Chapter 26: Luck
"Well, the living room, dining room, study, bedroom, computer, TV, sofa, bed...... This is modern life! β
Old Hill's movements are still very fast, just near the academy, an independent apartment, the owner of the apartment is an old man in his sixties, his son and daughter-in-law are working in other places, so one person can't live in this two-story apartment, so he rented all the second floor to Dick, the furniture is ready-made, and the standard bag moves.
After a turn, Dick was still very satisfied with the apartment, and the old man in his sixties, Mr. Don Franco, was not as confused as the average old man, but looked strong, cheerful, and spoke roughly, and most importantly, this is a die-hard Atletico Madrid fan, who began to watch Atletico Madrid games when he was a child, and after knowing that it was the manager of Atletico Madrid's second team who was looking for an apartment, he rented the apartment to Dick almost half the price......
"Mr. Franco, you're losing a lot, it's the club that pays for it anyway......" Dick said with a smile at the banquet where Franco invited Dick to dinner and picked him up.
"Hey, I'm an old man, how much can I use...... It's empty anyway, and I'm really happy to have the manager of Atletico Madrid's second team move in...... Di, you have led the team to play really well in these games! It seems that the first team of Atletico Madrid should ask you to be the coach! β
"Haha, you've won the prize." Dick laughed proudly, accustomed to the boos of the Atletico fans in the stands, and now he was really happy to meet such a cheerful and kind old man: "Do you want any autographs?" I can get it for you, like Fernando Torres! β
"I'm so old, what else do I want to do, Di, as long as you keep leading the team to win, then I'm the happiest!" Franco laughed and said, "That Italian led the team so badly, I really hope it will be you who lead the first team." β
"The first team? I'm afraid it's unlikely. Dick thought thoughtfully, then laughed: "If Atletico used a manager like me in my early twenties as the first team manager, I'm afraid many people would laugh at us." β
Franco let out a sigh as well.
After this meal, Dick is familiar with this old man, he doesn't want to play everywhere now, this winter break, he also wants to prepare well for the second half of the season, leading the second team of Atletico Madrid to sprint, as for the intelligence of the first team, he also began to collect it privately, this season Ranieri led the team to play badly after taking office, Atletico Madrid has begun to fall into the situation of relegation in the first half of the season, but as he himself said, whether Hill will let him put out the fire, that is still a big question, After all, he is only twenty-one years old - at this age, even if he is not Chinese and a Spaniard, I am afraid that he will not easily be recognized by the first team of Atletico Madrid.
The first team is not the same as the second team, Hill is notoriously not paying attention to the second team, so he will arrange this position for Dick alone, and the rest of the management will not say much, they attach importance to the first team, but if Dick is allowed to put out the fire, even if Hill owns nearly 90% of Atletico Madrid's shares, I am afraid it will not be possible to say a word.
It's just that it's one thing to have a chance or not, and it's another thing to be prepared or not - opportunities are only reserved for those who are prepared, and Dick knows this very well.
I am now just a small white-collar worker with a monthly salary of about 10,000 US dollars, and I am not qualified to spend all day drinking or anything. Before a thief wants to eat meat, he has to be beaten several times.
So Dick quieted down, waiting for that opportunity to come.
On December 22, Franco happily took Dick to watch TV, and Dick was learning Spanish with Pedro, so he had no choice but to follow him.
The TV is the big fat lottery lottery live,Originally, Dick thought it was the same as China's fucai or something's lottery ceremony,A machine and two notary office personnel,Just ten minutes on the live broadcast,Who knows that this big fat lottery is not the same,The whole lottery process has nearly three hours of live broadcast,In addition to the lottery there are various entertainment programs,To put it in layman's terms,The live broadcast of the lottery process,It is equivalent to China's Spring Festival Gala, Every year, almost 70 percent of Spaniards tune in for three hours with gusto-of-the-art β but when you think about it, a lottery ticket that more than three-quarters of Spaniards buy will naturally be watched by a lot of people at the raffle.
Dick is also an eye-opener, this kind of thing, if you don't live in Spain, probably won't be clear, this is a unique culture that belongs to a country, just like not Chinese, it is difficult to understand the meaning of the Spring Festival for Chinese.
After a variety of entertainment programs, the lottery ceremony officially began, the lottery was drawn by a machine, and each number drawn would be loudly reported by the students of a local primary school in Madrid, which was also to reflect fairness.
"The first numberβ" the host shouted loudly, and then a schoolboy picked up the ball and announced the number in a childish voice: "Nine!" β
"Haha, one of them!" Dick laughed as he took the ticket.
Pedro threw away the lottery ticket in his hand in frustration, and he bought ten, none of which started with nine......
Old Franco laughed happily with the two remaining lottery tickets in his hand, and he bought twenty tickets, two of which started with nine.
"The second number is ......"
"It's also nine!"
"Another one!" Dick continued to laugh.
"It's unreasonable, you can win at least the last prize if you buy one...... That's five thousand dollars......" Pedro lamented.
"I said I had good luck this year, and I would definitely win the jackpot if I won the grand prize! I just don't know if there will be more in this year's jackpot, whether it will be a little more. Dick said with a smile.
"The maximum is only 100,000 dollars, it can't be more." Pedro explained: "If you don't run out of money, it's time to roll into the next draw. β
"In this case, it seems that you will get 100,000 at most." Dick muttered, it seems that this wealth card, that is, a gadget, 100,000 for the junior level, and 1 million for the senior, when he becomes famous, as a top head coach, the income of several million a year is not trivial.
So then Dick looked very calm, in the disbelief eyes of Pedro and Franco, the third number one, the fourth number zero, the fifth number one, Dick bought a lottery ticket and won the jackpot!
"How did you buy it, how to buy one and you can hit the jackpot!" Pedro pounced on Dick with a shocked look on his face, "Do you have any secrets?" β
", look at your white and clean Svenwen, I didn't expect it to be so good."
Dick pushed Pedro away with a frightening handful: "What's the secret, it's just luck, there are so many people who win the lottery in Spain every year, what's so strange about having me?" β
"Boss, do you think those who won the lottery only bought one? It would take a lot of luck to meet someone, and if it gets out, I guess you'll be able to make headlines again! After being pushed away by Dick, Pedro was not angry and shouted loudly.
"We have a saying in China, when luck comes, the city wall can't stop it, and there is a saying, good character, good luck, understand?" Dick said triumphantly.
"Whoever has a noble character can win the lottery......" Pedro was confused.
Dick didn't care about him, picked up the lottery ticket directly, and shouted in high spirits: "GO! Claim your prize tomorrow! By the way, where can I get it? β
The next day, Dick became famous again.
Every year, the jackpot winner will be interviewed by the newspaper, and Dick won the lottery as a professional coach, or for the first time - generally speaking, football coaches rarely buy these lottery tickets or anything, because they don't have that time, and although there are many football coaches in Spain, it is also a drop in the ocean among the majority of lottery players, and the winner is even rarer, at most it will win a second and third class or something......
"Mr. Dick, I heard that you bought a lottery ticket and won it, is that so?" A television reporter asked Dick in front of the camera.
"Yes, I've had a lot of luck this year, especially after October, it's a well-known fact...... As for winning the lottery or something, it's a sign of luck, so my opponents, you have to be careful next, because I'm going to keep winning! β
Dick held an enlarged check like a silly hat and laughed at the TV camera: "And the gentleman I bet on, get ready for the microphone!" β
Rodriguez in front of the TV squirted out a sip of red wine.
In the past two months, Mr. Rodriguez has been quite proud, and his bet with Dick has been supported by the newspapers, and the World Sports newspaper even published a special issue to ridicule Atletico, for which he has also been promoted, at least not to track down loan players like Nacker, who are not taken seriously by the club, but to be able to interview some more important players.
So Rodriguez has been in good spirits lately, but when he saw this live broadcast, he was as disgusting as eating a fly.
Disgusted by Dick, Rodriguez naturally needed to fight back, and immediately on the next day, an article written by Rodriguez himself was freshly baked.
What is a Profession?
The whole article is sprinkled with thousands of words, and it is a question of whether a professional head coach runs to buy lottery tickets in his spare time, is it considered a serious job? After winning a few games, he began to inflate himself, can this kind of character lead a good team? What will such a manager look like when he brings out a team?
Dick's response to this was only one sentence: "My private life is your business." β
also responded to this sentence, and there was no other response - because Dick was too lazy to respond, he was very busy now, in addition to preparing for the second half of the season, he was also ready to take a good leisure, and it had been two or three months since he crossed over, how could he be worthy of the money he earned if he didn't have a good time to relax? It's been a day or two since the bonus was received, and Dick didn't want to save up to buy a house or something.
"Hey, Madrid's nightlife, beauty, alcohol, music, party! I'm coming! β
In the night sky of Madrid, there seems to be a faint wolf howl......