"Sorry, sorry! I was so excited that I forgot to introduce myself."
The short, fat man in a suit grinned, and then spoke very quickly: "My name is Rick Girard. Everyone calls me [Fast-working Rick]. Of course, you can also call me directly." Rick. I am the club affairs assistant. From today on, I will be your exclusive personal assistant. I will be honored to be responsible for all your personal affairs and needs within the club and outside the club. I will help you buy things. Pay the phone bill, and help you contact the club's senior management to express your dissatisfaction. Internally, it can help you sort out your training schedule and remind you of the game schedule. Externally, it can also help you deal with external media and deal with negative news. In short, we can do anything for you as long as you need it. You can leave it all to me – if you have a dog, I can even walk it for you while you train.”
Damn it...
Isn't this nickname... really aimed at you?
By the way, I actually have my own personal assistant?
Is this the kind of treatment only main players get?
Even the main players may not have it!
And I'm just a player with hope... The treatment is extraordinary!
Gu Ran quickly asked: "Is there a mistake?"
Rick, who was doing things quickly, grinned and said: "Of course there is no mistake. I won this after several rounds of internal competition with two beautiful assistants. How could I be wrong?"
Rick had a proud expression on his face, "I'm so awesome, why don't you praise me?"
Gu Ran:......
Just listen to Rick continue to speak very fast: "Gu, let me tell you about your schedule for today. Your schedule for today is quite full. It will be in Lao Lesi's office at 9 a.m. There will be a meeting with the senior management, and you will have to go to the physical examination hall for a physical examination at around 9:30, and at 11 o'clock there will be a formal welcome ceremony for joining the team, where you will get to know the first-team players - if they can all arrive at 11 o'clock."
Gu Ran said in surprise: "Don't you need to train this morning?"
Rick was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "I have long heard that Gu you love training, and I finally saw it. But there is really no need to train this morning. Today is the first day after the team returns from vacation, and the requirements are not so demanding. Strict. The new head coach Nigel Adkins also has a lot of paperwork to deal with, so the first-team players only need to be on the field before 11 o'clock. In the afternoon, there will be simple adaptation training - just returned from vacation, Everyone also needs a buffer to gradually enter the state."
"According to the preseason schedule, there will be an open training session tomorrow. At that time, the club will invite major media and well-known fan groups to our first team training ground to watch the first open training session of the new season."
"The day after tomorrow will be normal team training."
"After that, we have four pre-season warm-up games to play in July, and we have two more pre-season warm-up games to play in August."
"After that, there is the professional league - that is to say, before you play in the official professional league, there are still six warm-up games to play."
"But I haven't received the pre-season schedule yet. I heard that there are too many teams that want to hold pre-season friendly matches with us this year. Even Liverpool and Arsenal are queuing up to play with us. For friendly matches, Liverpool are even willing to give us a large share of the friendly match ticket revenue, but of course, this needs to be decided after careful screening by the head coach."
"I bet that Coach Adkins must be very happy now. He is a League One coach, but at the beginning of the game, two Premier League giants lined up waiting for him to nod to accept the invitation, hahaha..."
Damn it...
In the pre-season warm-up match, there is actually a chance to play with the Liverpool first team and Arsenal first team?
Can you play against Gerrard and Cesc Fabregas when you come up?
Southampton Club is indeed a club with rich heritage! The opponents in the warm-up match are all so advanced!
It’s really cool to become a professional player! Even if you start in League One, you still have the opportunity to play against the stars of the top clubs!
——Gu Ran suddenly became excited all over.
"Rick, please notify me immediately as soon as there are any pre-season schedule arrangements."
"Okay, Rick is doing the work, don't worry!" Rick assured, patting his plump chest.
After finishing speaking, Rick added: "No worries, you came early enough today. The senior executives of Lao Les probably haven't arrived yet. I'll find you a lounge. You can rest and relax first." In a moment, I will inform Lao Les and them to come over as soon as possible and meet you in advance——"
As he spoke, Rick took out his cell phone and was about to call Lais Lais.
As expected, things are done very quickly!
Gu Ran quickly stopped Rick's hand, "No, don't let him pull it out, just follow your original plan. I also want to take this time to go to the training ground to warm up."
"Huh?" Rick didn't understand what "pull it out" meant.
But since Gu Ran said no, Rick put down the phone and said, "Okay Gu - you are so diligent, you have to spend 40 minutes on training! You can go to the first team training ground to train, I will go Contact the female reporter who just became a full-time reporter at the Progressive Saints to take a photo for you and publish it in the newspaper!"
Damn it...
If I guess correctly, the female reporter who has just become a regular employee should not be able to get up now, and I am sure that she will not be able to go to work all day today...
Gu Ran quickly waved his hand, "Rick, I don't like to show off, I just want to train."
Rick hissed, "I'm sorry Gu, I'm too small... You are so diligent, I should contact the TV media outside the club to report it!"
you……
Gu Ran couldn't laugh or cry immediately, "Rick, please take a break, really, take a break."
Rick said excitedly: "Gu, I'm just too excited. I can't wait to show you how fast I can do things."
"No need to prove it! I believe it!"
"Thank you! Gu! Thank you for your unconditional trust!"
Rick thanked him, picked up the phone again, and quickly dialed the number.
Gu Ran was immediately numb, "Wait a minute! Didn't you agree not to contact the media?"
Rick said seriously: "Of course, I'm not contacting the media, I'm contacting your exclusive team doctor, exclusive physical therapist, and your exclusive assistant coach! Since you want to train, they must also be present when you train. , this is your privilege as the star of hope!"
Gu Ran could already think of the painful expressions on the faces of poor Mai Fu, Gregory and the assistant coach who had trained at Real Madrid...
well! Those two beautiful personal assistants competing with Rick, why are you so incompetent!
As long as you give me some help, I will be yours...
Forget it, Rick, you can do whatever you like. Anyway, no one can stop me from training!
Gu Ran stopped talking and walked into the first team's training ground.
The first team's training ground was mowed yesterday and is in very good condition.
Gu Ran quickly changed into his training clothes and sneakers on the sidelines.
His training clothes are still those from the Bucks Steel Horns era, and his sneakers are still Messi's special sneakers that he bought himself.
Although he is a Southampton first-team player today, the Southampton club has not yet given Gu Ran a first-team number, so Gu Ran does not have a Southampton jersey or customized training clothes yet.
Sneakers can be distributed now, but the club's sneakers are all ordinary models provided by sponsors, which are definitely not as expensive as the expensive Messi-specific ones I bought.
After changing into his jersey and sneakers, Gu Ran stepped onto the turf of the first team training ground.
Finally...
Stepping on the soft and comfortable turf, every pore of Gu Ran felt refreshed.
This feeling is so wonderful.
Whether it’s horseback riding or hand-drawn scripts, nothing is as good as the feeling of being able to play football in the training ground!
This is my real career!
I will start from here, step by step, to reach the top of world football!
Gu Ran took a deep breath of fresh air, then threw off his legs and started running in circles in the empty training ground.
His speed is fast and steady, and his pace frequency and breathing rhythm are well coordinated.
After twenty minutes of warm-up running, Gu Ran's body was sweating slightly and his condition was just right.
Immediately afterwards, Gu Ran stretched seriously again.
After stretching, Gu Ran set up the obstacle cones himself and began to control the ball around the obstacles.
It wasn't until the end of the training that the dedicated team doctor Mai Fu and physical therapist Gregory hurried to the training ground.
"Oh my God..." Maeve shook his head bitterly.
Gregory also covered his face, "I thought that being an exclusive for Gu would only mean working overtime after training, but I didn't expect that I would have to work overtime in advance..."
"Although I shouldn't expect Gu Ran to get injured, in theory, we will only have holidays if Gu Ran gets injured in the future."
"Yes, yes, I don't expect Gu Ran to get injured, but normal players will always get injured several times in a season."
"Yes, we still have a chance to take a vacation..."
"Of course, we never want Gu Ran to get hurt."
"That's that, we can't even take a day off..."
The two people were talking and almost cried holding each other's hands.
At this time, Gu Ran ended the training, packed up the obstacle cones and walked off the field.
Gu Ran greeted Mai Fu and Gregory energetically: "Hi, you two, good morning! Nice to meet you!"
Mai Fu said with a happy smile: "Good morning, Gu! I'm so glad to see you!"
Gregory also smiled happily and said: "Gu, you are so diligent! Come on, come on, sit down quickly and let us check and massage you."
"Thank you for your hard work." Gu Ran smiled and sat on the bench on the sidelines. "The training ground for the first team is really nice. I like it here. I should come here sooner."
Maeve and Gregory's mouths twitched at the same time.
During the massage, a middle-aged coach wearing a white training suit, with his hair slicked back and quite aura, came to the training ground.
"You should be the star of hope they mentioned, Gu Ran, right?"
The middle-aged coach walked up to Gu Ran and looked at Gu Ran's body with sharp eyes. "Well, it's a bit thinner than I thought. You should really strengthen your training. Please introduce yourself. I am your exclusive assistant coach. My name is Jacob Kuttner, you can just call me Jacob. I just graduated from the assistant training class of Real Madrid Club a few days ago. So from today on, I will be responsible for your physical fitness, One-on-one training on technical aspects.”
Gu Ran quickly stood up and shook hands with Coach Jacob, "Hello, Coach Jacob, nice to meet you."
Coach Jacob said without a smile: "I'm also very happy to see you come to training so early. This is good. A professional player should have such a professional attitude. But I still want to put the ugly words up front. I People are quite strict, and I demand my players to be as strict as I demand myself."
"It is precisely because I am so strict with myself that I have the opportunity to be selected by Real Madrid Club to study there. When I was studying at Real Madrid Club, my performance in every item was the best among all assistant coaches!"
"You should know José Mourinho, right? It doesn't matter if you don't know, I can tell you that he is the current head coach of Real Madrid. Even a madman like him praised me for being crazy in training."
"I hope you will not only have such a good performance on the first day, I hope you can maintain such a professional attitude in the future. During your training, I will always accompany you. If you cannot meet the standards during training, I will require you to train until you reach the target before you can leave. So, I hope you can be mentally prepared."
Maiv, who was on the side, cleared his throat and reminded him kindly: "Well, Jacob, I think... you'd better not say such ugly things."
Gregory also said kindly: "Jacob, take it back quickly, otherwise you will really regret it."
Coach Jacob sneered, "Regret? Ha, the worst is to be replaced, but I don't care, this is my usual style! In my opinion, since Gu is defined as a star of hope, then it must be according to my The high standards of this senior assistant who graduated from Real Madrid's advanced training class. Otherwise, what kind of star of hope is it? Of course, if you can't stand it, you can apply to the club to replace me. I don't care."
Gu Ran smiled and said: "No, Coach Jacob, I like your style. To be honest, I can't wait to experience what even Coach Mourinho calls crazy one-on-one training. "
Coach Jacob said: "Very good, now we have a good impression of each other. There is no training session this morning. There will be recovery training for the whole team in the afternoon. I will come to practice by then. Let's meet in the afternoon. Come When the time comes, I will train you the way Real Madrid trains one-on-one."
Gu Ran smiled and said, "Good coach, I'm looking forward to it very much."
Coach Jacob nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, see you in our training class."
Gu Ran couldn't hold back the smile on his face, "Okay, Coach Jacob."
Maiev and Gregory on the side all shook their heads helplessly.
As soon as Coach Jacob left, personal assistant Rick trotted over in a hurry.
Rick said: "Gu, the senior executives are almost here. It's time for us to go to Old Les's office."
Mai Fu also packed the medical bag, "Gu, then we will wait for you at the physical examination center."
"Okay." Gu Ran changed into his casual shoes, put on his training clothes and walked towards the complex.
Rick hurriedly said: "Gu, are you going to meet the senior officials wearing this? I think this occasion is quite important. Have you changed into formal clothes? At least wear a suit on your upper body?"
Gu Ran shrugged, "I didn't bring it."
Rick said: "Okay, it doesn't matter, I will solve it for you."
The two walked into the complex. Rick grabbed an employee who was about the same height and weight as Gu Ran and said, "Take off your clothes! Quick!"
The employee looked horrified and said, "No..."
Rick took action directly, taking off the employee's suit jacket with lightning speed, and put it on Gu Ran's body.
Gu Ran:......
Just listen to Rick speaking very fast: "Mr. Gu Ran, thank you for your service. Your coat will witness an exciting high-level meeting throughout the whole process! Remember to pick up your coat at the front desk of the complex at noon."
Before the employee could react, Rick pulled Gu Ran into the elevator.
"No! No! My Armani! My new Armani! No! No! No -"
——After getting on the elevator, Gu Ran could still hear the employee wailing.
Gu Ran couldn't help but said: "Rick, isn't this not good?"
Rick chuckled and said, "How about putting it aside for now, and you can tell me whether I do things quickly or not?"
Gu Ran didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "It's really fast..."
Rick said with satisfaction: "Thank you! Your praise is my motivation to go faster and faster!"
Gu Ran:......
Okay, Rick, just be happy.
Ding.
The elevator reaches the high-rise office area.
Rick walked quickly in front of Gu Ran and knocked on the door of Old Les' office for Gu Ran.
——The advantage of having a personal assistant is that you don’t even need to knock on the door yourself.
Rick clicked his heel and said in a very solemn tone: "Mr. Rice, senior executives, distinguished board members, please allow me to announce loudly: Southampton's star of hope: Mr. Gu Ran - is here!"
Damn it...
The society is dead...
With no other choice, Gu Ran had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk into Laisi's office.
Wow!
The whole office burst into thunderous applause!
All the senior executives had their hair neatly combed, their suits, shirts and ties were straight, and even their clapping movements seemed to have been rehearsed in advance!
All the senior management stood up to greet Gu Ran when he walked in!
Including an old guy who was sitting in a wheelchair and taking a sling bottle, he also struggled to stand up!
What is Pai Noodles?
That’s it!
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(End of chapter)
