Zone A Plaza.

Although it was just after noon, many street performers had been performing here for a long time.

The area is most popular for music and football.

All wandering artists with some talents will have their own fixed performance venues and perform hard.

Some will be at the entrance of the subway station, some will be in front of the famous store, and some will be near the fountain attraction in the square.

Most experienced street performers will label themselves and have a fixed performance venue so that passers-by can recognize freedom as soon as possible.

If you want to listen to the saxophone, someone may recommend the old man in black at the entrance of the subway station.

That's right, the old man wears black all year round, so that everyone can quickly find himself and recommend himself.

And like watching a freestyle football show, someone will recommend you a black guy with dreadlocks.

The black guy has the same hairstyle all year round, can perform all kinds of freestyle street football, is highly skilled, and often takes on various challenges.

Artists here need to be differentiated, and they need to have their own unique skills in order to gain a foothold in the street performing arts.

There are also many entertainers performing on the streets on a whim, all of whom add luster to the culture of District A Square.

"This is it, yesterday we saw Ronaldo in disguise near Fountain Square. ”

Anna pointed to the fountain in the square.

Gu Chen also saw it yesterday, but there are too many street performers in Italy, so he doesn't pay too much attention.

"It doesn't look like a patrol this afternoon, it's like a show. Gu Chen told the truth, and he was very envious of the Italian police who could enjoy the baptism of art when they were on patrol duty.

You must know that there are many professional art museums in Italy, but most of the artists who can perform in these professional venues are signed with art economic companies.

Most of the artists who have not signed a contract will choose to perform outside the venue and near the square.

Those who have more fans are not inferior to artists who have economic companies in terms of income.

Like the old man in black who plays the saxophone at the subway entrance, and the black football guy with perennial dirty pigtails and hairstyle, these people stay in one place all year round, not windy or rainy, and basically perform hard for tourists.

Therefore, this kind of special artist is still a household name in the local area, and street performances are the source of all their income.

Many people come to the square in Area A, in fact, just to come and reward these favorite artists.

Everyone came to the black guy with dreadlocks, who was lying by the fountain at the moment, leisurely playing with his mobile phone.

"Hey!" Anna walked up to him and said hello habitually.

"Officer Anna?" the black guy with dreadlocks looked at it and quickly sat upright.

"Didn't you notice that Ronaldo was playing wild football next to you yesterday?" Anna asked him with a smile.

The black guy with dirty pigtails smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "To be honest, Ronaldo has good skills in the professional league and plays freestyle football, and he is not my opponent at all." ”

"I just saw a freestyle player around me yesterday and didn't think anything special. ”

"What's special is that you're a football star and you're just a well-known busker. Officer Mario took out his wallet, put 20 euros in the tin box in front of the black guy with dreadlocks, and said with a smile: "How about performing a good show of yours and showing our police friends from China?"

"Chinese police?" The black guy with dreadlocks glanced at Gu Chen, as well as Officer Wang behind him, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha, and was suddenly stunned.

"Oh, it's you? I've seen you patrol on local social media in Luocheng, and I heard that you were at the Colosseum last night, and you solved a robbery at night, which is amazing. ”

The black guy with dreadlocks obviously recognized Gu Chen.

"Thank you. Gu Chen looked at the worn sneakers on his feet and asked, "I heard that you have been playing freestyle football for many years?"

"Huh. Hearing this, the black guy with dirty pigtails couldn't help but smile and said: "I used to be in the academy with Ronaldo, but then because of an injury, I could no longer do intense sports, so I was ruthlessly abandoned by the academy." ”

Speaking of this, the black guy with dirty pigtails sighed with emotion, and didn't seem to want to mention it too much.

Anna on the side walked up to Gu Chen and explained: "Matthew and Ronaldo used to be teammates, but they were maliciously fouled in a game, resulting in a comminuted fracture of their legs. ”

"At the time of the doctor's advice, the boy's career was over and he couldn't play anymore. ”

"So miserable?" Lu Weiwei couldn't help but sigh when she heard this: "Just because of that malicious foul, you have to lose your entire career, so this is too cruel, right?"

"yes, Matthew is still so young. Yuan Shasha looked at the young Matthew, and she also felt pity.

Gu Chen looked at Matthew, who had a tough body, especially his thigh muscles were strong enough, and he looked like a good seedling for playing football.

But when I think of the comminuted fracture, I can't help but feel a lot of emotion.

"So you can't play football, so you play street football instead?" Gu Chen asked.

Matthew smiled and nodded: "That's right, I love football, football is everything to me." ”

He looked at Gu Chen's handsome appearance, and involuntarily narrowed the distance between the two: "Officer, do you know? I am a refugee, and I originally played football in Italy because of a chance. ”

"By chance?" Gu Chen couldn't help frowning, feeling that Matthew, the dreadlocked guy in front of him, seemed to have stories in his eyes.

"Yes. Matthew nodded and said with a smile, "A few years ago, I was playing football with local kids near the camp. “

"They hated me at first, they felt that I was too thin and a refugee, and they always looked at me differently. ”

"And every time they played, they wouldn't let me join, until one time, they kicked a bad football, and they gave it to me, so that I could play it on my own and not disturb them. ”

"But it was that broken soccer ball that changed my life for years to come. ”

Listening to Matthew talk about his football experience, Gu Chen, Officer Wang, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha all seemed to listen with relish, and everyone stopped by his side for a while and listened quietly.

"After that, how did you get selected for the academy?" asked Gu Chen.

Matthew smiled and said, "I'll take that broken soccer ball back to the camp and ask my mom to fix the broken part." ”

"That's how I got into football again since the war broke out in my country, and since then, I've been a football star in the refugee camps. ”

"I compared almost all the kids my age, they weren't my opponents at all, but the more capable I was, the more I felt that being able to dominate in the camp wasn't nothing, I needed a bigger stage, but I didn't have the chance. ”

"So you left the camp?" asked Officer Wang.

Matthew nodded and said, "That's right, I started challenging the surrounding community. ”

"Whenever I see someone playing, I challenge them regardless of my age, and gradually I realize that my tricks are hard to match, and almost everyone seems to be like a child in front of me, and their skills are really terrible. ”

"Haha. Listening to Matthew's boasting, Yuan Shasha couldn't help but ask curiously: "You were really so powerful at that time, then you should have been quite small at that time." ”

"He did have the strength at the time. Anna affirmed Matthew's ability, after all, her understanding of Matthew was not as simple as a slightest.

Matthew pointed at Anna and said with a smile: "As Officer Anna said, I was so rampant and self-confident that I felt that the children in the surrounding community were playing football, and the so-called European football was nothing more than that." ”

"But it wasn't until one time when I formed a makeshift squad that knocked down a strong team in the community and beat the opponent by four goals that I was spotted by a peer who was standing on the sidelines and observing. ”

"After the game, he approached me and said that my football skills did look dazzling, but they were not very practical, and he told me that I needed professional training. ”

"I laughed at him, but he handed me a business card saying that his uncle's academy was recruiting people and that any child who passed the test could join the academy. ”

"And playing in the academy, you will also enjoy a certain living allowance in the academy, as well as a share of the prize money of the game. ”

He looked at Gu Chen listening carefully, and Matthew said with emotion: "Officer, do you know? At that time, I was just a child in a refugee camp, and I had my mother and two younger sisters at home, and my father died because of the war, so I wanted to share the pressure for my family. ”

"You agreed?" asked Gu Chen.

"Yes, I agreed. Matthew nodded fiercely and said, "The academy subsidy is not high, but it's better than nothing, as long as I save money, at least I have spare money to send home." ”

"But that's not my ultimate pursuit, my goal is to play more leagues at the academy level, beat my opponents and get more club managers and owners to notice me. ”

Gu Chen smiled and said, "You are quite ambitious. ”

"Haha, no way, life is forced. Matthew also laughed dryly twice, and said:

'It wasn't difficult for me to pass the test and since then I've said goodbye to my family and joined the Academy. ”

"I started training before dawn every day and didn't go back to my dorm until late at night. ”

"Every day on the training ground, I show up first and leave last, sweating like rain. ”

"With my innate skills and coaching, I quickly became the absolute heart of the Academy, and even overshadowed the boss's nephew, who introduced me to the Academy. ”

"Wait. Gu Chen suddenly interrupted Matthew and asked him curiously: "You have been talking for so long, it seems that you have been focusing on the peer who introduced you to the academy test, I want to know now, is that peer okay now, is he still playing?"

Gu Chen's question suddenly made Matthew hesitate.

He didn't seem to mention it, but he always wanted to say something to Gu Chen.

Seeing that Matthew was embarrassed and difficult to speak, Anna directly helped him explain, smiled at Gu Chen and said, "The noble man of the same age that Matthew said is today's Ronaldo. ”

"Is that him?"

Like Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, when they heard this result, everyone was stunned at the same time, feeling a little incredible.

"It's weird, isn't it?" Looking at Gu Chen, Matthew also smiled: "That's right, it's Ronaldo who came to Area A Square yesterday to play wild ball in disguise, and compared to him now, I am like a heaven and an underground." ”

"He is now paid a lot of money, and I am only working as a street performer, and there is a huge difference in terms of income. ”

After a pause, Matthew added: "Originally, I thought that if I joined the academy to play, I would have the opportunity to play in Serie B clubs. ”

"Then I trained for a few years at a Serie B club, and then I managed to get into Serie A, which is one of the top five leagues in Europe, and many footballers dream of it, and I thought it was my only pursuit to get into Serie A. ”

'If it had gone on like this, you could have gotten into Serie A. Anna clasped her hands to her chest, and she also savored it.

Matthew and Ronaldo are both figures of the same era, and the two formed a forward duo at the beginning, and they were also invincible in the academy league stage.

Of course, Anna also learned about Matthew from Ronaldo's game experience after paying full attention to Ronaldo.

Moreover, Matthew performs in the area under Anna's jurisdiction, and Anna comes and goes with him, and they are all familiar with each other, so they know a little about his past with Ronaldo.

Gu Chen sighed: "If you hadn't been injured at the beginning, maybe everything would have been different, at least you haven't given up playing football now, which is good." ”

"Officer. Matthew looked at Gu Chen with a wry smile and said, "You don't understand, I haven't said a lot of things to Officer Anna, because Officer Anna is a fan of Ronaldo, so I have scruples." ”

"But you're different, you're a Chinese policeman, from the far East, and I seem to be more willing to communicate with you. ”

Listening to the conversation between Matthew and Gu Chen, Anna was a little unhappy and said, "What do you mean that I'm a fan of Ronaldo, you don't want to tell me?

"No, no, Officer Anna, don't get me wrong. Matthew hurriedly waved his hand, and also quickly explained: "I'm just afraid that you will be sad, since you want to know, then I might as well tell you." ”

Just as Matthew was about to speak, the phone he kept in his pocket rang.

Answering the phone casually, Matthew didn't speak, just listened quietly.

But Gu Chen suddenly found that while Matthew was answering the phone, his originally relaxed cheeks began to gradually reveal a trace of weight-bearing.

By the time Matthew hung up, he still hadn't said a word into the phone.

"What's wrong?" Gu Chen asked.

Matthew came back to his senses and said with a smile: "I'm really sorry, there are still some things at home, I have to go back right now." ”

Speaking of this, Matthew began to cover the tin box containing the money, and apologized to Mario beside him: "Officer Mario, thank you for your 20 euros, it seems that the show will not be able to be performed today." ”

"Then let's owe it first. Mario didn't mind.

Before he had time to say goodbye to everyone, Matthew left in a hurry with the tin box and the football.

"This Matthew, I guess there was an accident at home. Fabio said.

Gu Chen was curious, so he asked Anna: "Is Matthew's identity still a refugee now?"

"Not anymore. "Ever since Matthew joined the Academy, the club has helped the family settle in Los Angeles. ”

So now Matthew is already a permanent resident of Italy, and his family currently lives near the suburbs of Luocheng. ”

"I see. Gu Chen nodded, and then looked around at the square in Area A, and asked Anna with a smile: "Since Matthew and Ronaldo used to be teammates in the academy, then Ronaldo appeared in disguise at Matthew's territory in Area A Square yesterday, do you think he is interacting with Matthew?"

"This ......" Gu Chen's question was very tricky, and Anna couldn't answer it for a while, so she could only smile and say: "Maybe, after all, it is a former teammate, and it can be said that Ronaldo came back to see his old friend." ”

"That's right. Fabio on the side, between the two of them, also explained: "Ronaldo has a good character, if it weren't for him, Matthew would not have become a member of the academy, nor would he have become a permanent resident of Italy." ”

It can be said that Ronaldo did his best for Matthew's family, and after his old friend retired from injury, he left the football league forever. ”

But even in this case, Ronaldo still never abandons his old friends, comes to the square in Area A to interact with Matthew, and supports Matthew, such a Ronaldo You are worth paying attention to. ”

Fabio is a super Ronaldo fan.

The obsession with idols is almost to the point of madness.

Gu Chen nodded slightly, and said indifferently: "I want to watch Ronaldo play when I have a chance." ”

"Good advice. Lu Weiwei hurriedly followed and said: "I have long wanted to watch the game in Italy, there is an atmosphere, and the feeling is different." ”

Anna smiled indifferently: "I'll arrange this." ”

Several people reached a tacit understanding with each other and continued to look for disguise artists in the square of Area A.

But today seems to be unlucky, all the performers are evergreens in the square of Zone A.

Anna was quite familiar with these people, and she didn't feel very unfamiliar.

It was also after taking the Chinese police team to get acquainted with the square in Area A that he drove everyone back to the hotel.

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7 p.m.

When everyone returned to the hotel room after dinner, Gu Chen was recording the day's business trip notes, and Officer Wang was also trying to learn more Italian.

Everyone seems to be busy.

But at this moment, the hotel door suddenly rang.

"Gu Chen, you go and open the door. Officer Wang, who reviewed the materials, said.

"No problem. Gu Chen put down his pen and walked directly to the gate.

As soon as she opened the door, Anna took a few tickets for football matches in her hand and raised them: "Gu Chen, what do you think this is?"

Gu Chen frowned and asked weakly, "Could it be a ticket to the Ronaldo game?"

"Congratulations, you got it right. Anna grinned, stuffed a few tickets into Gu Chen's hands, and walked directly into the room.

She saw that Officer Wang was studying, and Gu Chen's desk with the lamp lit was also a written record, and she couldn't help but ask with emotion: "After you get off work, do you still have to work so hard?"

"Otherwise?" Officer Wang smiled faintly and said, "We are foreign police officers in Italy, and there are many things that need to be learned, such as your many management experiences, which are very valuable to our Chinese police. ”

"If we don't learn these things and go back to bragging, won't we come for nothing?"

Listening to Officer Wang's rainbow fart, Anna smiled slightly, looked at Gu Chen and said, "You don't have to work hard, after work tomorrow night, there will be a Serie B league in which Ronaldo participates." ”

"When the club heard that I was going to buy tickets for the Chinese police, they immediately gave me a few VIP tickets. Glancing at Gu Chen, Anna said excitedly: "It's a VIP, everyone, it is definitely a wonderful enjoyment to be able to watch Ronaldo play in VIP, so stay tuned." ”

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