Chapter Four: What Five Million Cannot Buy

It proposed using inexpensive cameras to capture off-ball movement and model tactical contribution. Clubs cared only about goals, assists, and distance then. Nobody paid for invisible value. "Lu Ye has been seen," Chenzhou said. "I need you to find the next hundred people nobody sees." She opened her laptop and loaded last night's match. Lines traced Lu Ye's movement before the winning goal. Her model preferred a pass into the right channel over Xu Chuan's actual cross. "Your model is wrong," Chenzhou said. "It selected the highest scoring probability." "It failed to account for Lu Ye continuing his run, or Xu Chuan owing him an assist. People aren't points of light." Qinghe closed the laptop. "You want my algorithm but don't trust algorithms?"