Taylor was wearing a hazy black gauze pajamas on the upper body and pink diamond triangle briefs on the lower body. She walked slowly towards Gu Ran with her 240 million long legs.
Gu Ran didn't know whether to look up or down...
Who the hell can stand this?
That's me! Gu Ran took a deep breath and tried to stay calm, but his heart was already in a state of turmoil.
Taylor bit his lip. "I don't know what happened. It's my first time being so bold...does it look good?"
Gu Ran said: "...just so-so."
A little worse than last night's picture.
Taylor said coquettishly, "Gu, you are so annoying! You are obviously bad and dirty, but you are so talented. By the way, do you want to hear me sing? I still owe you three songs. You choose and I sing."
Want to earn 700,000 pounds from me? No way! Even if you dress like this, it won’t work! Gu Ran immediately said, “Then let’s sing “We are never getting back together”.”
Taylor was stunned again, "What...is this song again?"
This is your 2013 Billboard singles champion! Gu Ran sang it a cappella.
The backhand earned Taylor another £500,000.
Taylor's chest rose and fell with excitement. "Oh, Gu, you are so great!"
Gu Ran smiled faintly, "Actually, I can be even better..."
Taylor said eagerly, "Can you show it to me?"
Gu Ran said: "It's too shocking to be displayed casually."
Taylor came up and shook Gu Ran's arm, saying coquettishly, "Hey, show it to me!"
“Stop, stop shaking…”
The atmosphere in the living room became more and more ambiguous, and it could explode with the slightest spark.
The two young hearts were beating restlessly, and their laughter rose one after another without any taboos.
However, both of them remained restrained in the end, and neither of them broke through first.
The layer of window paper between the two of them was still just a little bit away from being broken.
And Gu Ran was not in a hurry.
After all, we will play the League Cup knockout round the day after tomorrow.
If we rush to expose it tonight... I'm afraid we'll have to fight until dawn.
So, after laughing and playing for a while, the two went back to their respective rooms. Gu Ran did calculus in his mind, while Taylor recorded Gu Ran's new song and hummed it over and over again with the guitar.
That night, Gu Ran had a dream all night listening to Taylor's beautiful singing.
In the dream, Taylor walked in with a face full of resentment, holding up a pair of shiny pink diamond shorts and saying that he couldn't sleep at night if he wore this...
Early the next morning.
Gu Ran woke up earlier than usual.
The negative effects of 83 points of physical fitness are really unbearable.
After finishing his extra training in the morning, Gu Ran returned to the Staplewood training base in high spirits and started comprehensive training against Sheffield United with his teammates.
While Lallana is still recovering from injury, Gu Ran has taken on more responsibility for breakthroughs through the middle during training.
Head coach Adkins is very satisfied with Gu Ran's performance in multiple positions.
Near the lunch break, personal affairs assistant Rick appeared in front of Gu Ran with two panda eyes and a face full of grievance.
Gu Ran didn't wait for Rick to speak before he said, "Rick, you really screwed me last night!"
Rick was surprised and said: "Ah? I..."
Gu Ran patted Rick's shoulder and said, "But I forgive you."
"Thank you Gu..." Rick's face was full of gratitude, and he suddenly came to his senses, "Wait, that's not right, Gu, I'm the one who got tricked! Look at me, don't you see that I'm different from before?"
Gu Ran ignored Rick's question and changed the subject, "By the way, did you buy the VIP box ticket I asked you to buy?"
"Oh, I got it. I'll do the job, just don't worry." Rick quickly took out a VIP box ticket.
"Well, I'll pay you back half a month later."
"Gu, please be a human being. My wife will really beat me to death."
"It's okay. You're so fat, she can't kill you."
Rick said in a crying voice: "Gu, you may not know, my wife weighs 260 kilograms, and she used to practice women's boxing. Here, I must explain that the reason why she weighs 260 kilograms is because the upper limit of our scale is 260 kilograms!"
"Oh..." Gu Ran sighed, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
"So, can you reimburse me for this receipt now?"
"Not yet, but I can give you a set of signed jerseys with it clearly written on it that it's for your wife."
Rick was anxious. "How can one set of autographed jerseys be enough? My wife weighs 260 pounds! At least... two sets!"
What the hell? Sew it up and wear it?
Never mind, this is not something I should worry about...
Gu Ran immediately said: "Deal!"
Rick seemed to have suffered a great loss, "Should I get three sets?"
After dealing with Rick's issue, Gu Ran continued to devote himself to training.
By the end of today's training, Gu Ran had accumulated 7 talent points, and increased "Enhanced Reasonable Collision" from +5 to +6, "Interception and Steal" from +4 to +5, and "Close Defense" from +4 to +5.
Moreover, after taking a rest for one game, Gu Ran's physical fitness and competitive state are at full capacity.
After returning to the Dune Villa that night, Gu Ran easily picked up two talent point bubbles of Taylor Swift, bringing the number of talent points in his hand to 9.
It’s so cool to have a queen-level artifact for masturbation.
Gu Ran thought about it for a while, and then raised the "corner kick" in the technical category from 66 points to 70 points, and the "short pass" and "field of vision" from 69 points to 70 points respectively.
Every sub-attribute of the major technology category has shortcomings.
Before facing your Premier League rivals in the EFL Cup, you need to improve your overall technical attributes as much as possible.
Gu Ran weighed the remaining three talent points and allocated them all to the "strength" attribute, raising the strength attribute from 85 points to 88 points.
This is mainly aimed at the "Blades" Sheffield United.
Before "The Godfather" Wilder took over Sheffield United, Sheffield United played in the traditional English style, with very high intensity of confrontation.
Logically speaking, one should strengthen his physical fitness and try to avoid injuries in confrontations. However, physical fitness is a double-edged sword. The little queen Taylor Swift is wearing black gauze pajamas and pink diamond shorts at home. If she really improves her physical fitness by 3 points in one breath, something might happen tonight.
Therefore, Gu Ran chose to increase his strength first so that he could confront the Blade Legion head-on.
After adding some, Gu Ran felt that the muscles all over his body had become much stronger.
Before going to bed at night, Gu Ran gave Taylor the VIP box ticket for tomorrow's game and invited Taylor to watch his game.
——If he wants to break the window paper, he has to let Taylor see his true strength, hardness and speed.
Taylor naturally agreed happily.
Taylor also took the initiative to give Gu Ran a big hug to show his gratitude.
Gu Ran...really can’t take it anymore.
That night, Gu Ran was doing calculus in his mind and listening to Taylor singing downstairs. He finally fell asleep.
On Tuesday, September 21st, Gu Ran got up early, did some simple extra training, and then drove to Staplewood training base to gather.
Although the League Cup knockout match today starts at 7:45 pm, as the away team, coach Adkins requires all players on the roster to have breakfast before 9:30 pm and then take the team bus to the game venue in South Yorkshire in northern England.
Southampton is far away from South Yorkshire, and it takes at least three and a half hours by bus. The players also took advantage of this time to rest and catch up on sleep.
There are two professional football clubs in South Yorkshire, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday.
Sheffield United's nickname is Blade, but in fact, this nickname belonged to Sheffield Wednesday at the beginning, and Sheffield United's earliest nickname was - Knifemaker. However, later, with the rise of the famous football hooligan organization Blade Gang, such a nice nickname "Blade" naturally belonged to Sheffield United, and Sheffield Wednesday had no way of reasoning with the Blade Gang.
The word "Lian" also has its own rules, not every team can be called Lian.
谢菲尔德联俱乐部最开始并不是足球俱乐部，而是板球俱乐部，而且还是两家不同的板球俱乐部。
板球于16世纪诞生，在当时是英国的贵族运动，绅士运动，到了18、19世纪后，就逐渐的平民化了。
而且板球也是11人的阵容，板球是春夏比赛，当时的足球是秋冬比赛。
所以板球队在打完春夏赛季之后，基本上就没什么事干了。
后来两家约克郡的板球俱乐部一合计，干脆，咱们别用棍子了，咱们板球打的那么差劲，不如踢足球了，阵容都是现成的。
于是，谢菲尔德联足球俱乐部就成立了。
联，就是联合、整合的意思。
而纽卡斯尔联俱乐部虽然不是整合了板球队，但英格兰北部的足球俱乐部本身就稀少，而且成绩都很差，于是纽卡斯尔牵头，把北部的几家小俱乐部整合到了一起，所以就叫纽卡斯尔联了。
当然，曼联跟谢菲尔德联和纽卡斯尔联的联还不一样。
曼联最开始叫牛顿希斯俱乐部，队徽是火车头，底色是黄色和绿色，后来因为一只狗，曼联才改名为曼彻斯特联队。
当时牛顿希斯的队长哈利·斯塔福德的狗跑丢了，结果被曼市当地的啤酒厂老板找到了，两人一聊天，啤酒厂老板得知牛顿希斯俱乐部正打算卖掉或者解散，啤酒厂老板当即掏钱买下了该俱乐部，并且改名曼彻斯特队——但是等等，当时曼市已经有曼彻斯特队了，于是，他们就模仿谢菲尔德联和纽卡斯尔联，定名为曼彻斯特联队，简称曼联。
话说回来——谢菲尔德联队所在的社区是典型的钢铁工业区，以打造刀具闻名于世，谢菲尔德联的队徽也是一朵白玫瑰加两把交叉的海盗刀，在这里，白玫瑰不是代表浪漫，而是代表在1455-1485年的玫瑰战争中，约克家族的白玫瑰贵族家徽。
英格兰有不少球队的队徽上都有玫瑰，比如谢菲尔德联，比如南安普顿，比如利兹联，比如切尔西，比如曼城，比如曼联。
曼联现在的队徽是三叉戟红魔“弗雷德”，这是曼联传奇教练马特·巴斯比爵士定下来的，意思是，我们是能生吃敌人的红色魔鬼，但在最开始的时候，曼联采用的是兰开夏郡的红玫瑰作为队徽的，同城的曼城队队徽里也是兰开夏郡的红玫瑰，而利兹联则是约克的白玫瑰。
就像玫瑰战争里的两派贵族那样，红玫瑰象征着兰开斯特家族和支持兰开斯特家族的属臣小贵族们，白玫瑰象征着约克家族和支持约克家族的属臣小贵族们。
单从队徽上玫瑰的颜色，其实就不难看出，为什么曼联跟利兹联是传统死敌，而曼联跟曼城虽然是同城对手，但称不上是真正意义上的死敌。
英格兰的玫瑰战争，虽然只打了30年，但影响何止是300年。
在南安普顿的队徽上，也有一朵玫瑰，这朵玫瑰是白色的——南安普顿从根系上来说，是属于约克贵族派系的。
所以，南安普顿和谢菲尔德联谈不上是死敌。
但是，今天可是淘汰赛，就算不是传统意义上的死敌，双方都会拼尽全力证明自己的。
还有一点就是——谢菲尔德联从英超沦落到英冠后，目前聘用的是前“狐狸城”莱斯特城的主教练米奇·亚当斯。
而米奇·亚当斯在球员时代，是南安普顿的功勋左后卫，并且还是圣徒名人堂的成员。
所以，这场比赛，从大的层面来讲，是约克派系的内战，从小的层面来讲，也是南安普顿队新老球员/教练之间的对话。
更何况，顾然刚刚在环保慈善晚宴上大放异彩，媒体报纸都在疯狂追捧顾然的消息，有顾然在的比赛，必定是关注度极高的。
说到谢菲尔德联，这也是一家颇为神奇的俱乐部。
首先是谢菲尔德联跟中国足球的不得不提的关系。
早在1996年的时候，川省的五牛俱乐部成立，成为中乙球队，并且在第二年1997年，成功升入中甲——当时还没有中超。
到了2001年，五牛俱乐部跟本省的绵阳俱乐部打出了11:2的比分，成为了当年震惊中外的甲B五鼠假球案，五牛队被足协重罚，从此元气大伤。
到了2005年，奄奄一息的五牛队迎来了一个转机——英超的谢菲尔德联俱乐部老板凯文·麦凯布投资1.9亿买下了五牛俱乐部的股权，五牛俱乐部随即更名为“谢菲联”俱乐部。
谢菲尔德联俱乐部的老板凯文·麦凯布是一个很有头脑的生意人。
凯文·麦凯布是土生土长的约克郡人，他从小就疯狂的热爱谢菲尔德联队，在他做房地产和酒店生意赚了大钱后，他第一件事就是买下了当时还在英超的谢菲尔德联队，并且改造了球场，提升了青训设施等等，谢菲尔德联队也迎来了一波发展小高潮，在英超踢得风生水起。
麦凯布还不甘心只在英格兰发展谢菲尔德联，他看中了极为广阔的中国足球市场。
英国才有6500万人口，而中国有13亿！ 麦凯布以为中国足球不行，是因为没有先进的英式管理模式，他以为只要按照谢菲尔德联队的模版来打造中国俱乐部，那么自己就是来捡钱的。
买下五牛俱乐部，在中国设立热菲尔德联的卫星俱乐部，正是他迈出的第一步——更何况，五牛俱乐部当时真是便宜，折算英镑也就是1000万多一点，还不如一个二流球星的转会费高。
本来一切都很美好，新更名的谢菲联队踢的也不错，踢进了中超，但是，随着2008年金融危机，麦凯布的房地产和酒店生意也不行了，麦凯布对于成都谢菲联队的投入也就大幅减少了。
于是，2009年的时候，谢菲联队为了挣50万（实际上只挣了30万块，另外20万是虚开发票，被中间人吃了），谢菲联队又踢假球了，然后又被足协抓到了。
而谢菲联之所以被足协抓到，并不是足协眼里揉不得沙子，而是有兄弟俱乐部给足了钱……
总之，到了2010年的时候，谢菲联俱乐部的资金已经没有，大老板麦凯布干脆免费出让谢菲联50%的股份，只要求本地收购者能共同负担谢菲联的债务和日常支出就行。
结果……没人要。
于是，到了2013年，混吃等死的谢菲联以6000万块的底价转让全部股权，更名为天诚俱乐部。
到了2015年，天诚降级到中乙，一个轰轰烈烈的俱乐部，就这么原地解散了。
不管怎么说，这也是中国足球俱乐部跟英格兰英超级俱乐部，走得最近的一次，踌躇满志的想要玩转中国足球市场的凯文·麦凯布，赔惨了。
但这还不是麦凯布最惨的投资。
就目前而言，谢菲尔德联的老板麦凯布的噩梦也才刚刚开始而已。
因为08年的金融海啸和在谢菲联上的巨亏，谢菲尔德联最近的两年投入锐减，成绩也不稳，从英超掉到了英冠两年了，现在还在英冠的下游挣扎着。
麦凯布是真心的疼爱自己的俱乐部，但又舍不得断臂求生，舍不得把自己的地皮和酒店低价割肉来喂养谢菲尔德联。
麦凯布想出了一个“聪明”的办法，那就是引入资金，但是又不完全引入。
麦凯布从曼城身上，看到了中东王子的实力，但是他又不想让中东王子获得俱乐部的控制权。
麦克布找了一个对英国足球市场感兴趣的中东王子，跟他玩“roulette clause”对赌。
这个对赌协议简单来说就是：如果有分歧，我可以用500万英镑的价格买回你手里的股份，或者你得一次性把我的股份全买走，如果你不能把我手里的股份全买走，那你就得把股份还给我。
这份协议看不出有什么陷阱来，中东王子乐呵呵的签下了这份对赌协议。
麦凯布觉得自己真是太聪明了。
哪知道……不是任何一个中东王子，都是曼苏尔那样的王子。
中东王子这个头衔，多的比他们的油井还多。
国王的儿子当然是叫王子，王子生的儿子也叫王子，王子的儿子生的儿子也叫王子，王子生的公主嫁人了，驸马爷也就自动获得了王子头衔，驸马爷都叫王子了，那驸马爷的儿子也叫王子，驸马爷还可以娶4个老婆，因为驸马爷已经有王子头衔了，所以生的每个儿子都可以叫王子……
In short, this prince named "Abdullah" is not stupid at all. Before purchasing Sheffield United, Prince Abdullah was already one of the owners of Riyadh Crescent in Saudi Arabia. He was well versed in the rules of club equity. After signing an agreement with McCabe, he got 50% of the shares of Sheffield United at a very low price, but did not invest a penny in the club.
McCabe endured year after year, cursing Prince Abdullah's ancestors in his heart. Finally, McCabe couldn't bear it anymore and asked Abdullah to return the shares or buy all of his shares.
McCabe is certainly not afraid of Prince Abdullah buying his shares, because when McCabe signed the agreement, he had already tied the remaining 50% of the club's shares to his real estate and hotel companies. In other words, if Prince Abdullah wants to buy the remaining 50%, he must first buy his Scarborough Group.
Scarborough Group valued at billions of pounds!
McCabe was certain that poor Prince Abdullah would not be able to come up with billions of pounds.
As a result...Prince Abdullah secretly purchased Sheffield United's shares at a low price in the secondary market through a middleman. He actually controlled 75% of the shares and directly became the absolute controlling party of Sheffield United. He circumvented the gambling agreement in a nearly cheating manner.
By the time McCabe reacted, it was too late.
Although McCabe cried and said how much he loved Sheffield United in court, the judge still ruled that Sheffield United belonged to Prince Abdullah.
The lawsuit was a long one and was finally settled in 2019.
In the end, McCabe had to divest the remaining club shares and sell them to Prince Abdullah for 5 million pounds. By 2019, Sheffield United had come out of the trough and returned to the Premier League with a valuation of 200 million pounds.
This is also a very famous football club equity case.
McCabe played with eagles all his life, and ended up getting pecked in the eye by an eagle...
At this stage, although McCabe is still the owner of Sheffield United and Prince Abdullah has just purchased 50% of the shares, the club is already restless and the team's management is poor.
However, this does not mean that Sheffield United is a weak team that can be bullied at will.
Sheffield United is the earliest English team, and its current playing style is also typical British style, rough and direct.
For this, Southampton is also fully prepared mentally.
Near noon, Southampton's bus arrived at Bramall Lane, the home of Sheffield United.
Outside the stadium, many Blades business gang members wearing red and white jerseys were already waiting there. When they saw the Southampton team's bus, they started booing and mocking.
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(End of this chapter)