The World Cup is coming, buying a team?
On May 29, 2002, Seoul
Li Shanshan took Tang Zexue to the Shilla Hotel.
This hotel is located in the center of Seoul, in the heart of the city. It is a five-star hotel affiliated with the Samsung Group.
Since its establishment in 1979, the hotel has received countless guests and heads of state from all over the world. It is also the only Bangzi Hotel where Chinese superiors have stayed.
Although hotel rooms are already full during the World Cup, there is no problem for Li Shanshan.
The hotel’s presidential suite has always been reserved for him. Even if he no longer lives here, he will not receive other guests during the World Cup.
Just as Li Shanshan was about to go upstairs, he suddenly heard a quarrel in the lobby.
He glanced casually and was suddenly startled. The man who was arguing looked familiar.
He actually came!
A white shirt, a black suit, and a gray trench coat under his right arm that later fans loved to hear about.
There is also the white hair on the temples, paired with a very unique face.
Yes, this person is Jose Mourinho, known as the “Madman”.
Domestic fans affectionately call him “Mourinho” or “Magic Bird”!
Mourinho has just assumed the head coaching job. Last season, he led the Porto team of Portugal out of the relegation zone and all the way to second place at the end of the season.
Although this result is already very good, Porto is only a strong team in the second-tier league after all, and Mourinho has far from attracted too much attention.
Li Xingshan knew that gold always shines.
Next year, under his leadership, Porto won the “Triple Crown” (league championship, cup championship, European championship).
It was from there that he rose to become one of the world’s top football coaches.
Mourinho is a football coach that Li Shanshan admires.
His humorous and distinctive personality, as well as his arrogant and outspoken character make those who love him crazy and those who hate him grit their teeth.
But in front of him, the 39-year-old football coach looked helpless.
This is the first time that the World Cup in Korea and Japan is held in an Asian country. Mourinho is a translator and is proficient in five languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English, Dutch, and Italian. However, it is extremely difficult to even ask for directions in Bangzi Country.
Here The English penetration rate among the people is far lower than what is advertised in travel magazines and TV.
“As long as you know English, you will have no problem in the country of Bangzi!”
When he thought of the words in the magazine, Mourinho wanted to curse.
“I called before to book a room.”
Mourinho switched languages from five countries with this sentence. He only hoped that even one of them could communicate!
Unexpectedly, the front desk staff started babbling, leaving Mourinho looking confused.
“Shit! What a rubbish magazine!”
He tore up a travel magazine in his hand and threw it into the trash can.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Xianxuan felt funny.
I bumped into Mourinho by accident, and he wouldn’t miss it in vain.
This was the coach I once admired most, and now that I have the opportunity to get to know him, it can be regarded as fulfilling my dream of chasing stars.
“Hi, sir, is there anything I can do to help?”
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Li Shanshan walked over with a smile and greeted the other person politely.
Mourinho was worried about what to do. When he heard Li Shanshan speak pure English, he came up to him gratefully.
“Sir, I am from the Grape country. I have booked a room here before. Please help me communicate.”
Li Xianxiao smiled and nodded, then motioned to the translator behind him.
He still has no problem speaking English, but he doesn’t know Bangzi Mandarin either.
Fortunately, I had a translator by my side so everything could be done in a short time.
“Mr. Mourinho, it’s no problem now!”
After Li Xianshan finished speaking smoothly, he suddenly realized something. The other party was not very famous yet, so it was a bit abrupt for him to directly call the other party by his name.
However, since the other party is considered a public figure, it can be explained anyway.
“Thank you very much for your help!”
Mourinho bowed politely and then suddenly asked: “Do you recognize me? I’m surprised to meet Porto fans in the country of Bangzi!” After hearing
this, Li Shining smiled secretly, when did he become a Porto fan?
But he was too lazy to explain, so he continued: “Yes, I am indeed a Porto fan. I admire your coaching ability very much. Porto will definitely win the championship next season!” Mourinho is as confident as ever
. I very much agree with this statement.
“Thank you for your support! Don’t you know your surname?”
Li Shanshan smiled: “My name is Li Shanshan, and this is my girlfriend Tang Zexue. We are from China and we are here to watch the game.”
Mourinho smiled slightly . I was stunned and looked at Li Xianshan carefully. I felt like I had heard this name somewhere before.
“Ah, I remembered, you are the richest man in China!”
As a fanatical football coach, he doesn’t care much about other things except the people and things in the football circle.
The only thing that impressed him about Li Shanshan was that he had just bought an Honor 3G mobile phone and heard that the boss was Li Shanshan, the richest man in China.
Today, he was surprised to meet a real person!
Next, Li Shanshan invited Mourinho to have dinner together.
“Jose, which team do you think will win this World Cup?”
The two started chatting.
After Mourinho pondered for a while, he said slowly: “I am personally optimistic about two teams, Samba and Italy!”
After hearing this answer, Li Shanshan nodded.
He knew that without the behind-the-scenes manipulation of Bangzi Country, the 2002 World Cup champion would have been produced by these two teams.
With Buffon, Nesta, Maldini, Totti and Vieri, Italy is definitely capable of challenging the Selecao.
Afterwards, the two people chatted about the current situation and future development trends of football.
Although Tang Zexue knows a little about football, he doesn’t like it very much.
She just silently served Li Shanshan some food and watched the two people discussing together without saying a word.
He had a well-behaved face, and occasionally there was a flash of blind admiration in his eyes.
This exchange greatly changed Mourinho’s attitude towards Li Shanshan. In particular, many of Li Shanshan’s views were taken by Mourinho as a confidant.
At the same time, Mourinho also expressed his yearning to coach the “Premier League” league.
He believes that it will not take long for him to come to the Premier League with his unparalleled qualifications to conquer the “first league” on the planet.
Li Shanshan was also very happy in the chat. He suddenly had an impulse. Should he go to the Premier League to acquire a football team?
