Rebirth in America

In the end, the Yankees defeated the Red Sox by 2 points. After watching that game, Bart looked happy for several days. After all, he is now the owner of the Yankees. Of course, he will feel much better if his team wins.

Whenever dinner time came, Bart's conversation would inevitably include the Yankees. Today we talk about which players we are planning to acquire, and tomorrow we talk about adjusting player salaries and so on.

"You like this team so much, why don't you buy the remaining 20% ​​of the shares?"

Angel once again brought up the old conversation and asked about this matter. She didn't like Bart spending too much money on the baseball team, but seeing how devoted he was, she stopped caring so much. But after so long, Bart still hasn't bought the entire team, which makes her feel strange.

"Oh, don't mention it!" Bart sighed, as if he had encountered a huge difficulty.

"What's wrong? Does the other party refuse to sell it?"

This topic also attracted the Carpenters and others. They all stopped eating and listened carefully to what Bart said.

"After that guy came back, he actually said he didn't want to sell it. We had already negotiated it, but I don't know why he suddenly changed his mind!"

"Oh? Does he want to raise the price or is he really unwilling to sell?"

"It would have been nice to just raise the price, but it's a pity that the guy said that the Yankees are doing so well now that he is reluctant to sell."

"Is there no room for maneuver at all?"

"Yes, there is nothing we can do if the other party refuses to sell. I have already mentioned five times the price, but still refuses!"

Hearing this, Alex was surprised. Bart actually raised the price five times to buy 20% of the shares, which was equivalent to buying a new team.

"I won't even sell it to you? This boss really likes baseball."

"Yeah, otherwise he wouldn't have come back to watch the game. On the day of the Yankees-Red Sox game, he was watching the game in the box next door."

Originally, this matter ended here. But a few days later, Bart suddenly returned home with a smile on his face and announced loudly: "Haha, let me tell you some good news. The Yankees are finally ours."

After Angel heard this, he asked: "What? The other party is willing to sell it to you?"

"Yes, he called today and said that he could think about it. I will go to him to talk about this matter tomorrow."

"That means you haven't bought it yet. Be careful that the other party changes his mind again."

Alex also felt that this matter was a bit suspenseful. He thought for a moment and said, "How about this? I will go with you."

Bart felt a little strange. He knew that Alex didn't have much interest in baseball, so he asked, "Why do you want to go too?"

"Yes, I want to see how you talk about the acquisition. Learn some experience, maybe it will be useful in the future."

Bart was not impressed by Alex's sudden enthusiasm. He nodded and said, "Okay, you can come too."

At noon the next day, Bart sent someone to pick up Alex, and the group of them quickly arrived at the location designated by the other party. During this time, Alex already knew that the boss was called Haston and he was a leather merchant.

The meeting place was arranged in the building next to Haston's leather factory. As soon as we got off the car, we could smell the smell of chemical raw materials.

"Here, what kind of stink is this? It smells so bad!" Alex said unhappily, covering his mouth and nose with a handkerchief.

Bart didn't seem to be affected much. He had encountered worse smells when he worked in the factory.

Led by the receptionist, they came to a somewhat dark room, where Haston was sitting on a chair next to the table.

After arriving in the room, the air became better, and Alex looked at Haston carefully. It was a fat, middle-aged man, as fat as a big ball with a small ball on top. In addition, there are thick lips and toad eyes.

"This guy is really disgusting. It makes people feel like they are having a nightmare." Alex said secretly in his heart.

"Oh ho ho, Bart! My friend!"

Haston struggled to stand up from the chair. He seemed to be unable to stand up because he was too fat.

Seeing this situation, Bart quickly walked a few steps and reached out to him: "Hello, Mr. Haston."

"Haha, I'm so sorry! Hello, Bart!"

Haston stopped standing. He sat in his original position and reached out to shake Bart's hand gently.

He quickly noticed Alex, turned around and asked, "Who is this..."

Alex didn't wait for Bart to introduce him, he also stretched out his hand and said, "My name is Alex, and Bart is my father."

"Oh, oh, hello, Alex. Um, yes, I remember, you are... uh, can't remember the name in "The Sound of Music". Anyway, one of those kids, Yes, I recognize it! Your performance is very good, I like it very much, and my wife and children also like your movie."

"Thank you! Mr. Haston."

After the introductions between the two parties, as soon as Bart and Alex sat down, Haston said: "Did you watch the game between the Yankees and the Red Sox? Oh, it's really exciting! It's really exciting!"

"Yeah, our whole family went to that game. We almost got passed by the Red Sox a few times, but luckily our pitchers were great, otherwise it would have been terrible."

"Haha, let me just say, the Yankees are the best. After winning the game, the whole stadium almost collapsed with cheers."

"I still remember, it was 1941, maybe, when outfielder Joe DiMaggio hit a hit in 56 consecutive games, which is still a major league record."

"If there is anyone in this world who can break this record, it might be the 'Holy Infant' Ruth."

"Yes, it's a pity that he retired in 1948, and Ruth died of throat cancer in August of the same year. Alas, things are so unpredictable."

Bart obviously admired this player called "Holy Infant" Ruth. He said excitedly: "When the Red Sox were established, they were so powerful across the United States that no one could resist their attack. Fortunately, they made a mistake. The mistake was to sell the 'El Nino' ​​to our Yankees. Haha! Under Ruth's curse, they will never win a championship in their lifetime."

Haston also pounded the table excitedly and laughed loudly: "Yes, yes. The 'Curse of the Holy Infant' is not that easy to resolve. I heard that they tried all their methods, but they couldn't resolve the curse." ."

Alex listened with some fascination and asked quickly: "What is the 'Curse of the Holy Child'?"

After hearing this, Haston and Bart looked at each other, looking very happy, and laughed again. Alex couldn't figure out what they were happy about.

Finally, after Haston stopped laughing, he explained: "In order to meet the needs of business and pleasure, the owner of the Red Sox actually sold their greatest player, 'Holy Infant' Ruth, to his archenemy. That’s our New York Yankees.”

Bart continued to say next to him: "Ruth was the most outstanding player in the league at that time. He worked hard for the Red Sox to win the championship and made great contributions. He was a beloved city hero in Boston. Ruth also vowed to end his career here. ."

Alex was stunned when he heard that there was such an idiot boss. Even if he wanted to sell, he couldn't sell it to his enemy.

He hurriedly asked and said, "Then the fans must be in trouble."

Haston nodded in agreement and said: "You can imagine how big a shock it caused when he was sold. The Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees are recognized enemies, and they are still sworn enemies to this day. The Red Sox Send their greatest hero to their enemies and set the city on fire."

"However, the fans at the time did not know that this was a stupid decision made by the Red Sox owner. Many fans were extremely angry and thought Ruth had betrayed them."

"Before leaving, Ruth, who had been wronged, issued a curse to the uninformed fans, saying that he had never thought of leaving Boston, but those bosses put all the blame on him. If he wants to bear the reputation of a traitor , then the Red Sox will have to pay the price of 'never winning the championship.'"

Finally, Bart concluded: "This is the famous 'Curse of the Holy Child'. As a result, the Red Sox still have not won a championship. After so many years, they have not won one, UU Reading www.uukanｽshu.net Haha, what a retribution.”

After hearing this, Alex felt incredible and even suspected that there was really a mysterious force at work behind this incident. Otherwise, why would such a powerful Red Sox never win a championship?

In fact, in order to break this terrible curse, the Red Sox tried their best to go to Baltimore, the birthplace of Ruth, three times to worship and ask for mercy and forgiveness. They even invited a wizard to break the curse on the field and let Ruth's daughter I begged my father to be open to the Heavenly Spirit Net, but to no avail.

For 86 years, the people of Boston did not know what it was like to win a championship. As the first championship team in the history of Major League Baseball, they were like waiting for Godot that would never come.

By the way, the boss, Freeze, became Boston's biggest sinner. He was not welcome on any occasion in the city. Later, he moved to New York and his business was not very successful. He eventually died 10 years after selling Ruth. It can be seen how terrible this curse is. It wasn't until 2004 that this curse was finally broken.

After everyone chatted for a while, Bart finally couldn't help but ask: "You must already know the purpose of my visit this time. So when will you have time to sign the share transfer contract?"

After hearing this, Haston remained silent. He took out a cigarette, handed it to Bart, and then took out another one himself.

He lit the cigarette, took a deep breath, and said, "I'm sorry, but on your way here, I changed my mind again. I don't plan to sell my shares. As you know, the Yankees are on the rise now." , if we sell it again in a few years, the price should be higher.”