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Aldridge was close to work time when he received Adam's call, and the coaching staff was ready to start training tomorrow, as has been the norm over the past few years.

He held the phone and smiled: "What if I don't have time not to go to the appointment?" ”

"Well, well, then I'll pass on your reply to Real Madrid."

"No need, just kidding."

Real Madrid's presidential election, the Sens era only won one league title, the best record in the Champions League is the runner-up, no matter how he builds momentum, the members of the Real Madrid club have exhausted his patience, and Florentino defeated Sanz with an absolute advantage and ascended to the throne of Real Madrid president.

After coming to power, Florentino immediately fulfilled his campaign promise and directly paid Barcelona a sky-high buyout fee to bring Figo to the Bernabeu, and the famous rebel in the history of the Barcelona club was born.

Florentino began to assemble the Galactic Battleship, and immediately after signing Figo, he came to London to invite Aldrich to dinner, and he knew that he must be looking for the next member of the Galactic Battleship.

Aldrich's new home is on the north side of the Thames, an upscale villa community, he is very satisfied with the place that Evan has chosen, at least not as isolated as a suburban manor, living in a community, with neighbors and new friends, may not be acquainted, but he can see familiar faces in daily life, meet and say hello, this is a very normal life.

It's time to get off work. Aldrich called Evan a call. I didn't elaborate. Just told her to go out to eat and then he drove home to pick her up.

The new home is being renovated, she stays at home as a supervisor, and if she is not satisfied, she will raise it with the renovation team on the spot.

By the time Aldrich drove back to the house, Evan had already changed into a crisp dress.

"Is there anything good today?"

Evan asked curiously as he got into the car.

Aldrich is not a big advocate of dining out, celebrities, sometimes when going out, they will encounter trivial things, and at home they just want to be quiet.

Get on the road by car. Heading to West London, Aldrich briefly told Evan about the dinner invitation.

"What do you think?"

Evan's eyes rolled, this meal has a lot of origins.

"It's just a meal."

"Just socializing?"

"Well, if the other person doesn't represent a club, I might say no."

"Ha, yes, even though Millwall is called a giant by the outside world, those old giants deal with Millwall. The homework is still not done enough. ”

Aldrich raised an eyebrow and said nothing.

Gordon Ramsay is a Michelin-rated restaurant with a 3-star rating and is one of those places that deserves to be enjoyed by all tourists or wealthy people who want to "fly" for dinner. There's no history, but it's one thing: the food is delicious.

The restaurant is located in West London, in the Chelsea area to be exact!

Aldridge's friends, social circles, at least within England, whether it is playing cards, drinking or partying, basically no one will invite him to West London, even if it is opulent and truly high-end.

It is clear that Aldridge is not welcomed by a number of people in west London, who all come from Chelsea fan backgrounds.

Being rich and having quality are two different things.

Sometimes it is precisely because people have money that they do things unscrupulously.

Aldridge came out three years ago after dining with Melanie at a restaurant in west London to find his car smeared with a pile of poop

Since then, Aldrich has rarely visited west London, and it is normal that he has no resentment in his heart.

If the Chelsea manager's car dares to park in the Millwall area for one night, it is estimated that the next day it will either be gone or it will be reduced to a pile of scrap metal.

Football is a popular sport in this country, the most common entertainment, the public, is often not elegant, there are some fanatical fans who like to cause trouble, commonplace.

Therefore, what can it be said that Real Madrid wants to talk to Aldridge about business, but they have made an appointment on the territory of Millwall's sworn enemy? It can only be said that Real Madrid's preparations have not been done well, but the other side cannot be accused of lack of sincerity.

The chairman is here in person, no matter how much sincerity can there be? Roll out the red carpet? That's not sincerity, it's brain-dead.

It wasn't until dark that Aldridge was late for the drive, after all, East and West London was a bit far away, and there was a traffic jam during commute time.

Real Madrid doesn't have the money to buy the entire restaurant, after all, the consumption here is very high, and you can't just "eat and drink at public expense", right?

Seven of them came, with Florentino as the protagonist and the others, his assistants, the club officials, also in supporting roles.

With Aldridge and Evan in total, there were nine people in total, and there were two tables in the corner of the restaurant, and Aldridge had four people at one table.

Aldridge shook hands with Florentino during the meeting, and the two met for the first time with smiles on their faces, conversing in Spanish without any hindrance, and quickly becoming acquainted with non-football conversations.

There is a difference between people after all, and the same is true between the president and the chairman.

Florentino has his own business empire, he is the second largest construction giant in Spain, and if he can work hard to achieve this country, he must have good communication skills, and as the president of Real Madrid, the vision pattern is definitely different.

Aldridge admires and even admires this kind of person, don't look at the Hall family is also rich now, but the real ability cannot be measured by the value of wealth.

In the past ten years, Florentino has increased the commercial value of the horse by 20 times, and the assets of his personal group have also increased by more than 5 times, from a group of more than one billion yuan to a giant of nearly 10 billion.

It is indisputable that Florentino single-handedly created the brand of Real Madrid in the new era, and at the same time, he also allowed his own business empire to expand rapidly through Real Madrid's platform.

What's behind Real Madrid? The Spanish government supported and the consortium supported to shape the Real Madrid brand. It can also come into contact with various business circles in various parts of the world through the Real Madrid platform. Behind this scenes. How could Florentino's own business empire not benefit?

Aldrich does not have the heart of a villain to think that the other party is borrowing the horse to use power for personal gain, on the contrary, this is just a similar win-win business model, both benefit, Florentino is not a public servant, in the era of utilitarianism, the more he wants to be a good public servant who keeps to himself. Maybe it doesn't always make a big deal.

Selfish desires make people burst out with endless motivation.

Dinner is not sumptuous to talk about, enjoy the food to order is stopped, everyone is not a country man who has not seen the world, the sea eats and drinks like a leopard, if there is a mess of food left on the table, but is despised by the people around.

Aldrich had dinner with Florentino, and when the other guests around saw it, they understood what they were witnessing, and the paparazzi naturally rushed to take pictures outside the restaurant.

Throughout the course of the dinner. Aldridge and Florentino had a great conversation, but not a word about football.

Until the end of dinner. Florentino made it clear.

"Aldridge, we've heard a lot of news about Thierry Henry, he hasn't renewed his contract with Millwall, I don't know what's going on between you and him, out of respect, I'm not going to ask, but, Real Madrid are interested in Thierry Henry, I hope he can wear the Real Madrid shirt next season, and if he becomes a problem for you at Millwall and annoys you, I think we can work together to solve your problems and give Millwall a good reward."

Florentino and Aldridge spoke in a flat voice, probably, like talking about business, and the business they talked about was the buying and selling of players.

Real Madrid have bought Figo, but Florentino has found that there may be a chance to take Thierry Henry, so why not?

Such a superstar, who was red and purple last season, also has an intercontinental and even world influence, which may be more sensational than the effect brought by Figo.

After all, a big effect of digging Figo is only for Real Madrid.

Let the fans of the horse be happy, relieve their anger and hatred!

And Henry is a real Champions League Golden Boot, European Golden Boot, and has won a lot of trophies in Millwall in two years, and there are three heavyweights! Coupled with the national team honor, if this deal can be reached, it doesn't matter what Real Madrid fans think of Florentino, the Galaxy Battleship at least has a prototype, and the brand effect is what Florentino cares about the most.

Aldridge liked Florentino, or rather, the way he did.

Maybe there are some shady means in the process of digging Figo, but that is also forced by the situation.

When Florentino did not come to power and was not yet the chairman, he did not have a reasonable identity to negotiate with Barcelona officials, and because of the factors of the sworn enemies of the two clubs, a head-to-head conversation must have ended in a collapse, so it is understandable to use some means in private.

And when Florentino officially came to power, if he made up his mind to bring in a certain player, then he must have gone out in person with enough sincerity and openly launched an offensive, and those shady methods behind the scenes are very rare.

Millwall will certainly have to deal with a lot of clubs in Europe, buying and selling players, and it was, is, and was unavoidable.

But do you like the other party to negotiate openly?

Or are they conspirators who like to use dirty tricks behind their backs?

Obviously, the former.

Aldrich wiped his mouth with a napkin, and was about to reject Florentino when he pushed a card in front of him with several names written on it.

'It's no secret that the club has more than €200 million in debt because we have just signed Figo, so we can't make a deal with cash, but in other ways I believe that if Millwall are willing to work with Real Madrid, we can get a mutually satisfactory outcome.'

After Florentino finished speaking, he picked up the cup and took a sip of water.

He didn't come to ask Aldrich to do business, if he can succeed, it doesn't matter if he doesn't, in business, the world is not revolving around him, and the business is not benevolent, as long as Real Madrid does his best with enough sincerity, he has a clear conscience.

If you can't sign it, you can't sign it.

But if the reason why you can't sign it is because you haven't worked hard, this is unacceptable to successful people.

Aldrich was not in a hurry to reply to the other party, and picked up the card and looked down at the name on the card.

I was a little surprised at the bottom of my heart.

Anelka.

Barack.

Karrumbu.

Redondo.

Guti.

Casillas!

Real Madrid have no cash left to pay for Thierry's transfer fee.

And if Henry transfers, it may be a record sky-high price.

Real Madrid had made offers of more than £30 million before, but that was the Sanz era.

When Florentino came to power, he used the money to buy Figo, so they have no money now.

The six names that appear on this card are clearly the chips that Florentino used in exchange for Henry! (To be continued......)