The next day, at RCD Espanyol.
In the office of the club's Chinese manager, Jiang Xiaochen.
Jiang Xiaochen stared at the First Team manager, Ruby, and asked, "What did you say? Say it again? "
Ruby looked at the agitated Jiang Xiaochen and said calmly, "Mr. Jiang, you didn't hear wrong. I hope that the club will do its best to sign a professional contract with Mr. Xia Ruofei before the winter window closes."
Jiang Xiaochen was so angry that he laughed and asked, "Coach Ruby, do you know who Mr. Xia Ruofei is?"
Ruby had clearly thought about it before he came, so he did not hesitate and said calmly, "Mr. Jiang, of course I know. Mr. Xia is one of the shareholders of RCD Espanyol …"
"You know and you still make such a ridiculous request?" Jiang Xiaochen stared at Ruby and said, "Do you think that Mr. Xia will sign a professional contract with the club? How much are you going to pay him a year? How much do you think a business owner with a net worth of hundreds of millions of euros would be tempted? "
Ruby said calmly, "Mr. Jiang, can you let me finish?"
"Okay, you say it! Say it! "Jiang Xiaochen sat on the chair and looked at Ruby with a speechless expression.
Ruby cleared his throat and said, "Mr. Jiang, of course I know Mr. Xia's identity, and I know very well that a professional contract is almost unattractive to Mr. Xia …"
"Not almost!" Jiang Xiaochen rudely interrupted Ruby and said, "Let's not talk about our club. Even if Barcelona or Real Madrid threw an olive branch, Mr. Xia would not be tempted! Do you know how popular Mr. Xia's company is in Huaxia? Do you have any idea how much money he's getting in every second? Let him sign a professional contract with our club? That's crazy! "
Ruby looked at Jiang Xiaochen quietly and waited until he finished speaking before he said, "Mr. Jiang, I know … Mr. Xia is very rich, and I also know that a small temple like RCD Espanyol can't accommodate a god like Mr. Xia. But! The winter transfer window is about to close, and we still haven't used up all the non-EU players. If we give this extra spot to Mr Xia, then … maybe it can bring about a completely different change to our club! After all, he is a major shareholder of our club, right? For the development of the club, maybe he would be willing to sign this professional contract? "
Jiang Xiaochen looked into Ruby's eyes and asked, "What changes can there be? Good! Even if, as you said, Mr. Xia signed a professional player contract with our club and completed the registration with the Spanish Football Federation, what does that mean? You can't possibly be so naive as to think that Mr Xia can stay in Spain forever and step up to the plate when the team needs him, can you? He can't stay in Spain for a long time. What changes can he bring to the team? "
Ruby said, "Mr. Jiang, of course I know that. I don't expect Mr. Xia to become a regular player in the team. I will be very satisfied if Mr. Xia can become a member of the team's substitute bench in some of the key games to avoid relegation. I think … it should still be possible. "
Jiang Xiaochen couldn't help but rub his forehead with his hand and ask helplessly, "Coach Ruby, why do you suddenly want Mr Xia to become a player of the club? This … This idea was simply too crazy! And I wonder … didn't Mr Xia just bounce a few balls on the sidelines yesterday and then compete with Rocca for a fixed-point free kick? He didn't go through any physical tests and comprehensive football tests. He didn't even participate in a training session. Why do you think he's the player? La Liga's selection criteria shouldn't be so low, right? "
At this point, Jiang Xiaochen immediately realized his slip of the tongue and hurriedly said, "I didn't mean that Mr Xia's ability is not strong … It's just that … there's an old saying in Huaxia that there are specialists in every field. After all, Mr Xia is in business and has never played professional football. I think in terms of football ability alone, there should be a certain gap between him and a professional player."
Ruby said seriously, "Mr. Jiang, I can responsibly say that Mr Xia's level of free kicks alone is enough for any La Liga team to be willing to sign him! Last night, I carefully analyzed the video of Mr Xia's free kicks and found that his stability is really frightening. He kicked such a difficult lift ball a total of nine times. Not to mention that every time, he perfectly scored. What's even rarer is that for these nine free kicks, the trajectory of the ball, the arc, the position of the ball, and even the running time of the ball in the air are almost exactly the same! Once doesn't prove anything, but if it's the same nine times, it's enough to prove something. I firmly believe that even if Mr Xia kicked the ball 10 more times, he would still be able to steadily kick the ball in! Mr. Jiang, do you know what this means? "
Ruby looked at Jiang Xiaochen with some fanaticism. Without waiting for Jiang Xiaochen to answer, he said, "This means that as long as the team creates a free kick within 30 meters of the opponent's goal, there's a high probability that it will be converted into a goal! If it's in a key game, such a goal means three points! It's even related to the success of the team's survival! "
After Jiang Xiaochen heard this, he gradually calmed down. He was no longer as excited as when he heard Ruby say that he wanted Xia Ruofei to be signed by the club. He touched his chin and muttered to himself.
Ruby continued, "Mr. Jiang, I don't need Mr Xia's stamina to be able to play the whole game. I don't even need him to be able to form any effective cooperation with the other players. I also don't need Mr Xia to participate in the team's defense. He only needs to take free kicks for the team, and that's enough! So, I'm not particularly concerned about how long his stamina can last in the game. In addition, I've seen him toss the ball and take free kicks. From the point of view of a professional manager, Mr Xia's sense of the ball is still very good. After he's on the field, he only needs to roughly stand in his position and appropriately contain the opponent in the defense. He doesn't really need to participate in the defense. Then, when the team gets a free kick, he stands up to take it. It's that simple! "
After watching the video of Xia Ruofei taking free kicks edited by Ruby last night, Jiang Xiaochen took a long breath and said, "Manager Ruby, I admit that I'm a little tempted by what you said, but … this is really crazy! I … "
"Mr. Jiang, how do you know if you haven't tried?" Ruby said, "This won't have any impact on Mr Xia. How do you know that he won't agree if you haven't tried?"
Jiang Xiaochen nodded and said, "Okay! I'll go and ask Mr. Zhou for instructions! "
After that, Jiang Xiaochen couldn't help but pat her forehead and said, "I really don't know if my decision is right or wrong! Maybe I'll be scolded badly by Mr. Zhou. If I lose my job, you'll have to compensate me for my loss … "
Ruby smiled and said, "That won't be necessary, Mr. Jiang. You're Mr. Zhou's right-hand man. Even if he doesn't agree with this proposal, he won't fire you. But if it succeeds, for the team, it'll be equivalent to having another stable point of scoring! "
In a small and medium-sized club like RCD Espanyol, if there was a player with a high success rate of taking free kicks, the effect would be very good. In many key games, the score may be only one goal away. Even this one goal could become the key to determining the situation of the team's survival.
Jiang Xiaochen smiled bitterly and said, "Even if this crazy idea comes true, you can't expect Mr Xia to play many times for the team. He still has a big company to manage in Huaxia. It's impossible for him to fly to Spain every two or three days."
"I understand! I understand! "Ruby said quickly.
"Okay, then you go ahead and do your work!" Jiang Xiaochen said, "I have to think about how to report to Mr. Zhou …"
"Mr. Jiang, then I'll leave it to you!" Ruby said, then turned and left Jiang Xiaochen's office.
Jiang Xiaochen hesitated for a long time and finally decided to report to Zhou Leiyun in person.
Some things couldn't be explained clearly over the phone, and he also wanted to play the highlights that Ruby had edited last night for Zhou Leiyun. He had just watched the highlights and began to feel a little tempted.
What Jiang Xiaochen didn't expect was that when he arrived at Zhou Leiyun's manor in the wealthy district of Barcelona, he found that Zhou Leiyun was not the only one there. Xia Ruofei was also there as a guest.
Zhou Leiyun saw Jiang Xiaochen and said with a smile, "Xiaochen, you're here! What's the matter? "
Jiang Xiaochen looked at Xia Ruofei, who was next to him, and hesitated to speak.
Zhou Leiyun couldn't help but frown and say, "Why are you still hesitating? It's not like you don't know that Boss Xia is an outsider, right? If you have something to say, say it quickly! "
Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "President Zhou, maybe Manager Jiang wants to report something about your company's secrets! I'd better leave for a while! "
"No, no, no! Aren't you slapping me in the face? "Zhou Leiyun quickly said," How can there be so many company secrets? Boss Xia, you stay here and don't go anywhere! "
Jiang Xiaochen was only responsible for the work of the RCD Espanyol club and didn't participate in other matters of Shengshi Group. How could there be any secrets that Xia Ruofei couldn't hear? Moreover, Xia Ruofei was also one of the major shareholders of the club. Strictly speaking, everything that Jiang Xiaochen knew, Xia Ruofei had the right to know.
After that, Zhou Leiyun frowned slightly and looked at Jiang Xiaochen, saying, "Xiaochen, what's wrong with you today? You're so shy and unmanly! Is there anything about the club that Boss Xia can't hear? Nonsense! "
Jiang Xiaochen quickly said, "No! No! Please don't misunderstand … "
Jiang Xiaochen knew that he really had to say it today. Otherwise, he would offend both Zhou Leiyun and Xia Ruofei.
However, since Xia Ruofei was here in person, Jiang Xiaochen's prepared speech was useless.
He could only bite the bullet and say, "President Zhou, Boss Xia, what … what I'm going to report has something to do with Boss Xia …"
When Xia Ruofei heard this, he couldn't help but be curious. He smiled and asked, "It has something to do with me? Tell me what it is! "
Jiang Xiaochen said, "That … First Team Manager Ruby suggested to me that he hopes … that he can … bring in Boss Xia!"
"What? I don't understand. "Zhou Leiyun frowned and asked," What do you mean by 'bring in Boss Xia'? "
"He hopes to sign a contract with Boss Xia and let Boss Xia become a registered player of the club." Jiang Xiaochen made up his mind and said it directly.
Xia Ruofei and Zhou Leiyun looked at each other. They both felt that it was a little unbelievable.
Xia Ruofei said, "Manager Jiang, what is this Manager Ruby thinking? That's a little too imaginative … "
Jiang Xiaochen quickly explained, "Boss Xia, Manager Ruby has taken a fancy to your extremely strong free kick ability! In addition, he also said that you don't need to stay in Spain and you don't need to play in every game. It's just that you can go on the field to take free kicks at key moments in some key games. "
Xia Ruofei couldn't help but laugh and said, "That's too low of a requirement! Just because I took a few free kicks yesterday, he decided to sign me? Isn't that a little sloppy?! If our club's recruitment standards are so low, then in the future … "
"You've misunderstood, Boss Xia!" Jiang Xiaochen quickly explained, "Manager Ruby didn't make this decision rashly. He spent almost the entire night analyzing video clips of you taking free kicks. He even edited a video clip himself. I brought it over …"
As Jiang Xiaochen spoke, she turned on the tablet computer and played the video clip edited by Ruby. At the same time, she also played Ruby's analysis of Xia Ruofei's technical characteristics one by one.
After watching it, Zhou Leiyun couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and say, "Xiaochen, if you didn't mention it, I really wouldn't have realized … Boss Xia's free kicks are almost exactly the same! No wonder Ruby couldn't help it, haha! "
Xia Ruofei actually secretly admired this manager's unique vision.
When he took the first nine free kicks yesterday, he did deliberately carry out a certain amount of control. That was why the arcs and angles of the free kicks were so close. But this wasn't necessarily something that everyone could see.
Ruby edited the videos of the nine free kicks together from the same angle, and it suddenly became very intuitive.
Jiang Xiaochen looked at Xia Ruofei nervously and said, "Boss Xia, the team now still has a non-EU player quota. If you can …"
"Xiaochen, don't say anymore!" Zhou Leiyun waved his hand and interrupted Jiang Xiaochen. "What's Boss Xia's identity? He can play off the field, but how can he really play professional football on the field? Go back and tell Ruby that this matter ends here. Don't even think about it! "
Jiang Xiaochen was actually mentally prepared before she came. She knew that the success rate of this matter would not be very high. But when she heard Zhou Leiyun's words, she still couldn't help but feel disappointed.
Jiang Xiaochen nodded and said, "I understand, General Manager Zhou …"
She sighed secretly and closed the tablet computer. She bowed slightly to Xia Ruofei and Zhou Leiyun and was ready to turn and leave.
Just then, Xia Ruofei suddenly said, "Wait a minute!"
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
