The Young Lion

On Christmas Eve, Aldrich managed to put Bert and Earl to sleep. They seldom spend the night with their grandparents, although there is a specially prepared room for them. The dazzling and countless toys are all grandparents. I am full of love for them, but it is a pity that I am not used to sleeping on the unfamiliar bed, and I will only fall asleep with my head tilted until my eyelids are fighting and I am too sleepy.

Aldridge was still not sleepy. On the night of the match day, he always went to bed very late. He walked onto the balcony of the villa, intending to enjoy the cold wind and smoke a cigarette.

As a result, he found that Barnett and Andrew were already standing side by side on the balcony, smoking and chatting. As soon as he joined, Andrew, who was wearing pajamas and wearing a Christmas hat, obviously pretending to be tender, immediately went to get beer and food, saying that he wanted the three brothers to be together Get together.

Barnett readily agreed, and finally stared at Aldrich with a smile in his eyes.

Aldrich thought: Yes, everyone has grown up and has their own careers. It is true that we get together less and leave more, and it becomes rare to be able to chat with each other.

Of course he won't disappoint.

Hey, the cruise ship you sent me is a bit late, isn't it?

Aldrich knew that a cruise ship was nothing to Barnett. His net worth had already exceeded tens of billions, and the Internet bubble collapsed? This is indeed the case in the stock market, but in real investment, his assets have not shrunk much, especially the bursting of this round of bubbles, which is also his preparation for the next stage of take-off by integrating resources.

Before Barnett could answer, Andrew said angrily, I'm stupid, big brother, you've been biased since you were a child! It's a cruise ship for Aldrich, what about me? Why is it a sports car?

Barnett said helplessly: I don't know what he likes. Of course, gifts should be based on what he likes. Don't you like collecting sports cars the most? Tell me, how many cars do you have in your garage? Can you go to the car show? right?

Andrew took a sip of wine, suddenly laughed again, and said: 23 top sports cars, and limited editions, after 20 or 30 years, maybe they will be out of print! I mean, you should give me at least 10 A sports car, not one.

Okay. Come back and make a list for me. I'll ask someone to send it to you.

Barnett doesn't care about money at all. As the eldest brother, he has been like this since he was a child. What do the two younger brothers want. He always gave when he could.

Aldrich exhaled smoke. bumped Barnett on the shoulder. Said, I haven't answered my question yet.

Barnett sighed softly: Aldrich, is it interesting to ask these? Why can't you be like Andrew? Just accept it, you always do.

Very strange, it seems that the distance between us must be opened.

Aldrich was really choked and speechless.

Received a big gift of 200 million US dollars all of a sudden, his first reaction was that the gift was too heavy and he couldn't accept it.

After finally thinking of a lame excuse to cover it up, Aldridge said helplessly, The problem is, I don't use this thing very much, and I have to invest a lot of money every year in maintenance and so on.

Among his personal expenses, the largest annual expenditure is the construction of small islands in Australia and daily expenses. Now, he has to take on a cruise ship. Thinking about it, it suddenly makes people very stressed.

The cruise ship is in hand, but where to stop? No need for management? No need for cleaning and maintenance? No maintenance required? The cost of starting it once is not low.

Barnett put one hand on Aldrich's shoulder and said with a smile: The maintenance cost of the cruise ship is in the name of a company I own in the offshore financial center, so you don't have to worry about it. I think you should hire a housekeeper to help you. Take care of these affairs, just like you are on a small island in Australia, you can’t ask everything yourself, right? You paid for it, and you want to relax after work, then just go and enjoy the ready-made, don’t put yourself on the burden burden.

Aldridge grinned, and said to Andrew: Look, the big boss just speaks differently.

Andrew didn't laugh, but mocked: It's not that he is different, the strangest thing is yourself.

He rolled his eyes after he finished speaking.

Aldrich is so helpless, he is despised!

Think about it too, it's time to hire someone to take care of these trivial matters.

The three brothers chatted about Barnett's business situation in the United States, the addition of a little princess to the family, and Andrew's personal problems. Is he always fooling around alone? When it comes to Aldrich, his situation is the most complicated. The status quo is purely happy, with a decent family, but there is still a role similar to ex-wife that appears from time to time.

Mention Aldridge also feel a headache.

On average, once a month, Melanie would appear in front of him, apparently not for him, to visit her two sons, or to take them out to play, while Aldrich needed to accompany her.

Barnett seemed to care more about his reputation, and implicitly reminded Aldrich that it was best not to make troubles that would damage his reputation.

Andrew laughed and scolded Aldrich for not being blessed, and how many men would not be envious of two women robbing him.

Hey, let's not talk about you, let's go, drive outside and enjoy the wind.

Andrew's suggestion, Barnett and Aldrich actually didn't want to go, but they couldn't stand the old boy of the Hall family's ability to mess around. The three brothers changed their clothes and went downstairs. Although Andrew rarely came back to live here, the garage of the villa There are really quite a few of his cars, of course, none of them belong to the collection series.

Both Aldrich and his eldest brother thought they were driving a sports car, but Andrew threw a helmet to them.

Aldrich and Barnett wanted to cry but had no tears.

In this fucking winter, on Christmas Eve, we go out for a ride on a motorcycle?

Why not make some of Arthur's dogs into fawns? Put a thread on them, drag a seat behind them, and let's pretend that Santa Claus is haunted!

Not to mention, the three of them went out on a motorcycle, laughing and laughing all the way.

The long-awaited feeling kept coming to mind.

When he was a child, Barnett had a broken motorcycle. When he had nothing to do, his eldest brother drove his two younger brothers on the street. He felt cool and happy at the time.

Now, they drive high-end motorcycles, and they definitely don't dare to go fast. The richer they are, the more they cherish their lives, they will inevitably be vulgar.

Even so, the three of them seem to have returned to their boyhood, driving freely on the street, aimlessly, forgetting everything, and simply enjoying the pleasure and joy brought by speed.

 …

Playing crazy at night, Aldrich got up late on Christmas Day, and he received a Christmas gift as soon as he woke up.

Bout's injury kept him out for at least two and a half months.

After 100 days of injury, Bout injured his arm again. Two and a half months is only a conservative recovery period. Whether he can play and cope with key battles is another matter.

Aldridge is well aware of Bout's reimbursement for the second half of the season.

It was sunny today, and Aldrich had no plans to travel. When he got up, Ivan had already arrived at Arthur's side. In the afternoon, he walked to the lawn in front of the villa, sat on the swing and worked with a laptop.

Bert and Earl are playing football on the lawn, Ivan is chatting with his sister-in-law, Aldridge is suffering, and now he will start looking for the main goalkeeper for the second half of the season.

He first picked up the phone and called Boas.

Hi Vilas, Merry Christmas.

Uh, Merry Christmas, is Bout's injury not optimistic?

guessed?

Well, the team needs a solid goalkeeper, right?

Part of Villas-Boas's job is to update the club's player data system that has been built over the years, and it is also a personal hobby of his.

Let me talk about the requirements. First, the purchased goalkeeper must have guaranteed strength and rich experience. Second, I bought this goalkeeper not to replace Bout for a long time. When Bout returns from injury, I will inspect him. State, as long as the competitive state can be restored, Bout will still be the main goalkeeper. Third, the price should not be too expensive, I do not want to cause controversy during the winter break.

Aldridge's three requests, the first one is nothing to say, the second one, he really never thought of taking this opportunity to replace Bout with a better world-class goalkeeper, people have feelings, Bout Trustworthy, the limit of strength is indeed difficult to match the god-level goalkeeper, but in Millwall these years, he has never made an irreparable mistake in a key battle. If he is finally given up by the team because of his injury, according to his age, he will definitely It is impossible to accept playing as a substitute, so whether Aldridge starts from reason or emotion, he is just looking for a firefighter, and then he can be a substitute for Bout in the future. The third requirement is to avoid the pressure of external public opinion due to the transfer and avoid becoming the focus.

Okay, I've selected the candidate list and will send it to you as soon as possible.

Well, thank you for your hard work, goodbye.

After Aldrich hung up the phone, he also searched for suitable candidates in the computer.

To be honest, at this stage, he can find almost zero suitable candidates in his memory, because basically all he can remember are slightly famous people, especially the goalkeeper position, which is not conspicuous in itself. There are very few people who are both capable and able to play as substitutes.

Andrew got up later than Aldrich, and now he came out in his pajamas with two cups of steaming coffee, and still wore a Christmas hat on his head. Is this deliberately vulgar and cute?

He handed Aldridge a cup of coffee, then sat down on the swing beside him, looked at Bert, who was playing football with his feet, and said with a smile: It seems that your son will be a professional player in the future, um, I acted as his agent and packaged him as a big star.

You'd better stay away from my son, I don't want them to be spoiled by you.

Hmph, are you qualified to say me? When they really start to understand, I don't know how you should explain the matter between you and Chisholm.

Don't make me pour coffee over your head.

Hey, kidding, kidding.

Aldrich took a sip of his coffee, and suddenly turned to look at Andrew with a solemn expression.

Andrew was taken aback and said, Are you really going to pour coffee on me?

Aldrich shook his head and said: Do me a favor, get in touch with the gunmen in Fleet Street and criticize Millwall with full force.

Andrew froze, exclaimed: Huh? (To be continued...)