Chapter 698： Liverpool's past

As the general manager of the team, Sean Marx is inevitable for a while, but the opposite is the spring breeze of Liverpool CEO Ian Al.

Nowadays, he is a big red man in Liverpool. As long as he appears at parties or dinners, he can raise a lot of noise. Of course, this has little to do with him, mostly because the local wealthy businessmen in Liverpool want I met Yang Cheng, a world-class rich man, through Ian El.

You should know that after Yang Cheng acquired Liverpool, he immediately launched a series of investment projects, including the expansion of Anfield, the transformation of the Melwood base, etc., which also greatly stimulated the economic development of Liverpool. Don't underestimate the infrastructure projects. The local wealthy businessmen who want to meet Yang Cheng are all stakeholders.

But it is impossible for Yang Cheng to stay permanently in Liverpool. Even if he returns to England, he still lives in his North Sea Manor. The wealthy businessmen can't even see Yang Cheng's shadow, let alone meet and talk.

No, they had no choice but to find Ian El and find business opportunities by establishing a good relationship with him.

It has already been said that the city of Liverpool has gradually transformed into a tourist city after its heavy industry has slowly faded. Football is one of the symbols of this city. To put it in exaggeration, one third of the city’s population is engaged in The same goes for the wealthy businessmen in football-related work.

Not only businessmen, but also a group of local politicians are also trying to connect with Liverpool and Yang Cheng. As for the reason, hehe~

Speaking of Liverpool, this is really a special city, different from other British cities, Liverpool is even more unique. The Messi River facing the Irish Sea, like a defensive vent, swept northern Europe in early May. The demon wind drove straight into Liverpool at the mouth of the river.

The unbelievable blue sky and white clouds retreat step by step, and the Maritime Mall facing the water has become a theater stage where winds and performances can be raged. Pedestrians who have not had time to hide in the strong building, hunched back in the windbreaker, and resisted in vain. The unidentified turbulence was about to be blown into plastic bags that could fly into the sky.

Maritime Mall is not a commercial harbour city for tourists or citizens to shop, eat, drink, and watch movies, but encompass the entire six blocks of Liverpool’s landmarks such as the Albert Dock, Dock Top, and William Brown Street.

The group of buildings separating the docks temporarily formed a kind of safe haven, allowing the water waves in the docks to draw out the weird lines like tree rings from far to near, and then push the door around the corner to realize that they have saved themselves. The building is an "International Slave Museum".

The "slave trade" is the most important part of the history of Liverpool.

Beginning as early as the 1840s, this rising city of the slave trade movement gradually surpassed London and Bristol through the manipulation of merchants familiar with the preferences of African traffickers, and became the "European slave capital" in the 1880s. , A total of nearly 1.5 million black Africans were bound to their hands and feet, taken away from West Africa, and displaced to the West Indies, in exchange for sweet cane sugar, refreshing rum, and whites’ favorite tobacco and wintering products for Liverpool. cotton.

Also due to the non-serving needs of some merchant families, as well as some West African chiefs sending their sons for education, and a large number of African-American crews beginning to be employed on freighters carrying palm oil, Liverpool became the first black man in Britain in the early 18th century community.

As these blacks settled here, some blacks who were mindful and unwilling to be mediocre slaves started the "struggle" road, and they wanted to fight for a future for themselves.

In a cafe in the Maritime Mall in the heart of Liverpool's landscape, Yang Cheng's right-hand man, Ian Al, is having a cordial and friendly exchange with a black man with white hair.

"Ian, you have become Liverpool's well-deserved helmsman in a blink of an eye." The black Recosta sipped the aromatic coffee and said with emotion.

Ian El waved his hands repeatedly, "Ray, Liverpool belongs to our boss, and I am just a wage earner under him, not a helmsman."

Lei Costa is a member of the Liverpool City Council. In the British bureaucracy, his sphere of power is no less than that of the mayor of Liverpool. Of course, this is not something that can be directly compared horizontally.

In short, this old black man is a great figure in Liverpool, and even the spokesperson of the black community, because Ian Al grew up when he was a child, and even Ian Al would honor him as his uncle.

Lei ignored Ian El’s modesty and traced it back to himself, “Remember the story I told you when you were a child? The ancestor of the Costa family was trafficked to Bermuda and later became a shoemaker Francisco, his My son, my great-grandfather Edward was born in 1833 just after the Abolition Act was enacted. He went to sea at the age of 14, and finally settled in Liverpool. He married a black man as his wife and opened a shop in Wellington Avenue in District 8 where blacks live.

Since then, transnational marriages in the family have been common. In addition to the Anglo-American white people, there are also Ghanaian, Nigerian, Barbados, and Danish ancestry. The descendants of shoemakers also come from all walks of life. Only I have maintained a pure black blood. "

Hearing this Ian El could not help but look around. Uncle Costa is about to start his glorious black ancestry theory. This is not at home, but in public places. It is easy to be beaten. Although racial discrimination is not serious in Liverpool, there is no way to avoid the existence of radicals. Ian El is very afraid of being involved, he knows that the big boss will never tolerate a troublemaker in the club.

"They will remember that we were trafficked, not our strength; they will remember that we were bought, not our bravery."

Recosta once again uttered a famous saying that was widely circulated among blacks. Ian El wanted to cover his face and say something I couldn't hear, but fortunately, there were not many people taking shelter in the cafe at this time.

I can't help but Ian El asked, "Uncle Costa, you grew up watching me, no matter what happens, you can tell us and discuss it together. There is no need to go around."

Recosta closed his mouth, took a deep look at his close nephew, and said leisurely, "I hope you can introduce Jason Yang to me in the right reality. Believe me, it's a good thing, no Adversely affect your position."

Ian El is not surprised. There is only a wry smile and entanglement on his face. The wry smile is that the number of people who have contacted him recently to contact the boss is countless. One more Recosta is not too much. The entanglement lies in his relationship with Uncle Costa. Not an outsider, this is Uncle Costa, who has no blood relationship, but is better than a relative, not a stranger he can refuse casually.

"Uncle Costa, can I ask you anything about finding the boss? If I can solve it, maybe we don't need to contact the boss."