When Lei Ming returned to Monaco with the team, it was already late at night. He lay alone on his dormitory bed, searching for his past self in this world.

He grew up in an orphanage in Portugal and faced a lot of discrimination because of his skin color. He had almost no friends, except for the kind director's wife who took care of him, encouraged his growth, and helped him successfully join the football industry.

It was also during this season that the twenty-year-old was transferred to Monaco for 100,000 euros.

Although Monaco is a small independent country, they are able to compete in Ligue 1 and have a decent record in the league every year. While they are not a top team in Ligue 1, they are at least considered to be a team in one of the top five European leagues.

However, Monaco is not a very ambitious club. They have a very clear understanding of their own position: to make a living by selling players.

Last season, the team performed quite well under Jardim's leadership and successfully qualified for this season's Champions League. Everyone originally thought that they would purchase a few more suitable players on the basis of this lineup to compete for the new season and achieve better results for the team. However, Monaco's management did something that made all fans curse.

They actually sold off all four of the team's key players from last season at high prices under these circumstances, making tens of millions of euros in profit. The executives were all all smiles. In their words, "Selling them while they're hot is the best way to make money."

As a result, head coach Jardim this season was forced to tank, taking only five million and starting to make small-scale moves.

His main criteria for recruiting players were to vigorously promote youth training players and bring in economical and affordable players from smaller teams.

Jonas Reming was one of the goalkeepers who was unintentionally brought back by the opposing team in this plan.

Because the club's plan specifically specified the need to bring in an Asian player to attract the Asian market, Lei Ming was selected by Monaco solely because of his looks, not his ability.

After all, his looks are truly striking, almost comparable to the younger version of Chan Ho-nam. With his rugged features and tall, upright figure, he is definitely a male model.

As he focused his attention on the goalkeeper's manual in his mind, this time, the first page finally slowly opened to him.

The first rule for goalkeepers: [Negotiation skills]

(Communicating with the referee during the match has a bonus effect)

"A good goalkeeper must be able to negotiate and always be open to discussion."

Lei Ming looked at the contents of the book with some surprise, and was completely blown away!

The book can be turned, but the contents are all about football rules, as well as various techniques for negotiating with referees.

What would a football player like him need this for?

It's not like I'm going to become a lawyer!

Other people's cheat codes allow them to become stronger or earn money with every victory, but I've ended up with such a useless ability.

However, no matter how much he complained, there was only this one thing on it.

While complaining about how useless it was, he still held onto the attitude of giving it a try.

When he tried to read through all the contents, a miracle happened: the negotiation techniques described had changed.

Negotiation skills 0.1%

You can gain experience just by reading this once!

After that, he tried reading it several more times. It took him about ten minutes to read each of the three pages. After reading it ten times, his negotiation skills finally improved to 1%. At this point, he also gained a lot of insights into the rules of football.

Around midnight, he finally succumbed to sleepiness and fell asleep.

The next morning, Lei Ming got up at six o'clock to continue reading, wanting to see what this thing was actually used for.

During this process, he discovered that silently reciting was useless; only reading aloud could increase his experience. However, he didn't have a book in his hand, and yet he was speaking eloquently, which seemed a bit strange. So, wherever he went, he would carry a book with him as a formality, and read it whenever he had free time.

In the morning, not only did he get up early, but his teammates also got up early to go for a morning run. The younger players in the second team, in particular, knew better than anyone that opportunity always comes to those who are prepared.

If you want to earn a high salary like the senior players in the first team, you have to work harder than them and try to replace them.

Among these people is none other than Kylian Mbappé, the rising star. Although he recently signed a new contract with a higher salary, he has no intention of moving out of the dormitory yet.

His goal was simple: to work harder so that he could get closer to his idol. The dream of playing for the national team had always been his aspiration, and the desire to stand on the same field with that number 7 man had always been his obsession.

Therefore, even though he has already gained recognition for his strength from many people, he still trains hard because he knows that his idol, "God of War Luo," might be even more hardworking than him.

While jogging, he saw his partner, who had scored a goal yesterday, not jogging early in the morning but instead reading a book at the door. Curious, he went up to him and asked, "Hey, Lei Ming, what are you doing? Planning to change careers?"

He's supposed to be a soccer player, but he's reading a book first thing in the morning—that's clearly a sign he doesn't want to do the job!

"Ah, no, I'm not changing careers. I'm studying the rules of football. You keep running, don't worry about me."

Mbappe looked at the other person with suspicion, feeling very strange. He had performed so well yesterday, so why was he so negative?

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