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Chapter 5: Participation
"Old Liu, is what you told me true? The Bayi football team also needs to have echelons? From five to 17 years old? Didn't the Bayi team pick people directly from football teams in various localities? Why do you want to have an echelon now?" Long Yuyun handed Coach Liu a cigarette and asked eagerly.

"I'll lie to you again." Coach Liu sighed: "It's already a professional league now. Although the Bayi team performed well this year, the previous team formation method of concentrating the elites of the national army is no longer feasible. A professional club needs to have its own echelon training. What's more, our Bayi team used to be a team that all players wanted to come to under the sports committee system, but now they don't have enough financial capacity to attract good players. Next year, the Chinese Football Association will open up the transfer market. Under such circumstances, if you don’t form your own echelon, how can you tap the potential internally.”

"No way? Our players are all active soldiers. Could it be that they will leave?" Long Yuyun opened his mouth in surprise.

"This is not a counter-revolutionary, nor a betrayal of the team. What's the problem?" Coach Liu said with a wry smile: "The superiors have agreed. Since the Bayi team is participating in the professional league, they must abide by the rules of the professional league.

"That's right, foreign football clubs are like this, and they are only soldiers, and they didn't sell their lives to the Bayi Engineering Brigade..." Long Yuyun said in a daze, "In this case, it seems imperative to form an echelon team."

"That's right, the economy is not as good as others'. If the echelon construction is behind others, then the Bayi team may not only win the championship, but even staying in the ranks of A-A may be just a luxury. That's why our group of coaches will run around in various military regions to see if there are any good seedlings. The soldiers in each army compound are our young soldiers. Although our Bayi team has no money, we have a lot of people." Coach Liu said with a smile.

"That's true. When it comes to reserve forces, the 300 million People's Liberation Army is our reserve force." Long Yuyun also laughed: "But you coaches are going to be exhausted."

"Who says it's not." Coach Liu sighed: "Fortunately, we usually have the opportunity to travel to various military regions, and we each have our own channels. Otherwise, it would be ridiculous to run around like headless chickens. For example, I know you from the XJ Agricultural Reclamation Corps. I have acquaintances in the local area, and everything is easier to do."

"Assure *** that I will definitely help." Long Yuyun said with a smile, "Tell me, what do you want me to do for you?"

"Nothing else, just an announcement. After half a month, there will be a selection for the team in Lanzhou. Children from five to 17 years old who like to play football in the military compound can participate in the selection. People of all ages are welcome... There will be people from the two group armies, four infantry divisions, and the Land Reclamation Corps under the Lanzhou Military Region. The announcement here will certainly trouble you, a local snake!"

"No problem, as long as there are children of the right age at home, I will notify them, but whether they are willing to go or not is not up to me!" Long Yuyun said.

"I know that. After all, everyone has their own ideas, and not everyone is suitable for playing football. Besides, how many soldiers have school-age children in the army? If all of them come, let alone now, they may not be able to choose all in the 21st century!" Coach Liu laughed.

Long Yuyun thinks about it too. There are 300 million active soldiers in the army. Except for some recruits who have just entered the army and a very small number of senior generals, the rest of the soldiers are basically in the age group of 24 to 40. Among them, there are not a few who marry wives and have children. This is a huge treasure trove of talents.

"By the way, Lao Long, I don't care about the others. You must bring me the little guy who bumped a dozen balls earlier. Even if Instructor Fan doesn't agree with his son playing football, you have to find a way to persuade him! This kid is very talented, and his ball sense is better than that of ordinary ten-year-old children!" It is rare, otherwise Director Liu Guojiang would not have tried every means to lure Hao Dong from Qingdao to the Bayi team.

"No problem, Lao Fan also likes to watch football. Besides, why doesn't he like sending talents to our army team? If he doesn't like it, I'll take care of him!" Long Yuyun said with certainty: "But Lao Liu, I also plan to send my son there. Do you think he has a chance?"

Coach Liu was taken aback, and when Long Yuyun mentioned his son, he felt a dull pain in his forehead - no matter who it was, it would never be too pleasant to be smothered in the face by a five-year-old kid, and he really didn't see anything outstanding about Long Bisheng just now.

"This...I'm not sure." Coach Liu carefully considered his words so as not to hurt his old friend: "He has good physical fitness, but you should also know that what we lack is not such a player. The competition will definitely be fierce at that time, and Laolong, the area under the jurisdiction of the Lanzhou Military Region is not a traditional area with good football. We only have two places for each echelon."

"That's it..." Long Yuyun was a little disappointed, but it's true, there are always dozens of people in an echelon, and the places where football is strong in the country are nothing more than Northern Liaonan Guangxi, and the areas below the Lanzhou Military Region are football desert areas, and two places are already very good.

"The most important thing is to participate, Lao Long." Coach Liu comforted his old friend: "Besides, your son is only five years old, and there will be more opportunities in the future... There will be no shortage of this kind of selection in the future."

"You're right." Long Yuyun said listlessly. He knew that even in this compound, his son was someone who could only watch the football from the sidelines, let alone go to the selection of the whole military region!Although the place where the Lanzhou Military Region is located is a football desert, there will be a few good seedlings no matter what.

Seeing his old friend listless, Coach Liu felt uncomfortable, but he is just a coach, he is only responsible for the selection, and the final decision must be prudent and prudent. The funds of the Bayi Labor Team are limited, but they can't be misjudged.

The two chatted a few more words, Long Yuyun sent Coach Liu to the car, and then left.

PS: There is another chapter at [-] o'clock, I hope everyone will support it!Three chapters will be uploaded tomorrow!
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