Chapter Two Hundred and Two: Mr. and Mrs. Torres

As for whether other people's companies will go bankrupt in the future or go back to a new height like the previous handover of IBM, Li Zihan feels that this has nothing to do with him.

After reading the contract with Huawei, Li Zihan said he was very satisfied. At least in terms of money, Huawei has been more generous this time. For a total of five years, Li Zihan can be paid about 120 pounds a year. What Li Zihan wants to do is to expand the popularity of Huawei Group's mobile business in the country and even in Europe, and the popular way to put it is "I am Li Zihan, and I am Huawei's 'substitute for salt'!" ”

Li Zihan and Susan talked more with Mark, vice president of Huawei UK, in this regard, while this prince was more of a formality.

Li Zihan has a good impression of this white-haired old man in England, because he doesn't feel like a "local tyrant" at all, but acts more like a friend he hasn't seen for many years.

Well, in fact, the gray-haired Mark is not very menstruating, only in his early forties this year.

After chatting about Li Zihan's personal treatment, the group immediately drove to A.T. Kearney, Arsenal's training base. When Huawei was interested in cooperating, Li Zihan once told Wenger the news in private. Arsene Wenger said it was a good thing and would help make it happen.

Coming to the door of Wenger's office at A.T. Kearney's training base, Li Zihan looked at the time and found that it was just right. So he took Huawei and his party into Wenger's office, which had been agreed before, so Wenger was already waiting for them in the office at this time.

Arsene Wenger's style is simple, with many important negotiations taking place in his office before going to a full-fledged press room or conference room.

Today is not only Arsene Wenger, but also Arsenal's chief commercial officer, Tom Fox.

After two hours of negotiations, Huawei and Arsenal reached some preliminary intentions, and Li Zihan knew that the rest of the specific operations and details would be handed over to the people below to discuss. Li Zihan was just a companion throughout the whole process, and he didn't speak or come up with ideas. He knew that he was just playing a matchmaker in this regard, and the specifics depended on both parties.

After the tentative agreement was finally reached, Tom Fox, Arsenal's chief commercial officer, took Huawei's business delegation to the dinner that had already been arranged. Originally, Li Zihan was also going to attend as an accompaniment, but considering that he promised Torres to go to the other party's family banquet tonight, he didn't go with the army.

Arsene Wenger didn't go either, and these aspects are generally handed over to the club's commercial department below.

After everyone left, Wenger said to Li Zihan with a smile: "I have long known that signing you will bring a lot of commercial benefits to Arsenal, but I didn't expect this day to come so quickly." Before a championship has been won, there have been Chinese consortia one after another. ”

Li Zihan said with a smile: "You underestimate Chinese businessmen, they know that when Arsenal wins one or two important titles, maybe it will be another price at that time." At this time, at least Arsenal have not won a title for eight years, and they have the advantage in the details of the contract. ”

Wenger touched his chin and thought about it and said: "It makes sense, it seems that there will be Asian companies to cooperate in the future, should we push it back a little, and start negotiations after we win the championship again?" ”

Li Zihan shrugged and said, "That's by the way, anyway, in the end, it's actually a win-win situation." The sponsors got what they wanted, and the club got the renminbi in their bank. ”

Wenger laughed, and Li Zihan could see that he was really happy. The professor is to Arsenal what a father is to a son, who doesn't like a son to live better and make a lot of money? Besides, when the club has money, the board will also increase the team's investment in the transfer market.

Although Arsenal is the benchmark of UEFA's financial balance policy, this does not mean that Arsenal's players must rely entirely on their own youth training, and the necessary transfer investment is still needed. As long as it doesn't throw a pound or two million at every turn, as long as the club's finances are balanced.

In fact, Arsenal has made a lot of profits in recent years, and when the giants of Europe are in debt, Arsenal has quietly made a lot of green pounds, of course, they have paid the price of eight years without a championship.

The punches were withdrawn in order to strike more powerfully, and now it was time for Arsenal to strike.

Li Zihan didn't know that the gentlemanly professor on the surface of Lu Dao also had thousands of tigers in his heart, and when he left the training base, the lantern was already on.

Looking at the Arsenal fans outside the gate, waiting for the stars to come over to sign autographs, Li Zihan felt that the environment was really good. Li Zihan walked over to the fans and said, "Hey, don't you know what to do? The training base has been off for the past two days, so if you want to sign an autograph, you should come tomorrow. ”

Fans have said that since they can't wait for other stars, it's not bad to have you Li Zihan signing here, at least it's worth the trip.

Li Zihan nodded with a smile, signed for the dozen or so fans in front of the gate and prepared to go back. A young fan asked, "Now that the team is on holiday, what are you doing here?" Is it really here to practice? I heard that in the team, you train the most intensively, and you often practice more? ”

"Me? I'm not here to train today, I'm just here to play soy sauce. The British fans obviously didn't know what the soy sauce was and looked at him suspiciously.

Li Zihan didn't explain, waved his hand, and walked in the afterglow of the setting sun.

That picture, which looks beautiful, is actually very, because Li Zihan found a problem that made his eggs hurt. Susan went to the parking lot of the training base to pick up the car and asked herself to wait for her at the gate, but she involuntarily walked along the road for three or four hundred meters

At half past seven in the evening, Li Zihan and Susan took Susu to Torres' home in London's Chelsea district. Because it was a family banquet, Li Zihan and Susan had no children, so they brought Su Su here, and as for Yiyi and her uncle's parents, it was naturally inconvenient to come over and disturb them together.

By the time they arrived at Torres' home, the Torres had already prepared the food and put it on the table. There were no extra guests and other teammates on the team, only Li Zihan and Torres.

Li Zihan and Torres naturally talked a lot of things during the dinner, from Spain and China to England, and then to football, Arsenal and Chelsea.

Of course, Auraya and Susan are talking about some women's things, and Susu is playing with Nora, and both of them speak good English, so they can naturally talk. Torres's youngest son Leo played the role of a follower perfectly, his sister got off the table to play with Susu, he also put down the cutlery and trotted to follow, Oraya was a little crying and laughing, and asked the two friends to pay attention to safety.

Torres smiled and said to Li Zihan: "Because I don't have time, the children are all brought by Auraya, and I gave birth to a Nora, and Olaya took it very well, but then Leo was originally a boy but was brought into the character of a girl by her and his sister, and I still expect him to play football and inherit my tradition." ”

Olaya pretended to be annoyed and glared at him and said, "What traditions do you have?" A goal, a championship tradition? ”

Torres smiled awkwardly, then lowered his head to "concentrate" on the steak on the plate.

Li Zihan didn't expect the couple to be so humorous, and they actually made fun of themselves.

Li Zihan remembered a joke on the domestic Internet not long ago, took a sip of juice, and said to Torres: "There was once a Spanish player who only scored a few goals in the club, and he couldn't play the main team in the national team. ”

Torres obviously hadn't heard of this joke, but instinctively thought of it: "You're not talking about me, are you?" ”

"No, I'm talking about Mata."

"Haha"

Li Zihan added: "There was a Spanish player who went to England to play and became the number one star in his team. However, he gave up the red shirt for something when the team had not won a title for many years, and he won the European Championship after his first full season with his new club, you guess he was"

Torres affirmed: "Cesc Fabregas!" ”

Li Zihan's expression was quite good-looking, and he swallowed his saliva: "How do you know Lu Dao?" Could it be that you still often go on Chinese Internet forums or posts? ”

Torres smiled and shook his head: "When it comes to years without a championship, my first reaction is you Arsenal. Combined with the previous Spanish nationality, the European Cup or something, it is natural to think of Cesc Fabregas during the Arsenal period. ”

Li Zihan: ""

"We're definitely going to win a title this season, at least one title." Li Zihan said firmly.

Torres smiled and said: "Don't underestimate Manchester City, although our manager has long declared that the goal is not the championship this season, Manchester City is very close to this championship. ”

Li Zihan pouted: "There is a lot of pressure in the league competition, so we will compete for the Champions League, and then there will be the FA Cup." Four championships in a season, why do you have to win one or two? ”

Torres: ""

"I've always thought you're a more introverted and reserved person like me, but I have to say today that your skin is much thicker than it seems." Torres said "seriously".

"Anyway, I brag and don't pay taxes, and I don't lose anything."

'You're sending me the wrong message that you're targeting the Champions League and you're bringing it to Chelsea? And then so that we can despise Arsenal? You think too much, Arsenal has invested a record 70 million this season, who dares to ignore it? ”

"Don't think I'm going to believe you're not aiming for the league title, Jose Mourinho's mentality is well-known in the world. At the beginning, there was also Ferguson fighting with your head coach, and now that Ferguson has retired, Mourinho is almost the first person in the coaching world's psychological tactics. ”

"Although our professor is honest, he is not stupid!" Li Zihan summed up after the most reluctance.

"Believe it or not, could it be that with my state, what can I think of the league championship?"

"How efficient were your goals that year? Didn't win the Champions League and the European Championship yet? ”

Torres: ""

Susan looked at the two who were arguing, and whispered in Aoraya's ear, "Are they friends or enemies like this?" ”

Olaya summed up with emotion: "This is a man, this is a man who plays football, this is a man who plays for each other's competitors, isn't there a few good adjectives in China, what are they called?" ”

"Sympathy? Heroes heavy heroes? ”

Oraya nodded.

Fortunately, Yiyi was not present, otherwise she would definitely come up with a sentence: "The base is full of feelings!" Such a classic answer.