Star of tomorrow

With a cigarette in his mouth, Qi Zhiqiang threw the cards in his hand onto the dilapidated wooden table, pissed irritably, and said in a strong dialect: "I lost again, hey, did you guys join forces to extort money from me?"

The other three people at the poker table were busy counting the money, looked at him again, and said with a smile, "Extort your money? Do you have a lot of money? We are short of one, and you want to add it yourself. Who begged you to come?" "

"That's right." The onlookers also said, "If you can't do it, get out of the table. I'll come."

"Who said it can't be done?" Qi Zhiqiang touched the little money left in his pocket, thinking of his wife's advice, he still gritted his teeth and said, "If it's the last round, I won't believe it."

Others made fun of him, and some said: "Your wife asked you to go shopping, how long have you been here."

"Hey, Lao Qi? Has that kid in your family played truant again recently? Do you still go to school?"

"Go to hell." Qi Zhiqiang cursed, his face full of vicissitudes of life, "with that money, why not buy me wine and play cards, at least I can earn some money back. What can I do with it? I can't read and study, do farm work It’s not okay, I will hang around all day long..."

Everyone laughed again, and from time to time some people whispered and winked.

Qi Zhiqiang felt uncomfortable, grabbed the cards and threw them on the table, deliberately ignoring the teasing of others: "Come on, continue!"

This is Qi Chen's hometown, located in a remote town.

Qi Chen's father, Qi Zhiqiang, usually went to the town to buy things, and when he returned to the village, he had to ride other people's ox carts, rickety and bumpy for more than an hour before he could go home.

Recently, the local government is doing poverty alleviation, and the road back to the village is being repaired. I heard that the road will be improved in the future, and the shuttle bus will make it much more convenient to go to the town or the county.

But it doesn't mean much to the lazy Qi Zhiqiang's family.

Now the town's infrastructure has also been built, and a large square has been built directly opposite. Many relocated households are located nearby. The identical houses and small gardens are not far from the fields, and they look prosperous.

Qi Zhiqiang was jealous, and his face became more and more ugly. He found excuses several times to find the relevant person in charge, but was driven back.

Qi's family is not eligible to relocate. Qi Zhiqiang often quarreled with his wife because of this at home, but what does it matter to women?So the two threw their jealousy and unwilling resentment on each other, and every time there was a mess, the youngest son was always reluctant to go home and wandered around the town.

Qi Zhiqiang felt that he was so unlucky that he couldn't marry a woman. The elder son was mentally ill, and the younger son was lazy.He always thought that when he got married that year, he didn't calculate his horoscope, so it must be a bad fate in his previous life, and now he will have retribution in this life.

Now that the society has changed, seeing the young people in the village and town leave one by one and go far away, he feels as if he has been left behind. Occasionally, he is joked by the neighbors around him, and when he gets angry, he will beat someone. He always felt like everyone was targeting him.

For this reason, the relationship between the neighbors in the village and the Qi family has deteriorated. Qi Zhiqiang usually has nothing to do, so he goes to this small teahouse in the town to play cards.

A few people were chatting, when the owner of the teahouse suddenly ran out, pointed to a small TV set on the opposite cabinet and said, "Old Qi! Take a look! Is that your Dachen?!"

Lao Qi hadn't heard the name of his eldest son for a long time. He frowned, showing a look of disgust: "What are you calling? He has nothing to do with our family, he just came back..."

When he watched the TV screen clearly, the second half of the words were swallowed abruptly.

On the sports channel, Qi Chen had just stepped off the boxing ring, and the surrounding stands were filled with spectators holding national flags, whistling and shouting.Qi Chen was shirtless, drenched in sweat, wearing sweatpants with sponsorship logos all over it, and cistus gloves, and was being interviewed by reporters.

A clear announcement scrolled under the TV: Qi Chen, the international XX competition...XXX season...the finals...

Qi Zhiqiang can't understand many words, let alone English in between. He only knows that his son's appearance on TV is a great event.

He pushed the cards, rushed to the TV and shouted, "Hey! It's my son! This is my son!"

Others also gathered around curiously, and someone asked, "What kind of match is this? Boxing?"

"What is the final

mean? "

"Hey, look, it means that the competition venue is in Texas...ah, it's Texas in Shandong, isn't it?"

The son of the teahouse owner has a good education, has been an exchange student abroad, and now works in a big city.He immediately became proud and said to everyone: "Wrong, wrong! It's Texas, Texas! It's in the United States!"

The crowd couldn't understand anything else. When they heard that they were going to compete abroad, they immediately showed admiration. Qi Zhiqiang also straightened his back belatedly, and laughed: "Did you hear that! It's a competition abroad! It's still on." television!"

The person who knew the inside story said aside: "Hey, Lao Qi, what are you proud of? Hasn't he already had nothing to do with you?"

"That's my son!" Qi Zhiqiang immediately became angry, "That's his own son! How can it be okay? He can go back to his mother's belly if he has the ability?"

Everyone made fun of him: "When I was a child, you drove him away. If the village party secretary hadn't taken him in, would the child still be alive? Now that he is capable, you want to recognize him again?"

"Hey, I know this. It was said on the TV legal news before that this is a crime of abandonment, which is a crime."

Qi Zhiqiang's face suddenly turned red and then paled, and the pride just now disappeared. He just felt guilty, and he said angrily, "What's the matter with you? Mind your own business! Did my son eat rice from your family back then? You didn't raise him He? What are you talking about here? "

Everyone whispered, Qi Zhiqiang couldn't stay any longer, kicked the stool and ran away.

When he walked halfway, he remembered that he had lost money, and now he was being scolded by his wife when he went back, so he stomped his feet and gritted his teeth, and went to find his son!

He bought a ticket to the city and ran into his youngest son who was loafing around at the station, so he took his son by the collar and got on the bus together.

The youngest son, Qi Chun, is 7 years younger than Qi Chen. He is only in his early twenties. The village party secretary helped arrange a technical college for him to learn crafts.

Qi Zhiqiang has no hope for the younger son, but now the eldest son looks promising, which makes him very excited.

He explained a few words casually in the car, Qi Chun listened, and sneered: "Dad, such a crazy person..." He looked around as he spoke, for fear of being overheard by other passengers, this is a shame to their family.He lowered his voice and said, "That's a madman, you still expect him to take care of you until the end of your life?"

Qi Zhiqiang pointed at him: "Shut up! I still don't believe it. After all, he was brought up by me. What's the matter with some money? Do you still want to marry a wife?"

Speaking of marrying a daughter-in-law, Qi Chun was honest. The face that resembled Qi Zhiqiang looked clever and cunning. He rubbed his hands and said, "You took the money, are you really going to marry me a wife? You don't know how to play cards?"

Qi Zhiqiang was so angry that he kicked him: "Why did you talk to your father? What do I want to do, I need your approval?!"

Qi Chun pursed his lower lip, and swallowed the curse on his lips because of his elder brother's wealth.

"I don't care about the rest." He said, "The money for marrying a wife must be left to me."

The two bumped along the way, asking for directions while checking Qi Chen's news. After a few days, they finally found the place where he lived - Yucheng.

According to what the news said, they went to the Haiyang Club.

Qi Chen and Qi Chun both look very similar to Qi Zhiqiang, but they have different experiences and temperaments.

Qi Zhiqiang is now in his 40s and looks like he is in his [-]s. He is hunched over, his face is wrinkled, his hair has long been white, his skin is rough and dark, as if he was dug out of a coal pile; He also has a weather-beaten face, is very tanned, and looks dirty all over. He doesn't stand or sit, and always squints at people, giving him a sneaky feeling.

Both of them haven't showered or changed their clothes for a long time. They smell bad and their hair is greasy.They got used to it by themselves, didn't notice it, and didn't have the slightest sense of shame, but the front desk who led them in was smudged pale, and patiently brought them into Wang Haiyang's office. As soon as the door was closed, they immediately retched, clutching their mouth and nose. A few times.

Wang Haiyang was about the same age as Qi Zhiqiang, but he was very strong and strong, with a calm and introverted demeanor, and scrutiny in his eyes.

He was wearing a plain t-shirt and sweatpants, with a

The price of the watch is expensive, but Qi Zhiqiang and the two of them can't recognize the good or the bad.

Qi Zhiqiang sat down on the sofa, and said bluntly, "I'm here to see my son Qi Chen! He works here, right?"

Wang Haiyang knew about Qi's family affairs, so he didn't say a word, took a sip of tea and said slowly: "He's not here now, he's going to the competition."

"You help me contact him!" Qi Zhiqiang saw that he had found the right place, and immediately got excited, "Just say that his father Qi Zhiqiang and his younger brother Qi Chun are here. Tell him to come back quickly."

Wang Haiyang listened to the music and raised his eyebrows to look at him: "Do you know what it's like for him to compete outside? Come back as soon as you let him?"

"I'm his old man!" Qi Zhiqiang slapped down the table. He was used to dealing with people in the village, and he didn't know how to restrain himself. He said confidently, "Then ask him to call me! It's right here! I'll wait!"

Wang Haiyang put down his teacup and looked at him coldly: "Qi Chen signed a contract with us. His success or failure is closely related to the development of our club. He also has many sponsor contracts on his back. If you affect his game, let him He lost, do you know what that means?"

Qi Zhiqiang couldn't understand what he said, pointed at Wang Haiyang and said, "Don't talk nonsense with me! Who are you scaring?"

Qi Chun tugged on his father's sleeve to tell him to shut up temporarily.

Wang Haiyang glanced at Qi Chun and said: "Simply put, if he dissatisfies the sponsor and the sponsor terminates the contract, he will have to lose money. If the club is not satisfied, according to the contract, he will also have to lose money."

Wang Haiyang knows that to deal with this kind of person, you can say that nothing else works, just talk about money.

Sure enough, Qi Zhiqiang couldn't sit still when he heard "losing money": "What's the matter with losing money? You... what kind of company are you doing? A black shop?"

Wang Haiyang didn't bother to explain to him, and deliberately said: "Since you are his father, it's just right, he signed the contract with us and there is still an emergency contact, you sign it, and in the future he owes money and runs away, you have to help he still."

Qi Zhiqiang stood up immediately: "This has nothing to do with me! I have already terminated the father-son relationship with him!"

Wang Haiyang looked at him leisurely: "Then what are you doing here? Do you have evidence for dissolving the relationship between father and son?"

Qi Zhiqiang said: "Why is there no evidence? Go to our village and ask! Everyone knows!"

Qi Zhiqiang gave Qi Chun a hand, wanted to leave but was unwilling, frowned and said, "I don't care about other things, I just want to see him, how can I see him?"

"We have to wait for him to finish the game." Wang Haiyang crossed his legs and was about to send him away when the door of the office was pushed open.

The only one who came in without knocking was his disappointing son.

Wang Haiyang clicked his tongue, and was about to let someone out, but saw an acquaintance behind his son.

"Coach Wang, long time no see." The visitor was dressed simply but very brightly, with a bag on his back and a lot of presents in his hand.He has an outstanding temperament, and it seems that he has not suffered much, and he has the elegant temperament of a nobleman; his eyes are particularly beautiful, as if covered with stars, handsome and cute, with a sense of maturity and innocence. And, it's a sight to behold.

Wang Haiyang frowned and stood up: "Xiao Ji, why are you here?"

He winked, and Ji Xing froze for a moment, noticing the strange duo next to him.But Wang Haiyang's son didn't react, and said directly: "He came back a day earlier than Qi Chen, so he brought us gifts."

The corner of Wang Haiyang's mouth twitched, and he reached out to support his forehead.

When the two people on the sofa heard this, they immediately looked at Ji Xing: "Do you know Qi Chen?"

Ji Xing didn't speak, just looked at the two of them, and had a vague guess in his heart.

Among other things, this young man looks very similar to Qi Chen, except that Qi Chen is more mature and introverted, with a wild charm, tall and strong, and very mighty; this young man seems to be malnourished, thin and thin, His whole body was dirty, and his face was more cringe and furtive.

Ji Xing and Wang Haiyang looked at each other, and Wang Haiyang nodded calmly.

Ji Xing understood, put down the gift and walked over, said calmly, "Hello, my name is Ji Xing, and I am Qi Chen's employer..."

Upon hearing the word "employer", Qi Zhiqiang interrupted him rudely: "What? Are you his boss?"

He was very puzzled, this person is too young, why is he the boss?

But Ji Xing added: "It's the employer, the assistant, and also his lover."

Qi Zhiqiang: "..."

Qi Chun: "..."