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After the New Year, the European winter transfer window has also opened.

1860 Munich did not make any major moves in this transfer season. The club’s top management was in turmoil. The directors were busy fighting for power and left behind the five-year and ten-year plan formulated at the end of last season. Karl felt that the team’s current lineup was almost Perfect, the main substitutes in each position are also becoming saturated, so it is decided that as long as no main players leave, they will no longer reinforce.

Many teams spend a lot of money in the transfer season. In addition to the problem of "tyrant owners don't spend money and don't feel comfortable with Sky", it is also because their player lineup is constantly being lost during the transfer period. The favorite players in various positions, wait for the main players in the team to leave suddenly before buying them, and the transfer window happens to close, then there will be a tragedy.

But Munich 1860 does not have this problem. Not to mention that most of the players in the team still have a few years of contract with the club, but only that the Lions are now in full swing in various competitions. No one will be so stupid as to give up the bright future now. And go to other leagues to gamble and start again.

No player in the first team took the initiative to submit a transfer application, but in the youth team, there were a few talented young players who had just been trained and urgently needed the opportunity to play and practice, but because the first team couldn't handle it, so it was up to Karl to call the shots , Loaned them to other teams for exercise.

The talented player in the youth team was labeled "Supernova" by the entire youth academy management team. Moritz Leitner, who has the potential to be a future midfielder, did not want to leave Munich 1860 and went to Augsburg, who was eager to get him. Prefer to keep playing for the B team until a first team spot becomes available.

In the end, it was Carl himself who made a phone call to convince him: "It's not that I want to drive you away, Moritz, but that the midfield lineup of the first team has long been saturated. You are the best player trained by the youth training camp in the past few years." One is true, but at your level, even if I call you into the first team, you are unlikely to get many starting opportunities... high level of game and enough playing time to make the most of your talent, Are you willing to lose the fate of watching the drinking fountain every game? Even if you are willing to waste time, I don’t want to see extremely talented players wasting their talents for no reason...Go to Augsburg, mo Ritz, they promised me a main position and enough playing time, what you need to do now is to increase your official game experience and sharpen yourself into a brilliant diamond..."

The evaluation of "one of the best players" made Laettner very excited, and he naturally thought of the head striker Portillo of the first team from Carl's words-isn't this just a look at the drinking fountain and almost ruined himself? Is it typical?Portillo used to be a representative of Real Madrid's youth academy together with Pavon, a talented player who is famous at the Bernabeu. Pavon is most famous for the "Zidane + Pavon" policy specially created by Real Madrid in the past few years. Portillo created the scoring record of Real Madrid's youth training players and no one can break it so far. Both of them had their glory days, but they both squandered themselves in the years of being with the drinking fountains. Portillo is okay After a few years of trough, he was activated by Carl himself to return to the top. As for Pavon, he has long been obliterated in the eyes of everyone. Even the Real Madrid fans who once cheered for him at the Bernabeu may not know where he is now. .

From Pavin's association with other "shooting stars" or players who can't even be called "shooting stars" in European football, Leitner was almost frightened into a cold sweat, and his heart was already touched by Carl's words , but still a little reluctant: "Boss, can I really come back in the future?"

Carl agreed without hesitation: "I will not let the excellent players trained by the club wander outside for too long." Youth training is the foundation of the club. It is the cornerstone of a team's prosperity. Such a team has a broad future that is incomparable to those teams that rely on "mercenaries" to conquer the world.

Leitner reluctantly left, stepping back and forth. In the youth team, he would be loaned out like him, but there were not a few players who did not want to leave, but they all reported to the loaned team in the end, because they knew , the separation now is for a sweeter reunion after getting ahead.

Almost half of January has passed, and the transfer transactions that 1 Munich have had are only the loan of a few young players. Karl feels that this winter may be the most leisurely transfer season he has experienced since he came to Munich.

But someone deliberately didn't want him to live a peaceful life.

In the second half of the 2008 winter transfer period, Real Madrid sent a fax to 1860 Munich after careful consideration.

This is a player purchase and sale offer. Real Madrid wants to buy Portillo, Ozil and Khedira from the Lions for a price of [-] million euros.

The management of Munich 1860 was too frightened by the offer for a long time to react. When the board of directors held an emergency meeting and all members were arguing non-stop at the meeting, the Spanish "Marca" and "Aspen" got inside information. An urgent additional issue exposed this quotation!

The coach of the Lions, Karl, is currently filming a Tom Ford commercial in London. Even though European football is in a state of turmoil because of this thin piece of paper, Karl doesn’t know anything about it, because the directors are going crazy. During the quarrel, no one thought of calling him.

……

Joanna rushed into the studio with a coffee in one hand and a handbag in the other.

While walking like flying, she also tried to take out her mobile phone with her free hand, trying to see how many minutes she was late.

The consequence of walking with her head down was that she accidentally bumped into someone's back.

Joanna screamed and fell backwards, and because of the unstable center of gravity of her body, her left hand suddenly lost strength, and she threw the coffee cup high into the sky.

Joanna swallowed even the screaming, the back of her head was about to touch the ground, and there was only one thought in her head: coffee!The coffee was thrown out by her!What if the liquid suddenly spilled out and ruined the over 1000-pound coat she bought just yesterday?Even if she didn't have any bad luck, if she accidentally hit a piece of clothing in the studio, she would have to pay for it with a lot of bleeding in her wallet!

Just at the very moment, suddenly a pair of hands stretched out from the air, picked up Joanna's waist and dragged her over.

With a "click", the coffee cup fell to the ground, and the brown liquid with a bitter aroma poured out immediately, polluting the two-meter-square ground around the cup.

And Joanna was lucky to escape, although her current posture is also a bit embarrassing - her feet slipped on the ground, her back leaned against someone else's body so she didn't fall down, her ribs were hurt by a pair of powerful arms , when I went out in the morning, I worked hard for more than half an hour to get my hair done, and my hair was messed up, and my expression was still in shock.

Rubbing her chest and letting out a lucky breath, Joanna put on a professional smile and turned her head to thank those who helped her.

But as soon as she turned her head away, Joanna froze.

Then the heart beat violently.

"I, that, I..." Joanna suddenly became a little tongue-tied. The independent personality she cultivated in the fashion industry for more than ten years and the title of "devil in makeup" are completely useless at this moment, as if time has suddenly turned back After more than ten years, she returned to the time when she was 16 years old at the instigation of her friends and confessed her love to the captain of the school football team. It was one of the most embarrassing moments in Joanna's life in her memory.

"Are you okay?"

The gentle and deep voice, the standard London West End accent, and the medieval-style attire of the person in front of her made Joanna suddenly have the illusion of "he is Prince Charming and I am Cinderella".

However, the strong self-control that has been exercised all year round still made Joanna dazed, but it took a second or two to react. She stood up quickly, took a step back, and showed her most elegant and charming demeanor: "I'm fine, thank you." Pause for a while Seconds: "Mr. Alston."

The person in front of her just nodded at her, and returned a more charming smile, then turned and walked away.

There were people coming and going in the studio, and there seemed to be raging flames burning in the eyes cast on Joanna.

There was also a very clear and loud discussion:

"It's a good fortune to be in close contact with Mr. Alston."

"I should have known I would fall on purpose once..."

"Who is this woman?"

"She, the devil, is the one I told you that often works with "VOGUE" and Chanel."

"Wow! So it's her! But it doesn't look cold at all..."

Joanna used sharp eyes to make those discussions disappear, then brushed her hair back, and walked towards the dressing room with her head held high.

However, after her figure disappeared into the dressing room, someone still couldn't help but commented: "The aura comes out when you are alone, 'the most glamorous makeup artist' Joanna."

After closing the door of the dressing room, Joanna's hard-boiled expression finally shattered. She clenched her hands into fists in front of her chest and yelled "Yeah!" Now that she looks like this, she will definitely be scared to death.

Joanna, who claims to never be fascinated by any actor or supermodel, and is suspected by countless people to be the "devil in the makeup world", actually also has the opposite sex she favors. Her ideal type is not any star, just a An ordinary but extraordinary football coach.

……

Joanna is a make-up artist, and one of the most famous in London.

No magazine or brand can invite her to be a resident makeup artist. Like a courtesan, she walks among the major brands and fashion magazines in the fashion industry in London, and she will become more beautiful when it comes to Fashion Week. The British Prime Minister is still busy.

Her hands are called "magic hands", which can transform any ordinary person into a radiant one.

The most famous photographer was invited when the Tom Ford commercial was being filmed. In view of Carl Alston’s outstanding facial features, he didn’t need supernatural makeup skills to amaze the world, so Ford originally wanted to pull him from the company. A make-up artist came to complete the commercial shooting. Unexpectedly, Joanna rejected Burberry's invitation, offered to recommend herself, and asked for a very low appearance fee.

For Tom Ford, it's almost pie in the sky - this ad that brings together the best make-up artist, best photographer and most attractive face in the UK will definitely win in Europe. The fashion world caused a sensation like a volcanic eruption.

In fact, the idea of ​​"sooner or later this advertisement will sweep Europe" was felt by everyone as early as the early stage of shooting.

When Joanna put down the makeup brush in her hand and signaled Carl to open his eyes to look at his shape, the little assistant next to him took a light breath.

Carl just glanced at the mirror opposite and smiled and said, "Perfect, thank you." Then he stood up and went to the full-length mirror to adjust his clothes.

It was an aristocratic costume from the Regency period, with a touch of Gothic style.

The Regency period refers to the period between the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth century in England when King George III was deemed unfit to rule and was regented by his son, the Prince of Wales who later became George IV, George IV Known for his love of luxury and pursuit of art, the nobles during his reign always dressed themselves luxuriously and beautifully in order to please the king, and the more exotic the nobles' dresses, the better the society's praise.

A white shirt with ruffled sleeves and lace, a blue waistcoat with a delicate textured satin vest, a blue velvet jacket with gold pattern embroidery, tight black trousers, a pile collar of the shirt and a high turned-up jacket collar. The neck guard is airtight, there are no ornaments on the chest, but the buttons made of jewelry are extremely luxurious, and Karl also wears several gemstone rings of unknown authenticity.

In order to match this attire that seems to have traveled through hundreds of years ago, Carl wore a golden wig. The slightly wavy wig was neatly tied up and hung on his shoulders, and his face was deliberately painted very pale. , even the eyebrows were dyed golden, and in stark contrast to this light-colored face, were the red lips that seemed to have just drunk blood.

Joanna originally prepared a pair of ice-blue contact lenses for Karl to put on, but when she saw Karl sitting under the light and looking up, his eyes would appear cold and transparent when viewed from a special angle. The idea of ​​falsification was immediately wiped from her mind.When that gaze looks over, anyone's body can't help but feel a feeling of trembling and numbness. Why use dyed lenses to destroy that beauty.

For Carl, it was just a change of clothes, a wig and some foundation on his face.

But for onlookers, the changed Karl can give them a sense of suffocation.

It was as if the dandy nobleman in the Regency period had been revived again, and the rich and luxurious temperament of his body was overwhelming, making people feel that in the next second, this noble lord would call his personal servant to prepare a carriage for him. In the evening, the ball held by the king cannot be missed, because Her Royal Highness will entertain him in the bedroom in person.

Joanna suddenly remembered something: "This is an advertisement for Tom Ford's spring and summer series this year, right? Why do you want to change into such an ancient costume?"

"Mr. Ford's theme for the entire series is "Gentleman", a gentleman hundreds of years ago and a gentleman hundreds of years later, saying that he wants to shoot a sense of time travel." The assistant said: "But we all Guess he just wanted Mr Alston to change a few more suits."

Joanna likes this reason.

After Carl walked out of the makeup artist to start filming the studio, she couldn't help but take out her phone and secretly took a picture and uploaded it on her Facebook.

She regretted it just after posting the photos. Joanna, who has an independent personality and even a little self, has never uploaded photos of idols on the homepage of Facebook or Twitter. When her friends see the latest update, will it be because of 'Grim Joanna' suddenly turned into 'Groupie Joanna' and you think she's broken?

But since it was done, it was done, and Joanna was not going to delete the photo.

But when she reopened her Facebook page an hour later, attracted by the constant beeping sound from her mobile phone, she was a little shocked—in just that short period of time, she had more than 1 posts New message!

Joanna was stunned.

Although she is a well-known makeup artist in the UK and even in Europe, because she is a behind-the-scenes person, not many ordinary people know her. Her Facebook fans are only a few thousand, and most of them are from the fashion industry. an expert.

What does it mean that the number of comments became more than three times the number of fans in just one hour?It means that the friends who just refreshed the Facebook page basically saw the photo of Oston and left a message, and it is very likely that they even reposted it!

One of Joanna's most direct thoughts: It's over, the studio will be surrounded by the people of London in a while!