The Young Lion

For more than ten years, the Hall family has accumulated more than 2 billion pounds of wholly-owned or partnership capital in East London, providing more than 100,000 jobs, and countless families affected by radiation. East London has a huge prestige, and at the same time, Blaise Hall, who followed Cameron for a while, also has good political capital: votes.

Aldrich has long been one of the regular guests of the royal family's frequent banquets. As for whether to attend, that is Aldrich's freedom. In short, every national holiday, prince's birthday, and queen's birthday, Aldrich will definitely receive invitations. Now Then a voice began to spread in the upper echelons of the royal family: the royal family is preparing to knight Aldrich!

This is a suggestion from a member of the prime minister's cabinet. Aldrich is not clear about the specific reason, but when his cousin Blaise called him, the reason vaguely mentioned in his words was: the influence of the Hall family is Both major parties in the UK are actively fighting for it.

This incident aroused Barnett's attention and reflection. At this time, he suddenly realized that perhaps it was extremely correct to keep Aldridge in the football circle!

Because money cannot buy honor, nor the intangible influence brought by popular support.

Why do well-known football stars in many countries successfully enter the political arena after retiring? This is the influence of the public base. Although the ruling party and playing football are absolutely two different things and have nothing to do with each other, the people will not be absolutely rational when they vote.

The Hall family is rich, and investing in England can buy people's hearts. The Hall family has Aldrich to join the football circle. In the UK, this circle has greater influence than any other field. Most people can skip watching movies. Do not watch TV. Don't listen to songs, but must watch football games.

There is a lot of prejudice in the British knighthood. For example, Shankly and Paisley, the Liverpool dynasty they built is far more magnificent than Manchester United, but they only have the honor of obe, which is not enough to be knighted. Ferguson won the Champions League for the first time. Then he got the honor of kbe two levels higher and was knighted. Only the kbe or the highest level gbe honor can use such a title. (Note: Ferguson's knighthood is controversial. There are two opinions in the search data. Most of the popular sciences say that it is knighted by kbe, and some say it is the honor of cbe. However, because the general public usually calls the title, so it is called .)

Aldridge already has a knighthood, and the honor is also an obe, which is not enough to be knighted.

But in terms of influence and honor, the public recognizes it. Couldn't the positive effect it has brought to British football be as good as that of Ferguson?

of course not. But this is where the prejudice of the British royal family lies.

In the absence of interests involved, truly powerful figures will not fight for Aldrich, and now that the Hall family has accumulated a certain degree of influence in the business world and society, various forces have begun to win over the Hall family. , asking for a knighthood for Aldrich,

It's an olive branch.

During this period, Aldrich did not want the outside world to focus on him, so he informed Blaize that the knighthood was postponed for the time being, and it was not good to talk about it at this time.

Aldrich doesn’t care much about whether he has a knighthood. If the royal family gives it, he will accept it. If the royal family doesn’t give it, it’s nothing. After Ferguson was knighted, Aldridge didn’t feel that the other party became special when he saw him. Or having a buff buff on him is just an honor.

Blaise told him that the tentative knighthood would be the honor of kbe, and the final decision would be made after he led the England national team in the World Cup in the summer.

In other words, it is guaranteed that Aldridge will be awarded the Knight Commander Medal this year. If the England national team loses weight in the World Cup this summer, the public's support for him will definitely decline, so there will be no room for improvement in this title, but If the England national team can at least satisfy the nationals in the summer, Aldrich is very likely to be awarded the highest level of the Grand Cross and be knighted with gbe!

This will be the highest honor awarded to a person in the British football circle, and it is unprecedented.

 …

West London is a place of feasting, feasting, and luxury, and East London cannot be compared with it. When the night was getting darker, in a pub in West London, Ronaldinho was sitting in front of the drum kit, shaking his head with drum sticks and beating the various parts of the drum kit. His friends accompanied him, and he had a great time and was intoxicated.

Having lived here for more than five years, Ronaldinho has naturally met many friends, and he is also a common person in such places. Don't worry about safety, the owner of the pub will do his best to ensure his safety. After all, Ronaldinho appears in the Here, the popularity of the pub can be driven, and it can be regarded as his VIP. Therefore, a good atmosphere has been formed here. There will be no crazy fans coming to pester you. Other guests also keep a distance to watch Ronaldinho and his friends. People will ask him to sign an autograph when appropriate, take a photo together, or record these pictures with a digital camera like now.

At this time, the Internet is not as developed as ten years later, otherwise, it is estimated that Ronaldinho's private life will be broadcast live on the Internet simultaneously.

The avant-garde and uniquely dressed Ronaldinho put down his drumsticks when he was tired and went to the bar with his friends for a drink. At this moment, one of his friends shouted at him: Hey, Real Madrid reversed Bayern Munich at home, Millwall will face Real Madrid in the semi-finals!

Hearing this, Ronaldinho asked the boy at the bar for a glass of wine, then raised his glass and smiled: This is good news. I prefer to go to Spain than to Germany. Guys, don't contact me in the second half of the month. I'm not free. Get rid of it. Real Madrid, next month, I will go to Scotland, bye!

Drank the wine in the glass, Ronaldinho took out the money and put it on the bar, and paid for the drink of his friend, then waved to everyone and left, signing autographs with some people on the way out of the pub, revealing Smiling faces together.

He had a bodyguard. In fact, he didn't intend to hire a bodyguard, but a driver. However, considering that he would sometimes use a bodyguard, he simply hired a bodyguard.

Why hire a driver?

Because he caused some small disputes while driving in Brazil, his driver's license was revoked, and he didn't want to spend time in the UK to take the driver's license test. He knew that even if he took the driver's license test, he might have another accident soon. What should I do if I drink and drive on the road and get inspected?

So he didn't drive the luxury car he bought himself, but asked the bodyguard and driver to drive it.

He got into his car outside the pub, and the driver drove back to his new home on the outskirts of East London. He took out his mobile phone and looked at it. Many teammates sent him text messages, telling him that Millwall's Champions League semi-final opponent would be Real Madrid.

Ronaldinho didn't reply to the text message, but just laughed it off.

 …

Returned to London from Barcelona yesterday morning, the team's main players are on holiday today, and because the league opponents are not strong at the weekend, they will let the substitute lineup play, Aldridge gave them an extra half day off.

France, Bordeaux.

In a winery, Schneider, Nedved, Larson, and their invited guests Shevchenko and Trezeguet, who were dressed in casual clothes, went to the city with their families, They haven’t come back yet, but the five of them are sitting on a comfortable sofa, with more than ten kinds of expensive red wine on the tea table in front of them. They are not here to drink, but to taste wine, and at the same time watch the life and death of Real Madrid and Bayern Munich at the Bernabéu war.

In the winery here, Schneider and others have invested in it year after year. They dare not say how amazing the rate of return is, but after a few years, high-quality red wine with storage value has begun to rise. Banks have higher returns and seem to be less risky than investing in the financial market. They increase their investment every year. Now, apart from football income and advertising business income, their biggest investment is this winery, and it is worth a lot.

Tasting some wine, finalizing some new collections, and then, they enjoy the game.

To be honest, I also hope that Real Madrid will advance to the semi-finals and Bayern Munich will be enough!

Schneider said with a smile while holding his wine glass.

Nedved and Larsson looked at each other and smiled. Before the start of the game, they were really worried that Real Madrid would not be able to advance. It was a strange psychological activity. Obviously, Millwall would have a higher chance of winning against Bayern Munich, but they just thought Should touch Real Madrid!

The strong have no fear!

I hope you will go farther.

Shevchenko and Trezeguet felt a little bit bitter at this moment. Whether they were guests, former teammates or friends, their blessings came from the bottom of their hearts.

In fact, Shevchenko really wants to inquire about the rumors of the transfer market. Although Millwall has been denying all news of player transfers, in Italy, speculation about the future of Pirlo and other players has become rampant, and there are also close discussions in Milan. rumor.

However, considering the attitude of Nedved and others, Shevchenko dismissed this idea again.

Schneider and the others actually don't care much about the future choices of their teammates.

Stay, that is teammates brothers.

Leave, then be friends.

No matter who chooses to leave, they don't think Millwall has lost anything.

They follow Aldridge and are loyal to Millwall, no matter how many others there are, they only care about whether you give your all while wearing the Millwall jersey!

Transfer rumors, internal trends, of course Nedved and the others have already noticed that there are not many secrets hidden in the locker room, but they will not go to Pirlo, Zambrotta or others to talk about this matter, then they will It becomes a kind of interference, harassment, and affects the lives of others, and Pirlo's professionalism, in training, on the court, and everything they show, is impeccable. This is enough, even if they really leave, Schneider and they will understand.

Where did Thierry go?

Trezeguet was more curious about what Henry would do at this time.

Schneider smiled and said, Woman.

Whoa, British?

Well, in love.

Henry didn't watch the football game at night, but was watching a movie with his new girlfriend in London. When he came out of the movie theater, he happened to receive a text message from his teammate. Seeing that it was the result of Real Madrid's promotion to the semi-finals, he breathed a sigh of relief Shocked, he put the phone back in his pocket, took the girl's hand and walked away from the cinema.

Going to the Bernabeu to play, there are so many surprises this season. (to be continued..) ()