Chapter 157 I Agree!

"Welcome to my hometown, Xiamen!"

When walking out of Gaoqi Airport, Ye Qiu smiled and extended a host-like invitation to Eliza who was traveling with him.

The three people in the group, one man and two women, were particularly eye-catching. Many people even recognized Ye Qiu, and some people took the initiative to come over and ask for autographs, but there was no group photo or anything like that, because few people would go out with cameras now.

Mobile phones, sorry, there are still very few camera phones in China now, and they are only for the rich and handsome.

They came directly to Xiamen from Amsterdam. The opening of direct flights is convenient, saving some transfers in the middle.

"Ye Qiu!" As soon as they walked out of the terminal, they saw Ye Qiu's father Ye Changming shouting over there.

And the one standing next to him, with red eyes, wasn't she Ye Qiu's mother Zhang Yuxiu?

"Dad, Mom!" Ye Qiu smiled and walked over to hug his parents separately. They hadn't seen each other for a year.

Originally, Ye Qiu asked them to go to Europe and travel by the way, but they just couldn't let go of the store business.

"Achu!" Zhang Yuxiu seemed to be closer to Huang Chu.

"Uncle, aunt!" Huang Chu greeted politely.

"This is our friend in the Netherlands, Eliza Moon." Ye Qiu introduced with a smile.

"A grain of sand?" Ye Changming said in poor English, which made Ye Qiu and Huang Chu laugh.

"Hello!" Eliza's Chinese was quite good, and her pronunciation was quite standard.

The group of people said a few words and then got in the car.

Ye Changming recently bought a van, which was convenient for buying vegetables in the store and for traveling.

Huang Chu and Eliza didn't mind. After getting in, they both shouted and suggested where to go.

The van took everyone to Ye's Snacks near the train station.

In Europe, Eliza had been talking about wanting to taste the cooking skills of Master Huang Chu, so this time Zhang Yuxiu personally cooked and served a snack banquet of the Ye family's ancestral craftsmanship to entertain Eliza. The Dutch beauty was so happy that she wanted to swallow her tongue and praised it endlessly.

"Aunt, your cooking skills are very, very, very good!" Eliza gave Zhang Yuxiu a thumbs up and praised her.

Interestingly, Zhang Yuxiu understood the beginning and the end, but was confused in the middle, so she was confused about the whole sentence.

Ye Qiu and Huang Chu did not translate, and laughed over there, which made Zhang Yuxiu angry.

After eating, Ye Changming sent Ye Qiu and the other two to a luxurious villa near the Ring Island Road.

To be honest, he now admires his son's vision more and more.

Back then, the Ring Island Road had not been built, and no one thought that the land price here had any value, after all, it was far away from the city center.

Unexpectedly, the Ring Road was built and the surrounding area became a tourist avenue. The value of this place immediately increased by a hundred times, and the housing prices also rose steadily. The house that Ye Qiu bought that year has appreciated by at least three or four times, and it is still in great demand.

Not only here, the two houses in Bailuzhou have also appreciated a lot. If they are resold, it is not a problem to make millions now. Of course, Ye Qiu is not short of this little money now, so he does not plan to sell it.

The real estate developers here are very good at publicity and hype. Ye Qiu has been very popular in China in the past two years. He contacted Ye Qiu through Ye Changming and obtained Ye Qiu's authorization. Now they simply regard Ye Qiu as a living signboard here.

Correspondingly, Ye Qiu is also treated very well. There is an independent courtyard and green environment, a swimming pool and so on. In addition, it is close to the sea, and there is a special staircase connected to the beach.

It is the hot summer season now, so there are many local and foreign tourists gathering on the beach, which is very lively.

The overall decoration of the single-family villa is also the responsibility of the developer. They want to design Ye Qiu's villa into a living signboard for the entire community, especially considering that Ye Changming mentioned that this will be the place where Ye Qiu will get married in the future, they seem to be more motivated, after all, this is another very good opportunity for publicity and hype.

Now that Ye Qiu has returned from Europe, the developers have also taken the initiative to come to him. What they talk about is nothing more than some cooperation matters. Eliza, a professional agent, has long been familiar with this. Ye Qiu's current commercial value is very high. He has a good influence in the Netherlands and Europe, not to mention China. She knows how to operate.

After finally getting rid of the developer, Ye Qiu and the other two walked up to the large balcony outside the second floor. There is an antique wooden pavilion here, which looks very Chinese, and you can see the lively scene of the beach not far away from the wooden pavilion.

"It's so lively!" Huang Chu likes everything here.

Many of the decorations and arrangements in the villa are suggestions given by her, the future hostess, so it would be strange if she didn't like it.

"If there were fewer people, I would go down to sunbathe, it would be very comfortable!"

"Do you still mind the crowd?" Ye Qiu said sarcastically with a smile.

Eliza didn't understand at first, but after waiting for a while, she knew that Ye Qiu was scolding her in a roundabout way, and she was immediately annoyed.

The two quarreled fiercely, but finally gave up under Huang Chu's persuasion.

In the next few days, the three of them traveled around Xiamen and some surrounding areas. Ye Changming borrowed a Volkswagen and asked Ye Qiu to take the two girls to play everywhere. The three of them had a great time.

After playing around Xiamen, Ye Qiu and his friends went to Japan and South Korea before the World Cup. They had a one-month trip to the Korea-Japan World Cup. During the trip, they didn't watch many games. Generally, Ye Qiu would watch the games with Ajax players and the Chinese team. The rest were just selected.

More time was spent on visiting the beautiful scenery in Korea and Japan and tasting the local delicacies. Huang Chu was the one who gained the most. Sometimes Ye Qiu even thought that if she didn't become a doctor, she would be a very talented chef, because during the trip, she learned a lot of Japanese and Korean food recipes, including kimchi.

The development of the entire World Cup was similar to Ye Qiu's previous life. The Brazilian team, which was not optimistic before the game, won the championship in the end, and Ballack, who had just lost the Bundesliga championship, the German Cup championship and the Champions League championship, became the fourth runner-up.

Even more tragic was China's chic walk on the World Cup stage.

Ye Qiu knew how to keep silent. He never made any comments or opinions on the performance of the Chinese national football team in the World Cup. He believed in a principle that silence is golden and should be kept silent.

After traveling and playing enough, Ye Qiu and the other two returned to Xiamen and stayed for a few more days. Then Ye Qiu and Eliza went to Brazil, and Huang Chu returned to Shanghai. Ye Qiu hoped that she could go back and reunite with her parents.

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In Ye Qiu and Eliza's plan, South America is a very important part, because it sends a large number of players to Europe every year, and in recent years, many traditional powerful agents in South America have been gradually declining.

Mascatti in Argentina and Figel in Brazil, these big agents have obviously declined a bit, because their agents in various parts of Europe have successively broken away from their control and set up their own businesses, and some of them are really doing very well.

Each region has its own characteristics and rules. European agents don't work in South America, but South American agents will still have some troubles in Europe. Figel and Mascati are considered good, and some weak agents need to find some European partners.

Eliza went to South America this time mainly to establish cooperative relations with several South American scouts, while Ye Qiu went to Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, to attend Lucio's wedding. In addition to Ye Qiu, only a few Ajax management members such as Chairman Van Praag and several players who have a good relationship with Lucio received invitations.

Because Brazil won the World Cup, Lucio's performance was unanimously affirmed by everyone, so this Brazilian central defender has received the attention of many teams, including Manchester United, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Real Madrid, Barcelona and other giants.

AC Milan is the most ruthless. The Rossoneri, who just got Nesta, also want to poach Lucio from Ajax to form a strong central defender combination, but Ajax has made it clear that Lucio is not for sale and rejects all offers.

Ye Qiu arrived in Brasilia, and Lucio drove over to pick him up in person.

Having just won the World Cup and having a wedding soon, Lucio can be said to be both successful in love and career. He looks very energetic, even with his face full of fat, he looks full of happiness and satisfaction.

The training of the World Cup has made Lucio look a little different, perhaps because of marriage. He seems to be more mature and stable, no longer as impetuous and immature as before. This change makes Ye Qiu feel very relieved.

Driving the car, Lucio drove Ye Qiu on the way home.

Lucio, who is usually laughed at for being a chatterbox, didn't say a word during the trip, which was really beyond Ye Qiu's expectation. He originally thought that Lucio, who was about to get married, would express some emotion, such as marriage is the grave of love.

"Boss!" Lucio finally spoke.

"Is there something?" Ye Qiu instinctively felt that it was not good. If it was an ordinary matter, Lucio would have spoken a long time ago. The reason why he hesitated was probably related to the transfer, and Ye Qiu's first reaction was that someone was poaching.

But Lucio said something that caught Ye Qiu off guard.

"Gilberto may leave!"

"Gilberto?" Ye Qiu was a little surprised. He knew the relationship between Lucio and Gilberto Silva. It was very likely that the latter did not dare to tell Ye Qiu in person, so Lucio helped to convey it.

"During the World Cup, Manchester United and Arsenal have arranged people to meet with us." Lucio drove the car, looking straight ahead, but his mouth was talking.

Ye Qiu's heart sank. Are these two World Cup champions going to leave? Is Ajax really unable to keep them?

He could already imagine that when these two most important players in the backcourt of the team chose to leave, Ajax's most confident defense would inevitably face serious weakening, and it would be impossible not to reorganize.

"Boss, I rejected Mr. Ferguson's invitation." Lucio's words surprised Ye Qiu.

"Why?" Ye Qiu smiled bitterly.

He could already feel Ferguson's attention to Lucio. At least there were few people who could make Ferguson make a special trip to the Korea-Japan World Cup to contact the players.

"Because I promised you that I would stay!" Lucio said loudly.

After hearing this, Ye Qiu felt sour in his heart. He didn't know whether he should be happy or sad.

He could hear that the Brazilians must have been tempted by the conditions and bargaining chips Ferguson offered Lucio, but this Brazilian central defender, who looked full of aggression, was because of his previous promise to Ye Qiu and in order to repay Ye Qiu and Ajax was so kind to him that he finally chose to stay at Ajax.

Not everyone has the determination and ability to refuse Manchester United's invitation, especially Ajax players.

"You said it, didn't you? Although we are not a wealthy family, we want to defeat all the wealthy families. We lost too much last season. You are right. How we lose is how we win, and where we fall is where we fall. Get up from nowhere!"

Ye Qiu was very moved when he heard this, but he knew very well how difficult it was.

"You know, it's hard, very hard, almost impossible!"

With the current situation in European football, the Champions League has almost become a ban on the four major leagues. It is difficult for the second-tier leagues to challenge the hegemony of the four major league teams. Even G14 members like Ajax will find it difficult to shake the four major leagues. There are many factors that determine the foundation of those wealthy teams in the major leagues.

Ye Qiu felt confident in himself, but he also knew very clearly in his heart that the slogans he shouted when losing the Champions League before were just slogans. The slogans he shouted to boost the morale and fighting spirit of the players, he himself felt that he might not be able to do it.

But Lucio believed it.

"I don't really believe what others say, and I'm even a little skeptical about what Scolari says, but I believe everything you say!" Lucio showed a simple, even silly smile.

Even he himself didn't understand why he trusted Ye Qiu so much. Maybe it was the summer two years ago when Ye Qiu told him that he would become the best central defender in the world. At that time, he doubted it, but later, gradually, he He believed it, and as trust continued to accumulate, until now, after winning the World Cup, he became convinced.

He didn't know why Ye Qiu made such a judgment, but he had an almost blind trust from the beginning to the end, that is, if Ye Qiu said he could do it, he would definitely be able to do it, no need to doubt.

"Wenger offered Gilberto very high conditions, not just salary, but also a starting position!" Lucio didn't want Ye Qiu to misunderstand his friend. In his opinion, Gilberto Schier Wa hopes to transfer, which is more like his efforts to make progress towards his future.

It's hard to say whether you are loyal or loyal if you stay, and you may not be a traitor if you leave.

"I understand, and I can understand it!" Ye Qiu nodded.

At least Gilberto Silva didn't dare to say it to himself, which proved his weight in the heart of the Brazilian midfielder.

"Gilberto also promised that he would never help Arsenal lower the price, but he hopes that the team can negotiate with Arsenal."

Ye Qiu nodded to express that he understood. As an agent, Eliza probably didn't know about this matter, otherwise she would have told Ye Qiu. But when the time comes for the transfer operation, Eliza will definitely be involved. of.

"You tell Gilberto, I understand and wish him the best, but Arsenal wants to poach my most important player from me, and Wenger must pay the corresponding price. I will never give in." !" Ye Qiu's mood became very bad.

This feeling of being poached was really uncomfortable. He almost had the urge to tear Wenger into pieces.

Gilberto Silva, Ajax's most stable player in the past two years, is also the strongest protective wall in front of the team's defense. But now he no longer belongs to him. Where does this leave Ye Qiu? Looking for a player who can replace Gilberto Silva and bring security to the team?

But Ye Qiu is also lucky. Lucio stayed. The World Cup champion who was originally the most popular and popular among many wealthy teams finally stayed on the team. This somewhat made Ye Qiu feel gratified. At the very least, the foundation of the defense was still there. No?

"He knows and respects all decisions you and the club make," Lucio said.

When Ye Qiu arrived at the hotel Lucio had prepared for him, not long after he entered the room, Eliza called from Rio de Janeiro. Arsenal had contacted her company, and Gilberto Silva He also called her and conveyed his conversations and verbal agreement with Wenger during the World Cup.

"I can't keep those who want to leave, and I can't keep those who are stubborn. I will inform the club and agree to negotiate with Arsenal!" Ye Qiu sighed and finally made his decision, "But I won't let Wenger be proud. Yes, if he wants to get my players, he has to pay a corresponding price.”

"I heard that Ferguson is also interested in Brazilian midfielder Kleberson. The price offered by Atletico Parana is not low, over 10 million euros. This should give you some reference, right?" Eliza smiled. said.

Ye Qiu chuckled and shook his head: "More than ten million? You underestimate Gilberto Silva. The main defensive midfielder of the World Cup champion team, the core pillar of the UEFA Cup champion and the European Champions Cup semi-finals, is only worth 10 million euros? Kleberson has not experienced Europe, and his success is still unknown, but Gilberto Silva has played in the Eredivisie for two years and has also played in the Champions League, so his strength is no longer needed. Proven again.”

Wenger's transfer strategy in recent years has not been as stingy as it was later. He will save what should be saved, but he will still spend what should be spent. Therefore, if he really takes a fancy to Gilberto Silva, Then it is not impossible for him to pay a large price for the Brazilian defensive midfielder.

Of course, Ye Qiu would rather he refused, because then Gilberto Silva would have no choice but to stay with the team.

But it was obvious that Ye Qiu needed to find a successor for Gilberto Silva just in case.