During the team's resumption of training the next day, before Hu Lai could find the boss, the boss took the initiative to find him:
“Don’t leave in a hurry after training. I’ll take you to Red Pepper for dinner.”
Hu Lai is very happy: "Boss, you are an honest and trustworthy person!" Fastest update Mobile version::
When Tony Clark heard what he said, he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “Do you think I will default on my debt?”
"No, no, how could it be possible? How could the head coach of a dignified Premier League team default on his debt? That's not possible. If he defaults on his debt, what will other players think? If the people's hearts are broken, it will be difficult to lead the team. So, boss, you
It’s absolutely impossible to keep your word!” Hu Lai shook his head like a rattle.
Why couldn't Clark hear the implication? He patted Hu Lai on the head and said, "Okay, okay, I'll treat you as my guest. I'll remember that. It's just you and I and Matt tonight."
, there are three of us. After training, you can take my car and leave, and ask your agent not to pick you up."
“No problem, boss. I’ll call him right now!”
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The recovery training on the last day of the season was very relaxed. Everyone was laughing, and the quality of the training was actually beyond comparison. But even Tony Clark didn't care about these problems. He had been stretched for a season, and now he still has to keep it tight.
, I'm afraid it will break. So relax appropriately and lower your requirements, which is good for physical and mental health and good for everyone.
After the training, everyone began to discuss how to spend the holidays.
Charlie Potter came over and put his arms around Hu Lai's shoulders and put his mouth in his ear: "Hey, Hu Lai, we are having a party tonight. Do you want to come to join us and celebrate our success in relegation!"
Hu Lai glanced at the bastard who said he was stingy behind his back, and then smiled brightly: "Okay! I'll bring the boss with me."
The smile on Potter's face froze: "Sorry, Hu, I didn't hear clearly just now, what did you say?"
"I said I would bring my boss with me to your party, Charlie." Seeing the change in Potter's expression, Hu Lai smiled even brighter.
“Hell!” Porter complained in a low voice, “You know we never ask coaches to our players’ parties!”
Hu Lai spread his hands: "I can't help it, Charlie. I have an appointment with my boss tonight. If I go to your party, I have to take him with me."
Potter's eyes widened: "You have an appointment with the boss? What is the appointment?"
“He invited me to dinner.”
Potter felt as if he had seen a ghost and could not suppress his voice: "The boss invites you to dinner?!"
A group of people in the locker room cast surprised and curious glances at Hu Lai after hearing this.
“What? The boss wants to invite Hu Lai to dinner?!”
“Damn it! That’s not fair! The boss has never invited any of the players to dinner!”
“Hu Lai, why can you be treated by the boss?”
Everyone gathered around him, as if Hu Lai would not let him go until he spoke clearly today.
"Uh..." Hu Lai first glared at the big-mouthed Charlie Porter, and then explained to other teammates: "Before I played on behalf of the team for the first time, the boss promised me to encourage me, if
If I can score five goals this season, just treat me to a meal of red pepper..."
“Red Hot Chili Peppers?!” There was a louder noise in the locker room.
Charlie Potter, who was right next to Hu Lai, suddenly grabbed his clothes, as if he was afraid that he would run away: "This is not fair, Hu Lai! Three of your eleven goals were assisted by me.
You can say that you can score so many goals that the boss invites you to dinner, and I take all the credit, okay? So why can you go to dinner, but I can't?"
“I think what Charlie said makes sense.” Peter Williams, who had been watching the excitement with his arms crossed, also gave a rare nod, expressing his approval of Charlie Potter.
Hu Lai knew why he nodded in agreement, because this kid also assisted several of his goals...
When he said this, others also expressed their support.
As long as anyone who has assisted Hu Lai in the game, they all jumped out and said that they should also be qualified to eat.
Even Falek Quinn stood up shamelessly and took credit from Hulay for his assist in the last game.
And those teammates who did not provide assists also had excuses: Although the last pass was not made by me, the last pass before the last pass, two passes, three passes...with my participation, I can be considered a participant in this offense.
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Even teammates who did not participate in the offense were very convincing: If we hadn’t defended with all our strength in the backcourt and helped you block the enemy’s offensive, where would you have had the opportunity to attack? So I should eat this meal too!
Everyone just blocked Hu Lai, and Charlie Potter even held onto Hu Lai's clothes with both hands. In order to get food, he would do whatever it took.
Seeing this, Hu Lai defended himself: "The person treating the guests is not me, but the boss. It's useless for you to block me!"
Charlie Potter had a mean smile on his face: "Whatever you said...do you think we dare to block the boss?"
Hulai was speechless.
“So if you don’t block it, who will you block?”
With desperation, Hu Lai had no choice but to take out his mobile phone and prepare to ask for help from the audience outside the venue.
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Just as Matt and Matt were getting together to discuss treating Hu Lai to dinner that evening, Tony Clark received a call from Hu Lai. After he put down the phone, he had a very strange expression on his face.
“What’s the matter, Tony?” Matt asked curiously upon seeing this.
“Nonsense there was a riot in the locker room…”
Matt heard the word and nervously stood up from his chair, touching the chair.
However, he didn’t care about the chair that fell behind him at all, but stared at Clark solemnly: "A riot? What riot? Why would a good team riot? Is it internal strife? Or..."
Clark quickly raised his hand to stop him from thinking further: "No, it's just those young guys who heard that I wanted to treat Hu to eat red pepper, and they all became jealous and wanted to eat with them. If we don't agree to their request, they will
…”
“What did they do? Kill the votes?”
“Ha, no, they won’t let Hu Lai go. It’s normal for young people to make trouble. In fact, I think Hu Lai created a good opportunity for me.”
“What good opportunity?”
"I have been with the team for one season. Apart from training and games, I have had too little contact with the players. When I first arrived, I needed to establish and maintain my authority, so it is normal to use some tough tactics. But we can't continue to be so tough.
.So this is a good opportunity to get closer to the players. Although I don’t like Lauren Galli’s bottomless tolerance and concessions to the players, it doesn’t mean that I want to alienate myself from the team.
Come."
Tony Clark explains.
"Today's incident just gave me an opportunity. And it was the players who took the initiative. They hope that I, the head coach, will treat them to dinner, which shows that they are willing to get along with the head coach."
Matt also reacted and nodded: "This is a good thing. It means they are accepting you as their new coach. After successfully leading them to avoid relegation, your reputation in their minds has also increased."
“Yeah, so I plan to take advantage of the situation and agree to their request, and simply invite the whole team to the Red Hot Chili Peppers.”
Matt was originally going to agree, but suddenly he remembered something and looked strange: "Tony, you invited the whole team to have Chinese food. If Ms. Schmidt knew about this... I'm afraid it wouldn't be good, right?"
Clark’s smile also solidified on his face.
After a while, he waved his hand and said, "It's okay. We'll just increase the intensity of the physical training during the pre-season training."
Matt sighed: "That's the only way it can be..."
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One after another, various cars parked on the roadside where the Red Pepper Chinese Restaurant is located, and some figures that could make Leeds City fans scream got out one after another.
Media reporters who had received the news in advance and rushed over in a hurry pressed the shutters of their cameras to record every Leeds City player who appeared in front of the "Red Pepper" Chinese restaurant.
This kind of collective off-field activity is a big deal for the small team Leeds City. After all, it is not a wealthy team. When the stars go out for a walk, they can attract paparazzi. Most of the players in Leeds City are
They are not even close to the level of "stars". Off the court, they are just ordinary people.
With the lack of celebrities, there will naturally be much less gossip outside the court.
Now that the entire Leeds City team has come to Red Chili Peppers for dinner, it is certainly big news in the local area.
Even the local TV station had people coming. The host was facing the camera and with his back to the door of the Red Chili Pepper restaurant to record the news program: "The whole Leeds City team suddenly arrived at the Red Chili Pepper restaurant. Yes, it was the whole team. Our reporters were on the roadside.
Sit down and confirm that every Leeds City player is here... It is speculated that it may be related to the team's successful avoidance of relegation. This should be a celebration within the Leeds City team. After the end of the season, they can finally relax completely.
Have a good celebration..."
Leeds City players, who still don't know what awaits them in next season's pre-season training, all let out excited shouts when they saw the door of the Red Chili Pepper restaurant.
“Haven’t you ever eaten red pepper?”
Hu Lai, who had never eaten red pepper before, was surprised by this.
Although he has never eaten there, he has heard of the name Red Chili Pepper. You must know that this is a famous restaurant that has been selected as one of the top ten Chinese restaurants in the UK for two consecutive years.
The main store is in Leeds, and it also has branches in London and Birmingham. It is very famous.
“No, it’s mainly because it feels so good to eat Chinese food openly, hehe!” Charlie Potter explained to Hu Lai beside him.
Hu Lai suddenly understood and immediately understood the excitement of his teammates.
It's like if a father who has disagreed with him playing football for many years suddenly says one day: "Let's go, son, daddy will take you to play football!"
The excitement is definitely completely different from playing football secretly.
Hulai sets his sights on the famous Red Chili Pepper restaurant.
Unlike those restaurants that like to use Chinese elements for decoration so that everyone can tell what kind of restaurant they are at a glance, it is impossible to tell that this is a Chinese restaurant from the outside of Red Pepper Restaurant.
There is only a small light box sign above the door, with two crossed red peppers on it, and below it is Chinese: Red Pepper Restaurant.
This is probably the only thing that can indicate its identity as a Chinese restaurant.
At the door, the manager of the Red Pepper Chinese Restaurant went out to greet him personally.
When he saw Hu Lai, he was particularly enthusiastic: "Hu Lai, you are awesome! You have brought glory to the country!"
Hu Lai was a little surprised: "Are you Chinese?"
The manager chuckled: “Of course, I have not given up my Chinese nationality!”
“This store...is it old?” Hu Lai looked up at the signboard (Note 1).
"I've been here for almost thirty years... Hey, I'm not stupid. It's easy to give up Chinese nationality, but it's difficult to naturalize it again." The manager held Hu Lai's hand and shook it: "I've known you for a long time. I've always known you.
I was looking forward to you coming to our place for dinner, but in the end I was looking forward to the stars and the moon but I couldn’t look forward to you..."
Hu Lai quickly explained: "Well, I just came here and I'm still in the physical training stage. The team won't let me eat Chinese food."
"I understand, but it's okay to come here for a meal once in a while. Let me tell you, more than one person from the Leeds City team has come to eat here..." The boss lowered his voice, covered his mouth with his hand and said to Hu Lai
.
The first thing Hu Lai thought of was Charlie Potter, and he chuckled.
"Today you come with all your teammates, I'll give you a 50% discount, and I'll make sure you look good!" The manager patted his chest and said very proudly. "Just... I hope you can work together in my store by then.
Zhang Ying? Don’t worry, I’m not using it for commercial use, just hanging it in my shop will make my shabby restaurant shine!”
Hu Lai waved his hand: "It shouldn't be a problem to take a group photo. There is no need to discount. It is not easy to do business. You still have to earn the money you should earn. Besides, today is our boss's treat. If you give a discount, then you are
Looking down on him shows that his intention to treat guests is not sincere..."
Hearing this, the manager turned to look at the team's head coach Tony Clark, who had just got off the car. He nodded thoughtfully.
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In order to meet the dining requirements of the entire Leeds City team, the Red Pepper Chinese Restaurant will be closed tonight and will not accept individual customers.
So the entire restaurant was booked out by the entire Leeds City team.
Everyone sat at different tables and enjoyed the same standard Chinese food.
The manager is right, many of them have eaten here.
Including the team's head coach Tony Clark, when he first coached Leeds City, he also had a meal here with Matt. After all, "Red Hot Chili Peppers" is famous and is not only loved by international students in Leeds, but also by
Loved by the locals.
But today’s situation is slightly different. :(/
Hulai became the focus of the team's attention.
After each dish is served, everyone will let Hu Lai taste it first, and they will all stare at Hu Lai nervously, waiting with bated breath for him to give an evaluation.
After all, Hu Lai is the only player from China in this team, and Red Hot Chili Pepper is a Chinese restaurant that has always been known as authentic.
But how do people like them who have never been to China know whether the food here is really authentic?
Now that a real Chinese is here, we must let him try the dishes for everyone.
Hu Lai put down his chopsticks and chewed the Kung Pao Chicken carefully. He closed his eyes and felt... In fact, he couldn't feel anything. This was not a food story. Nothing exploded in his mouth, and there was no light coming from his mouth.
There is diarrhea in the mouth, nose and eyes, not to mention that the whole person is so excited that he has hallucinations in front of his eyes like he has taken drugs...
But you still have to do enough drama, especially when so many teammates are looking at you expectantly.
When he finally opened his eyes, the teammates surrounding him all widened their eyes and asked impatiently: "How is it? Is it that smell?"
Hu Lai raised his eyebrows, his eyes lit up, and he nodded: "Yes, that's the smell!"
“What!!!”
The Leeds City players surrounding him burst into cheers and applause, as if they had won something in a bet.
Before Hu Lai went abroad, he also saw some of the ridiculous behavior of foreigners on the Internet. It seemed very boring, and you couldn't understand why they could be so excited.
For example, a group of people can gather under a large screen in a shopping mall, and then watch the "DVD" screensaver logo on the screen wander back and forth on the screen, and bounce back when it hits the edge of the screen. When the logo falls perfectly on the four sides of the screen,
When it comes to the corner, everyone present will burst into cheers, throw the drinks in their hands into the sky, and hug each other warmly... as if they have witnessed something amazing.
But after he went abroad, he could somewhat understand these ridiculous behaviors.
The emotions of foreigners are more open. To put it bluntly... they are more like a group of grown-up children.
Not to mention that professional players are all big kids themselves, and they often do things that others think are particularly childish.
For example, he sneaks up behind you on the training ground and then takes off your pants when you are not paying attention...
This kind of childish joke can make everyone laugh except the person whose pants were taken off.
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As night falls, the Red Pepper Restaurant is brightly lit, and through the glass windows, people outside can clearly see what’s going on inside.
A reporter looked up at the situation in the restaurant, lowered his head and typed quickly on his mobile phone:
"... After the league just ended, the Leeds City players gathered together, led by head coach Tony Clark, to the Red Pepper Restaurant for a meal... The joy of successfully relegation was on the faces of every Leeds City player
The overflowing and joyful scene will definitely make every Leeds City fan happy. I hope we can see such joyful scenes and smiles more often next season..."
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Note 1: Most of the descriptions about the Red Chili Chinese Restaurant are made up by me. After all, I have never been to Leeds and have never eaten Red Chili Peppers. The information on the Internet is limited. If anyone has ever eaten Red Chili Peppers in Leeds,
If a friend finds something that is inconsistent with your knowledge, just laugh it off and know that it is fiction. Don’t worry about the truth or falsehood.
