novelraw Chapter 222 Temporary Staff are Also Faculty Members
Chapter 222 Temporary Staff are Also Faculty Members
As soon as the game started, the gap between the two teams became immediately apparent, and Ding Wan’er’s heart clenched with anxiety. Although her team members were quite impressive within the school, they paled in comparison to the staff team from Post and Telecommunications University. It was like watching high school students playing basketball with adults. It was quite clear that the opposing team must be professional; otherwise, they could not have been that skilled. But how could a professional team possibly take part in this kind of competition?
It turned out her earlier guess wasn’t wrong at all. Miao Qingjun really designed this trap to demoralize her players by setting up a match against professional property players, looking to win the game with an absolute advantage. This man was truly despicable and sneaky. As a dean, he could stoop to do such a thing. Why hadn’t she thought it through more carefully before agreeing? Otherwise, they wouldn’t be in such a passive situation now.
The game continued, and Ding Wan’er unconsciously gripped Leng Mei’s hand tighter as the score gap kept widening, showing a completely one-sided situation. By the end of the first quarter, the score was locked at 6 to 30. Just after one quarter, they were already 24 points behind!
"My God, how can there be such a huge difference?"
"Isn’t it a staff match, how come Post and Telecommunications University’s players all seem professional?"
"The gap is so huge!"
"Are those people from Post and Telecommunications University really teachers? How can they be so strong and skilled?"
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Seeing the score at the end of the first quarter, a gap of 6 to 30 caused the audience to become confused. It was just a match between university staff, how could there be such a huge disparity? This is normally impossible!
The players from Post and Telecommunications University seemed to be more robust than those from Yingbo University, and their skills were also much better. However, it always gave the impression they were from a professional team because their coordination was too seamless, nothing like an ordinary staff team. With teachers usually busy with their own work, how could they possibly have such in-sync teamwork!
"Dean, those people on the other side are definitely not ordinary staff; they’re absolutely at a professional level."
"We’ve truly done our best, but the opponents are just too strong."
"We’ve competed with other schools before, but we’ve never encountered a situation like this."
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During the halftime break, Yingbo University’s players immediately gathered around Ding Wan’er, describing the situation on the court. It wasn’t that they weren’t trying or not making an effort, but the level of Post and Telecommunications University was just too high. They were clearly a professional team, not on the same level as their makeshift amateur team. It was utterly unfair. Competing against a professional team, Yingbo University had no chance of winning!
Watching from a distance as the Post and Telecommunications University’s team relaxed and joked around, everyone from Yingbo University became increasingly disheartened. A staff competition had turned into a one-sided game because of the appearance of professional players. There was no spirit left to compete in such a one-sided match, especially considering it was supposedly a friendly game. Was there really a need to go to such lengths?
"Everyone, don’t panic. Just play as we planned and do your best," Ding Wan’er consoled her players. The first quarter had already ended, and she felt extremely helpless because it was obvious that Yingbo had fallen into one of Miao Qingjun’s traps. She had casually agreed thinking it was just a warm-up match as he had mentioned, but his intentions were nowhere near just warming up—he wanted to completely crush Yingbo University’s morale! But in the current situation, even changing players wouldn’t suffice. All they could hope for was that the players would do their best to keep the score difference from getting too large.
Ding Wan’er looked at Miao Qingjun’s smiling face nearby, and fury burned within her. She couldn’t believe that a decision made on a whim had pushed Yingbo University to this position, and all of it was orchestrated by Miao Qingjun. If possible, Ding Wan’er now wished she could rush over and kick him a few times to vent her frustration.
"Girl Ding, there’s nothing we can do in a hurry now, let’s see what’s happening down there," Leng Mei hurriedly comforted Ding Wan’er, thinking to herself as she watched the players from Post and Telecommunications University chatting and laughing with a content look. She instantly grasped the current situation, realizing that Yingbo University must have fallen into Miao Qingjun’s trap. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be possible for professional-level players to appear in a normal faculty and staff competition. But under these circumstances, even if Yingbo University wanted to turn the tide, they couldn’t, because there wasn’t even time to substitute players. Right now, there really was no way to resolve the deadlock.
Apart from waiting it out, there simply were no other options... the game had to go on.
Seeing the frown on Ding Wan’er’s lovely face at the Yingbo University side, Miao Qingjun was secretly thrilled. Did you really think I would casually add to this faculty friendship match without a purpose? If I didn’t have an objective in mind, would I do this? Now you know the headache, but this is just the beginning. The gap will widen further, and it will make you even more distressed. By the final whistle, there will be an overwhelming victory by a huge margin, and then I’ll see if your team has any morale left to speak of!
To ensure that Post and Telecommunications University could participate in the World University Basketball City Challenge, to secure a victory in today’s contest, how much preparation had I done? Even these faculty team members were specially borrowed through my connections, all to make Yingbo University take a big fall in this friendly match, to strike at their morale and thereby affect the outcome of the subsequent competitions. Winning the faculty match wasn’t the goal; undermining their morale through this match to secure victory in the forthcoming formal games was my primary aim. Or else, was I setting up such an elaborate ploy just for fun?
Seeing the dejected look of the Yingbo University team, Miao Qingjun felt indescribably refreshed, his heart bursting with joy.
"Come on! Show the spirit of Yingbo University!" With no other option available, Ding Wan’er could only offer weak encouragement to her faculty and staff, even though she was extremely anxious inside. It was clear these people came with the intention of crushing Yingbo’s spirit, and if the situation continued to develop this way, they would surely lose the match by a colossal margin. Yet, faced with such a circumstance, she too found herself completely helpless, with her team being significantly less skilled than their opponents, and could only watch the staggering disparity unfold.
Leng Mei, witnessing this, was also anxious. After all, this was about the honor of Yingbo University. She too was trying hard to think of a solution, but similarly, could not come up with anything. She usually kept her distance from these male faculty members and now found herself unable to offer any help to Ding Wan’er, other than giving her consolation from the sidelines.
The second quarter was just a continuation of the first, except even more disastrous, with the score gap widening to 15 points against 67!
"The disparity between these two teams is just too big!"
"Pretty boring, like watching one team put on a performance!"
"I don’t know what they were thinking, arranging such a friendship match."
"It’s truly dull to watch, there’s no competitiveness."
If the first quarter left people thinking it was just passable, maybe Yingbo University was just not accustomed to the opponent’s style of play, by the second quarter everyone could see clearly—the disparity in strength between the two teams was simply too great, leaving no room for comparison. Otherwise, the score gap wouldn’t have exceeded 50 points. Just two quarters in and they were already more than 50 points apart. Such a meaningless game was dull to watch. It’s a mystery what the organizers were thinking, staging such a match!
Seeing the score gap had already surpassed 50 points, Miao Qingjun’s heart was blooming with joy. The situation was as good as set, even if the opposing side were to replace their entire team with professional players, it would be impossible to bridge a 50-point gap in just two remaining quarters. A big win for this game was already a certainty.
With this thought, Miao Qingjun couldn’t help but indulge in his pride, glancing towards Ding Wan’er not far off. Seeing her face darken, his heart swelled with delight and pride. To have embarrassed such a renowned beauty and dean of Tianhai was utterly satisfying!
"Dean Ding, seems like your players are out of sorts, huh? The game’s barely passed halftime and you’re already 50 points down, haha!" Unable to contain his glee, Miao Qingjun approached Ding Wan’er, eager to get a closer look at her taking a dumb loss. After all, the sight of Tianhai’s top beauty and dean getting angry wasn’t something one could see every day. If it wasn’t for this faculty friendship match he had arranged, who would get to see Ding Wan’er upset in her moment of success?
"Miao Qingjun, I was just about to come look for you. Your players don’t appear to be faculty staff, do they?" Seeing Miao Qingjun approach her with such words, Ding Wan’er’s anger intensified. Now she could be completely sure that there was something fishy about the Post and Telecommunications University’s team. Who knows where he got those professional players from, and she, naive as she was, took his words at face value without a second thought, and really brought her faculty team over. How else could the gap in the score be so huge?
"How could they not be faculty? It’s just that recently we hired a few temporary workers, and seeing that they were pretty good at basketball, I let them play. Didn’t expect them to be this good, totally overpowering your team, Ding Wan’er, I really am sorry!" Miao Qingjun, upon hearing her words, didn’t take them to heart at all. These people are most certainly temporary workers at my Post and Telecommunications University, but temporary workers are faculty too. No one says temporary workers aren’t faculty. I simply exploited a loophole, and it’s your fault for not considering it. Otherwise, you could have done the same.