"In the thirty-first round of the league, Leeds City challenged West Herts, currently eighth in the league, away from home. Although West Herts scored first in the game, the tenacious Leeds City equalized the score in the 71st minute
...In the end, they successfully took away a point in the away game...Chinese player Hu Lai started the game and played the whole game, but did not score a goal...After the game, Hu Lai did not return to Leeds with the team.
Instead, go directly to London and fly to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, to join the Chinese national team that has already arrived there to prepare for the top 12 matches that are about to reignite the war..."
Before Leeds City went to challenge West Herts away from home, the Chinese national team had already gathered to start training.
They first conducted a week-long training camp in China, and after the training ended, the final list of 23 people who signed up to compete was released.
Then the 23 players flew to Abu Dhabi with the national team's coaching staff and staff to adapt to the local climate and venue in advance and continue to prepare for the game.
At this time, Leeds City had just left for Watford next to London to challenge West Herts.
As soon as the game ended, Hu Lai changed his clothes in the locker room, said goodbye to his coach and teammates, got into a taxi called by his agent Yong Jun, and took a taxi directly from Watford to London Heathrow Airport.
Yong Jun will not accompany him to Abu Dhabi, but will send him to the airport and he will return to Leeds.
Hu Lai got on the plane alone and started running for the Chinese team's World Cup journey.
When he arrived at Abu Dhabi International Airport, he saw a lot of people who looked like reporters waiting outside as soon as he pushed the luggage trolley out.
When I saw him coming out, I pressed the shutter button of the camera in my hand, and all of them crowded towards him.
Fortunately, the national team leader Hong Renjie, who had been contacted early, picked up Hu Lai at the exit in time, blocked Hu Lai behind with his body, and at the same time kept saying to the Chinese and foreign reporters: "Please give way, give way. Please...
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But even so, a large number of microphones were still stretched out in front of Hu Lai.
Everyone gathered around Hu Lai and walked out with him while seizing the time to ask the question.
"Hu Lai, are you tired from the journey?" Someone was concerned about Hu Lai's physical condition.
"Fortunately, I slept on the plane." Hu Lai turned to look at the reporter who asked the question and answered with a smile.
"Is the weather in Abu Dhabi suitable for Hulay?" Some people are worried that weather changes will affect Hulay's performance.
"It is indeed different from the UK, but this is the earth after all. It is definitely suitable for human survival. If you stay for a few more days, you will get used to it. It is not as hot as I thought..."
"This time the national team has many of your teammates from the Olympic team. What do you think of this?"
"I'm very happy. I can't wait to see them in the national team!"
He was indeed very happy. After all, six people distributed six red envelopes in the Olympic team group, totaling 3,000 yuan, and he grabbed nearly 600 yuan in total. Then after they joined the national team, they distributed them again in the national team group.
A total of 1,200 yuan in "Newcomer Report" red envelopes were received. Hu Lai once again grabbed almost 160 yuan, which added up to about 760 yuan. He completely made up the money he had given out when he joined the national team and gave out red envelopes.
return.
A reporter from a local media in the United Arab Emirates suddenly asked in English with a strong local accent: "Hu, you are sorry that this time the Chinese team gave up many experienced veterans and chose to recruit a large number of players who have never played in the national team.
What do the young players think? Do you think it affects the performance of the team?"
The harmonious atmosphere was suddenly broken by a question.
The Chinese reporters all turned back to look at the bearded Emirati reporter. Hong Renjie looked even worse and pulled Hulay's sleeve, telling him to ignore him and leave quickly.
But Hu Lai asked in English: "Can you speak English? Sorry, I didn't understand your question..."
The other reporter's face suddenly became embarrassed. He also knew that he had a strong accent, but he didn't expect that the interviewee would point it out like this to his face. It was really... embarrassing.
Besides, didn't I speak English? You can tell by looking at other people's expressions that they understand, but you don't understand?
What's the meaning?
Don’t want to answer my question? It’s hard to answer, right?
It’s not a good answer!
Just to make it impossible for you to get off stage!
The reporter slowed down his speech, as if he had gone back to the time when he had just learned English, and tried his best to use the most standard pronunciation in his life: "I am speaking English, Hu. I would like to ask you about the Chinese team's abandonment of many experienced players."
What do veterans think about the choice to recruit a large number of young players who have never played for the national team? Do you think this will affect the team's performance?"
After saying that, he still stared at Hu Lai: I want to see what else you can say!
"Ah -" After hearing what the other party said, Hu Lai nodded in realization, and then continued to ask in English: "Then can you speak Chinese? Sorry, my English is very poor..."
The Chinese journalists were trying to suppress low laughter from the crowd.
The Emirati reporter opened his mouth when he heard Hulay speak fluent and standard English with an Oxford accent, but he didn't know what to say.
He really didn’t expect that a great Premier League player, who scored five goals in three Premier League games, was elected the best of the round twice, and the top Chinese football star of the match... could be so shameless!
Hong Renjie lowered his head and suppressed a smile, pushed Hu Lai's luggage trolley, and rushed forward at a faster speed. In addition, the Chinese reporters took cover beside them, and they got rid of the Emirati reporter who was obviously here to stir up trouble.
After they walked away, joyful laughter reached the ears of the Emirati reporter.
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"You...actually you can just ignore him and pretend you didn't hear him. He can't force you to answer questions." After getting in the car, Hong Renjie tactfully criticized Qi Lai.
"Leader Hong, if I don't say anything, don't I just let him play freely? Then the media will say that I am secretive about the replacement of our national team and dare not face it. Then the overwhelming publicity will make it appear that we have something secret in our hearts.
Same." Hu Lai, who was sitting in the back row, said.
"But have you ever thought that if you act like this, they can also say that you are rambling, talking about other things, not willing to answer questions directly, but just messing around... Differently, they can tell that you are ulterior.
Conclusion?" Hong Renjie frowned and pointed out the flaw in Hu Lai's explanation.
Hu Lai smiled: "That's okay, Team Leader Hong. At least the reporter I was quarreling with was speechless, so I felt good. Since no matter what I do, they have something to say, then I might as well feel good about myself.
.Even if you calculate it, I won’t lose, don’t you think so, Leader Hong?”
Hong Renjie was speechless. He didn't expect that Hu Lai had this idea...
When Hu Lai played tricks on the other reporter just now, he really felt very happy and enjoyable. If it weren't for his special status and the negative impact of being reported, he would have laughed out loud at the scene.
He was just worried that doing so would get Hu Lai into trouble.
But then he thought again, what kind of trouble could Hu Lai get into?
Attack on UAE media?
How will this affect Hulay? How many Chinese people pay attention to what the UAE media says every day?
Not to mention that the Chinese will blame Hulay for damaging China's image because the UAE media scolded him?
Times have changed, and it is no longer the case that even jumping on the podium to accept an award will be criticized by a well-known writer for being ungraceful.
On the contrary, if you can be scolded by foreign media, you may become more popular, more prestigious and more popular in China - of course there will still be some old people and young people who will criticize you, but these people and their voices
They are no longer able to become the mainstream of this society and era. They can only die as time goes by, people die, and the sound disappears.
Judging from Hulay's current performance in the Premier League, it is even less likely that he will be punished domestically for his attitude towards the UAE media, unless the collective brains of the Football Association are broken.
Of course, it was hard to say that in the past. But now after thorough and in-depth reforms, it is impossible for this kind of thing to make relatives happy and haters happy again.
So thinking about it this way, even if Hu Lai is not so friendly to reporters from the UAE today, it seems that he will not encounter any serious trouble... At most, he will be booed by the opponent's fans during the game.
But can this be considered troublesome?
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After Hu Lai arrived at the hotel where the Chinese team was staying, he happened to meet Wang Guangwei, Zhang Qinghuan and Chen Xingyi who had gone out to buy some souvenirs.
He immediately greeted me happily: "Oh, you said you really... what gifts did you bring to greet me..."
Naturally, he wanted to grab the plastic bag in Wang Guangwei's hand.
Fortunately, Zhang Qinghuan quickly grabbed the bag and hid it behind him: "It's a shame, Hu Lai. We just happened to meet you when we came back from outside."
Upon seeing this, Hu Lai turned around and complained to the team leader Hong Renjie next to him: "Leader Hong, when did our national team allow players to go out privately?"
"Hu Lai, what the hell..." Zhang Qinghuan said angrily even though Team Leader Hong was standing nearby.
Before he finished speaking, he saw Hu Lai laughing and turning around to hug Wang Guangwei and Chen Xingyi: "Welcome, welcome, the national team welcomes you! We are together again!"
Wang Guangwei and Chen Xingyi didn't appreciate it at all: "Of course you welcome it, you've definitely grabbed our red envelopes!"
"Oh, we are all brothers, and we don't speak the same language. What's yours is mine, and what's mine is still mine..."
"Hu Lai, please pay attention to your image. You are the hope of the whole village now. Don't let people say your image is unsightly..." Wang Guangwei advised.
"Hey, if I cared about this, I would have just held it in at the airport..." Hu Lai recounted what he had just been provoked by the UAE reporter at the airport.
The three young men were all a little jealous when they heard this: "Damn, the people from West Asia are really ill-intentioned!"
"It's okay, I've already fought back!"
"But you also offended the UAE fans, Hulay..."
"Afraid of a ghost. If you offend me, you will be offended. What a big deal?" Hu Lai curled his lips nonchalantly. "The United Arab Emirates are the weakest in the group. If we are even afraid of them, then we should forget about the World Cup. They are not worthy!"
"Hu Lai is right, you still need to have this kind of confidence." Zhang Qinghuan also agreed with Hu Lai. "So what about the away game? We must win this game!"
Hong Renjie saw this scene of the young man from the side, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly. He felt that the Chinese team's trip to the top 12 might really have hope.
Because, the energy of these young people.
From this point of view alone, Shi Wuyin's insistence on recruiting these young people was the right decision. Because as the head coach of the national team, he gave the young people the confidence to display their talents and show off their talents.
Unlike Wilson before, he only thought about relying on the veterans and wanted to lock up the young people in iron boxes, for fear that their sharp edges would pierce his pockets.
The Chinese team's World Cup qualifiers are almost at its end. If we let these young people stir up a pool of spring water, maybe they can see the light of day again?
