Chapter Two: Buying a "Worthless" Team

"That academy delinquent has never played professionally," Zhao scoffed. "Donggang's center backs turn slowly. Lu Ye covers his first twenty meters in under 2.9 seconds. He appears right-footed because an academy coach forced him to switch. His left-footed shot is faster and harder to read." Outside, Lu Ye volleyed a rebound with his left foot through a torn net. "Who are you?" Qin whispered. "A man who pays wages on time." Seven minutes before midnight, Zhao signed. Chenzhou obtained control for one hundred yuan and placed nineteen million from his securities loan into escrow. Fourteen million vanished immediately into wages, taxes, stadium fees, and the bond. At one in the morning, Gu Zhengrong called.