"Thank you!" Ju An replied with a smile, then turned to Tom, the stammering agent, and said, "It's not early, let's find a place to eat and chat while eating, what do you think?" ”。

Stammering Tom listened and looked at Sanders and nodded and said, "Okay, okay".

Hearing this, Ju An stretched out his hand and motioned for everyone to go outside the training center, and when they arrived at the door, the four of them got into Ju An's GMC and started the car, Ju An turned to Tom and Sanders and said, "There is a restaurant not far from here, the steak is good, how about going there?" ”。

Tom stammered, "Yes, yes." Sanders regained his dead face and nodded. Seeing that the two guys had no problem, Ju An drove the car towards the steakhouse, why not invite them to eat Chinese food, the Chinese restaurant he went to is not only expensive but also very authentic, many foreigners who eat for the first time do not necessarily have the habit of eating, and the steak is more safe to eat every day here in Lao Mei, it must be that everyone has no problem.

The car drove very fast along the way, and there was no one in the car talking, even at the beginning, Ju An tried to provoke a few topics, stammering Tom was better, Sanders was asking a question, and the language was as short as possible, after saying a few times, Ju An was not interested, and when he arrived at the parking lot in front of the restaurant, he parked the car, and the four of them entered the restaurant. I followed the waiter to find a table for four, and everyone made it and ordered the meal, and began to talk about horses.

"Ann, Mr. Ann, Dinah Jr., Miss. Saunders: Yes, it feels good about your horse, you know, you know, he's one of the best jockeys in America, and I think if you think you can, if you can, we'll talk about the contract now," Tom said as he handed the order to the waiter and opened his mouth to Juan and Dinah.

Juan looked at Tom and said, "Mr. Saunders's level is very good, but this is on the training track, the key is that he has just been injured, I really don't know how to perform on the track, and he is almost forty years old, there is an injury or something in the middle of the way, don't I still need to find a jockey?" ”。

Although the technique is good, but this body is really difficult to say, buddy, this is telling the truth, and I also slightly dislike this dead-faced Sanders, look at that outfit, simple cowboy hat jacket, if the high-end restaurants will not let him enter, can't he be a little more formal when he meets someone for the first time? And you can't always talk about what the price is what others say, if you give yourself a high price for a first-class jockey, what kind of jockey can you find to ride with this money? I have to find an old man who is about to retire!

During this time, I got used to it in the United States, and naturally thought that it was not that I couldn't find a good jockey, but that the price was not suitable, if you were really optimistic about the jockey who was now ranked first, if you had money, you would directly pull it up twice, twice as much, not as much as triple the salary, just like a player transfer, what is not for sale is, you offer a club that you don't have the courage to refuse the price out, you see if you can buy it! It's not that you can't find it, but your input and gain are disproportionate, and it's not cost-effective. Of course, Ju'an has to hold the initiative in his hands.

Stammering Tom was about to say something, but before he could speak, Sanders stopped Tom, and then said to Juan, "Mr. Ann! Yes, not only have I been in a hospital bed for more than a year, but I haven't had any results in the last three years, and many people say that when I get better, I should retire, an old fellow who is thirty-eight and almost thirty-nine, but I believe that with a good horse I am still the best jockey in America! ”。

Tom heard Sanders speak so fast, so he stopped Sanders from the side, and just opened his mouth to say, "Sang, Sander." Without saying a word, Sanders looked at Tom and patted him on the shoulder: "Needless to say, Tom! Since these two are willing to talk to us, I am also very satisfied with the little guy just now, so I will leave it to me, I have never interfered with you with anything from my old friend for more than 20 years, can you let me talk this time?"

Tom listened to Sanders' words and nodded helplessly.

Saunders continued: "You have seen my technique just now when I rode your horse, and to be honest you have a good horse! I was hoping to get this opportunity to prove myself again, and when Tom called me yesterday and told me that there was a horse that was doing really well and that there was a lack of a jockey, he came and talked to the owner and told me that the owner was Asian, and to be honest I didn't want to come because you know that there are very few Asians in the United States who produce great racehorses, and they are very talented in science, but they don't have much success in horse racing."

Ju An frowned when he heard this, to be honest, this remark with a little racial discrimination not only made Ju An a little unhappy, but even the face of Dina who was listening next to him was a little unhappy. But Ju An can't refute what people say wrong, although the words are harsh, but they are the truth.

"Ever since I recovered from my leg injury, I told Tom that I wanted to race again, that I wanted to prove myself again on the track and show people that I wasn't old yet! At that time, Tom began to contact the owner of the horse for me, I want to prove again that what is missing is a good horse, but the owner of a good horse either already has a professional jockey or thinks that I am old, Tom and they talk not as smoothly as before, and even a horse owner received a call and politely declined, for a few months, every horse we are optimistic about has been rejected, at this time Tom ran all over the United States to see this kind of junior horse race, want to find the good seedlings, yesterday when he called me, I'll tell you the truth that I'm drinking, and I've been disappointed by months of rejection," Sanders said, touching the coffee cup in front of him.

"I almost lost confidence in myself when I refused, but Tom never gave up, these two months were basically spent on the plane, and his wife has complained many times that there are only one or two phone calls in two months, and the whole United States is running around to find me a chance. I'm afraid I'm on the plane when I sleep at night, and I'm looking for great ponies all over the United States."

Tom, who was stammering next to him, listened to Sanders's words and shook his head with a wry smile.

"I only have one request! I was paid the same salary as a beginner jockey for a first-class agent, and it was a one-year contract, and if I got injured the contract was automatically terminated. Also, if I win a Grand Prix on an angry naughty bag, my salary immediately rises to the standard of a first-class jockey, because by then I have already proven that I deserve that salary. That's my bottom line, and if not, then there's no need for us to talk about it. Sanders looked at Juan and said with a resolute expression.

Tom, who was stammering next to him, hurriedly said, "No! No, Sang, Sanders this, so, yes, it's not fair to you."

Saunders waved his hand: "I don't want to wait for another good horse, I'm running out of time, my friend, it's almost April, I can't afford to wait". After speaking, he sighed, looked at the stuttering Tom next to him and said with a wry smile.

Tom listened to Sanders's words and hurriedly said to Sanders, "Old friend, friend! I, I don't have a problem, as long as, you, what do you think, that horse, the horse is good, I'm nothing, nothing, problem".

Boy! This guy is really straightforward, this big mess is out of the way, and Ju An didn't know how to answer after being stunned for a while. Where is this guy talking about business, it's like a bayonet when he comes up, Ju An has two choices, either agree or refuse, and there is no negotiation at all. Shaking her head, she turned her head to look at Dinah next to her, who smiled and nodded at Ju An.

Juan then turned to Sanders and said: "My condition is that it is a one-year contract, and if you have a good record in the competition, then if you want, the contract will be extended for another year." Initially, I paid you the standard salary of the Jockeys' Association, and I don't care how much you give Tom, but once you prove yourself in the big competition, your salary will be up to the level of a first-class jockey, I can guarantee that! It's a standard contract, and I don't want to take advantage of you."

To be honest, the friendship between this Mexican descendant and this stammering white man really touched Ju An a little, from the perspective of stepping on the land of Lao Mei, the word friendship is not as heavy in Ju An's heart as it is in China, not that Ju An doesn't care about the friendship of Wang Fan and Wu Ming, and has become cold-blooded.

Instead, following Mike's gang of Americans to deal with interests first, I don't really believe in the friendship in the mouths of these Americans, Ju An feels that these guys are all particular about giving and returning. Even if they smile at you face-to-face and look friendly, it's just a politeness, that's all, so people who have just arrived in the United States may think that when they meet people on the street, they will generally smile at you, thinking that they are very polite and gentlemen, but in fact, it is just politeness, nothing else, and the teacher has taught you like this since childhood. Maybe there is still that kind of friendship among ordinary salarymen, but Ju'an's current worth probably doesn't have much intersection with that of salarymen.

With this group of beauties, Ju'an can also pop up a hey from time to time! Old friends meet again, they look good, this kind of words, but when it comes to interests, they will definitely take their own interests as the criterion and put aside the friendship with them, just like Wang Fan, Wu Ming and Liu Chao have something, Ju An will definitely help as much as possible, if it is Mike, it is estimated that it is just a stretch of hand.

So for the friendship in the American population, Ju An really doesn't have any special feelings, and Mike and Miles can only be said to be ordinary friends at most, far from the relationship between close friends like Liu Chao and Wang Fan. Everyone will divide their friends into criteria in their hearts, those are close friends, those are ordinary friends, and it is inevitable in everyone's heart.

Taking a step back, even if this old guy Sanders doesn't have a big deal riding a naughty bag for a few years, then his salary is not a loss, because this old guy is worth this price, at most, the naughty bag doesn't make any achievements this year, so he will change to a good jockey next year. Naughty Bag is only three years old this month, and if you don't get hurt, you still have more than ten years of track career.

Hearing Ju An's words, Tom immediately stretched out his hand, smiled at Ju An and said, "He, happy cooperation, happy!" ”。

(To be continued)