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Chapter 17 I Want to Play Football

After Azati left, Long Bisheng's life didn't change much. Except that his father would play football with him on the grassland whenever he was free. His life was no different from the previous few years.

Azhati's father came back within a few days, and brought a piece of good news that made Long Bisheng happy-that fat man Wang Sa is not a liar, he is indeed a scout for the A-level team Yunjiatianyu. Become an official apprentice, and you can get subsidies for daily training!

Even now, although he does not have any subsidies in the U-15 echelon, his daily board and lodging are free, and he can go to school from junior high school for free. I heard that even if he fails to play football in the future, Yunjia Tianyu Club will arrange for Azati to go to a technical school to learn enough skills to make a living!

"Bisheng's father, do you think there can be such a good thing in the world? Why does it sound a little strange to me? I still can't believe it's true." Azati's father asked suspiciously Long Yuyun, who had seen the world in his heart and knew a lot.

Long Yuyun laughed. He believed this to be true. He knew a lot about the professional league: "Brother Maimaiti, you don't have to worry... what is this? When your son enters the first team and gets a professional contract, he will earn a lot of money! I heard that a substitute player in the second division can earn tens of thousands of wages a year! Not to mention winning bonuses and the like, those bonuses are more than wages!"

Maimaiti's already wide-open mouth opened even wider now. Looking at him like this, Long Yuyun was even a little worried that he might dislocate his jaw in surprise like the actors in those comedies.

After moving his sore mouth, Maimaiti said with some difficulty: "Then why is this? Why can you make so much money playing football?" This simple herdsman really can't figure out, just kicking that round ball can make so much money—is it edible or drinkable?
This is also a problem that bothers Long Yuyun a bit. It is true that he is a relatively experienced fan, and he also knows that in European leagues with a long history, the income of those big-name stars has reached a level that is staggering even in Europe, where the average income is huge, but this is in China. It is good to say that other clubs are not mainly for making money. Their investment is the highest among teams of the same level every year, and they are still sparing no expense in echelon construction. Isn't this a completely loss-making business?No matter how rich he is, can he still withstand such a toss?
After thinking about it for a long time, Long Yuyun couldn't figure it out, so he could only comfort Maimaiti like this: "The club will definitely not lose money... As long as Azhati plays well, he can find his own position in other places in the future... Just don't worry, Azhati will definitely not lose money anyway!"

Hearing this, Maimaiti put his heart in his stomach.

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Time is like water, half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Fans all over the country are looking forward to this summer, because this summer, in that country known for its romance, in that country with the Seine River and the Eiffel Tower, the four-yearly World Cup will affect the hearts of fans all over the world. For Chinese fans, this World Cup has a different meaning. The Chinese national team will appear in the World Cup for the first time!

For this summer, Long Bisheng and Long Yuyun also waited for a long time.

However, before the arrival of this summer, Long Bisheng suffered a blow.

The blow was nothing but because of his poor grades, after the second year of school - he was repeated.

Long Yuyun didn't blame the child too much. He knew that his son had already worked hard in his studies, but he was naturally dull. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't learn the things in the books.More importantly, Long Yuyun knew that for children, grades in elementary school were not very important, and knowledge that was really useful for exams began in junior high school.

Maybe my son is a little slower to get enlightened, so what does it matter?Judging by his solid energy in studying, what kind of achievements may he have in the future!

Although his father didn't blame him, Long Bisheng blamed himself in his heart. He felt that he had failed his father and mother's expectations, and the fact that his parents didn't blame him deepened his guilt.

It wasn't until the start of the World Cup that he let go of this guilt and started watching exciting games with his father.

It has to be said that the 98 World Cup has always had a very high status in the hearts of Chinese fans. In later generations, this World Cup was even rated as the best World Cup in the entire 90s and the beginning of the 21st century. Whether on the field or off the field, there are countless topics that fans can talk about...The final appearance of the Danish Three Musketeers, the only performance of the Chilean Shuangsa in the World Cup, the melancholy prince Baggio's swan song in the World Cup, the magical performance of the Paraguay goalkeeper Laverty, and the alien Ronaldo in the final stage Zidane's two lightning-fast headers - even the tears of Romario and Gascoigne, who missed the World Cup, have been mentioned by fans countless times...

Of course, what excites Chinese fans the most is the performance of the Chinese national team.

Losing to France, which won the championship in the end, Lectra won the first victory of the Chinese team in the World Cup finals against South Africa, tied with Denmark, which made it to the quarter-finals, and even missed the top [-] of the World Cup due to the draw. It has become a legend in the history of Chinese football!
Nie Fei, who emerged in this World Cup, has become a symbolic figure of Chinese football in the 90s and even the early 21st century!
What no one knew was that the nine-year-old Long Bisheng made his request to his parents for the first time after the World Cup.

"I want to play football!" One day after the World Cup final, Long Bisheng took the initiative to find his parents, and firmly said this sentence to his parents.

(End of this chapter)