Chapter 11: Ambition
"What's the matter, Pep..."
Barcelona's current president Laporta, who was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, spoke with a little anger in his tone, and after gradually suppressing his anger, he said in a bad tone and asked what happened to Guardiola on the other end of the phone.
He thought it was the young coach who had just been drawn by a weak team and wanted to apologize to him because of the result.
Laporta has recently been embroiled in the club's top brass for impeaching him from office, and a number of senior executives, led by vice-president Russell, have launched several proposals against him.
Therefore, he urgently needs to stabilize his position.
Infighting at the top has been reflected in many ways, and in the battle for a change of manager after Rijkaard's ouster, Rosell supported Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho to take over the Barcelona manager, while Laporta switched to youth coach Pep Guardiola.
Therefore, he believes that Guardiola, who is too shallow, must be bound to himself in order to stabilize his position.
Football is not about politics, it is simply the funniest joke in the world.
"It's just a friendly match, I don't care." Laporta said angrily.
"All you have to do is readjust your tactics and then go through the bloody battle against Dundee United and don't let Barcelona be looked down upon by the Scots."
"Didn't you play really well when Messi was there? Don't just replace him, the lads need to be more active, all I want is the result. ”
Pep Guardiola on the other end of the phone has just finished his post-match press conference.
He couldn't understand why it had been so long since last season ended, and a Barcelona player was still staying at a club where his loan contract had ended, like a black man with nowhere to go.
Therefore, he wants the club to recall Levi in time, and the young man must start the next friendly game.
At this time, Guardiola was like a child who had received an expensive gift, but was told that he could not open it for the time being, and after the post-match press conference, he was a little eager to get in touch with the young player and use his personality charm to bring the two men closer.
The two were not very close at the youth level, when Guardiola was more focused on other players who were more suited to his tactics.
It's time to improve the relationship.
When a player has shown a high level of competition, it is only natural that the club should be recalled, and then the contract should be renewed, the salary increase and the tactical position and playing time promised should be the process.
But to Guardiola's surprise, after listening to his request, Laporta flatly rejected his request.
"We shouldn't judge whether a player has a chance to play for Barcelona based on just one game, especially if it's likely to be a loss-making deal."
Laporta was instructive.
"I'll consider your suggestion again, but let's put that kid aside for a moment and prepare for the next game."
"Pep, I'm optimistic about you, don't let me down."
The phone was hung up.
Pep Guardiola was full of surprise, Laporta's performance was too abnormal.
He couldn't understand why the president of a dignified club would show such disgust and rejection for a young player.
On the other end of the phone, Laporta slammed the phone on the bedside table and snorted coldly.
"You think I'm going to let that nasty guy Russell grab me again..."
Levi, of course, is an insignificant pawn.
However, he was used as one of the chips in Laporta's deal with the other party, which ended in failure and became one of the accusations against Rosell.
The deal with Horabchin is actually just a clean-up plan for this troublesome one, and a certain degree of recovering losses.
This year is destined to be an unusual year for Huaguo.
A sporting event with unprecedented grandeur and that has already shocked the world in the preparatory stage will be held in the northern capital.
Laporta, on the other hand, was disgusted with the event.
The first is that he refused to let Messi participate in the call-up of the Argentine Olympic team, which has been criticized by many Barcelona and Argentine celebrities, and even warned by the Argentine Football Association and FIFA.
Secondly, what many people don't know is:
Huaguo, the host country of the home game, has been preparing for the coaches and talent reserves of the men's football national Olympic team for a long time.
Many giant clubs have contacted the Chinese Football Association through the connection of sports companies, hoping to provide all-round help to the Chinese Olympic team.
Of course, the implication is also very clear, that is, I hope to use this sports event to expand my influence in China, gain the goodwill of Chinese people, and further seize the Chinese market that seems to have unlimited potential.
Among them is the Barcelona club, as early as 2006 Barcelona contacted the vice president of the association, Xie Yeyou, hoping to fully participate in the training and competition of the Chinese national Olympic team in the next two years, and provided a series of detailed plans, including the recommendation of the head coach, the establishment of the national Olympic team training camp, and a series of warm-up games for the national Olympic team, and the recommendation of the former famous Bulgarian star Stoichkov in the selection of the head coach.
At the same time, Levi, who was not plagued by injuries at the time and performed well in the youth echelon of Barcelona, was recommended to the Chinese Football Association, and Laporta hoped that he could represent the Chinese Olympic Games in the Olympics and use it as a ladder to get closer.
Unfortunately, the then FA vice-president Xie Yeyou was not impressed by this comprehensive opportunity, and if it were not for the mediation of the sports company and the good sincerity of Laporta in the economic aspect, Xie Yeyou would not even be willing to meet with him.
In 2006, in the process of Xie Yeyou leading a delegation to judge with Barcelona, Laporta could not get out of something, but only sent a vice chairman to negotiate with Xie Yeyou, and the vice president of Barcelona did not know much about the details of cooperation, and the process was not pleasant.
Xie Yeyou also behaved very badly in this meeting, blindly asking how much the Barcelona club could spend on the training and competition of the national Olympic team, which also left a bad impression on Barcelona and directly led to the inability of the negotiations between the two sides to continue.
Levi, who was only 16 years old at the time, was originally scheduled to be called up for the 07 National Olympic Games training camp in the United Kingdom, and as a Chinese-Dutch mixed-race, he only needed to choose to give up his Dutch citizenship when he reached adulthood at the age of 18 to play for the National Olympic Games.
He was looking forward to it and had a positive attitude, but was told that the agreement was nullified because of the conclusion of the negotiations.
Injuries, rejection by a national Olympic team where he belongs, and the disaster that later befell his parents.
became the straw that overwhelmed the original owner, which is the reason why Levi can come to this world now.
And Laporta's "black donation" to facilitate this incident became known to Russell, and it also became a scandal against him.
Therefore, for the sake of his position, Laporta will not give Levi any chance.
...
On the other side of the ocean, Levi was being interviewed by the media at this time.
Under the constantly flickering magnesium lights, he was wearing only a training suit, and his hair was unkempt, but it was simply washed and dried after the game, and he looked a little plain.
The reporters looked at the eighteen-year-old boy in amazement.
became famous all over the world overnight, which was enough for a teenager who should still be in the stage of being young and frivolous and not worldly, enough to make him dizzy.
But when these media veterans who see people talk about people, talk nonsense, and have their mouths as if they have knives tied, they throw out one inducing question after another with traps.
Levi always took it lightly, and answered their questions seemingly reasonably, and a group of people laughed and said that it was so.
Turning his head, he reacted, what did he just say?
To sum it up: this is the situation, but what is the specific situation, it depends on the situation?
Levi smiled, squinted his eyes slightly, and looked at these people in front of him, feeling a little funny.
In his previous life, he didn't know how many times he had experienced such a scene, and the clichés in the words of these sports reporters could simply be described as hook-and-bait.
Compared with those financial reporters in the financial circle, it's just weak.
It can also be used to set the words of the football players who are still out of prenatal education per capita.
In his previous life, Li Wei graduated from a top university in China, and then went to an Ivy League school for further study, and after returning to China, he caught up with the Internet trend and founded an Internet company, all the way to the top of the industry.
When he first reached middle age, he was already a well-known Internet giant.
Later, he was run out by the company's shareholders, but before leaving, he also cashed out more than 100 million yuan of shares in his hands.
After leaving the business district, he chose an incomprehensible way of life, and he fell in love with extreme sports.
Climbing Mount Everest, mountain cross-country, wingsuit flying, only the feeling of holding life in his mouth and losing it at any time can make him feel the stimulation and feel that his heart is still beating.
As he stood, among the snow-capped Alps, he challenged the consolidation of ice in the "Ozaki Bathathlon".
That is, when downhill skiing is performed on a near-vertical mountain.
He got away with it.
The legendary "Ozaki Eight Items" is a movie fabrication, and no one has ever completed it.
Reliving his life, he became Levi in another world, a teenager who loved football but was hit hard in the world of football, and could no longer continue his career.
And got the must-have benefits of the traverser, a mediocre system.
In the process of using the system to gradually repair injuries and improve their abilities step by step, they can enjoy the green competition.
Levi felt himself regained his spirited self and rekindled his fiery ambitions.
He's going to keep going in this new arena until he has all the accolades he can get.
Climb to the highest peak.
The interview ended, and Levi bowed his head in politeness with a reserved and appropriately good smile on his face.
Standing up and looking around, his black eyes were as deep as an ancient well in the light, revealing a complex charm that did not belong to his age.
Humility and arrogance.
He gently pressed his hand to his heart, he was a man who had died once.
But at the moment, the heart is beating vividly.
...
After leaving the interview site, after turning a secluded aisle to the parking lot, Levi was a little confused.
Near his humble Beetle cart, there was a crowd of people.
His cautious gaze scanned his surroundings.
Not far away, there are many news vans and long guns and cannons hidden in the shadows.
There are many people who are popular, and it has always been so.
Although he has always acted unscrupulously and is not very evaluated in the unexpected world, he can't stand such harassment.
Suddenly, a pure white 08 Mercedes-Benz G series with privacy film was parked near him, just blocking his view from the parking lot.
The windows are lowered.
A beautiful woman with blond hair poked her head out, her blue-green eyes like a seductive fox, with a narrow smile, her soft lips slightly open, just about to say something.
Levi pulled open the door and slipped inside.
The woman's surprised expression was reflected in the rearview mirror, and Levi had already hidden his body behind the back seat of the car, and he also fastened his seat belt.
"Good brother... Want... Don't get in the car... I'll send you. ”
Jennifer. Brown didn't react for a moment, and his brain was down with inertia, and Ai Ai said this slightly provocative sentence.
"I'm already in the car." Levi said lightly.
Twenty-six-year-old Jennifer. Brown is a journalist based for Edinburgh's historic newspaper The Scottish, where he writes about sports and covers events.
She has always known that she is a very attractive woman, and knows how to use beauty as her invincible weapon.
When Levi landed in the Soviet Super League and showed good strength in the league, he became a popular rookie.
Jennifer. In the interview, Brown had a somewhat mischievous mentality, verbally teasing the handsome and shy "little milk dog" in her eyes.
Then she realized that she was wrong, that the young Levi seemed to be just a disguise for him, and that there seemed to be a lazy and wealthy old man sleeping in his body, when he took off his disguise.
He was a cunning wolf who quickly wiped her up, and she had nothing she could do.
The car pulled softly to the side of the road, and Levi glanced out the window at the view.
"This is not my home."
A playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Are you interested in participating in my exclusive interview?"
Jennifer. Brown turned his head slightly, his eyes flashing with a seductive look, his apricot-shaped lips pursed gently, and his plump and round thighs under the skirt were overlapped.
"Another day."
Levi looked at his watch, and the time pointed to zero.
...
Early morning.
Sunlight filtered through the thin gauze curtains and slid over the bed's messy bedding, and the large bedroom was littered with messy clothes, underwear, and stockings along the door and foothills.
Jennifer woke up with a lazy dreamy sound, her fingers running over the sheets beside her, and she couldn't help but feel a little lost when she found that Levi had left.
She sat up and covered her chest with the quilt.
Reveal smooth and smooth curves.
She thought back to last night's madness, her lips slightly open, and she smiled.
He was so strong that she felt like she was out of her body.
Walking lightly through the room with her bare feet, Jennifer felt her whole body go limp.
Outside the room, Levi had just hung up the phone.
On the other end of the line, a man invited him to meet at a restaurant in Edinburgh, and Levi was in desperate need of help.
I have to admit that this person is indeed the best in the broker industry.
The man's name is Jorge Mendes.
Jennifer crept over from behind Levi, put a copy of Levi's morning novel over his face, and blew gently through the crack in the spine.
"Are you reading your autobiography?"
This is a copy of Don Juan.
Levi felt a limp body squeeze into his arms, and his long hair tickled his neck, but he was not interested anymore.
In contrast, he would have preferred Mendes' advice.
He reached out and pinched Jennifer's soft waist through the light fabric, and the woman let out an early spring beastly groan.
"I have to go, Jennifer."
Levi gently pushed Jennifer away, and gathered up to leave.
...
A few minutes later, the female reporter with the frost behind her said bitterly:
"I thought Chinese men were very traditional."
Levi didn't look back.
"I'm not the traditional Chinese man."