champion godfather

Chapter 14 Newsman Twain

"This...I have to ask Mr. Chairman." Tang En had just finished speaking when the phone rang.He looked at the number and saw that it was Chairman Dougherty calling.

"Sorry, I have a phone..." He pointed to the door, and Constantine nodded.

Tang En, who walked out the door, pressed the answer button: "Mr. Chairman, what do you want from me?"

Dalgety's old voice sounded on the other end of the phone: "Tony, I haven't congratulated you on yesterday's game. Although we lost, you and the boys did a great job."

"Thank you sir, that's just my job."

"You are still so humble. By the way, Tony. Although I think you played a beautiful hand at halftime yesterday. But I still want to remind you that the locker room is a very special place, don't let fans in casually. You You know, it's a football tradition, and we're the third oldest football club in England, so we have to take that tradition seriously."

"yes, I got it."

Daugherty laughed: "That game yesterday was emotional. You know what? I haven't seen a game like that in a long time. You can rest assured that your position is secure until the end of the season. I still That said, I won't put any pressure on you to do what you want. I like you, Tony."

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I'm flattered." Tang En remembered Constantine's conditions, so he told Dalgetty about this matter, hoping to ask the chairman's opinion.

"Tony, you are the team manager. Our Forest Club is not a listed company like Manchester United. Although we are also listed...but we still focus on football. Below me, you are the biggest. You have the right to decide these things , you don’t need to ask me. If you think it’s appropriate, you can do it.”

These words reassured Tang En.After thanking and greeting Chairman Dougherty again, he hung up the phone.Pushing open the door, he found that Constantine was still drinking coffee from the cup. Dunn smiled at him: "Okay, I agree with your conditions, Professor Constantine. VIP box, home season ticket for one season. "

The old guy had a big smile on his face.

"But don't be too happy, I also have my conditions." Tang En stretched out his right index finger, "Your hospital is the best hospital, right?"

Constantine said proudly: "Although we can't say that the UK is the best, there is no problem with being in the top ten."

"That would be great. That's how it is. The club's first team currently only has two professional doctors, and the most important thing you have here is doctors. I hope you can help me contact a few doctors through personal relationships."

"That's no problem, you can choose the intern every year..."

"No, I don't want interns. If I let them damage my players, who do I go to? I need experienced old doctors, experts in sports injuries."

Constantine frowned.

Tang En observed the change in his expression, and then said: "If we can't do it, all our agreements before that will be void."

"Oh no, no. Wait a minute... I remember some old men who just retired, maybe..."

"Is it an expert?"

"Although they are not professors, but... But I guarantee that their level is definitely better than any doctor in your current team! They have rich clinical experience. You know... experienced clinicians are better than me, who specialize in academics. The professors who do research earn more and have a higher status.” Constantine said with certainty, “I can help you contact them, I am old friends with them, and I believe they will be happy to work for their favorite teams. "

Tang En chuckled: "That's great. Happy cooperation, Professor Constantine." He held out his hand.

Constantine also stretched out his hand, but he still muttered reluctantly: "You are really a devil... Happy cooperation!"

Since Dalgety said that he can decide many things in the club, then Dunn exercised this power unceremoniously.He knows what injury means to a professional player.With excellent physicians, this impact can be minimized.Anyone who plays the game knows that the club has a few "miracle doctors" who can reduce the chance of players being injured a lot, and even if they are injured, the healing time can be greatly shortened.He intends to do a good job in the forest team, so naturally he must do his best in all aspects, and strive to let himself stay in the club next season as the official head coach.As for the future path...he hasn't had time to plan yet, anyway, if he does a good job here, no matter where he goes in the future, it won't be too bad.

The two signed a concise agreement, shook hands, and it was done.

Because of the benefits, Constantine personally sent Tang En downstairs. After all, they will often cooperate in the future.

The two walked towards the gate while chatting, but when they reached the gate of the hospital, they were taken aback.

There are quite a few reporters around the gate, roughly a dozen or so, most of them are newspaper reporters, but there are also TV reporters.

"This is..." Of course Dunn knew who these reporters were targeting.It's just that the British journalists have such a keen sense of smell and such amazing news.

"Damn it! I promise I didn't scream..." Constantine hastily explained.

Seeing Tang En walking out of the door, the reporters immediately rushed forward.One by one, "Manager Tang En" and "Mr. Tang En" yelled, and more than a dozen microphones, interview pens, and even mobile phones were stretched out to his mouth.Tang En believed that as long as he opened his mouth, all these things would be stuffed into his mouth.

Tang En saw their mouths opening and closing rapidly, but couldn't hear what they were saying.Because more than a dozen people said it together, it was impossible to tell who said what.

Constantine turned to look for the security guard: "Where is the security guard?"

A staff member next to him quickly ran up and explained in a low voice, aggrieved: "Professor, they said that if we stop it, they will sue us for obstructing the freedom of the press..."

"Really..." Konstantin originally wanted to scold badly, but he remembered that there were journalists' microphones everywhere, and if his own words were recorded, his reputation as a gentleman would be ruined. "Didn't you remind them that this is a hospital and they need to be quiet?"

"But they were quiet until you came out..."

At this moment, Tang En suddenly yelled: "Quiet! Be quiet!"

The roar startled both the reporter and Konstantin. He was the closest to experience the ability of a professional coach to direct the game loudly from the sidelines.

"This is a hospital, why are you making so much noise here?" Tang En began to teach those reporters a lesson. "I know you are here for me, so ask questions one by one. I don't have much time, and I have the right to refuse to answer sensitive questions." After speaking, he began to look at his watch, "15 minutes for free questions." The host at the post-match press conference yesterday was professional.

No one thought that Tang En would openly hold a press conference at the entrance of the hospital, and changed from passive to active.The reporters from the BBC were the first to react, and they raised their hands: "Mr. Tang En, we would like to hear your opinion on your comment on the referee at the press conference yesterday. Now the Football Association is holding a meeting to study your yesterday's comment. The remarks……"

"I will not change my evaluation of the referee of that game." He found the BBC logo on the other party's microphone. Is there any problem with the two-ball referee's penalty? I know that some people want the super team to advance, not us who have no money and no power!"

This remark caused an uproar among the crowd.Didn't Tang En's last sentence imply that the Football Association favors super teams?Of course, maybe he didn't mean it that way, but it doesn't prevent us from understanding it like that... This is big news!There was a lot of fun to watch for the next few days.I really don't know if this Tony Twain is pretending to be stupid on purpose, or if he really has a brain, he dares to say these words.

Seeing the reporter's reaction, Tang En added: "I don't want to continue answering this topic. Next."

Tang En, who came forward to ask questions this time, was a little impressed. It was the reporter from the Evening Post who asked him to say "we were raped by the referee" yesterday. The young man whose name resembled the actor who played 007.

"Hello, Mr. Dunn. I'm Pierce Bruce, a reporter from the Nottingham Evening Post. We all know that you were in the No.20 Seventh Round match between Forest and Walsall five days ago In a home game, I was injured by my own player David Johnson and fell into a coma for a while..."

Tang En interrupted him: "I hope you can summarize your problem before raising it. Do you want to tell everyone a story here?" Facing this group of reporters, Tang En's good mood just now disappeared. , the speech is naturally a lot harsher.

Constantine glanced at the poor young man, then secretly aimed at Tang En.He's already started observing...

The young man blushed, but still mustered up the courage to ask: "I...I just want to ask if your coming here is related to what happened on the sidelines that day?"

Tang En pushed Constantine who was standing next to him, and whispered to him, "Professor, it's your turn to step forward. Talk nonsense, and 10 minutes will pass soon."

Constantine coughed and said to the media with a lecturing expression: "The thing is like this..."

Ten minutes later, when the originally excited reporters all started yawning.He finally said the most substantive words: "According to our observation and comprehensive inspection, there is nothing abnormal about Mr. Tang En's head. He is no different from a normal person."

Tang En turned his head to the back of Konstantin, and whispered: "Good job, professor. Happy cooperation!" Then he raised his hands and pointed to the watch on his wrist: "Sorry everyone, it's time, I have to go. "

The reporters were obviously unwilling to let him go like this, and someone yelled loudly: "Mr. Dunn! West Ham United head coach Glenn Lord claimed that you made very unfriendly remarks about his team after the game. Said you congratulated his team on relegation! Is it true?"

"Nonsense. He must have heard it wrong. I congratulate him on his victory and wish his team success in relegation." Tang En saw a taxi approaching the entrance of the hospital. He had just got off the passenger, and he hurriedly pushed the crowd away. Quickly walk out of the hospital gate.Then he opened the car door and got in.

Then, the car drove away.

After watching this scene, Constantine had a smile on his face: "What an interesting person."

"Sir... what did you say?" asked the security guard next to him.

"It's nothing. I'll let you drive those reporters out. This is a hospital, not a celebrity mansion." He pointed to the reporters who were still surrounding the door and refused to disperse.

"But……"

"If they use the excuse of obstructing the freedom of the press again. You tell them that the press conference is over and they have to leave. Otherwise you call the police and accuse them of interfering with the normal work of the hospital. If a person dies here, go to them Take charge." Throwing the mess to the poor person in charge, Constantine turned and walked back.

The taxi had already driven 200 meters on the straight road, but the customer still didn't say where he was going.The driver had no choice but to ask, "Mr. Tang En, where are you going?"

Tang En, who was stupefied, wondered how a taxi driver would know his name, and then saw the driver pick up a newspaper from the side of his seat. Tang En had read this newspaper four times today.He suddenly realized who called those reporters, it must be Ms. Lilith, a Notts County fan!

He asked alertly, "Are you a Notts County fan?"

The driver pointed to the red jersey doll that fell under the rearview mirror, "Since my grandfather's grandfather, he has been a Forest team fan."

Tang En let out a long breath. "Sorry, you also saw that those people just now... were all called by a Notts County fan."

The driver laughed loudly in front, "Who said our two teams are sworn rivals in the same city. Where are you going, sir."

Tang En originally wanted to say go home, but he was worried that the lingering reporter would follow the car, just like what happened to Princess Diana.He simply said casually: "Whatever! It's not going home anyway."

"But there's no such place." The driver couldn't make up his mind either.

"Uh, then take me on a tour of Nottingham."

"Okay, sir. May I ask something about the Forest team?"

Tang En rested his head on the backrest, turned his head and looked out the window: "Yes, as long as it doesn't interfere with your driving. But I have the right not to answer." He suddenly found that he liked this sentence very much. When he faced so many reporters and said When I said this, I felt so cool!Well, in the future, he will talk to reporters more often-he doesn't care if they want to listen or not.

When Tang En's taxi was far enough away from the hospital, and he was sure that there would be no more reporters following him, he stopped the car.Pay and get off.But the driver refused to accept it: "Sir, if you can make the forest team play like the second half of yesterday's game every time. If you need a car in the future, just call me, and I promise not to charge a penny!" After finishing speaking , forced the money and his business card into the hands of the stunned Tang En, closed the window and drove away.

Looking at the taxi that disappeared into the traffic in a blink of an eye, the driver's words were still ringing in his ears.Tang En didn't know what it was like.

Appreciated by Mr. Chairman, admired and respected by ordinary fans, I just felt a little better because of the bad mood of being surrounded by reporters.Everything he has done has been acknowledged, and this is his greatest achievement so far.When he was in China before, because of his unlovable personality, no matter how hard he worked, he would not be recognized.

Women look good for those who please themselves, men die for those who know their friends...

He found himself liking the city and the fans.

Just when Tang En was full of emotion, he was bumped suddenly and almost fell into the fast lane.After finally grabbing the fire hydrant on the side of the road, he stabilized his body in embarrassment, but only saw a black figure flash past, and then merged into the flow of people coming and going on the street.

"Walk carefully..." He habitually touched his pocket, only to find that the wallet inside was gone!

"Bastard! Stealing money is so clichéd!" Tang En stood on the street and yelled.But such a clichéd way of stealing money has also succeeded on him... It seems that today is really his unlucky day. If he has the old emperor's calendar, he should really see if it is not suitable to travel.

Historically, Nottingham was the place where the world-renowned Robin Hood was born, so there has been a tradition of "robbing the rich and giving to the poor" for hundreds of years. Everyone regards Robin Hood as an idol...

You know, Nottingham just "won" No. 1 "Britain's Most Dangerous City" selected by the famous insurance company "Andersley" in England, and "British Gun Crime Center" selected by the police... Poor Tony Twain, wallet There were hundreds of pounds in cash, a credit card, and an ID card inside.

(End of this chapter)