Starting from the early morning of the next day, players started dragging their suitcases out of the Hongmaple Ridge training base.
This training base is where they train before going abroad to participate in the Olympics. They go from here to the Olympics and end their careers in the Olympic team here.
Whether they can return to the Red Maple Ridge training base of the Chinese Football Association after this depends on whether they can still be selected for the national team.
There may also be people who will not be able to enter this training base as trainees until they retire. That is their own path.
The first players to leave Hongfengling set off at 5:30 in the morning. To their surprise, when they dragged their suitcases out of the dormitory of Hongfengling, they discovered that team leader Ran Jiachang was actually in the dormitory.
He was standing at the door of the building.
"Leader Ran..." Everyone greeted him unexpectedly.
“Well, have a safe journey!” Ran Jiachang patted their shoulders one by one and saw them off.
Everyone walked far away, and when they looked back, they could still see Team Leader Ran standing there. When he saw them turning around, he waved to them.
Every Olympic team player walking out of the dormitory building with their luggage will see Team Leader Ran at the door, and then he will pat their shoulders and say one or two words of encouragement.
Just like that, Ran Jiachang stood downstairs in the dormitory and saw off group after group of Olympic team players until no one came out anymore.
He went in and went upstairs again to check every room to see if there was any young man who had slept with him.
After making sure that everyone had left, Ran Jiachang stood in the empty dormitory building and sighed, as if a heavy burden had been lifted off his whole body.
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“Lao Ran has been seeing off the players downstairs in the dormitory, aren’t you going?” Assistant coach Li Zhifei asked Shi Wuyin in the head coach’s office.
Shi Wuyuan shook his head as he packed his things and said, "Why should I go? The Olympic team has been disbanded."
Then he glanced at the approximately 28-inch suitcase at Li Zhifei's feet: "Is all your stuff here?"
“Well, it’s all here.”
“Have you collected all the things in the office?”
“Everyone is here.”
“It’s only that much?” Shi Wuyin sighed with emotion. “I still have to get another backpack to carry it.”
“What are your plans next?” Li Zhifei watched from the side as Shi Wuyuan took down his personal things in the office one by one.
“Take a break for a while, and then find a club team to apply for a head coach. What about you? Are you really going to retire?”
“Well, retire.”
"You are not yet sixty years old, why should you retire? You can rest for a while. If you retire now, your sister-in-law will dislike you when you go back..."
"That won't happen." Li Zhifei shook his head and said, "My wife has always complained that I am away from home all day long and am outside every day."
“Oh, after you have rested at home for three months, your sister-in-law will complain that you eat and sleep at home all day long, and it will be annoying to see you.”
“My wife is not that kind of person! She loves me so much!”
Shi Wuyin laughed: "Anyway, I'll say it first. Lao Li, if one day you are disliked by your sister-in-law, how about you come to me and be my assistant coach?"
“Then you beg me, if you beg me I will help you!” Li Zhifei said with a smile.
Shi Wuyuan hummed: "When the time comes, we don't know who will beg whom?"
Then they both laughed at the same time.
After laughing, Li Zhifei sighed: "I can't bear to part with you..."
Shi Wuyuan paused for a moment, said nothing, and continued to pack his things.
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"I didn't expect Team Leader Ran to see us off outside the dormitory. Why didn't Director Shi come?" On the plane flying back to Jincheng from the capital, Chen Xingyi, Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei sat side by side. The three of them sat side by side.
Still talking about the scene they saw when they left the Hongmaple Ridge training base.
“Director Shi must be afraid of crying in front of us!” Hu Lai said very confidently. “Have any of you ever seen Director Shi cry?”
Wang Guangwei thought for a while: "When he said those last words yesterday, I saw that he almost cried."
"Yes, he tried his best to hold back at that time. So it is even less likely that he will come out to see us off this time. What if the evening festival is not guaranteed?"
"Director Shi is a good coach. Thanks to him as the head coach of our Olympic team, otherwise how could we have performed as well as we did in the Olympics?" Chen Xingyi repeated Shi Wuyuan's last words. "We must grow into a big tree.
ah……"
As soon as these words came out, both Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei fell silent.
Nearly a day has passed, but they can still feel the heavy weight of these words.
Everyone knows that this is the last instruction and high expectation from their head coach Shi Wuyin.
If they fail to succeed in the end, Director Shi will definitely be very disappointed...and they may not have the face to see Director Shi again.
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When Hu Lai, Chen Xingyi and Wang Guangwei returned to the club and started training, the three of them, plus Morikawa Junpei, who returned to the club earlier than them, were warmly welcomed and congratulated by the club's teammates at the training ground.
Their respective achievements in the Olympic Games.
There are three Asian teams participating in the Olympic Games, and the Chinese team has the best results.
Morikawa Junpei's Japanese Olympic team failed to qualify for the group stage and returned home after playing three group matches, so he had to return to the club ahead of Hu Lai and the other three.
The South Korean team was also eliminated in the group stage.
Park Kyuhyun, who had high hopes before the game, failed to score a single goal in the Olympics. The South Korean Olympic team's offense was misfired and they were at the bottom of the group. They had the worst performance among the three Asian teams.
The Chinese Olympic team became the most outstanding performer, not just because they reached the quarterfinals and had the best results. It was also because they were assigned to the group of death, but in this group they drew with Nigeria, defeated Argentina, and finally stood out.
The siege was tight and a bloody path was carved out.
The 3:2 victory over Argentina alone was a breath of fresh air for all of Asian football.
Not to mention other teammates in the club, let’s talk about Junpei Morikawa, Hu Lai’s number one fan. After accepting the applause from his teammates on the training ground, he ran to the front, knelt down on one knee in front of Hu Lai and raised his hands high.
His arms made a bowing gesture.
Made everyone burst into laughter.
“Hulay-san! You are the light of Asia!” After standing up, Morikawa Junpei said this to Hulay very seriously.
Hu Lai waved his hand and said, "I don't deserve it. The light of Asia is Park Soon-tae."
"Sooner or later, you will surpass him!" Junpei Morikawa insisted on his own opinion. He came to China for half a year and spent all day with Hu Lai and the others. His Chinese proficiency has improved by leaps and bounds. He can already speak this sentence very proficiently in Chinese.
And there is no ambiguity anymore.
Zhao Kangming and Li Zhifei heard what Morikawa Junpei and Hu Lai said and looked at each other.
Park Soon-tae is now the most successful player in Asia among active overseas players. This summer he just transferred from Sevilla Navigators to the Premier League London Bridge Club. When he was with Navigators, he won a UEFA Cup championship with the team, and now he has moved to London Bridge.
His goal at London Bridge is to become the first Asian player to win the Champions League.
If Hu Lai wants to surpass Park Suntae, it is obviously not possible to stay in China.
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After the training, Hu Lai was called to the office alone by Zhao Kangming.
“I have something to tell you and ask for your opinion.” Zhao Kangming got straight to the point without any small talk. “Probably before you played in Spain, the club received an offer from a Premier League club.”
Hu Lai was stunned for a moment. After scoring a hat trick against Argentina, he really thought about whether a European team would take a fancy to him. And his working so hard was also related to his ideal of wanting to play in Europe. This Olympics is here.
Held in Europe, it is an excellent opportunity for him to promote himself.
But he never thought that a club would make him an offer so soon.
He originally thought that he should wait another half a year no matter what. After all, European clubs still need to continue to observe themselves...
“Which club is it, Director Zhao?” Hu Lai asked after coming back to his senses.
“Leeds City in the Premier League, a relegation team.”
"Relegation team?" Hu Lai frowned. He thought that with his three goals against Argentina, especially his replica of Zizou's world-beating kick, he should be able to attract mid-tier teams, right? He even
He also fantasized about whether a wealthy team would be interested in him...
The result is a relegation team.
This gave him the feeling that he had to perform hard in the market and shout for a long time, but in the end he only sold five pairs of socks, which cost five pairs for ten yuan...
Zhao Kangming continued: "But you were still preparing for the Olympics at the time, so we didn't notify you, let alone reply to the club. Unexpectedly, two days later, when you just set off to return to China, they sent another message
I received a second quote, this time doubling the previous quote.”
Hu Lai became interested: "So, Director Zhao, how much did they bid me?"
“Four million pounds.”
“Huh?” Hu Lai’s disappointment was beyond words.
Seeing Hu Lai's expression, Zhao Kangming somewhat guessed what he was thinking.
Young people are still vain sometimes...
After all, it was said today that he would surpass Park Soon-tae, but the transfer value was almost ten times different from Park Soon-tae. When Park Soon-tae transferred from Sevilla Navigators to London Bridge this summer, London Bridge paid 3,500 for him.
Thousands of pounds worth.
Let’s not mention anything else, let’s just say that the transfer fee is worth Hu Lai’s pursuit for a while.
At that time, Hu Lai acted very modestly, but in fact, he must have been stronger inside.
He smiled when he saw Hu Lai like this: "What? Too low?"
"No, no..." Hu Lai quickly shook his head in denial.
“I also think four million is a bit low.” Unexpectedly, Zhao Kangming’s words almost made Hu Lai get out of his way.
He stared at Director Zhao.
“The equivalent of RMB is only 35 million, which is still far from the transfer fee record for Chinese players.”
“Oh, Director Zhao, please don’t bury me... I’m not worth 100 million.” Hu Lai waved his hand quickly. He could guess what Director Zhao meant.
In the early years, when the Chinese Super League was dominated by gold-dollar football, records were repeatedly broken in the transfer market. Not only were the transfer fees for foreign players high, but the transfer fees for domestic players in China were also rising. Finally, there were domestic players whose transfer fees exceeded 100 million.
But looking at it now, the transfer fee of 100 million yuan is really full of doubts, and people can't help but wonder if it is a method of money laundering... After all, the player who broke the record has only been selected for the national team once before.
The team, after paying a transfer fee of 100 million yuan to go to the new club, its performance was really not very good. As the most expensive local player in the team, he was not even able to play as the main force...
Zhao Kangming used this record to talk about the issue. Obviously, he didn’t really think Hu Lai’s worth was low now, but he was tactfully reminding him not to be too arrogant.
"I called you here because I just want to hear your personal views on studying abroad to play football." Zhao Kangming did not continue talking about the transfer fee, but got to the point. "Do you want to go abroad to play football this summer?"
After asking, he stared at Hu Lai closely, waiting for his answer.
Unexpectedly, Hu Lai didn't hesitate at all. After he finished asking, he shook his head and said, "I don't want to."
“Ah?” This time it was Zhao Kangming’s turn to be surprised, “You don’t want to?”
“I want to go to Europe to play football, but I don’t want to leave now. I also want to help the team avoid relegation!” Hu Lai said with great justice.
Zhao Kangming laughed and cursed: "Get out of here! Are you here to criticize me?"
Now the whole Flash Star team is very clear that they have already avoided relegation in advance. Even if they lose all the next games this season, they will not be relegated from the Chinese Super League to the Chinese Premier League.
But the scene in which Zhao Kangming scored 30 points but still told reporters that the team had failed to avoid relegation was widely circulated on the Internet and became a joke.
Hu Lai then changed his expression and smiled flatteringly: "Although we have been relegated early, we can try to qualify for the AFC Champions League next season, Director Zhao. You still need me, right?"
"Hey, don't take yourself too seriously. Didn't we collapse after you guys left?" After Zhao Kangming struck Hu Lai with a straight face, he couldn't help but laugh and asked him:
"You really don't want to leave now?"
"No, it's too hurried, and I'm not ready. The European transfer window should be closing soon. The choices I make at this time always feel like I'm being rushed. I'm afraid I haven't considered everything thoroughly," Hu Lai said.
."In addition, Director Zhao, isn't there any other bidder?"
“This is the only one at the moment.”
“Then I can’t leave even more. They all told me to shop around, but I don’t even have a choice with this one..."
If the other party has a pick-up mentality and agrees but falls into a trap, whose fault is it?
After Zhao Kangming got Hu Lai's answer, he nodded: "Okay, I understand. If you don't leave, the club will help you refuse. In addition, we can also play the remaining half of the season with peace of mind. If you really want to
Is it the goal to qualify for the AFC Champions League next season?”
He asked Hu Lai again.
Hu Lai waved his hand quickly: "This is your decision, guided by Zhao. I am just a player. How can it count if I say it?"
He said this because the system heard it, and he was afraid that the system would give him a whole task again. Now he was afraid of hearing the system's emotionless voice, and he was about to be diagnosed with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder).
Fortunately, this time the system was as quiet as a chicken and did not assign any tasks to itself.
But just after he was happy, Hu Lai felt a little regretful and disappointed. He used up all his points and props during the Olympics. Before the last game against Spain, he replaced the 150,000 points rewarded by the mission with
Five [Lingxi Cards] were given to teammates, but the team Haishu lost the game, and the [Lingxi Cards] that were still valid for two games were immediately invalidated, and the points were gone. It was really a loss and a loss.
.
Now that I am a mere commander, I actually need to rely on tasks to reward points.
Zhao Kangming didn't know what Hu Lai was thinking, he was thoughtful.
