It's really good to be a civil servant in the UK, working 5 days a week, 7 and a half hours a day, and it's easy.

"But they don't make as much money as you make for a month" Hearing Ye Qiu muttering about the benefits of British civil servants, Eliza Moon couldn't help but hit him with a coquettish smile on the side, she seemed to be addicted to Ye Qiu now.

Many people know that you can't make a fortune when you are a civil servant in this country, but not necessarily after you leave your post, if you are a more powerful official, a lot of companies are waiting in line to hire them as consultants, and it is not a matter of getting paid for nothing.

At this moment, they are standing at Connaught Square in St. George's District, at the north gate of London's Hyde Park, which is the headquarters office of the English Premier League, a very common townhouse in the United Kingdom, with five floors, the lower two floors of the exterior wall are covered with white smooth wall tiles, and the upper three floors are exposed old red brick walls, leaving traces of time.

Although it's called Connaught Square, it's actually just a crowded alleyway, and the long row of apartments is not owned by the Premier League, they just rent one of them to serve as offices.

After Ye Qiu and Eliza pulled over and parked their cars, they approached the townhouse apartment, and he had to admit one thing, that is, the Premier League was too low-key, and there was not even a big signboard at the gate, but there was a small sign similar to a door number pasted on the brick wall, and everyone accidentally looked away.

If it weren't for someone to guide the way, Ye Qiu would never have imagined that this was the headquarters of the Premier League, let alone that the annual billions of euros in the Premier League business would be negotiated here.

Although this hearing was held by the Ministry of Home Affairs, it was not held at the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Labour, nor at the FA, but at the headquarters of the Premier League, and the time was set at 9 o'clock, and Ye Qiu arrived at 8:30.

When "Mr. Ye Qiu" approached the door, a bald middle-aged man with a slight fat suit came from not far ahead.

I believe that anyone who sees him now will say his name at a glance, former Manchester United CP Peter Kenyon.

Two months ago, he was not familiar to the fans, but two months later, he has heard it in the streets, but the taste is not at all uncomfortable, at least in the eyes of many people, Peter Kenyon represents a traitor.

Although Peter Kenyon has not been able to come to Chelsea for the time being due to the lawsuit, in fact, he has begun to contact Chelsea's business in private, and Paul Smith can't do anything about this hearing, and Chelsea chairman Bruce Barker, who is a lawyer, can't either, but Peter Kenyon can

"Hello, Peter" Ye Qiu had met with him several times and had in-depth contact and conversation.

Peter Kenyon gave Ye Qiu the impression of a very shrewd person, not only shrewd in running business and marketing, but also shrewd in getting along with people, which is not difficult to see his ability in this regard when he was in the left and right during his time at Manchester United, and how comfortable he was between Ferguson and the board.

The first time the two met was more than a month ago before the club's high-level meeting, a special communication, the first time the two sides met each other very frank, straightforward expression of their opinions and opinions, the two sides delineated each other's scope of power, that is, Ye Qiu is in charge of the competition, Peter Kenyon is in charge of management.

In Ye Qiu's eyes, in the Premier League and even in the whole of Europe, there are only a handful of the best club management talents, Moggi is controversial, but it is also powerful, Arsenal's vice chairman David Dunn, and the former Manchester United CP Peter Kenyon in front of him.

Ye Qiu heard the rumors before, Abramovich originally wanted David Dunn, although some people did not have a high opinion of his temper and character, the Arsenal vice president is very proficient in the football business, which is what Peter Kenyon lacks, Manchester United CP is better at management, but the football business is not as good as David Dunn.

In other words, Peter Kenyon is Abramovich's replacement after he can't poach David Dunn.

Abramovich has established the troika pattern of Chelsea management from the beginning, the owner and the CP manager, these three troikas cooperate with each other to drive Chelsea forward quickly, and in this troika, the owner is now in charge of the overall situation, and the executive power has begun to fall mainly on the CP manager.

Therefore, Ye Qiu and Peter Kenyon have a good relationship, so naturally everything will be easy to solve.

After the two met at the gate, Qi Qi walked in.

"I talked to Eriksen and Chris Waddell last night, so it shouldn't be a big problem," Peter Kenyon looked ahead as he walked side by side, but whispered in his mouth.

This is the first time that the British Home Office has implemented this clause after the passage of the special genius clause, so all parties attach great importance to it, and the Home Office, the Ministry of Labour, the FA, etc. have arranged for people to come over and enter the judging panel, among which the FA let the head coach of the England national team, Eriksen, who has the reputation of a gold medal coach, be a judge.

Speaking of Eriksen, he is also an old treacherous and cunning, when the FA CEO Crozier overrode the public opinion and invited him to England with a sky-high annual salary, making the Swede the first foreign coach in the history of England, but when Crozier fell not long ago, Eriksen immediately drew a line and protected himself, which was really warm.

However, in previous lives, some people said that if Crozier was still around, there might not have been a later sex scandal.

"Wait a minute, in it, try to lower your posture as much as possible, these old men eat soft and not hard, hard can't come" Peter Kenyon had dealt with this group of people all day before, and naturally knew very well how to deal with them.

"I understand" Ye Qiu nodded with a smile, he was not a person who didn't know how to be flexible at all.

Of course, it is impossible for him to pretend to be a grandson.

When they came to the front desk, there was immediately an aunt who looked really hard to be worthy of the audience greeting them, this aunt was standing with the young and beautiful Eliza Moon, Ye Qiu had a kind of surprise that Eliza Moon was so beautiful.

really responded to the sentence, flowers also need green leaves to accompany them, so that they can be more delicate.

Of course, Eliza noticed Ye Qiu's banter and teasing eyes, and glared at him angrily.

The group went up to the second floor and entered the hospitality room, and it didn't take long for Richard Scudmoor, the CEO of the Premier League, to walk into the hospitality room, and stretched out his hand to Ye Qiu and Peter Kenyon from a distance, and greeted him warmly.

It seems that he is more polite to Ye Qiu, because he is not familiar with it, but he has a lot of dealings with Peter Kenyon, they have a good relationship with each other, and they speak casually, without the politeness of keeping a distance from Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu is accustomed to this, because as a Chinese, even if he has come to the point where he is today, Europeans have always maintained such a respectful and distant attitude towards him, unless it is the kind of friend who knows and understands each other, otherwise it is like this, and it is not strange to see more.

A few people sat here for a while, and it wasn't long before Erikson arrived.

As the head coach of the England national team, Eriksen has a very friendly attitude towards Ye Qiu, because he needs Ye Qiu's cooperation to recruit international players, otherwise, Ye Qiu has enough means to deal with him, such as deliberately letting players pretend to be sick and so on.

Of course, unless it really tears the skin, no one wants to do this kind of thing at all.

From Eriksen's attitude, Ye Qiu also knew that the England manager would not be embarrassed by himself.

"I think, Mr. Ye Qiu, you should give the judges more respect later, you know what I mean, right?" The handsome old man with glasses smiled and said to Ye Qiu, who has always been known for his sharpness.

Ye Qiu also smiled and nodded in agreement, obviously accepting Erikson's kindness, and also acquiescing that he owed him a favor.

The British, especially the older British, have always retained a very strong sense of the arrogance of the empire on which the sun never sets, arrogant, rigid, and stubborn...... You can attack these guys with countless bad reviews behind your back, but now you need them to nod instead of shaking their heads.

Nodding and shaking their heads, for the judges who voted to participate in the hearing, it is just a gesture, it is completely up to their wishes, so this reflects the importance of public relations.

This is also for what Ye Qiu said, for giant teams like Manchester United and Arsenal, many times the hearing is completely a formality, because they have already got all the judges in advance before the hearing, but it is just a matter of time.

The hearing was held at 9 p.m. in a conference room on the second floor.

The entire process of the hearing was carried out in strict accordance with the procedures of the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Labour, and although the U judges had seen all the applicants' materials and videos before, that is, Messi, they still played and introduced them again at the hearing.

Peter Kenyon, Eliza Moon and others sat opposite the judges, while the U-name judges sat in a row facing them, Ye Qiu, as the most important witness this time, sat alone with his back to Eliza and the others, facing the judges, and accepted the judges' questioning.

"Mr. Ye Qiu, we have all carefully watched the materials and videos submitted by your club, and we are all amazed by the delicate skill of this player, but I believe that everyone will have the same doubts as us after seeing him, can he adapt to the Premier League and play at Chelsea?"

The elderly judge appointed by the Ministry of the Interior in the center of the judging panel seemed to be polite, but it was so stiff that Ye Qiu had to give an answer, otherwise, there was no need to continue this hearing at all.

"I think to answer Mr. Spike's question, allow me to start with a few examples."

After getting the consent of Spike and the judges, Ye Qiu said with a smile: "Everyone's concern about Leo Messi is nothing more than his body, he is relatively short, his body is not strong enough, and he is worried that he will not be able to adapt to the fierce competition of the Premier League, so let's take a look, how tall is Zola?" ”

Among the judges, except for Eriksen and Chris Waddell, who are football professionals, the other four are not professional football people, but government officials, so when Ye Qiu said this, even Eriksen and Waddell couldn't give an accurate answer, who would remember these for no reason?

"Arsenal's left-back Ashley Cole is lm tall, striker Defoe is lm tall, and Manchester City's outstanding Wright Phillips is l m tall, these players have all proven their strength in the Premier League. ”

After listening to this, the judges immediately nodded their heads one by one, unable to refute, because these players did gain a foothold in the Premier League.

"Messi's height is l meters, but he is only 16 years old, and he is still growing his body, and I also said in the report that Messi's skills are not the type of player who relies too much on the body, and his skills and speed can allow him to avoid physical confrontation with the opponent more, so I think the body is not a problem."

After a pause, Ye Qiu said: "Of course, we are also worried that he will not be able to adapt to the Premier League, so the judges, please take a look at another report in your hands, which is the physical strengthening training + plan specially formulated by our club for Messi, according to this plan, in the next three years, Messi's body will not lose to any of the short players I listed just now." ”

When he said this, Ye Qiu smiled, "Three years later, he will only be 19 years old"

After Ye Qiu's reminder, the judges immediately opened another report submitted by Chelsea, which was indeed about strengthening Messi's body training + planning, which was very detailed, and was affirmed and evaluated by professional institutions.

It's not hard to see from this that Chelsea have put a lot of effort into this aspect.

"Mr. Ye Qiu" A middle-aged woman next to Spike, who was about forty or fifty years old, asked a very sharp question a little bitterly, "We don't deny that Messi may really be talented, but we really want to know what to do, why would you rather offend Barcelona and poach such a player who does not meet the regulations of the British labor department, instead of choosing our players from the UK and even the EU?" ”

This is also the biggest problem with the special genius clause, because according to the purpose and original intention of the British Department of Labour, the purpose and intention of the labor certification is that if we have it, we refuse to bring in outsiders, so this problem is actually very tricky.

First of all, you can't say that the British youth training is not as good as Messi, that is purely to find a draw for yourself, and the ghost will let you pass; Secondly, you have to prove that the team has the need to bring in Messi on the basis of not being able to say that the youth training in England is poor.

Ye Qiu pondered for a moment, he and Eliza had discussed a series of issues at home last night that might be difficult, and this one was also involved, but now it was obvious that he had to change some attitudes and consider the language.

"The first thing I want to say is that there is also a group of very good young talents in England, such as Wright Phillips of Manchester City that I just mentioned, I think he is very good at this age, but he is two different types from Messi, Messi has more delicate skills, more ability to combine the ball, better dribbling the ball, and Wright Phillips is faster."

"There is no doubt that I think the development of the Premier League is getting faster and faster, and I believe that in the near future, it will be able to replace other leagues to become the number one league in the world, and I believe everyone has noticed that in recent years, the Premier League has been absorbing football professionals from all over the European continent and even the world."

"I believe that everyone cannot deny that at the tactical level, the Premier League is indeed behind other leagues, for example, the Premier League teams generally lack control, although the style of long passing has improved in the past, but the style of hard bridges and hard horses has not changed, which is a very important reason why Premier League teams generally suffer in the European arena."

"I came to the Premier League and studied the trends of the past few years, such as Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Houllier, etc., and many people are trying to inject more things into the traditional style of the Premier League, such as rigorous tactics, delicate ball control skills, more skillful rhythm control and so on."

"So, back to the question, in my opinion, there is no shortage of traditional attacking players in the Premier League, which is a wide talent like Wright Phillips, but we need players like Messi, who are different from the traditional Premier League, to bring some different tactical ideas and changes to change some of our traditional thinking."

"He's faster than Joe Cole, and he's finer than Wright Phillips, isn't that a change?"

"I've said that my ideal team is a rigorous tactical system in Serie A, plus the overall execution of the Bundesliga, plus possession in La Liga, and the fighting spirit of the Premier League, bringing in Messi and Cesc Fabregas, is an attempt by me to work in this direction, and I think anyone who is interested in developing Premier League football further should welcome such an attempt."

This paragraph Ye Qiu can be said to have been preparing for a long time, and he said it neither humbly nor arrogantly, but it would not make the judges feel dissatisfied, and at the same time told them his original intention to introduce players, and he did not mean to belittle the British local players, but simply clarified an attitude, the players' technical styles are different.

The transformation of the Premier League, this is already the consensus of all football professionals, starting from Wenger to Ferguson's introduction of Veron, everyone has seen this trend and general trend clearly, and Ye Qiu is now saying this, which is exactly in line with this trend.

The biggest problem with Messi getting the labor certificate is not whether he is really a genius, there is no way to prove it, the biggest crux of whether he can get it is that the British want to protect their own youth training, and the applicant must prove that the introduction of such players will not affect the British youth training, and at the same time can bring benefits to the Premier League.

As long as you can prove it, then, you have succeeded

After Ye Qiu said so many words, he also felt that he basically expounded his thoughts very clearly, and also vaguely mentioned a problem, that is, if Messi was not introduced, he would not introduce local youth players like Wright Phillips, because this is not the style he wants.

Therefore, after listening to Ye Qiu's words, the judges didn't say anything more, but just said that you need to negotiate well, so they asked Ye Qiu and them to go to the reception room for a while to rest.

Ye Qiu did his best, and the rest depends on the attitude of this group of bureaucrats.