Chapter 214: Fellow Meets Fellow
Because of Shunsuke Nakamura's affairs, Hugo was of course not too busy, but Sailly was the key figure, so he put Li Tie and Xu Hongtao aside and canceled the pre-meeting arrangement.
Xu Hongtao and Li Tie didn't know that Hugo had already made up his mind to sign him, but his priority was obviously not as important as Shunsuke Nakamura. Esposito took them to see the training base in Trapani.
Li Tie has a good sense of this small seaside city, he has also heard that Sicily is the birthplace of the Italian mafia, and the security here is not good, but he didn't expect that Trapani is not like this, the security environment here is very good, and it seems to be on the rise.
Before coming here, Selli said his transfer plan, although it has been stated that he cannot stay here in the first year, but Li Tie hopes that he can transfer, according to Mr. Sailly's vision, successfully stay in the United States, and successfully return to the Trapani team to play, this feeling is indescribable confidence in Trapani, the training base here is excellent, and the hardware conditions are many times better than in China.
With a worried heart, Xu Hongtao and Li Tie waited for four days, and Sailly finished Nakamura Shunsuke's affairs before coming to the Colleni Hotel to visit them.
Lu Fan was waiting for them at the door of the hotel in a Rolls-Royce convertible car, which Hugo bought at the beginning of the year, and it was the most expensive car in the entire Trapani area, which was also the first luxury item in Hugo's hands.
However, Hugo did not usually use this car, he preferred his Ferrari, which was not worth much, so it was used as a VIP car for reception.
Xu Hongtao is somewhat in his vision, after all, he is a person who stayed abroad in the British Empire, looking at this posture, he feels that today may be a good thing, which shows that people attach great importance to us, and may sign Li Tie, and he can't help but be happy.
Of course, Lu Fan, who was driving, also made the two of them curious, and Xu Hongtao finally couldn't help but ask on the road: "Are you Chinese?!" ”
"Sort of!" Lu Fan was wearing sunglasses, tilted his head slightly, and Xu Hongtao saw the smile on the corner of his mouth.
But that's it, right?! Xu Hongtao was a little puzzled.
"I'm Argentine-Chinese, and my grandfather came from China for his generation! That's why I say I'm counted! Lu Fan explained with a smile.
"You speak Chinese very well!" Li Tie also interjected and praised.
"What's my brother's name?! My name is Xu Hongtao, this is Li Tie, a Chinese player! Xu Hongtao asked enthusiastically, when he first boarded the car, Lu Fan sat in the driver's seat and did not move, and they did not exchange names, Xu Hongtao thought that Lu Fan was a driver until now.
"I've seen you! I also play at the training base occasionally! Lu Fan didn't look back and said with a smile, "I saw you the day before yesterday!" My Chinese?! Well, it's okay to get by! Mr. Coleni speaks better than I do! He is a China expert! My Chinese name is Lu Fan! ”
Xu Hongtao and Li Tie This is the second time they have heard that Hugo is a Chinese expert, and the first time is Sailly, the two of them can't help but be curious about Hugo, one person said that it is not credible, and now even this Chinese is saying so, so how familiar is that boss with China? ! It's hard to imagine!
"Mr. Lu, hello! Thank you for your continued support! Xu Hongtao hurriedly said, the fellow saw the fellow, and finally caught a Chinese, and it is good to have a good relationship, even if he is a driver, according to Chinese habits, the driver who drives for the boss and the boss are extraordinarily close to the relationship, Xu Hongtao guessed that the relationship between the driver and the boss should be good, maybe he can say a word or two.
"Care?! All right?! Good news for you! Mr. Colini has decided to sign Mr. Li Tie! That's not good news! Lu Fan said with a smile.
Yes! Xu Hongtao and Li Tie are both surrounded by this huge sense of happiness, and they really want to sign?!
Xu Hongtao did not ask Sailly in English, Lu Fan This is a business news revealed for the sake of the Chinese, he asked Sailly again, maybe this Sailly in front of Mr. Colani is not necessarily, this is not good for Lu Fan!
In about ten minutes, everyone arrived at Hugo's residence on the beach side of Juliano, no one greeted them, Lu Fan parked the car and Seli took Xu Hongtao and Li Tie directly into the villa.
The interior of the villa is decorated in a modern style, and when I entered the house, Hugo heard a noise in the kitchen and came out with an apron on.
"Welcome, welcome! You're Mr. Xu Hongtao, right?! You're Mr. Li Tie, right?! Hugo warmly shook hands with them and asked them to sit down on the sofa.
The two of them were surprised by Hugo's dress, it was possible that the boss was cooking in person today, and the Mandarin was too slippery to hear that he was an Italian at all!
"Mr. Colani, they say you are a China expert, I still don't believe it! Now listen to you, cover your face, I will definitely think that you are Chinese! Xu Hongtao muttered to himself as he pretended to be shocked.
I'm originally Chinese, but I fucking crossed over, I don't know what's going on! Hugo chuckled.
"Hehe, thank you for the compliment, Mr. Xu!" Hugo took off his apron and handed it to Lu Fan, "Brother Fan, it's up to you next!" Hope you don't do too badly! ”
"I don't want your level! All I can say is try your best, it won't be hard for everyone to swallow anyway! Lu Fan quickly tied an apron.
Sailly couldn't understand Chinese, so he had to laugh awkwardly with everyone.
"It's a pleasure for you to be a guest in my house! I am a China expert, and I have a good impression of China! I still have a lot of business in China! So it's nice to meet you, and generally when I encounter something that makes me happy, I cook for myself and treat my friends! So I'm cooking today, and I'm going to give you a taste of home! Hugo smiled and took the coffee that Selly had poured over.
took a sip of coffee, and without waiting for Xu Hongtao and Li Tie to praise, Hugo said again: "Don't worry, the food I cook is definitely not unpalatable!" Brother Fan's cooking skills are also quite reasonable! ”
"Joke, Mr. Collaney! You must have studied Chinese food culture deeply! Xu Hongtao said with a smile.
"It's true! I used to live in China for a while, and my favorite thing is to eat in the streets and alleys, where there are many folk chefs! Hugo began to tell what he had seen and heard in China in his previous life.
Several people talked a lot, all talking about China, and Xu Hongtao gave a thumbs up and praised Hugo's "China expert" is indeed worthy of the name.
The lunch at noon was very rich, everyone had a few drinks, whether it was delicious or not, Xu Hongtao praised Hugo and Lu Fan's craftsmanship.
After lunch, several people sat on the sofa and began to talk about Li Tie's transfer, in order to make it easier for Selli to understand, this time everyone used English.
"Mr. Xu, you should know the purpose of our introduction of Li Tie, right?!" Hugo poured Xu Hongtao a cup of tea.
"I know, I've been in this football circle for so long, I know that you have taken a fancy to Li Tie's commercial value, but I hope you are not just because of this!" Xu Hongtao still tried his best to fight for Li Tie's status, at least Li Tie should have time to play, arrange some playing time for him, and let him get exercise.
"Of course it won't just be commercial value!" Selly said, "I already talked to Hugo two days ago, Li Tie's current strength can compete for a place in the Trapani team, but I said earlier that we don't have a place for non-EU signings, so we can only loan him to Guingamp in Ligue 1!" Guingamp also has a stake in Hugo, and he is one of the shareholders of that Ligue 1 team! Guang's strength is relatively weak, Li Tie is gone, I believe that after a period of adaptation, he can play the main force in that team! ”
'We want him to grow up there, to be familiar with European football, and if we are promoted to the first division next year we will use the non-EU quota places and take him back!' Sailly explained the arrangement again.
"I don't ask for anything else! I just want to make sure he gets his playing time! Xu Hongtao proposed again.
"Don't worry, I will say hello to Gangang, Li Tie leased them not to let them use it but to use it well! It's not okay not to let him play, we'll make it clear how many times we play in the loan terms! Hugo interjected, he really didn't want Li Tie to be abolished, according to the arrangement, he should play here for many years, but he can't just be scrapped, and it is very difficult to find another player.
"Mr. Xu, we are a responsible club! We are not other European teams, in order to sponsor and forcibly buy Asian players, we have a commercial purpose, but this is only a part, we hope to help Chinese football, can let more powerful Chinese players appear on the international stage, we think Li Tie has such potential! Sailly explained with great righteousness.
Hugo laughed secretly, when it comes to talking nonsense, Sailly is also a good hand at patting his chest now!
In the afternoon, everyone had a detailed discussion on the salary issue, Hugo gave a very generous salary, higher than Li Tie in China, which made them very satisfied, everyone finalized everything in one afternoon, but the transfer will probably take time like Shunsuke Nakamura.
The next day, Xu Hongtao went back to China to handle this matter, Li Tie stayed here, and Hugo asked him to follow Trapani Xia Xun first.