Fame with a ball

After living in London for a period of time, Lin Zhigao discovered that he had an amazing talent: a photographic memory.He wondered if this had something to do with being struck by lightning?

The lonely life in London and the high cost of living made Lin Zhigao change rapidly. Compared with before going abroad, he is much more rational and mature. His family’s savings for him to go abroad are almost empty. While learning the languages ​​of various countries by himself, after a little success, he found a place to work, translated, guided, washed dishes, and accompanied foreign tourists on a one-day tour of the red light district to get more tips. When he was admitted to the University of Manchester and applied for a full scholarship At that time, there was no need to reach out and ask the family for money.

Lin Changan and his wife were full of emotions: I never thought that Lin Zhigao would become a talent after being sent abroad.

After graduating from university, Lin Zhigao chose to return to China. On the one hand, he missed his parents, and on the other hand, he felt that he still had not forgotten Sun Zhenzhen.

But Sun Zhenzhen has undoubtedly forgotten about him. At the high school reunion held near the end of the year, she was very fashionable and beautiful, and she appeared holding the hand of a tall and fat man.Lin Zhigao immediately heard some students whispering: "The man who came with Sun Zhenzhen, his father is the secretary-general of our municipal party committee."

Sun Zhenzhen pretended to be very strange to Lin Zhigao, Lin Zhigao smiled and clinked glasses with her boyfriend.Someone who knew the inside story came over with a sympathetic face, patted Lin Zhigao on the shoulder, and then got drunk with him.

In the middle of the night, Lin Zhigao received a text message saying "You have changed a lot from before, how are you doing now? - Really." He lay down on the bed with his eyes open, and then deleted the text message.

Lin Changan and his wife felt that their son was not very happy these days. They thought that Lin Zhigao was longing for life in a big city, so they urged Lin Zhigao to venture outside. Lin Zhigao went to Shanghai and applied for a job in a British-funded company. , he does a very good job, besides the necessary living expenses, he can always remit thousands of dollars to his parents on a regular basis...

In August 2016, Lin Zhigao's birthday was approaching. Lin Changan called him at noon and asked his son to "have a good meal with his colleagues, and don't treat yourself badly."Lin Zhigao didn't want to make any dinner, he just bought himself a box of birthday cakes on the way home from work, and when he passed a pet shop on the way out of the subway to the community, a cat suddenly ran out of the shop and surrounded the forest. Zhigao's feet "meowed" in circles, and then a dog chased after him, playing a game of chasing each other around Lin Zhigao with the cat.

"Messi and Ronaldo like you very much."

Lin Zhigao looked up in surprise, and saw a short-haired girl standing in front of the pet shop, talking to him in a mysterious tone.

"Messi? Ronaldo?" Lin Zhigao frowned. "How can there be a pet with such a name?"

The short-haired girl shrugged her shoulders and said helplessly: "These two have been watching football games with the boss since they were very young, and they have grown bigger and bigger. You should not name them anything, only Messi. And Ronaldo reacted a little bit, but they still love to fight each other, the boss said it was fate, and then everyone kept shouting."

Lin Zhigao doubted the veracity of this sentence, so he decided to do an experiment...

"cat?"

no response.

"Dogs?"

no response.

"Me...xi?"

The golden retriever raised his head and gave him a "Wow!"

"... Ronaldo?"

"Meow?"

Lin Zhigao twitched the corners of his mouth and knelt down to the reality. He showed a polite smile to the short-haired girl, and then opened his legs to leave.

A cat and a dog moved as he moved, and a few dog hairs or cat hairs stained Lin Zhigao's pants.

"Can you call them back?" Lin Zhigao raised his arms helplessly, and the cat was trying to tear up the plastic bag with its claws: "I'm going home."

"Of course." The little girl found some forms out of nowhere: "You write your name and address here, and you can go home after you promise to treat them both well!"

Lin Zhigao opened his eyes wide: "I didn't say I would buy them!"

"You will do that, they are destined for you, this is the first time I saw Messi and Ronaldo sticking to a stranger at the same time, the boss said that as long as I meet such a person, I must sell them to Him!" The little girl showed a pleading and pitiful expression: "I will give you a cat house, dog house and toys for free~"

Lin Zhigao finally bought Messi and Ronaldo, maybe he himself lost his head suddenly, or maybe the little girl's eye waves were too aggressive, but it is more likely that the meow and bark calls suddenly disappeared. It hit his heart... However, a purebred Siamese cat and golden retriever, it seems that the little girl charged him a very low price?

Messi is a half-year-old golden retriever dog with a normal physique and shiny golden fur. Its steps are smooth and powerful, and its eyes are big and moist. No matter where it looks, it always exudes a gentle and friendly brilliance. .

And Ronaldo looks a little bigger than Messi, like an adult cat, its body is white and some blue, the key part is dark blue, the eyes are sometimes gray and sometimes blue, it is an inorganic cat. The quality of the color, which makes it always look very arrogant.

It was just time to take a shower. When Lin Zhigao came out of the bathroom, he found that his birthday cake had already been eaten by the cat and the dog...

The golden retriever buried its whole head in the cake box, its ears, nose and nose were covered with traces of cream. Hearing the sound of footsteps, it raised its head to look at Lin Zhigao and wagged its tail. After a bark, it persisted I continued to eat the cake.

The Siamese cat squatted on the table, licking its paw once and for all. When it saw Lin Zhigao, it suddenly jumped off the table, ran to the golden retriever, and gave him a paw. The golden retriever " "Aww" let out a cry of pain, bent down and arched its nose and grinned at the Siamese cat threateningly, but the Siamese cat had already jumped to Lin Zhigao's feet, "Meow Meow" to claim credit for him.

"Don't act like a baby at me!" Lin Zhi glared at it angrily: "I know you have a part too!"

The Siamese cat just looked at him innocently with big round eyes, and then "meowed".

Lin Zhigao went over to clean up the mess for them. He picked up the broken plastic bag and raised his eyebrows at C Luo Mao: "Next time I want to pretend that I didn't do anything bad, I'll just tear the bag to pieces and look at the holes." , Who else could it be if it wasn't your claws?"

The golden retriever Macy yelled "Wow, woof, woof", and his voice sounded very pleasant.

The Siamese cat threw its back to Lin Zhigao, and it walked gracefully, ready to climb up the window sill.

Lin Zhigao walked over quickly and picked it up: "Ha, I didn't notice that there is still cream on your paws, you need to take a bath, a thorough bath."

"Meow! Meow!" The Siamese cat struggled and screamed.

The news from the sports channel served as the background sound of the human-cat battle: "Juventus' China tour is on the third day. They played a friendly match with Shanghai Shenhua last night. Shenhua boss Zhu Jun and Juventus boss John El Chin watched the game in the same box..."

...I am the dividing line between two people who have never changed into animals...

The obviously Spanish map of Shanghai is in his hand, but Messi just can't figure out which street in Shanghai he is in now, and how to get back to the hotel.

The plan to travel alone in Shanghai has failed, and he really shouldn't overestimate his ability to recognize the way.

Someone next to him cast a curious look at him. Messi, who didn't want his identity to be recognized, pushed down his baseball cap again. Chinese people are usually very friendly, but Chinese fans are also... scary when they become fanatic.A few days ago when the Barcelona team got off the plane at Pudong Airport, Messi could have seen all that. His name was yelled heartbreakingly by many people. Trying to get out of the airport became a very difficult thing. His clothes They were almost torn apart.

When Messi was thinking about whether to ask passers-by for help or call his teammates in the hotel, he suddenly heard a dog barking "Wow, woof, woof" and someone shouted in Chinese "Messi! Messi! "

Messi panicked immediately: Did someone recognize me?He thought in a panic.

But when he raised his head and looked forward, he saw a very big golden retriever running towards him, and behind it, chasing a young Chinese man, shouting "Mei Xi Mei Xi" The sound came from his mouth.

How come there is an illusion that this man is calling the dog instead of calling himself... Messi thought silently.

Just when he was distracted, another accident happened—Messi was standing in front of the golden retriever in a daze, so the golden retriever rushed towards him in a panic, and Messi couldn't bear it The intruding weight of several tens of kilograms made people and dogs fall to the ground together.

The large dog stepped on Messi's chest and continued to run wildly. The Chinese man suddenly burst into a loud cry: "Dead Messi, if you run away again, I will sterilize you!"

The golden retriever let out an "owwow", as if he understood the threat, and stopped obediently.

The young man hurried over and pulled Messi up from the ground, and apologized repeatedly, "I'm sorry, my dog ​​escaped from the pet hospital..." But when he saw his face under the hat, he was stunned for a moment.

"You..." The man held Messi's hand and stammered, "You are Messi, Messi?"

Messi frowned, and the cautious expression of the man in front of him made him feel a little familiar inexplicably.

But the man seemed to have misunderstood him, let go of his hand all of a sudden, and took a step back, holding the dog leash tightly.

The golden retriever let out a scream of "oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" and scratched the ground with its paws.

The young man immediately looked at his dog angrily: "Stop calling Messi! You must get an injection. If you dare to escape from the hospital again, my previous threat is true!"

Hearing the word "Messi" again, the Lord had a puzzled look on his face: "Your dog is called Messi?" The strange thing is that he didn't feel offended in his heart.

But as soon as the words came out, Messi realized that he was using Spanish. When he was about to repeat the question in English, he heard the man in front of him answer him in fluent Spanish: "The name given by the pet shop owner." , I tried to correct it, but couldn't. I'm sorry if this offended you... Actually, I also have a cat named C Luo at home, and that cat has a worse temper, but no turn today I didn't bring it out until it was vaccinated."

Messi doesn't want to admit that he's developed a lot of interest in the cat, but he actually is.

"I see you have been standing here for a long time, do you need my help?"

"I can't find my way back to the hotel."

"I see." The young man thought for a while and said, "Just now... when this bad dog jumped on you, there were still some water stains on the ground. I think your clothes should be dirty. My house is not far from here, maybe Can I wash your clothes for you and take you back to the hotel?"

Messi only hesitated for a moment before agreeing, he was really curious about the cat, and if possible, he would like to take some pictures of it...

"Will it bother you?"

The young man smiled: "No, this is what I should do. By the way, my name is Lin Zhigao."

"Leo Messi."

The two hands were clasped together.

After returning home with Lin Zhigao, Messi fulfilled his wish and saw the Siamese cat named "C Luo" - it walked slowly past the two people and the dog with proud steps, as if it was the real cat. The owner here, that kind of momentum makes Messi feel very familiar, very very familiar.

But what surprised him even more was that he saw a lot of books in this small house, a lot of books, and all of them were original editions in foreign languages.English, Spanish, and Italian are vaguely recognizable, and there are two languages ​​suspected to be German and French, but Messi is not familiar with this, so he dare not judge.

"I'm an amateur translator." The Chinese man named Lin Zhigao I just met came over very embarrassedly, and began to tidy up the messy living room full of books: "Life in Shanghai is very stressful, and I need to earn some money. Extra money."

"How many languages ​​do you know?" Messi scooped up a Spanish book that seemed a bit difficult to him, and asked in surprise, "Is your Spanish good?"

"English and Italian are the best, and Spanish is not bad. German, French, and Russian are a little dabbled in, and I can only read newspapers."

"What is your official job?"

"I work in the marketing department of a foreign company."

Messi was surprised again: "I thought you were an interpreter when I first walked in."

Lin Zhigao smiled: "I just told you that my side job is that."

"I think you should have a wider space for development." Macy gestured: "Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste for you to learn so many languages?"

"Strange." Lin Zhigao: "My editor also told me so."

Messi didn't know why he became so enthusiastic today, but he did have a good impression of this Chinese man he met for the first time, so he immediately told the news he had only recently learned: "Several clubs in Spain are recruiting. Translator, the application requirements are on the official website, I think you should give it a try."

……

A Chinese translator named Lin came to Real Madrid. It is said that he is proficient in multiple languages ​​and is very kind, which is very popular with the club management.

But Cristiano Ronaldo hates him for no reason, even though he has never met this Chinese named Lin Zhigao.

Want to ask why?Hello!Stop pretending, word has spread throughout the club - that Chinese has a cat named "C Luo"!

To actually name a cat after him?Simply inexcusable!

Although the Chinese's explanation reached Ronaldo's ears through multiple people, "I didn't choose its name. In fact, it only recognized this name when I bought it. It won't work if you change it." After many experiments, other people in the club also agreed with the Chinese statement. They didn't think that having the same name as a cat would affect Ronaldo's prestige, but Ronaldo himself felt uncomfortable!feel angry!

So for a long time, he refused to accept any information about the Chinese, until one day during training, Mourinho led a young, beautiful, excessive Chinese to the Real Madrid first team , Pointing to the other party, he introduced: "This is Lin, the club's translator, and starting today, he will also serve as my second assistant coach."

The teammates talked a lot: "The reputation is well-deserved, he looks so tender!" "I heard that the boss asked him to be a teaching assistant? Why?" "Who knows, but the boss always has a reason for doing things." "I heard that it seems It is this Chinese who has an extremely developed brain, and the information in it is comparable to a database."

The Chinese showed the most kind and harmless smiles to all the players, and everyone responded to him except Ronaldo.

From that day on, Ronaldo began to observe Lin Zhigao with colored glasses - Chinese people would bring a notebook to the training ground to watch everyone train in advance every morning, most of the time they would not say a word, they would just keep silent Record various data in a notebook.Occasionally chat with Mourinho or the first assistant coach Karanka, if a player greets him, he will respond with the same courtesy, but if no one pays attention to him, he will always be quiet .

The Real Madrid team is almost full of superstars, and they are used to being admired by others. It is quite novel to see famous and unknown people treat them with a flat and gentle attitude, so most people in the first team are very fond of this second assistant coach. Good impression.

What is strange is that the Chinese have been in the team for a long time, and gradually they have a few small fans—from those female fans who often watch Real Madrid training, they are very enthusiastic about him, and often come here with their cameras Taking photos together, and even giving him gifts made by himself, it's a mess of nympho.

Ronaldo sneered at this: Huh, it's just a second assistant!

I don't know when, except for Ronaldo, the Real Madrid players began to call the Chinese "Lin" affectionately.Perhaps it is because Mourinho has shown more and more importance to Lin Zhigao?The players enthusiastically praised in the locker room, "Lin speaks Portuguese and Spanish very fluently, it's no wonder he is still Chinese!" Until Ronaldo coughed displeasedly to remind them, similar conversations would stop.

Originally, Ronaldo thought that Mourinho brought Lin Zhigao more and more to appear in public because he hated Karanka-the team's first assistant coach Aituo Karanka was a famous former Real Madrid central defender, He has a close relationship with the chairman Florentino, and Florentino personally arranged for him to become the assistant coach of the team. Karanka and Mourinho were very close at one time, but in the past two years, Magic Bird and Real Madrid There were differences in the high-level tactical policy, but Karanka supported the club's high-level, which made Mourinho increasingly dislike him.

But later Mourinho made a leak in the locker room and Ronaldo discovered that the reason why Lin Zhigao was favored by Mourinho was really because of his IQ!Some of the team's recent effective training plans were actually formulated by this Chinese!

Thinking that his physical fitness and skills have benefited a lot from the adjusted training plan, Ronaldo finally changed his mind about Lin Zhigao.

Then, just when Ronaldo was about to forget about that damned cat, it suddenly appeared in front of him.

Glossy hair, strong and cunning body, and arrogant expression, the Chinese look after him carefully as if they are serving a king.When Lin Zhigao tried to make the cat drink milk from the bowl in his hand, but the cat gave him a paw without hesitation, Ronaldo couldn't help laughing.

If it was such a cat... then he reluctantly allowed it to be called that name.

In the following days, Lin Zhigao tried to talk to Ronaldo, but Ronaldo did not treat him as coldly as before. After talking to the Chinese in a less friendly tone, he immediately knew this man There is actually a dog named "Messi", so his mood is even more joyful.

But what really changed Ronaldo's attitude was an extremely brief conversation.

It happened at the end of the match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. They lost the game, and Ronaldo also had some quarrels with several Spanish teammates after the game because of passing the ball. What made the robot feel angry was that he Obviously he is on the side of reason, but not everyone is on his side!

Because he is Portuguese, those Spanish players have to fight him together?Stupid power struggle!madness!

Everyone left and he was left sulking in the locker room by himself.

A few brief knocks on the door: "Everyone else has left, why are you still here? Are you in a bad mood?" Ronaldo glanced at the door, and found that the person trying to comfort him was not his teammate, but Lin Zhigao .

The Chinese raised their wrists and looked at the time: "The heating in the locker room will be cut off in 10 minutes, the power will be cut off in half an hour, and the security guard will lock the entire stadium in an hour. If you don't leave, I'm probably going to be locked up here tonight. I know you've had some conflicts with the other players, but it's not okay to get mad because of those things..."

"You don't understand my feelings!" Ronaldo interrupted him angrily: "Don't stand there and talk sarcasticly, I don't need your opinion!"

silence.

Stabbed by me?sad? C Luo lowered his head, didn't look at the other person's expression, but thought a little angrily: Then get out of here, I don't need anyone to comfort me anyway...

"I think I can understand your feelings." After a long time, the Chinese said slowly: "I am the only Chinese in the club management staff, and you know what that means."

Ronaldo was moved.

……

Real Madrid's opponent in the quarter-finals of this UEFA Champions League is Juventus.

Tonight's game is Real Madrid's home game against Juventus at the Bernabeu. After half a month, they will go to Nuevo Alpi as a guest.

Before the game, most of the media were optimistic about Juventus. This was not because of how luxurious Juventus had this season, but because Mourinho was suspended by UEFA, which means that the Real Madrid coach will be in the next two Champions League games. Can only sit on the sidelines in the stands - the reason for the suspension is still because of Mourinho's words, he accused UEFA of sheltering Marseille after the UEFA Champions League group stage, so that Real Madrid's performance was damaged, only the second place in the group, UEFA United was poked in the sore spot, and Mourinho was immediately suspended for two games and fined.

John Elchin doesn't like football very much, and he rarely watches the team's games, but everyone is optimistic about Juventus in today's game, and there is a lot of copying in Italy. For this good sign, he rarely appeared in the In the VIP box at the Bernabéu...

Originally thought that Juventus could suppress Real Madrid in the opening game, but after the game started, Real Madrid unexpectedly did not perform badly, but played their best level, and still firmly controlled the rhythm of the game after the opening 30 minutes .

Is Mourinho using the Internet to direct the game again?

The big screen of the stadium then cut the camera to Mourinho, but Magic Bird himself was putting his hands in his pockets, turning his head and talking to the people around him with a smile on his face.In view of the fact that Real Madrid only made a small reversal 3 minutes ago, and Mourinho does not look like the big boss who was just behind the scenes, then, it is the acting head coach who coached Mourinho on behalf of Mourinho. effect?

The fans immediately set their sights on the acting coach who hadn't been noticed before. After carefully observing the half-time game, the fans found that whenever the acting coach made gestures outside the stadium, the positions of the Real Madrid superstars would change. Immediately there was a change, a slight change in tactics, and what happened next either scored goals or caused a lot of trouble for their opponents.

But in fact, it is not completely surprising that Real Madrid's acting coach can firmly control the game. The most surprising thing is: as an acting coach, it seems that Real Madrid's superstars still listen to him?

"Who is that person? Real Madrid's assistant coach?" John carefully observed the young Chinese on the Real Madrid coach's bench, and turned to ask the people around him.

"No, it's the second assistant coach."

"Second assistant coach?" John frowned. Does Real Madrid's second assistant coach already have such a level of coaching?

"Yes, it is the second assistant coach. In fact, Mourinho thinks highly of him and entrusts him to take care of many things. The original first assistant coach Karanka has lost his real power in the team."

"Japanese? Korean? Chinese?"

"It's Chinese, and its name is Lin Zhigao."

Real Madrid finally maintained their home unbeaten record, beating Juventus 2:1.

Originally, he wanted to see the team win a big victory, but he didn't expect it to backfire. For such a dramatic matter, John could only sigh slightly.

Real Madrid chairman Florentino knew that John had come to the Bernabeu, and came to his box just after the game, and very warmly invited him to the chairman's office for a drink.

Walking out of the Bernabeu stadium slightly drunk, John asked the driver to drive behind him. He took off his suit jacket and put it on his arm, unbuttoned two shirt buttons, walked in the breeze, and walked back to the hotel.

When passing by an alley, a man wearing a jacket suddenly jumped out of it. The two brothers hugged John's shoulders as if they were facing each other, but secretly put a knife on his waist, and threatened in a low voice. : "Scoop out your wallet!"

John took a deep breath and quickly stabilized his emotions. He glanced around and immediately realized that the robbery position chosen by the robber was very good—if he looked at it from ten steps away, he and the robber stood together. It should look like two old friends who haven't seen each other for a long time are catching up... unless someone saw the reflection of the knife.

How to let your bodyguard and driver find out that you have been robbed in a way that does not attract the attention of the other party?John thought to himself, and at the same time reached into the pocket of his suit with slow movements.

"Why are you moving so slowly! Don't play tricks! Hurry up and hand over your wallet!" The robber urged him again.

John had to speed up his movements, and just as he was taking his wallet out of his pocket, he suddenly saw a person walking softly from behind the robber, and signaled him with gestures to keep quiet.

Thank goodness someone finally noticed something was wrong here, John thought so, and suddenly smiled at the robber and said, "Look behind you."

The robber was taken aback, and turned around subconsciously.

With a sound of "Bang!", the robber's head had an intimate contact with the visitor's fist, and he immediately fainted on the ground.

The hero who did the right thing had thick black hair, and John knew this because he was bending over to examine the robber.After kicking the robber's knife away and seeing that the robber did not respond, the black-haired man took out his mobile phone and prepared to call the police, then raised his head and asked, "Are you okay? I just saw him flashing the knife .”

John was busy comforting his late driver at the moment. After hearing the question, he turned his head with a smile and said, "I didn't..."

After seeing the black-haired man's face, John suddenly stopped his words. He looked at the man in front of him seriously, and asked hesitantly, "Are you... the assistant coach of Real Madrid?"

The visitor touched his head in confusion: "Do I know you?"

"The Champions League match between Real Madrid and Juventus." John smiled slightly: "I was at the Bernabéu just now."

"...What a coincidence." The black-haired man sighed, showing a big smile and said, "My name is Lin Zhigao, you can call me Lin."

The author has something to say:

ps: This time it's really over... It's been more than 8 months since the serialization started on Valentine's Day. It's been a long time. Thank you everyone for walking with me for so long.

During this period, I have thought countless times, if the setting of this article changes at the beginning, what will happen to the plot?At the same time, I was asked by my friends: If the time was repeated, would the story still be told like this?The last episode came out in the same way. I don’t know how many people will like it and how many people will hate it, but I have mixed feelings in the process of writing it.

Finally, thank you again, if there is a destiny, we will see you in Jianghu~