Chapter 90 Upgrade: Ball Worker!
With a swish, Su Dong pulled open the white curtain in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, and the room suddenly became bright.
In the distance is the endless sea. Under the cloudless blue sky, the blue water with a hint of light green is particularly deep and charming.
Even Su Dong, who was used to the sea, almost screamed with excitement.
This is Funchal in the Madeira Islands, a famous resort in the North Atlantic.
Madeira Island has no sandy beaches and is surrounded by cliffs. The terrain rises continuously towards the interior of the island, with an average slope of up to 30 degrees.
It is precisely because of this that, although the room where Su Dong is standing is not next to the sea, he can still have a panoramic view of the unparalleled sea view of Madeira Island.
This makes waking up every morning a pleasure for everyone living in this villa.
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Sudon, Ronnie and Nuno Cruz flew from Lisbon to Madeira last night.
It is only the beginning of May now, and there are still two months before the team starts training and preparation. During this time, Su Dong will live on the island.
In order to prepare better and avoid unwanted disturbances from the outside world, Ronnie rented a villa with a construction area of 300 square meters on the hillside of the south coast through his friend. The villa has five rooms and is very spacious. It also has facilities such as a private swimming pool and a sun terrace. The rent is also given at a friendly price, which is almost the same as staying in a hotel.
The villa is less than three kilometers away from Ronnie's hometown, Falcao Village, and less than one kilometer to the east is Maritimo's home ground. The surrounding area is also lined with hotels and is the most lively commercial center on Madeira Island.
The famous observation deck on the island is only a few minutes' walk away.
The villa has three floors, and Sudong, Ronnie and Nuno Cruz all live on the second floor.
There are two rooms on the third floor, each with two single beds, while downstairs are the kitchen, dining room and living room. The courtyard has a 15-meter private swimming pool and a green space for activities. As for the sun terrace and other things, they are standard here.
When Su Dong opened the sliding door of the room and came to the balcony outside, basking in the warm sunshine, he felt so comfortable that he almost cried out in pleasure.
Fortunately, there is Ronnie, otherwise, where can we find such a house?
Su Dong liked it very much. Even the air here was much better than in Lisbon.
Walking down the curved staircase to the green courtyard, Su Dong bent down and reached out to scoop up a handful of water from the swimming pool.
During these two months in Madeira, his task was not easy at all.
Nuno Cruz is his personal coach, but he has a family of his own, so he only spends five days a week on the island, flying back to Lisbon on Friday night and back on Sunday night.
According to Nuno Cruz's plan, Su Dong must learn to swim within these two months.
For people who can swim, a 15-meter swimming pool seems very cramped, but for a beginner like Su Dong, it is just right.
In addition to swimming, Nuno Cruz has helped Sudong contact a yoga instructor.
"In Portugal, there are two most famous yoga retreats. One is the Far Hills Estate in the mountains north of Faro, founded by the famous Andrew Finlay and his wife. The other is the Alpino Atlantico Resort, a clifftop hotel 14 kilometers east of Funchal in the south of Madeira Island."
“In these two places, you can find the best yoga instructors in Europe and receive the most formal yoga course training.”
"I have signed you up for two yoga classes a day, five days a week, starting with the basics class. After two months, I hope you will be able to complete the advanced yoga course. In addition, I have also signed you up for a yoga class hiking retreat."
Madeira is not only a tourist destination, but also a hiking destination.
In addition to swimming and yoga, Nuno Cruz also arranges a gym training session every day in a nearby professional gym. There is also a water entertainment center where people play water football every day.
When he was still in Lisbon, Nuno Cruz had already arranged his itinerary and plans for the next two months. Although there may be some minor adjustments in the specific operations, there will basically be no major changes.
As he told head coach Boloni, "I will try my best to make them completely transformed !"
Su Dong believed that this would be a tragic history of blood and tears!
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Lying on the beach chair, lazily basking in the sun, enjoying the comfort and pleasure that he didn't know when would completely disappear, Su Dong simply closed his eyes.
After helping Sporting Lisbon win the double championship, Sudong and Ronaldo stayed in Lisbon for two days, mainly to negotiate contract renewal with the club.
Mendes showed his ability to dance with both his sleeves and his shrewdness.
Whether it was that he had taken the initiative to stop the contract renewal negotiations before, or now, he dared to make demands to Sporting Lisbon face to face, it proved that he was a qualified player agent and was also working hard to fight for the interests of Su Dong and Ronaldo.
Sporting Lisbon's contract renewal negotiations are urgent because they are also worried that the two young players will be seduced by outsiders.
So, after a day of war of words, the two sides finally reached an agreement.
Both Su Dong and Ronnie got a new contract. Su Dong's contract salary increased from 2,000 euros per month to 10,000 euros per month, a five-fold increase. Ronnie's salary increased to 6,000 euros, slightly less than Su Dong's.
This seems like a lot. If converted into RMB, it would be a monthly salary of 100,000 yuan, which is really a sky-high price.
But in fact, in Sporting Lisbon, a monthly salary of 10,000 euros is really not much.
Not to mention compared with famous stars such as Jardel, Niculé, Barbosa and Joao Pinto, even compared with Quaresma, he is actually slightly inferior.
Of course, Mendes could have asked for a higher salary, but he didn't. Instead, he asked the club to promise him more playing time, including that the number of league appearances must reach more than two-thirds, etc., and also stipulated the playing time.
Su Dong actually agreed with this approach.
Money can be earned later, but the training value of the game is too precious for a player of his age.
If given the choice between playing time and money, he would choose the former without hesitation.
The same is true for Mendes.
The same goes for Ronnie.
After signing a contract extension, Su Dong received a signing fee of 20,000 euros.
Before he left for Madeira, he specially sent money back to his parents in China and also called them.
His parents are just ordinary workers. Their biggest wish is to see their son become successful and buy a house.
In the urban area of Su Dong's hometown, this money is enough to buy two houses.
The parents on the phone cried with joy.
It’s a pity that Su Dong doesn’t plan to go back this summer, which makes them quite regretful.
"Next time you have the chance, come and watch my game." At that time, Su Dong said with red eyes and a trembling voice.
The parents on the other end of the phone burst into tears.
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After calming his mind, Su Dong embarked on the road to becoming a football king.
"Current level: Ball Player, next level: Ball Worker, upgrading requires 1,250,000 Ball King points, do you want to upgrade?"
Su Dong focused his attention on the option "Yes".
"Upgrading, please wait..."
Watching the black and white football start to spin, Su Dong felt mixed emotions.
The last time he was promoted, he had not yet joined Sporting Lisbon and was just a player of Sporting CP. But now more than half a year has passed, and so many things have happened in this process.
So much so that, at this moment, when he looked back, he really felt unbelievable.
He knew very well that this was a path where if he didn't move forward, he would regress.
From the day he embarked on the path of professional football, there was no turning back.
He can only work hard to make himself stronger!
"Congratulations, you have successfully upgraded!"
"Current level: Ball Worker, next level: Ball Soil, upgrading requires 6,250,000 Ball King points."
Su Dong smiled bitterly as he watched.
Ball soil!
What the hell is this?
How does the system name these levels?
The guy who came up with the name should be taken out and shot!
But he also figured it out. The next level after ball worker is ball soil. Isn’t it because the character “土” is more prominent than the character “工”?
If that's really the case, then the next level up from soccer soil would be soccer king, right?
Su Dong quickly shook off this question and began to check his upgraded personal attributes with concern.
As always, after each upgrade, the personal attribute panel will undergo some changes.
For example, this time, the changes are mainly reflected in personal technical attributes. On the original basis, attributes such as free kicks and penalty kicks have been added. These are Su Dong's weaknesses. Among them, free kicks have only 13 points, which is not enough at all.
Su Dong's biggest advantage is still his speed and explosiveness, with shooting following closely behind.
These three attributes have always been his forte.
Among technical attributes, Su Dong is weak in heading, which is also a big problem.
In terms of physical condition, Su Dong is generally balanced and comprehensive. His speed and explosive power are his advantages. Apart from that, the other items are basically slightly below the middle. After all, he is only seventeen years old and has not undergone systematic physical training.
No professional player is born with a perfect body, so systematic and scientific training is necessary.
After a year, Su Dong has had a deeper understanding of the Road to King of Football system. The upgrade did not bring him many surprises and surprises. The most important thing was to increase his potential ceiling and enable him to continue to improve.
Therefore, after looking at the personal attribute panel, Su Dong generously invested most of his football king value into it, exchanging all of it for potential value in the attribute panel, leaving only a part for daily turnover.
After that, Su Dong exited the personal attribute and entered the store.
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After the end of this season, Su Dong will have two star ability cards to redeem.
During this period of time, he has been thinking about what aspects of his abilities he needs to improve, and he has sought advice from Aurelio, Boloni, Pontes and others.
After getting professional advice and combining it with his own situation, Su Dong more or less understood what he lacked most at the moment.
Therefore, it is easy for him to figure out which star's ability card he wants to redeem.
