Chapter 618: Sacrifice
After the game, The Sun tirelessly begged Coventry and the old lieutenant to slap him in the face. Because the more Coventry and the old lieutenant slapped The Sun in the face, the higher their sales were.
The Sun front-page commentary: Dark horses usually have no stamina. Coventry's fluke of seven points in the first three rounds doesn't mean much. If you can get 70 points in 30 rounds, it will be a real miracle! Of course, this is highly unlikely.
Liu Xiaoyan couldn't bear to tweet: "Okay, my dad is going to slap the face of The Sun again." ”
After the match with Arsenal, Liu Xiaoyan is about to return to China and join the Chengfei Group to build the most advanced fighter jets for Huaguo.
Affectionate parting since ancient times, even more Nakan, snubbing the Qingqiu Festival.
The weather is getting cooler, and the leaves of the trees outside Coventry Bombing Square have turned yellowish.
Tomorrow, Qu Bai will accompany Liu Xiaoyan back to China. The young couple will receive a marriage certificate in China. Qu Bai specifically asked coach Mourinho for a week off. He will miss the fourth round of the league.
Qu Bai is now the thigh of Manchester United. The league had just started, and Mourinho was reluctant to let him go.
Liu Xiaoyan made a phone call directly to Mourinho: "Uncle José, you have to know that China is different from the UK. In England, the priest declared that the two were legally married. Huaguo must register and get a marriage certificate to be considered a legal husband and wife! Do you want me and Xiaoqu to be legally married? If you do that, Uncle José, your conscience is greatly broken, in our Chinese words! ”
The face of the former little princess of Manchester United, of course Mourinho has to give. Although reluctantly, he still granted Qu Bai a week's leave.
Fortunately, Manchester United faced the underdogs Queens Park Rangers in the fourth round. Queens Park Rangers have lost three of their first three games, and Manchester United will be able to win this game without Qu Bai.
In the bombing memorial square, Liu Yun's family was walking.
Liu Xiaoyan hugged her sister Xiao Cola: "After my sister returns to China, you have to listen to your father, mother, and Aunt Gloria, and you are not allowed to poop anywhere, you know?" ”
Little Coke kissed her sister's face and waved her little hand: "Sister, sister, you're back when you're a god." ”
Liu Xiaoyan didn't know how to answer her sister. Chengfei Group is a military enterprise involved in secrets. The department she is going to is the research and development department of China's most advanced fighter jet. In the future, she will have to go through layers of approvals when she goes abroad.
A famous poet in China once wrote: Compared with the sun, freedom is not so important.
If you want to achieve your dreams, you have to make sacrifices.
This kind of sacrifice, put on Liu Xiaoyan, is to sacrifice part of freedom.
Both father Liu Yun and daughter Liu Xiaoyan think that such a sacrifice is worth it.
Liu Xiaoyan's shoelaces were loose.
Liu Yun actually knelt down like more than ten years ago and carefully tied his daughter's shoes.
Liu Yun got up, and Liu Xiaoyan found that her father's sideburns had grown a few strands of white hair. The vigorous old lieutenant on the court is now more like an old man who is powerless to watch his daughter fly away.
The man in front of him has worked hard to raise himself as an adult.
Liu Xiaoyan has lived for twenty years and has never said thank you to this man.
She had a sour nose and hugged her father.
"Dad, thank you!" Liu Xiaoyan said to Liu Yun.
Liu Yun was speechless.
Isabella came over and hugged her eldest daughter and husband: "Oh, my lovely princess, don't be sad. In October, I will go to China for 4 months. I'll go see you then. ”
Liu Xiaoyan kissed her stepmother's cheek: "Mom, you also have to take care of your body." ”
A day later, Liu Yun bid farewell to his eldest daughter and eldest son-in-law at the airport.
There is no Liu Xiaoyan at home, and Liu Yun is stunned.
He found the feeling of an empty nester. He looked at Little Coke, who was half-lying on the carpet and playing with the doll, and thought to himself: In another 20 years, Little Coke will also grow up. She will also leave herself.
There is nothing more painful about being a parent than watching your children fly away.
Liu Yun persuaded himself: The wings of a bird are hard, and it must always fly to the sky. Forget it, let her go.
"Ding Dong" The doorbell at home rang.
The person who came was Liu Yun's agent Goodman.
Goodman has been Liu Yun's agent for five years.
"Hey, old lieutenant. I have good news for you! People from Nexen Tire, Western Union, Virgin Media, Commercial Bank of Thailand, found me through personal connections. Would like me to contact the Coventry Club on their behalf and become a sponsor of Coventry. Goodman said.
Coventry's performance in the first three rounds of the new season has already impressed many of the top executives of large corporations. They have extended an olive branch to Coventry.
This is a good thing, Liu Yun immediately called Max from Coventry's marketing department.
Goodman said to Liu Yun: "I estimate that the amount of sponsorship from these four companies will not be less than 15 million pounds. ”
Liu Yun nodded: "Well, it's a good thing!" The weekly salaries of Zhao Kaixuan and Li Fanghua are still at the level of League One - three or four thousand pounds. ”
Coventry is a small club on a membership basis. There is a limit to the amount of wages that can be paid to players. Liu Yun is the highest-paid player in Coventry City – just £20,000.
When Liu Yun was at the peak of Manchester United, his weekly salary reached 250,000 pounds. At the beginning, Mr. Lai, the owner of West Bromwich Brom, even offered Liu Yun a price of 700,000 pounds for the first week of world football, wanting to poach him to West Brom.
Liu Yun chose to join Coventry, and the loss in terms of income is almost immeasurable.
Again, in order to achieve your dreams, you always have to make some sacrifices.
Goodman said: "Their performance in the first three rounds of the league is worthy of the salary of a real Premier League player! Speaking of player wages, I recently read a grapevine in The Sun. It is said that Arsenal will send 33-year-old Ozil and 39-year-old Cech to the Chinese league during the winter break. Guess what the transfer fee and salary are? ”
Liu Yun said: "I heard that the transfer fee is 50 million pounds for the two of them. As for the salary, I haven't heard of it. ”
Goodman laughed: "The Sun grapevine says that Ozil will be paid £300,000 a week in China!" Petr, £280,000! ”
Liu Yun was stunned. The out-of-fashion "big-name" foreign aides of the Chinese Super League have won the top ten weekly salary lists in world football for two consecutive years. But Mesut Ozil, Cech... The state of the two of them is obvious to all, and they are already outdated players who are getting weaker. £300,000? £280,000? You must know that the three top strikers in the world are now recognized: Qu Bai's weekly salary is 270,000 pounds, Lewandowski is 310,000 pounds, and Neymar is 450,000 pounds.
Goodman said: "I really can't understand why those big financiers of the Chinese Super League are willing to spend a lot of money to buy these outdated stars." It's like they've all had balloon star collecting fetishes. ”
Liu Yun sighed: "It's the year of playing, and the stars who are in hot form won't go to the Huachao!" ”