ball magic

Chapter 180

This concert belongs to every citizen of Buenos Aires, whether they live in a slum or a rich area.

But according to tradition, Raphael's coming-of-age ceremony will not end until dawn.

Argentines can sell everything to prepare for their daughter's coming-of-age ceremony, but they are extremely perfunctory for their son's coming-of-age ceremony.Veronica is obviously a different kind - she set up another venue and held a banquet that was not open to the public, and she didn't even arrange a photographer herself.

With bright lights, a circular dance floor, and a line of guests and friends, Veronica and her Rafa danced the dance she had been looking forward to for a long time.

Robson Sr. and Toshack stood side by side among the guests, and Byron stood beside the column on the second floor with a "modified" Hughes.

They are Rafael's two mentors in the football world, and Rafael's adoptive father and... father are also present.

In Raphael's two lives, they played in his life. Each of them was watching this scene, watching Raphael's raised mouth from beginning to end.

If you say who doesn't fit in.

That's obviously Javier!

No no no, he wasn't dissatisfied, he was just crying like a fool.

He couldn't stop his tears after being gently persuaded by Ada, and after being whispered fiercely by the helpless Ada, he forced his eyes to widen, not daring to cry anymore, but the big teardrops still flowed from him. popped out of his eye sockets.

Ada was about to despair over this crying bag.

But she ended up just hugging this stupid tearbag.

When the song ended, the audience cheered. It should be that the parents retreated and the young people carnivaled all night.

When the old Robson and Toshack and other guests left the venue, because there were too few pure "young people" here, it became a conversation with everyone.

Most of the guests were football people, but everyone avoided talking about the ball they always wanted to chase.

Veronica was quickly surrounded by a crowd. Colin Firth watched Raphael and his teammates quickly and skillfully separated him from Veronica, and he was so polite that he stood aside with a smile on his face. Guardian of flowers, listen to them ask Veronica how to do business.

Oh, and the guy who took the lead was Simeone.

That's right, Simeone appeared here, and most of the Argentine internationals came with him.

Aimar's entanglements and worries became unnecessary-there was no need for him to ask for leave, Simeone, Zanetti and Almeida won a day off for the team from Passarella who pretended not to know where they were going. It is also their last vacation, and they will go to France tomorrow.

A group of people around Veronica, where is Raphael?

There is also a large group around him, but the purpose of this large group is not to get any investment tips, but to...Spiderman.

Aimar took the lead. He looked at Rafael with curious and excited deer eyes, and kept talking about how much he liked that good American neighbor. Raphael wanted to set him up. Forget about a spider suit if you're too addicted.

As I said just now, Aimar is just one of the spider fans, and even Juan asked Raphael eagerly: "Can Ronnie meet Stan Lee? Can he help me sign Spiderman's comics?"

What can Raphael say?

He can only nod.

With his nod, there was a shout of excitement around him!

Then Raphael regretted it!

Because these idiots around him actually held hands to form a circle, surrounded him in the circle, running and jumping excitedly, it was funny and stupid!

Those who saw this scene couldn't help laughing, and some even complained that they were not allowed to bring camera equipment, otherwise they would not be able to survive, and they would definitely use such a black history to blackmail and blackmail Rafael.

Redondo was also watching this scene with a smile, and a child from some unknown family ran to him and asked for his autograph.

Redondo satisfied the child's request with a smile, and gently touched his little head to encourage him.

Natalie smiled at her husband with pride in her eyes.

She and Redondo were bedmates, closer to him than anyone else, and sometimes felt farther away from him than anyone else.Because of his independent, pure and lonely soul.Now she felt that she was wrong, that Redondo was never alone.

At the end of the banquet, Raphael raised his wine glass, faced Simeone and other teammates, and also looked at Aimar, and said the simple toast: "Fight in France and return in triumph."

Everyone laughed. If they really came back from the Arc de Triomphe, the French would indeed be pissed off.But this did not prevent them from toasting and shouting: "Fight against France! Return triumphant!"

They didn't make a fuss until late at night, but they were leaving just after 0:[-], and they were going straight to the airport.

Rafael clapped hands with them one by one, and it was time to see them off. When it was Aimar's turn, he couldn't help but rubbed his curly hair and kissed it.

Aimar also smiled and pinched Rafael's face on tiptoe, and said "remember to watch the game" before joining his teammates who were making fun of their stickiness.

This is not the best Argentina, but when they go out, they represent this country and bear the expectations of tens of millions of Argentine fans.

Rafael, Redondo and Batistuta watched them leave side by side, and it took a long time before they returned to their families.

Rafael had a coming-of-age ceremony that made him sweep the headlines again, and also made him a "news maker" by the media.

In addition to reprinting this grand public concert with more than 60 fans flocking to the streets, what the media wants to know most is how much the concert will cost.

So how much does it cost Michael Jackson to play a concert in Buenos Aires?

The answer Veronica gave in an interview afterwards was $1.

The king who is the most popular in the world and also has the largest number of personal donations in the world will not take a cent for this performance.

Michael Jackson, who had returned to the United States at that time, said in an interview with reporters: "I did only charge one dollar. But the expenses of the entire team, all equipment delivery, and stage construction were all borne by Veronica. She also Responsible for communicating with the local government and negotiating security issues. More importantly, she and Rafael's 'rafa children's foundation' will participate in UNICEF's plan to help and subsidize children in slums in South America to go to school, and will contribute $1 million annually to the fund for the next five years."

"She told me a lot about Rafa when he was a kid, he was a funny kid - even though he's an adult now. But Roni said he was so cute. And she showed me some really expensive ones. Family photos, I'm grateful she shared them with me."

"It is precisely because of knowing this and seeing those photos that I understand her and understand why she hopes that I can hold such an open event in Buenos Aires, which is open to the whole society and allows all Buenos Aires Participating and enjoying the concert. She said it was the best bar mitzvah she could think of."

"I was touched by Veronica and Raphael's relationship and it was an honor to be a part of it."

Michael Jackson's interview made this coming-of-age ceremony, which was criticized as "extravagant and extravagant", immediately get different interpretations in the media, and the previous criticism was no longer seen.

Rafael doesn't care about these, and he doesn't pay attention to the Argentine media's evaluation of his coming-of-age ceremony. He just wants to leave Argentina and return to the United States.

There are many jobs waiting for him there.

Well, he's glad he still has work to do.

They also chartered a family flight to the United States, and Veronica sat next to Colin.

When the plane took off and Javier and Juan gathered their heads together to play the game, Veronica got up and walked to Raphael who was sitting alone, took off her brother's earphones, and looked at him.

Rafael blinked at his sister, and Veronica helped him stroke the broken hair beside his ear, and asked in a soft voice, "Rafa, you invited him, right?"

Her tone made Raphael immediately think of what "Rabbit" had said to him.

He's a little subtle, he has to admit - Hughes put on a disguise, but she recognizes him...

Seeing that her brother didn't respond, Veronica went on to say, "Alex Byron. I will always remember this name."

She saw her brother's slightly surprised eyes and his desire not to take the initiative to participate in this topic, so she knew that Raphael didn't want to discuss Hughes with her, and she could understand, but she still expressed her heart, "I Happy for you, very very happy."

Of course Raphael understood her, but he was silent for two seconds, still didn't want to take the initiative to discuss Hughes with his sister, and the environment didn't allow it, but he also wanted his girl to know what was the most important——

"You are the most important thing to me."

Veronica smiled, put her arms around his neck, and kissed his cheek, "You and Louis are both my baby angels."

Raphael: "..."

This is really a sentence that makes him wonder if he should be moved.And, does he want to thank Colin for not being on this list?

On the day he returned to the United States, Rafael, who was officially an adult, had a discussion meeting with John and Ashley Shaw that belonged only to the founders.

This will affect their future investment and decision-making.

They reached an agreement in just 2 hours. In the evening of the same day, the American media reported that "work" officially rejected Microsoft's $1500 million acquisition plan.

On the second day, Raphael passed several investment banks and investment funds led by Goldman Sachs and Morgan, and first met Masayoshi Son, chairman and president of Softbank Group from Japan.

The latter is all the rage on the Internet these days!

In 96, he spent US$1 million to obtain 35% of Yahoo's shares. Because of the rapid rise in Yahoo's market value, he once became the richest man in the world. He also stepped down from the altar with the Internet economic bubble.

When Raphael and Sun Zhengyi met, the already frenzied Internet market shook again!

Even Wall Street was shaken by it-Sun Zhengyi decided to invest 5000 million US dollars in exchange for 10% of "work" shares.

Also because there is no impenetrable wall in the world, the American media quickly pointed out that Sun Zhengyi wanted to invest 1 million US dollars in exchange for 25% of "work" shares, but was rejected, and an agreement was reached after renegotiating the amount of shares.

In the morning, I met Sun Zhengyi and reached an agreement.In the afternoon, Raphael met with investment banks and investment funds headed by Goldman Sachs, and also exchanged 10% of the shares for an investment of 5000 million US dollars, which also made Rafael, Ashley Xiao and John's worth skyrocket!

When this news came out, it once again shocked the world.Not only for the madness of the Internet, but also for the speed of Raphael's fortune!

On this day, June 6, the opening day of the World Cup, Brazil faced Scotland.

While other players are looking forward to using their performance to earn honor for their country, Rafael has become a "billionaire".

But this time in Argentina, there are fewer people cursing Raphael, and more people are struggling.

It's not because Raphael's birthday is only 4 days past, they haven't forgotten the joy brought by Michael Jackson.It's not because Rafael's advertisement for UNICEF is on the market, but the "Rafa Foundation" really donated 100 million US dollars, which will be the case for the next 4 years.

Argentine fans temporarily gave up cursing Rafael, and turned to entanglement. In the final analysis, it was because of football.

Because in the opening game of the World Cup in 98, the Brazilian Ronaldo used his outstanding performance to make the Argentines realize that he has been elected as the World Footballer for two consecutive years, and at the same time he is holding the golden ball. Ronaldo, who is only one step away, can declare his enthronement!

If this becomes true, no Argentine can bear it!

It reminded them of Raphael, after all, Rafael was 4 in 22 years, right?

Just one year younger than the current Ronaldo, right?

Let's talk about the grouping of this World Cup.

As the host, France drew a lottery for themselves. Although Michel Platini, the president of UEFA, publicly admitted this in the future, it is harmless. The secret, even if Platini breaks it, it will not hurt, and it will not affect the successor to continue to play like this.

And even if the French controlled the lottery, what did they do compared to the shamelessness of the Koreans in 02?

Argentina was divided into Group H, which is actually a top pick.

In this World Cup, Argentina did not have a double eagle peck with Nigeria, the African eagle. In the next few World Cups, Nigeria, whose flag is also blue and white, seems to be bound to Argentina.

In the same group as Argentina are Jamaica, the "track and field team" participating in the World Cup for the first time, Japan from Asia, also participating in the World Cup for the first time, and Croatia from Europe, which has just emerged from the war.

Although after the World Cup, this may not be a top pick for Argentina, but it does not prevent the Argentines from thinking so——

The Croatian players who split from the former Yugoslavia are old, and Jamaica is not a concern.As for the Japanese team, when does Argentina need to pay attention to an Asian team?

On June 6, at the Municipal Stadium in Toulouse, France, Argentina ushered in the first round of the group stage, and their opponent was Japan.

Passarella fielded a lineup of 352 on this day.

Because of Batty's "ignorance of current affairs", the starting forwards became the young Crespo and "Bug" Claudio. The number 10 jersey is worn by Ortega, Veron wears the number 8, and the captain's armband is worn on Simeone's arm.

When the national anthem is played in turn, like a nightmare, you and Japanese captain Masa Ihara have exchanged team flags and guessed sides.

At this moment, the camera is on Passarella, and Aimar, who is sitting not far from him wearing a white shirt, black shorts and black socks, appears in the camera for the first time, and also appears in Raphael's blue eyes.

After 90 minutes, Argentina, which was obviously a bit slow, still found its form. Ortega assisted the young Crespo and helped him score his first goal in the World Cup, which was also Argentina's first goal in this cup. ball.

The young 18-year-old Aimar could only sit on the bench. When the game was over, he and all the teammates on the bench laughed and applauded to welcome the teammates who triumphed with 3 points.

Aimar was still so young on this day, and he didn't expect his opportunity to come so soon.

On June 6, Argentina ushered in its second opponent, Jamaica from Africa.

For any Argentine, it was a game full of joy.

So happy that Ortega scored two goals in the start. Less than 10 minutes after Ortega completed the second goal, Crespo staged the ultimate performance-big four!

Argentina's commentator was still praising Crespo for scoring his first hat-trick in this World Cup a second before, and saw Crespo complete his fourth shot!

After the commentator let out a roar, he immediately praised the first player to score four goals in this cup, and the news that Crespo topped the scorer list was also typed out at the same time.

This will obviously spread the name of Hernan Crespo to thousands of households, and after the young Crespo scored the fourth goal, he couldn't help but ran to the corner and roared!

Obviously, being selected for the national team instead of Batty also put him under tremendous pressure!

6: 0!

This is simply an Argentine carnival!The young Jamaican team also became the first victim under the claws of the Pampas eagle.

If we don't train soldiers at this time, when will we wait?

Passarella meant to wait until the second half, and replaced Ortega in succession, replaced the young Aimar, and replaced Crespo, who was in full form, with Claudio "Bug" to find the feeling !

There is no "bug" in Raphael's eyes, only the "clown" who is standing on the stage with a smile on his face for the first time.

The author has something to say: This year's African brothers are not easy to mess with.

This year, the three traditional European teams were eliminated early.

Among the top 4 teams this year, 3 have not won the World Cup, and each of them is eager to "be a new king".

This is the 16th World Cup, and it is also recognized as the most exciting one in history.

Its theme song is "The Cup of Life".

On this stage, the golden generation in 72 matured, and the golden generation in 76 showed its flair.

It's also my favorite World Cup, because that summer, my dad who controlled the remote pointed to the replay and told me: This is Batty, Batty the God of War.

Batty is his favorite player.