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"What was that guy thinking?"

"Who the hell does he think he is?"

"If Boca Juniors hadn't taken him in, would he have had the chance to make it?"

"It's only been a few days. He's played two matches and already got his tail in the air?"

"What an ungrateful bastard!"

"Send him down! Send him down! Send him back to that damned youth team!"

Carl Vannu was furious!

A piece of trash who had just been promoted from the youth team actually dared to defy him like this!

He was Boca Juniors' manager.

And this kid dared to reject his generosity to his face.

A favor that countless youth players would beg for like dogs had been dismissed so casually by this guy.

Furious, Carl Vannu immediately demanded that Xie Luotuo send Su Bai back to the youth team.

"Mr. Carl Vannu, if we send him back to the youth team now, I'm afraid plenty of Argentine Primera División clubs will come poach him. His release clause is only two hundred thousand euros!"

"I think even Su Bai himself could pay two hundred thousand euros to terminate the contract!"

All of a sudden!

Xie Luotuo's words snapped the furious Carl Vannu back to his senses.

That was right, that arrogant guy had not signed a new contract yet.

He was still earning a monthly salary of 1,500 pesos. He was still a youth player who could be taken away for a few hundred thousand euros.

And the most frightening part was that he had just scored a crazy hat trick in yesterday's Superclásico.

A super winger who had scored six goals in two matches.

Two hundred thousand euros?

God!

What club wouldn't fight like mad to sign him?

At that moment, Carl Vannu calmed down.

Though he was the club's manager, he was also a businessman.

"At a time like this, we absolutely can't send Su Bai back to the youth team!"

Suddenly, Almeida, who had been standing beside them without saying a word, spoke up.

"Exactly. We can't casually send Su Bai down now. With his current performances, if he really falls out with the club, any team could poach him!"

Xie Luotuo quickly chimed in.

Almeida's words had truly solved his most pressing problem.

Su Bai was far too important to his team now.

That overwhelming attacking power could raise Boca's tactics by several levels outright.

If they really followed Carl Vannu's suggestion and sent Su Bai back to the youth team.

How was he supposed to keep playing?

"Let's leave it at that for now! We need to keep things stable. At the very least, we can't let him leave for free!"

Carl Vannu left in a huff.

"He wasn't this worked up when he took that sponsorship money from the kid's family!"

Watching Carl Vannu leave, Almeida could not help complaining as well.

"Enough, stop talking. You know how petty Carl Vannu is."

Inside Su Bai's dorm room!

Barrios was on the phone with his wife when he turned around and saw that Su Bai had returned so quickly.

"Su, you finished signing that fast?"

Clearly, Barrios was also shocked by Su Bai's efficiency.

"So, how much annual salary did the club offer you?"

Though asking about someone's salary was rather improper, curiosity still drove Barrios to ask.

"I didn't sign."

However, Su Bai's answer stunned Barrios.

This...

He hadn't signed?

How was that possible?

Barrios, who had spent ten years at Boca Juniors, knew exactly what the club's higher-ups were like.

How could those people possibly let a cash cow like Su Bai slip through their fingers just like that?

"Did they offer contracts that were too long? Five years isn't that long, is it? Boca Juniors is already considered a top powerhouse here in Argentina, and a five-year contract means good money too!"

As far as Barrios was concerned, he wished the club would give him a long-term contract.

The longer it was, the more secure it was for players.

"I didn't look at their contracts. I just think my current one is pretty good!"

"Fine, then!"

Hearing Su Bai's answer, Barrios could only helplessly lie back down.

Damn it, comparing yourself to others was enough to drive you mad.

This kid was only sixteen. At that age, with that kind of performance, he really wasn't wrong to look down on Boca Juniors.

Although Boca Juniors was already a superpower in Argentina, compared to the top five leagues?

They were nothing.

What capable Argentine player still played in the domestic league?

Forget anything else—just look at every national team call-up list. Even plenty of players from the Argentine Primera División Team of the Season couldn't make it in.

The next morning.

Before dawn had even broken.

Barrios heard a rustling sound.

Opening his bleary eyes, he saw that the Chinese kid was already up, sorting out his gear.

He turned over and checked the alarm clock beside his bed.

Five o'clock?

Barrios sighed and went back to sleep.

He remembered being just as diligent when he was a teenager.

But what could diligence bring?

Without absolute talent, in a place like Argentina, hard work couldn't earn you anything of real value.

On the training ground, Su Bai began the training routine he kept up every day.

From twenty-meter shuttle runs to dribbling around poles.

He repeated every basic training drill over and over again.

Until nine o'clock!

After squeezing out the last bit of his stamina, Su Bai finally collapsed onto the grass in satisfaction.

Because there had been a match yesterday, the club had given everyone the day off.

He was the only one on the entire training ground.

Su Bai quickly entered the system.

Inside the system, his attribute panel remained unchanged.

Attack 71 Ball Control 72 Passing 74

Shooting 80 Heading 69 Set Pieces 68

Curl 66 Speed 85 Strength 100

Jumping 71 Body Balance 100 Stamina 85

Defense 58 Tackling 65

Overall Rating 78 Age 16

With his Shooting reaching 80.

Su Bai's overall rating had also risen by two points.

Looking at the single attribute point he had accumulated through training over the past few days.

Su Bai quickly added it to Ball Control.

His technique at his feet was still rough.

He relied entirely on speed and physicality to beat defenders. In the Argentine Primera División, before others became familiar with his style, he could still put in a few standout performances.

But once people had studied him thoroughly and set up tactics specifically to deal with him.

He really couldn't say whether he would still be able to play so comfortably.

Modern football had developed to this point.

The era of getting by with one trick was long over.

That was why Su Bai began focusing all his goals on ball control and passing.

Once his ball control reached 80, and then his passing reached 80.

His overall rating should be able to reach 80 as well.

Then he would see whether the system could unlock a new attribute point increase mode beyond 80.

Slowly getting to his feet.

Su Bai pulled out his phone.

One look.

There were actually more than a dozen missed calls on it.

An unknown number?

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