Tony Clark was alone in his office studying the edited video of the last game that Matt had just submitted to him.
In this game, Leeds City defeated Northumbria 2:0 away from home.
Winning was easy and the opponent's performance was not that good.
But Clark still has to study the game video to find out where the team can improve and which problems he should pay attention to not to repeat next time.
Looking at him, his brows furrowed.
Then he lowered his head and wrote down what he saw in his little notebook.
When the team was training, Clark found Hu Lai alone.
"Hu, I'm very happy that you tried three long-range shots from outside the penalty area in the last game, but I found that your three long-range shots were actually not at the right time, so the final effect was not very good and went too far...
To be honest, I don't think this is your normal level, do you have any ideas?" Clark asked with a frown.
Hu Lai scratched his head and smiled, a little embarrassed and said: "Well, that's what I thought about it, boss. I said in an interview after the game against the Korean team that I didn't know how to shoot from long range. It was completely random. If next I will immediately
If I just hit a high-quality long-range shot, will people think I'm lying? Wouldn't it be a slap in my face?"
Clark just looked at Hu Lai without saying a word.
Under his gaze, the smile on Hu Lai's face gradually became awkward, and he had no choice but to say: "Well, it's actually like this, boss. I scored a long shot against the South Korean team. It stands to reason.
It is said that I should have tasted the sweetness of long-range shots, so according to ordinary people's thinking, it is reasonable for me to try more long-range shots in the next game. But because I have never focused on practicing long-range shots, I
The level of long-range shooting shown in the game is naturally not that high... In short, I want to leave such an impression on outsiders who don't know the inside story. This way, when I need to use long-range shooting to score goals at critical moments, I can be surprised...
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After listening to Hu Lai's explanation this time, Clark grinned: "Sure enough, you kid is still thinking about how to trick people..."
Hu Lai protested tactfully: "Boss, this is wisdom. You should know "The Art of War", right?"
Clark nodded: "Of course, I know."
"The Art of War" is also well-known in the Western world. Clark has heard of this book, but has not studied it carefully.
Seeing that his boss knew about this book, Hu Lai felt that it would be easier to talk, because having a famous book to endorse him would make what he said next particularly convincing.
He said: "It is said in "The Art of War" that using troops to fight is actually a strange and deceptive action. Therefore, those who are capable should pretend to be incompetent; those who want to take action, should pretend that they will not take action...
You see, boss, I am strictly following the requirements of "Sun Tzu's Art of War". I have the ability to shoot from a distance, but I have to pretend that I can't shoot from a distance... So how can this be a sinister person? This is our Chinese ancestors
The crystallization of thousands of years of wisdom! Boss! And to put it bluntly, aren’t football tactics and war tactics the same? We always have to induce our opponents in our tactics, exploit our strengths and avoid weaknesses..."
Hearing what Hu Lai said, Clark frowned and fell into thought.
He had always thought that Hu Lai was full of evil ideas because of his personality... But now it sounds like he is far-sighted and everything he does is fully considered and planned.
I used to laugh at Matt for thinking too simplistically about the young man in front of me, but I didn’t expect that now I seemed to have made the same mistake as Matt.
“So you plan to act like a long-range beginner to paralyze your opponent?” Clark asked.
Hu Lai nodded: "Of course, boss."
“Doesn’t that mean you won’t be able to score goals from long range for a long time?”
"Of course not, boss. The long-range shooting method still requires some luck... so I can occasionally score a goal with a long-range shot. The important thing is that the level of performance fluctuates, good and bad.
Only in this way can the opponent's doubts about me be further deepened... After you taught me that day, boss, I went back and thought about it carefully. Since long shots can make it more difficult for my opponents to defend me, why don't I make them more doubtful?
When they thought I could make a long shot, I told them I was deceived. When they thought I made a long shot by luck, they would naturally relax their vigilance against me, and then I would show my true ability...
Repeatedly deceiving your opponents like this will definitely make them completely confused."
Seeing that what Hu Lai said was clear and logical, Clark resisted the urge to sigh and just waved his hand: "Okay, I understand, you go and train."
“Okay, boss!” Hu Lai said and turned around and ran back to the training ground.
Clark looked at his back and couldn't help but think to himself: Chinese people are all so cunning... No, smart?
It seems that I should probably buy an English translation of "The Art of War" and study it carefully. It should also be helpful to my teaching.
Clark, who never relaxes his demands for progress, secretly made up his mind.
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Pete Williams finished a day of training and drove back to the house where he lived with his grandma. Why did he go back to his grandma's house instead of his parents' house?
On the one hand, this is because grandma’s house is closer to the training base, and on the other hand, because as a child raised by her grandma, Williams has a deeper relationship with her grandma. After her grandpa passed away, her grandma lived alone in this house.
, Williams moved here to be with his grandma as a matter of course.
Having just finished dinner, he returned to his room when he suddenly heard his grandma shouting in panic: "Pete! Pete!! Come on! Someone is looking for you!"
Williams, who was lying on the bed playing with his mobile phone, jumped out of bed and ran downstairs in confusion.
Why does grandma look panicked when someone comes looking for me?
When he saw a brown-haired girl standing at the door, he was stunned.
Grandma walked up to him quickly and said in a low voice: "Peter, Grandma knows that you have reached that age now. But if you want to be satisfied next time, can you restrain yourself a little and just call the girl home?
Come on, isn’t that appropriate?”
Hearing what Grandma said, Williams finally understood why Grandma's voice sounded a little frightened just now... It turned out that she had thought wrong!
Williams had no choice but to explain: "Grandma, you are overthinking this. She is the French teacher I hired. I am only free at night, so I had to call her home at night..."
Grandma winked: "I know, I know, tutor... you young people really know how to play!"
"What, grandma..." Williams couldn't laugh or cry, and decided to ignore the overly imaginative grandma. He walked forward and said to the brown-haired girl who had just walked in: "Hello, is this Delphine Isabella?"
Miss?"
“Yes, I am Mr. Delphine Isabella Williams.” The young girl standing at the door held a shoulder bag in both hands and stood somewhat reservedly in front of Leeds’ superstar football star.
When she accepted the job, she knew who hired her. She also hesitated whether to refuse the job. She was different from those superficial girls who wanted to sleep with celebrities. She felt that she was an ordinary person and super.
Being involved with celebrities is not necessarily a good thing.
But in the end, the high tuition fees convinced her that she had no choice but to take the job. Peter Williams gave too much.
In this way, the 26-year-old young girl Delphine Isabella became the French tutor of Leeds City midfielder and football star Pete Williams.
“Then let’s get started directly?” Williams pointed to the table in the restaurant.
“Is it right here?” Isabella looked there with some surprise.
“Yes, right here.” As he spoke, Williams glanced at his grandmother who had been beside him.
If he took Isabella upstairs and went to his room to teach, who knows what plot his grandma would come up with.
So the best way is to start class calmly in the restaurant, under the watchful eyes of grandma.
Only in this way can he prove to his grandma that he is hiring a genuine French teacher and that he really wants to learn French.
Of course, Isabella had no objection. She and Williams walked to the dining table together and took out everything in their satchels.
At the same time, he also handed a copy to Williams.
“What is this?” Williams asked.
“Your textbook, Mr. Williams.”
“Oh, okay.” After Williams accepted it, the two sat opposite each other and officially started teaching.
And grandma secretly observed from the side and found that the two people were really taking French class seriously...
While she was relaxing, she couldn't help but worry about her grandson:
Even if I don’t know how to find a call girl, what will my grandson do in the future...
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Grandma, who had fallen asleep on the sofa at some point, was awakened by the sound of the door closing. When she opened her eyes, she found that her grandson had just returned from the gate.
She quickly struggled to sit up and asked, "Is your class over?"
“Well, today’s class is over. I made an appointment with Miss Isabella to come three times a week to teach me French.”
Grandma opened her mouth wide and was a little surprised: "You actually really want to learn French..."
"Of course, am I a liar?" Williams said with certainty. When he thought about grandma's previous misunderstanding, he felt aggrieved. In grandma's mind, am I actually such a person?!
So the tone of speaking is decisive.
Unexpectedly, he was not sure that he was okay. Once he was sure, grandma's face became more melancholy.
“Pete, are you leaving Leeds City to play football in France?”
Williams really didn't expect that his grandma would think of this matter... He waved his hands quickly: "No, no, grandma, don't make blind guesses! I am very satisfied with my playing football in Leeds City, and I have no intention of leaving, let alone
Go to France!”
“Then why do you want to learn French so well?” Grandma didn’t quite believe her grandson’s explanation.
“Well...grandma, you know, Ismail doesn’t speak English very well yet. I want to communicate with him, so I have to learn French.”
“But didn’t you say before that Hu would help you translate?”
Hearing what grandma said, Williams showed a look of embarrassment on his face: "...It's not good to always trouble Hu, so I decided to ask for help from others rather than ask for myself. That's really it, grandma, anyway, don't make blind guesses.
.I will not go to France to play football!"
"real?"
"of course it's true!"
Hearing what her grandson said, grandma smiled again.
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