Chapter 58: Double Eleven, Extra Huabei Credit?

Front-page headline of the Utrecht Evening Post: The club's senior management places great trust in Ten Hag, who is highly likely to receive a substantial transfer budget during this winter window.

Dongqiu Di: Nine consecutive league victories; Ten Hag has set a new club record for the most consecutive wins by a head coach in Utrecht's history.

De Telegraaf: Chelsea is monitoring Utrecht head coach Ten Hag, as poor results in the new season have caused the club's senior management to lose faith in Mourinho.

【Daily Mission: Crunches * 150】

【Reward: Counterattack Points * 3】

Waking up in bed, Tang Ye received his daily mission for today.

However, Tang Ye was not in a hurry; he chose to first check his current balance.

Account Balance: 69 points.

69 points!

Tang Ye chuckled; his two goals and one assist in the last match had directly earned him 35 Counterattack Points.

Since he had so many Counterattack Points, he could put the daily mission on hold for now.

Wait!

Tang Ye suddenly remembered something and opened his shop.

【Spend 40 Counterattack Points to unlock a new item?】

As expected!

Previously, when unlocking broccoli and hot chocolate milk, Tang Ye had spent 10 and 20 Counterattack Points respectively.

Following this rule of doubling each time, unlocking an item now required 40 Counterattack Points for Tang Ye.

Considering his current balance of 69 points, unlocking a new item was indeed a significant expense for him.

But every time he unlocked something new, Tang Ye felt a sense of complete comfort throughout his body.

He had been poisoned by the system!

40 Counterattack Points were a bit expensive, but he would grit his teeth and go for it!

【You spent 40 Counterattack Points to unlock a new item in the shop】

【Hazard's Tartar Sauce Burger: If you do not undergo any training within the next 48 hours, your ball sense will receive a slight improvement】

Price: Counterattack Points * 25

"Hazard's Tartar Sauce Burger?"

Tang Ye's eyes lit up, as he immediately spotted the burger's effect of improving ball sense.

Tang Ye was now 16 years old; while it was still possible to improve ball sense at this age, it would be quite difficult.

Hazard's Tartar Sauce Burger perfectly solved this problem!

However...

Tang Ye felt somewhat unhappy.

Only by not training for 48 hours could ball sense increase?

Damn it, he was only occasionally late for training; did this idiotic system really think he was a slacker?

Improving ball sense through the despicable method of not training was a huge insult to his noble character!

Tang Ye intended to train!

Snapping out of the system, Tang Ye lay back on the bed and quickly began doing crunches.

His balance was 69 points, and after unlocking the new item, only 29 points remained.

Since a single burger cost 25 Counterattack Points, Tang Ye needed to save up more points!

Arriving at the training ground, Ten Hag and Fan Fan Dejiahe surrounded Tang Ye, who was changing clothes.

"Mr. Erik, Mr. Michel... why are you looking at me like this? It makes me feel awkward."

Being stared at by two Dutch uncles like this made Tang Ye feel a bit panicked inside.

Ten Hag glanced at the training ground, then returned his gaze to Tang Ye: "We just want to make you feel awkward; you're late every time, can't you set an earlier alarm clock?"

"I did set an alarm! But there was a special situation today!"

Tang Ye explained: "It was truly special; otherwise, I wouldn't have been late today."

Tang Ye was speaking the truth; if he hadn't woken up in the morning to open the shop's new item in his dormitory, he absolutely would not have been late today.

Because he originally hadn't planned to do the daily mission.

"OK, I understand, you don't need to explain further; hurry up and warm up now, practice your ball sense for a while, then we'll go to the gym for strength training."

Ten Hag kicked Tang Ye on the buttocks, prompting the latter to tie his shoelaces and rush onto the grass.

Ball-based warm-up, conveniently practicing ball sense; soon it would be time for the gym!

Tang Ye looked left and right on the training ground; his eyes first caught Amrabat passing the ball back and forth with Ramselaar, so he ran over, turning the passing between two people into a three-person passing drill.

"Sofyan, we're doing strength training this morning."

Tang Ye passed the ball to Amrabat; the two chatted while passing: "You're just happy about going to the gym, aren't you? Later, Erik will directly throw you onto the treadmill."

"For real?"

Tang Ye was startled; his upper body instinctively leaned backward, causing him to miss the ball kicked over by Ramselaar.

"Haha, come on, Tang, he's obviously lying to you; we already ran yesterday afternoon."

"That's good, that's good."

Tang Ye nodded, returning his focus to the passing drill.

It started with three-person passing, then switched to a seven-person rondo game; since Tang Ye arrived relatively late today, he felt the warm-up time passed quite quickly.

Inside the gym, under the direction of the fitness coaching staff, the players were undergoing training; Ten Hag sat on a chair, watching the players while speaking.

"Our recent results have been good, but I need you to know that now is not the time to be happy."

"Right now is..."

Ten Hag glanced down at his wristwatch: "It is already November 11th; there are roughly ten days until our next match, so we must..."

"What date is it?"

Tang Ye, who had remained silent until now, suddenly asked.

"November 11th. What's wrong?"

Ten Hag did not know why Tang Ye had suddenly interrupted him, but he answered anyway.

"Oh, nothing."

Tang Ye shook his head, leaving both the players present and Ten Hag somewhat bewildered.

They estimated that this fellow probably felt time was passing too quickly!

Strength training continued; sitting on the barbell, Tang Ye silently summoned his System.

He remembered his System offered Huabei payment. Although Tang Ye had not used Huabei for a long time, he still remembered Huabei's kindness.

Although Tang Ye had never used Huabei in reality, many of his tenants were e-commerce workers who often discussed internet-related topics while chatting.

Just during this summer vacation, Tang Ye had heard such a statement.

"During the Double Eleven period, Huabei will see widespread credit limit increases."

The meaning of this sentence was roughly that Taobao, to promote consumption, would provide an extra Huabei credit limit to certain Alipay users during the Double Eleven period.

These users referred to those with good credit and no record of default.

Tang Ye had previously borrowed 100,000 Counterattack Points without repaying them, but since the repayment date had not yet arrived, he currently had no record of default.

Should he try?

Tang Ye skillfully opened his personal panel.

Tang Ye (37 years old)

【Ball Control: 72; Passing: 78】

【Shooting: 58; Heading: 39; Set Pieces: 56】

【Speed: 59; Stamina: 63; Physical Strength: 63】

【Defense: 56; Vision: 91】

Overall Rating: 69

Account Balance: Counterattack Points × 32

These were his current statistics; compared to the last time he checked the panel, Tang Ye's Overall Rating had increased by 3 points.

If not for his Heading ability dragging him down, Tang Ye's Overall Rating should have already reached the 70+ level.

The progress was obvious, but this was not what Tang Ye needed to focus on right now.

He wanted to check his Huabei!

【Limit Used: 100,000; Remaining Limit: 20,000 (Double Eleven Temporary Limit, 29 days remaining)】

【Credit Status: Good】

As expected!

(End of Chapter)