"Hello, Mr. Mansour, it's a great pleasure to meet you." Zhuo Yang was very polite.

Sheikh Mansour, 38, is one of the most powerful figures in the entire UAE and a core member of the illustrious Al Nahyan family. On the occasion of AC Milan's visit to Dubai, Mansour took the initiative to invite Zhuo Yang to meet him.

This trip to the Middle East, AC Milan had planned it three months ago, and also signed a contract with the UAE side, with a high appearance fee. Originally, on the 2nd, the team was going to go to Dubai en masse, but because of the make-up match, it had to be postponed for five days before it was formed. Fortunately, the UAE understands AC Milan's situation very well and does not care about defaulting in this regard.

Compared with Iran and Saudi Arabia, although the UAE is also an Arab country, it has a high degree of secularization, and the whole country and society are open enough to the outside world.

Upon arrival, AC Milan checked into the famous Burj Al Arab Dubai, the only seven-star hotel in the world. Except for Ronaldo and a few, many people in the team have not been here before, just like Zhuo Yang. Even if everyone is still rich, even if they are in Milan, the world of flowers, but here, everyone has seen what luxury is.

Not to mention the doorknob toilet or something, even an ordinary message note paper is gilded, and the vast majority of people in the world say that they have seen it with their own eyes, and they can't imagine what kind of golden glory this is.

Zhuo Yang and Kaka usually think that they are quite fashionable and broad, but now they feel that they are not only poor, but also dirty.

On the third day after arriving, according to the contract and plan, AC Milan played a warm-up match with the UAE national team, Milan is the current champion of the Club World Cup and the Champions Cup, and the team has the current World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or, which undoubtedly makes Milan the most popular team in football today, and this is the most important reason why the UAE invited Milan to visit, just like chasing stars.

Therefore, the UAE national team is full of respect for AC Milan in the game, and the Milan soldiers also received clear instructions from the club before the game: win, but not over-win, and leave the opponent with dignity.

In this way, the game was played very easily, and both sides were very careful with their feet. With the exception of a few minor injuries such as Inzaghi, including the recovering Ronaldo and new signing Pato, everyone got a chance to play, and there were almost two lineups in the first half.

In the first half, Ancelotti put out a Christmas tree, starring Pirlo, Kaka and Ronaldo, and everyone rehearsed and ended the 45 minutes 0:0. In the second half, he was replaced by a double striker, partnered by Yoshiko Momoko and Pato, although it has not yet been registered, but this friendly match does not affect Pato's appearance, and Zhuo Yang is stationed in the midfield forward.

Maybe it was because he was not adapted, or he was a little nervous in his debut, Pato did not have an eye-catching performance, and Zhuo Yang repeatedly sent a wonderful pass in the hope that he could get off to a good start, but all of them were passed by Pato. On the contrary, Ji Momozi Radino scored twice in the 78th and 85th minutes, both of which were passed by Zhuo Yang. If you don't pass it on, you can't do it, and you can't win it.

After the match, Sheikh Mansour, Minister of Presidential Affairs of the UAE and Chairman of the Royal Wealth Foundation (the other dozen titles are omitted here), cordially received the entire AC Milan team.

Mansour is a keen sportsman, having won medals in the Middle East Horse Racing Endurance Race, and he is also the president of UAE football giants Al Ain, which is almost the most powerful player in the country.

The full name of the UAE is the United Arab Emirates, which is equivalent to a federation of seven emirates. All the affairs of the whole country were in the hands of these seven hereditary chiefs, and everything was discussed.

Dubai is the most well-known city in the UAE, but the capital of the UAE is called Abu Dhabi, and the Emirate of Dubai and the Emirate of Abu Dhabi are the two largest of the seven, much larger than the other five.

As a result, it gradually evolved into two emirates, centered in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, competing with each other on all fronts. As countries lying on the oil fields, the Abu Dhabi consortium and the Dubai consortium also do not want to be left behind in terms of investment and burning money.

Today you build a sailboat, tomorrow I will immediately bid for the construction of a Burj Khalifa all over the world; If you make a Star and Moon Bay, I will immediately make a Palm Bay; You buy half of Wall Street, and I'll buy the other half right away.

Mansour is from the Abu Dhabi consortium, and their Al Nahyan family is itself the sheikh of Abu Dhabi.

There will always be a day when oil will be exhausted, and for the sake of the grand strategy of the millennium plan for future generations, the two major consortia have begun to invest in financial investment around the world early. At today's scale, even if the oil is gone tonight, those investments will be enough for the entire UAE to continue to live a good life.

But this is obviously not enough, there needs to be greater influence and social recognition, and the two major consortia have coincidentally started to invest in the sports industry, as the most influential sport in the world, football, is naturally the focus of their attention.

Mansour represents the Al Nahyan family and the Abu Dhabi consortium are ready to start looking at European football, because the Bundesliga does not allow foreign ownership of clubs, so the other four major leagues are Mansour's goals, which are naturally dominated by the prosperous Premier League and the heavy Serie A, and those membership-based clubs in La Liga are very troublesome to buy, so put them aside for the time being.

Compared to these authentic oil robes, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is actually a poor man.

Zhuo Yang had heard of all of the above, but he didn't expect that the day after the game, Sheikh Mansour would send an envoy to invite him to lunch together, and he was the only one.

Although he had not had any intersection with the cube of this trench, out of politeness, Zhuo Yang, who was full of doubts in his heart, agreed to Mansour's invitation after asking the club.

It is said that it is a lunch, but in fact there must be something to negotiate. The meal lasted for two hours, while the door to the royal suite on the top floor was kept closed, and the door was guarded by a strong Arab man.

Mansour received his higher education at an American university, dressed in a crisp suit completely different from the old chiefs in white robes, and was fluent enough to be a tutor in English.

Two hours later, the door to the royal suite opened, and Zhuo Yang walked out and shook Mansour's hand in good.

"Thank you, Mr. Mansour, for your candor and hospitality. But this is too important for me to hide, I can't make any decisions in the short term, and I hope you understand. ”

"I need to listen carefully to my family's opinions before I can make a choice," Zhuo Yang said. But to thank you for your candour, I can now promise you that whatever choice I make, I will inform you first before making a final decision, thank you for your understanding. ”

"Thank you again for your kind invitation and hospitality."