"Director Shi, are you looking for me?" When Hu Lai knocked on the door of Shi Wuyuan's room, he saw Shi Wuyuan sitting on the sofa in the room and waved to him.
So he came in and closed the door.
"Do you know about that thing on the Internet?" Shi Wuyin didn't talk nonsense, but got straight to the point.
"Oh, you said that I came in through your back door?" Hu Lai laughed.
"What, you can still laugh?" Shi Wuyin frowned.
"No, I think it's ridiculous, Director Shi." Hu Lai spread his hands, "Big Vs on Weibo are saying that the Internet has opened people's minds. As a result, this rumor spread faster than before the Internet era.
.In the past, carriages and horses were slow, and rumors could only be spread once in a lifetime, but now it is better..."
"What nonsense!" Shi Wuyin waved his hand to interrupt Hu Lai's nonsense, but he confirmed one thing.
"You don't seem anxious at all, let alone angry?" Shi Wuyin stared at Hu Lai and asked.
"Director Shi, that's what I just wanted to say... In the past, traffic was slow, but now on the information highway, one thing will lose its popularity after being spread for three days. What should you do if you ignore them? The more you ignore them, the more energetic they become. They are just a bunch of people.
What's the saying? I told the rocket expert that your rocket is not good and the fuel is not good. I think you need to burn firewood, preferably coal, and the coal must be selected coal and water-washed coal.
No. If that scientist takes a serious look at me, he loses. If you ignore those fools, we lose. Please guide me."
Shi Wuyin was amused by Hu Lai's example: "You are quite sharp-tongued. So you just say nothing, remain silent, and just act like a coward?"
"How can I be a coward? Actually, I think the key lies in my performance. If I play like shit on the field, then it's normal for them to scold me no matter what. But if I play well,
, can they still scold me?" Hu Lai said, "Let me put it bluntly, Director Shi. If... I mean if, if, if, if, if, if, I help our team win the East Asian Cup championship.
So what if I really came in through your back door?"
Hearing what Hu Lai said, Shi Wuyin smiled: "I noticed that your tone is not so loud. If you open your mouth and shut it up, you will be the champion of this or that. First, you are the World Cup champion, and now you are the East Asian Cup champion."
Hu Lai was all smiles: "Director Shi, as we play football, isn't the ultimate goal the championship? Is it possible that we want to win the runner-up spot?"
"You kid... Let's not talk about championships or not. Let's talk about tonight's game. Now countless pairs of eyes are staring at you. Do you think I can let you play?"
Hu Lai hurriedly patted his chest and said, "Yes! Why not? Director Shi?"
"Don't you feel the pressure? If you don't perform well..."
"The worst thing is that I'll be scolded. Haven't they been scolding me all this time? I'm used to it. They scolded me so fiercely, Director Shi, do you think I'm okay?" Hu Lai said with a smile.
"Okay... I originally asked you to come here to let you put down the pressure and not have any burdens. Now it seems that there is no need."
"Thank you for your concern, Director Shi! If I don't perform well on the field, just replace me, I will never complain!" Hu Lai quickly expressed his loyalty.
"Go on, go on..." Shi Wuyin waved his hand, not wanting to talk to Juledo anymore.
But he stopped Hu Lai when he ran to the door: "There is one more thing. You said you should pay attention to that group of people, even if we lose. That's not the case. If you don't clarify some things, it will really happen.
It is regarded as the truth. And clarification must be made as early as possible. It will take a while for the rumors to take root in people's hearts, and it will be useless if you say anything. So the team will issue a statement to refute the rumors after our game against the South Korean team."
"Then thank you Shi for your guidance." Hu Lai thanked him again, opened the door and left.
Not long after he left, assistant coach Li Zhifei knocked on Shi Wuyuan's door.
"How was it? How was your discussion? Did you tell him about the time when you were booed by the home fans during the game and shouted that they wanted to replace you?" Li Zhifei asked impatiently as soon as he entered.
"I originally planned to tell it. But as soon as he came in, I realized that the story I prepared might not be useful at all..."
Li Zhifei saw Shi Wuyuan's strange expression and became even more curious: "Is that so?"
"He came in with a smile...not an ordinary smile, but a playful smile." Shi Wuyuan said with a frown.
"What do you mean?" Li Zhifei frowned, not wanting to understand.
Shi Wuyin explained: "We were all worried about him, worried that he would be under great pressure and not perform well. But it turned out that this kid didn't take this matter to heart at all... To put it nicely, this is called a big heart. To put it badly,
Point, this is called two-skinned face."
"So you decided to start him anyway?"
"Well, the starting lineup remains unchanged, and the tactics remain unchanged. I want to see if he is pretending to be cool, or if he is really... a shameless big-hearted person."
Having said this, Shi Wuyuan thought of Hu Lai's performance just now and couldn't help but laugh.
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Hu Lai returned to his and Wang Guangwei's room and found that in addition to Wang Guangwei, there were many people inside, including Wang Zijian and Song Kun, as well as Li Chengwu and Gao Ruimin. He even spotted team leader Guo Junfu in the crowd.
Seeing him opening the door and coming in, everyone turned their attention to him, as if they were seeing a group of cats making fun of cats...
After such a picture emerged in his mind, Hu Lai couldn't help but laugh.
"Damn, Hu Lai, you can still laugh?" Gao Ruimin exclaimed when he saw this.
"What did Director Shi say to you?" Captain Guo Junfu stepped forward and asked.
"Without saying anything, Director Shi comforted me a few words and told me not to have any baggage. Then I told Director Shi that I was the best at getting rid of my baggage, and then Director Shi kicked me out..." Hu Lai said, spreading his hands.
"Are you telling a joke, Hu Lai?" Wang Zijian stared at Hu Lai and asked loudly.
"Of course not. I just gave a high-level summary of the conversation between Director Shi and I, and told you in the most concise language to avoid being scolded. You only need to know this sentence, and you don't need to listen to the rest.
Got it." Hu Lai waved his hands repeatedly.
"Director Shi didn't scold you?" Song Kun looked at him suspiciously.
"Why are you scolding me? I am a victim of online violence. How can you scold a victim? Oh... is it because I am not a perfect victim?"
Seeing Hu Lai chatting with his teammates with a smile on his face from beginning to end, Guo Junfu shook his head and waved his hands: "It's over, let's go back to our rooms and have a good rest. There is a game tonight!"
Then he passed Hu Lai first and walked out of the room.
Other teammates also left one after another, and when they left, everyone took a look at Hu Lai, who was standing at the door with a smile on his face.
When Wang Zijian passed by him, he lowered his voice and asked, "Is everything okay?"
Hu Lai smiled and shook his head: "It's really okay, don't worry."
When everyone left, only Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei were left in the room. The latter did not ask questions, but just looked at Hu Lai.
"Old Wang, I really didn't expect that I am quite popular!" Hu Lai said with a smile. "Just now, when I came out of Director Shi's room, Brother Lin sent me a WeChat message, as well as Zhang Qinghuan and Chen Xingyi
These two guys."
"What did they say?"
"What can you say? You care about me. Director Zhao also came to comfort me, and these teammates... It made me feel like I was sorry for them if I didn't show my vulnerability. Should I have cried my nose out just now?
Rub it all over them?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"It's true that I'm talking nonsense. I can't control my mouth. Lao Wang, do you think I brought it on myself? If I hadn't bragged about winning the World Cup, how could these things have happened today? I should have been a nobody in U22.
, I’m afraid many people won’t know me before I come on the field. Maybe when I come on the field, the commentator will exclaim: ‘Who is this kid!’ and then rush to look for my information...”
"How is that possible? You can't be a nobody, Hu Lai. You are the top scorer of the Flash Stars in the Chinese League One with 11 goals in half a season." Wang Guangwei shook his head and said. "You can't hide yourself in the Chinese League like before.
In other people's shadows, you are the elephant in the room."
"Yeah... I can't be a nobody." Hu Lai lowered his head, "As a result, so many people worry about me. After the World Cup incident, my mother even called me and asked me what happened.
But now, this matter is such a big fuss, but my mother hasn’t even sent me a WeChat message, what do you think this means?”
"She's afraid it will affect your game tonight."
"Yes. She was afraid of affecting my game at night." Hu Lai nodded and repeated Wang Guangwei's words. "Actually, in Director Shi's room, I hesitated whether I should tell Director Shi not to let me play at all. This
On the cusp of the storm..."
"But you still didn't say it."
"Well, I didn't say it. Because I thought, is it a shame to win the World Cup? Why should I regret saying this? I also thought, it is not easy to have the opportunity to wear the Chinese team's jersey.
The game, this is the opportunity I dreamed of, why should I give up? I thought again, oh, it was obviously those people who scolded me, made up jokes to ridicule me, and used rumors to slander me, but I had to give in and hide on the bench.
?Why? Do they have big faces or big dicks?"
Hu Lai shook his head.
"Old Wang, you said the commentators don't know who I am, but aren't there a lot of people on the Internet who don't know who I am? So what if I scored 11 goals in the Chinese Premier League? They don't even watch the Chinese Super League.
What happened to joining the National Olympic team at the age of nineteen? That guy Zhang Qinghuan joined the national team when he was only eighteen! Some people think that I am just Guan Xinyan’s spare tire. To be honest, I really don’t know who Guan Xinyan is... But
It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter, after tonight, I want all of them to know who I am!”
Wang Guangwei looked at the skinny young man in front of him with a ferocious look on his face. He had never seen Hu Lai like this before.