Chapter 0604: First Entry into Carrington
On the second day, embassy officials, members of the trade delegation, officials from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the government, and some senior executives of Airbus attended the signing ceremony of the contract between Airbus and Xianyuan Airlines at the George V Hotel. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Under hundreds of flashlights, Zeng Cheng signed the $3 billion contract with Airbus representative Fabrice Blier.
Originally, Fan Wuxian planned to let the people of AVIC Equipment sign the contract on their own. But they felt that if they were scattered, maybe the French would have to play some tricks again, and it would be better to sign them together. When something went wrong, the two families went to the door together to kick the gym, and they were more confident.
As soon as the contract was signed, Zeng Cheng's work in France came to an end, and after saying goodbye to Fan Xueqing, he took a plane and went to England with Gloria.
In fact, Zeng Cheng's trip to the UK was decided on an ad hoc basis. It was mainly Catherine, who took over Manchester United's affairs in Manchester, who called and wanted him to go to Manchester to see his team.
Zeng Cheng knew that in fact, this was Catherine asking for help from his boss in disguise, after all, as an outsider, suddenly intervening in the affairs of Manchester United, the pressure Catherine faced can be imagined.
And Gloria followed him to England to discuss with him the purchase plan with Boeing. In fact, this matter can also be discussed in Paris, but considering the need to take care of the emotions of the French and respect the traditional friendship between the Chinese and French people, Zeng Cheng finally suppressed the blonde beauty's eagerness to make a contribution, and pulled her to England first. Anyway, Britain and France are only separated by an English Channel, and it is very convenient to go to England.
Zeng Cheng and they did not fly directly to Manchester, but went to London first.
Two days after they arrived in London, Gloria's subordinates finally took out the Boeing airliner sale plan and handed it over to the blonde beauty, Gloria cut the total amount by five percent without frowning, and then said to Zeng Cheng: "It can't be lowered again, otherwise the company won't make any money, and I will be fired." ”
Zeng Cheng took a look at the plan, and felt that it was not much more excessive than that of Airbus, and the order of Airbus was also won by Gloria with cooperation, so he didn't care about himself, nodded and said: "Okay, send a fax to Boeing, and say that I agree with this plan." ”
It didn't take long for the board of directors of Boeing to reply and entrust Gloria as a plenipotentiary representative to sign a contract with Xianyuan Airlines for the purchase of planes, with a total value of $2.1 billion.
"I should have celebrated with champagne. The blonde beauty was very excited, and said to Zeng Cheng, "I have only been in office for half a month, and I have won such an order, in the words of you Chinese, this is really a good start." ”
Whether it is Boeing or Airbus, they will not make a loss-making transaction, although the quotation to Zeng Cheng is already the price of cabbage, but there is still some profit, and it will not lose money.
In fact, because of the global financial crisis that broke out in the past two years, the aircraft manufacturing industry has been at a low ebb recently, whether it is Airbus, or Boeing, now is the beginning of the era of low-profit management, they are more dependent on the government or the board of directors for the future of the air transport industry optimistic, and continue to invest a large amount of money to support, the two super-large companies are enjoying preferential tax policies, so as long as they have orders, there will be capital investment, there will be no hard life.
What they are afraid of is not losing money, but that the products they manufacture cannot be sold, which is a little different from that in China.
After negotiating with Boeing, Zeng Cheng said goodbye to Gloria. Gloria took Boeing's people back to the United States, while Zeng Cheng got on a plane to Manchester.
After arriving in Manchester, Zeng Cheng did not appear directly as the owner of Manchester United, but changed his identity. He went to Manchester United for a trial as an international student. Of course, this identity was arranged by Catherine.
Manchester United have been in good form lately, and in the league, they have a record of 18 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses after 25 rounds with 59 points, beating old rivals Liverpool with 15 wins, 9 draws and 1 loss and 54 points. In the just-concluded FA Cup quarter-finals, they swept Derby County away with a score of 4-1 to advance to the quarter-finals, and in the next quarter-finals, they also faced the average Hammers West Ham. In the Carabao Cup, Manchester United also reached the final and will face Manchester United's score-giving boy Tottenham on the 1st of next month. In addition, in the Champions League, Manchester United are unbeaten in the knockout stages and will face old rivals Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan in a week's time.
Because all fronts are soaring, Manchester United's morale is very high, and the training ground is in full swing, which left a good impression on Zeng Cheng, who came to the Carrington training base for the first time.
Zeng Cheng entered the Carrington training base, and the staff arranged by Catherine immediately passed the news to Ferguson.
Ferguson was a little unimpressed with Zeng Cheng because he came in through the relationship of the new woman who came to the team, and he didn't like the new woman very much, even if the woman rarely interfered in the team's affairs.
"Let's take him for a physical test first!"
There was no emotion in Ferguson's tone, he had coached Chinese players before, and he was satisfied with the talent and technique of the Chinese Dong, but because of the guy's laziness, he had a bit of a headache, and finally after last year's Olympics, he couldn't bear it anymore and drove him back to China.
I hope that the guy who came to the trial this time can have half the talent of China Dong, and then the training attitude is better, in that case, everyone can get by.
Although Ferguson did not like the new woman, he also knew that the woman had to deal with her as the club's director appointed by the new owner of the team. Otherwise, it will have a very negative impact on the team.
He's been at Manchester United for more than 20 years, he's already made this his home, he's made the team his own kid, and he doesn't want it to be ruined.
And Zeng Cheng, as the first relational household sent in by that woman, he had to give her some face. Of course, this is on the premise that the talent of that Chinese is not too rubbish, otherwise, no matter what, he will not compromise.
Half an hour later, the assistant coach ran over out of breath with the results of the physical test and said in surprise: "Alex!
"Hmm, show me it!" took the results from the assistant coach and quickly skimmed through them.
"185 cm tall, 72 kg weight, 30-meter sprint speed of 3.2 seconds, 100-meter speed of 10.1 seconds, 10-minute run ......"
Ferguson's hand began to tremble slightly as he held the results of the physical test, and if the data is true and reliable, then it seems that the player's physical condition is quite good. I just don't know how his skills and awareness are, and he can't wait to see the performance of this player named Zeng Cheng in the intra-team competition.
So he said to his assistant, "Mike, go and call him." ”
Soon, Zeng Cheng came to Ferguson under the leadership of Mike Ferran.
If Zeng Cheng had seen the legend of Ferguson before, he would definitely be speechless with excitement, but now he has long been accustomed to seeing big scenes, and he can even reason with national leaders, so naturally he will not be stunned when he meets Ferguson. He greeted Ferguson politely.
Seeing Zeng Cheng's performance, Ferguson nodded secretly and said: "You wait for a while, and after they finish warming up, I will arrange a match for you, and you can show your skills when the time comes!"
Zeng Cheng nodded and said, "No problem, may I ask which position I should play?"
Ferguson glanced at Zeng Cheng and asked, "Huh, you played that position before?"
Judging by his pace, a winger or striker seems to be the best option, but it is not known how good his passing skills and shooting skills are.
"Well, where did I play in the position where I was short of people before! Zeng Cheng said with some embarrassment. He had played football before, but that was when he was a university student at HKUST. It's just that playing football on the court of HKUST is all temporary, and I don't pay so much attention to the position.
Ferguson was sweating, and that didn't sound like good news. If you had gone through formal training, this would definitely not have happened, and the expectation brought by the physical test results just now was instantly lowered.
He said with some disappointment: "Okay, you play as a winger in a while, are you good at left or right?"
"Seems like they're all about the same, right?"
Zeng Cheng's answer once again left Ferguson with black lines. If it weren't for the new woman's repeated statements that she would give him a chance, coupled with the fact that he was really reluctant to have such a good physical fitness, Ferguson would have wanted to let him go directly.
After this toss, Ferguson's expectation obviously dissipated, waved his hand casually, and said indifferently: "Okay, you go to the sidelines to rest, the confrontation is expected to be played in twenty minutes." Be careful to warm up well in advance. ”
Zeng Cheng naturally saw Ferguson's disappointment, but he replied quietly: "Okay, sir." ”
After speaking, Zeng Cheng turned around and was about to walk to the sidelines, when he saw the staff dragging a large bag of soccer balls towards this side, he suddenly stopped and turned back and asked, "Sir, can I use these soccer balls and training grounds now?"
He had already seen Ferguson's mood change just now, and since the other party had doubts about the technique, it would be better to give him some stimulation first.
"Yes. Ferguson thought he was going to warm up with the ball and didn't think much about it before agreeing to his request. (To be continued.) )