Gao Jianfei's words make a lot of sense.
Song Ying wasn't a spoiled woman. Hearing Gao Jianfei's words, though her eyes showed reluctance, she nodded. "Alright then! Well, Jianfei, you play by yourself for a while, I'll go help Sister Li Yun and the others prepare dinner." With that, Song Ying swayed her slender waist and went to the kitchen. She lived with the women of the Emei Sect, and their relationships were quite harmonious.
After Song Ying left, Gao Jianfei sat in the study, crossed his legs, and smoked.
Not long after, Yamaguchi-gumi leader Harumi Yamaguchi called Gao Jianfei again… “Jianfei-kun! The hacker we hired for you this time has failed us, and we feel extremely guilty. I apologize again to you! To make up for your losses, we at Yamaguchi-gumi will do our utmost to serve you in your match 19 days from now! Well… Jianfei-kun, since football is a team sport, if you haven’t finalized your teammates yet, we at Yamaguchi-gumi are willing to run errands for you and contact some professional football players!”
The purpose of Yamaguchi Harumo's call was the same as Lao Pang's: to find football teammates for Gao Jianfei!
"Heh, Yamaguchi-kun, you're too kind. I've already said that I'm quite satisfied with the 10 projects I drew this time. No need for formalities. However, when it comes to finding soccer teammates, I'm still clueless. Since you have any good recommendations, Yamaguchi-kun, please share them," Gao Jianfei said with a smile.
“Uh… Mr. Jianfei, the first option I’m offering you is our national men’s football team!” Yamaguchi Harumi said directly.
***Team?
Gao Jianfei suddenly realized. That makes sense. The Yamaguchi-gumi wields immense power; it would be easy for them to contact the guerrilla unit to become Gao Jianfei's teammates. Perhaps they wouldn't even need to pay the guerrilla unit's salary.
Gao Jianfei did not rush to reply to Yamaguchi Haruko; he carefully considered and weighed the options.
Putting aside other factors and comparing purely on strength, the Japanese national team is clearly several levels above the Chinese national team! In Asian football, currently, Japan and South Korea are the two countries with the highest level of play. Next are Iran and Saudi Arabia. Of course, Australia, after being classified as part of Asia by FIFA, is also a force to be reckoned with. However, the current Australian team is aging, and with the retirement of stars Kewell and Viduka, their strength is probably not comparable to that of Japan and South Korea.
Moreover, the *** team participated in the 2010 South Africa World Cup and performed quite well. In the knockout stage, they almost defeated the world powerhouse Paraguay team, but were eliminated in a penalty shootout!
Choosing *** as a teammate isn't bad. However... Gao Jianfei understands that Feng Haoyu's side has very likely invited Real Madrid as a teammate.
Real Madrid's strength in international football needs no further explanation.
Ronaldo, Higuain, Benzema, Aaron, Ramos... a whole host of world-class players!
"I'm afraid if I team up with the *** team, I'll be completely crushed by the Feng Haoyu team!" Gao Jianfei thought to himself. "To put it bluntly, finding teammates in Asia will probably result in a complete defeat!"
With that thought in mind, Gao Jianfei spoke frankly to Yamaguchi Haruko, "Yamaguchi-kun, I think Asian football players are no longer enough for my football matches against Feng Haoyu. I want to set my sights on Europe, South America... I need a dozen world-class stars to temporarily form a team with me! Of course, I know very well that the appearance fees for world-class football players are extremely expensive, but for the sake of defeating Feng Haoyu in football, I'm willing to pay! Uh, Yamaguchi-kun, could you find some contact information for world-class football players for me?"
"Yes, Jianfei-kun, you're right! Please wait a moment, I'll call you back in 10 minutes!" Yamaguchi Harumo said and then hung up the phone.
Ten minutes later, Yamaguchi Harumi called right on time. He gave Gao Jianfei the phone number of Pep Guardiola, the head coach of Barcelona, the Spanish Super League team and currently the strongest club in world football, known as the invincible "Dream Team"!
Barcelona, a world-class team! Even stronger than the world champions, Spain!
Because they have Messi!
Messi, an Argentinian!
The world's best footballer right now! Messi!
"Hiss! Barcelona? My God! Just last week, they easily defeated Mourinho's Real Madrid in El Clásico! If Feng Haoyu finds Real Madrid players as teammates, and I find Barcelona players as teammates, then I can beat Feng Haoyu just the same! Hahaha!" Gao Jianfei couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Afterwards, Harumi Yamaguchi gave Gao Jianfei the phone numbers of some world-class athletes, or their agents, which Gao Jianfei wrote down one by one.
"Okay, thank you, Yamaguchi-kun. Thank you so much for providing me with such useful information. I will contact them myself. As for the payment, I will discuss it with them personally." Gao Jianfei said gratefully to Yamaguchi Haruko with a smile.
After hanging up the phone, Gao Jianfei was extremely excited. He first called Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola.
In fact, Guardiola himself started his career with Barcelona, where he rose to fame and served as captain. Now, he is not only Barcelona's head coach but also a pivotal figure within the entire club! To hire someone from Barcelona, simply contact Guardiola and the deal will be finalized!
The call connected!
Gao Jianfei greeted him in English, “Hello, Mr. Guardiola!”
"Hmm? May I ask who you are?" Guardiola asked with suspicion on the other end of the phone.
"Well, Mr. Guardiola, I'm Gao Jianfei from China. The reason I'm calling is..." Gao Jianfei and Guardiola were complete strangers, so there was no need for pleasantries during the call; he simply stated his purpose.
Upon hearing the introduction on the phone as Gao Jianfei, Guardiola immediately interrupted, "Hahaha! Mr. Gao? Haha! How interesting! I just watched the draw for the match between Mr. Gao and Feng Haoyu on TV, and you drew the football! This has made me pay more attention to your match! If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Gao is calling to discuss your match with Feng Haoyu, right? You want my team to help you?"
"Ha! Mr. Guardiola is quite the straightforward guy... That's right! What I mean is, I want to hire Barcelona as my teammates to fight against Feng Haoyu's team! If I'm not mistaken, Feng Haoyu should be your Barcelona's arch-rivals, Real Madrid! And you guys, you beat Real Madrid in last week's El Clásico, hehe, I think that feeling was wonderful, so, do you want to taste that wonderful feeling again? Hehe, cooperate with me! Let's beat Real Madrid again together!"
Undeniably, Gao Jianfei's words had a certain degree of inflammatory appeal!
Guardiola just chuckled on the other end of the phone and didn't say anything.
Gao Jianfei slapped his forehead and laughed, "Haha, I forgot to mention the important point... How about a reward of one hundred million US dollars?"
Gao Jianfei directly invested 100 million US dollars!
It's worth noting that teams of Barcelona and Real Madrid's caliber also seek out opportunities before the start of their league seasons, such as playing friendly matches in West Asia, East Asia, and North America to earn appearance fees and sponsorships.
One hundred million US dollars should be enough to hire all the players, staff, and coaches of Barcelona.
This price is actually slightly higher than the market price.
However, Gao Jianfei didn't care about money!
"Haha! Mr. Gao is indeed very wealthy! He personally offered a hundred million US dollars to invite us to play a match," Guardiola exclaimed. However, he quickly changed the subject. "However... Mr. Gao, my team and I have no interest in this. I'm sorry, you'll have to find someone else!"
"Huh?" Gao Jianfei was taken aback, then a look of disdain crossed his face... You're probably just trying to take advantage of my misfortune to make more money! Money? I have plenty! "200 million US dollars!"
“Uh…” Guardiola was taken aback. He fell into thought, but soon he sighed and said, “Mr. Gao, to be honest, $200 million is very tempting. With that money, we can buy a lot of promising young players in the winter transfer market… But, Mr. Gao, can you play football?”
"Me?" Gao Jianfei was stunned for a moment.
"You need to understand, in this match, you and Feng Haoyu are the main characters; you two must play. Forgive my bluntness, but you're not a professional player at all! Feng Haoyu, on the other hand, has a glorious history with Real Madrid. He's a versatile forward, a core player for Real Madrid! His partnership with Real Madrid can elevate their strength by a whole level! And you? Do you expect us to team up with someone like you who can't even play football to defeat a Real Madrid team that's now fully strengthened? Your cooperation with my team won't increase our strength; on the contrary, it will lower us several levels! We will be defeated by Feng Haoyu's team..." "Real Madrid completely crushed us! Mr. Gao, we have many ways to make money, but we don't want to do it in such a shameful way! We haven't lost a match in official competitions for a long time, and our current competitive state is outstanding on this planet! We are full of hunger and a desire to win; we cannot lose! Moreover, your match against Feng Haoyu is being watched by the whole world. We, the Barcelona team, don't want to look like clowns, accompanying someone who can't even play football, and losing to our arch-rivals Real Madrid in front of fans worldwide! We don't want to lose face! This has nothing to do with money! Okay, Mr. Gao, I'm hanging up!"
After saying that, Guardiola decisively hung up the phone!
"Damn it!" Gao Jianfei cursed. This time, he'd been humiliated! He'd been directly rejected!
However, we can't just complain. The other party's refusal was justified!
If Feng Haoyu had continued playing football, his achievements would be no less than Messi's, which is why Real Madrid is willing to cooperate with him. But what about Gao Jianfei? He's never even played in an amateur football match! Let alone a world-class match like this! Which club would dare risk its reputation to cooperate with a rookie against a super-strong team?
"Damn it, that's true. We can't always blame others. It's right that they don't cooperate. We have to look for the reasons within ourselves!" Gao Jianfei smiled bitterly. "Forget it, I won't look for cooperative players for now. I'll just find some deceased world football superstars and learn some of their superb skills. That's the only way."
After Gao Jianfei figured things out, he stopped making calls and seeking help. He calmed down, and just then, Li Yun and Song Ying had prepared a sumptuous dinner.
Everyone gathered together, ate dinner chatting and laughing, and even drank some rice wine. The atmosphere was quite warm and cozy.
After dinner, Gao Jianfei didn't dare to go out for a walk. After participating in that public lottery ceremony, which was broadcast live worldwide, Gao Jianfei became a celebrity. He figured he would be surrounded and chased if he went out!
Just as I was about to go to the study to browse the internet, my phone rang again.
It's another international long-distance call.
Gao Jianfei answered the phone; it was a call from the German, Klose. This guy was the very same national force that Gao Jianfei had sought to ally with after defeating Chen Yifeng!
"Haha, Mr. Gao, hello!" Klose laughed on the other end of the phone.
"Huh?" A flash of inspiration struck Gao Jianfei, and his eyes lit up. "Haha! Mr. Klose, you wouldn't have thought that you also saw the draw between me and Feng Haoyu, and then decided to step in and ask the German national team to cooperate with me in playing football, would you?"
“Oh…haha! Mr. Gao, that’s exactly what I wanted to say when I called!” Klose laughed as well. “Mr. Gao is affiliated with our casino and is a good friend of ours in Germany. We not only have a friendship but also a good cooperative relationship. This time, Mr. Gao encountered a small problem, but I have already finalized the matter with the Chancellor and our national team coach, Löw. Yes, Mr. Gao, our German national men’s football team is willing to stand with you against the storm-tossed Real Madrid!”
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Chapter 414 Searching for Brazilian Football Stars!
Chapter 414 Brazilian Football Star!
The German national football team is actually willing to cooperate with Gao Jianfei, a football novice! And, as Klose said, the German team's head coach, Löw, personally agreed to this!
Damn, Guardiola is determined not to risk his team's reputation to play along with Gao Jianfei, but the German national team is willing to?
Germany is a world-class team!
Winner of the World Cup and the European Championship multiple times!
In 1990, the German national team boasted international stars like Matthäus, Klinsmann, Völler, and Brehme, making them a formidable force in that World Cup and ultimately winning the title. In 1996, Germany also won the European Championship. However, from then on, Germany's youth football development system suffered a major setback, lacking a clear generational gap. This led to a period of decline for German football, making them easy targets for opponents. Even in the 1998 World Cup, Saudi Arabia, who were in the same group as Germany, boasted that they would annihilate the German team!
In one Intercontinental Cup, the German team was also utterly thrashed by the English national team!
But... a football powerhouse is a football powerhouse; its foundation remains! After a decade of decline, German football officials, having learned their lesson, prioritized their youth training system! Now, German football is experiencing a resurgence! A large number of talented players have emerged!
After Özil came Toni Kroos, then the European Golden Boy winner, the talented midfielder Mario Götze, who was offered a £30 million check by Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger, and now the terrifying winger Marco Reus who is all the rage in Europe…
In the 2010 South Africa World Cup, Germany defeated England 4-1 and Argentina 4-0 in the knockout stage, only to narrowly lose to Spain in the semi-finals...
Gao Jianfei could hardly believe that the German team was willing to cooperate with him!
"This..." Gao Jianfei asked Klose with doubt, "Mr. Klose, do you mean that the German men's national team coach Löw personally agreed to this? I mean, the German team will help me with their full starting lineup, instead of sending a bunch of substitutes to fob me off..."
"Oh! Mr. Gao Jianfei, of course it will be the full-strength lineup, without a doubt! Our head coach, Löw, will personally come to direct the match. You don't need to worry, we Germans are trustworthy; if we promise to help you, we will absolutely not be frivolous!" Klose said confidently.
Gao Jianfei was both amused and exasperated. "Ha...aren't you German team members afraid of losing and losing face? If I really couldn't play football, and I occupied a starting position, we would definitely lose, and be utterly humiliated! It would be worse than playing 10 against 11. Aren't you German team members afraid of damaging your reputation?"
"Mr. Gao, you don't need to worry about that at all. In short, when you play football against Feng Haoyu, the entire German team, including the main players and substitutes, the head coach, assistant coaches, and team doctors, will all arrive in Beijing, China!" Klose said confidently.
"Alright then!" Gao Jianfei couldn't understand the Germans' actions, but he didn't want to delve into it. As long as they agreed, that was fine.
After hanging up the phone, Gao Jianfei thought to himself that it was a wise move for him to partner with these countries' casinos. If he encountered any troublesome issues, these countries would step in and handle them for him!
Having found the entire German national team as teammates, Gao Jianfei felt relieved. He no longer wanted to contact individual non-German football stars for specific positions. The German national team was a well-established and cohesive unit; acquiring the entire squad would certainly be far superior to hastily assembling a multinational team.
"Hmm. After resolving the difficult issues, I'll use the remaining time to haunt the ghosts in areas I'm not good at!" Gao Jianfei had already made up his mind. Tonight, he would begin entering the ghost den and haunting the five completely unfamiliar areas: football, brewing, swimming, Western abstract painting, and stone carving!
Gao Jianfei had been accumulating exorcism points for quite some time, and now he had reached 35,500. With so many points, he had more than enough to handle the five different types of special ghosts in the common domains!
After spending some time online in the study until around midnight, when the women of the Emei Sect had all gone to sleep, Song Ying came into the study and said softly, "Jianfei, you have to take a plane back to ZG City early tomorrow morning, so... you should get some rest..."
In Song Ying's eyes, a flame representing desire flickered!
Gao Jianfei knew exactly what was going on, and he laughed, "Xiao Ying, you...you wouldn't be thinking of doing it, would you? Haha!"
Song Ying gave Gao Jianfei a coquettish glare, exuding charm. "Alright, alright, think what you want! I'm going to take a shower first, then you can shower, but no more computer games!"
That night, Song Ying and Gao Jianfei were both extremely excited. They made love three times before Song Ying finally fell asleep. Gao Jianfei touched his lower back and smiled bitterly to himself, "If I hadn't reached the level of a grandmaster of external martial arts and hadn't also mastered internal martial arts, I probably wouldn't have been able to withstand Xiao Xian and Xiao Ying's exploitation!"
After glancing at the sweetly sleeping Song Ying, Gao Jianfei had a thought and entered the Ghost Den!
It's a den of ghosts!
"Dear user, welcome to your haunted home. May I ask what you need?" the intelligent program's voice rang out solicitously.
"Yes, this time we're going into the haunted house, it's a big project!" Gao Jianfei said quickly. "I need a bunch of ghosts with special skills in various fields."
"Huh? No problem, dear user. As long as you have enough exorcism points, you can go to any area with special ghosts! You don't need to worry at all," the intelligent program eagerly replied.
"Alright!" Gao Jianfei rolled up his sleeves, ready to get down to business. "First of all, the first thing we need is a ghost with expertise in football! That is, a deceased football superstar from around the world. Of course, I'm not being reckless; I've set my sights on Brazil! Brazilian footballers have the best skills in the world! Hmm, I'm looking for deceased world-class Brazilian football stars!"
"Okay. I understand your request. However, before you learn Portuguese, you'll need to learn it. Because Portuguese is the official language of Brazil," the AI program reminded you.
“I understand,” Gao Jianfei nodded.
Then, the intelligent program selected a deceased Chinese man from the Level 2 ghost database for Gao Jianfei. He was an excellent Portuguese language teacher in his lifetime. The value was 200 exorcism points.