Fame with a ball

Three days later, Jiang Shupeng called Lin Zhigao.

"Mr. Fox refused to agree to my request for a weekly salary of 4 euros, with an annual increase of 10%. He said that the highest weekly salary the club can give you is 2.5 euros, which is on the same level as Campbell, and [-] less than Bosroyd's. .He also said that if you give you a raise, you have to give the rest of the team a raise and that money is a burden to the club."

Lin Zhigao said lightly: "I know."

"Then you..." Jiang Shupeng endured so much that he didn't scold his mother in front of Lin Zhigao. He really wanted to scold the manager: The club has no money?Could it be that the Premier League broadcast fees and the FA Cup broadcast fees have all been eaten by dogs?A bastard who can only get in and out, will be finished sooner or later!

"I haven't made up my mind yet." Lin Zhigao frowned, "You can talk to them first and wait until the end of the season to discuss. I want to play the game well now."

It has now entered May, and it is only half a month before all the competitions end.

Jiang Shupeng readily agreed.

After training that night, Warnock suddenly said to Lin Zhigao who was packing up his things and preparing to go home: "Lin, come with me to the office."

Lin Zhigao nodded and followed Warnock to the office.In fact, he felt that the head coach would say something to him.

Sure enough, as soon as he entered the office door, Warnock said to Lin Zhigao: "I heard from Mr. Fox that your agent asked for a raise?"

"I just want my paycheck."

"Forty thousand euros?"

"This figure is not high, sir." If the club is in financial difficulty, then Lin Zhigao will never ask for too high a weekly salary. He will cut the salary appropriately and share weal and woe with the club. After all, there is everything he loves here.However, if the club clearly has a financial surplus, but insists on refusing to give players salary increases, and makes every possible way to make things difficult, Lin Zhigao will only feel that he has been insulted-is his performance not worth it?He now thinks that Warnock was sent by the club's top management as a lobbyist, so he no longer calls the "boss" who used to call the coach, but the unfamiliar "Mr."

Warnock naturally heard the dissatisfaction in Lin Zhigao's words, and he smiled bitterly: "I don't want you to take the initiative to cut your salary, Lin, you really deserve this price, and it's still a little bit. I just..." He He showed a somewhat embarrassed and hesitant look.

"Ask whatever you want, boss. I don't think you'd tell anyone else what I told you, would you?"

"Naturally," Warnock said. "Are you going to leave the club next season?"

Lin Zhigao hesitated for a moment, and insisted: "If they refuse to give me the salary I deserve."

Warnock sighed, "Actually, as early as Christmas, I talked to Mr. Fernandez about some of my thoughts on the team for next season. I want the club to spend at least 3000 million euros in the next season to buy powerful players." players, so that we will not go home in the first game in the first season of entering the European arena. Because the team has performed very well this season, I know that you have already gained the attention of many teams , I want Mr. Fernandez to give you a salary increase, so that there will not be too many players who want to leave the club because of the salary."

"But Mr. Fernandez refused, didn't he?"

"Not only did he reject my offer, but he decided to sell a lot of players at the end of the season to make a profit."

Lin Zhigao was taken aback: "But what about the team's games next season?!"

"On loan, or looking for good seedlings directly from the youth academy."

"Then..." What Lin Zhigao didn't say was: This is almost equivalent to giving up the competition in the European arena!So why are they playing so desperately now and want to exchange for a ticket to the Champions League!

Warnock avoided Lin Zhigao's very accusatory gaze, and said dryly: "Crystal Palace Club has been contacting me recently, hoping that I will return there to coach. They have promised me a transfer fund of 2000 million euros, and said I have the final say on everything about the team.”

The Crystal Palace team is a team that Warnock served as the head coach before coaching Queens Park Rangers. Chinese overseas players Sun Jihai and Fan Zhiyi once played for this team. Crystal Palace currently belongs to the British Championship. They rely on leading the team to perform this season Very good Warnock, hope he can lead Crystal Palace back to the top flight next season.

Is the team going to fall apart next season?Lin Zhigao thought very uncomfortable.

He didn't want to stay here any longer, and talking about these things with Warnock would make him feel even more uncomfortable.

"Lin, you know, although I told you these things first, I don't want these words to affect your last league game next week, and the FA Cup final next week, it's for you, for the team Both are important."

Lin Zhigao stood up, stared into Warnock's eyes, and said very seriously: "I will do my best to play these two games well, boss. I also hope that no matter where you are next season, you can He directed the team's game performance very well."

"You too." When Lin Zhigao was about to walk out of the office door, Warnock asked him suddenly: "May I know which club you will go to next season?"

"Dordmund, Arsenal, Manchester United, CSKA Moscow have all contacted my agent, but to be honest, I really don't know where to go."

Warnock pondered for a while, and said: "Sir Ferguson and Professor Arsene Wenger are both extraordinary in training young players. If you are under their command, maybe you will shine even more brilliantly."

"Actually, I don't want to go to Manchester United or Arsenal." Lin Zhigao hesitated and said.

"why?"

"Because if I stay in the Premier League, I will become the team's opponent next season." After finishing speaking, Lin Zhigao went out of the gate.

Warnock sighed again in the office.

……

On Sunday, May 5, the last round of the Premier League, Queens Park Rangers played away against Manchester City.

This game attracted the attention of 11/12 British media and foreign media, not for other reasons, just because after this game, the FA will present the Premier League Golden Boot for the [-]-[-] season on the spot.

Unlike the annual European Golden Boot Awards, which will find a time and place after the end of the season and solemnly award the trophy, the top scorer award of the Premier League will usually be awarded at the end of the game at the end of the last round of the league. Award-winning players.

In fact, there is no difference between awarding before the game or after the game, because the winner can only be one person.

Lin Zhigao.

After scoring 4 crazy goals in 9 rounds of the league and creating a new historical record, his speed slowed down. He scored 35 goals in 36 rounds, 37 rounds, and 37 rounds of the league. The current number of goals is 90, reaching a terrifying level. On average, one goal is scored every [-] minutes.

This is unimaginable in the history of the previous Premier League. Although the defense of the Premier League is not as perverted as Serie A, it is still the strength of the world's top league. Even Ronaldo, a scoring machine, was not able to play in the Premier League before. Break historical records.In any case, Lin Zhigao is completely famous this time.

There are even journalists from Brazil, Uruguay, and the United States in the press area. The five major European leagues have always been the focus of the world's media. Now, the Premier League, which is competing with La Liga for the world's number one league, is the first to announce this season's Golden Boot. , a new super shooter is about to become famous throughout the Europa continent, and even the whole world, how can these reporters not pay attention?Of course, they are all side dishes, and the real big meal is the hundreds of journalists from the Europa continent, and at least fifty Chinese journalists.

These Chinese journalists all flew from China overnight, and five of them even broadcast live broadcasts of every move made by satellite vehicles. Journalists from other countries were astounded when they saw such a grand gesture, and they lamented that the Chinese people really have money.

"Although the game has not started yet, the atmosphere in the stadium is already very lively." In the Beijing studio, Sun Zhengping said into the microphone with a smile on his face: "There are many Chinese fans on the stadium, some of them are overseas students, some of them are migrant workers. , and even flew to London to watch the game. Dozens of Chinese national flags fluttered in the North Stand, and there were countless Asian faces. Such a scene made me feel very cordial.”

"I think a year ago, all Chinese fans would have never imagined that the top scorer of the Premier League this season would be won by a Chinese player, right? Now I just watch the pre-match live broadcast and I am so excited. There's work to do and I'm afraid I'll actually go to London to watch the game live."

"Players from both teams began to enter the field. When Lin Zhigao appeared at the exit of the player tunnel, there was a huge cheer in the Etihad Stadium. Queens Park Rangers who came to cheer with the team in the North Stand The fans, as well as a large number of Chinese fans, stood up and applauded Lin Zhigao. Lin Zhigao also waved his palm facing the stands—we just cut to the scene outside the stadium, and there are many fans We were unable to buy tickets, so we could only stand outside the stadium and watch the live broadcast on the big screen. I am really glad that this game is the away game of Queens Park Rangers. Otherwise, the capacity of Loftus Road Stadium is less than 2 people. It’s really going to turn most fans away.”

……

When the players from both sides shook hands, Manchester City captain Kompany said to Lin Zhigao in a friendly way: "Congratulations on winning the league golden boot."

Lin Zhigao smiled: "Thank you."

Players from the two teams returned to half-court. Bosroyd walked beside Lin Zhigao and said with a smile: "Did Kompany try to make friends with you just now? I said brother, when we played against Manchester City last time, did you To be able to start, but this time, we can’t be merciful just because of their words.”

"Don't worry, it won't."

Lin Zhigao did not break his promise. From the beginning of the game, he worked very hard for the opportunity to control the ball.

"Ferdinand... oh! This pass is too high!" The famous BBC commentator Coburn suddenly shouted excitedly: "Lin jumped! His jumping ability is really amazing, Lin is 5 feet 9 inches tall , but he jumped higher than the 6-foot-2 Kolarov who was defending him! He threw the football to Campbell!"

"Lin's performance is very surprising. To be honest, he has already won the top scorer and scored ten goals more than the second-ranked Van Persie. He doesn't need to look so desperately for shooting opportunities. But for Lin That said, offense seems to be an instinct—I have to say, in him, I see a lot of factors that are bound to shine in the future, no, maybe, he is already shining now."

"Hey, buddy, it's the last league game, don't you need to work so hard?"

The few threatening shots made by Lin Zhigao in front of the goal made Manchester City feel very nervous. Coach Pratt signaled from the sidelines that the defender of Lin Zhigao was changed from Kolarov to Kompany.

With 30 wins, 5 draws, 3 losses and 95 points this season, Manchester City is far ahead of the second-ranked Manchester United. It has already won the league championship one round ahead of schedule. championship position.Therefore, the entire Manchester City team played this game very casually and easily. Kompany thinks that Queens Park Rangers should also be like this, especially Lin, the most watched star in this game-they have already locked the Champions League just like Manchester City Qualification, locked in the top scorer of the league, shouldn't this game be played as a friendly match with a harmonious atmosphere?

But the Chinese kid in front of him who was guarded by them was still playing desperately. Could it be that he was going to put on a show for the reporters outside the field?Kompany guessed endlessly in his mind.

Lin Zhigao was out of breath running around, and he said to Kompany: "You don't understand, my chances are running out."

"Don't you still remember the fact that we beat you in the league last time?" Kompany shrugged: "Then you will take revenge next season. Hey buddies, be friendly and don't treat us as enemies."

But to Kompany's expectation, No. 9 Lin of the Queen's Park Rangers just glanced at him faintly, and broke through the defense while he was not paying attention, and went in towards Manchester City.

Kompany, an old man, was terrified by that resentful look, and couldn't help shivering.

……

"Extraordinary!" Sun Zhengping excitedly spoke into the microphone: "Manchester City and Queens Park Rangers are not on the same frequency at all. Queens Park Rangers are fast and desperate, but Manchester City is as leisurely as if they are going to Hawaii. Holiday - do the Red Devils players feel they have secured the league title and home court advantage so they don't have to kick hard in the final round? Wrong! QPR are telling them with practical actions, Even in the last minute of the league, you can't give up your efforts!"

In this year's commentary on the Premier League games, Sun Zhengping's image has been completely overturned in the hearts of all fans.

In the past, he was calm and wise, and he commented on any game in a leisurely manner, as if Yao Ming would stand up to the sky even if the sky fell.But now, his commentary is full of passion, and from time to time, inspirational words burst out. There is even a special post on the Internet called "Sun Zhengping Quotations", recording every line of passion that appeared in his commentary this year. The radiant commentary was a vocabulary that would definitely be criticized by the station and the audience in the past.

CCTV hosts must remain neutral and objective when explaining European games. It is best not to favor any side. Once the host is particularly biased towards a league or club, it is easy to be criticized by the audience and leaders. .The most typical model, just look at Huang Jianxiang.

What if you could comment on football games with the attitude of a news anchor?That is also possible!You will even be rewarded by the leaders, and you can be promoted faster.

But since Lin Zhigao appeared, this situation has completely changed.

In the past, the front desk and the top management asked the commentators to be as calm as possible, which was impressive. That’s because they were commenting on European games anyway. If you like watching them play football, that’s all. Don't remember being Chinese?

But what if the situation changes and some Chinese go to foreign top leagues to play?This is a good thing, a big good thing!If some commentators can't help but become excited for a while during the commentary, that is forgivable, because we Chinese perform brilliantly on the court!

That's why it happened that Sun Zhengping was often "passionate" when commenting on the Queen's Park Rangers, but instead of being criticized by the audience, he was praised again and again.

So some netizens said with emotion: I wonder if Huang Jianxiang will vomit blood in anger when he sees the commentary style of the current CCTV commentators.If Lin Zhigao could have appeared five years earlier, if Huang Jianxiang could not help but not cheer for Italy at that time, he might have become a big brother in the commentary world now.

……

Panting and running behind Lin Zhigao, Kompany ran into his teammate Johnson on the way, and complained to his teammate in tears: "This guy is a lunatic!"

"I don't understand why he runs so hard, but he still has to defend him." Johnson also shrugged helplessly, and then said to Kompany: "The midfield is my territory, man, he gave it to me alright."

Kompany turned his back to Johnson, and just about to nod, his eyes widened suddenly: "Not good! That kid is going to shoot!"

At this time, Lin Zhigao had broken through to Manchester City's penalty area.Coincidentally, there was no one in front of him except the goalkeeper.

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart is only 25 years old. He is the main goalkeeper of the England national team and one of the most competitive candidates for the future goalkeeper.At this moment, he stood breathlessly in front of the goal, bent his knees slightly, and stared at Lin Zhigao's legs without blinking, trying to figure out which angle he would shoot from.

left, or right?

neither!

The football is like a cannonball, roaring towards the middle of the goal with a shrill sound!

Joe Hart tried his best to bounce up and raised his hands high. His full height of 191 cm made him jump to an amazing height. His fingers touched the edge of the football, and Joe Hart tried his best to throw the football out!

"Oh!" The joyful voices of Manchester City fans in the entire stadium merged into a huge wave of voices.

But it didn't take long for them to be happy, then the yellow-skinned devil wearing a blue and white striped jersey jumped up and hit the football hard with the top of his head!

The football followed the original route and rushed into the net from the middle!

Joe Hart's body was still lying on the lawn. He had just made a save, and he never thought that Lin Zhigao would make a header!He thought it was impossible to shoot from that height!So after he just saved the football out of the goal, he didn't react to all this at all!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!"

"Brilliant header! Perfect follow-up shot!"

Coburn and Sun Zhengping yelled into the microphone at almost the same moment.

The Etihad Stadium set off wave after wave, wave after wave of sound.Manchester City fans booed to vent their anger and dissatisfaction, while Queens Park Rangers fans, as well as those Chinese who went to watch the game, excitedly shook any props in their hands, team flags, national flags, mineral springs Water, and even an excited fan lost control and threw his phone out.

At a distance of tens of meters, fortunately, no player or referee in the midfield was hit.Just hope his phone is of good quality, otherwise, the money to repair it will be enough for him to buy a new one.

……

The game finally ended with a score of 1:0.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the officials of the Football Association, under the leadership of special personnel, walked down from the VIP room one by one and came to the stadium.

The fans in the audience, whether they are Manchester City fans, Queens Park Rangers fans, or other neutral fans, all stood up, applauded and cheered for the players of both sides, and applauded for the final round of the Premier League. , cheered for the Manchester City team that won the Premier League championship, and applauded and cheered for Lin Zhigao, the only Chinese who won the highest honor of the Premier League.

On the North Stand of the Etihad Stadium, a huge portrait was propped up by hundreds of fans. It was a head portrait of Lin Zhigao made of watercolors. He was wearing the uniform of the Queens Park Rangers team, holding Holding a golden boot in the picture, there is also a sentence on the picture: Congratulations, amazing Chinese forest!

The camera firmly filmed the painting on the stand, and it was fixed for dozens of seconds.

"The fans of Queens Park Rangers really touched me! This is really a scene of warmth, and it is also a scene that no one could have imagined before the game. Thinking of the cheers, this honor is given to a Chinese player, I couldn't hold back the tears from my eyes."

Sun Zhengping's words were not exaggerated. All the spectators who sat in front of the TV and stayed up late watching the game saw his red eye circles and heard his choked up voice.

"38 goals in 38 rounds of the league! Unprecedented achievement! Lin Zhigao created two Premier League records at once: the player with the most league goals in a single season in history! The first Asian to win the Premier League Golden Boot! On the football field There will never be a lack of miracles, and Lin is the biggest miracle that has appeared in the Premier League this year!" BBC's Coburn was also excited and sensational.

As for Lin Zhigao, at this time he was surrounded by officials from the Football Association and hundreds of reporters.

The camera followed him closely from beginning to end, and everyone watched the scene nervously and excitedly.

When Lin Zhigao took over the golden boot, which symbolizes the identity of the league's top scorer, from the FA officials, everyone applauded again.And Lin Zhigao's face was flushed with excitement.

The Golden Boot Award is a hollow gold-plated trophy in the shape of a shoe, which is placed on a rectangular trophy.It looks very material, and it should be very valuable. In fact, the gold plating on the surface will not exceed 10%. Compared with its value, the honor it represents is more fascinating.

After the FA officials presented the awards, they shook hands with Lin Zhigao and let the reporters take a few photos, said a few words like "Congratulations", and rushed to the other side of the stadium to present the league awards to the players of Manchester City. The championship trophy is gone.Many foreign reporters followed the Football Association officials to the other side of the stadium, but some reporters and all the Chinese reporters stayed behind, waiting to interview Lin Zhigao.

"Winning the Golden Boot, how do you feel right now?"

"Can you tell me how you feel right now?"

"I'm a reporter from CCTV. Do you have anything to say to the fans in your motherland?"

"You have created an extraordinary record. Do you think it is possible for you to score so many goals in a single season in the future?"

Countless microphones were gathered in front of Lin Zhigao, Jiang Shupeng got out from the crowd at the right time, and said in fluent English: "Please come one by one, gentlemen and ladies, okay?"

The scene was gradually maintained.Lin Zhigao took the microphone and replied: "I already knew that I could win such an award, so when I won the Golden Boot, I was not very excited, but felt that I was truly recognized from this moment on. As for the future I feel that my peak period has not yet come, and my height can grow, so of course my competitive level is also the same, I hope I can make breakthroughs in myself in the future."

A blonde female reporter immediately raised her hand, and Jiang Shupeng pointed to her. "According to reliable sources, at least five clubs have contacted the QPR transfer manager, and QPR are also interested in selling you, including Manchester United, Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Roma, CSKA Moscow, Which league do you think you will be playing in next season?"

Lin Zhigao was expressionless: "The club hasn't notified me about this matter yet."

Jiang Shupeng immediately answered for him: "If we receive definite transfer news, we will notify you."

The blond female reporter refused to let go: "I heard that these clubs have also contacted you and proposed the exact weekly salary and transfer amount. Will you continue to stay in the Premier League next season?"

Jiang Shupeng answered before Lin Zhigao: "This can only be discussed after the matter is finalized."

All the Chinese reporters present were excited: Lin Zhigao wants to transfer!The domestic media are not very well informed in Europe. Many British media have already confirmed the news, but they only know it now. Therefore, all the questions from the Chinese reporters have been around the news of Lin Zhigao's transfer for a while.The female reporter who just asked Lin Zhigao something to say to the domestic fans no longer pursued that question. After all, Lin Zhigao's next destination is what the fans want to know most, isn't it?

Half an hour later, Lin Zhigao, who finally dismissed the group of reporters, returned to the locker room. After taking a shower and changing clothes, he began to pack his things.

"Hey, Lin."

Lin Zhigao looked up and found Bosroyd, Campbell, and Yang standing in front of him.

"Aren't you leaving?" he asked.

"The three of us discussed it, and we want to go to the bar for a drink together after your interview." Campbell picked up the trophy that Lin Zhigao put aside: "Cool! This is the trophy for the top scorer? Is it pure gold?" said Well, he gritted his teeth.

"It's hard!" Campbell sighed, covering his mouth.

"The FA don't issue pure gold trophies, at most they are gold-plated." Yang looked at him disdainfully.

Bosroyd said seemingly unintentionally: "The rest of the team has left. The three of us were just staying in the locker room and heard the boss talking to Mr. Fox."

Lin Zhigao paused, still carrying his bag.

"The boss asked Mr. Fox why he sent the news to the reporters that you were leaving next season, and Fox asked the boss, 'Isn't he going to leave the team?'" Bosroyd looked at Lin Zhigao seriously: "You're not really leaving the team after this season, are you?"

Lin Zhigao hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"Oh my God!"

"impossible……"

"God, I'm not mistaken!"

Bosroyd, Campbell, and Yang all looked in disbelief.

Lin Zhigao smiled wryly: "Let's go, let's go to the bar and drink while talking. I treat you."