Junpei Morikawa took back the jersey he left for framing at the framer.
Hu Lai's No. 14 Chinese team jersey was flattened and sandwiched in a glass frame.
He carefully hung it on the wall, right next to the first Hulay jersey.
Then he stepped back and looked up at the two red jerseys lined up on the wall.
He felt a double source of strength.
Just then, his phone rang.
Then I found out that it was the manager Takayuki Mitsui calling: "There is something I want to tell you and get your opinion, Junpei."
"Mr. Mitsui, what's going on?"
"It's like this. The club has received an offer from a Chinese club, and the person they are pursuing is you."
"Eh?" Morikawa Junpei was surprised, "Me? Chinese club? Why?"
"I think it was your outstanding performance in this U23 Asian Cup that attracted their attention."
"What's the attitude of the club?"
"They don't seem to want to agree, but I can't tell because they didn't directly reject the Chinese club. Otherwise, why would they ask me to ask your opinion?"
"I'll listen to the club..."
Before Morikawa Junpei finished speaking, he heard Mr. Mitsui, the manager on the other end of the phone, chuckle: "Are you sure, Junpei? Are you sure you want to reject this opportunity?"
"What's wrong, Mr. Mitsui?"
"Don't you first ask which Chinese team is interested in you?"
"Uh, which one is it?"
"Anton Shining Star."
"Eh? Eh--?!" Junpei Morikawa's eyes widened. He reflexively looked up at the wall directly opposite him. To be precise, he looked at the two jerseys hanging on the wall.
Anton Shining Star is the club where Hulesan belongs!
He heard Mr. Mitsui's laughter coming from the other end of the phone: "Chunping, do you really want to obey the club's arrangements and refuse to play for Hu Lai's team?"
As Morikawa Junpei's agent, he naturally knows the weight of Hu Lai's name.
"No, Mr. Mitsui! I want to play football in China!"
Almost without hesitation, Morikawa Junpei had already made his decision.
"But I'm afraid the club won't let you go so easily. If it was a year ago, it would have been possible, but you are now the main midfielder of Kobe Izumi. It is not easy for the club to let you go."
"I can go to the door of Mr. Kawamoto's office and kneel down to beg him to let me go!" Junpei Morikawa said and actually knelt down on the ground, facing Hu Lai's two jerseys.
"If you really do this, I bet Mr. Mikio Kawamoto will never let you go..." Even Morikawa Junpei's manager, Mitsui Takahiro, is still helpless about this young man's middle-class characteristics...
The Kawamoto Mikio they are talking about is the general manager of Kobe Izumi Club in the Japanese J2 League, and he holds the power of transfer.
"What should I do, Mr. Mitsui? I really want to be a teammate with Hulesan! I believe that I can progress faster by his side. He is my tower of strength..."
Mitsui Takahiro interrupted Morikawa Junpei's words: "Please leave professional matters to professionals. I am calling you to confirm your intentions. As long as you are willing, I will help you no matter what."
It’s done.”
"I do, Mr. Mitsui! I am 100% willing!"
"That's good, you just need to wait for news from me."
"No problem, Mr. Mitsui, I'll wait, my phone will not be turned off 24 hours a day! You can call me at any time, even late at night!"
After ending the call, Junpei Morikawa still held the phone in his hand and continued to kneel on the floor. He straightened his waist and stared at the two jerseys on the wall.
He maintained this posture for a long time.
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When Junpei Morikawa went to the team for training, he discovered that a Chinese club was interested in him and it had quickly spread within the team.
In the locker room, he was questioned in turn by the team's seniors.
"Why go to China to play football?"
"The level of Chinese football is far inferior to that of Japan..."
"You have finally become the main player of the team. Why would you want to take risks in a strange country?"
"I know that Hu Lai is here, but just for such a person, do you really want to give up everything here?"
Faced with everyone's questions, Morikawa Junpei firmly gave an affirmative answer.
"Yes, I'm going to play in China! I believe going there will be helpful for my improvement."
A group of people looked at Junpei Morikawa, whose face seemed to be shining, and shook their heads and stopped talking.
As teammates, everyone knows Junpei Morikawa's temper and character, and knows that he is a middle school boy. No matter what others say, if he has an idea in his heart, he will easily immerse himself in his own world.
Since Morikawa Junpei has already confirmed it, it is useless for them to say anything.
Some people even brought up the Olympics, saying that if Junpei Morikawa goes to play in China, he will not get the attention of Koichi Sato, and may be excluded from the lineup of the Olympic team and unable to participate in this summer's Madrid Olympics.
This did not shake Morikawa Junpei's determination.
After the training, the head coach and the club manager also talked to him respectively, and his attitude was still very firm.
Head coach Nakao even asserted that Morikawa Junpei will definitely regret his stubbornness in the future. After he found that he could not gain a foothold in China, it would not be easy for him to return to Japan to play football.
Morikawa Junpei remained unmoved.
In the eyes of everyone, he seemed to be in a daze.
In order to go to China to play football, you can risk everything.
I don’t know what’s good about China, and I don’t know what magic power that Hu Lai has. Just a name can make Junpei Morikawa desperate...
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"Good news, Old Zhao!" Dong Wen made an international call to Zhao Kangming. "We have reached an agreement on the transfer of Junpei Morikawa! We will come back with Junpei Morikawa and his agent tomorrow afternoon!"
This news is indeed good news for Zhao Kangming. He smiled and said: "You are moving very fast! How long has it been? Less than a week, right?"
"Of course it has to be quick. There is not much time left for him to integrate into the team."
"It doesn't matter, Old Dong. I won't let him play the main role as soon as he comes. He needs to adapt to many things, not only football, but also language and living habits."
"Hey, speaking of this, did you know, Lao Zhao? This kid Junpei Morikawa has already started learning Chinese! Can you believe it?" Dong Wen's laughter came from the other end of the phone.
Zhao Kangming was really surprised: "Learn Chinese?"
"Yes, his agent said that after knowing that our club was interested in him, he has already started to learn Chinese on his own. Now he can speak some very simple Chinese, such as hello and goodbye..."
"Is Hu Lai's influence so great?" Zhao Kangming couldn't understand it.
"Hey, let me tell you, Lao Zhao, Hu Lai is almost a god in this kid's mind! He took me to his own rental house, and as soon as I walked in... Good guy, two of Hu Lai's Chinese team jerseys were
Hanging on the wall of his house! He also proudly introduced it to us, saying that if he felt depressed and painful and lost his fighting spirit, he would come here to sit quietly in front of Hu Lai's jersey, and then his fighting spirit would be restored... I also
This is the first time I know that Hu Lai’s jersey can also be used as a wireless charging stand..."
Zhao Kangming thought about the scene for a moment and felt... unimaginable. He shook his head. It was really difficult for ordinary people to imagine such a scene.
"And Lao Zhao, I found out that this kid has some problems in his mind. Sometimes he talks and does things crazy... Regarding this, his agent told us tactfully, saying that he is deeply influenced by anime.
Influence……"
"Hey, it doesn't matter." Zhao Kangming shook his head. "Don't he admire Hu Lai? Just leave it to Hu Lai."
"Hu Lai has a way?"
"The brain waves of Hu Lai and Morikawa Junpei may be more consistent."
"..."
After hanging up the phone, Zhao Kangming continued to look at the detailed report on Morikawa Junpei on the computer. His strengths and weaknesses were stated in great detail in this report.
Junpei Morikawa's physical confrontation ability is indeed not strong enough, but this does not mean that his physical fitness is not good. After all, endurance and running ability are also a type of physical fitness.
In this regard, Junpei Morikawa's ability can be said to be excellent.
He doesn't seem to know what tiredness is.
In addition, he is also very good at choosing and judging the opponent's passing route. This allows him to defend not by relying on his body but on his own mind when playing as a defensive midfielder.
Excellent game reading ability and running ability. Although he is not outstanding in stature, he can still play the main role in the Japanese J2 League team Kobe Onsen.
This is exactly what Zhao Kangming needs as a defensive midfielder.
The arrival of Junpei Morikawa is equivalent to filling in the last piece of the puzzle for this flash star.
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After Dong Wen finished his phone call with Zhao Kangming, the news that Anton Shining Star signed Morikawa Junpei was finally revealed by the media.
The news only came to the media after the dust had settled. I have to say that Dong Wen's confidentiality work was still very good.
After this news was exposed, it also caused a heated discussion on the Internet.
After all, there are still only a handful of Japanese players coming to play in the Chinese league.
In comparison, there are many grievances and resentments between Korean football and Chinese football, but many Korean players come to play in the Chinese league, including many international players of the Korean national team.
Junpei Morikawa is the only Japanese player currently playing in the Chinese Super League.
Many people also watched the just-concluded U23 Asian Cup, and it goes without saying that Junpei Morikawa's abilities are worthy of mention.
But because of his Japanese identity, he is still a little... sensitive.
Many people are not very accepting of Shining Star's choice to introduce such a Japanese player.
Why does Flash Star have to introduce a Japanese player, and he is a player who caused us trouble in the U23 Asian Cup? Isn't this cultivating talents for the opponent?
Many Star Flash fans are puzzled by this.
Are there no outstanding defensive midfielders in the country?
Even if we can't buy those excellent defensive midfielders, can't Shi Junde do it? In the end, we sold them... and then sold them to a little Japanese?
So when Junpei Morikawa followed Dong Wen to the airport in Jincheng, he saw more than 20 reporters waiting at the exit with long guns and cannons.
"Wow! Are they all here to welcome me?" Morikawa Junpei asked his agent Mitsui Takahiro a little excitedly.
Mitsui Takayuki obviously knew some of the information behind this transfer, so he also knew why so many reporters came to the airport to block them.
But when he saw Morikawa Junpei's happy smile, he felt that if he told him the truth about the controversies behind it, it might not be a good thing for Morikawa Junpei. This kid's brain is too flat, and it is easy to get confused by thinking about too complex problems.
Already...
Anyway, he doesn’t understand Chinese very well, so just treat him as if he’s here to welcome him.
So he nodded: "It should be."
"I didn't expect that I would be so popular in China!" Junpei Morikawa was even happier. He even waved to the reporters.
When he waved his hand, the reporters became more energetic and pushed forward as hard as they could.
After squeezing in front of a group of people, microphones, cell phones, and voice recorders were all stretched out.
"I would like to ask Junpei Morikawa, what made you choose to join Flashstar?" A reporter asked a question that everyone wants to know.
After the temporary translator at the side translated this question to Morikawa Junpei, Morikawa Junpei grinned and shouted: "Hu Lai!"
Then he switched to Japanese and said: "It's because of Hulesan. In my mind, Hulesan is a gentle and kind player. He is the source of strength for me to play football. When I heard that I had the opportunity to play beside Hulesan
When I was playing football, I agreed to all the conditions of Flash Star without hesitation. I just hoped to come here as soon as possible! Now I am finally here... I can't wait to start training, because then I can get up close and personal with Hu
Let’s meet Laisan! I want to express my gratitude and respect to him in person! He will always be my role model!”
When he finished speaking these words with great emotion, the translator was stunned. He didn't know how to translate such disgusting and silly words...
The reporters present all turned their attention to the translator.
In front of everyone, the translator's face changed several times, and then he said: "He said that because he is Hu Lai's fan, he chose to join Flash Star."
Some reporters couldn't help but ask: "No...didn't he say such a long paragraph in a jiliguala? It was just this sentence in translation?"
The translator explained helplessly: "That's what it means. The specific content is full of...well, full of his personal style."
While the reporters were still struggling with the translator to confirm what Morikawa Junpei said, Morikawa Junpei, who had been smiling like a statue after speaking next to him, suddenly opened his arms and almost hit Dong Wen next to him.
The latter was startled.
His actions naturally attracted the attention of everyone present. Even the translator looked at him, and at the same time, he was mentally prepared to translate what he was going to say next...
In full view of the public, Junpei Morikawa shouted affectionately in Chinese with a Japanese accent familiar to everyone in anti-Japanese dramas: "Hulesang, I love you!"
