Fox in the Penalty Area

Charlie Potter was chatting with his teammates in the locker room, making everyone laugh. Just then he felt that his right shoulder was slapped, but when he turned to look, he didn't see it. people.

Instead, a voice came from the left: "Where are you looking, Charlie?"

"Pete!" Potter hadn't turned his head, he just called out when he heard the voice.

Then he was surprised to see Pete Williams smiling, who smiled at him: "Good morning, Charlie."

Then he greeted the others in the locker room: "Good morning, Captain."

"Good morning, Mikay."

"Hi, Farek."

...

When he saw Hu Lai, the corners of his mouth twitched: "Hello, Hu."

He just said hello one by one until he walked to his locker.

Behind him, the originally lively dressing room gradually calmed down, and everyone including Charlie Potter, the captain and others looked at his back in a little surprise.

Hu Lai was also quite surprised—since he came to Leeds, he always frowned slightly when he saw Pete Williams, with a preoccupied look, with almost no smile on his face and few words. And because he heard that this man is a rare genius player in Leeds City, he thinks of Brother Huan before "putting to death and reborn", and wondering if geniuses are like this... No, they are so cold. ?

As a result, I didn’t expect that after coming to the training base today, I found that Pete Williams, who was always indifferent to him before, could actually greet himself with a smile...

Really hell.

Did he get any stimulation last night?

Hu Lai couldn't help but speculate in his heart.

Other teammates were also surprised by the changes in Pete Williams. They have been in contact with Williams longer than Hulai, and naturally they also know better than Hulai what Williams' changes mean.

Captain Lorenzo looked at everyone, and then asked, "Pete, your contract extension... is it done?"

Williams turned to look at everyone concerned and shook his head: "I have agreed with the club, now that relegation is the most important thing, so I won't talk about renewal before the end of the season."

The other players looked at each other.

Williams opened his hands and said to them: "Sorry for my bad performance during this period...I did suffer some off-court influences. But not anymore. I assure you that I will do my best to help. The team is relegated. I don't want my hometown team to disappear from the Premier League."

Lorenzo stepped up and patted him on the shoulder: "No one blames you, Pete, everyone can understand the pressure you are under. None of us want the team to really be relegated."

Charlie Potter also went up and gave Williams a high-five: "Hey, Pete, if you have anything to worry about in the future, you will find me, I will take it to play and make sure all your troubles are gone! You know, stay with me. Together you will be more likely to be favored by girls, except for Vieira..."

"Charlie!" Jose Vieira, the Spanish player, greeted Potter cordially with his most slippery English word.

There was a burst of laughter in the dressing room.

In the laughter, Williams glanced at Hu Lai and found that he was also laughing with the big guy.

With a smile, he seemed to spot someone watching him, so he looked at Williams.

Upon seeing this, Williams quickly looked away, lowered his head and continued to change clothes.

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When Hu Lai turned his gaze to Williams, he only saw the action of the opponent bowing his head.

Was he looking at himself just now?

This question just flashed through Hu Lai's mind, and he didn't take it to heart.

He is more concerned about what Williams' abnormal performance means today.

No, it's not abnormal. It is abnormal to myself, but judging from the performance of the captain, Charlie, and other teammates, the number one genius in the team seems to be back to normal.

This should be good news...

The team’s midfielder said that they would focus on relegation, which is definitely a major benefit for Leeds City’s relegation.

Of course, Hu Lai does not want him to play in the Premier League after half a season.

Besides, he still has another task. He doesn't have the final say about the relegation. If one person helps, the chance of success increases.

When the task is completed, 200,000 points and a bottle of [Powerful Charm Essence Emulsion] will be available. Isn't it fragrant?

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After a day of training, Hu Lai was stayed by Tony Clark, and the two chatted alone outside the locker room.

"Although there are still a few days before the next game, I still want to inform you in advance, Hu." Clark said, "I plan to put you on the squad in our next home game against Sidham. ."

Hu Lai looked at him, he also looked at Hu Lai: "You don't seem surprised at all."

Hu Lai said, "Ah? Is it too late for me to make a surprised look now, boss?"

Clark waved his hand speechlessly: "Forget it, I am not surprised to see you. I am just curious why you are not surprised."

"I think the boss, you are definitely not signing me just for training, right?" Hu Lai explained. "So I will definitely appear, just sooner or later. Don't worry, boss, I have a good mentality."

Hearing Hu Lai’s explanation, Clark laughed and said: "You know what, Hu. Matt once told me that after he signed you in the "Godfather of Champions" game, you went through an adjustment period of about six months. He asked you to play in the pre-season warm-up match, and you performed badly. It wasn't until three months after the start of the league that you scored your first official goal..."

Hu Lai's eyes widened, he was really surprised this time: "Is it so miserable?"

"But actually in the eyes of me and him, your performance like this is already a miracle. Oh, I forgot to say that this performance is in 2023."

In 2023? Hu Lai frowned and thought about it. It was the second year of his career. In July of the previous year, he transferred from the Poseidon Youth Team to the Flash Star first team, and then played in the Flash Star for half a season in the first team, scoring 11 goals.

No wonder the boss would say that this performance is a miracle-according to the time of the game, he is equivalent to just playing in the flash star for a year before going to a British championship team. A player with basically no professional game experience can turn his head and score his first goal in the British Championship in just six months, which is really remarkable.

"I talked about you with Sam before, I think you can score five goals in the rest of the season, but Sam thinks I am too optimistic. I use your performance in the game as evidence, but I was ridiculed by Sam. He said it was just a game. How can the performance in the game be taken seriously? It was funny. I used the same reason to face Matt who recommended you to me. In the end, I still signed you. Come down..." Clark said.

"I really can't use game data to convince Sam, so I made a bet with him. I bet you can score five goals, he bet you can't. What do you think of this bet, Hu?"

Hu Lai asked first: "Boss, do you have any bets?"

"Twenty pounds."

"Boss, if you win, can you divide me in half?"

Clark was surprised: "You want ten pounds? The prize money for your five goals is far more than this..."

Hu Lai moved to Leeds and signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with the club. The first year's annual salary was 2 million pounds, which translates to a weekly salary of about 38,000 pounds. This weekly salary level is not enough for the entire Premier League. , In Leeds City is also upper midstream.

However, the contract stipulates that all the income from the portrait right belongs to Hu Lai, which means that in addition to the additional money for the club to use his portrait, all the endorsement advertising income he receives from outside does not need to be shared with the club.

In addition to the basic salary, there are various bonuses, such as the goal prize, which Hu Lai insisted on. The Yong Jun talked about a goal of 50,000 pounds.

So no wonder Clark would say that.

Hu Lai scored five goals for two hundred and fifty thousand pounds. How could he be worth twenty pounds?

In addition, Yong Jun also helped him talk about some bonuses related to progress.

For example, the contract stipulates that if the number of goals Hulay made in Leeds-the sum of the number of goals and the number of assists-reaches 30, he will receive a bonus of two million pounds.

Also, if Hulay gets the Premier League Golden Boot in Leeds, he will also receive an additional £1 million in reward.

When Nevin Bauer was negotiating the terms of the contract with Yong Jun, he couldn’t understand how the agent’s confidence came—to talk about such conditions to a player who had never played in Europe. He was Do you really think Hu Lai can get the Premier League golden boots?

How did he know that these terms were actually proposed by Hu Lai to Yong Jun, and he hoped that Yong Jun must be added to the contract anyway.

Hu Lai’s idea is-you don’t care if I can do it now, just write it in. In case I did it, but there is no reward, am I losing it?

Yong Jun already knew Hu Lai's thoughts very well, so naturally he had nothing to say and tried his best to help him add such a request into the contract.

Leeds also felt that it didn't matter. Anyway, the money would be given out by Hu Lai when he got the Golden Boot. If he didn't get the Golden Boot, the club would not lose a penny, and they would be happy to join the contract to show that they are thirsty for talent.

So looking at the annual salary alone, Hu Lai does not earn much, but if you add various bonuses, Hu Lai’s income is actually very impressive. After all, these figures are in British pounds, and if they are converted into RMB, they are all You have to multiply by ten. In terms of their family's current simple outlook on life, wealth is already free.

After hearing the coach’s words, Hu Lai said, “Boss, there is a saying in China that is called mosquito-sized meat, which is also meat. Besides, the most important thing about this ten pounds is commemorative. Five Premier League goals in exchange for..."

Clark laughed: "Okay, I won't give you the money. If you can score five goals this season, I will allow you to indulge. Please go to the'Red Pepper' for a Chinese meal. You see how about it?"

On the first day of coming to the team, Hu Lai was warned by Clark to keep him away from Chinese food as much as possible and strictly follow the nutritious meal recipe formulated by Ms. Schmidt.

I have to say that although Ms. Schmidt’s recipe is very healthy and nutritious, and meets the physical needs of professional athletes, it is unpalatable to the taste of a Chinese person...

Although Uncle Yong, the chef, has tried every means to change his tricks and try to make those dishes better in accordance with the recipe, every time he eats, it is still tormenting for Hu Lai.

Now when he heard the coach actually want to invite himself to a Chinese meal, Hu Lai's eyes lit up.

After coming to Leeds, he heard that "Red Chili" is a famous Chinese restaurant in Leeds. The Chinese food there tastes good, especially Hu Lai’s hometown cuisine, Andong cuisine, which is authentic. Even the ingredients are from Jincheng Bought it.

"Boss, are you serious?" Hu Lai stared at Clark with wide eyes.

"Of course it's true, I count. As long as you score five goals, please have a'Red Pepper'!" Clark said with certainty.

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On the way back to his office, Tony Clark was still thinking about how happy Hu Lai was just now.

It seems that this betting story he made up has worked ~www.ltnovel.com~ successfully inspired the fighting spirit of young people.

The price he paid was just a Chinese meal of "red pepper"...

And Dohulai's five goals may be able to make the team's hope of relegation even greater.

If a meal can be exchanged for the team's relegation, it is simply a huge profit, and there is no better deal than this.

Young people are good, they can go to heaven with a little bit of sweetness.

Clark walked back to his office happily, and met assistant coach Sam Randyll at the door.

"You told Hu about selecting him for the big list, Tony?" Randy asked.

"Yes, Sam."

"How did he react? Was he nervous?"

Telling Hu Lai of this decision in advance was also discussed by two people. I was afraid that the young man could not hold his breath, so I gave him a few days to digest and digest this decision, so that when the game day comes, my mentality is estimated to be calm.

Clark thought of Hu Lai's performance after learning the news, and then suddenly realized that the kid was more excited about entering the roster of the competition than he was more excited to hear that I was going to invite him to Chinese food...

"Sam..."

"how?"

"I think... we thought too much before. Matt said that the reason why he thinks Hu can become a top striker is because of Hu's high calmness..." Seeing that Sam was a little confused, he changed his view. "Uh, to put it simply, this kid has a big heart. It's impossible to make him nervous just by putting him on the roster of the game."

Sam Randyll doesn't play "The Godfather of Champions", but after Clark changed his mind, he also understood.

"That's good, I hope his big heart can also play a role when he is put on the court."