Chapter 173: Exotic New Year
After the physical examination, under the leadership of Paco, Han Sen and others came to the office of the president of the Barcelona club, and everyone pushed the door open, and the president of Barcelona, Laporta, had been waiting inside for a long time.
"Welcome, Han, this is our first meeting." Laporta said this, although he was smiling, but he did not get up from behind his desk, and in front of him lay a contract.
Finally about to sign the deed of sale, Han Sen secretly exhaled in his heart, and then sat down opposite Laporta.
"Rijcaldeto, I'll bring you a message." Laporta didn't wait for Hansen to sign, and said with a smile, "He said that it is a pity that he can't witness the moment when you sign as a good player because of the away game, but you have left a deep impression on him, and I hope you can adapt to La Liga as soon as possible this season, and then play for Barcelona next season." β
After listening to Han Weimin's translation, Han Sen also smiled and said: "Xiexie Coach cares, and I also hope to be able to play for Barcelona as soon as possible." β
After the GRD agency reviewed the contract, Han Sen and Laporta signed the contract separately, as if they were faster than anyone else, Han Sen thought to himself I couldn't understand it anyway, there was also the publicity department of the Barcelona club on the side, and the photo of the two signing the contract and shaking hands after signing with the camera clicked.
After shaking hands, Han Sen suddenly took a red gift bag from Han Weimin's hand: "Mr. President, this is our Chinese national liquor Moutai, this wine has a history of more than 2,000 years, behind this wine, there are countless Chinese moving legends and cultural heritage, of course, these two bottles may not have such a long history, just four or five years, I hope you can smile, thank you for your love to me, and thank you for your recognition of Chinese players." β
Laporta obviously didn't expect Han Sen to have such a trick, and he was a little caught off guard, but after listening to Han Weimin's translation, he still accepted the gift with a smile, and generously pulled Han Sen to take a group photo with these two bottles of Moutai.
After that, Han Sen appeared in front of the huge Barcelona emblem at the door of the Barcelona club office and accepted the media's photo, but after all, it was a relatively small reinforcement, plus Han Sen was about to loan Mallorca, and the media that really arrived at the scene were online media such as Barcelona's official website and La Liga's official website, as well as the famous "As", "Marca", and "Daily Sports" reporters, but the reporter lineup was not huge, and each media sent at most two people.
After all the process was over, Laporta invited Han Sen to have lunch together, as a value and care for new players, especially a foreign player, lunch is also very simple, basically no different from a buffet, under the translation of Han Weimin, Laporta and Han Sen casually chatted about Han Sen's basic situation, and the meal was eaten, and after this meal, it also means that Han Sen's fate with Barcelona this season has come to an end.
After the lunch break, Han Sen followed Han Weimin to the Chinese Consulate General in Barcelona non-stop to participate in the Spring Festival reception of overseas Chinese in the evening. ARMANI, let Han Sen hear the tightness of his wallet for a while, although he usually doesn't buy famous brands, but with a girl of Xu Yun's level, he has listened a lot.
"Armani!" Han Sen intuitively heard a lot of this brand, it should be more popular, but when he went to the brand store in Barcelona, he found that it was not cheap, a suit was 1,000 euros, plus a series of shirts, ties, leather shoes, and nearly 2,000 euros, which was 20,000 yuan.
The Spring Festival reception was held at the Consulate General that night, which was presided over by Consul General Wang Shixiong and his wife, and about 150 representatives of overseas Chinese and Chinese were invited to attend the event. In his speech, Wang Shixiong first reviewed China's tremendous achievements in the political, economic, social and other fields in 2007, and said that in the past year, the vast number of overseas Chinese living in Catalonia have united and cooperated, worked diligently, abided by discipline and law, loved the country and loved their homeland, and their political and economic strength has been further enhanced. Wang Shixiong expressed appreciation for the positive role played by the vast number of overseas Chinese compatriots in promoting cooperation and exchanges between China and Spain, supporting domestic economic construction, and preparations for the Beijing Olympic Games. Wang Shixiong said that the Consulate General will, as always, follow the central government's purpose of "diplomacy for the people", pay full attention to and support the survival and development of overseas Chinese, earnestly safeguard the legitimate and legitimate rights and interests of overseas Chinese, continue to guide the great unity and alliance of all overseas Chinese groups, promote the integration of overseas Chinese into local society, continuously improve the social status of overseas Chinese, promote Chinese education, and make greater efforts for the majority of overseas Chinese to live and work in peace and contentment.
Wang Shixiong didn't speak for a long time, but because there were also some local people in Spain and even Catalonia at the scene, each sentence was translated into Spanish and Catalan, and a speech that could have been delivered in ten minutes was forced to drag on for half an hour, Han Sen didn't have time to take a shower, so he changed into a newly bought suit, and sat there uncomfortable, but looking at the well-dressed so-called upper-class people next to him, he was embarrassed to move, not to mention how awkward.
However, the part of the speech ceremony was a bit unexpected by Han Sen, it turned out to be everyone singing "Singing the Motherland" together, and the atmosphere of the scene suddenly pushed to a climax, and Han Sen felt that he was back in the early days of the college football team, and every day he ran laps alone on the playground with this song to warm up.
After the speech ceremony, there is a Chinese-style banquet, the banquet hall has a total of more than ten large round tables, and the lunch buffet in Laporta at noon is different, this banquet is very rich, and at first glance are typical Chinese dishes, plus the exquisite production, color, flavor and taste, which makes Han Sen, who has not sat down for a meal for several days, a little salivating, but Han Sen has eaten everywhere, except for the fact that he has not eaten in a suit and tie, and because of the reason for his first arrival, Han Sen was also specially arranged at the first table with the consul general and his wife.
"After Xiao Han arrives in Spain, whether you are in Barcelona or Mallorca, the Consulate General is your home, if there is anything, you are an excellent talent in our country, and we will do everything to serve you." Wang Shixiong sat at the round table and said to Han Sen, and although Han Sen was mixed in the first table, because of his identity, he only accompanied the last table.
The outstanding talent hurriedly stood up and toasted Wang Shixiong: "Thank you to the consul general and his wife, I will definitely ......"
Speaking of this, Han Sen suddenly choked a little, you said that you must play football well to serve the motherland, it has nothing to do with other people's consulates, it seems empty. You said that you must follow Wang Shixiong's meaning, let the family serve you well, people are kind words, Han Sen stood there and his mind turned around for most of the time, and he didn't even think of what attitude should be appropriate.
"Haha, Xiao Han is still very young!" Wang Shixiong smiled generously, and then raised his glass, "Cheers!" β
Han Sen stood there and had to say embarrassedly, "Cheers!" β
After the banquet, everyone went to the backyard of the Consulate General to set off traditional Chinese fireworks, but unlike this high-end occasion, the fireworks show was very shabby, and more than 100 high-end upper-class people watched the fireworks show, which is the grade of some family fireworks in China.
Han Weimin saw Han Sen's doubts on one side, so he secretly told Han Sen that because China is a large producer of fireworks, the Chinese have received special attention from the inspectors in the local wholesale warehouse. Last year, a total of 21 shops in Barcelona were punished by the government, and most of the fines were imposed on Chinese merchants, because some of the firecrackers sold by Chinese merchants contained more gunpowder than three times the amount required by Spanish law, so in order to avoid such folk conflicts with the local government, the consulate could only buy some relatively cheap fireworks to support the faΓ§ade.
Han Sen said to Han Weimin with a smile: "It turned out that Xiucai didn't go out and could know the world's affairs, but now I found out that even if he went out, he didn't know the world's affairs!" β
Han Weimin also patted Han Sen on the shoulder and said, "If you stay abroad for a long time in the future, there will be more things you don't know!" β
Han Sen listened to Han Weimin's words, looked up at the brilliant fireworks in the sky, and the wishes and concerns in his heart suddenly burst like fireworks, divided into multiple branches, one of which naturally traveled across the ocean and flew to distant China, while the other team had already flown to Mallorca Island, where it would be Han Sen's new beginning.