Fame with a ball

London's rare sunny weather, sunny afternoon, outside the Queen's Park Rangers training ground, a man in a hooded jacket sneaked around.

The guard at the training ground had been staring at him for a long time. This man had appeared outside the training ground for three consecutive days, and then kept wandering around, raising his head to look into the training ground.The guard thought that he was a scout who came to scout the team's training situation, or a reporter with unknown purpose, so when the man accidentally stuck his head into the periphery of the training ground, the guard strode over.

"Who are you and what are you here for?"

The man was startled and turned around hastily. A yellow face appeared in the guard's eyes. Also conspicuous was the professional camera hanging on the man's chest.

The guard asked in surprise, "Reporter?"

"Yes, yes, I am a reporter. This is my press card." The man showed the thing hanging on his chest to the guard, and then asked the guard: "Excuse me, that Chinese player from your club, It’s Lin Zhigao, is he in the training ground now?”

"He came to look for Lin. He is on vacation today and he is not in. He just brought the team a victory, and the head coach gave him a day off." The guard finally understood the purpose of this man. He was a Chinese reporter. Is that Chinese boy Lin from?

"Then do you know where he lives? I wanted to interview him, but I couldn't find him."

Sun Dawei was really depressed at the moment. Just an hour ago, the editor-in-chief of "Sports Weekly" Luo Ming just called and scolded him.There is no other reason, because it has been more than a week since Lin Zhigao, the mysterious Chinese teenager, had his first match, and the "Sports Weekly", the largest sports newspaper in China, has yet to get an exclusive interview!

Although other newspapers in the country are eating the leftovers of foreign sports newspapers, they are nothing more than translating the news translations of those foreign sports newspapers and sending them to their own newspapers, but "Sports Weekly" is the largest professional sports newspaper in the country!It would be a shame to learn how other newspapers pick up people's tooth and wisdom!

Regarding who Lin Zhigao is and how he got involved in the Premier League, one of the five major leagues, this is a matter that the national media does not know, and it is a secret.The two high-level competitions in the UK have aroused the curiosity of the national media and attracted widespread attention from the domestic public. Now, in major online communities, Weibo, and portal websites, there is a lot of information about Lin Zhigao. Whose discussion is getting hotter and hotter, there is no doubt that if an exclusive interview about Lin Zhigao comes out at this time, then the sales of newspapers will definitely be hot!

Luo Ming scolded Sun Dawei on the phone, and told him directly that if he hadn't got any news about Lin Zhigao after a day, then he wouldn't enjoy a leisurely life abroad with high salary. Just go back to the headquarters in Beijing. There are still a few handymen in the office who serve tea and run errands.

What Sun Dawei heard was breaking out in cold sweat, and he kept trying to explain to Luo Ming that he couldn't find Lin Zhigao because he was really not lazy, but because he was too elusive!

Sun Dawei came to find Lin Zhigao outside the training ground for four or five days. On the first day they finished training early, on the second day they flew to Birmingham for an away game, on the third day it was a weekend holiday, and on the fourth day the team went to a friendly match. It is said that the place where the friendly match was held was close to Lin Zhigao's home, and he went home directly after the match!

It wasn't that Sun Dawei didn't want to find Lin Zhigao, but that as soon as he didn't know where the other party's home was, the club didn't disclose it to him at all.The second is that he has been guarding the training ground for four or five days, isn't he still seeing no one?

So today, he is also going to break the pot, if he can't get any news from the guard, he is going to not go back today!Anyway, it’s not winter yet, and the temperature at night in autumn is tolerable. He plans to stay here until Lin Zhigao comes to the stadium for training tomorrow morning!He, he always wants to come to the team for training...

But to Sun Dawei's surprise, the guard of the Queen's Park Rangers didn't think that Lin Zhigao's address was an unrevealable secret. He quickly told Sun Dawei the block where Lin Zhigao rented an apartment. There is a direct bus at the intersection in front of him.

"Thank you so much!" Sun Dawei excitedly shook the guard's hand three times.

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When Lin Zhigao was wearing a sweaty jersey and came out of the football field of the next-door university, he saw a man squatting at the door of Madame Bovary's apartment in a very obscene position from a long distance away. .

The man is not too tall, about 1.7 meters, thin and thin, wearing a gray coat, black hair, from the back, looks like an Asian.

Is it another new tenant?Lin Zhigao thought, oh, forget it, I'm still used to occupying the whole apartment by myself.

Madame Bovary suddenly appeared at the door of the apartment, different from her usual dress, she was holding a broom in her hand.

"Get out of the door of my apartment, you disgusting bum! I won't give you a penny! Get out now!" Madame Bovary suddenly gave the man sitting on the ground a broom, and shouted loudly. Said.

"A homeless person? I'm not a homeless person!" The man hides while explaining: "I'm really not a homeless person! I'm a reporter!"

The man's authentic Chinese English made Lin Zhigao's eyes light up immediately, and he shouted loudly: "Hi, Rebecca, don't hit him, he is here to find me."

Sun Dawei was startled, and immediately turned his head. When he saw Lin Zhigao, his eyes suddenly burst into a gleam of brilliance!

Lin Zhigao had already reached the door of the apartment. "Are you from China?"

Rebecca stopped her hands, and explained to Sun Dawei in embarrassment: "I'm sorry, Mr. Reporter. It's just that your outfit is too... different, and it looks like beggars wandering the streets of London."

Sun Dawei was ashamed and blushed when he heard the words, he touched his face, and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I'm not in the mood to dress myself up these days, haha, I should shave my beard."

Lin Zhigao's eyes moved from Sun Dawei's unshaven face to his clothes, and finally came to a conclusion: Although the reporter was sloppy enough, the clothes and shoes were still expensive. He said he was The reporter should not have lied.

Lin Zhigao held the football in one hand and put his other hand on his waist, and asked, "Are you a reporter from China? Do you want to interview me?"

The eager curiosity in Lin Zhigao's eyes and his kind attitude made Sun Dawei relieved. The protagonist is easy to talk, so he is more integrated and cooperative.He straightened his clothes, took out a business card from his coat pocket, and said solemnly, "My name is Sun Dawei, and I'm a British reporter for "Sports Weekly". I came to see you today mainly to do an exclusive interview for you."

A reporter came to interview me?Lin Zhigao immediately nodded excitedly: "Okay!"

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"So, you were going to study in England?" Sun Dawei asked Lin Zhigao with emotion.

There are many domestic speculations about why Lin Zhigao turned out to play in the Premier League. Most people think that he went abroad at such a young age. Either he studied abroad since he was a child, or he attended football schools in China for many years. , Now I want to go abroad to play football and want to make a difference.Other speculations, such as Lin Zhigao immigrated to the UK a long time ago, he was actually sent by the Football Association to exchange and study, etc. are endless.

What Sun Dawei can be sure of now is that no one will guess the real truth.Lin Zhigao, who caused a sensation in China, went abroad because his female classmate was molested by hooligans, so he fought with gangsters. As a result, he was expelled from school and his life was threatened, so he had to go abroad as a last resort.

Thinking of this, Sun Dawei couldn't help feeling a little angry.Although China is still not a developed country where human rights are free and everyone is happy and healthy, China's public security has always been good, and most of the social environment is stable and low in crime. However, Lin Zhigao's typical case , It is undoubtedly a slap in the face of this good law and order society.

A 17-year-old boy, who was supposed to be sitting in a high school classroom and studying hard every day, was expelled from school because of justice. Although the female classmate was also his little girlfriend, the couple encountered a robbery, regardless of the girlfriend. There are too many scumbags fleeing. Lin Zhigao did what a man should do, but he got such a reward - if he hadn't become famous now, who would pay attention to his past?

Sun Dawei was indignant at the treatment Lin Zhigao received, and directly patted his chest to promise Lin Zhigao that he would truthfully publish Lin Zhigao's words in tomorrow's newspaper. What, the social influence is not good, and people will complain about it. What if he wrote a press release truthfully and people resent Lin Zhigao?

To this, Lin Zhigao replied: "They can think whatever they want. I did what I should do and said what I should say. I will not lie and say that I have always been a good boy who studies hard and makes progress every day. , So hypocritical! If they like me, then I am grateful, if they don't like me, it doesn't matter to me, anyway, I don't depend on them to live."

Sun Dawei laughed after hearing this, and he said: "Well, I will write the press release truthfully. By the way, there is one more thing I want to discuss with you, that is, our "Sports Weekly" wants to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with you , when we report your news, we will try our best to cover it positively, but we hope that you will not accept exclusive interviews from any other media except us. Of course, interviews are still possible.”

"No."

Sun Dawei was stunned, "What did you say?"

Although Lin Zhigao doesn't go to school much, he still understands the term rare goods.He knows that in the eyes of the domestic media, he is now a rare product, and everyone wants to dig out some news from him, and then go back to publish and sell newspapers. "Sports Weekly" wants to take away its exclusive agency right without giving it anywhere. Is this possible?Moreover, Lin Zhigao did not want to bind himself to a newspaper. He is not a gentle and honest person, and sometimes he wants to say something fierce to vent. What if the "Sports Weekly" does not publish it at that time?It's okay to establish a cooperative relationship, but want to monopolize him?There are no doors!

With Lin Zhigao's attitude, Sun Dawei had no choice but to give up temporarily and save it for later. Anyway, he also got the first domestic interview he wanted, didn't he?

Picking up the camera, Sun Dawei motioned Lin Zhigao to pose and take a photo for him to report.

Lin Zhigao quickly pulled his hair back together, showed his eight teeth in a smile, and then raised two fingers. When Sun Dawei said "eggplant", his young and immature image was left on the film of the SLR camera.

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"Sports Weekly" released the first Lin Zhigao news interview in China by adding a special issue without delaying the normal newspaper circulation.

The front page of the special issue is a photo of Lin Zhigao wearing a white jersey and smiling with eight white teeth.Just looking at this photo, no one would believe that this youthful boy has become a professional player.

After the newspaper was released, several million copies were sold across the country within one day, and it was reprinted and reprinted the next day. Within four or five days, more than ten million copies were sold.

In addition to the first reveal of how Lin Zhigao went to play in the Premier League as a selling point, the special issue of "Sports Weekly" also used Lin Zhigao's previous game as a queen against Birmingham as another selling point. One of the page sections is " China Derby".

Derby is generally used to describe the game between two teams in the same city, or in the same region or country.But now the content has become more extensive. The game between the two teams due to different ideologies or historical reasons is also called a derby.

The reason why the match against Birmingham was called the Chinese Derby was because the owner of Birmingham was Yang Jiacheng from Hong Kong, and Lin Zhigao was also Chinese, so the match was naturally the Chinese Derby.Lin Zhigao didn't know that there are actually Chinese bosses in the Premier League after seeing the newspaper Sun Dawei sent him.

To be honest, before Lin Zhigao went abroad, he had very little professional knowledge in football. After going abroad, he trained in clubs, mainly for competitions, and other football superstars, famous coaches, etc. information, he knows very little.Even if he is going to play against Barcelona today, when he sees Messi, his first thought must be: Oh, that's a striker.

Even before the game against Manchester United, he didn't even know who Ferguson was!If he hadn't inadvertently revealed his ignorance, and was dragged by his teammates to make up for it about the great Sir Alex Ferguson's coaching history and how England became the history of the Triple Crown in 1999, he would have played in the game. When I saw Ferguson on the field, I probably thought he was an ordinary old coach.

Uh, the most special thing is that the old man is a little older.

From the perspective of a bystander, Sun Dawei uses mature and delicate writing to describe how Lin Zhigao fought for his female classmates and the underworld, how he was dismissed by the school, how he couldn't find a job everywhere, and was threatened with his life, and finally had no choice but to study in the UK. The process was faithfully recorded.Of course, the advantage of the reporter is the pen, and sensationalism is indispensable in these contents.

There is a passage in it that reads: "Lin Zhigao, standing alone on the street in a foreign land, was so lonely and hesitant in his heart. His parents had already left after arranging a place for him. In London, England, now only He is left alone. What are his classmates doing now? Are they listening to the teacher’s lectures and studying seriously? After returning home, will they all eat delicious dishes cooked by their parents again? But he started today , I will not see my parents for a long, long time. This is a cruel fact for a boy who is only 17 years old. Here, he has no friends, no family, and even where the future is. I don’t know. Lin Zhigao has no idea what to do next.”

This very provocative discourse has won the attention and sympathy of a large number of people for Lin Zhigao.They all feel that it is not easy for a 17-year-old boy who has never left home to go away because of some unfair social persecution and finally achieve success.

This is why Lin Zhigao's parents sent him abroad. If his family is even worse, he cannot go abroad, cannot go to school and is threatened all day long, then what is he doing now?Went to the south to work?Or did he join the underworld for revenge?Compared with the latter guess, the real Lin Zhigao is really inspirational.

Now the speed of Internet dissemination is astonishing. Those who bought newspapers posted the news online, and those who followed saw it and forwarded Lin Zhigao's story everywhere. Soon, his name was once again known by netizens all over the country. up.In today's extremely developed human flesh search, with newspaper information as the bottom line, all of Lin Zhigao's school class information, family information, parents' unit age, etc. from kindergarten to high school have been turned upside down by netizens.

Soon, people with good deeds and righteous indignation found the high school principal who persuaded Lin Zhigao to quit, and found his daughter, Lin Zhigao's first love girlfriend.Most people are tolerant of underage female students, but for this principal, netizens attacked him and scolded: "Lin Zhigao saved your daughter from being harassed by hooligans, how dare you Let him drop out of school, so that he can't go to school, where did your conscience go, and was eaten by dogs?"

The principal of the high school was very dissatisfied with this. He found a local newspaper in Z City and issued a statement on it: "No matter what reason Lin Zhigao fought for, no matter who he hit, his fight with others resulted in It is always an indisputable fact that the other party was injured. Moreover, Lin Zhigao loved to play and fight in high school, and his academic performance was also at the bottom of the class. He was not a good student at all, and it was normal for me to expel him."

When someone saw this statement, he sneered and said on the Internet: "It seems that everyone should not be brave when you see gangsters robbing and committing crimes in the future. What are you going to do with the situation?"

Some were ironic, and some asked the principal directly: "Have you ever thought about how your daughter would be treated by those hooligans if Lin Zhigao chose not to resist at that time, or even ran away by himself?"

However, while most people think that it is wrong for the principal to expel Lin Zhigao, some people think that Lin Zhigao is not good, he is a bad boy.The reason they decided this way was that Lin Zhigao's academic performance was not good...

In response to this, Sun Dawei wrote another press release in the official issue of "Sports Weekly" to refute: "I don't study well, so I am a bad student?" "Perhaps in order to give some good looks to those in China who are not optimistic that he will go far. In the next three Premier League games, Queens Park Rangers defeated Wolves, Sunderland, and West Bromwich Albion successively. .Lin Zhigao has scored goals in almost every game. In the game against West Bromwich Albion, he even completed the first assist in his career, helping teammate Bosroyd score a goal.

The Premier League has completed seven rounds, and Lin Zhigao participated in four of them.Five goals in four games, which makes him ranked seventh in the Premier League scorer list. The top one is Chelsea's midfielder Lampard, and the top one is Arsenal's handsome Dutchman Robin van Persie, he occupied the position of top scorer with nine goals in seven games. Below him is Newcastle's Demba Ba, who scored seven goals.

The Queens Park Rangers also ranked third in the standings because of seven games, five wins, two draws and no losses, accumulating 17 points.

This Sunday, Queens Park Rangers once again challenged away, this time against Arsenal.