Volume 1 Chapter 207 Money Football
I have to admit that those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black, which is indeed a bit of truth.
I don't know if Lu Dao has a close relationship with Eliza, anyway, Huang Chu's recent dressing has become more and more fashionable, and she has more and more of a style that does not lose to those stars, plus she is already beautiful and refined, so she is eye-catching wherever she goes.
In the departure hall of Amsterdam International Airport, she was confronted with an embarrassment.
To say that the clothes she chose are also very simple, a milky white pleated suspender T-shirt, with a pair of blue close-fitting jeans that are so deep that they are close to black, and a pair of high heels that are slightly higher than normal, they are all very ordinary outfits, and they do not have the personality of those stars, but they can be worn on her body, but they have a fresh temperament
On both sides of the suspender T-shirt showed a pair of white and pink arms, and the wrist bracelets and engagement rings on them discouraged many men who wanted to come forward to talk, and many women showed envy and jealousy, they obviously recognized that these jewelry were valuable, so many people were speculating about Huang Chu's origin, but no one was willing to step forward to bother.
At this moment, a little boy about ten years old ran up excitedly, holding a pen and a notebook in his hand, ran in front of Huang Chu, raised his head, "Sister, are you a star?" Sign me for it, right? ”
Huang Chu was a little embarrassed, and quickly shook his head, "No, I'm not a star." After speaking, she touched the little boy's head with a smile, and watched him go back disappointed, but her heart was beautiful.
Women are pleasing to themselves, and no one can escape from this hurdle.
Soon, the announcement in the departure hall announced that a flight from China to Amsterdam had arrived.
Huang Chu walked to the pick-up gate and found that there were not many people here, so he casually found a place to stand and wait.
It didn't take long to see Ye Qiu's parents each carrying a big bag of luggage and walking out side by side.
"Uncle, aunt" Huang Chu waved at them.
"Achu" Zhang Yuxiu recognized Huang Chu at a glance, and immediately walked over with her husband.
"What about Ye Qiu?" Ye Changming didn't see his son, which was a little strange.
Huang Chu smiled and took the luggage in Zhang Yuxiu's hand and took her hand, "Ye Qiu was originally going to come together, but he was going to have a meeting temporarily, but he said it, go home for dinner at noon, let's go back first."
For this well-behaved and beautiful daughter-in-law, Ye Changming and his wife are very satisfied, although this time they came to Europe to travel, it was initiated by Ye Qiu, but they also knew that their son was busy with work, and he didn't come to pick up the airport, and it was not a big deal.
"What did you bring with you, it's so heavy," Huang Chu weighed the weight of his luggage as he walked.
Zhang Yuxiu smiled, "It's all some food, that kid is very picky, saying that he hasn't eaten anything at home for a long time, no, I'll bring him more, and your Dutch friend Eliza, she also likes to eat, if it's too much, give it away." ”
Huang Chu smiled in his heart after hearing this, there didn't seem to be any habit of giving food away here, but he didn't say anything, he took Zhang Yuxiu's hand and walked to the parking lot outside the gate.
Ye Qiu now has two Ferraris, one is the first 550 he bought and the other is the recently bought Enzo, both of which are two-door and two-seater, and Eliza's Audi TT can't carry people, so Ye Qiu borrowed Roland's Audi in order to pick up his parents' plane, and fortunately he has this car, otherwise the two big bags of luggage can't fit at all.
Out of the airport, go directly to the highway, less than 5 minutes, from the Amstelveen district intersection, it didn't take long to enter Ye Qiu's community, the environment here made Ye Changming and his wife full of praise.
Xiamen is already a city with a very good environment in China, but compared with here, there are still some shortcomings.
"Almost all of them are low houses" Ye Changming is also the first time to come, and he thought that Amsterdam should be high-rise buildings, but now it seems that it is not very high, and the residences are all two or three floors.
"This is a residential area, only two or three floors, to the urban area, there will be more high-rise buildings, but not as many as in China." Huang Chu said as he drove.
It didn't take long for the car to stop firmly in front of the house.
As soon as she heard the sound of the car, Eliza rushed from the living room to open the door.
"Welcome, uncle, aunt" This Dutch girl is very pleasant and sweet.
Ye Qiu has lived here for almost four years, and he could have lived in a bigger and more spacious place on his terms, or simply bought a luxury villa directly in the northern part of Amstelveen, preferably close to the Amstel River, but he still felt that he was more accustomed to living here, so he never moved.
This house is two-storey, not big, belongs to the design of the building, there are three rooms upstairs, and there is only one room downstairs in addition to the living room and kitchen dining room, which used to be rented to Ibrahimovic, and then it has been empty, and now it is packed out for Ye Qiu's parents to live in.
"Originally, Ye Qiu said that he would arrange for you to stay in a hotel, saying that the room here is small, I'm afraid you won't be used to it, but I think it's okay for uncle and aunt to like to live at home, so it's smaller." Huang Chu took them to see the room and explained.
Zhang Yuxiu was very satisfied with the arrangement of her future daughter-in-law, and patted her hand with relief. No matter how bad it is, it is also my son's home, and no matter how comfortable the hotel is, it is always not as comfortable as my own home.
"It's okay, we don't have any requirements for living, we used to be a family of three crammed into that small house, didn't we survive it?" Ye Changming also felt comfortable living at home, so he smiled and went to put things away.
"Then uncle, aunt, you rest first, and I'll go prepare lunch." Huang Chu said with a smile.
"Let's do it with me" Zhang Yuxiu just sat on the bed board and stood up again.
"No, no, you rest, I'll just go" Huang Chu hurriedly stopped her.
Ye Changming watched happily on the side, and grabbed his wife, "Achu is right, we are visiting her house, she should cook, and ah, Achu, don't call your uncle and aunt in the future, you have to change your words."
Zhang Yuxiu also laughed vigorously when she heard it, watching her son grow up and start a family, not to mention how happy she was in her mother's heart, she couldn't stop nodding, "Yes, I'm going to get married soon, and I want to change my mind." ”
Huang Chu was amused by his two future fathers-in-law and mother-in-law, and ran out of the sky as if flying, leaving Ye Changming and his wife laughing behind them, where is the fatigue of a long journey?
Ye Qiu's impromptu meeting was about determining Ajax's accommodation in Manchester.
This time, the Ajax management gave the coaching staff the most power, saying that they could stay wherever they wanted, and as a result, Ye Qiu let Bobby Harms and Van Basten make a special trip to finally finalize the Intercontinental Hotel.
Coincidentally, the hotel where Abramovich stayed when he met Ye Qiu was claimed to be one of the best hotels in Manchester, and the other Edward VII Hotel was checked in by Real Madrid, the opponent of the final.
After the hotel was finalized, Ajax had to arrange for someone to hurry over to finalize the contract, and the next step was to start making preparations, such as sending some of the things that the team needs to live and eat on a daily basis, because according to the custom, the team's chef will also travel to Manchester with the team, to ensure that the players' eating habits do not change.
As for the ingredients, they are delivered from Amsterdam every day to ensure a fresh supply.
Although Ajax will only stay in Manchester for two days and one night, there are many things that need to be prepared, from accommodation, food, entertainment to the daily training of the team, etc., these need to be prepared in advance, and there is not much time left for Ajax, after all, this kind of thing cannot be prepared in advance.
Before, who knew that Ajax would be able to reach the final?
Ajax have been busy preparing for the final since the second leg of the semi-finals, and then the team bloodied Graafschap at home in the first round, the hapless relegation team was bloodied in two consecutive rounds, conceding 14 goals, and morale can be said to have fallen to the bottom.
After this round of games, Ajax still maintained a 7-point lead over PSV Eindhoven and won the Eredivisie championship two rounds in advance, and Ye Qiu has also decided that in the next two rounds of the Eredivisie, the team will arrange substitutes and young players to play to ensure that the main squad can devote themselves to the preparation for the Dutch Cup final and the Champions League final.
Especially in the Champions League, the opponent in the Dutch Cup final is Utrecht, and Ye Qiu is more confident in this opponent.
Then Ajax challenged FC Twente away in the 33rd round, and despite playing most of the substitutes, Ajax still beat FC Twente thanks to goals from Chloe Toure and Donny van der Meyde.
The day after the defeat to FC Twente, Yeqiu's parents arrived in Amsterdam, and Yeqiu hoped that they would be able to attend their first Champions League final, and also stop by the Arenal Stadium for Ajax's match against Heerenveen in the round of 34, as there will be a ceremony to receive the Eredivisie trophy after the game
After the 34th round of the Eredivisie, there is also a Dutch Cup final at Dekuip Stadium in Rotterdam, and the last is the Champions League final.
If it is in normal times, Ye Qiu basically eats in the club's restaurant at noon, with the players, which is also a habit of the football club, and there is a dormitory to rest at noon, but today Ye Qiu's parents came, and he made a special trip home.
It's not far away, so it's easy to drive.
As soon as the car was parked in front of the house, I heard the laughter of my mother Zhang Yuxiu, Huang Chu and Eliza talking, Eliza, a foreign girl, spoke a crooked Chinese dialect, sometimes people can't understand it, but it is very interesting, especially her voice is very crisp, and it has a different flavor to say.
There is a way that three women are in a play, and these three people get together, and they don't know what Lu Dao is discussing, but later they can obviously hear Huang Chu saying that Ye Qiu is back, which shows that this girl is worried about Ye Qiu.
When Ye Qiu entered the door, he found that they were in the living room, but he didn't see his father Ye Changming.
"Where's my dad?" Ye Qiu looked around and didn't see it.
"He said he was tired and went to sleep," Zhang Yuxiu said with a smile.
"Have you eaten?" Ye Qiu asked again.
Huang Chu shook his head, "Originally, I said to eat first, but my mother said that I would wait for you to come back." ”
"Oh," Ye Qiu replied casually, and was just about to walk to the kitchen, when he stepped out with one foot, stopped again, turned his head to look at Huang Chu, and saw that this girl's ears were red, so he smiled playfully, "I said, who do you call Mom?" ”
Everyone suddenly burst into laughter, and Huang Chu came over with great annoyance and anger, and viciously pinched this guy's arm.
"You're in such a hurry to get married? I haven't gotten married yet, and I haven't got a marriage certificate yet, so I'm in a hurry to call my mother. Ye Qiu muttered as he walked to the kitchen, ignoring the laughter of the people behind him.
"What's wrong with her calling my mom? I asked her to call it that, you see how well-behaved Ah Chu is, you stinky boy will only bully people" said, my mother also had a chivalrous and righteous fan, holding Huang Chu's hand, "Don't be afraid, Ah Chu, this stinky boy dares to bully you, I will help you rectify him." ”
The family sat down to eat together with laughter, and the atmosphere was also very harmonious.
When Eliza was eating, when she asked Ye Qiu about the meeting, she thought it was related to the players or Ye Qiu's stay, but Ye Qiu just said that this meeting was the hotel and training place for the team to finally stay in Manchester.
As for the training ground, Ajax will borrow Manchester City's training ground this time, while Real Madrid will borrow Manchester United's Carrington.
As for the issue of the team's transfer, the management has not made any statement now, to be honest, in the past, the management consulted Ye Qiu's opinion, Ye Qiu gave his own ideas, and they handled it again, but now they didn't ask, obviously they had other plans, and now Ye Qiu's own stay has not been resolved, so they can only continue to delay.
However, there is no shortage of places for Ajax's players, many players have been offered high prices, such as Ibrahimovic, who is worth at least 30 million euros, Van der Vaart, Robben and other players are also UU5 million euros, Sneijder, Arteta, Lucio and others are also around 15UU, of which Lucio is even rumored to be more than UU million euros, these are players who can sell sky-high prices.
There is news that if Ajax sells all these players, it will be able to recover at least 500 million euros in transfer income.
Needless to say, the performance is just the appreciation of the players, which is enough to benefit Ajax immensely.
And this season, the team reached the Champions League final, although the income is certainly not as good as that of a giant like Real Madrid, but on the whole, the Champions League alone is a bonus plus broadcast fee sharing and other income, whether Ajax can get 40UU million euros if they don't win the championship, if you add the ticket and match day operating income, it will be higher.
Many people wondered, why would the Amsterdam City Government be so enthusiastic about giving Ye Qiu the title of [Honorary Citizen]? He is the manager of Ajax and has led the team to good results, so that is also the thing for Ajax? How can the city government be so good?
The reason is very simple, leading the team to the Champions League final this year, Amsterdam can at least get at least 50UU of direct income from Ajax's results from tourism, consumption, sponsorship and major business activities, which does not represent the potential income in the next three years, and the influence of Ajax's victory on Amsterdam.
The reason why European football has been able to flourish is because their professionalism has penetrated into all aspects, and it is no longer just a matter for one club team to do so, but affects many, many aspects, including even the government.
This is also for why so many cities are vying for the right to host the Champions League final, which is also a huge income.
"By the way, Ye Qiu, I heard that you are about to change jobs?" Zhang Yuxiu was eating, and suddenly thought of it, so he asked.
Ye Qiu was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer, "It's not decided yet." ”
Zhang Yuxiu knows her son very well, Ye Qiu said that he was not sure, which proved that he had this mind, and from Huang Chu and Eliza's words, she could also hear that changing jobs was good for her son's career, so she did not object, but supported it.
"We don't understand your affairs, and we don't understand you young people's affairs, but our idea is very simple, let us hold our grandson as soon as possible, so ah, don't jump too far if you want to change jobs, isn't Achu in the UK? Let's see if there's a suitable one for you, you can't get married, and the two are still so far apart, right? ”
Zhang Yuxiu is an old-fashioned approach, she thinks that her husband sings and her wife follows, but she also knows that Huang Chu's child also wants to have his own career, and he is a top student at Cambridge University, I heard that it is only the internship stage, and the hospital where she is located attaches great importance to her and focuses on cultivating her, and she has just married into the Ye family, so she can't let the family give up her job, right?
Her son can speak on his own, so she said this, but it was just for reference.
"Well, I know, think about it" Ye Qiu nodded.
Even now, he has not had in-depth contact with any team, of course, the one at the forefront is Barcelona, Cruyff has talked to him a few times, but frankly speaking, Ye Qiu also has his own worries about taking charge of Barcelona, after all, how much power can such a giant team give him? And if he doesn't have enough power, will he be able to take control of the team as he wants?
He can even think about it more deeply, if the transfer power of the team is not in his own hands, then how can he build the team he wants?
There is also a other factor, which is that Spain is indeed too far away from the UK.
Amsterdam is relatively close to London, but at most we see each other once a week, and if you get married and go to Spain, how often will you have to see each other?
I can be indifferent, but when I get married, I throw Huang Chu alone in London, and I feel ruthless when I think about it.
Huang Chu is more considerate of this question, she has always said that Ye Qiu can do whatever she wants, anyway, she will graduate in more than a year, and then she can go to Ye Qiu's city to find a job.
Sometimes when you think about it, it's really a headache