In the early morning of June in Seoul, the air is not very cool, and even after a light rain last night, the stuffy heat in the air still bothers the early risers.

It's just past 8 a.m., but the streets are already bustling with people, and life in Seoul is fast-paced, and most people living in the big city have to choose to get up early and work hard in exchange for better job opportunities and living conditions.

Li Kong put the bare breakfast tray on the designated plate shelf, rubbed his slightly full stomach, wiped the fine sweat on his forehead and face with a towel, and walked out of the cafeteria towards the club's administrative building.

Last night, I wanted to bring Kim Taeyeon out for dinner, but unfortunately she still had vocal lessons at night, and after being appeased for a while, she dispelled the stinky girl's plan to take leave and go out with him, Li Kong's idea is very simple, he has already returned to South Korea, and he can go to see Kim Taeyeon as long as he is free in the future, and the time is there, not bad This night, the girl's vocal lessons and training are much more important than eating this meal.

After fleeing from Kim Tae-yeon's resentful eyes, Lee Kong took a taxi directly to the club's headquarters after moving to Seoul, and under the arrangement of the staff of the club that had been renamed "Seoul FC", he quickly applied for a new player card and moved into a new dormitory.

Not to mention, after moving back to Seoul, the area of the club's headquarters is much larger than before, and the hardware facilities are also complete and advanced, which is very magnificent.

After getting up early this morning and having breakfast, Li Kong was ready to usher in the club's arrangement for him with some apprehension.

Following the route that Uncle Chi Lie said when he called him last night, Li Kong soon stood in front of an ordinary wooden door on the third floor of the administrative building.

Taking a deep breath, Li Kong encouraged himself and knocked lightly on the door.

"Come in. ”

A middle-aged man's voice with a little seriousness came from inside the door, Li Kong pursed the corners of his mouth, and then pushed the door directly and walked in.

A middle-aged man with an ordinary figure, a round face, and a pair of black-framed glasses was writing something on his desk, and he didn't raise his head after hearing the sound of Li Kong walking into the room, and his empty hand quickly pointed to the sofa in the room, and said indifferently: "Sit down first, wait for me to approve some documents." ”

Li Kong was stunned, and then sat on the sofa obediently as the man said.

After about five minutes, the man put the pen in his hand aside, exhaled softly, took off his glasses, rubbed his temples, and after a few seconds, he put them back on, crossed his hands on the table, and looked at Li Kong with interest.

Li Kong, who was secretly looking at this office with some boredom, was stunned by this person, and then quickly sat upright, but his head was slightly raised, and he calmly looked at the middle-aged man, neither arrogant nor humble.

Jin Hongxiu looked at Li Kong, who was obviously much taller in front of him, and the immaturity on his face had gradually faded, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that time passed quickly, and the satisfaction in his eyes flashed, and then he stood up, walked to the water dispenser in the corner, took two glasses of water, and handed one of them to Li Kong.

"Okay, don't be so serious, it's not that you don't know me, Ji Lie's kid hasn't said much in the past few years that I want me to take care of you more, heh, I called you here today, I just want to communicate with you, the specific contract will have to wait for a few days, let your parents come to Seoul to accompany you to talk to the club in detail, so, relax, young man." ”

Li Kong took the water handed over by Jin Hongxiu, looked at his eyes full of kindness, and couldn't help but feel relieved in his heart, he bowed slightly, and said, "Thank you, Teacher Jin." ”

Jin Hongxiu smiled knowingly, and looked at Li Kong, the warmth in his eyes increased a little, most of the players who came out of the academy back then still call him Director Jin, and it invisibly opened up the sense of distance between each other, even if he put the most effort into this group of players, he couldn't change this status quo, but now Li Kong's title of "teacher" made him feel respect and closeness, rather than fear and alienation, he was very satisfied.

Jin Hongxiu patted Li Kong's shoulder and said with emotion: "In the beginning, you were the only one left in the group of young players who received a year and a half of systematic training in the Netherlands, to be honest, the club was very dissatisfied with this result, because when it was seeking youth training cooperation with PSV Eindhoven, the club paid some price, but I didn't expect the result to be like ......this."

Jin Hongxiu walked back to the desk and sat down, took a sip of water, looked at Li Kong's slightly thoughtful look, he continued: "But it's okay, it also breaks the unrealistic idea of some high-level people who want to quickly complete the youth training construction, all this was expected by me, but you, Xiaokong, you really surprised me." ”

When Li Kong heard this, he looked up at Jin Hongxiu with some puzzlement, not quite understanding what he meant.

Jin Hongxiu leaned back with a smile and looked at Li Kong carefully, as if he was looking at a work that he was very satisfied with: "At the beginning, I didn't think that any of you players would be able to persevere to the end, cultural differences, differences in language and diet, and the level of professional training are too different." These are almost all reasons why you can't succeed, but you do, your talent and your ability to learn are recognised by PSV Eindhoven, and not only that. ”

Kim Hong-so said and took out a document from the drawer and put it on the table: "In the first half of last year and the second half of last year, the Eindhoven club sent two faxes hoping that we could transfer the contract signed with you to them, and the entire club staff was stunned at that time, you know? This is the first time that a European club has asked a Korean club to buy a young player under the age of eighteen!"

Speaking of this, Jin Hongxiu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "But at that time, you were only 16 years old, the club only had an agreement with you, and you had to wait until you were 17 years old to sign the contract, if the Eindhoven club had your consent, at most they would give us a "training fee" to keep you in the Netherlands, and you knew about it at the time, right? Now I'm curious, why didn't you accept Eindhoven's invitation at that time, but insisted on going back to South Korea?"

Jin Hongxiu lifted his glasses and looked at Li Kong very complicatedly, because until now he didn't understand why Li Kong made such a choice at that time.

Li Kong held the water glass, looked at Jin Hongxiu, he suddenly laughed, and said slowly: "Teacher, it's not that I don't want to stay in Eindhoven, do you know? In the entire Eredivisie, the youth training of the Eindhoven club is not very famous, but in the youth academy of such a club, those so-called "geniuses" are countless, I am not afraid of competition, but I am worried about the lack of opportunities, the lack of opportunities to enter the first team as soon as possible to accept the baptism of professional competition!"

Li Kong sighed and continued: "The youth coach of the Eindhoven U17 echelon is very optimistic about me, but after I was promoted to the U19 echelon, I can't keep the main position, do you know why? Because I am not trusted by the coach of the damn U19 echelon! No matter how well I play, he would rather believe in the mediocre Dutch midfielder in the team, probably because I am an Asian, heh. ”

Li Kong drank all the water in the cup in one go, looked at Jin Hongxiu's eyes very calmly, and said confidently and slowly: " Lee Yong-pyo told me that the way we Asians want to gain a foothold in European clubs quickly, that is, to make a name for themselves first and then let them willingly pay a transfer fee for us, so that they can get a stable opportunity in the team and show their strength, I don't want to take my future to fight for that U19 coach will appreciate me in the future, maybe he will give me a stable opportunity to play when he is in a good mood, and then recommend me to the coach of the second team, I know my strength, I can't wait that long, I want to play professionally as soon as possible, so I choose to return to South Korea, this is also the advice given to me by Lee Yong-pyo's senior, back to the K League, fight for a main position in the team, that's all. ”

Jin Hongxiu stared at Li Kong's eyes quietly, he suddenly found that the growth of this teenager had already exceeded all of their expectations, such a calm, good at analyzing the prospect of the mind and decisive character are really rare among the players, he suddenly laughed, and asked coldly: "Don't regret it?"

Li Kong also smiled, but replied very firmly: "No regrets!"

Kim Hong-so shrugged his shoulders: "Okay, boy, I was really shocked by your ideas and decisiveness, and when I returned to the club, I made it clear that I wanted to grab a main position in the first team, I don't know if you can achieve this goal soon, but, personally, I welcome you back to Seoul FC Club, Li Kong." ”

Jin Hongxiu stood up and smiled and stretched out his hand to Li Kong, who stepped forward quickly and held the kind palm strongly.

The rising sun lazily shone into the office, and Li Kong squinted his eyes and looked at the club's training ground in the sunlight outside the window.

It's a good day.