

Moldok nodded. He could understand the concept of talent reserves, so he nodded, even though he didn't actually understand it.

Lin Qi's goal was not simply to build up a talent pool, but to curb the potential for future wage increases. Once some people become irreplaceable, their pride will gradually turn into arrogance, and they will begin to crave more things that do not belong to them, such as higher salaries.

The constant competition makes them realize at all times that their jobs and salaries are not secure, and that they are not irreplaceable. They know that as soon as they raise any demands, someone will immediately replace them.

While having too many athletes might seem like a potential increase in monthly salaries, they can actually help limit the ever-increasing salaries of star players in the future.

But it doesn't matter if Moldok didn't understand; he just needs to know what to do.