Chapter 617: Cunning Thompson
When he arrived at the sand machine, Thompson took the Grim Reaper to the airport to greet him, which was regarded as giving Liu Yan the highest standard of treatment for him.
Thompson's status in the sand shaker is very high, although his business is on the edge of the law, but he is a capable person, three religions and nine streams, and all kinds of people call him brothers.
However, he is a very slippery person, most of them are just good with him on the surface, but in fact, they still look at interests.
Liu Yan and his entourage got off the plane, walked out of the airport exit, shook hands with Thompson, and Thompson said enthusiastically: "Mr. Liu Yan, you are my great nobleman, it's great to see you again!"
Liu Yan said with a smile: "Thank you Mr. Thompson for coming to greet us in person, it's so polite." ”
Then Liu Yan and the Grim Reaper also shook hands, but the two just nodded to each other and didn't say anything, they all had a tacit understanding, and in front of Thompson, there were some words that were not suitable to say.
Thompson brought a luxury and lengthened Cadillac, which can seat thirty people, and everyone brought by Liu Yan can sit in the car.
Liu Yan is also the first time to see such a long car, after going up, I found that the car is really luxurious, you can eat, drink coffee, and have a toilet in the car, which is really enough to enjoy.
The other students were even more shocked, many of them grew up in small cities, not to mention this kind of extended RV, even ordinary cars are rarely seated.
Thompson saw that these players from Huaxia had never seen the world, and he was secretly happy in his heart, he felt that it was very promising to leave a few Chinese players, and when the time came, he could attract a lot of spectators to the club to watch the game by using this gimmick!
Although the students felt very surprised and surprised, they were all prepared before they came, and Liu Yan also told them some things about Meiguo, so the students didn't do anything out of the ordinary, just looked around, but didn't touch anything.
Thompson said enthusiastically: "You're welcome, take whatever you want to drink, and if you have food, take it and eat it if you like!"
In his opinion, the living conditions of people in Huaxia are not very good, just like not having enough food and clothing, in fact, in Liu Yan's martial arts hall, there is everything to eat and drink, and Liu Yan is very well prepared.
"Mr. Thompson, you're welcome, take us straight to the Hotel Brea, I've booked a room. Liu Yan told him the address after the car started.
Thompson was stunned, he had already arranged a hotel for Liu Yan and others, and when he heard Liu Yan say this, he discussed: "Mr. Liu Yan, I also booked a hotel for you, not far from the gymnasium, I think it's still ......."
Before he could finish speaking, Liu Yan waved his hand and said resolutely: "No, send us to the hotel we booked, if you don't want to send it, then we will get off!"
Liu Yan is not unkind, it's just that Thompson is really scheming, Liu Yan doesn't want to take this risk, because it's not his business alone, there are so many people in the delegation, and he is responsible for the safety and health of everyone.
Thompson had no choice but to let the driver turn around and drive towards the Brea Hotel, and then he said curtly: "Mr. Liu Yan, you are really like a stubborn donkey!"
Liu Yan was not angry, smiled faintly, and replied: "The donkey is still very cute, at least cuter than the old fox." ”
Mo Xiaolin and Jennifer both burst out laughing, and Thompson laughed too, though his laughter was worse than crying.
When they arrived at the Brea Hotel, everyone in the Huaxia delegation got out of the car, Thompson didn't get out of the car, just waved his hand at Liu Yan, Liu Yan also nodded at him, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Thompson, let's go to the gymnasium tomorrow to have a look, and familiarize ourselves with the venue first." ”
Thompson didn't say anything and let the driver drive away, and it was obvious that he was really angry.
Liu Yan didn't care about him, and walked into the hotel with the players, the Grim Reaper didn't go back with Thompson, but got out of the car with Liu Yan, and he and Liu Yan had a lot to talk about.
The two of them were in a room, packing their luggage, and Liu Yan and the Grim Reaper came to their room.
"Death, who are the contestants from the Mei Kingdom, do you have any information about them?" asked Liu Yan in a low voice, he needed to know more information.
Grim Reaper replied with an embarrassed face: "I only know that Thompson has contacted two top 10 players in the United States, Johnson and Delon, and I don't know about the others." ”
"Johnson and Delon, what are these two people about, how do they compare to you?" Liu Yandeng was interested.
"I've only played against DeLong, and it was an invitational tournament where Thompson gave him a lot of money to come to the club and play a game to increase his popularity. ”
"And which of you won?"
"Thompson greeted me in advance and said that he wouldn't really fight, and let me let Delong, in fact, even if I didn't let him, he wouldn't be his opponent, but it would not be easy for him to win. Death said, unconsciously clenching his fists, it can be seen that he really wanted to fight well, but Thompson did not allow it.
"What about Johnson, what kind of fighter is he?" Liu Yan then asked.
The Grim Reaper shook his head and said, "He is also a top ten player in Meiguo, but I haven't met him, I've only heard about some of his deeds. It is said that in his early years, he challenged everywhere, made a lot of enemies, and was chased and killed, and then a big guy came forward and helped him settle down, and then he seemed to have evaporated from the world, and I don't know why he was invited by Thompson again. ”
After listening to the introduction of the Grim Reaper, Liu Yan was slightly disappointed, if Mei Guo only sent two top ten fighters this time, it would mean that Mei Guo did not use all his strength, and this time the Huaxia team can be said to have sent the strongest lineup of the younger generation.
Of course, if Liao Feng and the three brothers of the Ye family were on it, their strength would be stronger than these people, but Liu Yan's purpose was to train the younger generation, and winning or losing would be secondary.
The Grim Reaper chatted with Liu Yan for a while, and then left the hotel, he still had a game in the evening, and he also told Liu Yan that Thompson would not let him participate in this match between Huaxia and Meiguo.
As soon as the Grim Reaper left, someone called Liu Yan, it turned out to be director Robertson, who told Liu Yan that the winter in Asia was coming, and as long as the first snow fell, he could continue filming.
Robertson knew about this competition, but he didn't mention it, after all, he is also from Meiguo, and his position is still on Meiguo's side.
After talking about the movie, he invited Liu Yan and Mo Xiaolin to have dinner together in the evening, he hadn't seen him for more than a month, and he missed Liu Yan very much.
Liu Yan readily agreed, these friends in Meiguo are good to him, and he also wants to meet them, especially Jennifer's brother David, who is Liu Yan's number one fan in Meiguo.
In the evening, everyone gathered together, Robertson was surprised to find that Liu Yan's spoken language had improved again, Liu Yan pointed at Jennifer with a smile and said, "This is all the credit of Jennifer, my best English teacher!"
Jennifer grinned and said modestly: "It's still Liu Yanken who works hard, he is the most courageous student I have ever seen in Huaxia learning foreign languages." ”
Liu Yan shrugged his shoulders and said, "Do you mean I'm thick-skinned?"
Everyone laughed, and David was the first to mention this competition, saying: "Mr. Liu Yan, you will definitely be able to defeat your opponent and win this time!"
Several Mei people at the wine table listened to David's words, their faces were a little ugly, they didn't speak, even Jennifer didn't agree, Liu Yan said very measuredly: "It doesn't matter if you win or lose, this time we are not sending the strongest line, let's learn from each other, I hope that more such games can be held in the future to promote exchanges between the two countries." ”
After eating, Liu Yan and Mo Xiaolin went back to the hotel to rest, and at this time, he received another phone call, it was Bai Rusong calling, telling him that the CCTV reporting team had also arrived and had just gotten off the plane.
Liu Yan asked the hotel where they were, which was a little far away from his Brea Hotel, and said, "Teacher Bai, then rest early, it's time difference, let's see you tomorrow!"
"Okay, see you tomorrow!" Bai Rusong's task this time is to follow Liu Yan's every move throughout the whole process, because CCTV intends to make a complete documentary, so this overseas competition is an excellent material.
The next morning, as soon as Liu Yan got up, Bai Rusong rushed to the Brea Hotel with the filming team to shoot Liu Yan for breakfast, which was also part of the follow-up.
Liu Yan had no choice but to wash up, came to the hotel's restaurant, and had breakfast with Bai Yansong, while the cameraman was filming next to him.
The two chatted while eating, and the content of the chat seemed to be said casually, but it was all a draft prepared by Bai Rusong in advance, of course, Liu Yan didn't know, he just said whatever he thought.
After breakfast, Liu Yan is about to go to the gymnasium, which is the competition venue, Liu Yan needs to adapt in advance and make arrangements.
Bai Rusong's camera crew still followed Liu Yan to the gymnasium, where Thompson was waiting for Liu Yan.
"Let me introduce you, this is Mr. Thompson, the organizer of the competition, it can be said that without him, there would be no competition!" Liu Yan introduced Thompson and complimented him.
Bai Rusong shook hands with Thompson and exchanged a few pleasantries, Bai Rusong's spoken language is very good, and he can communicate freely with foreigners.
In front of Bai Rusong, Liu Yan asked Thompson about the list of players in Meiguo.
Thompson seemed a little embarrassed, and replied vaguely: "Now I can only identify three people, and I am still lobbying for the others." ”
When Liu Yan heard this, his face sank, and he said, "Mr. Thompson, this is a bit unusual, the game will start soon, but you haven't even decided on a list?"
Thompson hurriedly explained: "That's not the case, Mr. Liu Yan, I want to try my best to find high-level players to play, but you also know that the athletes in Meiguo are all individuals, and there is no agency, so they are very casual, some have no time, some are abroad, and I am trying my best to contact." ”
Liu Yan knew in his heart that Thompson was trying to find a high level, so he delayed the time, but in fact, there were still a lot of players in Meiguo.
Thompson saw that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, so he took Liu Yan and Bai Rusong around the gymnasium and introduced the hardware conditions of this competition.