Chapter 131 Old Acquaintances at the Reception

That night, Wan Sheng drank a lot of beer. After returning home, his head was a little heavy. He lay down on the bed and went straight to sleep. When he opened his eyes again, it was already ten o'clock.

This day is a rest day, and all the players are on vacation, but Wansheng still has to get up because there is a club's celebration reception at noon.

The venue for the reception was a nice estate on the outskirts of the town of Great Derbyshire.

This is the villa rented by club chairman Pearson. It is said that if there is no problem with the club, in the summer, Pearson intends to buy the entire manor in order to settle in the Great Derby Town for a long time.

When Wansheng was tidying up and arrived by car, there were already many people at the reception.

Wan Sheng glanced at him, most of whom he did not know, but it seemed that they were Pearson's friends in the business circle, and some were contract partners and advertising endorsers of the Derby County Club. Young people, Wan Sheng can recognize that he is the agent of several star players in the team.

Seeing Wan Sheng coming to the venue, many people greeted him.

Wan Sheng has little friendship with most people, but with his team-leading performance this season, he definitely has some influence in the English football circle. Those advertising endorsers and Pearson's friends are of course not used to welcome them, but one by one Football agents or media reporters still really want to get acquainted with Wansheng, especially football agents. Many people know that Wansheng is good at cultivating young players, and they are eager to introduce the signed players.

If this young Chinese takes a fancy to their players, wouldn't it mean that he has a future big star?

Wan Sheng understands the thoughts of these people, but he doesn't like this kind of atmosphere.

People who are close to oneself are all purposeful, and people who have nothing to do with oneself have no intersection at all. This is a purely beneficial way of communication. Maybe it's the reality, but Wan Sheng still doesn't like it.

After being polite with some people for a while, Wan Sheng took a glass of red wine and walked to the corner alone to sit and watch.

At this time, the reception was about to start, and the protagonist was undoubtedly the chairman of the club, Pearson. This is also his personal reception for the league championship. Players, agents, reporters, and friends were invited, but all of them were known and familiar to Pearson, so before the meeting began, a group of people surrounded Pearson.

Pearson has just taken over the club, he naturally wants to talk about some topics related to the team.

"I'm lucky, I just came here. I won the league title!"

"But I believe that Derby County is under my leadership. We can do better in the future, I always believe that, the league title is just the beginning of success, or a..."

"However, for Derby County, business expansion is also very important, and we will not refuse any cooperation that may be a win-win..."

Pearson said, a group of people listened.

Pearson was speaking to the media reporters who came. Others would not dare to be interested in his words, and more people would only ask questions related to their own interests. As for the future of the Derby County club, even if the big day is said, it has not happened yet.

They just passed these 'manifestos' in their minds.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Pearson said sorry, walked to the middle with a glass of wine, and announced to everyone that the celebration reception had officially started.

"Ladies! Gentlemen! Sorry to interrupt, but I have a few more words to say!"

Pearson's manner is very graceful, "I believe everyone who came here knows the purpose of today's reception, yes, we are to celebrate the Derby County club's league championship!"

"I took over the team in April. It's only been a month, and there was such a big surprise. I really didn't expect it, but in the game the day before yesterday, we defeated Manchester United and indeed brought the league championship back to the club one round earlier!"

"Here, I would like to thank all the fans who support the club and all the players who have worked hard for the club for a season!"

Speaking, Pearson's voice became louder and louder, "But I must also mention one person, he is the biggest contributor to the club's league championship!"

"He's only twenty-seven years old, he's younger than some players, but the work he's done for the club, the contribution he's made to this championship, is definitely something no one else can replace..."

"He is the head coach of the team - Mr. Wan Sheng!"

"We welcome him!"

After Pearson shouted Wan Sheng's name aloud, he put down his glass and clapped his hands vigorously.

Wansheng didn't expect Pearson to call him.

Since the renewal of the contract with the club could not be negotiated, although the two sides did not tear their faces, they both knew that Wansheng would definitely be leaving at the end of the season. , Because of this, even if he leads the team to win the championship, the new chairman does not need to thank himself in this way, because it is completely useless.

If you say these words in the outside world, such as facing the fans, at least the fans will be satisfied. After all, Wansheng's influence on the fans of Derby County is much higher than that of the club's new executives.

But this is a private reception. There are no genuine Derby County fans who come to the reception. This picture is completely meaningless, but perhaps in the eyes of others, Pearson just wants to simply thank ... Wan Sheng Suddenly understood the purpose of the new chairman.

To say that Pearson simply wanted to express his gratitude to himself, Wansheng would never believe it.

It's not how bad Wansheng wants to beat human nature, but Pearson and Sam Rush. Since taking over the club, they have been very 'benefiting' in everything. If I really want to thank him, I can call It was the first time Wansheng heard Pearson thank him, and in front of so many people, in front of so many people. This is a high-end party.

So Pearson must have some purpose...to make others feel like he's sincere?

This guy just wants to be a personal favor, so that other people think he is very grateful to Wansheng, and he wants to stay Wansheng to continue coaching the team. When the season ends, and Wansheng leaves, many people will think it is He was leaving himself, not what the club did.

That's clearly what Pearson intended.

Now that there are many influential figures and media reporters, the effect of doing so must be quite good, but it is a pity that Wansheng is not a mess.

If this is put on other head coaches, even if he sees through Pearson's thoughts, he is just dissatisfied, and on the surface, he needs a few polite words from a gentleman.

But Wan Sheng did not follow Pearson's script.

He stood up with a smile on his face, walked over to Pearson, and said to everyone as if to cheer up his morale, "I'm very happy to lead the team to the league title! I've been coaching at Derby County for more than two years. I dare to build this Derby County team now..."

Many people nodded.

Wan Sheng continued to say loudly, "I know the team very well, and it is not unexpected for me to achieve results now. Next year, that is, next season, my goal to lead the team is to defend the league championship! I believe that when the time comes Players such as Phil and Frank will definitely perform more maturely, that is to say, we have the hope of winning more rounds ahead of schedule..."

After saying that, Wan Sheng raised his glass and gestured to everyone, and then he drank it in one gulp.

Everyone in the reception also applauded, and everyone had a drink together. Many people were talking about Derby County next season, but Pearson, who was standing behind Wan Sheng, looked a little bad. He knew very well that Van der Vaal Ter and Ribery are definitely leaving next season.

This is also the biggest conflict between Wansheng and the club!

The club's refusal to give Wansheng the transfer rights has a lot to do with these two transfers, so Wansheng will definitely leave at the end of the season. Pearson originally wanted to pretend to be a 'victim', and he needed to express his absolute support for Wansheng. , When Wansheng leaves, that's Wansheng's problem, no wonder it's on other people.

But now Pearson can only smile bitterly.

Pearson suddenly found that this guy not only caused headaches for his opponents in the game, but also was much better than those pure football coaches in 'intrigue'. If he was in the business circle or politics, he might also have a good future .

No, he originally had an investment company. It is said that the development momentum has been very strong in the past two years, and the total asset evaluation has already exceeded 10 million pounds.

Thinking of this, Pearson suddenly realized that, as the chairman of the Derby County club and the spokesperson of the GSE consortium, he is really not as good as the young head coach from China in his career.

...

Wan Sheng ignored what Pearson was thinking, and sat back directly after speaking. He didn't like the atmosphere here, so he planned to stay for a while before leaving.

A half-bald middle-aged man came over and sat in front of him.

Wan Sheng looked up and was stunned for a long time before recognizing that it was Marwood, the youth director of the Manchester City Club.

They had met twice. The first time was three years ago. At that time, Wan Sheng applied for a job at Manchester City Club, and was the interviewer that Malwood did. Unfortunately, there was no result in the end. However, Wan Sheng has a very good impression of Malwood. Malwood is one of the few people in his job search process who does not discriminate against race and age; the second time they met was when Derby County played against Manchester City. As the interim coach, the two also said a few words, but did not have any in-depth conversation.

Wan Sheng did not expect to see Malwood here.

Malwood held a glass of wine and congratulated Derby County's champion, and then asked with concern, "Wan Sheng, I heard that your contract renewal negotiations are not going well?"

Wan Sheng nodded.

This is no secret in English football circles.

"It is said that Mr. Sheffield, the chairman of Newcastle United, is very interested in you?" Malwood said again. This sentence made Wan Sheng's eyes widen in shock, and he suddenly felt that the half-bald middle-aged man in front of him was extraordinary. (To be continued ~^~)