Chapter 17: Calm Down

Chinese tyrant!

This was the front-page headline of The Sun the next day. It did not carry a photo of Yang Huan, but it did carry a photo of Alan Pardew angrily criticizing the incident. It was easy for readers to empathize with the grief and indignation of the tearful accusation.

The subtitle is a sentence, "English football is all rubbish!"

The Sun was obviously well prepared for this, using special pages on the second and third editions to introduce Alan Pardew's accusation against Southampton, and published the process described by Alan Pardew in an interview overnight.

Alan Pardew said that when he was directing the team's training, Yang Huan suddenly appeared on the training ground with a group of people, which not only affected the team's normal training plan, but also interfered with his plan and asked the coaching staff to change the training content according to his requirements, but was rejected by Alan Pardew.

"I absolutely cannot tolerate a layman who knows nothing but money, openly overriding the head coach. That is absolutely unacceptable to any professional head coach with dignity, and it is a disgrace to professional football!"

As for the conflict itself, Alan Pardew described the club's new owner as an arrogant, ignorant and brutal guy. He said that the reason he had a conflict with Yang Huan was that Yang Huan despised English football and criticized it as rubbish. He couldn't stand it, so they had a dispute on the sidelines of the training ground.

Here, The Sun also interviewed Alan Pardew's assistant and several players who chose to leave the team with Alan Pardew. They all confirmed Alan Pardew's remarks and believed that the club's new owner did not understand football at all.

"He gave me the feeling that he thought he could buy everything with his money. He didn't know what respect was, nor did he know the rules of professional football. But Mr. Alan Pardew bravely fought back!"

In order to increase credibility, Alan Pardew also mentioned Nicola Cortes, believing that Nicola Cortes supported Alan Pardew at the scene and hoped to dissuade the new boss from rashly firing the team's head coach at a critical moment of pre-season preparations. However, Nicola Cortes was reprimanded by Yang Huan for this and his power was also hollowed out.

Alan Pardew said that he would not compromise and had filed a complaint with the England Coaches' Union, asking the union to seek justice for him. In order to prove his character, he would not accept the contract penalty from Southampton.

"I won't accept even a penny from this Chinese man!"

As soon as this report by The Sun was published, it immediately caused a huge storm throughout the UK.

Ever since Yang Huan and Zhang Ning became famous in the Euros Shopping Mall, there have been news reports about Yang Huan almost every day, especially after he gave up the Premier League team and chose Southampton, which attracted a lot of attention from the media.

But no one expected that after acquiring Southampton, they would fire the team's head coach, Alan Pardew, who was also a well-known young coach in English football. This immediately attracted the attention of the entire English football world.

But what really made this incident a topic of concern to the whole of Britain and even Europe was that in Alan Pardew's words, Yang Huan was described as an autocratic tyrant who humiliated English football.

This was something the English, who had just returned from another World Cup defeat, could not accept. So in less than a day, countless netizens launched a campaign on the Internet. More and more netizens logged into Southampton's official website and left messages demanding that Yang Huan get out, which even caused Southampton's official website server to crash.

However, British netizens who could not find a channel to vent their anger shifted their targets to the media and the English Football Association, demanding that the media should play a role at this time, put pressure on Southampton, and help Alan Pardew get justice.

At the same time, fans also demanded that the English Football Association must give the most severe punishment to Southampton's behavior of disrespecting the head coach, especially the nouveau riche behavior of the Chinese owner.

Many well-known British columnists also seized the opportunity to participate in this storm.

"I never think that these international investors who don't understand football at all and may not even have any interest in football, entering the UK and investing in English football, will help the development of our football level in the slightest. On the contrary, I think they are not only blaspheming our football, but also poisoning our football market."

"Think about it, over the past few years, with the influx of international capital, the cost of watching football has become increasingly high. More and more devout fans are moving further and further away from the stadiums. Many of them can't even go to bars to watch football. Isn't it all caused by international capital that just wants to make some money and leave?"

"I think we should conduct a deeper reflection. We don't need this dirty money. We need a pure football environment. Let's say NO to international capital together!!"

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When the entire British media and the Internet seemed to be celebrating a festival and the whole of Britain was in an uproar, Nicola Cortes could no longer sit still in the office of Southampton's St. Mary's Stadium.

"We must respond as soon as possible, what do you think, Sun?" Nicholas Cortes looked at Sun Yue who was calm in front of him.

He wondered if this guy cared nothing about Southampton.

Otherwise, how could he be so calm in the face of this situation? As if nothing had happened?

Sun Yue sat in his office chair, shaving his left hand’s nails with his right hand, without even raising his head, “Calm down, Nicholas, it’s okay.”

"What do you mean nothing happened? The server of our official website has crashed!"

"This only proves that the server of our official website is too bad. We should replace the equipment." Sun Yue put his left hand to his mouth, exhaled, and blew away the shaved fingernails.

"Also, I've seen our official website. It's terrible. There's no interactivity at all. What era is this? We need to quickly find some people to create a new official website and a mobile app. This way, it will be more convenient for those who leave messages to curse us. They can just press a few buttons on their phones to curse us. How cool!"

Nicola Cortes slapped his forehead hard. "Oh my God, Sun, don't you understand the seriousness of the matter? Even the England Coaches Association sent a fax asking us to come to London within a week to clarify the matter."

"Isn't it just a week? Don't be nervous!" Sun Yue was still very calm.

At this time, there were several knocks on the office door, and a British blonde receptionist came over. "Director, the Times called and hopes to conduct an exclusive interview with our boss."

"In addition, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Southampton's own Southern Echo, BBC Southern TV, etc., all hope to interview us and understand the whole process of the incident."

When Sun Yue heard this, he stopped, raised his head, and thought about it seriously.

Nicola Cortes said quickly, "Sun, this is an opportunity for us to come forward and clarify."

But Sun Yue lowered his head again and said, "Forget it. It's useless to clarify now. Just reply to these newspapers and TV stations in two days."

"In two days?" Nicola Cortes was about to collapse just like the official website's server.

Most of the British people are still living in the glory of the former British Empire. What they hate most is being looked down upon. That is why Alan Pardew dared to say this in order to incite public opinion. If we continue to let it go, who can guarantee that nothing will happen?

"Oh, right!" Sun Yue called out to the receptionist, "Go to the Chinese Small Commodity Wholesale Market at the dock and buy some exquisite and practical small gifts, each worth about 100 pounds. You want the kind that you can put directly in your pocket. Buy 200 pieces."

"Understood. I'll go right away."

Nicola Cortes waited until the door closed again before shaking his head and saying, "I don't quite understand, Sun."

"You'll understand in two days!" Sun Yue said with a smile.

"In the next two days, just enjoy the feeling of being surrounded and watched by the media and everyone. It's very fulfilling!"

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When the whole of Britain and Europe were hyping up the incident between Southampton and Alan Pardew, Yang Huan, accompanied by Zhang Ning and Long Wu and Cash Harris, appeared in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The person who met him at the airport was the famous Argentine agent Fernando Hidalgo.

According to Cash Harris, Hidalgo was originally an assistant to Argentine football tycoon Mascati, a well-known vampire in world football who exploited players severely. Hidalgo then teamed up with former Argentine superstars such as Veron and Crespo to set up their own team and quickly rose to prominence.

Diego Milito, the Argentine striker who just helped Inter Milan win the treble, is his player.

However, in recent years, Hidalgo's business in Europe has been shrinking, so it welcomes the arrival of Yang Huan and others.

Hidalgo warmly received Yang Huan and his three companions. After meeting, they left the airport immediately and checked into the hotel booked by Hidalgo, where someone was already waiting for him.

Carlos Porter, the chairman of Banfield Club, which had just won the first spring league championship trophy in the club's history, was already anxiously waiting in the hotel for the tycoon from China mentioned by Hidalgo.

"Hello, Mr. Potter!"

As soon as Yang Huan saw Carlos Porter, he extended his hand, and the latter quickly shook hands with Yang Huan.

It was Hidalgo who facilitated this meeting, so after introducing the two people to each other, he was responsible for the beginning.

"Carlos, Mr. Yang Huan has just completed the acquisition of Southampton, a traditional English powerhouse. He wants to improve the team's strength in a short period of time. As for the reason why you are sitting here, I believe there is no need for everyone to say anything more."

Hidalgo has already explored the way before. Although James Rodriguez is an important member of the team, Banfield is willing to sell him. There are currently two buyers, one is Porto and the other is Southampton.

After hearing that Southampton was also interested in James Rodriguez, Carlos Porter suspended the negotiations with Porto because he felt that this was a rare opportunity to raise the price.

"Yes, my friend, Fernando, we don't need to be polite. I am very interested in listening to Southampton's offer."

The purpose of Yang Huan's trip was not specifically for James Rodriguez. The Colombian was just a player he picked up along the way, but he knew the Colombian's potential better than anyone else.

In the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, James Rodriguez was one of the most dazzling stars in the World Cup.

"I wonder what price Porto offered you?"

Carlos Porter and Hidalgo looked at each other, and the latter nodded secretly, "Six million euros!"

In fact, Porto is still haggling over the price of five million.

Yang Huan and Zhang Ning were aware of the exchange of glances between Hidalgo and Carlos Porter.

"Then I'll also offer 6 million pounds, which is 7 million euros!" Yang Huan offered the price almost without hesitation.

Neither Carlos Porter nor Hidalgo expected that things would go so smoothly. Doesn't this Chinese man bargain?

"Think about it. I always use cash for my transactions, but I only use RMB. If you agree, we will go through the formalities and the money will be deposited into your account. However, you have to provide someone to help us apply for a labor permit for James Rodriguez."

James Rodriguez has not yet played for the national team and does not have a second EU citizenship, so he can only apply for the special talent clause, which requires an authoritative certificate.

Carlos Porter exchanged glances with Hidalgo again, and the latter saw clearly that Yang Huan's price was fixed and he would not offer it a second time, so he signaled him to agree quickly.

If you miss this opportunity, you may not find this store again.

"Okay, deal!" Carlos Porter didn't say much. Seven million euros was a very good price.

After hearing this, Yang Huan stood up and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Porter, I have something very important to do. If you come to England someday, I will definitely treat you well. I also hope that we will have the opportunity to cooperate again!"

He has a list of names from Banfield, but he doesn't like anyone except James Rodriguez.

"Sure, sure!" Carlos Porter politely shook hands with the big money man.

Yang Huan took Zhang Ning out of the reception room and, accompanied by Hidalgo, took the elevator upstairs.

The target of his trip was waiting for him in the guest room upstairs.

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