The next day he had photo shoot session with the four previous officials and Mason. Vincent's signing didn't come with much fanfare, there were only a few photographers for the pictures with the club officials as he will be having another photo shoot session in a Genk jersey with his chosen number later that day.
As an upstarting player, he didn't have any fame and the club wasn't going to put much efforts in media publicity, which was meant for more popular players that could trigger large sales of the clubs merchandise.
After posing for a few pictures with th club officials, Peter Croonen and Dennis Har left first followed by Albert Stuivenberg a few moments later as they had other things to do and meetings to attend, leaving their rest to Witsel and majorly the sporting director Lewis Fletcher.
Lewis was going to take him on an official tour of the stadium, as well as help him choose a locker and finally, arrange his last photo shoot in a jersey and small interview session.
Lewis left to meet the publicity department to arrange vincent's photoshoot and interview session. Vincent waited for about twenty minutes before Lewis arrived and they proceeded with the tour of the stadium it's facilities and staff then they arrived at the teams dressing room where Vincent swiftly choose a random locker after being as led to chose one.
Finally as they finished the tour theory headed towards the room assigned for the photo shoot and interview.
Vincent changed into a jersey that had his number on it and was asked to stay in different positions sometimes juggling the ball other times posing in various ways. After about the 30 minutes the person in charge was still not satisfied with one thing or the other, either it's the lighting or the angle or even the way he was standing.
Witsel noticing the strained smile and exhaustion written on his face, requested for a time out giving Vincent a chance to catch his breath.
"Damm, I never liked snapping pictures because of situations like this." Vincent grumbled in his mind as he sat down on an empty chair.
As Vincent grumbled inwardly, he heard someone call out to handing him a bottle of water.
Vincent reached out to collect instinctively before realizing his mistake so he quickly looked up to apologize. Before him stood a young woman, light-skinned, with long blonde hair tied in a ponytail, wearing a club-branded jacket with a media badge, a light blue jeans fitted tight around her lower body and a pair of matching sneakers.
Vincent suddenly forgot the words which were about to come out of his mouth and found him staring at her up and down for some time, she had juicy plump lips with curves in the right places on her body.
After realizing that he'd been staring at her he quickly stood up and apologized.
"Your welcome," she said while turning around with a small smirk to leave seemingly amused by his antics.
"Ohh..... and try to look less like your about to fight the camera. You're supposed to be a footballer, not a gangster." She paused saying.
"Oh, I didn't know I had a consultant." Vincent laughs adjusting his stance.
"I'm Zoë," she introduces herself.
"Intern with the media team. You're Vincent right?" She asked smiling.
"Yeah, I'm Madu Romano Vincent in full. From Nigeria, though am half Nigerian, half Italian." He replied Cooly.
"Okay, that's cool. You new to Belgium?" She asks, tilting her head slightly.
"Not really, I've been here about a year but haven't gotten used to the weather. You guys don't have sun here." Vincent said while nodding.
"Not really, but we do have amazing waffles of various kinds. Who knows maybe I'll show you sometime." She smirked while walking away.
Finally, about an hour later they finished the photoshoot with Vincent feeling rejuvenated after his little conversation with Zoë.
Searching around he notices she's still hanging around so he approaches her.
"So, about those waffles..." he says casually.
"Are you asking me out?" Zoë grins.
"I don't know. Depends-do you always tease new players, or am I special," Vincent asked smirking.
"Hmmm.... You might be special. I guess we'll just have to find out over waffles. Zoe pretends to think before answering him.
"Alright, give me you number you can text me the time and place." Vincent grins from ear to ear as he handed her his mobile phone.
"Fine, remember to call me. Don't keep a girl waiting you know." She says as she walked away swaying her hips.
Vincent immediately saved the number on his phone then walked over to Witsel and Lewis before discussing some matters with them before leaving the club with Witsel to his apartment.
Entering his apartment he made himself some light snack, sitting on the sofa to eat his meal pondering a little on the conversation he had with Zoë before calling his mom.
During the call she congratulated him on joining his first club as she was elated beyond words then he talked with Selena catching up on the things he's missed though she seemed more mature now.
After the call, he decided to chat up Zoë since it was around 7pm she should be free.
(Heyy, it's Vincent from earlier on. How are you? This is my number so you can save it up.)
(Oh, I'm still expecting the location.)
After seeing no reply for a few minutes he charged his phone in the sitting room and headed for his room to check on the SYSTEM.
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[SYSTEM]
{STATUS}
System lv: 1(101/100 system points to level up)
Host:Madu Romano Vincent
Age: 18 years (born December 1, 1999)
Height: 175 cm
Talent Grade: C- (upgradeable)
AP: 4600
SP: 51
Rating: 73 OVR
*HOST STATS
>Speed- 77
>Agility- 68
>Dribbling- 79
>Stamina- 71
>Physique- 68
>Accuracy- 71
>Positioning- 61
>Shot power- 69
>Control- 76
>Heading- 68
>Passing- 65
>Pace- 75
>Crossing- 70
>Confidence- 68
>Mentality- 67
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SKILLS
"Step over - (LV 3)
"Cutbacks - ( LV 2)
"Side chops - ( LV 2)
"Elastico - (LV 2)
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ABILITIES
"Focus - (LV 1)
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MISSIONS
>Daily Task:
-Drink 5 litres of water daily.
-Run 2 km daily.
-Spend 1 hour at the gym daily.
-Spend 30 minute on yoga daily.
Rewards: 100 AP monthly.
>Task: Complete the workout given by your coach four times a week for a year(Completed).
• Passing Drills (30 minutes)
• Ball Control Drills (30 minutes)
• Stamina Drills (30 minutes)
• Shooting Drills (30 minutes)
• Speed Drills (30 minutes)
• Technique Drills (30 minutes)
• Dribbling Drills (30 minutes)
Rewards: 2000AP and 50SP.
Remark: To become an ICON, to have to earn it.
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{The host task has been reduced by one month and considered completed considering the fact that he's about to start his professional career}.
{The drills can still improve one's ability over time but will no longer reward any AP or SP on completion}.
***DING**
{Congratulations host on passing the novice period. The host will now get AP and SP through the following means. The host will get 1 SP for every starting line up appearance and 10 AP for every match played.
-10 AP for every goal scored.
-10 AP for every assist provided}.
***DING**
{Host you have enough points to upgrade the SYSTEM. Do you wish to? Y/N.
Note: Once upgrade begins the system will shut down for 24 hours.}.
[Hmm... SYSTEM will I still get rewards from other missions?] Vincent asked take a few minutes to sort out all the information.
{Affirmative host}.
[Alright, SYSTEM begin upgrade].
{System shutting down in 3, 2, 1.....}.
Then the interface went blank then disappeared totally. Today Vincent realized that things were about to change seriously and his career has officially started.
Sighing, he went back to the sitting room to join Bogani who had returned from his jogging for some fun.