After signing with AC Milan, I will be the king of football!

Huang Kaiwen extended his thumb and index finger and said, ”Just a little bit.”

Zhou Jielun silently walked towards the guest room, deciding not to take offense at Huang Kaiwen’s words.

The next day.

October 14th.

Huang Kaiwen eventually went to Alfonso Perez Stadium.

Zhou Jielun had come from far away, so at the very least he ought to show some hospitality as the host.

Once the match started, Getafe began showing signs that they aimed to draw with Real Madrid.

Inzaghi found it quite amusing.

Zhou Jielun had already started yawning; he didn’t like football at all. What he said before was just small talk.

As the liaison for both Milan and Real Madrid, Huang Kaiwen took a deck of playing cards out of his pocket and asked, ”Wanna play some cards?”

”Sure!” Zhou Jielun said with a laugh. ”Let me tell you, I’m super awesome at card games.”

”That’s great, I love a strong opponent like you. Have you ever heard of a game called ’Landlord’?” Huang Kaiwen asked, fingers flicking, making the cards dance in his hand.

”Nope, never heard of it, but I learn fast.”

”That’s perfect!”

Huang Kaiwen said with a smile, then mentioned playing ’Landlord’ to Inzaghi.

Inzaghi immediately showed interest, saying excitedly, ”I didn’t expect to have such fun in Madrid; if you guys are giving away money, don’t blame me.”

The ninety-minute match concluded.

Real Madrid lost 0-1 away to Getafe.

Inzaghi and Zhou Jielun had their hands caught by Huang Kaiwen, who pressed them into a mysterious seal paste, and they made their fingerprints on a debt note.

After the match, Zhou Jielun took a flight out of Spain that very night.

He feared if he stayed in Madrid, he would end up working for Huang Kaiwen for decades to come.

Watching the plane soar into the night sky.

Huang Kaiwen muttered wistfully, ”Tao Hua Tan water’s a thousand feet deep, not as deep as Jaylen’s friendship to me. Parting now, who knows when we’ll next meet.”

Although he had just met Zhou Jielun, Huang Kaiwen felt a great affinity with him.

It was as if they were good brothers who had known each other for years.

It was a shame that vast distances lay between them, and each had to fight for his own career.

When they met again, things might be completely different.

Now all Huang, someone, could do was to hold the promissory note with 8 percent annual interest and reminisce.

On October 17th, some of the players went to Romania.

Capello placed greater importance on the upcoming ’El Clasico.’

Even though it was mainly the bench players, Real Madrid still triumphed 4-1 away against the Steaua Bucharest.

That very night.

Cruyff appeared on a TV program.

The war between the two giants of La Liga had long begun; now that both teams had finished their Champions League group matches, next up was ’El Clasico.’ Over the next few days, this match would become increasingly hyped.

Cruyff said on the TV program, ” Kevin and AC Milan defeated Barça, but AC Milan is AC Milan, Real Madrid is Real Madrid. Changing teams means completely different things. Nowadays, people still thank me on the streets because the UEFA Champions League in ’92 was too important for Barça. I shaped the soul of Barcelona, and now their spirit is very strong, the kids in the academy have Barça DNA, Xavi, Iniesta, and Messi will be the key to the game, they have great values and their level is excellent. Next, there will still be applause for Barcelona players at the Bernabeu.”

The next morning.

There were reports about the national derby everywhere.

Maldini responded to Cruyff’s words in the ”Milan Sports Newspaper” saying, ”Milan is a great team, Real Madrid is also a great team, but there’s only one Kevin, having Kevin means having everything. The last time Cruyff said Barcelona would win the Champions League Final, and then they lost. This time it will be the same result.”

”Marca” said, ”Cruyff might be confused, whenever Real Madrid’s number 10 plays, he has never lost a game. If Barcelona plays more defensive players, tucking in for 90 minutes, they might get a point at the Bernabeu, although that’s also very difficult.”

”AS Newspaper” said, ”Ancelotti, during our interview, specifically criticized his former teammate Rijkaard, saying Rijkaard is a bastard who only harms others, in the upcoming game, Capello and Real Madrid must be careful that Rijkaard doesn’t use dirty tricks to hurt Kevin.”

”World Sports News” said, ”Barcelona is a strong team, they remained unbeaten against Real Madrid last season, and Ronaldinho won applause at the Bernabeu. Although Real Madrid now has Kevin, Barça also got Li, and the national derby will be the beginning of Li’s legendary journey as a star.”

Pele, who flew from New York to Madrid, said in an interview with Madrid TV Station, ”Barcelona will win? That’s impossible. Kevin will win the game, I came to Spain to watch football, just to see how Kevin wins the game.”

When Huang Kaiwen saw Pele, he couldn’t help but give a wry smile, ”That’s not so good, what if we lose?”

”I don’t think you and Real Madrid will lose,”

Pele said, smiling.

Huang Kaiwen sighed, ”I hope so.”

If Pele had kept quiet, he would have been quite confident.

But now that the words were out, Huang Kaiwen felt somewhat nervous.

Catalonia.

Rijkaard sat in his house, staring blankly at Li Changlong’s documents.

This young player, he can’t even be called a junior player yet.

His physical condition is that of an average person, and technically, his feet have nothing special.

But Laporta gave him a task, to ensure victory in the derby while also giving Li Changlong game time at the end so that the whole world would know that Barcelona signed a genius.

Having hyped up Li Changlong so much, Rijkaard had begun to believe it himself.

But looking at the reports and videos, even Li Changlong’s ball stopping could send the ball several meters away, how could he let him play in the national derby?

Rijkaard threw down the report in his hand and walked toward the guest room of his house, knocking on the door and asking, ”Carlin, are you asleep?”

Carlin quickly wrapped a thick stack of bills in newspaper and stuffed it under the pillow.

Then he got up and opened the door, saying to Rijkaard, ”I was just meditating, what do you need?”

Rijkaard asked, ”Do you have a way to make someone become powerful?”

”Become powerful?” Carlin asked Rijkaard, puzzled.

That was far too vague.

”Just to make someone stronger for a while, even for a few minutes,”

Rijkaard said.

”I understand,”

Carlin gave Rijkaard a knowing look, turned back and rummaged through his suitcase, took out a small bottle, and handed it to Rijkaard, saying, ”Take this 30 minutes before, and you will experience a strength like never before.”

Rijkaard felt that something was not quite right.

But thinking of the task given by Laporta, it seemed that he had no choice but to do this.