Lying on the soft bed in the room, Wang Ai put his hands behind his head and looked out the window at the brightening starry sky. He understood Zhu Heyuan’s words immediately. Zhu Heyuan had been to Romania when he was young, and he should have been there too when he was older.
, at least I have been to the Soviet Union or other Eastern European countries, and the situation is similar. Even Anika may not have a deeper understanding than him. After all, from the past more than ten years ago, Anika must have just been born at that time.
soon.
Tonight's supper was supposed to be a celebration for everyone, but unfortunately Anika's incident and Zhu Heyuan's emotions put everyone out of mood. After eating hastily, they each went back upstairs to rest full of thoughts. Almost all of these people were at that time
For those who have experienced it, they are generally too lazy to ponder the struggles of intellectuals, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have any feelings.
Zhu Heyuan asked them to think about their sisters, wives and children. They should have woken up by now. If the red flag does not fall, you will still be a person who can hold your head high.
While he was thinking about it, there was a knock on the door. Wang Ai stood up and opened the door. Lao Bai stood at the door holding a bottle of champagne.
"What are you doing so late at night?"
"I can't sleep, so I want to talk to you."
As the two of them talked, they entered the room. Lao Bai looked around and said, "Tsk, tsk, the boss's treatment. We all share a room for two, but here, we have a room for one person, and it's still a big suite."
Wang Ai was too lazy to talk to him. Why is Tübingen the home of the national football team? It is convenient everywhere, not only for Wang Ai, but also for them. The same is true for sleeping. Sleeping in Tübingen is at least more efficient than recovering in other places.
cut.
"How are your injuries?"
"It's okay. I just came back from the hospital. The professor looked at me overnight and said it's a little bruised. It can be healed once it's healed. It doesn't matter if it's not."
"What do we mean by the team doctor and the coach?"
"You are here, and Qu Bo performed well today. Let me take a break and see. It was so good to win against Sweden today, so our goal is to set it in the knockout rounds." Lao Bai sat down on the sofa with a clang, and smoothly
Opening the wine bottle: "Want something to drink?"
Seeing Wang Ai shaking his head, Lao Bai also shook his head: "Okay, I'll drink less. What happened today is really bad. I really can't sleep if I don't drink."
Wang Ai didn't say anything and sat on the sofa. The two had been brothers for many years and they had the same feelings for each other, but they had no interest in talking for a while.
After Lao Bai finished the glass and got a little drunker, he said, "How is Anika?"
"Jonas sent her to the police station. The news just came back that she entered the country illegally and had to stay in the police station overnight. Some residents' information in Romania has not been online yet, so it is not easy to check."
"What's going on at home?"
"It is said that her parents are both professors at the University of Bucharest. She has just graduated and has no job. She heard that she could work in Germany, so she was deceived." Thinking of this, Wang Ai shook his head: "She is pretty good. In fact, she can stay in Romania.
It’s not like they can’t afford to eat. After all, the University of Bucharest is Romania’s national university, and they can survive on their parents’ wages. It’s the children of laid-off workers in the rural and suburban areas of Romania who are miserable.”
"You also know?" Lao Bai said in a faint voice.
"What?" Wang Ai asked.
Lao Bai looked at Wang Ai and shrugged when he saw that he really didn't know: "I know a lot about Dortmund, some underground movies... it's just..."
Wang Ai also shook his head: "I have never seen it, but I have also heard that a fair society that collapses will inevitably lead to the rise of strong men of all kinds. Without restraint, they can commit any crime. This is the horror of the red flag falling.
Do you know what the leader said today?"
"Understood." Lao Bai raised his wine glass and saluted the national flag sticker on Wang Ai's bag on the table: "Salute the red flag!"
"I think your understanding is not that profound, and it is not so painful. Milosovic, do you know? Romania's women's gymnastics champion?"
Lao Bai tilted his head to look at Wang Ai and thought for a moment: "Hehe, hehe."
Wang Ai shrugged and rubbed his hands on the armrests of the sofa: "It seems you know, that is the world gymnastics champion. Think about it, we are also engaged in sports. We are not as high as others. The red flag is here.
, we are still us, we can freely go to foreign countries to play football, we can wear these clothes to play in the World Cup, we can earn high salaries, we can have advertisements, and if we don’t like it, we won’t film it. In short, we have no worries about food and clothing. But where is the red flag?
We are not who we are. Our sisters, wives and children may be Milosovich... Oh no, they should be worse than her. We are also destroying our past image in exchange for food. We are not as high as others. Maybe we are the only ones.
Nika’s treatment.”
Speaking of this, Wang Ai laughed at himself: "Actually, it's not as good as Anika. We are a family of intellectuals after all. You said that almost all of us are blind. It's really a mess. What can we do? What do you think?
Thinking about the situation a few years ago when layoffs were common in cities across the Northeast... Oh, give me a drink."
Lao Bai silently poured half a glass of champagne for Wang Ai. Lao Bai, who is 29 years old this year, has vivid memories of what happened back then. He was not the main player of Liaoning Football Team at that time, and he earned little. His income was really similar to that of ordinary people.
The wailing all over the place seemed like a dream. It was distant but it really happened.
The evening breeze of early summer in Tübingen blew into the dark luxury suite, bringing with it the fragrance of flowers in the dark night. On this night when the whole country celebrated the victory in the first game of the World Cup, two representatives of contemporary Chinese football, two prominent figures in Chinese society
The famous figure just sipped the champagne in silence, savoring the faint bitterness.
"Fortunately!" After a long time, Lao Bai put down the empty wine bottle and sighed.
"yes."
"You know what I mean is 'yes'?" Lao Bai deliberately eased the depressing atmosphere.
Wang Ai said nothing and silently pointed at the red flag.
Lao Bai thought about it for a moment, shook his head, and nodded again.
"I feel that we people really need to study hard. There are some things that we take for granted, but we don't know that if we lose them, it will be too late."
"Like before? Patriotism education?" Wang Ai asked with a smile.
Lao Bai thought seriously for a while before shaking his head: "The training in the past was useless, but it was too poorly targeted, just like the physical training in the first half of the competition. I think what we urgently need now is targeted training, that is
It is purposeful and realistic. For example, why are we fighting? Why don't you and I, who are making a lot of money abroad, take a break and adjust for the next season? Just staying in the general sense of patriotic dedication is not enough.
