Chapter XXIV: Mediation

"What are we going to buy?"

When he went out, Yu Liang called King Dong and waited at the intersection for a few minutes, and then Yu Liang and King Dong went directly to a nearby supermarket.

When visiting relatives and friends in China, it is common to bring gifts with you. So bring some gifts abroad, and it won't be far off.

However, unlike visiting relatives and friends during the Spring Festival in China and bringing two bottles of wine, there is a lot of attention paid to abroad.

"I don't know what to buy! However, foreigners are more casual about gifts, and they are not valuable! ”

In fact, King Dong used to be very disgusted with such gatherings, because of the language barrier, he only went to eat and drink with his head down, so he rarely participated in such intra-team gatherings. But now with Yu Liang, it's different, at least he won't feel bored when he gathers.

After walking around the supermarket, King Dong didn't know what to buy, so he directly proposed to go to Chinatown.

"Why don't we go to Chinatown?"

Chinatown is located in the heart of Antwerp, which is the opposite of the Antwerp city train station.

"So that we can buy some gifts with our Chinese characteristics!"

"Alright! Finally got a good suggestion! ”

Regarding King Dong's suggestion, Yu Liang raised his hands in agreement.

After saying that, the two took a taxi directly to Chinatown.

Antwerp's Chinatown was named in 2001 and was the first in Belgium to be named a Chinatown. On both sides of the street there are more than 40 Chinese companies and firms, as well as a few handicraft shops.

After arriving in Chinatown, the two walked around and went straight to a craft store.

The store is not very large, but the store is full of handicrafts. From small wooden combs and hairpins to large wood carvings.

"What do you think of this?"

After entering the store and taking a look, Yu Liang was quickly attracted by a wooden sailboat. The sail says smooth sailing, which is very Chinese and has a good meaning at the same time.

"That's good!"

"Boss, how much is this?"

After taking a closer look at the sailboat, Yu Liang decided to send this.

"Hehe, young man, buy this and give it away?"

At this time, a middle-aged man came out of it and looked at Yu Liang with a smile.

"Yes, how much is the boss?"

"Five hundred euros!"

The boss smiled and stretched out a hand and reported a number.

"So expensive?"

Listening to the boss's offer, Yu Liang was so frightened that he directly put the sailboat on the platform, and at the same time carefully checked it.

"Boss, look at it, I didn't break it!"

After King Dong walked around the store, he took a set of blue and white porcelain tableware in his hand, listened to the boss's offer, and directly cut the price there.

"Boss, you can't do this, they are all from the township, so you have to be cheaper, five hundred euros is too expensive!"

The boss looked at King Dong and felt that he was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember seeing it there.

"This little brother, what are you talking about, it's not easy for us to go out to do business! This thing, our domestic master has finished making it, and it has to be shipped over, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. ”

"No matter how time-consuming and labor-intensive, it won't cost 500 euros! In China, this thing is worth about 200 yuan at most, and if you are like this, it will not be interesting! ”

King Dong said as he put the blue and white porcelain tableware on his body on the table.

"Forget it, Ryoko, let's go and have a look elsewhere!"

"Hey, little brother, you make a price."

Yu Liang, who walked out of the door, paused, and was just about to speak, when he was stabbed by King Dong.

"Boss, you make a price!"

"How about five hundred euros for two pieces together?"

"Fifty euros for two, this is the price I can accept, if not, forget it!"

Yu Liang looked at King Dong with some surprise, and the price shrank tenfold all of a sudden. Seeing King Dong's confident appearance, Yu Liang shook his head, he didn't believe that the boss would accept such a price!

"Alright! Here, wrap it up for you! ”

"Uh......"

What surprised Yu Liang even more was that the boss actually accepted it.

Not only is the packaging very good, but when they leave, I hope they will come back next time.

"Why?"

After getting in the car, Yu Liang still didn't understand why there was such a big gap.

"This kind of place, like some big markets in China, they will open their mouths, if you don't know how to bargain, then you will definitely suffer! The reason why they can accept it is that this guy they have to earn! These two things can be sold for three hundred in China, and fifty euros is enough for him to earn. ”

"Alright! Teachable! ”

After showing the taxi driver the address of Ivan Willocks, the car drove straight out of the city.

Willockx's home is located in the Weinheim area, east of Antwerp, on the edge of the canal and away from the city, with very good air and very clean and very livable. At the same time, it is not very far from the club, and it is very convenient to train on weekdays.

After getting out of the car, Yu Liang and King Dong found Willocks standing at the door to entertain his teammates.

"Hi Madman, Hi Dong, welcome!"

After seeing Yu Liang and King Dong, Willockx walked over directly.

hugged the two of them.

"Thank you! It's a gift for you! ”

Without a translator, Yu Liang could only communicate with Willock there in stumbling English.

"Oh, thank you!"

With that, Yu Liang and King Dong followed Willocks into the house, walked directly through the living room, and came to the backyard.

"Hey, Yu Liang, this way!"

As soon as he stepped into the backyard, Yu Liang saw that Lart was waving his hand excitedly there. At this time, there were already many people in the backyard, most of the teammates came with female companions, and even a beautiful girl sat next to Ralter. Fortunately, the backyard of the Willocks house is large enough to accommodate dozens of people for a party.

"This is my wife, Alyssa!"

After putting the gifts of Yu Liang and King Dong on a table, Willocks came over with his wife.

"This is Yu Liang, this is Dong!"

"It's a pleasure to meet you and welcome you! But why don't you bring a female companion? Would you like to introduce you to two? ”

Fortunately, Yu Liang didn't understand very well, just looked at Alyssa with a smile on his face.

However, the people in the backyard, after hearing Alyssa's words, laughed out loud, which made Yu Liang and King Dong a little baffled. In the end, in Willockx's slow explanation, Yu Liang finally understood, looking at Alyssa, Yu Liang touched the back of his head in embarrassment, and then shook his head to refuse.

After greeting his teammates one by one, Yu Liang and King Dong sat next to Lart and chatted.

The long table in the backyard was soon filled with food, bread, salads, grilled fish, grilled meats, and of course, champagne.

"OK, thank you so much for coming to this dinner! And thank you very much for the gift, thank you! ”

After Willocks finished speaking, there was applause in the backyard.

"But before I eat, I want to talk about the team, don't you mind?"

Speaking of this, Willocks glanced at Yu Liang, King Dong and Mihem, and Holfate.

In fact, Yu Liang knew that at tonight's dinner, Willocks would definitely mention the conflict between them.

“OK! We are all professional footballers and football is part of our lives! ”

Seeing that no one objected, Willocks continued.

"Love life, we love football even more! Because of football, we got together, and it's a very rare fate. Because of Antwerp, we have a common goal - to qualify! ”

In order to take care of Yu Liang, Willocks spoke in somewhat jerky and hot English, and spoke very slowly.

Although Belgians don't speak English, they can understand it if they speak it slowly.

"Only a win in one game will allow us to achieve our goals. And the guarantee of victory is that each of us can work hard at the same time, but also to ensure the unity of the team! Anything that undermines the unity of the team is an obstacle to the team's advancement. ”

"So, I propose, for the sake of unity, for the sake of victory, for the sake of promotion, cheers!"

"Cheers!"

After draining the champagne in your mouth, dinner officially begins.

Yu Liang, who was already hungry, didn't care about the image problem, he kept stuffing barbecue, grilled fish and bread into his mouth. Thankfully, Alyssa's craftsmanship was much better than that of Mrs. William, who was far away in Manchester.

When it was almost time to eat, Willockx called Yu Liang aside, along with Mihem.

The three of them went straight to the edge of the pool.

Seeing Mihem, Yu Liang knew what Willocks meant.

"Yes, I think you already know what I mean by looking for you. In fact, the purpose of the meeting is also to increase the communication between us, so that after getting to know each other, we will get along more harmoniously! As a man, I think we should have a big heart. ”

"Of course!"

Yu Liang took a look at Mihem and stretched out his hand.

In fact, Yu Liang was not hostile to Mihem, but the hostility shown by Mihem made Yu Liang a little disgusted.

The panda-eyed Mihem glanced at Willocks, and also stretched out his hand and shook it with Yu Liang.

"Very well, you should have been like this yesterday!"

Watching Mihem and Yu Liang shake hands, Willocks' face smiled, at least he achieved his purpose at this party, and then he didn't have to worry about the unity of the team.

After saying goodbye to Willocks, Yu Liang and King Dong took a taxi directly back to their residence.

After returning home and taking out a note from his pocket, Yu Liang patted his head and shouted, "Oh no! ”

Then I picked up the coat I had just taken off and rushed out again!