On the edge of the training ground of the Flash Star first team, Zhao Kangming looked at his first team players with a happy smile on his face.
Shi Wuyin called him specifically and said that he would not recruit Zhang Qinghuan from his team to participate in the Olympics as an over-age player on the Olympic team.
This made Zhao Kangming's heart drop to the ground.
At the same time, Xia Xiaoyu has not been recruited to the Olympic team for training, which is also a major benefit for him.
In this way, Flash Star is only missing four players. Although the missing players are all main players, it is still more acceptable than missing six players.
In this way, he is confident that in the absence of Hu Lai, Wang Guangwei, Chen Xingyi and Morikawa Junpei, he can stabilize the team's performance in the middle and make relegation more likely to succeed.
“Oh... I wonder what kind of performance they can perform in the Olympics...” Chen Mo next to him suddenly sighed. “I’m still a little hopeful...”
Zhao Kangming glanced at him and said, "I suddenly thought of a question, Lao Chen."
“What’s the problem?”
“You said, what if... what if they perform well in the Olympics and are favored by European teams?”
This question stopped Chen Mo. He was stunned for a moment and said: "This is not a problem that I should consider... This is something that Fatty Dong is worried about. But what do you think, Old Zhao?"
"Me?" Zhao Kangming thought for a while, "Chen Xingyi's matter has nothing to do with us, that is what Golden Arrow has to consider. Our own player, Wang Guangwei... I will not let him go. But Hu Lai... if the conditions
If it's appropriate, it doesn't mean we can't consider releasing him."
“You said it so easily?”
“What else?”
“Are you willing to let Hu Lai go?”
“It’s not up to me to let him go or not. Lao Chen, you know that Hu Lai wants to play football abroad. If there is a real chance, are you willing to stop him? Don’t let him go out?”
Chen Mo was silent for a while and then shook his head: "I don't want to be such a bad person. But why did you agree so easily when Hu Lai wanted to go out?"
"Because I think if he continues to stay in China, there will be little room for improvement... You see, this is his first Chinese Super League season, right? But he has now scored sixteen goals, ranking first in the Chinese Super League scorer list.
Those foreign players are all outclassed. The last time I saw such a strong local player was Shi Wuyin..."
"Speaking of this, it's such a pity..." Chen Mo suddenly sighed, "If Hu Lai hadn't missed the league for these two months, it might have been possible to break Shi Wuyin's record!"
Shi Wuyin’s single-season scoring record is 28 goals, and Hu Lai has already scored 16 goals just halfway through the season.
Chen Mo does have a point. With his condition and the team's tactics, it is not particularly unbelievable to score more than a dozen goals in the next half season.
Of course, now that he has been absent from the league for two months, it will be difficult for Hulay to break the record.
“It doesn’t matter if it can’t be broken, don’t worry about it.” Zhao Kangming shook his head and waved his hands.
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Hu Lai, Wang Guangwei, and Chen Xingyi pushed a luggage cart with their suitcases and backpacks stacked on top of each other. The three of them pushed two luggage carts to finish loading their luggage.
The training lasted for one month, and the competition lasted another half month. He was away for more than forty days, so naturally he needed so much luggage. They even brought Zhang Qinghuan’s game console.
The three of them had just turned out of the exit while pushing the luggage trolley, when they were almost blinded by the camera flash that suddenly came on in front of them.
"I go!"
A flash of light flashed before the eyes of the three young people, like a bright star.
Even though these three people have experienced many battles, they were still surprised by this scene.
“It’s my first time to see so many reporters when I leave the airport...”
“Perhaps it’s because we are really preparing for the Olympics now. In the past, we were preparing for the Olympic qualifiers. Competitions like the East Asian Cup are still at a different level.”
After the three people had a brief exchange, they waved their arms towards the reporters’ cameras, smiled and asked them to continue taking pictures.
But without stopping, he pushed the luggage trolley out of the passage.
In addition to reporters, there were also some enthusiastic fans who came to the airport to welcome them.
Among them, Chen Xingyi’s female fans were the loudest, causing everyone else in the terminal to look at them.
At the exit, the three of them were blocked by reporters and asked to do a simple interview.
“What are your goals for participating in the Olympics this time?”
Wang Guangwei stood up as a representative of the three people and answered the reporters' questions: "We will go all out in the competition and win glory for the country."
His answer was very official, but it was as if he had not said it.
However, the reporters did not force the three people to make any big news. After all, based on the Chinese team's group situation in this Olympics, the players could only say this.
Having been assigned to the "death group", why should we fight to the death?
After bidding farewell to the reporters, the Flashing Star trio did not leave in the car.
This time, the Olympic team specially arranged a car to pick them up at the airport, but they had to wait until their teammates who arrived at about the same time arrived together before they could leave.
So Hu Lai asked the staff responsible for picking them up: "Who else is in the same car with us?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was another scream from the crowd picking him up at the airport.
Listening to the screams, mostly from female voices, Hu Lai suddenly had a bad premonition...
He turned around and looked around, and saw two guys walking out of the passage, also pushing luggage carts.
Under the flashlight, he could clearly see the faces of the people to come.
"Depend on!"
Sure enough, the people riding in the same car with them were Luo Kai and Zeng Chi, Luo Kai’s teammate of the Hedong Thunder and Olympic team.
“Hu Lai, what do you rely on? You should rely on Luo Kai, okay?” Chen Xingyi laughed beside him.
“That’s it, when you get in the car, ask him if he has Li Qingqing’s WeChat account. I guarantee he won’t say a word to you the whole way.” Wang Guangwei also agreed.
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Luo Kai and Zeng Chi also came to the gathering place after accepting the interview.
After seeing clearly who the three waiting people were, his expression changed slightly.
The staff clapped their hands: "Everyone is here, let's go!"
Hu Lai said: "There are only five of us, how can we sit down?"
The staff member quickly replied: “We are a commercial vehicle with seven seats.”
Hu Lai smacked his lips: "What a pity..."
Luo Kai glanced at him: "You can take a taxi yourself."
“I’m not that out of touch with the masses!” Hu Lai said, dragging his suitcase and walking out first.
Luo Kai also followed.
Wang Guangwei and Chen Xingyi hid behind and looked at the backs of these two people, snickering.
Zeng Chi, who was standing next to him, shook his head. The two of them had been like this during the U23 Asian Cup. I really don’t understand what kind of grudge the two of them had. They disliked each other so much. Didn’t they say they were classmates?
When they got to the car, Zeng Chi asked Hu Lai and Chen Xingyi, and Wang Guangwei: "What questions did those reporters ask you?"
“Ask about the goals in the Olympics.” Wang Guangwei replied.
“Same to us. Hey, how did you answer?”
Wang Guangwei said: "Let's talk a little bit... just say that we will go all out."
Zeng Chi pointed at Luo Kai who was sitting next to him and smiled: "This guy said he wanted to score the first goal of Chinese football in the Olympics."
These words made Wang Guangwei and Chen Xingyi stunned for a moment. They both turned to look at Luo Kai.
“No wonder there was a commotion among the reporters just now...I bet it was Luo Kai who was showing off,” Chen Xingyi said.
Luo Kai asked back: "Scoring a goal means showing off? How many times has Hu Lai pretended?"
“Don’t confuse the concepts, I’m talking about scoring the first goal. Do you think you can score our first goal in the Olympics?” Chen Xingyi retorted.
"Why not?"
“Tsk tsk tsk.”
Hu Lai, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, listened to the movement behind him and snorted coldly: "Look at your potential!"
So he successfully attracted everyone's attention.
Zeng Chi asked curiously: "By the way, Hu Lai, how did you answer?"
“I want to complete a hat trick in the Olympics!” Hu Lai turned sideways and pointed at himself with his thumb.
Everyone in the car was stunned, and even the driving staff couldn't help but glance at Hu Lai, who was sitting in the passenger seat.
Hu Lai was also stunned.
Because just after he said these words, he heard an emotional electronic sound from the system:
“Task: Complete a hat trick in the Olympic Games. Task reward: [Marrow Cleansing Potion] × 1, points × 50,000.”
Hu Lai really didn’t expect that this could trigger a mission...
Zeng Chi exclaimed in surprise: "Hu Lai, are you serious? That's a hat trick in the Olympics! If you can really complete a hat trick in the Olympics, the jokes on the Internet will come true..."
He was talking about the so-called "Olympic goal" circulated on the Internet: score one goal, score one point and win a game.
This goal was first proposed by the media during the first Olympic Games in 2012. Although the official did not admit it, it also did not deny it. Therefore, it became a tacit understanding between the official and the media, which can be understood as the official hope that the country will achieve this goal.
The results achieved by the Olympic team at the Olympic Games at home.
It’s just that everyone knows what the final result will be.
Later on, "scoring one goal, one point, and winning a game" turned into a meme specifically used to ridicule the national football team, in order to ridicule the national football team for overestimating their own capabilities and having no self-awareness.
Hu Lai withdrew from the system and sneered: "Isn't it just to score one goal and get one point to win the game? What's so difficult about this? Let me tell you, we will qualify directly from the group this time!"
“Task, lead the Olympic team to qualify in the Olympic Games. Task reward: [Marrow Cleansing Potion] × 1, 100,000 points.”
Hu Lai covered his mouth.
Your uncle is the system!
I'm a braggart, you should take my bragging seriously, but you're still not a human being! How can you pretend to be cool like this?!
Everyone in the car was so stunned that no one wondered why Hu Lai covered his mouth after speaking...