I changed football.

Where are you from?

"I am a Parisian."

"You're a true red seedling!" Li Yuan said this in Chinese, while Veronica clearly didn't understand idioms.

"What do you mean?"

"That's an idiom. You can look it up in the dictionary when you get back," Li Yuan said with a smile.

"I don't know many idioms, just a few, like 'scoring goals like crazy'—"

"Scoring goals like crazy" is not an idiom. It doesn't mean that every four-character Chinese word is an idiom.

"Really? Hehe." Veronica chuckled, and Li Yuan laughed when he saw her laugh.

"By the way, I didn't know what you do now? I play soccer, what about you?"

"I'm a student, just like Daisy, studying at the International University of Monaco. Daisy is studying international finance, and I'm studying sports business management."

"Oh? Sports business management?" Li Yuan became even more interested.

"It's not what you think. I only contacted you because I like your football skills, and it has nothing to do with my profession."

Veronica misunderstood Li Yuan's "oh" earlier and quickly explained.

Li Yuan waved his hand: "I didn't think that way, I just said I'd never seen this major before."

"IUM's sports business management program is top-notch in all of Europe, perhaps only slightly inferior to that in the United States."

"That's true. When it comes to the commercialization of sports, the Americans do a really good job."

"The higher the level of entertainment, the higher the commercial value. However, people in Europe definitely can't accept the NBA model."

"You can't accept it either?"

"Of course I can't accept the NBA's game-like format. It looks like a competition, but it's ultimately just a show. European football isn't a show."

Okay, I've run into a die-hard football fanatic who thinks no other sport is as good as football. There are quite a few fans like that. Li Yuan also thinks football is the world's number one sport, but he wouldn't go so far as to belittle other sports.

So when he realized that the topic was a bit awkward, he took the initiative to start another conversation.

"You majored in sports business management, so if it were me, how would I present my business aspects?"

Li Yuan only intended to change the subject, but Veronica actually started to think about it seriously.

"Your commercial potential is enormous. Compared to European or American players of similar ability, your commercial potential and market are definitely greater."

"Because I'm Chinese?"

"Yes, that's the reason. China is the world's largest single market, and before you, China hadn't actually produced any top-tier football players. I've looked into your country's football; those who played in Europe were back in the 2000s, which is a bit too early. The most outstanding players were probably Sun Jihai, who played for Manchester City, and Yang Chen, who played for Eintracht Frankfurt. However, you have an advantage over them in terms of starting point. Monaco is now a Ligue 1 team that can play in the Champions League, so your starting point is higher than theirs. In addition, we are now in the internet age, the mobile internet age, so your reach is much greater than theirs. After yesterday's game, I checked Big Eyes, and you were already at the top of the trending topics."

"You even know about big eyes?"

"I stayed in Shanghai for half a year, and I didn't delete any of the apps I usually use in China. Speaking of which, you have a high level of popularity among Chinese fans. Scoring a goal in Ligue 1 this time has expanded your reach. To expand your reach again, you'll need to score more goals in matches. Actually, it's a bit too early to talk about your commercial value now, after all, you only played one Ligue 1 game."

"I'm well aware of that, so I haven't given these things serious thought."

"By the way, you don't have an agent yet."

"You know about this too?"

"I already said I'm your fan, of course I know about this."

"All right."

Li Yuan still felt quite strange, but seeing Veronica's enthusiastic expression, he didn't say anything.

Veronica was clearly enjoying chatting with Li Yuan and asked many more questions.

"I saw from your fans that you enjoy history?"

"You know about this too?" Li Yuan remembered that he had mentioned this topic once during an interview with domestic media, back in his previous life.

"I loved history even when I was in school. My grades weren't great, I'd say they were average. I still really enjoy history now, both Chinese and foreign, and anything related to history."

"I don't know much about history."

"It's okay, everyone has their own interests. You've been talking about me all this time, let's talk about you. Is there anything you're interested in?"

"Actually, my interests are similar to most girls. I like watching TV dramas, buying clothes, and putting on makeup, but that doesn't seem to be anything special."

It was only when Li Yuan and Veronica were talking that he remembered that in the previous chapter, he had always thought that Veronica looked a lot like a female celebrity.

Now he finally remembered. She looked a lot like a Korean pop star, Chou Tzu-yu. However, it was a bit strange to say that a white person looked like a Chinese person. It should be said that Veronica looked like a white version of Chou Tzu-yu, with deeper eye sockets, a more prominent nose, and slightly more defined and prominent facial features.

Li Yuan doesn't know much about K-pop, whether in his past life or this one. It seems that Zhou Ziyu hasn't even debuted yet at this time—she's just debuted.

Li Yuan wasn't very knowledgeable about K-pop. He knew about Tzuyu because he often saw her on Bilibili and Yinpu in his previous life. Later, he learned about some of her controversies, but he was too lazy to find out the specifics. When he was in college, his girlfriend was a K-pop fan, and he watched a lot of K-pop stages and music videos with her, so he learned a bit about it.

However, he lost all sources of information about this after the breakup, which is why Li Yuan only just remembered that Veronica looks like a white version of Chou Tzu-yu after thinking for a long time.

But Li Yuan definitely won't reveal this.

No beautiful woman likes being told she looks like another woman.

Li Yuan continued chatting with Veronica.

It was indeed very relaxing; even though the conversation was very casual, it made Li Yuan feel relaxed.

That's why we say yin and yang should be in harmony. You can't just hang out with men; you also need to interact with women more. Harmony between yin and yang is the best.

As they chatted, Li Yuan and Veronica exchanged contact information.

The two then strolled through the streets of Monaco.

Soon they came to a crossroads. To the left was the training base in Monaco, where Li Yuan's dormitory was located, and to the right was the school in Veronica.

Veronica laughed and said, "In the past, around this time, the boys would always invite me up for a seat."

Li Yuan asked, "Will you go?"

"I've never been there before, but I think I'll agree today."

"It's a pity that outsiders aren't allowed in the dorm. Maybe another time."

Li Yuan waved his hand and walked to the left. Veronica stood there in surprise, then smiled and waved back at Li Yuan before walking to the right.