In the afternoon, at Ming Yun Private Kitchen…
Pei Qian and the personal trainers of Deposit Fitness, such as Guo Licheng, arrived one after the other.
The members of the DGE club arrived a little later. That was because they were nearer so they left their place a little later.
Pei Qian expressed his satisfaction with the small increase in Guo Licheng’s muscles, praising him publicly.
“Very good, Coach Guo is everyone’s role model. Everyone has to learn from Coach Guo. Whoever did not have an obvious change in your muscle mass during the next meal gathering will be considered for replacement, understand?”
The branch managers nodded in unison, “Understood!”
Pei Qian was satisfied with this result. He knew from Guo Licheng’s muscles that he must have spent all his time working out, not running the operations of the gym.
Very good, that was exactly what Boss Pei wanted!
Guo Licheng was a little embarrassed to be praised. He had not been able to turn Deposit Fitness profitable as the person-in-charge; even the flagship store was still far from it.
Everyone had been making appointments before coming for exercise, which had well dispersed the passenger flow with the Deposit Fitness application developed previously. The problem of crowded during peak periods had been solved.
However, it was not helpful for the popularity of the gym itself; it even had a certain inhibitory effect.
The other functions of the Deposit Fitness application were not bad, but the key was there were just so many users. No matter how good the other functions were, someone had to use it for it to show its usefulness, right?
Therefore, Guo Licheng had always felt a little ashamed towards the developers of the ‘Deposit Fitness’ application. There were not enough users for such good application functions.
Fortunately, Yu Pingan from ‘Top Student, Come Quick’ application came to him some time ago, hoping to integrate with Deposit Fitness—which solved the user volume problem. Guo Licheng was more than willing to do it.
Guo Licheng thought that it was probably all arranged by Boss Pei so he did not question. He said nothing at all.
Guo Licheng did not particularly understand the purpose of today’s dinner.
Celebration?
It was definitely not possible. Deposit Fitness was still making a loss; what was there to celebrate?
Boost their morale and let the branch managers continue their efforts?
Well, that was possible.
It was just that no one dared ask when Boss Pei did not say anything. A department that made losses all year around was embarrassed to speak on such an occasion after all.
Pei Qian checked the time; the members of the DGE Esports Club should be coming soon. He felt that it was necessary to address the branch managers with him.
“There’s a small problem; everyone, please take note.”
“We’re having dinner with DGE Esports Club members today. On the one hand, it is to welcome them home and also to comfort them. As a newly established e-sports club, our DGE Esports Club must have suffered miserable loss and are experiencing rock bottom now, having challenged veteran clubs.
“They need understanding and comfort. No one should take the initiative to bring up anything related to performance. Eat more, toast more, and chat more about fitness, understand?”
The branch managers nodded in unison, “Understood!”
That just made everyone even more puzzled now. Why the hell should they chat more about fitness?
Only very few people, like Guo Licheng who was more familiar with Coach Yaling, knew about the ‘scientific training method’ adopted by the DGE Esports Club.
Pei Qian was very satisfied with these ‘yes men’ branch managers. These people were basically carved out of the same model as Guo Licheng. They love fitness and have simple minds. They could not come up with all kinds of new tricks to backstab Boss Pei.
Moreover, they were very easy to supervise. He only needed to observe the changes in their muscles every time they met to determine if they were training seriously. There should not be many opportunities for them to mess things up as long as they trained hard.
The DGE club arrived after he explained.
“Brother Qian!”
Ma Yang took the lead.
Pei Qian went over and hugged him warmly. He then looked at the player following behind him. Every one of them… looked very calm.
They might not look disappointed, but they did not look happy as well. Well, obviously the frustration of being beaten had diminished a lot after arriving home, but their mood was still depressed.
Food was the best therapy at such a time!
“Come, everyone, take your seat; let’s be prepared for a feast!”
Pei Qian did not engage in courtesy. Gathering for a meal meant everyone should eat as much as they wanted.
Ma Yang was very excited. “Brother Qian, I want to sit next to you! Let me tell you, I’m the team’s strategist this time and played a very important role! If you don’t believe it, you can ask these clubs. There wouldn’t be anyone who does not know of Coach Ma of the DGE club!”
Huang Wang was startled and looked at Zhang Yuan subconsciously.
That look meant this: ‘Didn’t we agree about not getting credit? What was it with Coach Ma?’
Zhang Yuan shook his head helplessly. Boss Ma did not need to follow these unspoken rules. Don’t ask, he blocked an atomic bomb for the boss previously.
Of course, others should never learn from that.
Pei Qian was filled with respect, hearing Old Ma’s words. He found the reason why DGE was abused!
No wonder all the team members were now withdrawn. How could not be with you as a strategist? They had no possibility of winning in the first place; wouldn’t they be beaten in 15 minutes flat if you were to command?
You did play an important role—don’t doubt it; it must be a negative influence!
It was not all surprising to be famous all over. The other clubs had probably never encountered such a noob commander. After these battles, Coach Ma must have become synonymous with ‘blind commander’, spreading all over the world…
Pei Qian was even more certain now that the DGE players were being bullied hard outside. Only Old Ma could continue smiling in such a situation.
Pei Qian patted Ma Yang’s shoulders. “There is no need to elaborate Old Ma, I understand!
“Alright, this matter is already over, there is no need to mention it anymore. Hurry eat, your favorite big lobster is on!”
Ma Yang was still very excited. He wanted to tell Pei Qian about how he played a core role in the brilliant performance in the mock competitions. However, his attention was immediately attracted away by the big lobster on the table.
Bragging was not as important as eating!
Ma Yang immediately forgot all about it as he picked up the big lobster to gnaw on.
Pei Qian sighed. Lucky for me that my reaction was fast!
Otherwise, how awkward would it be if Old Ma started telling tales of the DGE club’s humiliating defeat in the mock competitions!
How could Zhang Yuan and the other players’ faces be able to hang on in the presence of so many people? This meal would go bad, too!
Luckily, Old Ma had now shut up so no one should be mentioning it again insensitively. Everyone could now eat with peace of mind.
Zhang Yuan looked at Huang Wang and the others with a ‘see, I told you so’ expression.
The players understood now.
Boss Pei really did not like people who asked for credits!
See how Boss Ma, who had booked an atomic bomb, for Boss Pei was interrupted by Boss Pei when he just showed his intention to claim credit.
Therefore, they better buried their heads to eat and shut up!
Dishes were being sent up one by one. Everyone started digging in without reservations. These were really rare delicacies.
Someone asked Coach Yaling’s recent moves and realized that she had become the coach for the esports players’ club. She was in charge of their physical fitness, which could not help but elicit surprise from the others.
No wonder Boss Pei said that they could chat more about fitness with these esports players!
The esports players looked on at the opposite row of personal trainers with envy.
Look at those muscles! Boss Pei got us to have a meal with these personal trainers obviously to tell us not to become complacent and work harder for those muscles!
We were still very far from that!
They had to say that working out was something that one could become addicted to.
It was difficult to maintain it at first because the results were slow. However, after a while, the muscles of the body would enter a period of rapid growth. The body would start changing shape.
That was similar to savings. When people were earning little money, they did not care about savings and surplus. They spent money casually. However, once their savings increased, they would care more about their expenses because they would really enjoy seeing an increase in saving figures.
The members of the DGE club were currently in such a stage. They were very concerned about their own muscle growth, and fitness had become a habit.
These two groups actually had a rather merry time during the meal. They had fitness as a common topic after all.
Guo Licheng and Coach Yaling reminisced about the past while they feasted. He asked casually. “Will you head out to play mock competitions again?”
Coach Yaling shook her head. “No, there isn’t much meaning to it.”
Guo Licheng nodded, expressing that he understood. Indeed, frequently experiencing abuse was a very frustrating thing. It was normal to have a short-term escape mentality.
Pei Qian was even happier upon hearing it.
Obviously, losing the mock competitions had greatly affected the confidence of the players. They were now discouraged and had decided to use the ostrich tactic and began to escape!
That was a good thing as well. The DGE Esports Club might not be allowed to participate in official events, but it may obtain some influence elsewhere if they continued to be active and disrupt Boss Pei’s overall plan.
When they were all discouraged and withdrawn, the two teams would continue mock competitions against each other and entertain themselves. Their level would only get lower and lower.
If that continued to develop this way, then this club would definitely lose a lot of money!
The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more satisfied he was.
At the same time in H4 Esports Club…
Team Leader Su looked at his phone with an incredible expression on his face.
“What does Huang Wang’s newest update on his WeChat moments mean?
“Back at the base, Boss Pei personally held a celebration party… with a blocked booking at the nameless restaurant?!
“Show-off, naked show-off! That is going too far!”
Team Leader Su had nowhere to vent his anger.