Fame with a ball

The AFC’s annual summary conference has a lot of awards, about 20, so the awarding speed is also very fast. Two or three unimportant awards are awarded together, and then there is a song and dance performance or other programs, and then there is another Two important awards.

The ceremony was almost halfway through. The AFC Best Football Association of the Year was awarded to the Japan Football Association, and the Annual Fair Play Award was awarded to the Australian Football Association. The best five-a-side football, when the best men's head coach was awarded, the winner was actually Camacho.

Camacho's reason for winning the award is that he led the underdog Chinese team to a record-breaking performance - qualifying ahead of the World Cup qualifiers.Although the head coach of the Japanese team, Norio Sasaki, performed very well, but because of Camacho's outstanding performance this year, the trophy was taken away by Camacho.

Camacho was very excited when he received the award, and he was sweating like rain again. He wiped his sweat and said thank you words. Not only him, but even the officials of the Chinese Football Association were very excited, because this is the first time in history. Once, the coach of the Chinese team won the intercontinental award.

The Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV and watching the live broadcast were also very excited to see this scene, but what they were more concerned about was whether Lin Zhigao could win the award for the best player in men's football. Some people saw Camacho go up to receive the award. I couldn't help but be surprised: the best head coach was given to Uncle Ka, so Lin Zhigao wouldn't be the best player, right?

The AFC Men's Referee of the Year was given to Irmatov.

The best female referee was awarded to Sachiko Yamagishi.

Salah is the AFC Women's Assistant Referee of the Year.

The male assistant referee of the year went to Rasouloff.

After a song and dance, the best female player of the year was won by Japanese player Aya Miyama.

At this moment, the spirits of the Chinese delegation were shocked, and they secretly said, "Here we come!", and stared at the awarding platform without daring to blink.

Thousands of miles away in China, countless fans held their breath, and some people who couldn't be stimulated closed their eyes tightly, pinched their husband/wife's arm desperately, and hurriedly said: "Call me when the envelope is opened, no Call me again after reading Lin Zhigao's name!" Their lovers scolded: "You coward!"

On the big screen on the stage, the promotional videos of the candidates began to play. After several rounds of voting, the candidates were reduced to five according to the points.

The Iranian player Ajili first appeared in the video, followed by Keisuke Honda and Park Joo-young. When Shinji Kagawa arrived, the members of the Chinese delegation could clearly hear the sighs from the Japanese. The Chinese players couldn't help curling their lips: Sigh, your sister is angry, even if Shinji Kagawa comes, it is not certain who will win the award, it is really enough to put gold on his face.

The last one to appear in the video was Lin Zhigao. The scene selected by the organizing committee was the part where Lin Zhigao shot the ball into the goal in the last round of the match between the Chinese team and the South Korean team.

When the picture of the football piercing the South Korean team's goal appeared, the members of the Chinese delegation began to applaud enthusiastically!In front of the TV, countless Chinese fans clenched their fists and shouted, "Good job!"

After the five promotional videos were played, the award presenter, the chairman of the AFC, stood on the podium.

Seeing the black-haired and yellow-skinned face, Lin Zhigao couldn't help biting his ears with Huang Bowen: "Is the chairman of the AFC Korean or Japanese?"

Huang Bowen looked at him in shock: "It's us Chinese! It's called Zhang Jilong. The former chairman was an oil tycoon. He was banned for life because of bribery. Zhang Jilong has been the chairman of the AFC for a year. I said Gao Son, your information update speed is too lagging behind."

Lin Zhigao touched his nose: "Didn't you pay attention to this?"

In fact, it is only now that he finally understands why the Chinese Football Association dared to say that the event won him an award. It turns out that the chairman of the AFC is a Chinese.

"2013 was a year of rapid development of the Asian competitive level. Not only the Asian Champions League is getting better and better, but also the football leagues of various countries are also booming. Only the top ten World Cup qualifiers have contributed to us. Countless good-looking and exciting games."

Zhang Jilong began to speak, and the audience gradually fell silent.

"Why do you say that this year's qualifiers are particularly good? Because our countless high-level players who have played in foreign leagues have returned to China without hesitation for the development of the motherland. Among the five Asian Footballer of the Year candidates today, there are three. Those who play in foreign leagues are finally included in this list because of their outstanding performance in the national team. However, I hope those players who play in domestic leagues will not be discouraged. Football is the most important thing to rely on. Speaking of which, if you can be yourself and improve your competitive level, maybe you will be the ones standing on this podium next year."

There was a burst of applause in the hall.

After the applause died down, Zhang Jilong finally began to open the envelope.

The camera started to stare at the four candidates present to shoot close-ups, and then broadcast the captured images live on the big screen.

"So, now I will announce that the AFC Men's Football Player of the Year is—"

Zhang Jilong took a small breath, then raised his head, and showed a huge smile to the audience in front of him: "Lin Zhigao!"

Immediately there was warm applause at the scene, and the clapping was the loudest for the Chinese delegation.

Knowing this result, Lin Zhigao was not surprised, but he was still very excited - he won the award!The winner is him!Winners and losers, if anyone still says something at this moment, then they all go to hell!

Followed by the camera, Lin Zhigao stood up, hugged his parents sitting in the back row, hugged and shook hands with Huang Bowen, Didier Drogba and others, and then strode onto the stage to take over the Asia Pacific from Zhang Jilong. Mr. Footballer's trophy - a round trophy, with an arched platform above it, holding a metal football. The trophy and the platform are all white, and the football is bright white.

Zhang Jilong shook hands with Lin Zhigao enthusiastically, and said to him, "Congratulations!"

"Thank you."

Lin Zhigao held his trophy and walked to the microphone, but instead of the reporter giving a speech, he turned his head to look at his trophy.

Everyone in the hall looked at him curiously, kept quiet and waited.

"I've been wondering just now whether this Asian Footballer's trophy is made of alloy or silver-plated."

There was laughter in the auditorium, and the quick-witted people immediately thought of the news they saw a few days ago - when the Italian reporter awarded the second Golden Tapir Award to Lin Zhigao, it seemed that he also complained about the composition of the award ?

Seeing the laughter in the audience, Lin Zhigao turned his head while holding the trophy after the silence in the hall, and said to Zhang Jilong: "Mr. Chairman, may I ask about the ingredients of this trophy?"

The laughter broke out again.

"If you really want to know." Zhang Jilong stepped forward and smiled into the microphone: "Two-thirds of this trophy is plated with silver, and the part of the football is plated with platinum."

"Wow!" Lin Zhigao exaggeratedly held the trophy with both hands, and said cautiously: "Then it is more valuable than most of the trophies in my showroom. If one day I stop playing football and can't find a job, maybe it's okay." Sell ​​it for food."

Some people laughed and started rubbing their stomachs, and more people laughed and wondered: This Chinese player is really different, and his reaction when he won the award is different from others!Isn't he excited to get the trophy?Still in the mood to joke.

As everyone knows, Lin Zhigao just didn't want to thank this and that in a serious way, so he intentionally made a joke and fooled the time.

Guessing that the time was almost up, Lin Zhigao smiled and said to the microphone: "Just now it was a voluntary guest appearance as a comedian to relieve everyone's nerves that have been stretched for several hours, and myself. I was actually very nervous just now, but I just smiled. , I immediately relaxed my whole body."

Guessing from the kind smiles on the faces of the people in the audience, Lin Zhigao guessed that he was well-rounded: "I am very happy to win the award of Asian Footballer. Thank you to those who have always supported me. Without you, I would not have The current results. In the future, I will play harder and win more trophies for myself. It is my biggest dream to open a trophy exhibition after I retire.”

"Does this exhibition charge tickets?" Zhang Jilong asked him with a smile.

Lin Zhigao made a resentful expression: "If I don't charge the tickets, I won't have anything to eat."

There was laughter and thunderous applause in the hall.

……

No one expected in advance that the Chinese delegation would be one of the big winners tonight.

In addition to the best head coach and best player being won by Camacho and Lin Zhigao, the best men's national team of the year was also awarded to the Chinese team. This is all due to their almost undefeated record this year. At the end of the awards ceremony, "African Andy Lau" Drogba, currently playing for Shanghai Shenhua, also won the best foreign player of the year in Asia.

The trip of the Chinese delegation was fruitful. After the award ceremony, many people did not want to go back to the hotel to sleep.The acquaintances invited each other to experience the "nightlife" in Malaysia. Drogba, Alneka and others wanted to find a bar for the night, and invited Lin Zhigao together. Lin Zhigao thought that he would fly back to Turin tomorrow. , so I rejected it.

After returning to the hotel with their parents and Sebastian, Lin Changan and Qian Hongyan changed out of their restrained evening gowns, washed up a bit, and prepared to go out for a stroll—the hotel is located in the center of Kuala Lumpur, not only You can enjoy the strong Malaysian style in the hotel, and the public security is also very good. There are many 24-hour shopping malls around. Lin Changan and his wife have gone abroad, so it is really unreasonable not to buy some souvenirs for colleagues and relatives.

They wanted to invite Lin Zhigao and Sebastian to watch the night scene together, but Lin Zhigao wanted to call John to report the good news while his parents were away, so he refused. Lin Zhigao originally thought that Sebastian would agree, Unexpectedly, he also refused, on the grounds that he wanted to stay in the hotel and watch TV.

Lin Zhigao went to the bathroom to take a shower first. He wanted to talk to Sebastian when he got out, and asked him what he had said to his mother on the plane, which made Qian Hongyan so happy.

But when Lin Zhigao came out of the bathroom after taking a shower and talking on the phone with John, he found that Sebastian was missing. He searched in the suite and in the corridor, but found no one. I was wondering if Sebastian couldn't bear the loneliness and ran outside to watch the night scene, but when he couldn't stand the phone call with John and avoided it, the door lock moved, and Sebastian was wearing the clothes he was going out. Clothes are back.

"Where have you been?"

"I was an undercover agent today." Sebastian smiled and leaned on the sofa, shaking a small object in his hand, and said triumphantly, "You will definitely thank me after listening."

"What is this?" Lin Zhigao took a few steps forward and took what was in Sebastian's hand, but found that it was a mobile phone, and the screen showed that there was a recording that was not played.

He frowned and said, "Where did you go to record? A bar? A casino?"

But the young man said in a mysterious way: "You will know it after you hear it."

Lin Zhigao pressed the keypad of the phone, and immediately a sentence floated out: "I know who Gao Gao is in love with."

Lin Zhigao turned pale with fright, and turned off the recording again with trembling hands: This voice belongs to my mother!And the content of her words...

"Did you follow my parents for a walk?" Lin Zhigao asked anxiously, "Did they find you?"

"You think I'm stupid." Sebastian rolled Lin Zhigao's eyes, and said, "I followed them all the way as soon as they left the hotel. After walking less than half a street, my uncle and aunt found a long man with a back against the flowers. I sat down on the chair, and I saw that their expressions were very serious, and it didn’t feel right, so I pretended to be walking by, greeted them and sat on the bench for a few minutes. I turned on the recording button on my phone and threw it into the flowers. I won’t get it until they finish chatting and go away.”

Lin Zhigao opened his mouth and was about to say something when he suddenly came to his senses and raised his eyebrows at Sebastian and said, "You call my parents uncle and aunt? That's so inferior."

"It's not popular for you Chinese to call names directly..." Sebastian curled his lips and said, "Besides, your mother asked me to call you that way."

Lin Zhigao decided not to pursue this, because there are more important things for the time being: "My parents are back to the hotel now?"

"I guess I'm sleeping soundly in the next room." Sebastian raised his chin at Lin Zhigao: "Hurry up and turn on the recorder, I'm also curious about what they talked about."

"This." Lin Zhigao was a little embarrassed: "Have you violated my parents..."

"Don't you want to know what they talked about?"

"Think." Especially Qian Hongyan's first sentence really made Lin Zhigao feel like he was sitting on pins and needles after hearing it.

"Then open it!"

Lin Zhigao gritted his teeth, and pressed the switch again, and the voice of conversation immediately floated out from inside——

recording starts

Qian Hongyan: I know who is dating Gao Gao.

Lin Changan: Who? !

Qian Hongyan: Sebastian's mother.

Lin Chang'an: ...it's impossible for that kid to go back to China with Gao Gao!

Qian Hongyan: I thought about it all night, and it must be so.You see, our son basically calls home two or three times a week, and every time he talks to us about his friends, right?We all know John, Messi, Ronaldo, Van Persie, Verratti, etc., but when will another Sebastian appear?Have you ever heard him mention it?

Lin Changan: Not really.But the child's mother and Gao Gao are too far apart!

Qian Hongyan: Listen to me first!The kid Sebastian didn't know Gao Gao at all before, that's for sure, right?I chatted with this kid on the plane today. He said that he went to high school in the United States, and he only returned to Turin two months ago, and now he lives in a high-rise villa—Old Lin, do you think it’s strange? Bastian doesn't go to school in Italy, and he is still so young in the second grade. How did he get to know Gao Gao?How could he live in Gao Gao's house?

Lin Changan: ...Can you answer my question first?

Qian Hongyan: Tell me.

Lin Chang'an: Isn't your English bad? Why do you chat with children?

Qian Hongyan: I, I can't even talk and gesture!

Lin Chang'an: ... But I think you don't understand even when you make gestures.

Qian Hongyan: Well, let me tell you, there are not many Football Association officials in the front row. I asked them to be translators.

Lin Chang'an: Oh, keep talking.

Qian Hongyan: I asked Sebastian why he lived with Gao Gao. He said that the elders were worried about him living alone, so Gao Gao took care of him.At this time, I thought that his parents must have an unusual relationship with Gao Gao, and then I asked how his parents were doing now, but you know what he said?His parents are divorced!And he has been living with his mother!If Gao Gao has a bad relationship with Ren's mother, can Ren entrust his own son to him to take care of?Still live for several months!

Lin Chang'an: ...So you guessed that his mother had an affair with Gao Gao?

Qian Hongyan: What do you mean having legs?You stinky mouth!I call this reasonable imagination!If it is not a relationship between lovers, who would entrust their children to others to take care of?What's more, why have we never heard any woman's name from Gao Gao's mouth?He must have a guilty conscience and dare not tell us!Later I told Sebastian that I wanted to see what his mother looked like, and it happened that he had a photo on his phone, so I took a closer look and it turned out to be a beautiful woman!She said she was almost 40, but she looked like someone in her 30s, with brown hair, very big eyes, and a very high nose!Dress is also very fashionable.

Lin Changan: What does Sebastian's mother do?

Qian Hongyan: A fashion designer, the kind who runs around the world.And when I thought about her profession, I remembered that Gao Gao advertised for a clothing brand in the first half of the year. Did they know each other at that time?

Lin Changan: Hearing what you said, it is really possible.

Qian Hongyan: Let me just say, Gao Gao has admitted to us that he is in a relationship a few months ago, but why doesn’t he bring him home for us to see?After much deliberation, I must not dare to bring it back.After all, Sebastian's mother is almost 40, and she is still a foreign single mother. He should be afraid that we will be dissatisfied, and even more afraid that his grandparents and the whole family will oppose him.

Lin Chang'an: This... Then the reason why he didn't tell the media was because he was afraid of the newspapers talking nonsense?

Qian Hongyan: It should be like this.Lao Lin, I will discuss it with you, we have to keep our mouths shut about this, and no one can tell!

Lin Changan: Yes.

Qian Hongyan: But now I have a headache again. Gao Gao and Sebastian's mother are in a relationship. Will they get married in the future?

Lin Changan: Yes.My son will definitely be serious about relationships, which is the inheritance of our old Lin family.

Qian Hongyan: Didn't he have a cheap son right after he got married?Moreover, Sebastian is only five years younger than Gao Gao, and he doesn't know whether Gao Gao will have a son with Sebastian's mother in the future.

Lin Changan: ...Yes, this is a big problem!Sebastian's mother is almost 40, an advanced maternal age.

Qian Hongyan: Older mothers are a small problem. Now women still give birth at the age of 50!Just how to put it, I'm afraid Sebastian's mother won't give birth.Don't all foreign women pursue that, liberation?She has already given birth to a son, and may not be willing to give birth to a second one.

Lin Chang'an: Then if she doesn't give birth, wouldn't our old Lin's family be extinct...

Qian Hongyan: What kind of queen!Do you think your brother and your nephews don't exist? !Also, Lao Lin, did you keep saying this in your mind when I was pregnant?Afraid that I will give birth to a daughter and you will be extinct?

Lin Changan: Take it easy, take it easy, I swear I never mean it!I just want to know what to do if Gao Gao and the others don't have children.

Qian Hongyan: If you ask me, who will I ask?

Lin Chang'an: Then let's adopt one?

Qian Hongyan: What is the difference between adopted children and other people's children?Then I would rather not interfere with anything, Sebastian's cheap grandson looks more comfortable, he is tall, handsome, and very polite.

Lin Chang'an: ... Adopted one from cousin Gao Gao?

Qian Hongyan: Let’s talk about this later.

end of recording

After Lin Zhigao heard it, he didn't know whether he should cry or laugh. He was distracted for a long time before remembering to ask Sebastian: "My mother doesn't know your relationship with John?"

"She didn't ask, and I didn't tell."

"My parents' imaginations are too rich." Lin Zhigao was a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry for causing your mother to be misunderstood."

Sebastian shrugged and said, "If she found out, she would feel very happy. A woman who is almost 40 years old is most worried about getting old. Some of the boyfriends she has now are not much older than you. However, Chinese people Do you like to think so much?"

"They guessed so wildly because they love me." Lin Zhigao rubbed Sebastian's hair: "John loves you too."

"I know." Sebastian frowned: "Don't rub my hair!"

Lin Zhigao smiled, let go of Sebastian, and saw him running into the bathroom, holding the recorder in his hand, and began to worry.