Chapter 36: Perfect Works
Bridges' experience has been fantastic and terrible since yesterday as he led Queens Park Rangers to a home draw with Manchester United.
It was a fantastic game.
By the end of the game, he didn't know why his team had been able to draw.
He didn't say anything after the game, as if he didn't care about the result.
This has helped win quite a few praises.
But in fact, Bridges has been thinking about the "Voice of the Premier League" program, the more he thinks about the judgment of the game, the more surprised he becomes, those judgments are too accurate, not only to analyze the game between the two sides, but also to analyze the hearts of both sides and the impact on the game.
If there is such an assistant who is very accurate in judging the game to help analyze every game, it will definitely make it easier for the team to win the game.
Bridges is proud of his whimsy.
That night he approached the club's president, Gianni Palatini, and said his thoughts, "I'm going to sign an assistant coach!" ”
"Why?" Palatine frowned.
"He's going to be very helpful for our game!" Bridges gave a brief explanation, he just talked about Zhang Yang's fame and program, and didn't talk about it more, he didn't want others to know that the past game was to follow Zhang Yang's 'advice' to make the team draw Manchester United.
This, of course, was opposed by Palatine.
Palatine dismissed Bridges' proposal, a young Chinese in his early twenties, a guest on BBC broadcast, even if he had many fans on Weibo, he could only be called an 'Internet celebrity', and had nothing to do with professional football.
In addition, Palatine did not have much affection for Bridges.
The entire Queens Park Rangers club, including the internal assistant coaches, first-team players, and many staff, have no good impression of Bridges, which has nothing to do with the team's results, it is entirely due to Bridges's personal personality problems, he has been in the club for more than a year, almost offended everyone, and now he can stay in the head coach position, only because he led the team to complete the promotion, is a hero in the hearts of Rangers fans, and cannot be dismissed for no reason.
Now the other party wants to sign a 'very unreliable' assistant coach? Palatine held a hundred attitudes and reasons for opposition.
Bridges still insisted, and he and Palatine had a big fight, and in order to keep the outside world from seeing the joke, both sides eventually took a step back.
That's why Bridges came to Zhang Yang.
Bridges' bad news came in the morning, when he knew that Zhang Yang was an employee of the BBC branch, but it was not clear which department it was.
When he came to the branch building, he was stopped by security.
Professional football coaches are very 'high' professions, and most of the head coaches above the second league are highly valued salaries. Bridges's annual salary at Queens Park Rangers is 700,000 pounds, which cannot be said to be a good person, but the salary is nearly 20 times higher than that of the average white-collar worker in the United Kingdom.
With the support of this level of income, no matter how casual it is, it also gives people the feeling of 'high-end people'.
But Bridges is so weird!
He was dressed in an old sportswear, his semi-bald hair was scattered and unwashed, the stubble on his face was very eye-catching, and the dark circles under his eyes caused by staying up late often gave him the impression of being a homeless man, and no matter how many reasons he said, the building's security guards would not have let him in.
Bridges was arguing downstairs for a long time, and the building security was about to call the police, and Frida, who came to work, recognized him.
Frieda listened to the 'Voice of the Premier League' program, watched the game between Queens Park Rangers and Manchester United, watched Bridges carefully for a long time, and was very sure that the other party was the manager of Queens Park Rangers, before bringing him to Zhang Yang.
Bridges is such a 'wonderful' person.
When Frida left, he didn't even say a word of thanks, like the other party was supposed to do.
Zhang Yang didn't notice this detail.
After meeting Bridges, his attitude was not good, he was very disgusted by the practice of 'stealing ability', and his tone of voice was very unfriendly, with a sarcastic tone in every word.
Bridges kept smiling in response, he didn't seem to care at all, just looked at the young Chinese in front of him seriously.
The two sides looked at each other in the hallway for a moment.
Bridges suggested, "I think we should find a quiet place to talk." ”
"Okay!"
Zhang Yang exhaled a long breath, he was still very interested in the reason for Bridges' arrival.
The two went to a small office.
This is a place where the staff of the foreign media department prints professional photos and documents, and usually no one comes, but it is a good place to talk.
Zhang Yang wasn't in the mood to find a good place to entertain this damn 'thief'.
Bridges didn't care, and after entering the small office and finding a chair to sit on, he said the reason for his arrival, "I want to invite you to be my assistant coach." ”
"What did you say?"
"No, I should say that match observers are more suitable, you need to go and analyze the game carefully and then help make recommendations that are suitable." Bridges said to himself, but the content of his words shocked Zhang Yang.
"You're inviting me to work at the Queens Park Rangers Club?"
"Yes."
Zhang Yang took a deep breath to digest this amazing news about himself, "Are you sure it's not a joke?" I'm never a professional footballer, and I'm so young......"
"That's not a problem, what I value is your ability to analyze and judge the game." Bridges interrupted.
"Well, thanks for the compliment." Zhang Yang calmed down and asked seriously, "This should be considered a formal invitation, right?" So how is the treatment? What is the salary? How long does the work agreement last? ”
Bridges frowned slightly, and he sighed and said, "I have a disagreement with the chairman on this matter, but I myself am not capable of forming a coaching team, and I must sign a contract with you in the name of the Rangers Club." ”
"You should know that in the professional football coaching industry, jobs are unstable. Even I didn't know if I would be able to stay until the end of the season, so Gianni only agreed to sign you for half a season, that is, until the end of the season. ”
"What's the salary?" Zhang Yang cares more about this.
"Because of your particular situation, it's almost impossible to help the team in their day-to-day work." "So I'm thinking about having the club sign an agreement with you that you can get £5,000 per game, which is the limit," Bridges put it bluntly. ”
Bridges's words were clearly dissatisfied with the club's president.
But Zhang Yang was stunned.
Five thousand pounds for one game?
Now until the end of the season, there are still about six months, four games a month, six months is 24 games, a total of 120,000 pounds.
That's £120,000!
Not to mention the nature of the work, the salary level alone is enough to make people excited.
Zhang Yang took a long breath again, and began to seriously discuss the content of the work with Bridges, and when he learned that he only needed to give advice during the game and did not need to participate in weekday training, he almost opened his mouth to agree.
It's a perfect job!
You only need to work two hours a week, you can get a high salary of 5,000 pounds, the working hours are short, the salary is high, and you don't have to bother to work hard, and you don't have to take any responsibility, which is a hundred times better than doing the 'Voice of the Premier League' program!