Millwall Club, Office Building Conference Room.

The club's press officer, Richardson, contacted various media more than two hours in advance, informing that a press conference would be held at six o'clock to respond to some recent news.

Media reporters also got the news that Zhang Yang would appear at the press conference in person.

If it is a routine press conference, many times there is no head coach to participate, only the press officer comes forward to make some answers and responses to the recent internal and external games, players and club affairs, and it is different with the participation of the head coach, especially in recent years, the Spanish media have been constantly reporting that Zhang Yang and Real Madrid are infinitely close, and more media reporters want to interview Zhang Yang.

When the media in London got the news, they rushed over as soon as possible.

By half-past five, there were already dozens of reporters at the scene, and many reporters arrived one after another.

Journalists were waiting in the venue.

They chatted with each other about the latest news, and they didn't look too anxious, because the news given by Millwall Club was that the press conference was held at six o'clock, and the club's press conference would generally be held on time, but the manager would not necessarily come at six o'clock, and many times the press officer would preside over it first, and when the manager was 'free', Shanshan would be late.

'Free' doesn't mean how busy the manager is, it all depends on the manager's mood.

At this time, it was dark early, and the training of each team ended before five o'clock late, and the managers were generally free, but most of the managers did not care about the so-called 'routine press conference', such as Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, who had bluntly used 'just drinking coffee' to explain the reason for his lateness.

The reporters who arrived were all prepared to 'see Zhang Yang at half past six'.

That's what Borto, a reporter from the Times in the front row, thinks so, he is a football reporter, generally in charge of various teams in the London region, and his daily job is to collect information, and then the various clubs run to participate in various press conferences, and will also act as a front-line reporter to interview the coaches and players of various teams.

The Times is one of the most influential media outlets in the UK, and Borto naturally sat in the front row, next to a female journalist whom Borto had met many times, and it was none other than Frieda who represented Telesports.

In the past two years, "Tele Sports" has developed rapidly and has become one of the largest online media in the UK, but the scale and influence of its online media are difficult to compare with "The Times", not to mention, "The Times" is mainly offline, and the distribution of text newspapers is the main business.

The representative reporters of the 'second-tier media' must not be able to sit in the front row, but it is different in Millwall Club, everyone knows the partnership between "Tele Sports" and Millwall, "Tele Sports" can be said to be Millwall's cooperative media, and the representative reporters can naturally sit in the front row, not to mention that Borto also knows some gossip: Frida has worked in the BBC, and Millwall head coach Zhang Yang has been a colleague for a period of time.

The relationship is very close.

In the media circle, a journalist and a celebrity have a personal friendly relationship, which is too much help for the work, just pointing to the news of a celebrity figure is enough to support a reporter's work.

Zhang Yang is no ordinary star, he is the manager of a club, and Millwall has a number of star players.

Frida has this connection, and it's very easy to get the news.

Borto was a little envious, and he took the initiative to ask Frida, "Is there any grapevine?" What is Zhang Yang going to say today? ”

Frida frowned and thought for a moment, then hesitated, "It should have something to do with the rumors in Spain, right?" ”

Recently, the hottest news related to Millwall is that 'Zhang Yang is about to become an assistant coach of Real Madrid', but tomorrow is the match day, there will definitely be an opportunity to be interviewed, and today is in a hurry to hold a press conference, what is it for?

Borto couldn't figure it out, he continued to ask Frida to see if there was any inside information, and Frida only shook her head and said, "I don't know the situation either, otherwise I wouldn't have to sit here and wait." ”

Borto was right when he thought about it.

Suddenly there was a commotion behind him, and Borto stood up and looked over, and saw that everyone else was looking out the door, and he noticed that two people walked in together, one of them was the press officer Richardson, and the other was ...... Publicity!?

It's publicity!

"So early?" Borto was a little surprised.

Many people in the venue were as surprised as Borto, usually, the head coaches of various clubs were late for the press conference, but they didn't expect Zhang Yang to arrive early, and he came ten minutes early.

It's so dedicated!

Many reporters who were thinking of 'miss dinner time and wait for an extra hour' were immediately moved, and immediately looked at Zhang Yang who was sitting on the stage with fiery eyes.

Borto raised his hand to ask questions for the first time.

Zhang Yang had just sat down, tried to adjust the microphone, and when he saw someone raise his hand, he immediately coughed lightly, waved his hand to signal quiet, and then said, "Don't ask anything, don't say anything, everyone stay quiet." Real Madrid's president, Mr. Calderón, will call in a moment and I think you'll get what you want to know. ”

Hearing Zhang Yang's statement, the reporters' mouths were about to stuff an egg, and then there was a 'hula', the scene became hot, everyone discussed, and the press officer immediately reminded loudly, "Keep quiet!" ”

Zhang Yang added, "If anyone makes any more noise and disturbs me and Mr. Calderón's call, then I'm sorry, I can only invite you out." ”

“……”

Suddenly, the scene became extremely quiet, and the reporters discussed very cautiously, and at the same time, their eyes were burning, and their hearts were very excited and expectant.

Zhang Yang wants to talk to Calderón?

Probably to talk about Real Madrid's invitation to be an assistant coach in front of everyone, right?

That's the big news!

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Zhang Yang put the phone on the table, then cocked Erlang's legs, and waited leisurely.

The reporters in the audience also waited.

One minute.

Five minutes.

Soon the time came to six o'clock, but the phone did not ring, Zhang Yang frowned, considering whether he should ask Andy about the situation, otherwise the other party would be embarrassed if he didn't call.

Zhang Yang didn't show it, but he was still a little impatient, and he stared at the phone screen carefully.

One minute.

Two minutes.

Three-minute ...... Time seems to have slowed down, just at 6:5, the mobile phone screen finally lit up, a number reminder from Madrid, Spain appeared on the screen, Zhang Yang smiled slightly, showed the screen to the reporters, then turned on the speakerphone, and pointed the mobile phone microphone at the microphone, and then gently pressed the 'answer' button.

A Spanish voice immediately came from the other side, "Hello. ”

Zhang Yang: "Hello, I'm sorry, I'm not used to Spanish, please use English." ”

There was a moment of silence on the other side, "Okay, is it Mr. Zhang from Millwall's head coach?" ”

Zhang Yang: "Yes. ”

On the other side: "I'm Mijatovic, the manager of Real Madrid's sports department, and I contacted your agent, Mr. Andy, in the afternoon, and he said that you would like to have a direct conversation with Mr. Calderón?" ”

Zhang Yang: "Yes, I said so, but what about Mr. Calderon?" ”

Mijatovic: "He's there, too. You wait. ”

In the process of waiting, Zhang Yang picked up his mobile phone and smiled at the audience, all the reporters held their breath, for fear of disturbing the unique scene, some of them had voice recorders, almost all of them were turned on, and all kinds of photographic equipment were also filmed non-stop, everyone knew that there must be big news that caused a sensation in Europe in front of them.

Soon another voice sounded on the other side, making a somewhat skimming English tone, "Hello, I'm Calderon, is it Mr. Zhang?" ”

Zhang Yang: "Hello, Mr. Calderon, I'm Zhang Yang. ”

After a brief greeting, Calderón expressed his attitude of inviting a flamboyant attitude, "I believe you have heard, Real Madrid is very sincere in inviting you to join, so what are your thoughts?" If there are any conditions, we can say now, and if we can agree, we will try our best to agree. ”

Calderón adopts an attitude of 'procrastination', even if Zhang Yang wants to join in the first place, he also hopes to delay it so that the outside world can report more news, and by the way, let fans know how difficult it is to poach Zhang Zhang.

So when talking to Zhang Yang, he first had to ask Zhang Yang what conditions he had, and then he would say 'consider', and by the way, he would release the news, and give a reply after a week.

This can be delayed for a long time.

Zhang Yang didn't have time to play dumb riddles with Calderon, let alone ponder Calderon's thoughts, "Conditions? No, no, I wonder if you're mistaken, Mr. Calderon? I have no interest in going to Real Madrid as an assistant coach. ”

"Also, let me remind you, Mr. Calderón, that I have no interest in you being a bargaining chip, no matter what conditions you promise!"

Calderón's word-by-word standard English answer surprised Calderón, his English level was not so fluent, and he thought he had misheard, "What?" ”

Zhang Yang repeated, "I said, thank you for your kindness, I don't plan to leave Millwall, and I don't think about going to Real Madrid as an assistant coach, I have no such plans." ”

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Mijatovic found Calderon say something and the smile on his face froze.

He couldn't hear what was being said on the other end of the phone, but he knew that his bad feelings had come true.

What the other party gave was definitely not a reply of agreement.

How did you disagree, you probably know that Calderon and Zhang Yang know.

What Mijatovic didn't know was that a large group of reporters were all listening to the conversation between the two, and every word in it was recorded by the reporters, and he quickly understood it.

Calderón didn't know either.

When he heard Zhang Yang's refusal reply, he reacted, and the first sentence before said 'a bargaining chip to buy people's hearts'.

Chips to buy people's hearts?

It's good to know this kind of thing in private, if you say it, it will be too torn up, Calderon was immediately annoyed, but he still kept calm, it doesn't matter if his face drops a little, the purpose of his invitation to Zhang Yang is to build momentum, even if the other party does not agree, as long as it is delayed for a while, a certain goal can be achieved.

Calderon suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and continued to persuade patiently, "Real Madrid is a giant in Spain, a giant in Europe, we are the best team, at your age, even if you are only an assistant coach, it is quite a good opportunity to come to Real Madrid." And after a few years of work, you have the opportunity to really coach Real Madrid......"

"Also, you don't have to think about anything to win hearts and minds, I admit that inviting you to Real Madrid has this consideration, but I also really appreciate you, we are willing to offer a higher salary contract than a first-class coach, I believe you will not turn down ......"

Zhang Yang listened patiently for a long time, and asked with a smile, "More expensive than the first-line coach?" How much? ”

"How about a salary of more than five million euros a year? This salary can be compared to the top stars. ”

"It's very tempting." Zhang Yang smiled, "Unfortunately, I'm still not interested." I appreciate your appreciation, and that doesn't mean I'm going to accept your invitation. Also, I don't think Real Madrid are better than Millwall, and if you don't believe it, I'll prove to you in the Champions League in February, beating Real Madrid at the Bernabeu might be a good game. ”

Calderon didn't expect that Zhang Yang would refuse so simply, and when he wanted to say something again, he heard something from the other side, almost kicking him into the abyss--

"By the way, Mr. Calderón, I forgot to tell you that I was holding a press conference here, because of the recent rumors in the media, and I was going to clarify the rumors to the journalists, so our conversation was open and I am sure that the journalists heard what they were interested in."

"Then that's it. Bye! ”

"Doodoo ......"

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At the moment when the mobile phone was put down, there was a roar in the venue, and the reporters couldn't hold back any longer and discussed excitedly.

This live news is so hot!

The whole process of live broadcasting the call with Calderón, and the content in it is even more exciting, Calderon even admitted that inviting Zhang Yang to join Real Madrid is 'a means to win people's hearts'.

It's amazing!

Zhang Yang looked at the discussion in the audience, coughed lightly and said, "I believe you got what you want, then the press conference is over, sorry, there is a game tomorrow, so I will leave early." ”

Zhang Yang left the scene after speaking.

The excitement of the reporters didn't have any effect because of his departure, as if they were saying, 'You got what you wanted,' didn't you? In the phone recording just now, there was a lot of nonsense, but a few very critical sentences were quickly excavated.

There's also a pretty classic --

Zhang Yang: "Mr. Calderon, no matter what conditions you promise, I have no interest in you being a bargaining chip to buy people's hearts. ”

Calderón: "You don't have to think about wooing people or anything like that, I admit that you were invited to Real Madrid to have that in mind......"

Calderón admits that 'inviting publicity is a means of winning people's hearts'!

As long as the news is reported, it will definitely cause a big shock in Real Madrid, and reporters can't help but get ready to watch Real Madrid's jokes!