Chapter 21: First Impressions
"Brother, brother, hurry up, today is the day you go to sign a contract. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Hurry up and get dressed up. Early the next morning, before Li Lei woke up, Li Xin'er excitedly woke him up while he was still asleep.
After knowing that Li Lei was about to owe her first professional player contract, she was even more excited than Li Lei himself. She was so excited that she didn't sleep well all night, and she got up early the next day. You must know that after Li Lei began to train at Carrington, this is the first time she has gotten up earlier than Li Lei.
However, it is no wonder that Li Xin'er is so excited. After all, she never thought that the day she dreamed of would come so early, and it was inevitable that she would not be able to control the excitement in her heart.
If nothing else, let's just say that the dense bruises she saw when she rubbed the medicinal wine and massaged Li Lei every night were enough to make her, who almost cried in distress, excited by Li Lei's success when she finally arrived, and couldn't calm the excitement in her heart.
On the other hand, Li Lei, who is rare to see his sister so excited and happy, is also happy to let Li Xin'er be busy with her dress. Looking at Li Xin'er's serious and cute little appearance like a busy little bee, Li Lei's heart was extremely warm and happy, and he suddenly felt that all his efforts were worth it.
Perhaps considering the big day when Li Lei officially signed a professional contract with Manchester United today, Ferguson rarely broke the rules he set himself, and let Li Lei hitchhike his ride to Carrington.
After waving goodbye to Li Xin'er, who was still jumping up and down excitedly, Li Lei, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked at the roadside scenery he was already familiar with outside the car window, and couldn't help but feel a lot of pride in his heart. Although he tried his best to keep himself calm, his feet and fists kept shaking slightly, which still showed his turbulent mood.
The veteran Ferguson naturally saw this at a glance. He still remembers his performance when he was young, when he signed a professional player contract for the first time, and it was not much different from what Li Lei looks like now. I also want to keep my composure and don't want others to look too carried away, but the irrepressible excitement hidden in the body posture that is so tense that it seems to be able to jump up at any time can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye.
Looking at Li Lei like this, Ferguson couldn't help but smile and said a little jokingly: "Child, what do you feel in your heart now?" ”
"And that's just the beginning." Li Lei's answer was calm, but it was full of strength and sharpness, and every word was as unshakable as a golden stone thrown to the ground.
"Hahahaha...."
Li Lei's youthful wanton, sharp and flamboyant vigorous posture made Ferguson laugh when he saw it. His old, but hearty laughter burst out of the car and into the sky, echoing over the streets of Manchester for a long time......
After the two arrived at the Carrington base, Ferguson did not go to his office first, but led Li Lei directly to the office of Manchester United CEO David Gill. There, the Manchester United CEO has prepared a professional contract for Lee that he hastily prepared overnight.
The process of signing a contract is beyond Li Lei's imagination. After a few pretended pleasantries with David Gill, Li Lei signed his name on the £5,000-a-week contract with only one year.
However, although the process was simple, Li Lei could clearly feel his nervousness when he signed his own name. At that moment, his hands trembled uncontrollably, and his body and expression stiffened like a stone. He probably couldn't imagine what kind of funny and funny picture he had left on the camera of Manchester United's official photographers just now.
Seeing Li Lei's puppeteer-like embarrassing appearance, Ferguson, who was standing on the side, was about to laugh off his old teeth. He didn't expect that this kid who had been stinky would have such a humiliating moment. Ferguson, who also appeared in this photo, was even thinking about whether to ask a videographer to save a copy so that he could find out and take a look if he was unhappy in the future.
Li Lei, who was stiff and forced to smile, and Ferguson, who laughed loudly, this classic photo that has been talked about and missed by countless Manchester United fans since then, was born in such a simple signing ceremony.
After the signing ended, Li Lei, under the leadership of Ferguson's assistant coach Ferran, who met for the first time, left David Gill's office and went to the dressing room of the first team, leaving only Ferguson and Dawei Gill in the office.
After Li Lei and the others left, the atmosphere in the office suddenly cooled down and became silent. Ferguson, who was laughing just now, was in a good mood like a trick, and instantly turned into a cold face familiar to the outside world, with a very cold face and momentum.
On the other hand, David Gill's expression was not very good. Li Lei's feeling just now was not wrong, the previous Manchester United CEO's amiable and smiling face was indeed pretended. I'm afraid that if it weren't for Ferguson accompanying him to sign, he wouldn't have gotten a smile at all.
"Alex, this decision of yours is so human, it's incredible. A rookie who has just received more than half a month of professional training has been promoted to the first team?! What the hell do you think! If it's a reserve contract, it's up to you, but this time my boss and I have a very big skepticism about that. A disgruntled David Gill was the first to complain.
"Humph! David, this is not the scope of your affairs. My team, my players, my arrangements, it's all up to me, and I'm in charge of it, so you don't have to worry about it. Ferguson didn't bother to explain at all, and said decisively and forcefully.
"You...."Although Dawei Gill, who has just taken up the position of CEO of Manchester United this year, has become accustomed to Ferguson's tough and arbitrary temper at work, this time he was still choked by Ferguson's ugly face and speechless.
No matter how much he dislikes Ferguson, there is nothing he can do about it. Even Manchester United owner Edwards is in his place at the moment, and this is the strength of Alex Ferguson as the founder of Manchester United's red dynasty.
Perhaps no other team in the world would have seen such a scene, but Alex Ferguson and his Manchester United were the only exception. Manchester United is Alex Ferguson's Manchester United and no one else's, and that has become the consensus of all the outsiders. In Manchester United, as long as anyone dares to move Ferguson's position, then countless Manchester United fans around the world will definitely let this person get out of Manchester United first.
With this premise, David Gill had to endure even if he had any opinions about Ferguson.
However, perhaps to avoid a stiff relationship with David Gill, Ferguson gave an explanation after a brief silence. An explanation that if it weren't for his Ferguson saying, David Gill would have blasted the other party away mercilessly.
But, in any case, David Gill reluctantly accepted Ferguson's explanation. Then, after sending Ferguson away, his head began to hurt.
In the case of the plan, he can almost imagine what kind of public opinion doubts and pressure Manchester United will have after this matter is noticed by the outside world today, and how his workload will skyrocket to a terrifying level. As the direct manager of Manchester United's business operations and image, how to deal with the media that is about to flood because of Li Lei will be a difficult problem that he must start thinking about at this moment.
Meanwhile, Lee Lei has entered the dressing room of United's first team under Phellan. Meanwhile, Manchester United's first-team superstars are changing their shirts in the dressing room for a fresh day of training.
I don't know if it's because of Li Lei's unfamiliar Asian face, or because of his particularly eye-catching colorful head, but from the first step into the dressing room, he became the focus of attention of all Manchester United's first-team members.
If it were an ordinary player, under the gaze of so many Manchester United bigwigs, I am afraid that he would have already begun to be nervous and flustered. But who let Li Lei just play for money as a rookie, with a lot of nerves, and there is no worship plot for these Manchester United players at all. In his mind, he only regarded them as his future ordinary work colleagues.
Other than that, there are no other ideas.
If Phelan, who brought him in at this time, knew what he was thinking, he would probably have lowered his head with irritation. I don't have a face to see people. Because, just now, he still made such an appreciative evaluation of Li Lei in his heart, "such a stable young man".
However, the next scene in the locker room soon woke up to how ridiculous and different his evaluation of Li Lei was.
Many years later, he still can't forget what happened today. Speaking to the media, he lamented: "No one has ever done this before, and no new player has ever dared to speak to Roy like that. Although it was only the first time they met, Lee had already managed to make it impossible for anyone present at the time to forget him. Since then, no matter how crazy and horrific Lee has been in the days that follow, I have been able to accept it more easily than others. ”
"Hey guys, this is Alex's new teammate that I told you earlier, Ray Lee. You can call him Lee, he plays in goalkeeper and comes from our reserves. At this time, Phelan had no idea what was going to happen next, and introduced to the United players.
Although he has only been in Carrington for less than a month, Li Lei can already be regarded as a Red Devil with good roots, and he is his own person. The good thing about this is that as soon as Phellan's introduction to him ended, the members of Class 92, including Giggs, Scholes and several others, immediately showed a friendly smile to their junior, Li Lei.
It is conceivable that in the coming days, they will definitely take more care of Li Lei, a believer. When the time comes, Li Lei, who has the identity of Carrington, can integrate into the Manchester United first team almost without any difficulty, which is the benefit of his own family.
At this time, Roy Keane, as the captain, naturally stood up and took the lead in reaching out to greet Li Lei. Although the captain of Manchester United looked a little thin, he had a terrifying ferocity all over his body. Few players, especially young players, see him without being frightened by his cold eyes.
However, this does not include Li Lei. In the past, when he was in the slums, he had never seen even a real murderer with a life in his hands. To put it mildly, no matter how vicious and terrifying Keane is, he is still too bad in momentum compared to those people.
At least, that's how Li Lei feels. In the face of Keane, he didn't feel anything special, let alone scared, nervous or anything.
"Welcome, boy. I don't like your hair, though. After seeing Li Lei's flowery green hair, Keane, who couldn't help frowning, said unceremoniously to Li Lei in a low and hoarse voice. It's not that he deliberately asked Li Lei for trouble, but that he was such a straightforward person and never cared about anything.
It's just that this is too polite, and the scene suddenly becomes silent. And no matter what Li Lei thinks, even the Manchester United players and Phelan on the side also feel that Keane's words are a little too straightforward.
But in the next moment, they completely forgot what they were thinking and evaluating at the moment. Because, Li Lei immediately proved with practical actions that his words were even more polite and difficult to provoke.
"So what?" Seemingly unaware of the embarrassing atmosphere at the scene, Li Lei looked at Kean in front of him lightly and asked calmly.
But it was his bland words, but the hearts of Fei Lan and the others on the side stirred up a monstrous wave.
How dare he?! This is Keane! This is Roy Keane!! He's a newcomer, how dare he speak to Keane like that?! Is he dying?!! ......
In an instant, the scene changed from silence to suffocating cold silence, leaving only the sound of Fei Lan and the others breathing nervously because of nervousness, which was very depressing.
"Boy, what did you say?!" Kean didn't seem to expect Li Lei to dare to face himself like this, and he asked in disbelief in his ears. At this moment, his eyes were fixed, and his gaze was as cold as ice, so fierce that people didn't dare to look at it directly.
Just when Ferran and the others were worried that Keane was about to fight, Li Lei's next words directly set off a terrifying tsunami in their hearts!
I saw that in the face of Kean, whose fierce light was gradually revealed, Li Lei still had a cold face that didn't care, stared indifferently at Keane's fierce eyes, and said lightly: "You want to fight with me." ”
As soon as he said this, the hearts of Fei Lan and the others on the side exploded in unison, dumbfounded, looking at him with a dull expression, and they simply regarded him as a celestial. For a moment, their minds went blank, and they were so shocked that they couldn't even think.
At this time, Fei Lan suddenly realized that this kid is stable, he is simply crazy!
Egoistic madness!!
I don't know the height of the sky!!