Ark, please stop getting mad at the host's operators

Li Ji said with a smile as he looked at the comments where everyone was discussing Qingye's decision.

"It's no big deal. These are the necessary steps for every operator to grow. If you are afraid of death, you won't choose to join the White Night Anthem."

Qingye is very confident in his players. "Maybe they still need to walk with crutches, but I believe they will go further."

Qingye has never doubted his own judgment, whether it is about Wanfeng, the sandbox anchor, or teammates who perform poorly in the team.

This is also a kind of confidence he has in himself.

"Well...but there is one more thing I want to confirm. If you have time after the live broadcast, you can chat with me privately. This matter may be very important to you in the future."

Qingye's tone became serious for some reason, and this change in style made Li Ji a little uncomfortable.

"Okay, then I'll contact Boss Qingye after I get off the air."

"You don't have to add a boss. Next time, just call me Qingye. Or if you want to call me Brother Ye, I don't mind. You can come to me if you have any problems in the future."

"Then I'll trouble Brother Ye from now on."

Accompanied by Qingye's hearty laughter, the voice was also hung up.

Li Ji's live broadcast room was also boiling at this moment:

"Damn it, Gou Feng was just a small sandbox anchor a few days ago, but now he and Qingye are calling each other by name and calling each other brothers!"

"Dream, it must be a dream, someone pinch me."

"This has really become 'My Favorite Anchor'. When will it be time for fans to assassinate Gou Feng?"

"It doesn't matter if you broadcast it or not, can you please call Miss Texas to come over and broadcast it for a while?"

"Dream on, Miss Texas is mine, you are not allowed to look at her, not allowed to look at her!!!"

However, no matter how wildly the barrage of comments increased, Li Ji still adhered to the only rule of the live broadcast room.

That is, the anchor plays the anchor, and the barrage plays the barrage, and the main goal is not to interfere with each other.

"Well, today we have little time and a lot of work to do, and the anchor wants to get off work early."

Li Ji hastily exited Qingye's war sandbox account and yelled in the live broadcast room:

"Please invite the next boss to join the team!"

……

Gantry.

The night was as dark as ink, and a truck was traveling alone on the highway.

Its body cast a long shadow under the dim street lights, like a giant beast galloping in the dark night. The tires of the truck rolled on the road, making a deep and powerful sound, like the pulse of the earth beating.

"Hey, Texas, you're awake, how was your rest?"

The Angel of Power held the steering wheel and turned his eyes slightly. "Did you dream about something? You looked quite happy."

"Can this be seen?"

"Of course. Look how many years we have been partners."

Exiah raised his head proudly and said.

Although Texas always has a poker face, Archangel can still find a hint of difference from Texas's tiny changes.

This may also be a kind of tacit understanding, just like Texas can guess what Angelina's mood is today from what she eats for breakfast.

"I dreamed about Dr. Wanfeng."

"Leader? How's he doing lately."

Exiah didn't seem to care at all that it was just a dream and blurted it out without even thinking.

"Fortunately."

After he finished speaking, Texas was silent for a few seconds, as if thinking of his somewhat disastrous teammate, and added, "Not too good."

"Hahaha, what role did he play in your dream? He sounds like a happy beggar who is homeless but can get apple pie every day."

“He’s still in command.”

Texas did not respond to the Archangel's cold joke, but replied coldly as usual.

"Hey, how can he not be doing well in his old profession? It turns out that he can't do well without me protecting him."

The Angel of Exorcism didn't let it go, and said jokingly, "Next time you dream about him, remember to ask him when he will come back. He still owes me several guns."

Texas picked up a pokey, looked up at the starry sky, and whispered:

"Well, definitely."

Chapter 23: Gamble

"Boss, why don't you recruit a special agent, an executioner with defensive capabilities."

"It's OK. We just need a ranged guard. We can find a lord to compensate for the damage in the air."

"Why are there eight executioners again? Boss, please don't come. I'm not familiar with you. What? You want to find eight Silent Texas? If you find them, why do you need me? Aren't you invincible, kid?!"

"I don't care about your ten pioneers. Why don't you apply for a minor refund directly at the backend? Your team is not as reliable as the eldest brother of the eight executioners just now!"

……

Li Ji found that this night was extremely torturous. It was not because it was difficult to form a team, but because each team was more bizarre than the other.

Except for a few teams that are relatively normal, the others like Ten Vanguards, Seven Warlocks... Did you hold a self-employment meeting in your class as soon as you graduated from school, and then those who couldn't find a job joined a team together?

Otherwise, why would a team have so many of the same profession?

It was so outrageous that Li Ji began to doubt his life.

This made it difficult for Li Ji not to feel that everyone was not there to complement the team, but was hired by him to create a show effect.

If there weren't people like Qingye who had both good understanding and strength, Li Ji would have felt like he had come to a parallel world where the technological level of Arknights had regressed a hundred times.

Various great players showed their magical powers, and it was not even known who spread the news, but the big brother of the Eight Executioners visited the live broadcast room again.

After he saw Silent Texas' near-perfect performance.

The eldest brother said that he is not short of money, and now he has released the news that he wants to recruit executioners with similar skill sets, which can kill eight people in one move.

"If I could lead two pioneers and ten aliens in this world, wouldn't I be able to walk sideways?"

After hearing this, Li Ji's eyes turned dark.

There were even comments in the live broadcast room saying that they wanted to invest in the big brother, just so that they could borrow him to join the team twice after he recruited him.

No, man.

If it is really so easy to recruit, then there will definitely be similar operators in the top teams, but has anyone seen them now?

You still want to recruit ten people!? And there are people dreaming along with you in the live broadcast room!?

Don't be too outrageous!

But Li Ji couldn't stop other people's special dreams, so he could only take a deep breath to show his support.

As time went by, Li Ji finally finished looking at the last team. After giving his evaluation and recruitment expectations, Li Ji wiped the sweat off his forehead and leaned back on the sofa.

"That's all for today's team building. I just happened to catch up with getting off work and I can't stand it any longer. See you tomorrow, brothers!"

Li Ji said this and turned off the live broadcast amidst the wailing and barrage of "Go away" in the live broadcast room. The screen went black faster than Jeston was killed in seconds.

If you are not active after get off work, there is something wrong with your brain!

"No, I feel like we can't do this kind of team matching next time, otherwise we really have to integrate into the division."

Li Ji leaned back on the sofa, trying hard to clear out the weird things he had seen tonight.

He crawled along the sofa with his arms weakly, picked up the mobile phone beside him, and sent a message to Qingye.

"I'm off the air. I'm always available to talk if I'm free."

Qingye responded very quickly. After only a few seconds, his message appeared in the chat box: "Wait for me for ten minutes."

"Is he probably talking to the team members?"

Li Ji raised his eyebrows twice and guessed in his heart.

From his first impression of Qingye, he seemed like the kind of person who would solve problems immediately without any delay.

So Li Ji readily agreed to Qingye's request at that time. It would always make people feel more comfortable to make friends with such people.

Soon, Qingye called.

"Hello, can you hear me?"

"Okay, okay, how's the communication with your teammates going?"

"It was quite successful, and everyone has no objections. We should be leaving for the border next month."

Qingye's relieved voice also revealed a hint of anxiety, "I don't know if this half month is enough time for me to improve their own qualities."

"It should be no problem. They have the basic skills, but too little experience. When faced with difficulties, their first reaction is to wait for orders instead of thinking of solutions on their own. Then when they really enter the battle, they have no brains to think of solutions."

At this point, Li Ji changed the subject again, "But it also proves that your team really trusts you. A team should have this spirit."

"Don't comfort me. To put it bluntly, it's just their dependence on an old man like me."

Qingye smiled and interrupted Li Ji's subsequent praise.

"Let's get down to business. Look at the picture I gave you."

Li Ji reduced the window of Qingye's voice and clicked on the new picture he sent.

It was a screenshot of a group chat, in which the group name and the names of its members were hidden by Qingye with mosaics.

The content inside is speculation about Silent Texas's skill set, multipliers, and talents. Some people have even begun to speculate how much Texas' "transfer fee" will be.

"Someone has already set their sights on Texas. I know very well that I can't poach an operator like him, and even if I do, I probably won't be able to keep him..."

Qingye asked Li Ji seriously, "But what I want to know is, can you really keep her?"

He did not give Li Ji time to answer, and immediately said: "If you just want to show me off and recklessly put such an excellent operator in the public eye, you will definitely be targeted by someone with ulterior motives!"

"At that time, they will use various methods to make your operators 'voluntarily transfer' and pay you a considerable amount of hush money."

"If you want the money, then consider me as a helper, and I will introduce you to reliable and high-quality customers."

"But if it was because of me that Silent Texas was 'voluntarily transferred', then I would feel like an eternal sinner."

Qingye couldn't help but sigh when he finished speaking.

"Thank you, Brother Ye, but there's no need to feel so regretful. Choosing the operator to be displayed was my choice. It has nothing to do with you."

Li Ji first eased Qingye's groundless guilt, and then said calmly, "It's okay, if they want to rob, they can just come and rob."

He was not as considerate as Qingye and directly used the word "rob".

After all, this kind of behavior is a forced sale.

"I have enough reasons and conditions to stay in Texas, so you don't have to worry about this matter, Brother Ye. Thank you for providing me with this information."

"You...you are still young. You haven't encountered many things yet. I am here to remind you because I have experienced this kind of thing."

Qingye's bitter voice seemed to contain a lot of emotions, and he said earnestly, "Sometimes the power of one person cannot compete with capital at all."

"Silent Texas definitely has the potential to become a superstar. They won't let such an operator go easily."

"Money, power, status, fame and fortune... Can you guarantee that Silent Texas will not be corrupted by these things? Can you guarantee that you will not touch these things?"

Qingye let out a long sigh after finishing this long speech.

But Li Ji just smiled and replied:

"I understand Ye's concern, but since it has come to this, how about making a bet?"

"Make a bet?"

"How about a bet on whether I can keep Texas?"

"..."

Qingye was stunned for a moment, then his laughter pierced through the microphone, "Hahahahaha, good! Then let's make a bet. Since we're betting, we might as well make a big one. I'll bet half of my fortune, how about it? If I win, you don't have to pay, you just need to help me out when I'm in trouble. If I lose, I'll just swipe my card to pay!"