128. Play the piano
On August 3, the team returned to training, and the proportion of ball training in the third phase of training increased a lot, but Wen Sheng has never been satisfied with the progress of the team's running-in.
The Premier League will kick off on August 14th. Crystal Palace’s opening schedule is not good. In the first round, they will face direct rival Wigan, who will be relegated. Then in the second and third rounds, they will face London neighbors Gunners Arsenal and Farm.
At Fulham, Wen Sheng really wants to have a good start, which is very important to improve the team's morale, but now it seems that it is really difficult to complete this task.
The summer training time is still too short, but you can't complain about this grievance. It's the same for other teams. What's your complaint about Wen Sheng?
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As soon as he drove the car to the entrance of the base in the morning, Wen Sheng unexpectedly met an "acquaintance".
Elizabeth!
"Why are you here?! Are you looking for me?! Is something wrong?" Wen Sheng pressed the horn, stopped the car and asked his cousin.
"Hey, why can't I be here?!" Elizabeth said triumphantly, "I'm not looking for you! I work here!"
"Work?!" Wen Sheng was confused.
"I am now a member of the Crystal Palace cheerleading team, of course I can be here!" Elizabeth said happily.
As soon as these words came out, Wen Sheng's head was filled with thunder.
Watfak?!
She actually came to be a member of the cheerleading team?!
Wen Sheng's face turned red with anger, "You can't be a cheerleader?!"
Parrish's brain is really not good at all. The club is so busy in the summer, but he still has the brainpower to start a cheerleading team. Wen Sheng knows this.
But his cousin was actually recruited to be a cheerleader, Wen Sheng didn't know.
He didn't want his cousin to be a cheerleader. It was too embarrassing. Wen Sheng was still Chinese at heart, and his thoughts were inevitably tainted with some weird logical theories, thinking that this cheerleading team was not a good thing.
He didn't even think that his uncles didn't object!
"Eh...what does it have to do with you if I do my job?" Elizabeth retorted as expected, and then wanted to run away without looking back.
Wen Sheng was anxious and grabbed her, "Why are you running? Are you just training here?!"
Hey, Elizabeth's answer really surprised Wen Sheng. Yes, the cheerleading team training place established by Parrish is really at the Beckenham training base.
Damn it, grandma, Wen Sheng almost yelled at Parrish, this was just playing the piano randomly.
There are a bunch of big boys in the training base, and you are talking about a group of big girls. Are you the fucking boss or a pimp?!
Regardless of Elizabeth's mess, Wen Sheng drove in and dialed Parrish's number in the car without getting out of the car.
"Mr. Parrish!" Wen Sheng spoke emphatically, "Let me ask you something. Someone arranged for the cheerleaders to rehearse at the training base. Do you know about this?"
With the opening sentence of "Mr. Parrish", Parrish knew that something was wrong. Now most Wen Sheng calls him Steve directly.
After hearing it again, it turned out that it was about the cheerleading team. Well, it seems that we should talk to the head coach Wen Sheng about the arrangements for the training base and ask for his opinion.
But damn, I have good intentions too!
"Daniel, don't get excited. As the saying goes, men and women work together, and the work is not tiring! The players are working hard. I know that I think training nearby may make the boys hurry up!" Parrish explained quickly.
"Fake! No thanks! I'm sure you will only make the team's training quality drop significantly! A group of girls are in the same training base, who has the time to train?!" Wen Sheng couldn't help but curse.
Parrish was really kind to Wen Sheng. After Wen Sheng scolded him, Parrish didn't get angry. Instead, he said: "Okay, okay, don't be angry! If you don't agree, let's drop this matter!"
"Steve, the club still has to put results first!" Wen Sheng said seriously.
Parish heard this as if there were too many gimmicks, and he was suddenly dissatisfied, "Daniel, you should be your head coach. Club management is professional management. Becoming a bigger and better club is our long-term goal."
We have discussed the future many times, and you should understand! Our establishment of the cheerleading team has been proven, it is feasible, and it will be helpful to the club's business!"
Wen Shengcai didn't have time to care about how the club's business was run. He just thought it was a bit weird to have a cheerleading team. Now that Parrish was a little unhappy, he didn't bother to continue and said, you can do it if you like. It won't hinder the team anyway.
The conversation with Parrish was not a pleasant one. After the phone call, Wen Sheng immediately called his uncle Wayne and "snitched" that Elizabeth was in disgrace and had joined the cheerleading team.
Who knew that Wayne would criticize him: "It's good that she found this job! I don't understand why you want to discriminate against the cheerleading team?! In the cheerleading squads of major teams in the United States, you can't just get into it! Our team
There are also strict rules for the selection of cheerleading teams, it’s not what you think!”
Wen Sheng blushed, thinking that he was just an antique, that's all, no one had any objections, what other objections did I have, anyway, Elizabeth often argued with me, so just ignore her!
Wen Sheng "reported" Parrish's confused behavior to Wayne again. This time Wayne finally defended Wen Sheng's point of view. In fact, Wayne originally didn't think it was appropriate to do the cheerleading, but now he has changed.
An angle.
"Haha, to say that Steve likes to do stunts a bit, the establishment of the cheerleading team this time really allowed the club to grab a lot of tabloid space. You don't have to care about the exposure, the club still cares, so you have to understand."
"Think about it if these cheerleaders can perform for the live audience during halftime, they can actually attract a lot of viewers! From another perspective, this is not a bad thing!"
Wayne said this, and Wen Sheng gradually understood and accepted it. The Crystal Palace club was small, and its commercial income was far behind those of the big clubs. It was understandable that Parish had some crooked ideas.
Elizabeth was very dissatisfied with Wen Sheng's attitude when he refused to let the cheerleading team enter the training base. Naturally, Elizabeth had to yell at him. Wen Sheng liked her angry look and inexplicable joy.
"I'm telling you, I'm the head coach, and I own the territory here. I can do whatever I say! How about you bite me?!"
The long-lost feeling of being a head coach has returned.
On August 4, the team opened for training, and hundreds of fans poured into the Beckenham training base to watch the team's open training.
The global economic situation is not good, but Crystal Palace has invested nearly 40 million pounds in signings this summer. This investment amount ranks second among all 20 Premier League teams so far. In front of them are the oil tycoons.
Manchester City.
This amount of investment ranks among the highest in Europe. Spending so much money made the media think that Crystal Palace was full of ambitions for the new season. The outside world rushed to report that Crystal Palace had spent money again, Crystal Palace had spent money again, and Crystal Palace had spent money again.
Spending money again!
Wen Sheng was a big talker in June, and now many people are "fighting back" against him. Everyone is discussing whether Wen Sheng spent so much money this season, and whether his final performance can be worthy of the real money Parish paid.
Under the clamor of external public opinion, Crystal Palace fans watched new players arrive one after another. Parish counted his money in a hurry. He really thought that the team was amazing. His emotions were so high that some fans even went to Chadron.
Visiting class.
Wen Sheng felt extremely aggrieved. Don’t you know what kind of team we were last season?! New players coming one after another are worthless!
In the afternoon, Crystal Palace's "self-media" will hold a pre-season talk show, and Wen Sheng and many players will participate.
When facing official reporters, Wen Sheng just expressed his position: "We did spend a lot of money, but don't forget that our lineup last season was the weakest in the English Championship! We are facing a new season.
Chapter completed!