Elland Road Stadium, large meeting room.

George Lee opened the door to the conference room, and it was filled with smoke.

There are cigar smokers, there are cigarette smokers, and there are people who drink alcohol.

George Li took a closer look, and fortunately, he wasn't smoking that thing.

"George, you're late, believe it or not, we'll get you drunk at night." An obese middle-aged man beckons to Lee.

"Uncle Jules, I can't go at night, I'm going home with the kids."

"That's a pity, my wife has a niece, and I want to let you know you tonight."

"Thank you so much, uncle." George Lee shook his hand with the fat man.

At this time, another middle-aged fat man walked over to Li, straightened two glasses of wine, and handed one of them to George Li.

"Thanks, no, Uncle Sherlock, I'll have to drive in a minute."

These uncles and uncles are all members of George Lee's family, and they are also some of the current minority shareholders of Leeds United, and after their grandparents and fathers immigrated to the UK very early, many of them have changed their names to English names, except for keeping their surnames.

But they only changed their name, but they still stuck to their traditions, and like other family businesses, they worked together to eventually make their family business bigger and stronger in the Yorkshire region.

George Lee's father, Jim Lee, is the leader of the family, and his elder brother Michael Lee is the leader of the new generation in the family, and there is a faint tendency to succeed his father.

"Huh." Sherlock Lee didn't say much, just put the wine on the table next to him and walked away.

George Lee walked over to his brother, Mike Lee.

There were two people standing next to Li Mike, both holding wine glasses, and they were chatting while shaking their wine glasses.

"Where's the old man?" George Lee asked about Mike Lee, who didn't see his father in the conference room.

"He's gone to receive the Duke of Westminster."

"What is the old man doing here? Talking about business? "George Lee knows this Duke of Westminster, the richest man in Britain. But it's a bit unserious in life.

"What else can I do, I guess it's fake to talk about business, and it's real to have fun."

"Hehe~" George Li laughed lightly, and then shook hands with the two people next to Li Mike, "Hello, Tony, hello, David." ”

"Hello." "Hello."

These two people are a little younger, and they are about the same grade as Li Mack.

David Lee is the family of George Lee and Michael Lee, a generation younger than Jules and Sherlock before him, and Michael Lee is the same generation as Michael Lee, and today he represents his father at the board meeting of Leeds United.

Tony Wilson, on the other hand, is the general manager of Leeds United, a college classmate of Lee Mack. Of course, he can take the position of general manager of the team, mainly because he is also Li Mack's "boyfriend".

That's right, Tony Wilson is Lee Mack's "boyfriend".

Despite this, George Li did not dislike him, except for the X orientation, Wilson's work ability, he recognized, after all, he was a top student at Cambridge University.

"Tony, it's been so hard for you, I've been out this summer, and the transfer is really troublesome for you."

"Thank you, in fact, I didn't do anything, the transfer department was busy, I just need to be responsible for the final signing."

"You're too modest."

"Yes, if you need anything, just say it, after all, I don't want to take such a high salary and eat leisurely."

What you eat is not idle rice, but soft rice. Of course, George Li didn't dare to say that, so he could only continue to talk nonsense with him.

"George, do we have any moves at Leeds this summer?" That Uncle Jules just now heard George Lee's chat here and began to ask him.

Several other members of the board also looked at him, wanting to hear some exciting transfer news from him.

"yes, we're talking about business in the box on Elland Road next season, and if we don't have any big stars, I think it will affect me by 1 point." A little old man who was previously called Uncle Nuhe by Lee Mack said.

"Don't save us money, buy any player you like, don't let the Russian in London look down on us, George." Uncle Sherlock also added.

"Okay, it must be, if it's too late in the summer, I'll buy it during the winter break, and I can't just let Uncle Nuhe lose that 1 percent." George Lee could only pretend to satisfy them.

"If you don't like it, you can skip the team and train on this kind of board in the future, and I'll deal with these old guys." David Li whispered in George Li's ear that he was used to dealing with these father's relatives.

And he also knew that George Li was not used to participating in it, after all, George Li had been practicing football since he was a child and did not participate in the family business.

"Forget it, let's provide a place for this group of uncles and uncles to have afternoon tea." George Lee is also very generous.

Leeds United's shares are now divided into three parts, the largest one belongs to George Lee's brother Michael Lee, followed by George Lee's father, uncle, uncle or something, of course George Lee's father Lee Jim accounts for the majority here, and the last small part belongs to his father-in-law, Dutch businessman Bill Rose.

George Lee has no shares at all, and he himself said that it is to dispel suspicions, and if his coaching performance is not good, the board of directors can find a reason to fire him. If he is the owner of the team, then no one will dare to let him go to class at that time.

But how could this group of people sack this son, nephew, son-in-law, and younger brother coach, unless George Lee really gave Leeds United a triple jump down and swooped all the way to the English League.

That's when the team's director of football, Eddie Gray, comes in.

"Eddie, where did you just go, why didn't I see you?" George Lee asked.

"I'm going to the bathroom."

"Drinking too much?"

"No, it's not ......" Gray's voice became quieter and quieter, and finally quietly attached to George Li's ear, "Next time, this kind of meeting, can I not participate?" ”

Gray also started with a debrief, printed several copies, and was ready to talk about the recent team at the board meeting.

As a result, as soon as the rich people came in, they began to pour wine and hand out cigars, and they became self-conscious, completely unprepared to listen to any reports. Gray really couldn't stand this, so he went to the toilet to avoid it by urinating.

"I knew I should have been a commentator at the BBC, not a football director here." Gray said again.

"Eddie, don't say that, you and I are team representatives, and we're here to report to the board meeting."

", what kind of team representative are you, you don't have a stake?"

"Eddie, I want to clarify once again that I don't have shares, only Winter, Carl, and Sean have shares, and I'm just keeping them temporarily because I'm their father and guardian until they reach adulthood."

"Shit, you're a capitalist just like them." Gray, obviously, is unbelieving,

George Lee smiled and waited for Gray to dissipate.

"I just learned that our general manager is Mr. Chairman's......" Gray began to gossip with him after he was deflated.

"yes, so there's a lot of pressure on Winter."

"So?" Gray was a little baffled by George Lee, and didn't understand why his team chairman X had a problem with his orientation and why he had a relationship with George Lee's son.

"If he doesn't play well, he will go home and inherit a lot of money. Bill's, Jim's, Mike's, and even mine's are negligible. ”

Hearing George Lee say this, Gray reported the foul mouth for the third time.

"Damn it, capitalists."

^^^

George Lee drove his Aston Martin on the A61 with Cruyff Jr. in the passenger seat.

"I really don't need to lend you a car?" George Lee was the first to offer to get a car for Cruyff Jr.

"No, it's convenient to take your car every day."

Cruyff Jr., because he was alone in the UK, rented an apartment near George Lee's house.

"Pick one, do you need me to get Mike's Bentley over and drive it for you?"

"Don't, if it breaks down and you can't afford to pay for it, get me a scooter, I'll go near the apartment first to see if I can park." Little Cruyff didn't dare to drive such an expensive car, not only could he not afford to drive, but he couldn't afford to keep it.

"Okay, it's tomorrow, I'll take you to Mike and choose one."

"Next week's friendly match with Sheffield Wednesday, how are you going to play, the main team or the substitute?"

Leeds United returned to England at the end of July after a training camp in Scotland, and George Lee also arranged two friendlies before the league in early August, both of which were clubs near Leeds City, Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United.

"Go to the main force, but don't use all your strength, there will be a lot of people who will come to see when the time comes, don't expose too many tactical intentions."

"Okay, oh yes, John let me tell you." Cruyff Jr. suddenly thought of something, as if Academy coach John Sheridan had something for him to tell George Lee.

"What?"

"Say it's that Norwegian boy, after you move him to the first team, he can come to the usual reserve team games."

"Ernest Derwig?"

"That's right, the name is a bit tongue-twisting...... George, can you drive faster, I'm a little urgent, Aston Martin, you're going to drive at this speed? ”

"Jordi, if you're in a car seat, I'll be a little more stable."

"That Norwegian boy, why didn't you take him to Scotland with you, but instead arranged for him to be in the first team when you came back."

"When I went to Spartan Sappsburg, I actually had my eye on another young striker, and I looked good at this Derwig, so I bought it together by the way."

"So, you didn't want to leave that Norwegian kid alone in England, so you didn't take Derwig with you to Scotland."

"Yes, people have just arrived, and it's good to have a partner to adapt to the new environment."

George Lee pulled off the road and onto Weatherby Street, where there were more cars and his speed was slower.

"George, can you stop whistling?" Little Cruyff's face was a little red. was already a little urgent, and George Lee was still whistling.

"Where's the apartment you're renting?"

"Ahead, turn left."

George Lee turned the car into the side road and waited for Cruyff Jr. to call a stop.

"Stop, this is it." Cruyff Jr. opened the car door and quickly ran down.

George Lee looked at the name of the apartment, remembered it, and was going to come here tomorrow to pick up Cruyff Jr. to get the car.

"Southern Senior Housing"

^^^

George Lee parked his car in front of his house, and his house was only a five-minute drive from the Southern Senior Apartment.

When he returned to Leeds in '02, he didn't choose to live in a luxury villa with Lee Jim, but bought a home in the North East of Leeds and lived here with his two children. The main location is between Leeds United's home stadium, Elland Road and Thorpe Arch Training Ground, so it's easy to get to on both sides.

George Lee opened the door to see his adopted son, Carl Olsen, lying on the couch watching TV, with a pizza in his mouth and a bottle of soda in his hand. He looked around again and found that he didn't find another adopted son, Sean Wallace.

"Where's Sean?" Lee asked Olson.

"Woo-woo, uh-huh." Olsen chewed desperately on what was in his mouth.

"Swallow it."

"Woo~" Olsen finally swallowed the pizza, "He went to play at the new neighbor's house, who had just moved in from Cardiff. ”

"Any connection?" George Lee couldn't connect his new neighbor with Wallace, and he couldn't think of why a kid in his early 10s would suddenly go to a strange neighbor's house to play.

"Their son just came to report to our youth team today. It is said that Coach John was not happy, he was originally the star of Cardiff's youth team, and because he moved to Leeds with his parents, he moved to Leeds United. ”

"Coach John went to dig the foot of the wall?" From Olsen's words, George Lee heard that Sheridan might have taken a fancy to Cardiff's talented player, and then coaxed the family to come to Leeds United.

"No, it's said that my parents came here to open a store, so I came with them."

"What store?"

"I don't know, you can just ask Sean later, Sean has become very good friends with people since he played with Charlotte today."

Charlotte should be the name of the Cardiff youth star in Olsen's mouth.

"Where they live, I'll go get Sean back."

"Are you sure you're not going for Charlotte?"

"Adults don't care, children don't care. Tell me where Charlotte's family lives. ”

"It's the ...... across the street," Olsen said, gesturing.

"Mr. Smith's family moved away?"

"No, I haven't finished speaking, it's just the one on the opposite side counting three to the right, the one with a lot of cardboard boxes at the door."

"Carl, next time can you finish it in one breath, I thought the Mr. Smith family on the other side had moved away."

Olsen picked up another slice of pizza and began to stuff it in his mouth.

"I hope they move out, didn't you see it in the past last time you heard a strange noise, and came back to tell us that the house was about to be demolished when the husband and wife were fighting, it was terrible."

George Lee opened the door of his house at this time, ready to go out to pick up Wallace, and did not forget to say to Olsen before leaving.

"Eat less of this."

Olsen ignored him, took a sip of his soda, watched George Lee walk out the door, and then muttered to himself.

"Hiccup~" first a pleasant hiccup, "If you don't eat it, do you want me to eat fish and chips?" ”