Chapter 20 Money, Cars, Drivers
Update time: 2013-03-07
"Thank you for sending me here... I will not be stingy if you have any news next time.
Before getting off the car, Dick patted Musampa on the shoulder. Needless to say, it was almost done. Musampa had helped him a little, so he naturally had to repay him.
Musampa nodded with a smile, then drove away, Dick sorted out his clothes and walked into Atletico headquarters.
After pushing open the general manager's door, Dick walked in directly and sat opposite Xiao Hill. Xiao Hill raised his head in surprise, raised his eyebrows, and a hint of anger appeared on his face, but he immediately calmed down.
Putting down the work at hand, Xiao Hill crossed his hands and closed them, bounced his two index fingers against each other a few times in front of him, and then looked up at Dick.
"Mr. Dick, the newspapers have been very lively these days."
Dick shrugged: "I don't know why it's so lively... it's just a small bet."
Seeing that Dick didn't seem to feel that he had done anything wrong, anger appeared on Xiao Hill's face: "Mr. Dick, please pay attention! You are now the head coach of Atletico Madrid second team, and everything must be maintained. Your bet will cause a very serious damage to the club's image!"
"So it's for this..." Dick suddenly realized, and then he shook his head: "Mr. Xiao Hill, you're so serious... To put it bluntly, this bet is the bet between me and that reporter. Does it have anything to do with Atletico Madrid? The bet is just Barcelona, and it has nothing to do with Atletico Madrid."
"Why doesn't it matter! After the season ends, the newspaper says in the newspaper, "Atletico Madrid second team coach runs naked in the downtown area." Isn't the club's image damaged?" Xiao Hill said loudly.
"Do you have no confidence in me?" Dick said with a crooked mouth: "I must be the one who wins. At that time, the newspaper will say 'The reporter of World Sports eats the microphone'. Besides, if I lose, do you think I will continue to do this position? At that time, I will definitely get out of here. At most, people say 'formerly coach of Atletico Madrid', which will not damage the image of Atletico Madrid club."
Looking at Dick who looks like a scoundrel, Xiao Hill really can't take this guy - maybe his father doesn't care about this, after all, Old Hill is also a rascal, but Xiao Hill considers himself a successful person with higher education and high-class society. How can he silence and quarrel with Dick?
"Okay, you go out first... By the way, Mr. Chairman wants to see you." Xiao Hill waved his hand and said.
"Yes-" Dikra stood up in a long voice, then turned around and prepared to walk out of the office.
"Next time I see me, remember to knock on the door first."
Xiao Hill's angry voice came from behind him. Dick shrugged his shoulders, and while walking out of the office, he closed the door with his backhand. Xiao Hill slapped the table heavily. If this guy wasn't someone my father liked, he would have opened this guy immediately!
Dick walked all the way to Old Hill's chairman's office. This time he knocked on the door in a regular manner, and kept hearing a shout inside: "Come in!", then he pushed open the door and walked in.
After entering the office, he saw Old Hill holding a newspaper and hey, Dick smiled and sat down in front of Old Hill.
"Di, I heard that you led the team well in the last game. Torres completed a hat trick and won very beautifully!" Old Hill put down the newspaper and said with a laugh.
"I said that it would not be a wrong choice to let me be a head coach," Dick replied.
This answer is obviously very consistent with Old Hill's appetite. He is an adventurer-like character, wandering between black and white, so that he can enter the straitor as a country gangster. These qualities shown by Dick are all those he had before - young, ambitious, and useless means... As a head coach, Dick could not threaten his position, which made Old Hill appreciate this young man quite well.
The game I won before also made Old Hill feel that this young man is indeed a little capable. Anyway, his salary is not high, so he is still very wise to use it.
"Also, you bet with the reporter of World Sports News? Are you not afraid of losing?" Old Hill asked curiously.
"Without confidence, how could I make such a bet?" Dick replied: "Barcelona is indeed very strong, but they have many problems. The competition in Spain this season will be stronger than the previous two seasons. They do not have particularly outstanding strength in the Champions League, and it is normal for them to not win any championship... If I lose, I will not implicate Atletico Madrid. I will resign before that."
"It goes without saying that, even if you lose on a bet, it is your personal matter and has nothing to do with the club. I want to fire you, there is only one reason, that is, your team's performance is not good."
Old Hill said lightly, this attitude made Dick exclaim in his heart - he was able to work hard almost from scratch to his current status. Old Hill does have some differences from ordinary people, and in this regard, it is much better than his son.
"Mr. Chairman, I'm not just asking this to say this, right? It's not easy for me to come here for a trip, I can't get a taxi, I don't have a taxi, and I finally got a reporter... "
Dick was bitter. Although he was also a professional head coach now, he was still very hard-working. There were tens of thousands of pesetta left in his pocket. It was not yet time to get paid. He couldn't go out to play. He had to eat fast food for dinner, and he didn't even have a car when he went out...
"Well, I've neglected this." Old Hill was also a person from the bottom of the house. Naturally, he knew that Dick was talking about the truth. After thinking about it, he took out his wallet and counted a stack of money: "Your current salary is one million pesetta per month. I will advance your monthly salary first... Should you continue to live in an apartment in the youth training camp or rent a house and choose your own choice. If you rent a house, the club can help you find a suitable one."
Dick took the stack of money and counted it to be 900,000 pesetta - Old Hill had given him 100,000 before, and this old guy really thought about the money very carefully.
Dick doesn't care about this either. One million pesettas per month is about six or seven thousand dollars. The salary in a year is less than one hundred thousand dollars. The head coach of the second team usually gets this salary.
"As for the car... the club will arrange one for you. Do you have a driver's license? If not, please find a driver and the salary club will pay for it." Old Hill continued.
"Then find a driver, I can't drive yet," Dick replied.
"Okay." Old Hill nodded: "What else is there?"
"Help me find a Spanish tutor. I want to learn Spanish now." Dick finally asked: "It's better to be a beautiful girl..."
How do you write those football novels? A beautiful tutor, and then something happens, oh yeah ~
Old Hill laughed: "There is no problem with the tutor... But it's not necessary for a pretty girl, unless you pay for it yourself... OK, I know, I'll do it for you right away."
When Dick walked out of Old Hill's office, a car was already waiting for him.
"Mr. Dick? I am your driver, Valentine Garcia."
A middle-aged man with a big beard said to Dick, and Dick nodded: "Mr. Garcia, have you been following me all the time?"
"Yes, whenever you need a car during working hours, you can find me in the parking lot." Garcia replied.
Dick nodded. It seemed that he was using a car for work. He wanted to use a public car for private use. He seemed not qualified yet...
"Then let's go and go back to the youth training camp." Dick got into the Mercedes-Benz, which looked a little old, and said to Garcia.
After returning to the training ground, Dick saw that the players were practicing set-piece tactics under Marina's command. He nodded. The next league game is mid-week, away against Salamanca, and he will set out for the away game tomorrow.
From this aspect, we can see how wise it is to use the survey card - after all, there will be a game on Thursday. If the information is sent on Monday, then the time is not enough. He used the survey card on Sunday, so he has an extra day to study his opponent. It was during the study that he found that the Salamanca team has no obvious weaknesses elsewhere, but there are some problems in the defense of set pieces, which made Marina focus on training set pieces tactics.
To put it bluntly, a football match is a game where you can grasp the opponent's weaknesses and then try to prevent the opponent from grasping your weaknesses, see the opponent's weaknesses and then make targeted drills. This is a basic ability.
Although Dick is actually a layman, his confidence in his ability to command the game is not blind. He has this vision.
"In the next game, set-pieces will be a very important scoring method. Salamanca's performance is very stable. They do not have many obvious weaknesses. However, in defensive set-pieces, their overall position is not very good, and there are many places to be used... The front of the penalty area will be where we can use it. When getting a set-piece in the frontcourt, their defensive attention is actively focused on the penalty area, and the defense at the front of the penalty area is relatively neglected. This is where we can use it. When getting a set-piece, David appears at the front of the penalty area in time and kill them with a long shot!"
Cubino nodded. His long shot was the best in the team, and Dick's arrangement was also useful.
"When two sides attack, they have multiple dribblings. If you have the chance, they will pass the ball to the two forwards. Be careful of their passing and attack when defending. Curro, pay attention to blocking their offensive route. An intercepting midfielder must keep a clear mind. Do you understand?"
Bacacs nodded, thanking Dick. After letting him play as a substitute in the last game, Dick seemed to value him very much. This game also allowed him to play as the main player. For a half-substitute, it is a very happy thing to be able to play continuously.
Such adjustment will naturally make Lima, the only foreign aid in the team, lose its main position, but Dick doesn't care. In his opinion, Lima is a player who can run and has good defensive ability, but his awareness and positioning ability are too poor. Atletico Madrid's second team must focus on Torres to play offensive tactics. This is Dick's purpose - win the ball, play beautifully, and give out Torres. In this case, he naturally cannot give up defense. An intercepting midfielder who can appear in the opponent's offensive route in time is naturally much more useful than a intercepting midfielder who can only run blindly.
However, this does not mean that Dick will give up Lima. At least this Senegal midfielder is still very capable of running and can play a big role in some cases.
Chapter completed!