Fame with a ball

Lin Zhigao sweated a bit: "Dad, don't exaggerate things so much."

Lin Changan was unhappy: "Who is exaggerating? I am not exaggerating! My son is in a relationship, and the parents only found out after watching TV! Do you know that when I went to work today, your Uncle Li asked How embarrassing it is that I can’t say a word about your girlfriend! It’s the same at your mother’s place. She was dragged by a group of gossip women in the hospital. Now she has a headache when she mentions going to work! Your mother has been complaining since this morning Me, why did you go so early, you little bastard? Don’t you know to report to us first?”

"I, I forgot..."

"I really forgot my father when I have a daughter-in-law!" Lin Changan sighed heavily, and then coughed, "When you go home this time, will your wife come back with you?"

"I'm going back to China alone." Lin Zhigao was in a complicated mood. He didn't want to lie to his father, but he couldn't tell the truth so bluntly, at least not right now.

"Not together?" Lin Chang'an said dissatisfiedly on the other end of the phone: "You even bought the ring, it must be for your future marriage, right? Your mother and I can't meet your future wife? And your grandfather, I have rebroadcasted Yang Lan's program seven or eight times, and kept thinking about watching my grandson's wife."

"He's a little busy at work and doesn't have the same holidays as us players. The company can't do without him. But, Dad, I promise you that one day I will bring him back to China to show you."

Lin Changan suddenly remembered something: "Hey, that's right. I just thought of it, why didn't you say in the show whether your partner is Chinese or foreign?"

"...he's Italian."

"It was hit by your mother again." Lin Changan muttered: "Your mother said that you will definitely bring her a foreign daughter-in-law home in the end. I never believed it. I didn't expect women's intuition to be quite accurate."

Only now did Lin Zhigao realize that his mother's teasing of him during Chinese New Year was really not a pure joke.

"Dad, actually..."

"Dad knows, dad doesn't rush you." Lin Changan interrupted Lin Zhigao: "Children of your age don't like your parents being too strict, and you don't like us telling you what to do. Dad and your mother are not like that. Feudal old-fashioned, you can develop your relationship slowly as you want, even if you run long-distance for a few years, it will be fine, just stop playing this game when you are getting married, let me and your mother know in the end, you will not lose your old face Just leave it somewhere.”

Lin Zhigao suddenly had a sour feeling in his heart, and his tone was choked up: "Dad, I won't. I'm just... worried that you don't like him."

Lin Changan smiled: "How can I not believe my son's vision?"

Lin Zhigao felt more complicated.

……

Although the two or three months from the end of the mid-May Cup to the start of the new league with the Super Cup in mid-August are considered summer breaks and a long vacation for professional players, but counting the days, the players There is not much time to relax and enjoy a vacation.

Especially for Lin Zhigao, he has two national team games in June, and Juventus will conduct at least half a month of training in mid-July to maintain the physical condition of the players.Because this is the only long vacation for professional players in a year, the national team or club may also arrange one or two friendly matches to earn some ticket money.In addition, the various contracts he signed required re-shooting commercials in the summer. In fact, there were very few vacations left for Lin Zhigao, and the longest period could hardly exceed 10 days.

At the end of May, Lin Zhigao returned to his home in Zhengzhou. After staying at home for less than three days, he flew to the Hebei Xianghe National Football Training Base to gather at the call of the national team. The top ten match on the 6th.

The cold weather in Melbourne made the Chinese national team players who had just flown from the warm northern hemisphere feel a little uncomfortable. Therefore, during the game, Camacho chose an all-defensive formation very carefully, leaving only Lin Zhigao, The two of Huang Bowen were running, while the other players retreated into the half court, defending tightly.

Lin Zhigao was in a rare state of poor condition in this game. He had no sense of shooting. All the three shots he tried hit the post. However, he still found opportunities by virtue of his active off-ball running and assisted Huang Bowen with a goal. , with only 10 minutes left in the game, the lore beat the Australian team, and the game ended with a small score of 1:0.

At this time, the qualifying situation of Group A of the top ten Asian qualifiers was unprecedentedly clear.China and Uzbekistan are far ahead in terms of points and are currently tied for first place. However, because Uzbekistan currently has one game less than China, it is still unknown who will be the first in the group.

The last three teams in the standings are Australia, South Korea, and Iran.Iran is definitely going to be at the bottom. The remaining opponents of the Australia and South Korea teams are relatively strong. The two countries are currently competing fiercely for the only place in the intercontinental competition in the group.

The Chinese team, which had won the victory against Australia, received heroic treatment after returning home. At this moment, the Chinese fans saw the hope of entering the World Cup again after 02, so the passion that had not been ignited in their hearts for a long time was all ignited again. up.

As mentioned above, Chinese fans are one of the cutest fans in the world. Just a sliver of candlelight can illuminate their hearts and make them feel boundless happiness.

Tickets for the Chinese team's home game against South Korea at the Bird's Nest Stadium on June 6 were sold out as early as early May. After June 11, the State Sports General Administration urgently added 6 temporary seats and 5 seats. Another standing ticket was sold out in less than half an hour. Countless netizens kept refreshing the official purchase website, which even caused the official website of the General Administration of Sports to be paralyzed for two full hours.

Even knowing that there are no tickets, there are still countless fans who have booked air tickets and hotels to Beijing. They think that even if they can't sit in the stadium to watch the game, they can stand outside the Bird's Nest and watch the broadcast on the big screen. Once the Chinese team wins the South Korean team in this game, they will follow the Chinese team to witness the history of re-entering the World Cup!

A male fan who just became a father posted on a certain forum: "On June 6, I will take my wife and son to Beijing to watch the Chinese team beat the stick! Although I didn't buy tickets, the hotel only booked It is far away from the stadium, but I believe that there are definitely many fans who have the same situation as me on the day of the game, but they all choose to wait outside the Bird’s Nest. I want my son to feel the atmosphere, and I want him to witness a new The birth of history. People of the same age as me can’t have real love for the national team. I know that many people still can’t change their views on the national team, because they really hurt us too much. But, I hope When my son grows up, he can see the scene of the Chinese team dominating Asia and competing for hegemony in the world, and he can be sincerely proud of the Chinese team!"

Although there are quite a few fans who replied to him with cynicism, they are no longer one-sidedly criticizing the national football team a few years ago. There are also many people who, like the owner of this building, have a little longing and hope for the national football team. , There are even local fans in Beijing who invite the landlord's family to live in their home, so that everyone can form a group to brush the copy of the Bird's Nest.

The expectations of the domestic fans really put a lot of pressure on the national team. Camacho didn't dare to give the players a day off. As soon as they got off the plane, they chartered a car to the Hebei Xianghe training base to prepare for the players to adjust here. Physical condition and stepped up planning tactics, fully prepared to fight against South Korea.

Back and forth with jet lag, training and competitions exhausted Lin Zhigao. From going to Melbourne to returning to China for a week, he returned to the room at night, fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow, and even called his parents to report his safety. Forgot to call, let alone contact John.

When the bus arrived at the gate of the Xianghe training base, Lin Zhigao climbed off the bus with his own bag on his back, followed by a group of teammates who looked similar to him, and trudged slowly towards the dormitory.

At this moment, he heard a very familiar shout: "Lin."

……

Lin Zhigao looked up, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "John!"

The man with chocolate-colored curly hair and moist eyes standing not far from the gate of the training base is officially John Elchin.His appearance shocked Lin Zhigao, and he almost forgot about any physical fatigue, but unfortunately, he soon discovered the few Chinese compatriots who were accompanying John.

One of them Lin Zhigao is familiar with is Cao Jingwei, the leader of the national team, but he doesn't know the others at all.

Teammate Huang Bowen stood next to Lin Zhigao, lowered his head and said quickly, "That's Director Duan of the General Administration of Sports, and Director Wei of the Football Association. Please be polite when you meet, they are all important people we can't afford to mess with."

Lin Zhigao had no expression on his face, but he couldn't help curling his lips in his heart. He stepped half a meter away in that direction, and then retracted calmly.

He'd better wait for John to get rid of the group of officials before moving forward.

But John didn't know what was going on in Lin Zhigao's mind, and he was still a little surprised why Lin Zhigao's expression on his face looked as eager as his, but his steps stuck in place...so he left that very simply. A group of accompanying officials walked straight to Lin Zhigao.

"Lin." John first gave Lin Zhigao a hug, his arms were so tight that they seemed to pierce his clothes and stick to his back, and then he let go, staring at each other: "I thought you wouldn't come back today .”

Lin Zhigao's face immediately turned red—although John spoke Italian, and no one around Lin Zhigao could speak Italian except the two of them, but wasn't this hug too explicit?There are also a large group of teammates from the national team standing beside him.

Worried about his teammates throwing strange sights at him, Lin Zhigao hugged John back and immediately let go of him, and asked in a low voice: "I should be the one who is strange, why did you come to China? You still appeared in the national team It's a rare thing in a training base."

"Let's talk about business, I'll talk to you later." John smiled slightly, turned his gaze to the Chinese national team players standing beside Lin Zhigao, staring at him with wide-eyed eyes, and asked, "What are these? Your teammate, Lin?"

"Hey, Gao Zi, who is this person? Why does he seem to know you very well?" Huang Bowen came over and asked curiously when Lin Zhigao was sticking with John.

"That's right, and the leaders of the General Administration are with me. It seems that they are from an unusual background." Zhao Peng also squeezed his head over and asked in a low voice on purpose.

"These are all teammates of my national team. These two have the best relationship with me. The one with the longer hair is from my hometown." Lin Zhigao first spoke to John in Italian, and then switched back to Chinese: "This is John Elchin, Juventus shareholder."

Zhao Peng frowned: "Then last year's Italian Super Cup, who came to our China to watch the game, and was introduced as the owner of Juventus and the manager of Fiat Group?"

"That's Rapo, John...well, Mr. Elchin's brother."

"I'm going, rich and prostitute!" Zhao Peng looked surprised: "And this Erqin looks younger than last year's one, more than ten years younger! Is this really the elder brother of last year's one?"

"It can't be more true. Let me tell you..." Lin Zhigao opened his mouth, and just about to reveal some gossip to Zhao Peng, he saw John blinking his eyes and looking at him with interest.

He coughed lightly, and suddenly felt that it was a little unkind to discuss the issue of human appearance in front of John, so he glanced around, and quickly changed the subject: "I said, do we really want to secretly chat in front of such a group of leaders?"

Zhao Peng's eyes diverged for a moment, and he immediately caught the dissatisfied expression of the director general of the General Bureau, so he quickly changed his expression, and patted Lin Zhigao on the shoulder: "Brother, don't be afraid of someone covering you, brother, I'll go and pat the leader horse." Fart, and then get out of the way."

After Zhao Peng, within a few minutes, all the players from the national team left. Only a group of leaders from the Football Association and General Administration, John and his entourage, Camacho and Lin Zhigao were left.

Director Duan of the General Administration of Sports coughed, and glanced around Camacho and Cao Jingwei with subtle expressions.

Cao Jingwei immediately understood the meaning of the leader—he had to make a recommendation for Lin Zhigao.Otherwise, Director Duan can't take the initiative to talk to Lin Zhigao first, can he?That's too much of a shame.

In fact, if Director Duan hadn't coughed, Cao Jingwei would never have introduced Lin Zhigao to his superiors.He has always been at odds with Lin Zhigao or secondly, the main reason is that Cao Jingwei thinks that Lin Zhigao is indifferent in front of him, but he must be a person who is very good at flattering—otherwise, that Juventus big Boss John Elchin visited the training base for less than an hour, why did he mention Lin Zhigao no less than five times?It's just that after more than a year of transfer, he can leave such a deep impression in the boss's heart. This flattering skill may be even better than him.

If Lin Zhigao is allowed to go directly to the leader of the General Administration, will he continue to be the leader of the team in the future?

But now that Director Duan is watching him, Cao Jingwei can only reluctantly introduce Lin Zhigao to him: "This is Xiao Lin of our national team."

"National hero!" Director Duan shook hands with Lin Zhigao with a smile on his face, his expression, that look, was extremely kind: "I hope you can continue to win glory for the country!"

Senior officials of several administrations and football associations "condescended" to condolences to Lin Zhigao. After killing a lot of time, they invited John to return to Beijing with them. Juventus team.

"Can I ask for a day off for Lin?" John looked at Cao Jingwei gently, but mentioned other things: "We are also very good friends in private, and I will feel better if he is my interpreter." Take it easy."

Before Cao Jingwei opened his mouth, Director Wei of the Football Association smiled and said: "Yes, of course! The players just flew back from Australia, and they need time to adjust their status. This is not considered a leave of absence, Lin Zhigao. Just feel at ease as Mr. Elchin's interpreter!"

Lin Zhigao's heart moved, and he smiled brightly: "Okay, Director Wei."

……

"So you really came to China because of business?" Lin Zhigao, nestled on the sofa in the hotel suite, watched TV while casually asking John who had just slipped back from the banquet.

He was still smarter. Not long after the banquet started, he claimed that he was not feeling well due to the long flight, so he found an excuse to go back to the room and rest first.Poor John, apparently, had just been served by the traditional Chinese way of hospitality - pouring wine. At this time, his face was flushed, and his suit jacket smelled faintly of alcohol.

John obviously couldn't stand the smell he was exuding, and while unbuttoning his clothes, he said, "I'm talking to your National Football Association about Juventus' trip to China. Italy will hold the Super Cup in China in the next few years. It is not cost-effective to come to Beijing to do a China tour at other times, so I want to start the China tour after the Super Cup is held. I have initially negotiated the three cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. If the China tour is successful, the club may still be in China. China directly opens exclusive stores to sell jerseys and peripheral products. By the way, there is also a visit to the GAC Fiat factory, and some follow-up contracts to be signed.”

"Are we going to go to China this year? After we finish the Super Bowl in August?"

"No, it won't be until next year. This year we will go to the United States to train."

Throwing the coat he took off on the sofa, John came over and stood by the sofa, lowered his head, Lin Zhigao put his arms around his neck and exchanged a kiss with him, when John stood up, the front two of his white shirt A button was miraculously undone.

Lin Zhigao frowned and stared at him, feeling like he was getting drunk: "How much wine did you drink?"

"I don't know." John frowned slightly for a while, then shook his head and said, "There are always more than a dozen glasses. Your Chinese baijiu looks so small, but it's full of energy."

As he spoke, he grinned: "But I'm not drunk."

"Oh, come on." Lin Zhigao couldn't bear to cover his eyes: "Look at your silly smile! I've never seen you like this!"

Drinking may really make people dull, at least in Lin Zhigao's eyes, John's next behavior seemed to be played back in slow motion - he frowned slightly, looked at Lin Zhigao with his head tilted in confusion, The eyes are big and innocent, and when she smiles, she reveals a mouthful of neat white teeth: "Do you have any?"

Lin Zhigao was so cute by John's appearance that his whole body seemed to have been electrified. Finally, he couldn't help but straightened up and turned to the host, holding the soft curly hair with both hands, muttering while chewing: "Say you are only 25 now. Some people believe it, really."

He sucked the other party's lips heavily, and with a loud "pop", Lin Zhigao stood up, grabbed John's hand and walked to the bathroom.

The middle-aged man regained some sense of reason because of this kiss, and his expression became elegant and charming again.

"Where are you taking me, Lin?" John asked slowly, with smooth steps.

"Serve you in the bath, my majesty the king."