Volume 4 The Storm Chapter 17 The Night Is Dark
It was more hilarious than I thought. "That's what Donn said when he arrived in Volendam
Indeed, he thought that this was a small fishing village in the middle of nowhere, and that there were no people, and that he could hear the roosters and dogs barking very clearly.
The small fishing village is good, but it is already a small fishing village that is a tourist attraction. There are many tourists from all over the world, and those visiting Amsterdam will also choose to visit this town, which is a 30-minute drive from the Dutch capital, as it is one of the most famous wedding locations in Europe.
When Chrislak heard Donn say this, he thought he was dissatisfied with it, but he didn't expect to follow him and said, "That's not bad, lively town...... In the evening, the boys didn't have to go to Amsterdam to relieve their boredom. β
The team members on the car were also curious about the strange town outside the car.
As they walked around the town, they saw several floats, all of which were couples preparing to take wedding photos.
"What a romantic town." Ribery whistled.
The Forest team will certainly not be staying in the town of Volendam, and they are targeting one of the professional teams here, Warrendam.
Although Volendamm are still struggling in the Dutch second division, their training facilities are well developed and there is nothing wrong with the training camp.
By the time the team was able to see the sparkling Lake Ether in the distance from the car, they were already approaching the gates of the Warrendam training base.
The car drove straight through a row of lush trees, and from behind the trees were red, spired-roof bungalows, where they were staying.
"Here we are." Albertini, the captain, stood up and beckoned his teammates to get ready to get out of the car.
When the car stopped, Don and Don, as well as Chris Lak, got out of the car first, and there were already Warrendam club officials waiting under the car.
After a brief welcome, and after a pleasant greeting, the Warrendam club took the team to their residence, and the luggage was carried for them, all they needed to do was bring a small bag with them.
The weather in the Netherlands today is good, the sun is shining, and Don is also in a good mood, and joked with the other party: "I don't know if there are two Chinese players in your club?" β
The other party was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Don was talking about.
Don didn't expect any answers, he laughed, "Just kidding. Here the conditions ...... Very good. He looked around the training ground, which was a bit exaggerated, but not to the point of "very good", after all, the other party was not a fortune club, and the financial situation was not good.
The person in charge of talking to them about renting the training ground was Alan . Adams, who took advantage of the opposition's poor financial situation, got the most out of the Forest team β getting things done with the least amount of money.
Don has to admit that he is really not business material, and he is prone to emotion. For example, if Warrendam were to negotiate with the other party in his place, he might not bargain because of the intimacy that he had felt from seeing the name on a certain website.
While Donn was having fun with the opposing guests, Chris Rac played the "bad guy" at the door of the players' quarters.
"Hurry up! Half an hour of rest to tidy up, then train, and end before dinner! His loud voice rang out over the unfamiliar training ground.
Notting Red Forest was accompanied by a media outlet dedicated to covering the Forest team, the Nottingham Evening Post (Nottingham Evening Post). Bruce's tracking team: just two people, one for interviews and one for taking pictures.
As for the rest of the English media...... They all live in the town, and unlike Nottingham Forest's "official external media", the Nottingham Evening and Sera, these paparazzi are not eligible to travel with the Forest. And with a large number of reports on Nottingham Forest's summer training camp, this small club, which has been unknown in European football for more than ten years, is also about to be lively.
"I thought they were resting like this today, or some kind of social event...... Aren't they tired? "The photographer in charge of the photograph Mark . Wise grunted and set up the camera.
"How tiring can you be from flying from England to Holland?" Bruce stood beside him with his hands folded, observing what was happening here.
That's one of the reasons why the Forest team has been able to rise in such a short period of time. How Don went from a nobody to a European coach has long been no wonder.
Half an hour later, the team had changed into training clothes in the locker room and reappeared on the training ground. The bus drove away, along with the Warrendam club staff, and all the people who remain here today are Nottingham Forest.
Donn stood in the afternoon sun, sunglasses, assistant coach Chris Lak whistled and roared, the coaching staff did their job, and the players ran and sweated on the sun-drenched field...... It's just like they were at their training base in Nottingham.
Training life in the town is very peaceful, and although Volendam is a bustling tourist destination, it doesn't make it to the training ground on the eastern outskirts of the town.
The training ground, surrounded by lush greenery and Lake Ether, is like a paradise...... Of course, that's not true, because Xanadu doesn't have that many memories......
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Champions Cup runners-up, league runners-up, they do have the ability to attract many media. That's certainly one reason, and another reason is that their head coach, Tony. Dawn. "This is a figure who is likely to be the center of attention wherever he goes." -- The general consensus of the media.
Everyone knows that as long as you follow Donn, you must not worry about the news.
But this time, they were disappointed.
Nottingham Forest's training camp at Volendam is like any other team, with little to cover other than daily training, keeping an eye on a player's form and injury, and two educational warm-up games against the 'hosts' Warendamm...... This kind of news is certainly not what the vast majority of media outlets that follow with you want to get.
Don is naturally very aware of this.
"With so many media, do you really think that they are all here to see the form of new players such as Van der Vaart and Petrov up close, or to report on Forest's preparations for the first time?" Don said to his assistant coach Don, "***, imperialism will not die in my heart...... "
"David!" He shouted, and when his eyes were turned to him, he waved his hand outside the training ground: "Tell those notes, it's time to shoot!" β
Chrislak nodded, and strode towards the barbed wire fence with a straight face.
"There's so much media attention, it's just a pre-season training camp...... Lennon looked at the media surrounding the training ground, most of which he was familiar with, from England......
Gareth next to him. Bale nodded in agreement, as he could not have seen so much media even at Nottingham Wilford. What he didn't know was that at Wilford, Don was the king, so a lot of the media he didn't like were just shut out, and it was impossible to get close to the training ground. It's different here, he can't control a lot of things.
"We are now a strong team and a big star, so we naturally attract more media attention." Ashley. Yang shrugged his shoulders with a "I'm from here" expression. He entered the team half a year earlier than Lennon, and since joining the team, he has been the main force of the right midfielder, and he does have the qualification of "old man" in front of Lennon.
Ashley. Yang stretched, "Train, compete, go back to the dormitory to play game consoles...... It's so boring to have a day like this - heh......"
"But that's what the boss told us to do." Bell retorted.
Ashley. Yang looked at Bell, who still looked childish, and laughed: "Little monkey, you are still young, there are some things you don't understand...... Do you want to see heaven? β
Lennon patted Bell on the shoulder and said to Ashley. "Don't look at Gareth like a three-year-old, you want to go to the red light district, right?" β
Ashley who was recognized. Yang scratched his head a little embarrassed: "Alas, it's a pity to be here now." He looked at the head coach Donn in the distance, then leaned over and laughed and said, "The boss won't know anyway, he spends all night studying the video with the Chinese assistant coach in the room...... It's so boring! β
"But it's ......" Bell still wants to move Donn out, Ashley. Yang directly covered his mouth.
"It's not a big deal just to see. We've been in this place for eleven days, and in two days it's the Amsterdam Invitational, and we'll be back home...... What did we do in the Netherlands? When you go back, your friends ask you, 'Hey, Aaron, Gareth, is there anything fun going to that place in Amsterdam?' Do you want to say, 'No, we've been in a primeval forest for more than ten days?' β
"I went out and bought a lot of clogs the night before...... Ahh β
This time he hated Ashley, who hated iron but not steel. Jan tapped Bell on the head.
"It's a clichΓ© that anyone who comes to Holland wants to buy, and you can get it? England has sold ...... Although it is an imitation. Okay, so if you want to go and see something really special, is there anything else besides Amsterdam in the Netherlands? β
Lennon thought for a moment: "It seems that there is really no more...... Leeds has it too, but it won't come out so openly......"
"That's it, that's the feature! It's the culture of a country, do you know the culture? "Ashley. Yang Xunxun seduced two teammates. "The open culture of the Netherlands...... What an envy! We're not really going to do anything, we're just going to visit and see. The invitational tournament is about to start, do I dare to around? β
"Don't worry......" Seeing that Bell was still frowning and hesitating, he continued, "I won't let the boss know, we promise to come back before eleven o'clock, it's only thirty minutes by bus from here to Amsterdam." We just said we were going to town, and no one cared...... How's that, how's that? Go after dinner! β
This kind of thing Ashley. Yang originally wanted to do it alone, but Van der Vaart's words reminded him that who knows what will happen in that kind of place at night? It's better to bring two more people, and everyone can act together to take care of them. But this matter can't be known to more people, and the ghost knows if someone will make a small report to the leader? Truth be told, Lennon and Bell are both curious, same
It would be a lie to say that young people are full of longing to say that they don't have a red light district in Amsterdam. Now there is a person who takes the lead, agitates, and touches the heart.
Anyway, if he really came back before eleven o'clock, the boss would definitely not know, and he didn't even ask when everyone went to the town to play at night these days. Just like Ashley. As Yang said, they are just, not really, what should be done, there should be no problem...... Right?
"Okay, I'll go!" Lennon made up his mind, and then looked at Bell.
Bale and Lennon were good friends when they were in the youth team, and then they moved to the first team, and the friendship continued from the youth team to the senior team. If Lennon was going, Bell wouldn't go, though he was still a little afraid of Donn.
In Lennon and Ashley. Under Yang's gaze, Bell finally nodded.
Ashley. Yang smiled: "Listen, this is a little secret between the three of us, no one can say, if they ask, they will say that we went to the town to play." Did you hear me clearly? β
"Hmm!" The two of them nodded heavily, even if Ashley. Yang didn't remind them, and they also knew that of course they couldn't say it. That's it......
Although the boss can usually joke with everyone, no big or small, but when he gets on fire, he will immediately transform into a very scary person.
Chrislak walked out again, blowing his whistle. "The break is over, boys!"
Ashley. Young winked at Lennon and Bell, turned and ran back to the training ground.
At the end of the day's training, Don called Don and Crislak for a walk around Lake Ether to discuss plans for the new season. Before leaving, he didn't forget to tell the team members who were going out to play after dinner, don't play too late.
And when the coaches were gone, Ashley. Young called Lennon and Bell out of the training base and ran to their "paradise" in the sunset......
Forty-five minutes later, three young men dressed casually appeared on the streets of the red light district.
The sky has darkened, and the canal is brightly lit. A sexy* body is reflected in the neon window of the human flesh, which dazzles the eyes of three young people.
"Handsome guy, come in and have a look!"
Half-naked prostitutes pose to people walking past the door of the shop and solicit business. There is even a lack of women in these "sightseeing" flows.
"We spent the day in the middle of the day, and now it's so lively...... Ashley. Yang sighed.
"This ...... It's ......" Bell looked at the prostitutes who were openly soliciting customers, and the police patrolling the streets, and he really didn't know what to say, he had completely lost his ability to think and speak.
Lennon stared at the half-naked window girl, not saying a word.
"One euro for two minutes!" A sign placed in front of a store attracted the attention of three people, and the faces of those who walked out of this store were more or less satisfied.
"What is this?" Bell's curiosity was piqued, and he asked.
Lennon shook his head.
"Whatever, let's go in and see! It's only one euro, so cheap! "Ashley. Yang dragged them inside.
It was a small "hall" on the first floor, but in the middle was a cylindrical building, with many small doors around the pillars, which could only accommodate a person who was not fat at most. There is a slot next to the door. Ashley. Yang suddenly realized: "A good-looking performance, do you want to watch it?" β
"Look!" The two young men nodded firmly.
Two minutes later......
Ashley. Yang looked at the two satisfied teammates and pouted: "I'm really disappointed, it takes more than ten seconds to raise a thigh, and a fixed posture for thirty seconds, and the turntable stage is slow like a snail...... Three-quarters of the time I read it by memorization! Hey, it's not a good idea, you guys! Let's go! Go elsewhere! β
He dragged the two out of the pornographic show shop, where people kept coming in.
"Why, there are so many people lined up here?" Bell asked, pointing to a store in front of him.
There was a long queue there, and men of all colors and ages waited anxiously.
Ashley. Yang glanced at the window with the curtains drawn.
"Oh, the girl inside is picking up customers, and there are so many people in line...... It shows that people are beautiful, have a good figure, do a good job, and the business is good! β
Lennon and Belton looked at him with adoration because he knew everything......
Ashley. Yang looked at the two people, and then looked at the shops in front of him that were shooting a dragon of different lengths, and suddenly covered his stomach: "Ouch, my stomach hurts, I have to go to ......" He pointed to the C sign on the street corner, "You guys are waiting for me here, don't go away!" β
The two boys nodded honestly: "Okay, we'll wait for you." β
Ashley. Yang ran away with his stomach in his hands and disappeared around the corner.
Bell leaned on Lennon a little nervously, and he felt something strange in his back body. Bell turned his head to see Column's gaze fixed on the three-o'clock girl behind a shop window in front of him, watching with relish.
More neon lights lit up, the other side of the canal was equally bright, and the night in Amsterdam grew darker......