July 18th.
United States, California.
"City of Angels" Los Angeles!
The summer sunshine shines on the body, giving people a warm and comfortable feeling.
A BMW M3 Convertible black convertible sports car was driving at a constant speed along the famous Sunset Boulevard.
Sitting in the driver's seat was Ling Feng's personal assistant, Sophia.
Sitting in the passenger seat was Ling Feng, who was wearing a floral shirt, a cap and sunglasses!
While looking at the bikini girl passing by through the lenses, he held his cell phone and talked to Mendes on the phone:
"So, the club said they want to renew my contract?"
"That's right, they know what's interesting, so we don't have to take the initiative to speak."
"But yes, Manchester City, Paris, and Monaco have all made offers of 30 million euros to you, so the club cannot be in a hurry."
Just as the news about Ling Feng's transfer was getting heated, all the media and newspapers wanted to find Ling Feng, trying to extract any words from him that could double the reading volume and traffic.
However, they discovered that Ling Feng seemed to have disappeared!
No one saw him at home or at the club, in Leicester or London.
It wasn't until someone photographed him and his female assistant at the airport that they learned that he was preparing to take a plane to the United States on the other side of the ocean!
Why?
It has become the answer that the media are eager to pursue!
However, it will take them some time to find the answer
The reason why Ling Feng suddenly went to the United States stemmed from a phone call two days ago:
Two days ago, Beckham suddenly called Ling Feng!
Since getting Xiaobei's phone number, Ling Feng has never called him.
However, after losing to Brazil in the quarter-finals, Beckham took the initiative to send him a text message.
The content of the text message was like an elder brother, comforting and encouraging him.
Ling Feng was very moved by this.
This time, Xiaobei called, hoping to invite Lingfeng to participate in a celebrity charity football match.
This celebrity charity football match was organized and planned by Beckham and hip-hop star Chris Brown.
The purpose is to raise funds for charity for African children.
At that time, in addition to celebrities, many retired superstars or current stars will also be invited to participate.
This type of charity activity is actually an activity where celebrities find an excuse to party together and expand their contacts.
Ling Feng was not interested in whether or not he could squeeze into the upper class.
He is very attracted to those retired superstars!
I learned from Xiaobei that Ronaldinho, Ronaldinho, Figo, Scholes, Giggs and other famous football superstars will participate in this charity match!
These superstars he had only seen on TV were his youth!
For a fan and a professional player, is there anything more precious than the opportunity to compete with Ronaldinho and Ronaldinho? !
So, without hesitation, he agreed to Beckham's invitation, bought the earliest flight, and flew directly to Los Angeles!
As one of the most famous and influential stars in football, Beckham played for the Los Angeles Galaxy, a major league team in the United States, for several years and became one of the club's greatest players.
The arrival of this world superstar is an unparalleled gift for American football!
Beckham is using his huge influence both on and off the court to help American football expand its influence.
Since he joined the Los Angeles Galaxy, the number of people in the United States attending games has increased exponentially, and the number of children playing football has also increased dramatically!
After retiring last year, Beckham shifted his business focus to the United States.
And Los Angeles is one of his bases!
After the plane landed, Ling Feng first went to the hotel he had booked and put away his luggage.
Then he took a taxi directly to Beckham's home in Beverly Hills.
Here he met Beckham, his wife and children.
Although Xiaobei warmly invited him to live at home.
However, Ling Feng is not that shameless.
However, in order to make Lingfeng's travel more convenient, Xiaobei directly lent his BMW convertible to Lingfeng.
It was hard to reject the warm hospitality, and since he wanted to take the opportunity to visit the major attractions in Los Angeles, Ling Feng did not refuse.
After leaving Beverly Hills, the two went to a driving school to get a temporary driver's license.
Taking into account Ling Feng's popularity after the World Cup and to avoid being recognized, Sophia became the full-time driver for this trip.
"Boss, where should we go next?"
“Go and see the Avenue of Stars!”
After saying that, Ling Feng put the phone to his ear again and continued to talk to Mendes on the other end of the phone:
"What conditions did the club offer?"
"Thirty thousand weekly salary, sixty million termination fee!"
Hearing this, Ling Feng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Thirty thousand pounds, twice his current weekly salary!
However, Ling Feng was not satisfied with this figure at all.
You know, he is the main midfielder of the Three Lions!
Although I haven't played a single Premier League game.
However, in the World Cup, he scored one goal and four assists in five games, won the World Cup Best Rookie and was selected into the World Cup Best Team, which is enough to prove his level and strength!
Before he could speak, Mendes took the lead in explaining: "Don't worry, this is just the first wave of offers. They definitely hope to reach a contract extension agreement with you at the lowest price."
"Besides, it's them who are anxious, not us."
After a pause, Mendes immediately asked: "I want to know, what are your psychological expectations?"
You know, Luke Shaw received a weekly salary of 70,000 after joining Manchester United.
As a marginal international player for the national team, Luke Shaw earned a weekly salary of 70,000.
So as the main midfielder and core frontcourt of the Three Lions, it is not too much to earn a weekly salary of 70,000, right?
However, players' weekly salary certainly cannot be calculated in this way.
Manchester United is Manchester United and Leicester City is Leicester City.
The financial income of the Premier League's most powerful clubs and the newly promoted teams in the Premier League are simply worlds apart.
Moreover, this season, the team will be promoted from the English Championship to the Premier League and enter the European competition, and the team's player salaries will increase accordingly.
Therefore, considering the financial status of the two teams and their own value, Ling Feng did not speak as loudly as the lion:
"If I'm guaranteed to have the highest salary in the team, it can't be less than 60,000."
But Mendes was very surprised by this bottom line: "It seems that you really want to stay in Leicester City."
You know, when Real Madrid asked Mendes about Ling Feng's transfer intention, they proposed an annual salary of 4.5 million euros before tax.
On average, this works out to £80,000 a week!
If Ling Feng transfers to other European giants, especially Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Monaco and other well-funded teams, he can easily get a weekly salary of more than 100,000 pounds.
However, in Leicester City, he will never get such a high salary!
In other words, Ling Feng’s meaning is very clear:
It doesn't matter if the salary is not as good as other teams' offers. As long as it is not less than 60,000 and he is guaranteed to be the highest-paid player in the team, he will stay in Leicester City!
"I understand, just wait for my good news."
"By the way, if you meet any reporters in the United States, you must not answer any questions from them. Remember?"
"I remember."
After hanging up the phone with Mendes, Ling Feng realized that the car had stopped on the side of the road at some point.
And next to it is the Avenue of Stars where people come and go!
"Boss, we're here."
As the largest city on the west coast of the United States, Los Angeles is extremely prosperous.
Especially the existence of Hollywood has made many boys and girls with movie dreams plunge into this big dyeing vat without hesitation.
They all want to be a star with a star on the Walk of Fame!
After briefly visiting the Avenue of Stars, Ling Feng took his female assistant to a nearby famous restaurant to enjoy the taste of American barbecue.
It's the offseason anyway, so he can feast.
However, the premise is that you cannot be overweight before the start of the season.
After eating and drinking, Ling Feng made a special trip to the home of the Los Angeles Galaxy Club, the Home Depot Center, to check out the venue in advance.
Tomorrow's celebrity charity football match will be held in this stadium that can accommodate 20,000 spectators.
It was not until evening that he returned to the hotel with his female assistant.
After taking a shower and changing his clothes, Ling Feng went straight to Beverly Hills, preparing to attend the party held at Beckham's villa halfway up the mountain.
However, when they drove to the iron gate of the villa, a security guard in a black suit stepped forward and stopped the car.
Since many celebrities will appear at the party, Beckham's security work is also done well.
Even so, there were still a large number of paparazzi squatting outside the villa.
When they saw Ling Feng sitting in the passenger seat, they didn't care whether they recognized him or not, they just started taking pictures.
"Sir, I need to see your invitation."
"Oh, of course."
After handing the exquisite invitation letter from Beckham to the other party through the car window, the security personnel passed, opened the door of the villa, and allowed Ling Feng to drive in.
Arriving at the parking lot in front of the villa's main entrance, Ling Feng couldn't help but murmur in his heart as he looked at the various luxury cars already parked.
"Tsk tsk tsk"
Although he is now a million-pound millionaire.
However, compared with Beckham, he pales into insignificance.
As one of the most commercially valuable football stars in world football, Beckham's income is the highest among football stars almost every year.
His huge influence off the court is the key to allowing him to earn tens of millions of dollars every year even if he retires!
After parking the car, Ling Feng and his female assistant walked into the villa.
Inside the villa, the lights are brightly lit.
From the moment he entered the door, and within half a minute of entering the living room, Ling Feng saw many familiar faces.
Some are entertainment stars who look familiar but cannot name them, and some are well-known football superstars:
Da Luo!
Figo!
Giggs!
Although I was excited and excited inside.
However, Ling Feng still resisted the urge to step forward and talk.
When he found Beckham in front of the bar, Beckham was chatting with Ronaldinho in Spanish.
The moment he saw Ling Feng, Xiao Bei suddenly showed a bright smile, put down the wine glass in his hand, and gave Ling Feng a big hug:
"Oh man, there you are!"
Then he put his arm around Ling Feng's shoulders and introduced Xiao Luo on the side:
"Little Luo, this is Ling Feng"
"Ling, this is Ronaldinho."
After shaking hands with Ronaldinho, Ling Feng did not forget to use the Portuguese he learned temporarily from his female assistant and said to Ronaldinho:
"It's an honor to meet you, you are my idol!"
Upon hearing Ling Feng's somewhat poor Portuguese, both Ronaldinho and Beckham were stunned.
The former showed a classic smile that made people feel very friendly, and then spoke.
However, Ling Feng was confused and could only look at Beckham aside as if asking for help.
"what did he say?"
Beckham also smiled and translated for him: "He said he knew you. He had seen your game live and you played well."
After a pause, Ronaldinho continued to speak.
However, Beckham did not directly translate, but said a few words to Ronaldinho in Spanish, and the two laughed at the same time.
Ling Feng, who was watching this scene, was stunned for a while.
what happened?
What did they say?
Why did they suddenly laugh at the same time?
Shall I join them and laugh too?
Just as Ling Feng's thoughts were racing rapidly, Xiao Bei turned around and explained to him:
"Ronaldo said that if you want to go to Barcelona to play football, he can help you introduce him. He also said that you and Messi will definitely get along well."
"Then I asked him not to recruit people for Barcelona in front of me, a former Real Madrid player!"
Hearing this, Ling Feng suddenly understood and smiled from the bottom of his heart.
At the same time, a fantasy scene emerged in my mind:
Wearing the No. 7 Barcelona jersey, he passed a pass to Messi, who was wearing the No. 10 jersey. After the latter passed the defender and sealed his throat with a sword, he ran towards him with a smile on his face.
This picture is simply amazing!
"Come on, let me introduce you to the other guys."
After a brief chat with Ronaldinho, Beckham took Ling Feng, his fanboy, to get to know the other football superstars at the party one by one.
The two found Ronaldo first.
The "alien" who used to be so outstanding on the court has turned into a fat middle-aged man.
If people who don’t know him see him walking onto the court wearing a very tight jersey, they may wonder in their souls:
Can this fat man with a big belly and a very honest smile know how to play football?
However, anyone who knows even a little bit about football will recognize who this fat guy is.
Just because he is "alien" Ronaldo!
"Ronnie, this is Ling Feng"
"Ling Feng, this is Ronaldo"
And Ling Feng said the greeting sentence he had prepared in advance for the second time: "It's an honor to meet you."
Ronaldo's personality is similar to Ronaldinho's, both are enthusiastic and open-minded.
He also watched the quarter-final between England and Brazil.
Like Ronaldinho, he was also very impressed by Ling Feng.
He even joked that if he had Ling Feng and Beckham as teammates when playing for Real Madrid, he would definitely be able to break Messi's record of 91 goals in the year.
From this sentence, we can know that he still misses the time of scoring goals on the green field very much.
After speaking, Ronaldo did not forget to joke and said that if Ling Feng wanted to go to Real Madrid, he could help introduce him.
However, Ronaldo did not know that Real Madrid had already contacted Ling Feng privately.
But Ling Feng chose to refuse.
After Ronaldo, Beckham continued to introduce him to Figo, Evra, Ferdinand, as well as Giggs, Scholes, Neville brothers and other football seniors from Manchester United's Class 92.
After such a circle, Ling Feng and these football superstars have become mutually related social media accounts.
Looking at the famous names on his attention list, Ling Feng was already excited.
This is definitely the most unforgettable night in his life!
(End of chapter)
