Grassroots Glory

It took Zhou Tiancheng two days to go back to school to count his daily necessities, and with the help and coordination of the Schalke Club, he completed the relevant procedures for student status.

From here, a player who was directly selected by Schalke 04 not only made Zhou Tiancheng well-known in the whole school, but also he did not expect that Principal Wundt made a very humane treatment of his student status. Way.

Originally, Zhou Tiancheng felt that he would not be able to take care of the rest of his studies if he took the road of professional football. Originally, he came to go through the withdrawal procedures, but Principal Feng Te gave him another way: continue to keep his student status, and suggested Zhou Tiancheng to train Yu can still find time for self-study. He only needs to take the school's final exam every semester, and he can complete his studies if he passes the grades.

Principal Feng Te gave him all the professional textbooks that Zhou Tiancheng wanted to learn and the contact information of the professors of each subject, and said that he had already said hello, and if there was anything he didn't understand, Zhou TianCD could contact these professors. Guaranteed to know all the answers.

Zhou Tiancheng immediately thanked him again and again. The school has considered him so thoughtfully, which made him feel very warm. Indeed, in this way he can play football and learn both without any regrets.

Principal Wundt just shook his head and said with a smile: I am also a Schalke fan, not to mention you are the first person since our school was founded. Talents always deserve special treatment. Zhou, remember, don't relax your studies, football is also the same. Mental work, the more things you touch, the stronger your comprehension ability, the more you can comprehend the true meaning of football.

I remember, principal. Zhou Tiancheng nodded, keeping these words in his heart.

After dealing with the matter of student status, he made a special trip to say goodbye to his school team teammates, and it was time for Zhou Tiancheng to go to the Schalke club to formally sign the contract.

The director of youth training, Lunet, handed a draft contract document to Zhou Tiancheng, and patiently explained the key terms to him: Zhou, according to the club's practice, this youth training contract will guarantee you Twenty years old, that is, two years after you. If you cannot be promoted to the first team by then, the club will find you a next home and loan you out... Although the Bundesliga teams have U23 echelons, but that is for the first team It is prepared for the team's injured and abandoned players, so whether you can really stay in the club for a long time is closely related to your performance in the U19 echelon, don't let me down.

Zhou Tiancheng nodded heavily, and suddenly felt two points of pressure in his heart.

Lunet continued to go down and pointed to the column of salary. Zhou Tiancheng saw that the number written in black and white was 3000 (monthly salary), and the unit behind it was Euro, with a look of astonishment on his face.

Why are there so few?

Although Zhou Tiancheng doesn't expect an annual salary of millions and tens of millions, is it too far from what he imagined? His first reaction was: Did the typist miss a few zeros? Or the head of youth training made a mistake and got himself a female football player contract?

Seeing Zhou Tiancheng's expression, Lunet laughed. Such a reaction was completely within his expectations, and asked deliberately: Do you think it's unbelievable that several zeros are missing?

Uh... Zhou Tiancheng didn't know how to react when he was guessed face to face, so he nodded, it was too direct and gave a bad impression. He is not used to shaking his head and lying.

Lunet didn't wait for Zhou Tiancheng to answer, and continued to explain: Haha! See clearly, what is in front of you is not a professional contract, an annual salary of millions of dollars, that will not be possible until you reach the first team. To play in the echelon, You can only get apprentice wages. What, are you disappointed?

No, sir, I will try my best to get a professional contract for myself. Zhou Tiancheng immediately signed the contract. He was just puzzled just now.

In 2007, the exchange rate of Euro to Renminbi was still 1:10. Zhou Tiancheng calculated that after signing this youth training contract, he would have a monthly income of 30,000 RMB, which is not a lot.

The official signing of the contract means that Zhou Tiancheng has truly become a member of the Schalke echelon. Lunett casually asked him what jersey he likes to wear.

Zhou Tiancheng said easy-goingly that it doesn't matter, he doesn't have any lucky numbers.

In fact, Zhou Tiancheng wanted to continue wearing his No. 5 jersey from the school team, but he knew that someone must have taken such a high number.

Lunet said that he can think about this matter and is not in a hurry. And then he asked a very important thing: Zhou, have you settled your residence yet?

Zhou Tiancheng was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly realized that this is a big deal. He was used to living in a school dormitory before, so he ignored such an important thing!

How ridiculous!

Runet replied: No consideration? Well, there are two options now. One is that you can choose a residence that has a cooperative relationship with the club. They will provide accommodation for youth team players. Of course, this family is all Schalke fans. .Don't think about the common language of daily life. This is one of the ways we cultivate fans. In fact, our sworn enemy, Dortmund's annoying locusts are also adopting this method. Of course, if you don't want to, then You can only work hard to find a house by yourself.”

I appreciate your kindness. I'd better go out and rent a house. Zhou Tiancheng answered unexpectedly quickly this time. He admits that what Runette said is indeed a great advantage, but living with other people is always inconvenient. The culture and living habits are different, so it would be embarrassing not to get along with the host family. Although there are many restrictions on renting a house, at least you don’t have to get along with the landlord day and night, and you can pay a little attention to yourself. Relatively speaking, you are relatively free.

Naturally, Lunett would not comment on Zhou Tiancheng's choice, he just cared about it by the way, and quickly got back to the subject: Zhou, you just came to the club, so you must not know much about our youth training, you need to work faster. Integrate into us, so now I will show you the results of our youth training, how about it?

You took me there yourself? Zhou Tiancheng was a little surprised. Schalke's youth training brand is of course resounding, but the youth training director seems to be quite busy at work!

Hehe, I happen to be fine now, so let's go with you. No one knows this better than me.

Zhou Tiancheng nodded, that's not wrong.

The two came to the club's youth training room of honor, just downstairs from Lunet's office, which is also separate from the first team's room of honor. Zhou Tiancheng couldn't help clicking his tongue. This is too wasteful.

Even if the quality of Schalke's youth training is very high, it is not necessary to dedicate a room to stack these trophies...

However, when he opened the door and walked in, Zhou Tiancheng was immediately attracted.

In a small room of more than 100 square meters, on the long table in the middle, there are all trophies placed in transparent boxes. There are dozens of them, covering all age groups of Schalke. Various honors, large and small, have been achieved.

However, what attracted Zhou Tiancheng was not these trophies, but the densely packed photos on the surrounding walls. Some shooting techniques are very retro, and there are even black and white photos, which are obviously very old, but Zhou Tiancheng can see that he has been familiar with him since he was a child, and he is a famous superstar in the world football world!