Chapter 35

The next day, Sunday, January 13, 2008, the Alkmaar first team took a bus to Amsterdam to challenge Ajax away.

Jiang Xiaolin received a call from the club's finance department, saying that his 20,000 signing fee had been transferred to the bank card that Song Zhicheng helped him open.

Jiang Xiaolin ran to the nearest bank to check his balance and saw that there was indeed an extra 10,000 euros in his deposit.

The reason for the difference was less than 20,000 because a lot of personal income tax was deducted.

Although it was a bit painful to be deducted a lot of personal income tax, Jiang Xiaolin was still happier than ever to see so much money.

Jiang Xiaolin immediately consulted the staff for the detailed process and made a cross-border remittance to his mother, remitting 10,000 euros back.

At the current exchange rate of more than 10, this amount of money would be almost 100,000 yuan when it was remitted to Jiang Liantao, enough to buy a small second-hand house in the county town. (Prices in 2008)

Compared with the time when he worked in a restaurant while playing amateur league part-time, his life now is simply heaven.

After completing the remittance, Jiang Xiaolin withdrew some more money and went to a nearby shopping mall to buy a mobile phone.

Then, Jiang Xiaolin called his mother with his new mobile phone.

At this time, it was almost afternoon in China, and there were not many people buying groceries.

Sure enough, the call was connected after just two rings.

"Hello, who is this?" Jiang Liantao asked on the phone.

Jiang Xiaolin said, "Mom, it's me. The club has sent me my signing fee. I bought a mobile phone. You can call me if you need help."

Jiang Liantao was delighted to hear that her son's signing fee was sent so quickly. She said, "So fast? That's great! I can find you when I miss you."

Jiang Xiaolin said, "Yes. Also, I transferred 10,000 euros to your card through the bank. Converted to RMB, it is estimated that you will receive a little more than 100,000 yuan in your card. You should pay back the borrowed money first, and then you can use the money to buy a cheaper house."

Jiang Liantao immediately blamed her, "I told you not to send me money, why did you send it back? I have money coming in every day from selling vegetables, and I don't lack money. And you are abroad, your consumption is high, and you have more places to spend money. How can you send me so much at once?"

Jiang Xiaolin smiled and said, "Don't worry, although the contract is signed for annual salary, they still pay it monthly. I have a salary, so you don't have to worry about me having no money. Besides, I won't spend money lavishly. My salary is enough and more than enough. I will send you some money every month. You get up so early and are so tired every day selling vegetables. Why don't you quit and find some other easy work?"

Jiang Liantao also laughed on the phone and said, "Don't send money, and don't worry about what I do. Just make a firm foothold in the team. As long as you have no problems, I will be happy. As for the house, I won't buy it. I will keep the money there first. If you don't play well in the Netherlands, I can still have a way out. When you really make a lot of money in the future, you can buy a house and I will live with you."

Jiang Xiaolin said heavily, "Mom, just wait. I will definitely work hard to make money and buy a big house for you to live in!"

Jiang Liantao said, "Okay, I'll wait!"

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Xiaolin found a place to have lunch, then bought some things he forgot yesterday and carried them back to the rental house.

As a result, when he arrived at the door of his home on the third floor, Jiang Xiaolin saw a yellow man with a camera hanging on his chest squatting on the stairs at the door.

Seeing Jiang Xiaolin appear, the man's eyes lit up and he immediately stood up and said in Chinese: "Hello, are you Jiang Xiaolin?"

Hearing the other party speak Chinese, Jiang Xiaolin knew that he was a compatriot, and immediately said happily: "It's me, may I ask who you are..."

The other party said: "I am a reporter from Sports Weekly, my name is Peng Zhijie. I saw the news about your signing with Alkmaar yesterday, so I came to interview you today to learn more about the situation."

Jiang Xiaolin was shocked.

He still knew the name of Sports Weekly, but he didn't expect that before a game was played, the signing alone would attract reporters from the largest sports newspaper in the country.

Jiang Xiaolin was a little flattered and asked, "How did you find this place?"

Peng Zhijie said, "I went to your club first, and the staff of the club told me your address, so I asked along the way to find this place."

Jiang Xiaolin nodded, took out the key and opened the door, saying, "Come in first! The club helped us rent a house, and we just moved in yesterday. It's a bit old and simple."

Peng Zhijie entered the house and looked around and said, "It's pretty good, two bedrooms and a living room, close to the training base, and the key is that it's free."

Jiang Xiaolin smiled and said, "Brother Peng is right. The key is that it is free. Jiang Xiaolin invited Peng Zhijie to sit on the sofa, put away the things he had just bought, and then poured a glass of water for Peng Zhijie. Peng Zhijie thanked him, and after Jiang Xiaolin sat down, he asked, "I also saw the news that you signed with Alkmaar yesterday. I only had a rough understanding of it, but not in detail. You see, we can conduct the interview in a chat way, and I want to know more about your previous experience, how about it? ”

Jiang Xiaolin had little experience and no objection, so he nodded in agreement.

Then, under Peng Zhijie's questioning, Jiang Xiaolin told Peng Zhijie about his background, his football experience from childhood to adulthood, how he was deceived into going abroad, how he played amateur leagues while working part-time, until he was spotted by AZ Alkmaar's scouts, how he successfully tried out and signed a contract.

In fact, when he first saw Jiang Xiaolin, Peng Zhijie was a little confused about the longer hair on the back of Jiang Xiaolin's hand.

Now that he heard Jiang Xiaolin say that his biology teacher at school said that this was a genetic regression, and Jiang Xiaolin's superb physical fitness was due to this genetic regression, Peng Zhijie finally solved his doubts.

The information Peng Zhijie obtained through the chat-style interview was more detailed and comprehensive than what the Dutch media said yesterday.

As those Dutch media said, Jiang Xiaolin's experience is really tortuous and inspiring.

This interview will definitely pass after it is compiled and published in the newspaper Published.

Peng Zhijie believed it without a doubt.

Jiang Xiaolin also learned from Peng Zhijie that there was another compatriot player named Yu Hai playing for Vitesse in the Netherlands, but Jiang Xiaolin had not paid attention to him before, so he might have to pay attention to him when he has time in the future.

After the interview, it was close to 15:30, so Jiang Xiaolin turned on the TV and the two watched the live broadcast of Alkmaar's away challenge to Ajax.

As a result, the game was very bad. What Van Gaal said at the beginning of the training camp in the second half of the season became a laughing stock. Alkmaar was bloodbathed by Ajax 6-1 away.

Now not only did they not get a single point, but they were also bloodbathed by the opponent by a large score, which was simply a shame.

Seeing this score, although Jiang Xiaolin was not yet a member of Alkmaar's first team, he still felt deeply disappointed.

Peng Zhijie also knew that Jiang Xiaolin was in a bad mood, so he did not stay for long. Jiang Xiaolin invited him to dinner but he did not agree. After asking for Jiang Xiaolin's phone number, he left on the pretext of going back to write an article.