Chapter 148 Burger King Prototype

Hoops Burger Bar, Greensboro, North Carolina.

Hazard, Terry, Courtois, and Jiang Yuan sat around a square table.

Among the four people, Hazard was talking nonstop: "Listen, my American friend told me that this is the best hamburger restaurant in Greensboro. Have you heard of Angus burgers? They are made with Angus beef. Believe me, you will like this!"

Jiang Yuan curled his lips: "So Eden, we're having hamburgers for dinner, is that right?"

"No no no!"

Azar shook his head: "It's not evening yet, maybe we can go have some Chinese food tonight. Jiang is here, so he can help identify whether the Chinese restaurants in North Carolina are authentic!"

The Belgian star is very particular about food and even wants to use Jiang Yuan, a Chinese, to identify local Chinese restaurants.

Terry found this a little funny: "Aren't all Chinese restaurants run by Chinese people? Why are there fake ones?"

Hazard suddenly became serious: "That's not the case. When I was a child at home in Belgium, I still remember there was a Chinese restaurant in the small town, and it was full of Asian faces. You know, I thought it was real Chinese food at the time. They deceived me for 3 years!"

Jiang Yuan was very puzzled by this: "They are all Chinese-owned restaurants, so why can they still be fake Chinese food?"

"Hey! That's a shop opened by local Belgians. They just hired Chinese people as waiters."

"Hahaha!"

Terry laughed and looked very knowledgeable: "Eden, let me tell you a little trick. If you walk into a Chinese restaurant and see a big jar of soy sauce on the table, then you should walk out quickly. This is definitely not run by Chinese. Also, if the sweet and sour pork you eat tastes like dessert, it must be fake!"

Hazard looked very surprised: "Terry, maybe you should have told me earlier. If you say so, then the Chinese food in Cobham is also fake?"

Terry nodded and smiled: "Of course, but it is true. There is a Chinese restaurant opened by a Chinese couple on the street of ACS school. If you want to eat Chinese food in Cobham, it will be your only choice."

Just then, the waitress of the hamburger shop came over. She was a white lady with blond hair and asked, "Four gentlemen, what do you need?"

The three of them looked at Hazard at the same time. For Hamburg, he should be the one who knows the most here.

As expected, when it comes to "burgers", Hazard immediately shows an expert look: "Four 8-ounce Angus burgers, cream buns, bacon, green tomatoes, fried eggs and bell pepper cheese. Oh, and double the Angus beef, this is very important!"

"Ok!"

After the waiter left, Courtois laughed: "Four burgers, one for each person doesn't seem to be enough for us, right? Of course, it's enough for a short guy like you."

Jiang Yuan tried hard to suppress his laughter. Among the four of them, Hazard, who was only 1 meters tall, was undoubtedly the shortest.

Unfortunately, Courtois's joke did not seem to have the effect of teasing Hazard. The Belgian winger did not have much concern about his height: "Believe me, I can only eat one hamburger per meal. We are professional players, and professional players must have professional self-discipline!"

It is afternoon tea time now, and there will be more people eating hamburgers. It is hard for the four Chelsea players sitting together not to attract attention. If this was in England, the restaurant might choose to close to entertain Jiang Yuan and others, but in the United States, unless you are a football or rugby superstar, it is difficult to enjoy such treatment.

Fortunately, Hoops Burger Bar is some distance away from the hotel where Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain fans live, and there are not many football reporters in the area. Not many people who come to eat burgers recognize the four Chelsea players, but there are quite a few.

With no other options, Hazard and his other three teammates had to eat burgers in front of their fans.

Courtois glanced at the people around him taking pictures with their phones, lowered his head and whispered, "How about we take the burgers back to the hotel to eat?"

Hazard shook his head: "Why take it back? If we appear in everyone's sight more often, it will make us seem closer to the fans. Besides, we were the champions last season, we should be more high-profile."

Terry has a different opinion on this: "I don't think it's necessary to be too high-profile. We are not in England. Let's finish eating in the store quickly. We can find something else to play with."

Before the waiter served the food, the two Belgians and the Englishman started their argument. As for the Chinese man, Jiang Yuan was busy waving to the fans around him.

To be honest, eating in front of fans, especially eating hamburgers, is indeed quite embarrassing. Jiang Yuan can already guess tomorrow's news.

"Chelsea players were so crazy after winning the game that they ate hamburgers in public!"

Soon, the waitress brought four large burgers on a tray. Hoopes Burger Bar pays great attention to style, and even the burgers are served on ceramic trays, and even come with a knife and fork.

Terry asked kindly: "Jiang, I remember that people in China use chopsticks, right? Are you used to knives and forks?"

Jiang Yuan nodded: "I was already very skilled at using a fork when I was in Porto, but I think it's better to eat something like a hamburger with your hands."

After saying that, Jiang Yuan reached out, grabbed half of the burger, then opened his mouth wide and put the burger into his mouth.

"Ha ha!"

Azar laughed: "Jiang, you are right, why do we need a fork to eat hamburgers!"

Like Jiang Yuan, Hazard didn't even touch the cutlery on the plate. He just grabbed the burger and started eating.

Terry and Courtois looked at each other, the latter made a gesture of invitation, and Terry picked up the burger and started eating: "Fast food should be eaten in a fast food way!"

The waitress touched her nose and frowned. She didn't care at all whether the four people at the table were stars or not. She only knew that if the guests didn't use knives and forks, it meant that the tip she could get would be much less!

"Crack, click, click!"

This scene of the four people was captured by the onlookers in the hamburger restaurant, but Hazard and the other two were not worried because they had performed well last season.

As for Jiang Yuan, the three veterans in the team are not afraid of him, so how could a newcomer like him be so timid!

"Okay, we've come to the right place! Of course, it would be even better if we had beer. You know, I usually drink beer with my food!"

Hazard finished the burger in his hand in a few big bites, which surprised Jiang Yuan: "Eden, if you like burgers so much, shouldn't you savor them slowly? We have nothing to do tonight, so there's no need to eat so fast, right?"

With the optimization of the system, Jiang Yuan will no longer be punished for anxiety, which means that if Jiang Yuan is not eager to obtain system rewards, he does not need to train as hard as before. This is the reward for his hard training in Porto for half a year.

Hazard stretched out his index finger and waved it in front of Jiang Yuan: "The burger is delicious and can satisfy hunger, these two points are enough. As for the taste? Sorry, we are not in a high-end restaurant!"

Jiang Yuan felt that what Hazard said made sense. He finished the burger in his hand with a "crunch", and some white cheese was left at the corners of his mouth. Although Jiang Yuan's eating manners were a bit ugly, he was already the most elegant one among the four.

Terry got the crumbs up his nose!

After seeing this, Courtois couldn't help but complain: "John, you are too anxious to eat like this, look at us and you, you are the only one who eats like this!"

Terry blushed and explained, "I can't help it. This is just like my style of play. I play in an aggressive and decisive way. Did you see my cross during the game just now? If Diego had run faster, I would have gotten an assist."

Courtois began to applaud: "Okay, John, you are right, everything you said is right! Remember Paris' second goal? If you hadn't missed the man, Paris would not have had a chance to score the second goal." "Come on bro! Why do you blame me for your own poor save?"

Terry spread his hands and argued.

Courtois wanted to go back, but was stopped by Hazard who was sitting next to him: "Let's eat, don't discuss the things on the field. By the way, we are going to play Barcelona the day after tomorrow, do you think Messi will play?"

Speaking of Messi, Terry and Courtois stopped arguing immediately: "You mean Leo? Stars of that level usually don't play in warm-up matches, right? He has privileges, although I think this privilege is not very good. Fans watch warm-up matches for two purposes: to check out the new players and to watch big-name stars play. Jiang, don't you agree?"

Terry put his right hand on Jiang Yuan's shoulder, and the latter laughed: "If you say that, then I am treated the same as the star players, right?"

Terry nodded: "Of course! One goal and one assist in your debut. To be honest, your performance really amazed me. Eden didn't play as well as you when he joined Chelsea. Eden, you should admit it, right?"

Terry turned to Hazard, but the Belgian just shrugged and said nothing.

Seeing the awkward situation, Jiang Yuan immediately changed the subject: "Have you all played against Leo?"

"12 years of Champions League semi-finals, won!"

Terry raised his head unconsciously when he spoke, and it was obvious that he was very proud of it.

There’s nothing we can do about it, since Chelsea were the Champions League champions back then!

"2012? Awesome!"

Jiang Yuan gave a thumbs up. In 2012, he was still in junior high school, but Terry had already led his team to defeat Barcelona.

Courtois interrupted, "Jiang, don't listen to his nonsense. We won, but John got a red card in the second leg. I remember your score was only 5 points? Are you sure the win had something to do with you?"

Terry couldn't sit still anymore and immediately retorted: "It has nothing to do with me? What a joke, I got the red card for the team. If I hadn't gotten that red card, do you believe we would have lost the game? Barcelona is very strong!"

Although what Terry said was a bit outrageous, as a junior, Jiang Yuan certainly could not question Terry.

At this time, Terry suddenly asked: "Jiang, you must play football with Leo once. He is very good at dribbling and shooting with tricky angles. A goalkeeper like our team can only warm up with Leo."

Terry gave Courtois a sly look while speaking. The Belgian goalkeeper, who was implied, spread his hands and made the "come on!" gesture in American TV series to express his helplessness.

"Jiang, do you want to play football with Leo?"

Facing Terry's question, Jiang Yuan nodded without hesitation: "Of course I do. I almost did last season. I hope I can meet Barcelona this season. I want to see with my own eyes how a player worth 1 million euros plays!"

What Jiang Yuan said was true. Although Messi did do some things wrong, Jiang Yuan still recognized his football skills.

"Almost?"

Hazard was stunned for a moment: "Jiang, why did you say almost? Do you mean that he almost played against Leo?"

"Yes, in last season's Champions League, if Porto had beaten Bayern, we would have faced Barcelona in the next game!"

After hearing Jiang Yuan's explanation, Terry gave him a thumbs up: "By the way, Porto made it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League last season, awesome!"

Then, Terry seemed to think of something and blushed slightly: "Come to think of it, Jiang's performance in the Champions League last season was better than ours."

"Hahaha"

Courtois couldn't help laughing when he saw Terry like this. Of course, what Terry said was indeed true. Chelsea was eliminated in the first round of the Champions League last season, while Porto, the Portuguese dragon, not only defeated the Swiss Super League champion Basel, but also won the Bundesliga overlord Bayern Munich by 1 goal at home in the first round!

Hearing Terry's praise, Jiang Yuan was very embarrassed: "John, I'm not as good as you say. At the beginning, I didn't qualify to play in the Champions League. Playing at home against Bayern was my first Champions League game. The club's reaching the quarterfinals actually had nothing to do with me."

"What doesn't matter?"

Terry raised his eyebrows and opened the photo album on his phone, looking for something.

"Have it!"

Terry's eyes lit up, he tapped on his phone, and then turned the screen towards Jiang Yuan.

"..."

"What a goal!"

"Holy shit, what an Amazing Goal!"

"..."

Needless to say, what was playing on Terry's mobile phone was Jiang Yuan's super long shot of 35.07 meters at the Dragon Stadium. In the background were Bayern's eight midfielders and backcourt players, as well as German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer!
"Okay, it was a great goal, but you know, we lost in the end. What's the point of scoring a goal?"

Jiang Yuan smiled bitterly. That goal won him the UEFA Champions League Best Goal Award in the 14/15 season, but this kind of award for a brilliant goal actually has no practical use (of course, it can indirectly increase the player's commercial value by increasing his popularity).

Courtois leaned over and took a deep breath after watching the ball: "Huh... To be honest, I don't think any goalkeeper can save this ball. Jiang, are you really only 17 years old?"

Jiang Yuan shook his head: "To be precise, 17 years and 3 months, almost 4 months!"

"Oh my god, you scored the best goal in the Champions League at the age of 17? Jiang, I feel you can be in the top five scorers of the Champions League at the age of 20!"

Hazard complimented, and Jiang Yuan blushed after hearing it: "Eden, you think too highly of me. Speaking of which, I have a question I really want to ask you, but I don't know if I should ask it..."

"Jiang, we are all teammates now, there is nothing we can't ask? If you ask me what color my underwear is today, I will tell you!"

Hazard patted his strong chest and looked very generous.

"Okay, Eden, who do you think is better between you and Leo in terms of supernatural abilities?"

"..."

The three were a little surprised by Jiang Yuan's question. Hazard was silent for about 20 seconds, glanced around at the fans taking pictures with their mobile phones, and put his head in front of Jiang Yuan who was sitting diagonally opposite him.

"This question...I will tell you when I get back!"

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(End of this chapter)