roccoschili Chapter 455: London trip () watching football
Chapter 455: London trip () watching football
London.
Langham Hotel, second floor restaurant.
Jellal, with a smile on his lips, nodded and thanked the waiter who brought him the lunch dishes.
David, who was sitting opposite him, saw Cui Yingying's "specially produced" steamed fish. He couldn't help but close his eyes and smell it, and smiled at Livlin.
"Wow~ I have to apologize to you again!"
"Your decision... is so wise!"
"Hehe~"
Livlin shook the white wine glass in her hand and glanced at the person sitting next to David. .Elena Mesa, who was very "beautiful", cursed a few words in her heart.
The other two ladies at the table, Toby Olga and Maggie Bianchi, seemed to have found their "teammates" in a tacit understanding. Their eyes moved back and forth among them and they ate silently with their heads down.
Jellal, who saw all this, was very impressed that David could still happily eat lunch, and was even more curious ~
His cousin, Andrew, Duke of Devonshire, was not like David. . "Attraction" right?
How exactly did he do it?
. . .
David used the public fork in his hand to get a piece of fish and put it on his plate. Then he picked up his chopsticks and took a big bite of the dish, looking extremely satisfied~
He picked up the wine glass and smiled at Jellal and the girls: "Cheers to our new friends, Jellal and Toby Olga!"
"Hehe~ Cheers~"
"Cheers~"
Everyone raised their glasses, touched the glasses lightly, smiled and nodded to Jellal.
Jellal said to David with a sincere smile: "Thank you for the invitation!"
"Today is the happiest and most relaxing day I have had in recent years~"
"Haha~"
"We're only halfway through today, don't jump to conclusions so early~"
"Uh..." Jellal put down his wine glass, not understanding what David meant.
David shook his head with a smile and asked instead without explaining.
"You just said...the most relaxing day in recent years?"
"Why?"
"Where are your friends?"
"You should be working too, right? Where are your colleagues? Is it difficult to get along with them?"
Jellal shook his head slightly and smiled: "My friends are as busy as me now~"
"My father, I think I can participate in the management of the family as soon as possible~"
"So, I have been following him in recent years, learning how to deal with various problems and finding the best solutions~"
"Oh~"
"You are the successor of the family~"
“After all, you have to learn to mix your personal life with your work~”
"Man, I can't help you with this kind of thing. You can only find tips and adjust yourself~"
"But...if you want to relax, you might as well come to New York to find me!"
"I'll show you how passionate New Yorkers are about their friends!"
"Hahaha~"
Jellal paused for a moment with the knife and fork in his hand, looked at David's sincere smile, and nodded slowly.
"Okay~! Thank you!"
"You're welcome~"
"I haven't mentioned it yet, have I?"
"My new home is just above the Wildfire Bar where I used to work~"
"Every time I feel tired, I will go to the bar to work for a while and look back at the carefree and not-thinking-about-good times a few years ago~"
"Haha~" Jellal recalled the part-time job time that David had mentioned.
He glanced at Elena Mesa, who was sitting next to David and had just talked about moving to live above the Wildfire Bar, and asked.
"Your new home...are all the neighbors acquaintances of yours?"
"Yes~"
"Oh~"
"That must feel great!" Jellal sighed softly as he chewed the food in his mouth.
David felt the beauty on his tongue and taste buds, and heard some "interesting" meaning in Jellal's sigh. .
He smiled, took a sip of white wine, and said to Jellal.
"Actually... our generation has grown up amid the constant changes and turmoil in the world around us~"
"Do you agree? Jellal!"
"Of course~"
"Just like you said... TV baby!"
"Hahaha~ That's right!"
“As the atmosphere of commercial society in our living environment becomes stronger and stronger~”
"Our relationships with friends, acquaintances, and strangers are all facing various tests~"
"When I was in high school, I heard my father talk about some interesting things about the small town that he casually mentioned after going to the bar to relax~"
"Later, I worked in a bar, and I could often hear all kinds of complaints, complaints, complaints, etc. from all kinds of people~"
"Bars have become an integral part of our culture and life!"
"It is precisely because of the simple yet complex environment in the bar that the trusting relationship established between acquaintances has gradually been replaced by distrust~"
"One of the most common and easily overlooked manifestations of this distrust is the aa system."
"We don't pay attention to the origin of aa-made ArithmetlcAverage (abbreviated as AllAverage)~"
"But its emergence and prevalence represent a lack of trust among acquaintances and friends~"
"The friendship and trust relationships established between friends and acquaintances are gradually being replaced by rules and systems represented by the aa system without our noticing~"
"People are beginning to prefer using reasonable systems and clear punishment mechanisms to maintain partnership and integrity between each other!"
"So, when the acquaintance society around us gradually moves away from us~"
"How do we face a new world where humanity is becoming increasingly indifferent?"
David naturally stretched out his hand, took Livlin's and Elena's little hands respectively, shrugged and smiled at Jellal who was lost in thought.
"The AAA system seems to be fair to everyone. No one owes anyone, and no one will be taken advantage of."
"But it just reflects a key issue that we all silently accept and recognize."
"When the people around us are thinking about their own gains and losses all the time..."
"Are the people around you still recognized by you as friends?"
"Is there any so-called friendship between you?"
"And... is it humane?"
"Hehe~"
"but!
"We all know that only time is the most precious and fair thing in the world!"
"Then knowing this, would you still waste time with friends you recognize?"
"meeting!"
David used his hands hard and looked around, and saw satisfactory results from the expressions, demeanor, and eyes of Livlin and Elena~
He retracted his hands and said with a smile: "Romain Rolland once said: There is only one kind of heroism in the world, and that is that after you recognize the truth of life, you will still love it!"
(This sentence comes from the French version of Romain Rolland's "The Biography of Giants: Michelangelo".)
(Its English version: Thereisonlyoneheroismintheworld:toseetheworldasitisandtoloveit～)
“Observing the world with a rational attitude allows us to understand it from different angles and thereby gain our own insights into life~”
"Just like me~"
"Rationality allows me to be the controller of my thoughts, not to be affected by other people's opinions, to stay away from the whirlpool of blind obedience, and to get rid of the shackles of self-imprisonment~"
"Rationality makes me understand even more~ No matter what, my life only belongs to me!"
"Perhaps, I will encounter some events that are bound to happen in my life~"
"The past has left me with many good and bad memories~"
"In the future, I will take them with me and stride forward towards my ideal goal~"
David stood up, raised his glass, and said to everyone: "American writer Mark Twain once said: Every wrinkle left on our faces proves that we have laughed~!"
"Every moment, there are strangers who meet us, miss us, leave us, until they are forgotten by us~"
“In life, if there is no color rendering of various emotions, no matter how beautiful the rational lines are, they will appear empty, pale and boring.”
"We are not together today because we are all purely rational animals~!"
"In this world, besides time can completely change a person, there is also love and friendship!"
"Our lives are still very, very long~"
"If we keep dwelling on the bad past, when we wake up, we will find that we have lost the future."
"Let us raise our glasses high, for us to be able to gather together today, for us to successfully grasp the present, for us to have a future again ~ Cheers!"
David handed his wine glass to Elena Mesa beside him.
Elena also stood up, looking at David quietly with tender eyes, raised her wine glass, clinked it, and said softly.
"thanks!!"
"You're welcome! Hahaha~"
"cheers!!"
"Cheers~"
. . .
Jellal took a sip of his drink and watched Elena and David clink glasses, and the distance between the two became closer again. .
He sighed in his heart: I didn’t come here in vain~
David understands women better than his brother Andrew. .
. . .
On the other side of the dining table, Livlin, who had also been "enlightened" by David, suddenly felt a strange emotion in her heart that she had never felt before.
She seemed to see her own shadow in Elena's expression at this moment. .
. . .
Toby Olga watched David sit down and ask the waiter to pour wine for several people. He couldn't help but glance at Maggie beside him.
Maggie, who had specially put on a pair of glasses on her face, was lowering her head and gently playing with a small piece of fish with a fork. .
Emm. .
Toby silently marked a few big ones for the new boss David! ! ! . .
. . .
After half an hour.
Lunch is over.
David asked the girls what their plans were for today. Livlin smiled and crossed her arms in front of her chest: "What do you think? Of course... I'm going shopping~"
"Are you still shopping~?"
"Shopping...is that interesting?"
"Hahaha~ Of course!"
David couldn't help but rolled his eyes, turned to look at Jellal, and asked, "What about you? What do you want to do this afternoon?"
"Um...I have no arrangements~"
Jellal smiled and nodded to Livlin: "If you want to visit the famous attractions in London, I am willing to be your guide."
"Tsk~"
"Toby, your job...is gone~"
David suppressed his laughter and turned around and joked about Toby Olga.
Toby shrugged helplessly and smiled bitterly at Jellal: "I just found this job, you..."
"Oh? Hahaha~Sorry!"
"I do not know you.."
David smiled and waved to him and said, "Okay~"
"I see you guys...can't think of any fun ideas."
"How about we go to a football match?"
"match?"
"Yes~"
David pointed at Gerald: "Do you know what London is most famous for in the United States?"
"Besides it raining every day, the only thing left is football!"
"The newspaper you brought in the morning said that there will be a first-round knockout match of the Premier League and FA Cup this afternoon."
"I haven't been to a football stadium to watch a game!"
"Can you help get tickets?"
Jellal frowned slightly and smiled bitterly: "Sorry~ I have never been to the stadium to watch a game~"
"Uh..." David curled his lips, winked, and teased.
"Then what do you do when you relax?"
"attend banquet?"
"What do you think I am doing when I come to see you today?"
"Um.. Vacation?"
"Yes~"
"Your job...is that busy??"
Jellal spread his hands and said with an even more bitter smile: "My father has handed over many trivial daily tasks to me..."
"Oh~"
There was a trace of regret on David's face, and he patted his shoulder with understanding and said with a smile: "I understand!"
"There will come a day when all your hardships will be over."
"...Whay?" Jellal said with an embarrassed face, feeling helpless at David's "comforting words" that didn't sound at all serious~
Elena, who was next to David, turned her eyes around the two of them and smiled.
"David, the knockout round of the first round of the FA Cup is just a match between second division teams and amateur teams. It's not pretty~"
"I remember... there was a game between Arsenal and Liverpool at Highbury Stadium this afternoon~"
"If you're interested, I can ask a friend to help buy some tickets!"
"Oh~ Really?"
"Yes!"
"purchase!"
"Go buy it immediately, now, immediately!" David rubbed his hands and shouted extremely excitedly.
Elena narrowed her eyes with laughter, nodded, looked at Jellal and asked.
"What about you? Do you want to go together?"
"Uh..." Jellal hesitated~
David put his arm around his shoulders and advised: "Occasionally living an ordinary life makes it easier for us to find the unknown... where the fun lies~"
"That's right, let's go shopping together later, and you can help me choose some gifts for my family~"
"Then, let's go watch the game together!"
"Come back in the evening and I'll treat you to a big dinner! How about it?!"
Jellal thought about it excitedly, took a breath, and nodded: "Okay!"
"Hahaha~"
"Ladies! We'll leave in 10 minutes!"
"We have to have fun today, okay!?"
"Hahaha~"
----
New Jersey.
Junior Sprano of the family gang, the Sprano family, drove his brand new Chrysler sedan to the strip club where he "works" every day. .
Junior's number one general, Shark Head, stood on the street, staring at this "dazzling" new Chrysler, licking his lips and laughing.
"Boss, can you let me take a look?"
"Hahaha~ Let's go!"
"Remember to come back and fill up the tank for me!"
"Ok!"
Shark Tou took the car key and ran to the car very excitedly. He turned around twice before sitting in the cab with satisfaction. .
Seeing Shark Head's "promising" look, Junior laughed for a while, turned around and walked into the club.
. . .
ten minutes later.
"Bell bell~"
Junior looked at the account book in his hand, picked up the phone and said.
"Hello~"
"Junior?"
"It's me~"
"I'm Ludy, old Malkin wants to talk to you~"
"...Okay~"
Junior put down his account book and suddenly remembered the phone call he received the night before, and cursed a few curse words in his mind.
"Hey~Junior!"
"Hey~ man, how are you doing?"
"Haha~ Not bad."
"Oh...you have something to do with me?"
"Ok!"
"We received a...lawyer's letter~"
"Junior~ Skinny Monkey Sinatra, what does he mean?"
"Uh... did he really send you a lawyer's letter?"
"fxxx!"
"I only found out about this the night before yesterday..."
"Dude, I swear!"
"There is absolutely no connection between our Soprano family and the Slender Skin Monkey!"
"...Okay! Thank you, Junior~"
"Hehe~"
"Then do you know who is supporting him behind the scenes and causing trouble for us?"
"Looking for trouble?"
"Well~ Our real estate development project has encountered some obstacles."
Junior's names flashed through several people's minds quickly, and after a few seconds of silence, he said.
"I guess... among the people who helped Skinny Monkey behind the scenes, there should be Cheney Lipizzi!"
"Cheney? That New York congressman?"
"Correct!"
"They were once exposed by the tabloids in California as having a party together~"
"Later, I heard that a certain big shot came forward and found some media tycoons to help, and the scandal was solved and continued to be exposed."
Old Malkin, who was on the opposite side of the microphone, signaled to Ludy. After writing down these names, he smiled at Junior.
"Man, I owe you one!"
"Can you take time to visit my home before Thanksgiving?"
"Of course~"
"Hmm...how about the day after tomorrow, Friday night?"
"OK! I'll wait for you at home, man!"
"Hahaha~ See you then!"
"goodbye!"
. . .
Put down the phone.
Junior took out the cigarette case in the drawer, lit one, took a puff, and exhaled a large cloud of smoke.
Skinny Monkey Sinatra. .
It seems that this time he is really annoyed!
Is the singer character in the movie "The Godfather" an allusion to him?
Junior flicked the ashes of his cigarette, with an "interesting" smile on his lips.
----
new York.
The Queen.
Old Malkin sat in the living room and put down the microphone, looked at Ludy and lawyer George, and asked.
"Cheney Lipizzi!"
"Do you know him?"
Lu Di shrugged and said, "I've heard of it~ I didn't pay much attention to it before."
"He has a name, so it's not difficult to find him!"
"This Junior, he..."
Old Malkin laughed, crossed his legs, and looked at lawyer George: "What about you? What do you think?"
George lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said to the two of them: "The Godfather by Mario Puzo was a novel that was published many years ago."
"Now that it's going to be made into a movie, we definitely need to re-promote it on a larger scale in order to have better box office returns."
"So I think this is a good hype point!"
"Oh? Haha~"
"Makes sense!"
"What if... he wants to appeal and go to court?"
"Are we going to lose?"
George straightened his upper body and smiled confidently: "If we go to court to litigate, we can keep applying for new evidence and keep dragging it out~"
"Until...the day Mr. Sinatra dies of old age!"
"Hahaha~"
"Row!"
"Rudi, just follow lawyer George's plan and execute it~"
"On your side...if we approach Mayor Lynch, can we get the final approval procedures for the real estate project completed before he leaves office?"
Ludy lit a cigarette for himself and smiled: "We have another friend, Hardman... the mayor!"
"Um.."
“What’s going on with Hardman’s mayoral campaign?”
“Very smooth~”
"The only variable may be Hamlin..."
"Hamlin... can that damn place be considered a voting area?"
"...Forget it!?"
"Hahaha~"
----
London.
In the afternoon sky, thin raindrops floated.
Highbury Stadium, located in Islington, north London, is the home ground of Arsenal Football Club in the Premier League.
Highbury Stadium, opened in 1913.
The overall length and width are 102 meters * 63 meters, with 38500 seats.
It was lucky enough to escape being destroyed by German artillery shells during World War I.
Subsequently, it became the central point of the area.
. . .
In the light rain.
After finishing their short shopping trip, David and his party all changed into rainproof coats and mingled with the large number of enthusiastic fans waiting to enter.
David, who was watching a game for the first time in two lifetimes, put his arm around Gerald's shoulders with great excitement and smiled.
"I just knew that there are many teams in the UK and more fans..."
“I didn’t expect that there are so many stadiums around London!”
"You have lived here for more than 20 years, how come you have never come to watch a game?"
Jellal, who was also infected by the enthusiasm of the fans around him, shrugged and smiled.
"I'm here, aren't I~"
"Hahaha~"
"You should have come a long time ago!"
David turned his head, found Livlin who was following him, his eyes almost full, and smiled.
"How about we make a bet?"
"Which team are you going to cheer for today?"
Livlin curled her lips in disgust: "You bastard! I have never watched English football! What are you betting on? Will I give you money?"
"Hahaha~"
Elena, who was next to her, distributed the tickets in her hand to everyone and said with a smile: "Liverpool has been very strong in recent years~"
“We won the Premier League title in 1973, ’76 and ’77.”
"Although Nottingham Forest won the Premier League championship last year~"
"Many fans who have placed heavy bets on Liverpool have lost all their money."
"However, Liverpool defeated Club Brugge in the European Champions Cup final, successfully defended their title and won the Champions League."
"It has restored a little blood to those fans who like to gamble on football~"
"There is a banker here that offers peripheral handicaps. Do you want to play? I can help you!"
"Huh? Are there really people who gamble on football?"
"Ha~ of course!"
"In 1962, due to the inducement of those betting syndicates, several players from the Premier League B team were allowed to bet on the results of their team's matches... A scandal broke out that lasted for more than two years~"
"It wasn't until 1964 that the British Football Association settled the matter and slowly faded it out of the sight of fans~"
David looked at Elena in surprise, raised his eyebrows and asked: "Wow~ There is also a gambling group?"
"Are they all so awesome?"
Elena shrugged, smiled and did not answer, but looked at Jellal.
Jellal raised his hands and explained: "I don't know!"
"My family's business is all related to financial investment and real estate industry."
"Oh~"
"Then... let's buy some bets and have some fun?"
"Let's go~ I just want to see the excitement."
"Hahaha~ let's go!"
"Elena leads the way~ Livlin, you follow!"
"..."
Livlin glared hard at David, who was following Elena behind Le Dian Dian, and turned to her secretary Maggie in a low voice.
"Let's go~ It seems that your boss is going crazy!"
Secretary Maggie looked nervously at the fans on the left and right, and whispered back: "Can we... go back?"
"Haha~ You can tell him yourself."
"Well... forget it then~"
"..."
Livlin looked at the "weak" Maggie, gritted her teeth, pulled Toby Olga who was watching the fun, and quickly followed David.
. . .
Three o'clock in the afternoon.
Highbury Stadium, row 21, number 42.
David, Gerald, Livlin, Elena, Maggie, Toby, and several bodyguards of Livlin and Gerald were sitting in the middle of a large group of Arsenal fans.
"duo~"
On the green field.
As the referee's whistle sounded, Arsenal fans waved their arms and stood up to sing the Arsenal anthem.
Let David and others who are in it feel what the true fan's fanaticism is!
Although David couldn't sing at all, he hummed loudly along with the fans in front of him who were wearing Arsenal's red and white jerseys. .
Jellal turned his head and looked at David who was "crying like a wolf and howling like a ghost" but enjoying it. He couldn't help but plug his ears with his hands and complained loudly.
"You don't know how...it's better to stop singing~"
"What~"
"...It's okay~"
"Ah~"
"￥%...￥%..."
. . .
Elena, who was accompanying David, laughed, took his arm, and whispered in his ear.
"I can sing ~ you follow me!"
"ok~!"
"Arsenal wear your side!"
"Ourlovewecannothide."
"Our hearts are open wide."
“Tocheeryoualongtheway..”
(This song was released by the team in 1972 and is an unofficial team song. Many times fans will use this song to cheer for the team.)
(Arsenal's official team song "HotStuff" in 98 creatively embedded the names of the players into the song, which is very exciting.)