Wearing sunglasses and carrying a huge travel bag on one shoulder, Ismail Kamara walked out of the terminal of Bradford International Airport and looked at the traffic and crowds outside the terminal.
Insert an app: A perfect replica of the old version of the book-chasing artifact and a replaceable source app——.
Then he fell into a daze.
This is……
A roar sounded from above his head, interrupting his thoughts and pulling him out of his daze. Kamala, who was awakened, looked up and saw a huge plane emerging from the blue sky of the terminal.
Behind the glass dome rises into the sky.
He turned back again and continued to look at the traffic and crowds in front of him.
The blue sky in the distance is filled with white clouds.
This is where he will live for four years.
Leeds, England.
“Hey, buddy, why don’t you leave?” Behind him, a bald black man in a rumpled suit dragged two oversized suitcases, walked up and patted Kamala on the shoulder.
Kamara turned around to see him, raised her head slightly and said, "Where's the car? Archie, where's the special car we agreed to pick up?"
The black man called "Archie" grinned, showing his big white teeth: "Car? Of course, it's coming soon, it's coming soon..."
Just as he was talking, a taxi stopped in front of two people. A person in the driver's seat stuck his head out, checked the photos on his mobile phone with the two people standing on the roadside, and then asked: "Is this Archie?"
·Mr. Fataki?”
The bald black man nodded quickly in English and said: "Yes, I am Achi Fataki."
"I'm the taxi you called." The driver got out of the car and opened the door for the two people. At the same time, he opened the trunk and stuffed their luggage into the trunk. In this way, the huge travel bag Kamala was carrying couldn't fit in.
, we can only let Kamala hold it by herself.
“What the hell, it’s a taxi?” Camara complained in French.
"What else, brother? Do you really think Leeds City will use a Mercedes-Benz to pick you up to the club? Wake up, you are not a French international, Ismail." Fataki and Kamara were sitting together in the back
On the row of seats.
“I will definitely become a French international in the future!” Kamara snorted and said confidently.
"Yes, yes, you will definitely become the most successful football agent in the world, and I will definitely become the most successful football agent in the world!" Fataki joked, and then punched Kamara on the shoulder. "Congratulations, buddy.
You are now a Premier League player earning half a million pounds a year! Haha!"
Hearing this, Kamala also laughed, and then punched Fataki in return.
The two young men were fooling around in the back seat of the taxi for a while.
They didn’t stop until Fataki received a phone call.
“Yes, we are already in the car...Okay, let’s go directly to the club...”
Childhood friend Archie Fataki, who is six years older than him and now his manager, answered the phone beside Kamala, while Kamala looked out the car window.
The green farmland on the outskirts of the city was quickly thrown behind the car, and the city rushed towards us.
He saw those rows of two or three-story buildings.
I saw the gray brick walls and red tiles, as well as the Leeds City logo on the wall and some other graffiti.
When the car drove into the city center, he saw modern high-rise buildings and busy shopping malls, as well as people riding bicycles and hurried pedestrians on the roadside.
He also saw people wearing Leeds City jerseys playing on a football field that looked like a street park. A child scored a goal. He ran excitedly to the sidelines, then jumped up and turned 180 times in the air.
At ten degrees, he violently waved down his hands that were crossed on his chest, and finally spread his legs and stood on the turf.
There seemed to be a faint sound accompanied by this shouting, but he could not hear the specific shouting.
Kamala's eyes in the car followed the boy. As the car moved forward, his head turned back. In the end, his face was almost pressed against the glass window, until he could no longer be seen in his field of vision.
The small stadium on the street was just transferred back.
Continuing to hold the travel bag, he looked curiously at this strange city.
Until a huge thing was reflected in the car window.
That’s the Flanders Stadium, home of Leeds City.
“We’re here.” Archie Fataki patted Kamala who was looking up in ecstasy, and then opened the car door.
The taxi driver has got out of the car and helps them take their suitcases out of the trunk.
Kamara was holding her travel bag and standing next to the taxi, ignoring the movement behind her and just staring at the huge outer wall of Flanders Stadium in a daze.
The Flanders Stadium, which can accommodate 30,000 people, is not a large stadium among the 20 teams in the Premier League.
But for Camara, who has only played in the French third team, this is already a very grand stadium.
The number of people that can be accommodated is ten times that of the Flemish home stadium.
After paying the fare and seeing off the taxi, Fataki turned around and saw his friend, so he bumped him from behind with his shoulder. While knocking Kamala, he said to him: "Take a good look, buddy.
Son, from now on this will be the stage for you to perform!"
Kamala came back to her senses, turned to look at her agent and friend Fataki, raised her head and said: "And I will be the protagonist here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, another taxi came from a distance and stopped right behind him.
Then a man got out of the back seat of the taxi, walked around to the driver's seat and asked, "Uncle, do you really not accept money?"
"I won't charge you this time, next time, next time I will definitely charge you money!" With a hearty voice, the taxi driver poked his head out of the car and handed the man a piece of paper, "My business card.
, if you want to use a car, you can call me..."
The other party’s business card: “That’s a coincidence, I need to take a taxi to train during this period.”
“Then call me fifteen minutes in advance, and I promise to be on call!”
“Thank you, uncle.”
“Why are you so polite? I should thank you, Hu! You helped us Leeds City so much last season!”
Hu Lai shook his head: "I am also a Leeds City player. Those are what I should do, uncle."
"Haha, anyway, I want to thank you on my behalf, so if you need a car... call me!" The driver uncle pointed to the business card in Hu Lai's hand, and then made a phone call gesture.
“Okay, no problem, uncle.”
He waved goodbye to the taxi driver and watched the car go around the gate of the training base before turning around and preparing to go in.
Then he saw two unfamiliar faces standing aside and looking at him blankly, and then looked at the suitcases beside them, which looked dusty...
Looks like two Leeds City fans who just got off the plane and couldn't wait to make a pilgrimage.
Then I was frightened by myself and just stood here stupidly.
It’s so cute…
So Hu Lai smiled at them and asked in English: "Hello, do you want to sign?"
The two people opposite him did not react in any way to his words, but continued to look at him blankly.
Hu Lai thought to himself that these two fans are quite shy, how cute...
So he took out a notebook and a pen from the backpack he was carrying, skillfully opened the notebook and signed his name on the two pieces of paper with the pen.
He then tore off the two pieces of paper with his name on them from the notebook and handed them to the two people opposite him, still with a warm smile on his face: "Here, you're welcome."
After giving the other party his signature, he put the pen and notebook back into his backpack, carried them on his body again, and walked towards the gate of the training base.
Kamara and Fataki looked down at the paper in their hands. There were two square characters written on a white paper that they could not understand.
Below the square character there is a capital H, followed by a wavy line.
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“Hi, Hu! How was your vacation?” When Charlie Porter greeted Hu Lai at the training base, they were waiting in line outside the physical examination room to receive a physical examination.
“It’s not bad. It’s been very fulfilling to fly around the earth. What about you, Charlie, where did you go during your vacation?”
"I went to Mallorca...you went on a trip around the world?" Potter was surprised. "You are really good at fun, Hu!"
“It’s not fun, it’s suffering...” Hu Lai shook his head and sighed.
“Still suffering from traveling around the world?”
"It's not a trip around the world. I first went back to China, then went from China to Australia to participate in the World Cup qualifiers, then went to the United States to sign a contract with Nike, and finally flew back to Leeds from the United States. What do you think I did?" Hu Lai said with both hands.
Stall.
The teammates queuing up next to him all looked at him with suspicion.
Charlie Potter's eyes widened: "You...you signed a contract with Nike?!"
Hu Lai also stared: "You don't know, Charlie?"
“We don’t know either.” Other teammates who were queuing up for the physical examination also gathered around him.
Just some time ago, Leeds City Club announced that they had changed their jersey sponsor brand from Umbro to Nike. Although the club did not announce the specific sponsorship amount, some media speculated that this five-year sponsorship would be
The contract will bring a total revenue of 50 million pounds to Leeds City.
For Leeds City, which was still fighting for relegation last season, this sponsorship amount is already very high.
Obviously, Nike values the Chinese market behind Leeds City.
Leaving aside the team’s change of sponsors, there is currently no player in the team who can obtain independent sponsorship from a sports brand and sign as a spokesperson.
Even the original Sean Barnett couldn't do it.
Hullet is the first Leeds City player to have a personal brand endorsement contract.
Everyone is envious, but not jealous.
Because on the one hand, everyone knows Hu Lai's personal abilities very clearly after last season. He became the team's top scorer in half a season. Such a performance would still make his teammates who live with him day and night unconvinced.
Then these people must have been collectively enlightened by mysterious forces.
On the other hand, Hu Lai relies on the huge Chinese market, so it is natural for it to be favored by international brands like Nike.
So the ability for people to enjoy such special treatment is determined by both their own strength and good background. There is nothing to be jealous of, and there is nothing you can do about it. Your personal strength can be improved, but you cannot choose your own background...
“Hey, Hu, can you tell me how much money Nike pays you a year?” Charlie Potter asked in a low voice.
Before Hu Lai could answer, captain Lorenzo pulled him away: "Don't inquire about such private matters."
Hu Lai also smiled and said nothing.
"Okay...but you must treat us to dinner!" Charlie Potter rolled his eyes and found another reason to eat. "And it must be red pepper..."
“I thought I heard someone say ‘red peppers’ just now?” The door of the medical examination room was opened, and a teammate who had undergone a physical examination came out. At the same time, the voice of the club’s nutritionist, Ms. Mia Schmidt, came out.
Charlie Potter, who was pestering Hu Lai, heard this sentence and his expression changed.
Then Ms. Schmidt walked out of it, stood in front of all the players with her hands on her hips, and said to them seriously: "I know that at the end of last season, you went to a Chinese restaurant together. I understand that you have successfully avoided relegation.
I am happy after that, but the physical requirements cannot be relaxed, so I have suggested that your head coach, Mr. Clark, increase the amount of exercise for you during the physical training period of the new season."
The players let out a cry.
Facing a group of players who were mourning for their wives, Ms. Schmidt snorted coldly: "Young men, remember, there is no free feast in the world. Every free gift you get has already been marked with a price! In order to satisfy you,
As much as you eat due to the desire of your mouth and tongue, you have to put in as much effort in training!”
Ms. Schmidt returned to the physical examination room and the physical examination continued.
After Charlie Potter entered, he took off his shirt and had already measured the skinfold thickness in front of him. Hu Lai, who was getting dressed, saw a new tattoo on Potter's waist at a glance. He was surprised: "You are new."
Tattooed?”
After noticing his gaze, Porter felt quite proud. While taking the skinfold thickness measurement, he showed off to Hu Lai: "Of course! How about it, is it cool?"
"Where did you see these... words?" Hu Lai looked straight at the new tattoo.
"It's Matt. Matt showed me the photos he took when he went to China to find you. I thought the words on them were really cool. I was immediately fascinated by the mysterious Eastern culture, and then I got the tattoo.
The teacher gave me a tattoo on my body. How about it, Hu? I feel like I have been blessed by the Eastern secrets. Maybe I can perform as well as you in the new season!" Porter was full of expectations.
Hu Lai's eyes moved down from Charlie Potter's triumphant face, and fell back on the new tattoo on his waist.
Looking at the eight Chinese characters for "organic hemp air conditioning inside is open", he showed an expression of approval: "It's really good. It's a pity that you have the tattoo in this place, not many people can see it... Unless you take off your clothes to celebrate after scoring a goal, but that
Will get a yellow card..."
“That’s okay, Hu, for the sake of being cool and handsome, what’s a yellow card?” Charlie Potter made a muscle-flexing gesture.
Team medical team leader Tom Middle patted him on the back: "Skinfold thickness is 8.1, Charlie, your body fat rate is a bit high..."
Seeing that Middle recorded this number on the computer, Porter was very concerned: "No, please, change it to 7.2 quickly..."
Then he pointed at Hu Lai and said, "How much is he?"
“7.3.” Middle said.
Potter quickly glanced at the numbers Hu Lai had measured before, and said happily as if he had discovered a new continent: "Aha! Hu Lai is also fat!"
Middle glanced at him and said calmly: "Hu's goal is to gain weight, and your goal is to lose fat."
Hullet shrugged at Porter and spread his hands.
The latter had a sore face.
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