The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 009
009 A Legendary Striker
Eindhoven, located in the south of the Netherlands, is a municipality in the province of Uttar Pradesh and the fifth largest city in the Netherlands. It is one of the leading technology centers in Europe.
Although there are countless tall buildings and bustling commercial streets, you can still see tulip fields and tall windmills.
Of course, Zhong Cheng and Trivo Birch had arrived at a bad time. The blooming period of the tulips had long since passed. Moreover, the two of them were not on vacation in Eindhoven.
Zhong Cheng’s purpose in coming to Eindhoven this time was to take away an excellent player.
Zhong Cheng is very optimistic about this player, and even sees this player as the cornerstone of Leeds United’s future rise.
Trevor Birch was full of suspicion, but Zhong Cheng did not explain.
Before arriving, Leeds United had submitted an offer to PSV and PSV had agreed to the offer. However, it was said that the player himself was hesitant, so Zhong Cheng flew to Eindhoven without stopping.
In a restaurant on a relatively remote street near Philips Stadium, Zhong Cheng met his favorite player.
Trivo Birch, who was sitting beside Zhong Cheng, had been looking at the young man opposite him.
In Trivo Burch’s eyes, the young man opposite him was truly too unique. He looked very much like a … a monkey!
Yes, Zhong Cheng was interested in the famous Dutch monkey brother Huntelaar.
Klaas Jan Huntelaar was born on August 12, 1983 in Delongputt, the Netherlands. He first played for Graf Sharp and now plays for the Dutch giants Eindhoven.
Huntelaar was famous as a young man, In his later life, he has played for PSV Eindhoven and Ajax, won the best Dutch shooter in Holland, won the best Dutch player, and won the Golden Ball Award and Golden Boot Award in the 2006 European Youth Championship. He was the hottest new star of the year, and was also called the “new van Bast” and “successor to van Nistelrooy”.
At the beginning of 2009, he moved to Real Madrid for 27 million euros, which was a good performance, and then to AC Milan, the Serie A giants. Although he did not perform much, he did very well after turning to Schalke 04 in Bundesliga, winning the Bundesliga’s best shooter.
This was a talented and powerful center.
In later generations, Huntelaar was first widely talked about by Chinese fans because of his appearance, because he looked so much like a monkey that he was once called the “Great Sage” by Chinese fans. However, due to the rise of Gareth Bale, Huntelaar gave up the title of “Great Saint”, but he still did not get rid of the fate of the monkey.
In later generations, good people called Bell, Huntelaar, Hamsik, and De Gea the “mixed four monkeys”. The Big Spirit Stone Monkey was Great Saint Bell, the Second Six-eared Monkey Huntelaar, the Old Three-armed Ape Dhea, and the Old Four Crimson-rump Horse Monkey Hamsik.
Trevor Burch did not blame him for that, but Huntelaar for being so distinctive.
Looking at Huntelaar in front of him, Zhong Cheng was still a little excited. Huntelaar was a rare striker and his scoring efficiency in his career was very high, be it at the club or on the national team.
Zhong Cheng likes Huntelaar not only because he can score goals, but also because he is cheap enough now.
Huntelaar has been at Eindhoven for a long time, He is known as a talented player, but at Eindhoven he won’t have any chances to play. He has been on loan frequently these past few seasons, and last season Huntelaar was on loan at Dutch League B’s Apdoron, winning the Dutch League B’s best striker.
Huntelaar is back at Eindhoven this season. But his relationship with Eindhoven has fallen to a freezing point, and Zhong remembers Huntelaar leaving Eindhoven this summer to join Holland’s Helenfen Club.
Zhong is here to cut off the beard and PSV Eindhoven has agreed to a £ 900,000 offer from Leeds United.
Zhong Cheng looked at Huntelaar, who was still young, and asked with a smile, “Hello, Huntelaar, I am Zhong Cheng, chairman of Leeds United. You can call me Roja!”
Huntelaar was shocked. He didn’t expect the chairman of Leeds United to be so young. He shouldn’t be much older than him, right? Moreover, this handsome and cool Oriental in front of him did not look like the owner of a club, but more like a world famous model.
Zhong Cheng saw through Huntelaar’s thoughts, “What? I surprised you?”
Huntelaar did not deny: “Yes, you don’t look like the owner of a club!”
Zhong Cheng nodded slightly and asked, “Is it because of my age or because I am an Oriental?”
Huntelaar was still as straightforward as ever, “All of them!”
Zhong Cheng smiled faintly and said, “You are very honest, not pretentious, this is a very good advantage!”
Huntelaar was not modest at all and said with a strong voice, “Looks like my strengths are from the inside out. No matter how I try to hide them, I can’t hide them. As a low-key person, I’m really stressed!”
Pu!
Trevor Burch spat out a mouthful of coffee and stared at Huntelaar in shock.
My dear, where did such a big flower come from?
Zhong Cheng chuckled and said, “I didn’t expect you to be so humorous!”
Huntelaar shook his finger and corrected, “No, it’s not humor, it’s truth!”
Zhong Cheng stared at Huntelaar and said, “You are very confident. I like that. We are very much alike.”
Huntelaar looked at Zhong Cheng and didn’t say anything.
Zhong Cheng said, “I have a few questions for you. Do you think a person’s talent is related to age?”
Huntelaar shook his head and said, “Of course not!”
Zhong Cheng continued to ask, “Do you think a person’s talent is related to race?”
Huntelaar shook his head again and said indifferently, “No!”
Zhong Cheng chuckled and said, “So, I’m the boss of Leeds United now. Are you still surprised?”
Huntelaar smiled bitterly and said, “I’m not surprised!”
Zhong Cheng looked at Huntelaar and said, “Now that I’ve finished speaking, isn’t it your turn?”
Huntelaar glanced at Zhong Cheng and said, “I’m not hiding anything from you. Helenfen of the Dutch League has already found me.”
Zhong Cheng immediately asked, “So, do you want to stay in Holland?”
Huntelaar’s eyes flashed with hesitation.
Without waiting for Huntelaar to say anything, Zhong Cheng continued, “I don’t think this is the right decision. Staying in Holland won’t help you much in your advancement, and now you are far behind your competitors!”
Huntelaar suddenly raised his head and stared at Zhong Cheng, “Who is it?”
Zhong Cheng smiled and said, “Robin van Persie!”
Zhong Cheng knew that Huntelaar and Van Persie had been competing for a long time. In the Dutch national team, Huntelaar and Van Persie had been competing to the point of a big fight. In the later generations, the good guys had even organized a series of “Dutch Three Staff” jokes based on Huntelaar and Van Persie.
“Dutchman” refers to Robben the iron rod, Sneijder the electric rod and Van Persie the wooden rod.
In many versions, Huntelaar is a tragic existence. Many netizens jokingly call Huntelaar the most resilient striker in history, and some even claim that Huntelaar is either being beaten or on the road to being beaten.
All of this was due to the conflict between Huntelaar and Van Persie.
Huntelaar was unconvinced by Van Persie’s persistence in suppressing Huntelaar in the Dutch national team in later generations. He felt that he should be more suitable to play in the Dutch starting lineup than Van Persie because he had fewer chances in the national team, but his scoring efficiency was higher than Van Persie’s.
Many fans believe that Huntelaar was born at the wrong time because of Van Persie.
Although the two of them were still very young, Zhong Cheng was sure that at this moment, the two of them were already secretly competing.
As expected, upon hearing this name, Huntelaar’s face instantly became incomparably cold.
Robin van Persie and Huntelaar were born in the same year and month. Huntelaar was only six days younger than Van Persie. Both of them were strikers and were Dutch geniuses. This was simply a natural enemy!
But van Persie played early in the first team at Feyenoord, became a key player and moved to the Premier League giants Arsenal this summer.
Huntelaar’s heart was filled with indignation at the fact that Van Persie was being favored in the Netherlands and no one mentioned him anymore. Huntelaar was no worse than anyone else.
However, as Zhong Cheng said, he is indeed lagging behind in the competition with Van Persie.
Huntelaar’s eyes narrowed as he pondered carefully. He knew that if he wanted to catch up with Van Persie, he would have to leave the Netherlands to go to a bigger stage and let more people see how powerful he was.
Huntelaar had originally planned to go to Helenfen, but now he had changed his mind. For him, Leeds United was the better choice.
However, Huntelaar did not blindly agree. There were some questions that needed to be clarified. If you can’t even play at Leeds United, you might as well stay in Holland.
Huntelaar raised his head and stared into Zhong Cheng’s eyes, asking, “I want to know, what position do you give me in the club?”
Zhong Cheng faintly smiled. Huntelaar, take care of it.
Zhong Cheng said very seriously: “You will be our Leeds United’s main center!”
Huntelaar nodded. He was very satisfied with the position Zhong Cheng had given him in the club. At the same time, he was filled with pride in his heart.
Van Persie, you’d better run, don’t let me catch you too easily!
Huntelaar immediately said: “I agree to join Leeds, but you have to talk to my agent about the treatment.”
Zhong Chengshi nodded and said, “Don’t worry, we won’t disappoint you. We’ve all come here. As long as your agent’s asking price isn’t too ridiculous, you must be a player of our Leeds United!”
After dealing with Huntelaar, Zhong Cheng immediately asked the staff of the club’s transfer department to come over and discuss Huntelaar’s contract with Huntelaar’s agent. Zhong Cheng did not want any accidents to happen and Huntelaar had to report to Leeds United.
Seeing Huntelaar sign the contract, Zhong Cheng felt relieved.
The moment Huntelaar signed his name on the contract, a mechanical voice sounded in Zhong Cheng’s mind, “The host has officially signed a player, and the Super Football Training System has officially started.”
Zhong Zhengru was struck by lightning and shouted in her heart, “Holy shit, there’s actually a hidden benefit!”
