The next morning, Zhang Yuan received a text message from Hoffman as soon as he came back from workout, asking Zhang Yuan if the team was training today, Zhang Yuan replied with a text message saying that he would not train, and asked Hoffman what was the matter.

Hoffman promised his son yesterday that he would go to the training base to watch the training after class today, who knew that when he got home, he remembered that he didn't know if he would train tomorrow, so he had to ask Zhang Yuan today.

Originally, this kind of vacation is not fixed, sometimes rest and sometimes not rest, such as when the record is poor, some coaches punish the players for not taking holidays, and everyone has no choice but to train obediently.

Hoffman told the original story of the story, and said with a smile Then let's go tomorrow, Zhang Yuan had an idea, he had nothing else to do today, so he simply invited Hoffman's family to dinner, it has been troublesome for Hoffman to travel for so long, everyone has become friends, and the frequency of meeting is still quite high, but he has not been together, and today is just enough to meet his son's wishes, and he can also have a meal to express his gratitude.

Hoffman was overjoyed, but he didn't expect Zhang Yuanzhen to treat himself as a friend and offer to get together today.

Anyway, what his son wanted to see was Zhang Yuan, it didn't matter if he was training or not, Hoffman simply agreed, and said that he would pick up Zhang Yuan with his son when the time came.

After breakfast, Zhang Yuan still went to the training base in the morning to practice, he had just recovered, he thought that playing football was the same as studying, he had fallen behind so much training, and he had to make up for it now.

After five o'clock in the afternoon, Hoffman drove his own taxi and took his son to pick up Zhang Yuan and Mai Xuewen, Hoffman's son was very excited to see Zhang Yuan, this kid can go to the stadium to see Zhang Yuan is not much, one is that Hoffman is a taxi driver after all, and sometimes he doesn't go to the scene to watch the game, and he almost didn't go to the away court, so naturally he couldn't take his son there, and the second is that Zhang Yuan himself was injured and missed some games.

"You're Zhang Yuan, you're Zhang Yuan!" the little boy asked excitedly as he got out of the car, and next to him stood the chubby Hoffman.

"I'm Zhang Yuan!" Hello, sir, what is your name!" Zhang Yuan said with a smile as he observed the child.

Hoffman's son looked to be eight or nine years old at most, with blond hair and a few freckles on his fair face, but his body was not as fat as his father, but a little thin.

"My name is Joseph Hoffman! Hello, Mr. Zhang Yuan!" the little boy actually stretched out his little hand to shake Zhang Yuan's hand.

"Haha, it's nice to meet you!Mr. Hoffman!" Zhang Yuan was really amused by the kid, and quickly stretched out his hand to shake his hand together.

After a few words with the little guy, Zhang Yuan and Mai Xuewen hugged each other with Hoffman, and when it was time to get into the car, the little guy regained his childlike nature and said to his father: "Can I sit with Zhang Yuan?"

It seems that he doesn't let go of the time with his idol at all.

"Of course it's no problem, I'll sit with you!" Zhang Yuan sat in the back row, and Mai Xuewen sat in the co-pilot's seat.

The little boy climbed to the back seat and sat down, and Hoffman smiled and waited for everyone to start the car and head to the city.

It was still a little early to eat, and it was rare for him to be close to Hoffman's son, so Zhang Yuan proposed to go to the playground to have fun and then go to dinner, which was immediately responded to by Joseph.

Hoffman was originally unhappy when he thought that his son would go to school tomorrow, but since Zhang Yuan came out today, his son liked him so much, just go, it doesn't matter if you go one night.

So a carload of people ran to the playground, Mai Xuewen was essentially like a child, he liked the playground, Hoffman was not interested, the three of them had a lot of fun in it, Joseph quickly got used to the feeling of being with his idol, and he was not at all restrained.

This crazy game actually lasted for two hours, and it was already eight o'clock in the evening when the activity here ended.

The four of them had a steak dinner at an Italian restaurant, announcing the end of the evening's event, and Hoffman asked Zhang Yuan to send his son home first, and then Zhang Yuan and Mai Xuewen home.

The little guy was really tired of playing today, so he fell asleep in the car, so that the surprise prepared by Zhang Yuan did not come in handy, and when he got out of the car, Zhang Yuan handed Hoffman a bag that he brought when he came out at night and said: "I originally planned to surprise Joseph when I was leaving, but who knew that this guy actually fell asleep! Inside was a football signed by me and a signed jersey, given to Joseph! If he wants other players in the team, I will definitely help him get it!"

"Thank you so much, Zhang Yuan! Thank you!" Hoffman said gratefully.

What is surprising is that it is an old man who came out to pick up the child, the old man is obviously also a fan of Schalke 04, recognized Zhang Yuan, hugged his grandson and greeted Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan also politely greeted the old man, needless to say, he knew that this must be Hoffman's elder.

Hoffman took the initiative to talk about his son when he got back in the car, it turned out that Hoffman was alone with his son, as for his wife who died in a car accident a few years ago, usually Hoffman has to work, and the responsibility of taking care of his son can only be handed over to his parents, usually he is not very thoughtful about his son, after all, he wants to earn money.

Zhang Yuan still sympathized with Hoffman in his heart, he was indeed very busy, and Mai Xuewen proposed next to him that Hoffman would not find a woman again.

"Forget it, I'm worried it's not good for Joseph!" Hoffman shook his head.

Zhang Yuan is really strange, are foreigners also afraid of their stepmothers abusing their children?!

This is the fairy tale of Hans Christian Andersen that Zhang Yuan forgot to read, Cinderella or Snow White, which one was not abused by his stepmother? Although it is a fairy tale, it generally reflects that foreign countries are similar to China, and they are afraid that their stepmothers will abuse their children.

Back home, Zhang Yuan touched his mobile phone to read the text message, just now he has been eating, drinking and having fun and didn't care about the ringing of the mobile phone, and now he looks at the press officer of the club, tomorrow is the fan day event, no training, please gather at the club according to the normal training time.

The second monk Zhang Yuanzhang was puzzled and asked Mai Xuewen, who didn't know even more.

The next day to the training base to gather, Zhang Yuan asked Neuer, Neuer is Schalke 04 youth training has been playing in Schalke 04, of course he knows what the fan day activities are, he patiently explained to Zhang Yuan, as the name suggests, is naturally to meet with the fans and activities, the main purpose is to shorten the distance with the fans, increase the club's influence in the region.

However, this kind of festival is arranged in advance, some clubs do it every month, some do it once every six months, and some do it once a year, and the time should be arranged in advance, and it is the first time that the players are notified at short notice like this.

The idea of Schalke 04's senior management is that it has now reached the critical moment of the sprint, and the club was in turmoil in the first half of the month, and now take this opportunity to get in touch with the fans, feel the enthusiasm of the fans, stimulate the fighting spirit of the players, and work hard for the sprint behind.

Honestly, it was Buskens who felt the need to further motivate the players, and the rest of the games were crucial, and the players should rise to the challenge with more high spirits.

All the first-team players had to go to the fan day today, with the exception of injuries, such as Rakitic, who didn't come today.

When the team had arrived, Buskens stepped onto the bus and said, "Boys, today is going to be a fun experience, I hope you enjoy it!"

Zhang Yuan, Roberto Ozawa, and Stenet, who transferred over during the winter break, are all participating in Schalke 04's fan day activities for the first time, as for whether they have participated in similar activities before, Zhang Yuan is not clear, anyway, he has not participated in such activities in Rimini and Inter Milan.

In fact, Rimini and Inter Milan have similar activities in the past, but some Zhang Yuan missed, and some clubs only selected some players who were popular with fans to participate, this activity was very common, and no teammates had told him, so it was normal for him not to know.

Today, Schalke 04 players are going to a coal mining company, the historical origin of Schalke 04 is closely related to the miners, so it is normal to choose coal mining enterprises, now although the coal mining in the Ruhr area has long been not as prosperous as it was at the beginning, after all, the coal mining is gone, but there are still coal mining enterprises in this place, at least it has not been dug yet, there were more than 140 coal mines in its heyday, and now there are only a few left, Zhang Yuan went to the Ruhr area to feel that the air is not good at all like the domestic industrial area, the air quality here is still good, which is still thanks to the transformation of the Ruhr area in North Rhine-WestphaliaThe slogan "A blue sky over the Ruhr" has become a reality, and the sky is blue and surrounded by greenery. (To be continued.) )