Chapter 26: Preparations Before the El Clásico

  Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, founded on March 6, 1902, is a football club based in Madrid, Spain. Originally known as the Madrid Football Club, it was granted the royal patronage of King Alfonso XIII in 1920 and thus began to be called Real Madrid.

  On December 11, 2000, Real Madrid was voted the Best Club of the 20th Century by FIFA. The club has won a record nine European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles and a record 32 La Liga titles, as well as 18 Spanish Cup trophies.

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  He is nicknamed "Spanish Thirty-Two" by Chinese fans. It has the same wonderful effect as "Chinese Good Voice's Thirty-Two"!

  Li Xiaoteng really likes Real Madrid. The performance of Real Madrid against Barcelona in 2005 is still fresh in his memory. But other performances are completely unknown! This comes from the experience of watching football with Yang Biao and other good friends at the night market in a previous life. However, Li Xiaoteng, who never watches football, is a loyal fan of the Japanese game Pro Evolution Soccer. He knows the players of Real Madrid and Barcelona like the back of his hand, Eto'o, Ronaldo, Valdes, Figo, Zidane, Beckham, and others, although he has never seen them in person, but the almost identical characters in the game have flashed before Li Xiaoteng's eyes countless times!

  Li Xiaoteng was once known as the "invincible hand" in internet cafes after graduating. He claims to understand football, but he doesn't watch it and says he doesn't understand it! Before his rebirth, at a gathering, Li Xiaoteng used Real Madrid to sweep Yang Biao's classic Brazil with a score of 10-1. This made Yang Biao throw down the controller and leave, saying "You're awesome, go to Hao Garden!" Li Xiaoteng was heartbroken, holding his Nantong football special controller, muttering to himself: "I should have let him win a few more games, I didn't expect Yang Biao to smash the controller!"

  Li Xiaoteng, in this life, was absent-mindedly stirring his spicy hot pot, muttering to himself: "If I get 600,000, I'll win a total of 12.3 million! 12.3 million! If I throw it into the stock market and turn it around, I can make five times the profit! Five times! Damn it! What's five times 12.3 million anyway?!"

  Busy Zhao Baozi, with his feet not touching the ground, was delivering dishes while collecting money. He was busy running back and forth, wishing he had Sun Wukong's ability to clone himself! A customer had picked out some dishes, which Zhao Baozi handed over to Li Xiaoteng. But Li Xiaoteng seemed completely oblivious.

  Zhao Pangzi waved his hand at Li Xiaoteng, seeing Li Xiaoteng's empty eyes, muttering something in his mouth! Zhao Pangzi was really anxious. He shouted loudly at Li Xiaoteng: "Teng brother is mighty! Teng brother, have you gone stupid?"

  "What? Ah! Hmm? What's wrong?" Li Xiaoteng saw Zhao Baozi holding several dishes, hurriedly took them over, and poured them into the pot. He started washing again! Zhao Baozi saw this and really wanted to slap Li Xiaoteng, but he raised his hand and put it down again! After a moment of silence, he said: "Teng Ge, are you okay? Why did you become stupid after chatting with Yang Biao just now?"

  Li Xiaoteng looked at Zhao Baozi, shook his head and said: "I just chatted with Yang Biao, suddenly I had a feeling of being poured from a jug on my head, I felt the light of a great god surrounding me! I was thinking about our future development!" As he spoke, he lowered his head to look at the hot pot and saw that the spicy and numbing boiled fish were almost cooked into porridge. He quickly took it out, fiddled with it for a bit, added some Sichuan pepper seasoning, and was about to hand it over to Zhao Baozi when he shook his head again and poured it back into the trash can.

  "Tell the customers who had the same dish as before that theirs has been re-cooked, let them choose again and we'll give them an extra five skewers as an apology!" Zhao Baozi was just about to scold Li Xiaoteng, but he didn't get a chance. He couldn't miss this opportunity, could he? But just then, he saw that Li Xiaoteng had returned to normal! So he nodded and said: "Alright! I'll go right away."

  Li Xiaoteng wasn't born into poverty and suddenly became rich, he didn't want to cheat his customers. But Li Xiaoteng had a principle in doing business: if you deceive others, others will also deceive you. Running a restaurant is originally a hard job. It's difficult to build up a good reputation, but it only takes one mistake to ruin the signboard!

  Suddenly remembered the website account and password that Yang Biao had just fried for himself. He took it out of his pocket again, thought of Yang Biao's words to hurry up and pay the money, shook his head, and thought to himself that he should register as soon as possible when he got home!

  Li Xiaoteng is making Huaxia Ba Shu delicious food in the capital of Huaxia. Meanwhile, 3,830 kilometers away from Huaxia mainland, in Madrid, Spain...

  There is also a Huaxia private house dish. This private house dish does not accept customers' door-to-door orders. Nor does it accept customers' take-out orders.

  If you want to have a meal here, you must make a reservation one month in advance. Only four tables are accepted for reservation per day, and it's divided into lunch and dinner! The average consumption is over 1,000 yuan, otherwise, you can't afford it!

  The kitchen of Huaxia Private Cuisine and the kitchen of our five-star hotel in Beijing are basically the same. Along the wall, there is a row of stoves. Only four woks, made of black cast iron. The seasonings such as oil, salt, chicken essence, and fresh soy sauce are neatly placed on the side of the wok. In the middle, there are several kitchen-specific refrigerators with doors that open downwards. Above, there are three large dish racks. Vegetables, ingredients, etc. are neatly arranged in front of the dish rack.

  Due to the time difference, it hasn't started business yet. In front of the menu, Zhang Yongli, who was sprinkling salt on the steamed fish fin, said to his second chef: "Xiao Yue, guess who's coming to eat here tonight?"

  "Master Zhang, you know that I haven't been in Spain for long either. Apart from the people here, I don't really interact with outsiders! It's all a blur to me and I don't recognize anyone!" Little Yue Master said while cutting slices of abalone, his head lowered.

  Master Zhang smiled a bit slyly: "You're completely in the dark? Hehe, I see you've also been sneaking into rooms with red lights on!"

  Xiao Yue's master heard Zhang's master scold his own son and was so angry that he almost cut his own hand with the mulberry knife.

  Let me introduce the Sangdao knife: This is not a Japanese knife. Here's some knowledge sharing, as it's hard to find correct explanations on Baidu: The Sangdao knife is one of the "three knives" and is a traditional product from Haining. "Zhou Shunxing" improved the forging process based on local cleaver techniques, creating a thin and sharp blade that is most commonly used by Cantonese chefs.

  I have had the good fortune to see a famous Beijing chef's Santou knife. A good Santou knife can indeed achieve the effect of cutting hair with a single blow. The tofu slices often seen on TV are all cut by a Santou knife.

  The legend of the Sangdao knife reached its peak during the Guangxu period of the Qing dynasty. Empress Dowager Cixi heard that there was a "Ye Dao" in Haining, which she thought conflicted with her own name "Yehenala", so she issued a ban! The folk changed it to be called "Sangdao".

  Xiao Yue Shifu heard Zhang Shifu say that he was drilling a small red house in Spain, and suddenly became a little anxious. He threw the knife onto the chopping board and hastily pulled his white face, saying: "Zhang Shifu, you can't spread rumors about me! If the boss finds out, how can I still stay in Spain? I'll just pack up my bedding and return to China!"

  Master Zhang saw that Xiao Yue was anxious and hurriedly comforted him, saying: "Hey, just kidding! Why are you still anxious?" Master Xiao angrily said: "Is this something to joke about?"

  Master Zhang accompanied him and said, "Don't be angry, can't I just not say it?" Master Xiao Yu nodded only after that, and was about to pick up the sickle to continue working. Then he heard Master Zhang say, "You're really something! Last night I clearly followed you into the 24-hour 'Paradise Nightclub' behind the gas station. I saw you take a Spanish girl with a big butt upstairs! Now you won't even admit it!"

  Xiao Yue's master exclaimed, and suddenly blood flowed down the chopping board! Zhang's master panicked, hastily pulled out a band-aid from his pocket and said: "Damn it! There are many guests tonight, you're using your flesh to trick me... Are you going to leave me to deal with this alone?"

  Xiao Yue's face turned red, and he stuttered, unable to say anything. Zhang smiled and said, "Look at your behavior"

  "! Finding a mistress and selling silver are not illegal in Spain. What's wrong with you?! You should know how to adapt to local customs!" Little Yue nodded, thinking: "Haven't I already adapted to the local customs?"

  Master Zhang helped Xiaoyue master bandage the wound, and then said: "The locals in this area of Spain, during Franco's dictatorship, regarded prostitution as a way to express personal freedom. Therefore, prostitutes soliciting customers can be seen everywhere on the streets, and the locals seem to have become accustomed to it. Even our boss often goes to the Paradise Nightclub behind his wife's back! Our boss's wife doesn't turn a blind eye? You're an unmarried young man, it's too normal!"

  Xiao Yue's master felt calm after hearing Zhang's words. Looking at the wound he had accidentally cut earlier, he couldn't help but feel wronged and a bit depressed. He casually said: "Zhang's master, you've lived in vain for half your life, who's coming to dinner tonight?"

  Master Zhang suddenly gained spirit and said: "Today, the boss specially called to instruct. Julge said: 'Tonight, several big stars of Real Madrid and Barcelona will gather together! It's said that it was organized by the person in charge of William Hill!'

  Xiao Yue was shocked and suddenly came to his senses, asking: "Ah? How can they eat together? Aren't they sworn enemies?" Zhang smiled and said: "Sometimes what you see isn't necessarily true. Many people are teammates on the Spanish team! How could they be sworn enemies? On the field, everyone has their own goals, but privately, why can't they be friends?"

  Xiao Yue casually picked up a rag and started wiping the chopping board. She hurriedly said, "I must do this meal well! I told my buddies on QQ that I've cooked for Beckham, Casillas, and Ronaldo. What an honor!"

  "Look at your behavior! ... At least it should match the video! This is called having evidence!"

  Time went back one day.

  Modern skyscrapers and historic buildings of different styles stand together in the city of Spain, reflecting each other's beauty. Forests, lawns, and various uniquely-shaped fountains, including a fountain with a statue of the ancient Anatolian goddess Cybele, are particularly attractive. The magnificent Alcalá Gate is located on an independent square at the head of Alcalá Street, with five arches, and is one of Madrid's most famous historic buildings.

  Thomas, standing under the Alcalá Gate, holding his mobile phone, pacing back and forth, searching for a signal while talking on the phone: "Oh, beautiful Anna! Are you connected? Who's coming to Bar?a tomorrow night?"

  "All I heard was a pleasant voice on the other end of the phone saying: 'Barcelona's Ronaldinho and Valdes, as well as Eto'o are all confirmed to come, others are still being contacted! Hello? Hello? Thomas, I can barely hear you!"

  "All I heard was Thomas cursing, 'I'm still roaming on the long distance call here, Spain's signal is really bad! I'm trying to find a signal!' He kept glancing at his phone for a signal. Then he said, 'You go chase after Barca's people, I'll take care of Real Madrid's side. Tomorrow night at 8 o'clock, Huaxia private kitchen...' "

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