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Chapter 32 Worth It
After returning to the dormitory, Long Bisheng still hadn't recovered from the huge shock.

Long Bisheng was probably the one in the school who was hit the hardest by what happened today - maybe except the principal.

It turns out that this school is not a formal football school that has passed the registration. It turns out that none of the coaches in this school have the qualification certificate for youth coaches. They are just ordinary physical education teachers. It turns out that I wasted a year here...

Those who came here today were not only the three departments of public security, industry and commerce, and taxation that the coach recognized, but also members of the Xi'an Education Bureau and the Xi'an Football Association. After the professional league started, they saw the nationwide enthusiasm for football, and countless teenagers hoped to become professional players. The Football Association was busy with league affairs and had no time to take care of football schools. Many similar so-called "football schools" began to be established all over the country.

The names of these football schools are all kinds of strange, but they have a few things in common. First, none of them have been registered with the Football Association. In fact, formal football schools have to go through detailed inspection and certification by professionals; ; Third, the fees are extremely expensive. The level of facilities in elementary schools dares to charge university tuition, but because students are eager to play football, many students still flock to it.

Since the beginning of this year, the Football Association has begun to notice this problem, and even more aware of the devastating impact that such football schools will have on the underlying foundation of Chinese football if they continue to flood. Not to mention that it is easy to delay outstanding players, it will also affect other children and parents.

For the overall development of Chinese football, this is of course beneficial, and its effect is enough to affect the future development of Chinese football, but for those children who have studied in this kind of football school for a year or even a few years, it means that all their efforts in the past few years have been in vain. If they want to go back to school, they have been pulled down a big gap, and what they have learned in the football school is not enough to allow them to enter the world of professional football.

There was a long queue next to the public phone in the school canteen. All the students were calling their parents, and Long Bisheng also went. He didn't know what to say to his father. In the end, a classmate who was the most eloquent in the same dormitory helped him tell Long Yuyun the whole thing that happened today.

After listening, Long Yuyun just said lightly: "Wait for me." Then hung up the phone.

Actually, even if Long Bisheng didn't make this call, his father would still come, because the summer vacation is coming soon, and Long Yuyun wants to take his son home.

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"It's okay, son, what happened this time is not your fault."

On the way home, Long Yuyun said to his son: "I have asked the people from the Xi'an Football Association for the addresses of all the official football schools in the country, and I will definitely help you find a regular one... I didn't do the research beforehand, and I wasted your time for a year."

Long Bisheng looked at his father, speechless.

"My son, you shouldn't be discouraged by temporary setbacks." Long Yuyun didn't look at him, but looked out of the car window: "There will always be setbacks and tribulations in life, but often such setbacks and tribulations will become precious treasures in life... You must win, your life has just begun, and those who are easily knocked down by difficulties cannot be successful...Although Dad does not demand that you have to accomplish any earth-shattering career, at least, don't be defeated by difficulties."

When Long Yuyun said the next few words, he turned his head to stare at Long Bisheng. In his father's eyes, Long Bisheng saw trust and encouragement.

"I get it, Dad, and I'm going to keep playing."

Hearing what Long Bisheng said, Long Yuyun smiled happily: "Actually, you haven't been wasting this year... Do you know? When I asked people from the Football Association about the football school, one of the young people knew that you were my son, and he praised you for your solid basic skills! Although those coaches are not regular football coaches, they are quite good at basic training. After all, they also have a lot of experience, and you also played a lot of games during this year. If you have the opportunity to be selected, you will definitely be selected."

Long Bisheng nodded heavily. The experience in this football school this year is indeed as Long Yuyun said, and it is not a waste. In addition to receiving training and playing many games, Long Bisheng has another bigger gain, that is, gaining self-confidence.

When he was in the compound, what he lacked the most was self-confidence. The other kids didn’t take him to play, which made him unconsciously think that he was the worst one. This inferiority complex didn’t ease until he participated in the Bayi team selection.

But after going to school, his inferiority complex increased again—this time it was not about football, but about learning—he worked very hard and studied hard, but his grades were always only a few in the bottom of the class. This situation once made him feel stupid.

In the football school, he regained his confidence in both football and study.

He is the one who trains the hardest, and his performance in the competition has always been good, and in terms of study, he can be ranked in the middle of everyone, which is quite a big encouragement for Long Bisheng, who has become a habit of being at the bottom.

For children, self-confidence is often more important than anything else, which allows them to learn what they need to learn with the greatest enthusiasm. From a certain point of view, although all the savings of the family have been spent this year, it has allowed him to regain his self-confidence. In Long Yuyun's view, there is nothing more worthwhile than this.

(End of this chapter)