Chapter 125: Protecting Shortcomings
Mr. Florentino didn't avoid everyone when he gave Eggsy the little box, so when he came back, Eggsy was holding the little box and jumping all the way. His happy look made everyone who saw him laugh.
"What? What makes you so happy?" Ronaldo and Modric were sorting their things in the rest area, but Ramos was carrying his own little guy. Seeing him come back happily after talking to Mr. Florentino, he asked.
"Eat it~" Eggsy raised the box in his hand, opened it and revealed the sandwich inside. "Do you want to eat it?"
Ramos smiled and rubbed Eggsy's head. "This is given to you by the Chairman. Keep it for yourself. Hurry up and pack it up. You still have to go to the press conference."
Even though it was summer, it would be quite troublesome if you caught a cold due to all the sweat. Especially Eggsy, his contract with the club even included certain drugs, so Ramos, as the captain, naturally kept a closer eye on Eggsy.
Fortunately, Eggsy didn't have much stuff, so he packed it up quickly, carrying his backpack and followed the team back to the locker room. The next thing the Real Madrid players did was to take a shower in the locker room, and then go to the bus to wait for other teammates who were going to the press conference to come back.
While taking a shower, Eggsy was happily humming a little tune, and his cocky look made his teammates beside him want to laugh. Everyone who was taking a shower or passing by reached out and rubbed his hair, of course, some of them hid shampoo in their hands.
It was not until Eggsy found that he could not wash away the shampoo foam on his head that he wiped his eyes with water and found that it was Marcelo and Ronaldo. The two bastards were actually rubbing their hair with shampoo. He was so angry that he splashed soapy water all over them.
This bathroom battle made everyone in the bathroom and dressing room laugh.
"Hahahaha~ Okay, stop messing around. Hurry up too, Eggsy. The head coach has already gone to the press conference."
Although he is having fun, Ramos is still very reliable when it comes to serious matters.
But no one bothered Eggsy anymore, and they even brought him a clean towel when he finished washing. So Modric wiped Eggsy's head with a towel, while Ronaldo brought Eggsy a jersey, intending to speed up Eggsy so that he could catch up with the press conference.
The people outside were discussing: "Should we give Eggsy a haircut?"
"Don't worry, the first show press conference is just okay, don't be too high-profile." Ramos is very clear about the twists and turns here: "This press conference will also have many mouthpiece newspapers of other clubs. It will be perfect if there are no mistakes as a whole."
Although I don't want to admit it, what Ramos said makes sense. However, everyone still reminded Eggsy and Bale that this debut will definitely include newspapers from Atletico Madrid and other teams that don't have very good relations with them. At that time, they will definitely speak a little aggressively. What do you think?
However, it was not until they attended the press conference that they realized how enthusiastic these reporters were. Eggsy, who was following behind Bell, had just buried his legs in the press conference when he felt that the flashes outside had illuminated the venue.
There were at least 40 reporters squatting in the venue, and the densely packed video recorders and black snake cameras used for broadcasting were all pointed at the stage. This press conference was much larger than when Eggsy was at the Foxes, and there were many sponsorship logos posted on the back, and there were also many drinks and footballs on the table.
Eggsy followed Bale onto the stage, and Mr. Zidane had already dealt with the reporters on the stage. Seeing them coming, Zidane put on a smile, which was a change from the way he had just answered questions with the reporters. He was obviously much more friendly.
Bale sat down first, and Eggsy followed closely behind. However, after sitting down, Eggsy took away the drinks in front of himself and Bale. However, this action made Bale and Zidane react and immediately smiled at Eggsy.
After all, there was an incident in the football world where a player endorsed an advertisement for another beverage, but was photographed by reporters in the same frame with another beverage and was fined millions.
Eggsy smiled back at them, but this little gesture of Eggsy's really made people around him feel attentive and considerate. Many reporters saw it and were not surprised why he attracted others in just one week at Real Madrid.
After Bale and Eggsy sat down and spoke rashly, they both looked at head coach Zidane. Then Zidane used the microphone to indicate that he had finished speaking and intended to let Bale and Eggsy speak.
Eggsy and Bell looked at each other, but Eggsy did not turn on the microphone. Bell looked at him and smiled. Then he realized that he should speak first, so Bell turned on the microphone first, and then the authors in the audience began to raise their hands and ask questions enthusiastically.
However, because Bale can only understand English, the reporters who asked questions had to use English. Now it is Spain, and soon a reporter stood up and asked Bale in Spanish.
Bale could only frown and look at the sidelines. He knew that it was the other team's newspaper that embarrassed Bale. However, after Bale said he didn't understand, the reporter asked again in English. After getting Bale's reply, he suddenly said in Spanish: "If you don't understand Spanish, why did you come to Spain to play football?"
Bell didn't understand what he was saying, so he was at a loss. But Eggsy turned on the microphone and suddenly asked the reporter in English: "Hello, can I ask you a question?"
The reporter looked at Eggsy with his head held high, seemingly disdainful of Eggsy who was speaking English.
"So, is it that all the players in your favorite team are Spanish? Or even if there are new players, can they learn Spanish as soon as they arrive?"
"That's not what I mean." The reporter was obviously angry and responded directly and loudly to Eggsy.
At this time, Bell, who didn't understand Spanish, suddenly understood what the reporter said and that Eggsy was helping him. For a moment, Bell didn't know whether to stop Eggsy or help him, so he looked at Eggsy and the reporter a little at a loss when Eggsy was talking.
Eggsy smiled, not at all moved by the other party's anger, and continued to ask in English: "But in my opinion, it means the same thing. What you just said means that players who don't know Spanish can't play in Spain because it's boring and meaningless, right?"
The reporter was completely at a loss for words, and then suddenly had an idea and replied, "I don't understand your English."
Eggsy smiled, then asked the reporter another question in fluent Spanish, and even asked at the end: "Is what you said about Marca? Is it what they mean to all the foreign players who play in Spain and don't speak Spanish? Or is it just your opinion?"
This was too much of a accusation. The Marca reporter was obviously too scared to answer Eggsy's question. In the end, he could only stammer, "It's my personal opinion."
"Okay, I understand." Eggsy nodded with a smile and politely turned off his microphone.
Bale, who was standing by, was confused by Eggsy's move, and then he suddenly stretched out his hand and slowly clapped! Zidane looked at Eggsy and suddenly felt that he had heard that Eggsy was very protective, especially of his teammates.
In previous Premier League games, Eggsy defended his teammates and even pushed others without hesitation on the court.
Now I see that what he said is true, but this little guy is obviously still listening to the smart ones. He knew that violence was not an option, so he used words to force the stupid reporter to self-destruct. But it’s good this way. When they meet Eggsy later, these Spanish reporters who always talk nonsense may not dare to say anything.
Sure enough, after Bell finished speaking, Eggsy calmly turned on his microphone.
Perhaps it was because of Eggsy's sharp question just now that made all the reporters feel a little afraid of Eggsy, who was young but had great brain power, so no one asked Eggsy any questions for a short period of time.
In fact, it’s not that no one asked, but they originally thought that Eggsy was a little cutie who could be easily manipulated, so the questions were set to be more straightforward. Now that they found that Eggsy was a tough nut to crack, they obviously didn’t dare to rashly ask the original questions and had to think about them again.
This is why he didn't ask Eggsy any questions at the first moment, which made Eggsy laugh. Then he asked in Spanish: "Everything is fine? Then I'm ready to go home?"
Eggsy's joke successfully made the reporters laugh, and the atmosphere became relaxed. Soon a female reporter stood up and congratulated Eggsy in a very gentle tone for his good performance in his debut.
This was similar to what the reporters had said when they interviewed Bale before, so Eggsy just responded politely.
Soon the reporter began to ask Eggsy, of course he was still cautious when asking: "Mr. Florentino gave you something after the game? Can you tell me?"
Eggsy just smiled and said, "There's nothing to hide. The chairman said his wife gave me a box of sandwiches."
When Eggsy said this, you shyly scratched your face, then smiled and said, "I'm a little hungry after the game."
The other reporters couldn't help laughing after hearing this answer, and Eggsy continued, "To be honest, I'm quite looking forward to it, because the sandwich looks really good."
Everyone else might be laughing, but the female reporter who asked Eggsy the question looked a little embarrassed and couldn't laugh for a moment. Seeing her expression, Eggsy asked her, "Ms. Reporter, what's wrong?"
The reporter answered in an awkward whisper: "Mr. Florentino's wife died 12 years ago."
Suddenly, the happy scene became a little awkward, but Eggsy smiled tactfully: "But I still want to thank Mr. Florentino, right?"
The whole audience fell silent after hearing this. Eggsy did not continue to answer anything. He just turned off the microphone in front of him with a smile that looked a bit like love, indicating that he would not accept any more questions.
Zidane reacted very quickly and said, "The press conference is over." Then he and Bale escorted Eggsy away from the scene.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
