12 Great Father
Football is the most popular sport in Argentina, and now it is the World Cup in France, coupled with Argentina's 5-0 victory over Jamaica in France last night, making the Argentine restaurant full of World Cup atmosphere full of World Cup heat wave everywhere.
The restaurant's TV was replaying last night's game, with Batistuta scoring a hat-trick, becoming the only player in World Cup history to score a hat-trick in two consecutive World Cups.
Although they had already watched the live broadcast last night, when Barty scored again, there was still a series of cheers throughout the restaurant, and everyone seemed to be celebrating Barty's goal on the spot.
"Argentina has always been rich in this kind of passionate and talented superstars, Kempes, Di Stefano, Maradona, Batistuta, Caniggia, Redondo, and then Messi!" Xiao Yu stared at the TV, more like he was muttering to himself.
Jorge, who was sitting across from him, was a little surprised, he didn't expect Xiao Yu to compare his son with so many talented stars, especially when he knew that his son was suffering from a stubborn illness.
"Jorge, this is my business card, and my ID, plus this is our club number, if you have any questions, you can also call the FA directly to consult, we are a officially registered club in England." Xiao Yu first had to prove his identity.
Comparing hearts to hearts, no matter who it is, if a person suddenly runs out and says that he is a representative of a certain club in England, says that he values his son's football talent or something, and wants to sign with them, who will doubt it, right?
Xiao Yu has always liked to do things like villains first and then gentlemen, so he first proved his true surname.
Jorge took the documents and documents handed over by Xiao Yu, looked at them carefully, and found that they were all covered with seals that could be proved.
But looking at it, Jorge's brow furrowed.
"Don't worry, Jorge, although we are a club that has just been established this year, you only need to go to the sports newspapers in the UK and even Europe, you can see reports about us, we are a fan club that decided to stand on its own because of dissatisfaction with Manchester United's takeover, I can use my personality to guarantee my love for this club, so you don't have to worry about the sincerity of our club!"
Jorge listened to Xiao Yu's words, stared at him for a while, and then continued to read.
"You're still the owner of this club?" Jorge clearly saw the clue.
"yes." Xiao Yu admitted frankly and said with a smile: "But I am now the negotiator of the club, you know, we have just been established and are recruiting people, so I can only talk to you for the time being, I hope you won't mind." ”
"No, no, no, that's our pleasure!" Jorge replied politely and politely.
Xiao Yu ordered a glass of water, then sat there, quietly waiting for Jorge to carefully read all the documents and documents before continuing to speak.
"Mr. Jorge, frankly, we have watched Messi play football for so many years, and I have to say that he is the most talented young player I have ever seen, not even inferior to Ronaldo."
"No, you've won the prize, sir!" Jorge hurried to be polite.
Who is Ronaldo? The Alien, the world's number one striker today, is seen as a superstar who should not be on Earth at all, and is considered the greatest player who is most likely to surpass Maradona and Pele.
Can his own son compare with him?
No matter how confident Jorge is in Messi's football talent, he doesn't dare to compare it with Ronaldo.
"No, I'm serious, of course, the premise is that it has to be a healthy Messi, you say?"
Jorge's eyes darkened, obviously Xiao Yu's words aroused the pain in his heart.
"I've heard about Messi, and I know that Newell's old boy only promised to provide a small part of the medical expenses to help, and River Plate, which was very optimistic about Messi before, also gave up the plan to invite Messi, so you can only rely on yourself." Xiao Yu said with a look of regret.
"Yes, that's right, for more than half a year, we have been relying on ourselves, at first our company was able to give us some help, but recently the company's performance has gradually declined, the financial pressure is very high, and they have refused to help, which makes my family even worse." Jorge never said the predicament in front of children or outsiders, he always bears it, but now that Xiao Yu has touched the pain in his heart, he can't help it, and he needs to find someone to talk to.
"I left the management of the company, I started to work outside, at first I worked as a small worker for the moving company, the salary was good, but it was too long, and it was too far away from home, once there was something at home, I couldn't rush back; Later, I went to my father's market in the Grandorly neighborhood to pick up seafood, but it was only a small market, and when the economic crisis came, the boss fried me. ”
"Now this job, delivering beef to several Argentine restaurants, from the vegetable market to the store, is a very simple job, the salary is also good, and it is relatively free, it is my third job in the past six months."
Speaking of the experience of the past six months, Jorge has a sour face.
In front of his children, he is a kind and kind father, and in front of his wife, he is a good husband who is conscientious, but who can know that behind these identities, a man silently supports the livelihood of a family.
"I understand, Jorge, really!" Xiao Yu also felt sour in his heart when he heard it.
Although he has never been a father, he knows that his father, who does not like to laugh and laugh, always has a serious face, his palms are very rough, full of calluses, his mother said, it is all hard work, the whole person is very thin, but he is engaged in some hard physical work, just because he has not read, so he works hard to make money, wants to train his son to read and write, and find a good job in the future, without having to work as hard as him.
In Xiao Yu's impression, his father never spit out even a word of bitterness in front of him, he took everything on his shoulders, silently, for the sake of the family and his son!
Jorge is a great father just like his own father!
Thinking of this, Xiao Yu couldn't help but secretly decide that he must find an opportunity to fly to China to see his parents.
Jorge saw a layer of mist in Xiao Yu's eyes, and suddenly felt a wave of embarrassment in his heart.
"I'm sorry to say so much, it makes you laugh!"
"No, no, Jorge!" Xiao Yu said three words in one breath, "I am recalling my father, he has been very tired and hard in his life, for me, for the family, I just feel very moved, you are the same as my father, you are very great, the greatest group of people in the world!" ”
Jorge was stunned for a moment, and nodded very movingly, as if he had met a friend who could confidant.
The two men, immersed in their own thoughts, sat facing each other, without speaking, until the waiter in the restaurant brought the food to them.
Due to Jorge's delivery of beef to the restaurant, the restaurant also specially increased the portion, and at the same time gave each person a glass of beer.
"It's still your face!" Xiao Yu said with a smile.
Jorge was obviously hungry, gobbling it up, and swept away the food on the plate in one go, and Xiao Yu was stunned for a while.
"Okay, Jorge, I think we should get down to business, our club wants to invite Messi to join!" After confirming that Jorge was full, Xiao Yu spoke.
Jorge had already guessed, a little hesitant, "but Leo he ......"
"I know that he has too little growth hormone, so he has to inject biosynthetic growth hormone every day as a supplement, which we all know, and I also know that the cost is about $1,000-1,500 a month, at least until Messi's body is formed."
Jorge nodded, he had to admit that Xiao Yu was right.
More than 1,000 dollars a month for medical expenses does not seem to be much, but it costs 20,000 a year, Messi is now 11 years old, and he will have to be treated for at least five or six years, that is, more than 100,000 yuan, and with this money, you can buy a talented player with great talent in the Argentine club.
It is precisely because of this that both Newell Old Boy and River Plate immediately retreated as soon as they heard about Messi's situation.
But Xiao Yu is obviously different from all the football people Jorge has been in contact with before, he has crossed over, he knows the value of Messi, and he can exchange hundreds of thousands of dollars for a future superstar, which is definitely cost-effective.
"Jorge, our club is willing to cover all of Messi's medical expenses, and in addition to that, we invite you to move your family to Manchester, where our club can provide you and your wife with a job so that you can support your family."
Jorge was obviously frightened by Xiao Yu's words, this kind of treatment is inevitably too good.
"Of course, our club is not free of charge, we are optimistic about Messi's football talent, we want him to play for our team, this is simply not measured in money, is it?"
Jorge was a little dizzy from the pie falling from the sky, he couldn't believe that Xiao Yu would bring him such a big surprise, moving to the UK, getting a job, and solving the most difficult medical expenses, all of them were too surprising.
"Of course, I know, but I can't get you to say yes, but you can go home and think about it, or you can call the relevant authorities in the UK, and then call me, and I'll wait for your news in Rosario."
As he spoke, Xiao Yu handed out his contact number and hotel address, stood up, went to the counter to settle the bill, and left the Argentine restaurant.
And until he left, Jorge was still staring at the business card and address slip on the desktop in a daze
PS: When I saw some interviews and reports about Messi when he was younger, I was really moved, but it was to his father, I think Messi may be a great player, but his father is even greater!
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Today's fourth chapter, complete the task and go out for a haircut! During this time, I was busy with work, I haven't had a haircut for a long time, I want to get a bald haircut, save myself from running the barbershop all day, hehe!
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