The next morning, Gao Xiaodong was shopping with Chen Qiang and Yang Fan when his agent Mendes called.
"Xiao Dong, come over for lunch. At Christmas, gasft's customers get together for dinner. It's at Porto Mar Hotel."
Gao Xiaodong looked at the bags in his hand and said, "Mr. Mendes, it's very important?"
Mendes understated: "it's better to come here. There should be a lot of people you've been admiring for a long time."
"Well, I'll be right there."
Gao Xiaodong hung up the phone and said to Chen Qiang, "brother Chen, I have something to do. I can't go shopping with you. Mendes told me to go to dinner. He said it was a dinner party for clients of GAis agency."
Yang Fan's eyes lit up and said, "Gasfield's customers are brilliant. I don't know if Mr. Croft is coming or not."
Gao Xiaodong said: "who knows, but Mendes said there will be many big names."
"Go ahead, it's good to talk to the famous stars and superstars." Chen Qiang looked at Gao Xiaodong. Today, when he went shopping, Gao Xiaodong was very casual. "Go back to change clothes. It's too impolite. It's time for us to go back to dinner."
Gao Xiaodong also felt that he had to be more formal on such occasions and said, "OK."
Yang Fan said with a smile: "fat man, ask if you can bring an assistant. I'll ask the stars for a group photo and autograph, so that I can dress up when I return home."
Gao Xiaodong said contemptuously: "you are so promising."
Yang Fan said: "you are promising. You get a golden ball award, so I don't have to take a picture with others."
"I won't take a picture with you."
"I wipe, say with play like, golden ball award is not a goal award."
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They went home laughing and talking. Xiao le and Chen Qiang thought Gao Xiaodong should be more mature. They chose a black suit and a blue tie for him, and then asked Xiao le to take him to Porto Mar Hotel.
After getting out of the car, Gao Xiaodong meets DiMaria of Benfica at the door of the hotel. They are rivals on the field. Gao Xiaodong and Porto's Argentinian Gang don't deal with each other. DiMaria happens to be an Argentinian. They look at each other, ignore each other, turn their heads and walk inside as if they don't see each other.
"Xiaodonggao, DiMaria, please go to the second floor. The whole second floor is covered by us."
Just came in. Louis, Mendez's nephew. Correa welcomed them out and warmly welcomed them to the second floor.
The hall is very busy, with guests coming and going. Many people look familiar to Gao Xiaodong, but they can't recognize one.
When I came to the hall on the second floor, there were almost 20 or 30 guests in the hall. They all looked familiar and seemed to have seen each other. However, what Gao Xiaodong could recognize at a glance was that he was talking with Mendes.
It's also a black suit. Gao Xiaodong thinks that Jose is more handsome than himself. He doesn't know how many times. It really depends on his talent to wear clothes.
"Xiao Dong, come here."
Gao Xiaodong's figure and appearance are very easy to identify, the only one, Mendes saw Gao Xiaodong at a glance, waved to him, let him pass.
Gao Xiaodong came to Mendes and Mendes said with a smile: "Xiao Dong, know Jose. Coach
Gao Xiaodong hurried to shake hands with Jose, "I know you like thunder. Jose coach is my idol."
With a smile, he shook hands with Gao Xiaodong and said: "Xiao Donggao, you have done well this season. Now I regret not taking you away in the summer."
Gao Xiaodong is a little stiff: "that means I'm not good enough."
"You're not good enough?" said a player who looked like a farmer beside him? Chinese modesty, who can do better than you
Mendes pointed to the farmer like player and said, "this is Deco. It's Porto, too."
Gao Xiaodong suddenly realized, quickly reached over and said, "Mr. Deco is my idol. I'm learning from you."
They are all your idols. Deco didn't hold Gao Xiaodong's hand, but gave him a warm hug. He said with a smile: "I hope you can become my idol too. President da Costa thinks you can become Ronaldo of Porto."
Gaoxiaodong even busy way: "this is the chairman said to play."
"President da Costa didn't say that about Deco," he said solemnly
Deco said: "the coach said that you are not as good as Ronaldo and Messi in terms of talent, but you have distinctive characteristics, rapid progress and unlimited future."
"Is Ronaldo coming?" he said to Mendes
Mendes said: "not necessarily, the Premier League's winter break has not yet started, but Ronaldo said he might come and sit down."
"Is Ronaldo not in England?" he said
"Well, he's in Portugal." Seeing that Jose looked at Gao Xiaodong, Mendes was shrewd and said immediately: "Deco, you are familiar with all the people here. You take Xiao Dong to meet other friends, and they are likely to become team-mates in the future.""OK, Xiao Donggao, come with me. I'm familiar with all the people here. Let me introduce you."
"All right. Thank you, brother Deco. "
Gao Xiaodong is also a smart man. Knowing that Mendes and Jose have something to say, he follows Deco to play.
Although Deco is also a superstar player, he works hard step by step from a small club. He is a late comer with an approachable personality. No matter he is a nobody or a famous player, he seems to know them all, just like a socialite. With Gao Xiaodong, he knows the people in the hall almost once.
Although they are all from Gasfield, it is obvious that they are close to each other. Benfica and Sporting Lisbon, such as DiMaria, kontland and Nani, are very indifferent to Gao Xiaodong, while Porto players such as Anderson, Pepe and Simao are very enthusiastic about Gao Xiaodong, especially Anderson. He keeps talking about Gao Xiaodong and says that Gao Xiaodong is like him It makes Gao Xiaodong very uncomfortable.
It's so easy to get rid of Anderson's doubi. Gao Xiaodong takes a tray, gets some food, and is ready to find a place to fill his stomach. He scans the hall and finds that there is only one person enjoying food in the west corner. It's quiet. Gao Xiaodong walks past with the tray.
"May I sit here?"
Gao Xiaodong sat down and then asked.
"You've all sat down. Is it interesting to ask again?"
The players who are buried in eating finally raise their heads, not cold and not light.
When Gao Xiaodong saw it, he didn't know it and didn't look familiar. He should have just been introduced by Deco, or he was not in the hall. Otherwise, he would have been impressed by such an ugly man. He would have been sitting here, and he seemed to have a higher face. Gao Xiaodong thought badly: "it's interesting. It's polite to be late. My name is Gao Xiaodong, Chinese. What's your name ?”。
"Diego. Costa. Brazilians. "
"Which team are you on? How come I haven't seen you. "
"No, it's normal. I'm in Spain, a nameless team."
"Ah! Five major leagues, very powerful Gao Xiaodong thought that such an ugly guy had gone to La Liga, but NIMA was so handsome that he was still in the Portuguese Super League.
"I'm in Xiyi."
"I'm in the Portuguese Super League, which is similar to the second division." Gao Xiaodong smiles.
Diego. Costa said sullenly: "it's so far away. You can play in the Champions League. After several Champions League games, you are now famous all over the world. I don't know where to go next season."
Gao Xiaodong said with a smile: "don't worry. On the football field, there are many things that make one ball famous. I used to play Amateur League."
Diego. Costa thumbed up and said, "I've heard of you. Your experience has given me a lot of courage to persevere."
Gao Xiaodong said: "is there any hope for your team to upgrade? If you don't have it, you can't move to xi'b as soon as possible
Diego. Costa said: "I'm from Atletico Madrid and I'm going on loan to Serie B. I want to go back to Madrid in winter or summer, or else I'll go."
Gao Xiaodong surprised: "it's Atletico Madrid, our opponent in the Champions League knockout is Atletico Madrid, we are still opponents."
Diego. Costa said bitterly: "this has nothing to do with me. I haven't played a game for Atletico
Gao Xiaodong sympathized: "you are similar to me."
Diego. Costa said: "it's a long way off. You're going up all the way. I'm going down from the Portuguese Super League to the Portuguese first division, from the Portuguese first division to the Spanish first division, and from the Spanish first division to the Spanish second division."
Are you kidding? Gao Xiaodong speechless, half ring good easy to hold out a sentence, "according to this trend, the next step is to go to La Liga."
Diego Costa scratched his head and said, "thank you. That's pretty much what you said."
It's almost a fart, you joker. Gao Xiaodong was speechless again, so he had to eat with his head down.
At this moment, suddenly Louis came to the hall on the second floor and said to Mendes, "here comes Ronaldo."
"Ah! Here comes Mr. golden ball
"Oh! The first person in the world is here. "
"Here comes Jose and here comes Ronaldo. It's worth the meal. "
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In a flash, everyone's topic was about Ronaldo.
Mendes's face beamed and said to the public, "take your time. I'll go and have a look."
"I'll go with you," he said with a smile
Mendes and Jose both went down to meet them. Of course, other people would not sit around and follow them.
Diego. Costa stood up, looked at Gao Xiaodong and said, "you can't go down."
Gao Xiaodong said with a smile: "Mr. Mendes asked us to eat slowly. Why do we go down. Forty or fifty people have gone down. Who can Ronaldo see? It's not sure that he can hold his hand
Costa also sat down, said: "well, anyway, I'm such a nobody, I can't flatter you. "
" yes! Pick something better quickly"Well, the food here is very good."
So Gao Xiaodong and Diego Costa sat there eating and drinking happily. Unexpectedly, when forty or fifty people went down together, Ronaldo couldn't find them at all, but when they came up, they were sure to see them.