Over the past decade, the Hall family has invested more than 2 billion pounds in wholly or in partnership in East London, providing more than 100,000 jobs, and affecting countless families, which has given the Hall family a huge prestige in East London, and at the same time, Blaise Hall, who has followed Cameron's career path, has also had a good political capital: votes.

Aldrich has long been one of the regular guests of the royal family's banquets, as for whether to attend, it is Aldrich's freedom, in short, every national holiday, the prince's birthday, the queen's birthday, Aldrich will inevitably receive invitations, and now there is a voice in the upper echelons of the royal family that has begun to spread: the royal family is ready to knight Aldrich!

This is from a member of the Prime Minister's Cabinet, and the exact reason Aldrich does not know, but when Cousin Blaise calls him to inform him, the vague reason in his words is that the Hall family has influence that the two major parties in Britain are actively striving for.

This incident aroused Barnett's attention and reflection, and he suddenly realized at this time that maybe it was extremely right to let Aldridge stay in the football circle!

Because money can't buy honor, it can't buy the invisible influence brought by popular support.

Why do well-known stars in many countries enter politics after retiring? This is the influence of the popular base, although the ruling side and playing football are absolutely different things, but the people vote, the public will not be absolutely rational.

The Hall family has money, invests in England, and can buy hearts and minds, and the Hall family has Aldridge in football, and in the UK, this circle has a greater influence than any field. The vast majority of people can skip watching movies. Don't watch TV series. I don't listen to songs, but I have to watch a ball game.

There is a great bias in British knighthood, such as Shankly and Paisley, the Liverpool dynasty is far more magnificent than Manchester United, but the two only have the OBE title, which is not enough to be knighted, but Ferguson won the Champions League for the first time and won the KBE title two levels higher and was knighted. Only the KBE or the highest GBE title can be titled with a title like SIR. (Note: Ferguson's knighthood is controversial, and there are two theories in the information, most of which are said to be knighted by KBE, and some say that they are CBE titles, but because of the general public's habitual title of title, it is called SIR.) ）

Aldrich now has a knighthood, and the rank is also OBE, which is not enough to be knighted.

But in terms of influence and honor, the public recognizes. Isn't the positive effect on English football as good as that of Alex Ferguson?

Of course not. But that's where the prejudice of the British royal family lies.

In the absence of interests, the really powerful big men will not be upset for Aldrich, and now that the Hall family has accumulated a certain degree of influence in the business world and society, various forces have begun to woo the Hall family and ask for a knighthood for Aldrich, which can be regarded as an olive branch.

During this period, Aldrich did not want the outside world to focus on him, so he informed Blaise that the knighthood was postponed for the time being, and it was not good to talk about it at this time.

Whether there is a title or not, Aldrich doesn't care very much, the royal family gives it, he accepts it, the royal family doesn't give it, just treat it as nothing, after Ferguson is knighted, Aldrich sees the other party, and he will not feel that the other party has become special, or there is a buff blessing on him, this is just an honor.

Blaise told him that the tentative knighthood would be the KBE Legion, depending on his final decision after he took LinkedIn to the national team at the World Cup table in the summer.

In other words, Aldridge will be awarded the Order of the Commander of the Order of Knighthood this year, if the England national team in the summer World Cup is thin, the public's support for him will definitely decline, then there will be no room for improvement in this title, but if the England national team can at least satisfy the people in the summer, Aldridge is very likely to be awarded the highest level of the Grand Cross, knighted with GBE!

This will be the highest honour ever bestowed on a person in English football

West London is a place of great light, East London can not be compared with it, when the night is getting dark, in a PUB in West London, Xiao Luo sits in front of the drum kit, holding the drumstick and shaking his head to beat the various parts of the drum kit, with his friends around him to accompani, having fun and indulging in it.

After living here for more than five years, Xiao Luo naturally met a lot of friends, and he is also a common person in this kind of place, don't worry about safety, the owner of PUB will do his best to ensure his safety, after all, Xiao Luo appears here, he can drive the popularity of PUB, and he is his honored guest, so a good atmosphere has been formed here, there will be no crazy fans to come and entangle, other guests also keep a distance to watch Xiao Luo play with friends, and people who worship him will ask him to sign and take a photo when appropriate, Or take a digital camera and record the footage as you do now.

At this time, the network is not as developed as ten years later, otherwise, it is estimated that Xiao Luo's private life will be broadcast live on the network simultaneously.

When he got tired, Ronaldo, dressed in an edgy and unique way, put down his drumsticks and went to the bar with his friends for a drink, just as one of his friends shouted at him: "Hey, Real Madrid have reversed Bayern Munich at home, Millwall will be Real Madrid in the semi-finals!" ”

Xiao Luo asked the guy at the bar for a glass of wine when he heard this, then raised his glass and said with a smile: "This is good news, I prefer to go to Spain than to Germany, guys, don't contact me in the second half of the month, I'm not free, kill Real Madrid, next month, I'm going to Scotland, bye!" ”

After drinking the wine in the cup, Xiao Luo took out the money and put it on the bar, paid for his friend's drink, and then waved his hand at everyone and left, signing with some people on the way out of PUB, and taking a photo with a smile.

He had a bodyguard, in fact, it was not intended to hire a bodyguard, but to hire a driver, but later considering that he did sometimes use bodyguards, he simply hired a bodyguard.

Why hire a driver?

Because he caused an accident while driving in Brazil, there were some small disputes, his driver's license was revoked, and he didn't want to spend time taking the driver's license test in the UK, he knew that even if he got his driver's license, maybe there would be another accident soon, such as now, what if he drank alcohol and was inspected on the road?

So he bought a luxury car, he didn't drive it himself, he asked the bodyguard and driver to drive it.

After getting into his car outside the PUB, the driver drove back to his new home on the outskirts of East London, pulled out his mobile phone and looked at it, and many of his team-mates texted him to inform him that Millwall's Champions League semi-final opponent would be Real Madrid.

Xiao Luo didn't reply to the text message, just laughed it off

Returning to London from Barcelona in the early hours of yesterday morning, the team's main players are on holiday today, and because the league opponents are not strong at the weekend, they will let the substitute squad play, Aldridge gave them an extra half day off.

Bordeaux, France.

In a winery, Schneider, Nedved, Larsson, dressed in casual clothes, and their invited guests, Shevchenko and Trezeguet, the families of five men went to the city together, and they have not yet returned, and the five of them sit on comfortable sofas, with more than ten kinds of precious red wines on the coffee table in front of them, they are not here to drink, but to taste wine, and watch the life-and-death battle between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich at the Bernabeu.

The winery here, Schneider and others have invested year after year, and they dare not say how amazing the rate of return is, but after a few years, high-quality red wines, with storage value, have begun to rise, anyway, the return is higher than if they put their money in the bank, and it seems that the risk is lower than investing in the financial market, every year they are increasing their investment, and now they have the largest investment in addition to football income, advertising business income, and the value is very high.

Taste the wines, finalize some new collectibles, and then enjoy the game.

"To be honest, I also hope that Real Madrid will advance to the semi-finals and play Bayern Munich, which is enough!"

Schneider said with a smile as he held his glass.

Nedved and Larsson looked at each other and smiled, they were really worried that Real Madrid would not be able to qualify before the game, very strange psychological activities, obviously playing Bayern Munich, Millwall will have a higher chance of winning, but they just feel that they should touch Real Madrid!

The strong are not afraid!

"I wish you all the best."

Shevchenko and Trezeguet felt a little bitter in their hearts at this time, whether as guests, as former teammates and friends, their blessings were from the heart.

In fact, Shevchenko is eager to inquire about the rumors in the transfer market, although Millwall has been denying the news of the transfer of a qiē player, but in Italy, speculation about the future of players such as Pirlo has been rampant, and there are close rumors within AC Milan.

However, considering the attitude of Nedved and others, Shevchenko dismissed this idea again.

Schneider: They don't really care about their teammates' future decisions.

Stay, that's a teammate brother.

Leave, then be friends.

Whoever chooses to leave, they don't think Millwall has anything to lose.

They follow Aldridge, they are loyal to Millwall, they don't care so much about others, they just care if you give your all while wearing a Millwall shirt!

Transfer rumors, internal trends, of course, Nedved they have long been aware of, there are not too many secrets hidden in the dressing room, but they will not go to Pirlo, Zambrotta or others to talk about it, it will become a kind of interference, harassment, affecting other people's lives, and Pirlo's professional attitude, in training, on the field, on the table, is impeccable, and that's enough, even if they do leave, Schneider will understand.

"Where did Thierry go?"

Trezeguet was curious to see what Henry would do at this time.

Schneider laughed, "Woman." ”

"Wow, British?"

"Well, in love."

Henry didn't watch the football game at night, but watched a movie in London with his new girlfriend, and when he came out of the cinema, he happened to receive a text message from his teammates, seeing that it was Real Madrid who had advanced to the semi-finals, he let out a sigh of relief, put the phone back in his pocket, took the girl's hand and walked out of the cinema.

It's going to the Bernabeu and it's been a season of surprises. (To be continued......)