"Hello? Who is it?" He just wanted to take a bath, but he was bombarded with fatigue by phone calls one after another. At this moment, Li Yi didn't care about his appearance. After picking up the phone casually, he asked casually with a slightly unkind tone.
road.
"Huh? I didn't provoke you, Lee. It's a good thing that I came to you today. You don't have to react so much?"
Hearing that the third person calling him was Federer, Li Yi touched the back of his head with some embarrassment, and then explained with a smile, "It's Federer. I was just getting ready to take a shower, but the phone kept ringing."
I'm a little too aggressive, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. What good can you do to me?"
"Oh, let me tell you." Maintaining the medium speed and emotionless speaking style, Federer replied, "It's like this, Lee, I have two things to ask you today. The first one is, have you had any problems recently?
A local company in London came to get in touch with me, and I think their purpose is reasonable for you."
Seeing what Federer said, after thinking for a moment, Li Yi asked with some uncertainty, "Are you looking for me to speak for you?"
"That's right. I didn't help you find a spokesperson earlier. Firstly, I thought the time was not ripe. Secondly, even if I did, the price would be optional. It would be of no benefit to you.
It’s different now. As your performance is getting better and better after the transfer, I think it’s time to take action. Well, of course, most of the people looking for you this time are small businesses, and those big consortiums are still waiting and watching. But I
I helped you make a selection and found that a supermarket offered pretty good conditions. How about I go to your home tomorrow and show you their detailed information? If you think it's suitable, sign a contract with them."
"Okay!" Federer did the work, and Li Yi was relieved. Since Federer said it was okay, the conditions given by the other party were not too bad. After talking about the advertising endorsement, thinking about the two things Federer said before, Li Yi continued
He asked, "What about one more thing?"
"Um, what about the second thing? Although it's a bit early to say it now, I'll bring it up earlier. Lee, you can explain it to me. I can make arrangements then."
"you say."
"As for your salary, don't be too early, Lee. With Crystal Palace's current situation, as long as there are no big surprises, promotion to the Super League after the end of this season is almost a certainty. Then if Crystal Palace
Successfully promoted to the Super League will inevitably face the reality of a substantial salary increase for all team members.
Your current salary will not be able to match your status at all. Therefore, your name will be indispensable on the list of people with salary increases. Lee, please tell me first. Where are you roughly at with your own salary?
By the way, I'm asking about the salary after being promoted to the Super League. Lee has money, but don't say that money doesn't matter. After all, a player's annual salary is, to a large extent, evidence of the player's strength.
, I don’t know, some big companies that want to find you as an endorsement will use your low salary to limit the price of your contract."
"Uh!" Federer's rainy days had been planned for next season. Li Yi reached out and wiped the non-existent sweat on his forehead, and said speechlessly, "Federer, it's up to you. I don't know my abilities."
, how much the salary is worth, you can just negotiate with the club when the time comes."
"Yes, I know that asking you, this hands-off boss, is purely in vain. Then I will negotiate with them based on your team's maximum salary. Do you have any objections?"
After thinking about it carefully, it seems that with his own strength, he can really deserve the Crystal Palace to offer him a higher salary than other teammates. Li Yi immediately replied without objection, "No problem, then you will watch and watch."
They are talking. There is only one thing I want to say. Let's talk about it. Don't make my relationship with the club too tense. I am very happy here."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of things. Okay, if there's nothing else to do, I'll hang up now. I'll go to your house to find you tomorrow night."
"ok."
Listening to the busy signal from the other end of the phone, Li Yi hung up the phone for the third time. He threw the phone on the bed and walked towards the bathroom, muttering to himself, "No one will call me this time."
After a night of silence, Li Yi received a call from Link at noon the next day. Li Yi took a taxi and rushed to the open-air restaurant on a platform next to Southwark Cathedral that he had agreed with Link.
The open-air restaurant is not big. As soon as he stepped onto the platform from the stairs on one side, Li Yi could easily see the two "big guys" who had been sitting there waiting for him.
After smiling and waving to the two of them, Li Yi walked directly to the table where the two of them were sitting.
He pulled out the chair, sat down gracefully, took the menu from the waiter who just arrived, ordered a steak at will, and sent the former away. Then Li Yi spoke to the two people sitting quietly opposite him and said, "Long time no see."
Knowing that the waiter would bring the three people's meals soon, the two parties did not rush to talk about anything important. They just chatted casually about London's humanities and geography, all over the world.
After waiting for a short while, the waiter finally brought everyone what they ordered and walked away. Link then smiled and said to Li Yi, "Lee, how was your stay at the Crystal Palace recently?"
After coming to London, I counted on my fingers and found that it had been almost half a year. During this period, Li Yi had eaten a lot of Western food. He skillfully picked up the tablecloth that the waiter had left on the table and pinned it to his collar. He forked the knife with his left hand and started eating it with his right hand.
He cut off a small piece of his steak and put it in his mouth. After chewing it carefully for a moment, he said, "It's very good. Both my teammates and coaches here treat me very well. By the way, this restaurant's
The steak is good! It seems I will have to come here more often when I have time."
Li Yi was talking about him, but Link didn't understand why. Seeing that Li Yi wanted to change the subject, Link said, "That's good. Jim and I have been worried about you going to the new club."
Later, I won’t be able to adapt to it.”
He cut another small piece of steak into his mouth. After chewing it and swallowing it, he felt some grease on the corner of his mouth. Li Yi wiped his mouth with a cloth and then asked, "The two coaches came all the way to see me for dinner today."
, is this just for asking? These things can also be discussed on the phone."
Whether it was his expression after coming out today or his demeanor on the phone yesterday, it all revealed that Li Yi was full of resentment for leaving qpr before. The purpose of coming here today was to reconcile with Li Yi. Link immediately
With a straight face, he said very sincerely, "Okay, Lee, you can be direct and I won't beat around the bush. Jim and I have only one purpose here today, which is to sincerely apologize to you."
Having said this, Link put down the knife and fork in his hand. Regardless of the public, he stood up, bowed to Li Yi first, and then said, "I'm sorry, Lee."
