Chapter 10: The Immortals Descend to Earth
At night, the second lay in bed, listening to the news on TV, triumphant. I can now finally make money with my own hands, no, with my feet.
Looking back on the path of my life, I found that I was constantly bumping into the circle of students. Others are normal for more than ten years or so in their student life. What about yourself? It's twice as much as others. It's sad to think about it, three lives and two lives, I have been honed at this stage of students, and now it's finally over.
Oh, not yet, there are still four years, three semesters a year, a total of twelve semesters, and the hard days of student life are not yet over. But fortunately, I don't need to clock in to class. The second is starting to be proud again, friends, you don't need to check in and sign in, it's still Oxford University, the Bull Demon King, right? Alas, it's just a bit long......
While thinking happily, the second kept chattering - what a miserable life!
Boom - Suddenly there was a burst of thunder outside.
Hey, why didn't the lightning see it?
Oh, is it going to rain?
II looked out the window, the stars were shining, and the moon was smiling at him with the corners of her mouth curled!
Well, it didn't look like it was going to rain, and then, II, climbed into bed and went to sleep.
However, happy and sad things will really happen inadvertently and from time to time!
Of course, the second is very proud now, but he really doesn't know that he has just stepped out of the school gate and unknowingly fallen into another big pit. However, the time is very short, only a few days. But in just a few days, the second got the reputation of a Langyuan immortal.
It's August 31st, but today is still the day when Coach Houghton takes the second day off to deal with personal matters. But there really weren't many personal matters to be handled by the Second in Oxford. He is alone now, and he doesn't seem to have anything else to do except for the school's student status that needs to be explained.
No, damn it, how can we forget this?
I need to say goodbye to Ye Zilan, I successfully signed a contract with Oxford United, and I want to tell her the good news. Happiness needs to be shared. Didn't Mencius say, "It is better to be happy with others than to be happy alone; With the few to be happy, is it better to be happy with the all"?
Originally, the second still imagined that his Lan'er would raise his little hand and give himself encouragement with his eyes blurred. I can also take the opportunity to hug Ye Zilan. But when they met, the complacent II told his sweetheart about his happiness. I suddenly found that I hoped that it was also beautiful, but the reality was still so cruel!
The second only now did he know that Mencius's words were not credible, at least not to listen to them all, and it was better to be alone.
Not only did the second not dare to hug Ye Zilan, but under his Lan'er's disdainful and unorthodox eyes, he fled in the wilderness. Later, the second brother and sister were not even embarrassed to say that they signed with the Oxford United team, so they greeted them directly, saying that they would work and study, even if they said goodbye. For them, football can only be a hobby, not a meal. To become a professional footballer, why not be a working boy?
Holiday, or don't want it. Go to work and see how dedicated I am. II had no choice but to go to work early. When he saw Oxford University again for the time being, he came to the Oxford United Club, and the trajectory of his life began to change. The first is the trajectory of II's life, which began to move from home to school and now home to Oxford United Club.
Today happens to be the first day of September, Tuesday, the fifth day of the eighth lunar month, which is the day of school and a good day. Carrying a large Umbro sports backpack, II arrived alone at the centre of Oxford United's football training base.
As soon as he arrived at the Oxford United club, through the guidance of the concierge uncle, the second came to the Oxford United youth team training base and found Coach Taylor. However, Coach Taylor said, you are not in my charge now, you go over there. What is the place over there, the academy of Oxford United.
Youth teams and youth academies are not the same thing, it's not just the age groups. The second didn't know the difference between this, but now through Coach Taylor's explanation, he realized that these two places are two worlds at all. For those who dream of becoming professional footballers, the youth academy is the human realm in the stage of cultivating immortals, the youth team is the spiritual realm, and only the first team is where immortals live.
The second is an immortal who was relegated to the world, that is an immortal descending to earth, isn't there still a spiritual world in between? This span is a bit too big.
The second was notified to be sent to the youth academy team, and he needed to start from scratch, this decision was not what ordinary people said, it was the team boss, the king of the fairy world, Brian. Horton manager personally instructed. The second must start with a football goal to enlighten the football foundations. That is, the second wants to test his ability from the newcomer village and come out independently. Whether you can pass the test depends on the true ability of the second one.
II wanted to cry without tears.
Kick, plop, puff, II had to run to the other side, and there was the Youth Football Academy. There is a wall in the academy that separates it from the rest of the team, leaving a half-open and half-hidden gate, but fortunately there is no gatehouse, otherwise I really don't know if the second can go in.
Oxford United's first team, reserves, youth team and academy training base are all together, otherwise the second would have even run the wrong goal, and the joke would have been even bigger. In this case, the Oxford United club's Academy junior group welcomed an older youngster.
II, not only continued his football apprenticeship as a student, but also from the primary, oh no, kindergarten stage, you say the pit is not big.
In the youth academy, the students are basically not more than 17 years old, and generally when they are fifteen or sixteen years old, they begin to test, and a large number of them are eliminated, and the qualified ones basically go to the youth team. There are also those who have not been selected, and the academy will dissuade them, but if you think that you still have hope, you must stay in the academy, then that's fine, you can stay.
Youth Academy students, that's not paid, and you have to pay. Although students do not need to pay for football training, they do have to pay miscellaneous fees for daily life. The organisational relationship of the cadets is only an apprenticeship agreement with the academy and is not affiliated with the Oxford United first team.
At Oxford United Youth Academy, only selected cadets are given a paper youth contract for a little, very little, symbolic salary. But at this point, at least you don't have to pay living expenses. These signings are also no longer studying at the academy and need to be reported to the team's youth squad in the reserves. The coaching team is stronger, they will further ponder your skills and tactics, and the final winner will be the one who signs and becomes a member of the team's first team.
II skipped this step and signed directly with the first team, which is considered an official signing. Player contracts are guaranteed by law, and salaries are not lower than those set by the Ministry of Labor.
II came to the academy to report, causing an uproar among the academy's students. In particular, there were parents and fans of students separated by barbed wire, and they began to exchange ears.
Why?
Because II was arranged to participate in the training test in the junior group of the Oxford United Academy Academy.
What is the youth academy of the Oxford United club team?
It was under the age of 13, and it was a child who was selected from all over the world to have a football talent, and was sent to the Oxford United Academy, which was the place where the young apprentices started football and trained in football.
For a time, because II became a wonder in the youth group of the Oxford United club's youth academy. Think about it, a child around the age of twelve or thirteen is training with a nineteen-year-old uncle, that embarrassment!
II corrected the child's uncle's name many times, but no one changed his name to brother. II touched his face, a little feverish. The second thought to himself, how can the names of this uncle and brother be corrected? No, I have to buy some candy tomorrow to bribe this group of bear children. As for the effect, whether it can achieve this goal, II does not know.
Because before the second had time to do it, he left the junior group, and he passed.
The second is also very proud, I passed the junior level in one day. Whether this is pride or tsundere, in fact, the second himself can't tell.
Entering the youth group of the Youth Academy, the second found that he had only jumped from a large pit to a slightly shallow pit. Anyway, the second feels that he is just wandering in his student life, parting with his study career, and it seems that he will not be able to achieve this goal for a while.