Chapter 1394 Crazy Suggestions

The next day, the Spanish club.

The office of Jiang Xiaochen, the Chinese manager of the club.

Jiang Xiaochen stared, looked at the first-team coach Ruby in front of him and asked, "What did you say? Say it again?"

Ruby looked at the emotional Jiang Xiaochen and said calmly: "Mr. Jiang, you heard it right. I hope the club will do its best to sign a professional contract with Mr. Xia Ruofei before the winter window closes."

Jiang Xiaochen laughed angrily and asked, "Coach Ruby, do you know who Mr. Xia Ruofei is?"

Ruby had obviously figured it out before he came, so he did not hesitate, and said calmly: "Mr. Jiang, of course I know that Mr. Xia is one of the shareholders of our Royal Espanyol Club..."

"You know such a ridiculous request?" Jiang Xiaochen stared at Ruby and said, "Do you think Mr. Xia may sign a professional player contract with the club? How much annual salary do you plan to give him? How much annual salary do you think can impress a net worth A business owner with several hundred million euros?"

Ruby said calmly: "Mr. Jiang, can you listen to me?"

"Okay, say it! Say it!" Jiang Xiaochen sat on the chair and looked at Ruby with a speechless expression.

Ruby cleared his throat and said, "Mr. Jiang, of course I know Mr. Xia's identity, and I also know very well that a professional contract is hardly attractive to Mr. Xia..."

"It's not almost!" Jiang Xiaochen interrupted Ruby roughly and said, "Don't talk about our club, even if it is an olive branch from Barcelona and Real Madrid, Mr. Xia will definitely not be tempted! You know Mr. Xia is in Huaxia's company. How hot is it? Do you know how much money he gets every second? Let him sign a professional contract with our club? It's crazy!"

Ruby looked at Jiang Xiaochen quietly, and didn't say anything until after he finished speaking: "Mr. Jiang, I know...Mr. Xia is rich, and I also know that a small temple like the Espanyol Club can't accommodate a great god like Mr. Xia. . But! Seeing that the transfer winter window is about to close, and our non-EU players have not yet used the full quota, if this extra quota is given to Mr. Xia, then... maybe it can bring complete benefits to our club. Different changes! After all, he is the major shareholder of our club, right? For the development of the club, maybe he is willing to sign this professional contract?"

Jiang Xiaochen looked into Ruby's eyes and asked, "What can be changed? Good! Even if, as you said, Mr. Xia signed a professional player contract with our club and completed the registration with the Spanish Football Association, but this is still possible. What does it mean? You would never naively think that Mr. Xia can stay in Spain all the time, and he can stand up and turn the tide when the team needs it? It is impossible for him to stay in Spain for a long time.

What other changes can it bring to the team? "

Ruby said: "Mr. Jiang, of course I know this. I don't expect Mr. Xia to become the team's regular player, but in some key relegation games, if Mr. Xia can become a member of the team's bench, I will Very satisfied. I think... this should still be possible."

Jiang Xiaochen couldn't help stroking his forehead, and asked helplessly: "Coach Ruby, why do you suddenly want Mr. Xia to become a club player? This... This idea is really crazy! And I'm just wondering... Didn't Mr. Xia just kick a few balls on the sidelines yesterday, and then took a free kick with Rocca? He didn't take any physical fitness test or comprehensive football test, and he didn't even take part in a training session. How could you? Do you recognize him? La Liga's selection criteria won't be so low, right?"

Speaking of this, Jiang Xiaochen also immediately realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, and said quickly: "I don't mean that Mr. Xia is not strong... that is... We have an old saying in China, there are specialties in the arts, and Mr. Xia is a business after all. He has never played professional football, and I think there is still a certain gap between him and professional players in terms of football ability."

Ruby said seriously: "Mr. Jiang, I can say responsibly that the level of Mr. Xia's free kicks alone is enough to make any La Liga team willing to sign him! I carefully analyzed Mr. Xia last night. The video of taking free kicks shows that his stability is really terrifyingly high. He kicked such a difficult elevator ball nine times in total, and every time he made a perfect penalty. Nine free throws, the running trajectory, arc, goal position and even the running time of the football in the air are almost exactly the same! One time can't explain the problem, but nine times, it's enough to explain the problem. I am convinced that even if Mr. Xia Kick 10 more times and still be able to kick the ball in! Mr. Jiang, do you know what that means?"

Ruby looked at Jiang Xiaochen frantically, and without waiting for Jiang Xiaochen to answer, he said: "This means that as long as the team makes a free kick within 30 meters of the opponent's goal, there is a high probability that it will be converted into a goal! If it is in a crucial game, such a goal means 3 points! It is even related to the success of relegation!"

After listening to Jiang Xiaochen, he gradually calmed down. He was no longer as excited as when Ruby said he wanted to make Xia Ruofei a signed player of the club. He touched his chin and pondered.

Ruby continued: "Mr. Jiang, I don't need Mr. Xia's physical fitness to be able to play the full court, or even to have any effective cooperation with other players, and I don't need Mr. Xia to participate in the team's defense, he only needs It's enough to take free kicks for the team! So I don't really care about how long his physical fitness can last for the game. In addition, I've seen his kicks and free kicks, from a professional From the coach's point of view, Mr. Xia's sense of the ball is still very good. After he comes on the court, he only needs to roughly stand his own position, properly contain the opponent in defense, and does not need to really participate in the defense, and then when the team gets a free kick , he stood up to take the penalty, it's that simple!"

After watching the video of Xia Ruofei taking a free kick edited by Ruby last night, Jiang Xiaochen took a long breath and said, "Coach Ruby, I admit that I was a little moved by what you said, but... It's crazy! I..."

"Mr. Jiang, how do you know if you haven't tried it?" Ruby said, "This won't have any effect on Mr. Xia. How can you know that he won't agree if you haven't tried it?"

Jiang Xiaochen nodded and said, "Okay! I'll ask Mr. Zhou for instructions!"

After speaking, Jiang Xiaochen couldn't help but patted his forehead again and said, "I really don't know if my decision is right or wrong! Maybe I will be scolded by Mr. Zhou, if I lose my job, you can I have to make up for my loss..."

Ruby showed a smile and said: "No, Mr. Jiang, you are Mr. Zhou's right-hand man, even if he does not agree with this proposal, he will not fire you. But if it succeeds, for the team , it is equivalent to one more stable scoring point!”

In a small and medium-sized club like Espanyol, if there is a player with a high free-kick success rate, the effect will be very good indeed. In many key games, the score may be one goal short, or even this one goal, which will become the key to determining the relegation situation.

Jiang Xiaochen said with a wry smile: "Even if this crazy idea is realized, don't expect Mr. Xia to make many appearances for the team. He still has a big company to manage in China, and it is impossible to fly to Spain every three days. "

"I understand! I understand!" Ruby said quickly.

"Okay, then you go to work first!" Jiang Xiaochen said, "I have to think about how to report to Mr. Zhou..."

"Mr. Jiang, then please!" Ruby said, then turned and left Jiang Xiaochen's office.

Jiang Xiaochen hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to report to Zhou Leiyun in person.

Some things could not be explained on the phone, and he wanted to show Zhou Leiyun the episode edited by Ruby last night. It was after watching this episode that he began to be a little moved.

What Jiang Xiaochen didn't expect was that when he arrived at Zhou Leiyun's manor in the wealthy area of ​​Barcelona, ​​he found that not only Zhou Leiyun was there, but Xia Ruofei was also a guest here.

Zhou Leiyun saw Jiang Xiaochen and said with a smile, "Xiaochen is here! Do you have anything to do with me?"

Jiang Xiaochen looked at Xia Ruofei, who was on the side, and hesitated.

Zhou Leiyun couldn't help frowning and said, "Why are you still hesitating? You don't know that Xia is always an outsider? Tell me if you have anything!"

Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, maybe Manager Jiang is going to report something about your company's secrets! I'd better avoid it first!"

"Don't, don't! Don't you slap me in the face?" Zhou Leiyun said quickly, "How can there be so many company secrets? President Xia, you are here, don't go anywhere!"

Jiang Xiaochen is only in charge of the Espanyol Club's work, and does not participate in other affairs of Shengshi Group. Where can there be any secrets that Xia Ruofei can't hear? What's more, Xia Ruofei is also one of the major shareholders of the club. Strictly speaking, Xia Ruofei has the right to know everything Jiang Xiaochen knows.

After finishing speaking, Zhou Leiyun frowned slightly and looked at Jiang Xiaochen, and said, "Xiaochen, what's the matter with you today? You don't look like a man! Is there anything about the club that President Xia can't listen to? Nonsense!"

Jiang Xiaochen said quickly: "No! No! Don't get me wrong..."

Jiang Xiaochen knew that he really had to say it today, otherwise even Zhou Leiyun and Xia Ruofei would be offended together.

However, Xia Ruofei, the deity, is here, and all the rhetoric prepared by Jiang Xiaochen are useless.

He could only bite the bullet and say, "President Zhou, President Xia, I... The things I reported have something to do with President Xia..."

When Xia Ruofei heard it, he couldn't help but be curious and asked with a smile, "Is it related to me? What are you talking about!"

Jiang Xiaochen said: "That...the first team coach Ruby suggested to me that I hope...can...introduce President Xia!"

"What? I didn't understand." Zhou Leiyun frowned and asked, "What is 'introducing President Xia'?"

"I just hope to sign a contract with President Xia and make President Xia a registered player under the club." Jiang Xiaochen simply said it outright.

Xia Ruofei and Zhou Leiyun looked at each other and felt a little incredible.

Xia Ruofei said: "Manager Jiang, what does this coach Ruby think? This brain hole is too big..."

Jiang Xiaochen hurriedly explained: "Mr. Xia, Coach Ruby just saw your strong free-kick ability! In addition, he also said that you don't need to live in Spain, and you don't need to play in every game, just some In key moments in key games, you can just go on the pitch and take a free kick.”

Xia Ruofei couldn't help laughing and said: "This requirement is too low! Just because I took a few free kicks yesterday, I decided to sign me? Isn't this a bit hasty! If our club's signing standards are so low If so, then you can…”

"You misunderstood, President Xia!" Jiang Xiaochen explained quickly, "Coach Ruby didn't make this decision hastily. He was analyzing the video collection of your free kicks almost all night yesterday, and he cut one by himself. The collection came out, and I brought it here too..."

While talking, Jiang Xiaochen turned on the tablet computer and played the highlight edited by Ruby. While it was still playing, he also shared Ruby's analysis of Xia Ruofei's technical characteristics.

After watching it, Zhou Leiyun couldn't help raising his eyebrows and said, "Xiaochen, if you don't tell me, I really didn't find out... The free kicks of Mr. Xia are almost exactly the same! No wonder Ruby couldn't help it, haha. !"

Xia Ruofei actually admired the coach's unique vision in his heart.

When he took the first 9 free kicks yesterday, he did deliberately exercise a certain degree of control, so the arc and angle of the penalty were so close. But that's not necessarily something everyone can see.

Ruby edited together the same angle video of the nine free throws, and it suddenly became very intuitive.

Jiang Xiaochen looked at Xia Ruofei nervously and said, "Mr. Xia, now the team has a place for non-EU players, if you can..."

"Xiaochen, needless to say!" Zhou Leiyun waved his hand to interrupt Jiang Xiaochen, "What is Mr. Xia's identity? You can play off the field, but how could he actually play professional football? Go back and tell Ruby about this. So far, don't even think about it!"

Jiang Xiaochen was actually mentally prepared before he came, and knew that the success rate of this matter would not be very high, but when he heard Zhou Leiyun's words, he still couldn't help but be disappointed.

Jiang Xiaochen nodded and said, "I understand, Mr. Zhou..."

He sighed secretly, closed the tablet, bowed slightly towards Xia Ruofei and Zhou Leiyun, and was about to turn around and leave.

At this moment, Xia Ruofei suddenly said, "Wait a minute!"