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Chapter 463 Press Conference

It is reasonable for Long Bisheng to face difficulties. Although he has become the most valuable player in China now, and he also has the ability and strength to match his worth, he has never been a player with particularly outstanding skills.

But the most important thing now is to get the house done. Not being able to show off your skills is just a bit embarrassing. If you can't find a safe place to live and the next league will be affected to a certain extent, that will be a big problem.

The next day, Long Bisheng took Ning Xi and Lu Xiaoshan to look for the address given by Pei Wei. The traffic in Newcastle was very smooth, and they quickly found the right place.

"Wow, what a beautiful house!"

When the house caught their eyes, Lu Xiaoshan couldn't help but screamed, and even Long Bisheng nodded secretly.

This house is really good. It is said to be an apartment, but it is actually an independent villa with white walls and red tiles.

Around this house, there are several other villas scattered here and there. In such a good location, the villas are not densely packed, which has already explained what it represents, just like living in the mid-levels of Hong Kong is a symbol of the rich. Living here at least means that your identity is different.

Long Bisheng soon met Bernard, the owner of the house. He knew Bernard. Bernard was Newcastle’s main left-back when he participated in a one-year training camp in Newcastle. After so many years, this French boy is also on the verge of retiring. A player who is going to return to his motherland for retirement naturally does not need to keep such a villa.

In the end, Long Bisheng bought the villa for 300 million pounds. Although the price was high, for a house in this location, the price was considered a half-sell and half-giveaway. Pei Wei also greeted Bernard before. Bernard also knew that such a house was probably only interested in Newcastle players, so he didn't say much about the price.

The price was agreed upon, but there was still some trouble in transferring documents and other matters. Naturally, Long Bisheng would not take care of these matters, and handed over the specific operations to Ning Xi.

After declining Bernard's invitation to "go for a drink", Long Bisheng walked around the villa that was about to become his new home, and then returned to the hotel with Ning Xilu Xiaoshan satisfied.

"Tomorrow I can finish all the relevant contracts." Ning Xi said excitedly, "We can move in the day after tomorrow at the most... I don't think the interior of the house needs much decoration, otherwise the time we live in will be extended indefinitely - it will take at least a few months to move in after the decoration, otherwise it will not be very good for our health."

"Oliver's taste is not bad. I think the current decoration is fine. If you want to make major changes, you can wait until the summer break a year later, so as not to affect our lives." Long Bisheng also agrees with this point of view.

Naturally, Lu Xiaoshan has no objection: "It's enough to decorate now. I can help you decorate the room. I guarantee that you will have a pleasant stay."

The three laughed at the same time. Whether it was Long Bisheng, Ning Xi or Lu Xiaoshan, they were all looking forward to their new life in Newcastle.

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On July [-], the Newcastle club held a press conference to introduce their newly introduced players to the reporters.

Newcastle’s moves this season are not big, but they won’t only introduce Long Bisheng alone. After Oliver Bernard left the club, Mourinho recruited 23-year-old England international Joe Mattock from West Ham United to fill the vacancy caused by Bernard’s departure.

The deal cost Pei Wei 1000 million pounds, but both Pei Wei and Mourinho were very satisfied. Newcastle's main lineup itself was already very strong. The introduction of Long Bisheng made up for the last shortcoming in Mourinho's tactical system, and Martok could bring more tactical options. In addition to playing left back, Bell can also play left forward. The two of them can play alternately or at the same time.

Long Bisheng is holding Newcastle’s No. [-] jersey—this is the jersey left by Zeko. Long Bisheng has no taboos because Zeko did not perform well in this number last season. In his opinion, whether he performs well is related to his own strength, and has nothing to do with the choice of jersey number. If changing a good number can perform well, then it may not be too easy to play well.

Mattock is holding the NO.16 jersey left by Bernard. This number has been with its owner for 21 years at St. James' Park. When he came to Newcastle, Bernard was only 35 years old. When he left, he was already [-] years old, very old.

Of course Mattok hopes to stay in Newcastle for as long as Bernard did. Although there was Hart in the front and Bale in the back, Bernard didn't play the main force much in the past ten years, but he followed Newcastle and won all the honors that a player can get at the club level, and even became a French international.Mattock, who is already an England international, cares about getting enough honors in Newcastle. He is 23 years old and has had enough training opportunities in Leicester and West Ham United. Now is the time to pursue honors.

The reporters at the scene focused their attention on Mattok at the beginning. For the reporters in England, they valued their own players more. The transfer of Mattok, an England international to Newcastle, the Premier League's premier giant, made them more interested.

Mattok's answer is very formulaic, he needs honor, for this he would rather accept the competition with Bell, the best left-back in the Premier League, and he highly praised Newcastle's recent brilliant record, admitting that being able to fight in the Champions League and fight for honor is one of the most important reasons for him to come to Newcastle.

Long Bisheng could only accept questions from a few Chinese reporters on the sidelines.

After a long time, the local "Echo" in Newcastle asked Long Bisheng a few questions, but Long Bisheng brought them a huge surprise - he answered their questions with a unique Newcastle local pronunciation, which made the reporters of the "Echo" ecstatic.

Newcastle people have always been proud of their accent—and for people from other countries, English with a London accent is the purest English. Therefore, players from other countries who often join Newcastle, even if they can speak English, cannot make the Newcastle people accept them immediately. However, this big Chinese man who transferred from Germany spoke their familiar accent!
"I stayed in Newcastle for one year. That year was the year before I became a professional player. That year made me feel the charm of European football and English football. I don't think I will forget that year. I can't say that I was a Newcastle fan since I was a child, because I only paid attention to Chinese teams when I was young. In fact, I have always been a fan of Yunjia Tianyu. But Newcastle is the European team I want to join the most, because the first time I came into contact with a real European team was in Newcastle."

Long Bisheng’s frank attitude has won everyone’s favor, but some people will still ask some unfriendly questions: “The last top scorer in the Bundesliga who came to Newcastle was Dzeko, but his performance was not satisfactory, and you chose the No.

"I have never heard of such a practice. I only know that Ballack performed very well at Chelsea, and he is also a player from the Bundesliga." Long Bisheng replied in a neutral manner: "Of course, Ballack is Ballack, and I am me. Ballack's performance at Chelsea does not mean that I will perform well at Newcastle. In the same way, Zeko did not perform well last season. It does not mean that I will perform poorly in the next season. After all, we are two different people, and they are very different in every way."

The other party was still a little unconvinced: "You have similar technical characteristics and the same position as him, and you are also from the Bundesliga...how can you say that they are very different?"

Long Bisheng smiled: "There are [-] professional clubs in the Bundesliga, and there are more than [-] first-line forwards. If this is the same, then there will be no different forwards in the Bundesliga."

The reporter was so choked by Long Bisheng's words that he hid the needle in Mian, he couldn't speak, and sat down resentfully.

Pei Wei, who was going to help Long Bisheng out of the siege, also retracted his words, looked at Mourinho who was sitting next to him, and smiled.

"Time really is omnipotent...Eight years have passed, has that big guy who stuttered and can't speak become so talkative? It's really a shame, although it's not like Jose and I can make these foolish reporters dumbfounded, but it's almost enough to play in the Premier League." Pei Wei thought secretly in his heart.

Of course he didn't know that Long Bisheng had matured a lot now, but he had always been slow to respond. Ning Xi and Lu Xiaoshan helped him deliberate on these corresponding words for a long time the night before. It is estimated that the reporter would ask some difficult questions and how to answer them, especially the comparison with his predecessor Zeke.Long Bisheng was naturally able to answer with ease.

After answering a few more standard questions, the press conference ended successfully. Long Bisheng left a good impression on the local Newcastle media, and the reports of these reporters can also give a good impression to Newcastle fans. Invisibly, Long Bisheng has not played a game for Newcastle, and Newcastle fans have slowly begun to accept this big man who can speak a standard highland accent.

(End of this chapter)