Chapter 213 This Summer

Valencia is located in the southeast of Spain, bordering the sea in the east and backed by a vast plain. It is evergreen all year round and has a pleasant climate. It is known as a pearl on the western coast of the Mediterranean. It is Spain's third largest city and the second largest seaport. This region has developed agriculture and has been Spain's largest granary since ancient times.

This is the paper impression of the area before Tiger came to Valencia.

In Europe, the weather in cities near the sea will not be too bad - even in the UK. The weather in Preston, the hometown of Tiger, has always been very good, and Valencia is naturally even more uncommon.

When Tiger arrived in Valencia, he immediately began to feel the beauty of the summer of this harbor city.

White clouds, blue sky, large fields everywhere outside the city, the sun shines directly on the earth, but the sea is filled with cool breezes, dry and not stuffy, making people feel relaxed and happy.

"No wonder so many people like to travel to Spain." Tiger thought so, who walked out of the airport.

"Tiger, you're here." After walking out of the airport, Tiger immediately met Rose who came to pick him up. Seeing that Tiger was coming alone, Rose couldn't help but be surprised: "Why are you the only one? Where is Kelly?"

"Oh, she won't come, there's something wrong." Tiger said reluctantly. Although he broke up with Kelly, Tiger also made a ruthless statement at that time, he was unwilling to talk about such things everywhere.

Ross is also a shrewd person. Although he saw that Tiger was not performing normally, he would not be confused about such things, but instead changed the topic: "By the way, the next thing is the physical examination. After the physical examination, you are a Valencia player... Are you healthy?

"What's the problem?" Tiger laughed: "My body is very strong now!"

Tiger really didn't brag about this sentence.

After a day off in Valencia, Tiger took the physical examination, and the results of the physical examination also made Valencia very satisfied.

"Height is 1.81 meters tall, weighs 73 kilograms, has a lung capacity of 6,900, and a speed of 12 seconds. He has abundant physical energy and no hidden dangers in any part of the body."

After getting this result, Cooper couldn't help but say to the assistant coach around him: "Who said this guy is not physically healthy? A lung capacity of 6,900... Robert Carlos's lung capacity is only 7,600! Gezka (Mendeta)'s lung capacity has just reached 7,000!"

After getting his physical examination results, Tiger was also a little surprised: "I remember that I was 1.78 meters tall last year, why did I grow three centimeters?"

"Let's develop the human body be secondary." Ross shrugged: "Men are likely to grow taller before they reach the age of 30. Maybe your exercise in the past year is much greater than before, so it stimulates the growth of the human body... Don't look at me, this is the doctor's explanation, and I was also very strange at the time."

After thinking about it, Tiger lets go of this matter. His strength and physical fitness have reached 200, which is already above the level of ordinary top league players. It seems that after this data growth, his physical fitness has been greatly enhanced - since the doctor doesn't think there is anything strange, then I won't say anything.

There was no problem with the physical examination, which meant that the signing of Tiger could be completed smoothly.

After signing his name on the contract, from this moment on, Tiger truly became a Valencia player, and Valencia Club and Manchester United Club also informed the outside world of this news.

"Teagle Lee, a 24-year-old England international who previously played for Manchester United, officially transferred to Valencia, signed for four years, with a transfer fee of 20 million pounds (about 30 million US dollars), and signed for four years."

Although there are not many major transfer events this season, Real Madrid just bought Arsenal's young French scorer Anelka for 23 million pounds a few days ago, the news of Tiger's transfer to Valencia still sensationalized the transfer markets of England and Spain.

"Can't the Premier League keep the players they trained? The two young Premier League players who performed the best last season chose to transfer at the same time this summer. Anelka was trained by Arsenal, while Tiger became an England international at Manchester United. In this summer, they chose to transfer at the same time. Does this mean that La Liga is much more attractive than the Premier League? Even the players they trained can't keep. The Premier League has a long way to go..." The Sports Edition of the Times.

"It is said that Tiger chose to transfer this time because he was not in a match with Manchester United coach Ferguson. Tiger was substituted in the middle of the FA Cup semi-finals. Tiger hoped to get more space and initiative on the court. Anelka's departure was because Real Madrid promised an annual salary of 3 million pounds." The Sun obviously prefers British players. In Tiger's transfer, they emphasized that Tiger demanded a competitive position on the court. In Anelka's transfer, they emphasized that Anelka took six times more money in Real Madrid than in Arsenal...

"I suddenly felt that the Sun was a little cute." After seeing the news, Ross said to Tiger with a smile.

"I think you have put a lot of effort into this." Tiger said to Ross.

Ross smiled and waved his hand: "This is normal... Besides, no matter how you say it, it's also a British man. It's normal for the British media to prefer you. Anelka... After Wembley scored those two goals, there are many British fans who don't like him."

Tiger nodded thoughtfully, and Ross continued: "The first round of La Liga league started on August 21, and there is still one and a half months before now. Valencia's pre-season training camp only starts twenty days later. You can go around during this period."

After thinking about it, Tiger shook his head: "Forget it, I'd better get to know more here...or I'll go to visit all over Spain."

"That's going to happen, too." Ross nodded: "Then I'll have to go back to England next...I'll confirm the investment in Guy's movies as soon as possible."

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Ross's efficiency has never been bad. In addition to negotiations, he was looking for a house around Valencia. After Tiger and Valencia successfully signed a contract, he had already helped Tiger find a good apartment - a double-storey apartment located in the suburbs of Valencia. The appliances and furniture are ready-made and can be moved in with luggage. It is only a ten-minute drive from the Patna Sports Training Base in Valencia. Even if you run, it will take less than half an hour. The surrounding environment is quite good.

After Ross left, Tiger was a little bored, but he had something to do, first walking around the apartment to understand the situation nearby, and then running to the training base to familiarize himself with the situation of the base - this is his habit. In a strange place, the first thing he had to do was to understand the surrounding environment.

Cooper often comes to him. It seems that Cooper attaches great importance to the biggest signing in his office. Of course, there are other Valencia players who are still on vacation. He often comes to Taeg to chat with him. If you want to know more about this player he will be valued by him, Tieg is also happy. Although Cooper's emphasis on defense revealed in his conversation made him feel disapproving, this state of equality makes Tieg feel very comfortable.

After staying for ten days, Tiger almost got to know the situation nearby. At this moment, an acquaintance came to the door.

"Guy? It's so strange. I thought Winnie would come with you." Tiger opened the door and gave in.

Ricci walked in with a cigar in his mouth: "Oh, I came to Spain for business this time, and Winnie is still in the UK... I came to attend a director's exchange meeting. Your house is good, but I was surprised to know that you were transferring to Spain."

"I just want to try a different league style." Tiger shrugged and asked Ricci to sit down: "It's been moving in for a while, and there's nothing to entertain."

"It's okay, I'm not here to drink, I just finished that meeting and just came to have a look. You know, I'm also a fan and I'm always interested in the lives of players." Ritchie smiled.

"Are you interested in making sports movies? I can be the protagonist." Tiger laughed haha.

Tiger and Richie are also acquaintances. After a few chats, Richie talked about some things about this director's meeting. This is a very eloquent guy who can make a large number of friends anywhere.

"This time I had a great time chatting with Pedro Almodovar... He is one of the idols I admire. Although he made all the dramas and couldn't make much money, I admire him very much." Ricci said: "The last time he made a movie was three years ago. The box office was only 10 million yuan. After deducting all kinds of expenses, he actually didn't make much money. His movies are like this, with a good reputation, but it's not popular. This is also the sorrow of a director who pursues art."

Tiger shrugged. This kind of thing is normal. No matter how good a movie has a good reputation, if it doesn’t make money, not many investors are willing to shoot it. I also heard of Tiger, the director of Almodovar. He has made more than ten movies before and won a lot of awards, but from the box office, it really makes investors unable to make much money. The most profitable movie was eleven years ago, with a return of ten times.

"I have advised him to make some commercial films, but he doesn't want to. This time he is preparing for a dramatic art film. He is looking for investment everywhere. I hope he can earn more this time... He is a Spanish director, but his movie box office has never been higher in Spain. Fortunately, there is a France in this world." Ricci said with a wry smile. In fact, many of the art film directors in the world rely on French cinemas for their living. For example, Wong Kar-wai, many of his movies are in Hong Kong box office and make a comeback in France. If most art films were not able to recover their investment in France, I am afraid that many of the art film directors in the world would have to change their careers...

"If you want to invest, I still have some things on hand." Tiger touched his chin and said, "If you don't say more, you can still get two or three million dollars."

He had no intention of boasting about what he said. He basically didn't spend much money on the income from "Two Bowls" last year. Ross helped to invest in some projects, with a slight profit. In addition to the three million pounds he had invested in Ritchie before, the cash he could use was at least two million pounds, about three to four million US dollars.

"Are you addicted to investing in movies? I dare to guarantee my new movie, you will definitely make a profit, but this art film, investing in guaranteed capital is not easy." Ritchie said in surprise.

"What does that matter? You won't lose all of it." Tiger laughed: "Besides, I always respect the director who insists on making art films."

"You are such a generous good friend." Ritchie sighed long: "Winnie really introduced me to a good friend."

"It's okay." Tiger said with a shameless face: "Overall, I'm a good person."

Two days later, under the introduction of Ricci, Tiger met the leading Spanish director Pedro Almodovar. This famous Spanish director who looks a bit like Italian coach Ancelotti is an extremely humorous and eloquent director. If his talent in humor is used to shoot commercial comedy films, he will definitely become a big hit. However, he chose a different path, trying to pursue his life goals and explore the meaning of life through literary and artistic films. While this brought him a huge reputation, it also caused him to suffer a lot of money. The last movie he made a lot of money was twelve years ago. Although other movies did not lose money, they only barely recovered their costs, which made him directed the movies very few times.

In fact, he does not lack investors. However, now that this commercial movie can easily get a lot of returns, there are fewer and fewer investors willing to invest in literary and artistic movies. The content of the movie he is going to shoot this time seems to be a little unpopular. It tells the story of a heroine looking for a biological father for her son who died in a car accident - almost a pure female world, homosexuality, transgender, AIDS... all kinds of heavy taste elements are available, and it is really difficult for people to have a good impression of the prospects of this movie...

But Tiger doesn't care. As he said, he does have a respect for the director who insists on making art films. Just like the coach who insists on playing traditional offensive tactics, regardless of the results, this persistence is worthy of admiration.

The three million US dollars investment was quickly settled. According to the agreement, 70% of the final income belonged to Tiger and 30% belonged to Almodovar himself. As a screenwriter and director, Almodovar has always been qualified to share the final income, which is one of the reasons why many investors are now discouraged by him.

After signing the agreement, Almodovar was obviously in a good mood. Although he was more than 20 years older than Tiger, he did not feel so sank at all: "As a Real Madrid fan, I can only express regret for your transfer to Valencia."

Hearing this, Tiger laughed: "Sorry, it's not that I rejected Real Madrid, but that Real Madrid rejected me... I am a petty person. When I meet Real Madrid, I will definitely make them regret a little... Of course, Barcelona is the same."

Valencia is the second most expensive club this season. Just for Tiger, they spent 30 million yuan, Kili and Pellegrino, they also introduced two local players, Juan Sanchez and Palop, to strengthen the depth of the bench and make such a big investment, Valencia's mentality of hoping to show off in the new season has been revealed.
Chapter completed!