Chapter Sixty-Eight: Forever Young
"Do you know Hulai?"
When General Manager Zhang asked this sentence, Sun He subconsciously thought that Mr. Zhang was looking for him to ask about the guilt.
But he quickly reacted, how could Mr. Zhang, who is very resourceful, know about a nobody in the youth team?
Maybe it's just a simple inquiry......
Sun Hyuk decided to take a gamble.
So he hurriedly nodded: "I know, Mr. Zhang." ”
"Oh, how did he do in the youth team?"
Sun He showed an embarrassed expression: "This, Mr. Zhang...... Not long after I took over the Academy, he was sure he was leaving, so I didn't pay much attention to him, and he couldn't even play in the youth team at the time......
From a certain point of view, everything Sun He said was the truth, not a lie. If Mr. Zhang really came to Xingshi to ask for guilt, he was ignorant.
He's just cleverly hiding something that doesn't work against him.
This kind of selective truth is tried and tested when used to fool the leadership.
And if Mr. Zhang really didn't know about Hu Lai's situation, then he would be puzzled by what he said.
Sure enough, Zhang Qiang was surprised: "Leaving the team? If I'm not mistaken, you came to the club at the end of March, right? ”
Sun He nodded again and again, and then explained to Mr. Zhang: "Yes, I just took over the youth training, and before I had time to understand all the circumstances, he decided to leave the team in the summer, and the contract and the shining star were signed." ”
"What's going on?" Zhang Qiang asked.
"It's Zhao Kangming. Mr. Zhang, you know, Hu Lai was brought by Zhang Kangming from a high school team, and after he left the club, he also took Hu Lai to the Shining Stars......"
"As a result, this young man who was easily let go by us at the beginning has now scored eleven goals in less than half a season in the Chinese League?" Zhang Qiang stared at Sun He.
Although Sun He defended that not long after he came here, Hu Lai ran away with Zhao Kangming, but he knew very well that some truths did not make sense in front of the leader.
If you insist on defending yourself, you may end up with a bad impression in the minds of the leader.
Sun He, who is the best at hugging his thighs in his coaching career, certainly knows what the most correct thing to do at this time is.
So he hurriedly took the initiative to admit his mistake: "It's my fault, Mr. Zhang." When I first took over, I didn't know enough about my players. Otherwise, the youth team must focus on cultivating him......"
Zhang Qiang waved his hand: "Forget it, no one is there......"
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When Sun Hyuk finally came out of the general manager's office, he let out a sigh.
Finally escaped.
When Mr. Zhang suddenly mentioned Hu Lai's name, his heart hung in his throat.
Because of last night's game, General Manager Zhang noticed Hu Lai.
This is not good news for Sun He.
He can only hope now that Hulai's performance this season was a coincidence, a shooting star. By the end of the season, there will be no more waves. In this way, it will not continue to attract Mr. Zhang's attention.
The more Sun He thought about it, the more he felt that this was really the case.
Why did Hulay, a striker who can't do anything but run and shoot, perform so well in his debut season? Isn't it because the opponent is not familiar enough with him and doesn't understand him that he let him take advantage?
You'll see next season, if this kid can still perform like he has now, I'll run naked on the street!
It's normal for Sun He to think so, after all, the so-called "rookie wall" is not just a special term in basketball. It's not uncommon for many footballers to perform well in their first season and then wither in their second season.
The reason for this is that his excellent performance in the first season has attracted the attention of opponents, and after being thoroughly studied, it is difficult to make a targeted defense, and of course it is difficult to have such a performance.
Not to mention that Hulai is a very singular person who is easier to study thoroughly.
For Son He, as long as Hulai does not perform well next season, disappears into the crowd and becomes an ordinary mediocre player, his crisis will be over.
Anyway, as long as you don't let Mr. Zhang think of this person again.
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Yongjun saw Zhang Qinghuan, who had already carried his bag and changed his shoes, standing at the door, put his eyes to the cat's eye, looked outside, put his hand on the doorknob, but did not open the door.
He asked curiously, "What are you doing?" ”
Unexpectedly, Zhang Qinghuan turned around and put his finger to his mouth and made a "shhh" gesture to his agent.
Seeing this, Yongjun was still very confused, but he was silent.
Then he heard the sound of the door opening and closing outside, and at the same time he saw Zhang Qinghuan open the door suddenly, and then stepped out: "Ah, what a coincidence! ”
Yongjun rolled his eyes behind him - daring to love this kid is creating a chance encounter......
Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei, who were outside the door, saw that the opposite door was suddenly opened, and then a Zhang Qinghuan came out, and they were collectively stunned.
"What's the situation?!" Hulai shouted.
"Aha!" Zhang Qinghuan opened his hands and said excitedly, "I did what I said, moved to your door to be a neighbor!" Surprised? ”
Hulai was like seeing a ghost: "Isn't it? This allows you to rent ...... Did you use some shady means to evict the tenants on the other side? I'll tell you, now sweep away the evil ......"
Zhang Qinghuan smiled and shook his head: "No, no, absolutely nothing!" It's really just a coincidence. I asked Uncle Yong to help me find the house closest to you, but I didn't expect to find your next door! ”
He turned sideways and pointed to Yongjun in the room.
Yongjun, who was still wearing an apron, raised his hand to greet Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei: "Good morning, boys." ”
Zhang Qinghuan was very happy: "In the future, we will go to train together and go home together, in order to celebrate my move, come to my house for dinner tonight!" Let me tell you, Uncle Yong's craftsmanship is good! ”
Yongjun also sent out an invitation inside: "I'm going to buy good food in the afternoon, what do you want to eat?" ”
Wang Guangwei waved his hand politely: "You can do anything, Uncle Yong......"
Hulai asked, "Can you really eat whatever you want?" ”
Zhang Qinghuan didn't wait for Yongjun to speak, so he replied for him: "Of course." Uncle Yong is a person with a senior chef certificate! ”
Wang Guangwei was surprised: "Uncle Yong, aren't you a professional agent?" ”
"I opened a restaurant for ten years before I became an agent, and Qinghuan and I first met in my restaurant." Yongjun wiped his hands with his apron, and also walked out of it, standing at the door and smiling at the two young men explained.
After speaking, he looked at Hu Lai: "Order food, Xiao Hu." ”
He also really wanted to invite Hu Lai to dinner as a thank you to him for helping Zhang Qinghuan's prodigal son turn around.
Instead of ordering immediately, Hulay seemed to be lost in thought, probably thinking about what to eat.
After about two seconds of silence, Hu Lai took a deep breath, and then said: "Uncle Nayong, I want to eat steamed lamb, steamed bear's paw, steamed deer tail, roasted duck, roasted chicken, roasted goose, braised pig, braised duck, sauced chicken, bacon, Songhua tripe, dried meat, sausage, assorted Su plate, smoked chicken white belly, steamed eight-treasure pig, Jiangmi stuffed duck, canned pheasant, canned quail, braised assorted ......"
Wang Guangwei was stunned for a few seconds, and when he reacted, Hu Lai had already ordered more than 20 dishes, and he hurriedly reached out to cover Hu Lai's mouth: "What about cross talk!" ”
And Yongjun was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Okay, I know, I'll watch it, you can eat as you like!" ”
Hu Lai was unwilling: "Uncle Yong, I still have a hundred dishes here......
"Bang!"
Yongjun closed the door and went back to the house.
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The three of them walked out of the community and came to the platform of the No. 12 bus stop.
Although Zhang Qinghuan has already done some disguises, there will always be passing women who will set their eyes on him.
It made Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei standing next to him a little embarrassed, especially Hu Lai - what's the matter? We're not men, are we? What do you mean by just staring at Zhang Qinghuan? Is this a scumbag knowing? Scumbag! Scumbag! Do you see it?
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, took out his mobile phone and opened Taobao, searched for a product on it, and then handed it to Zhang Qinghuan: "You see you are moving, and I haven't prepared any gifts, otherwise I'll give you a few of these T-shirts, right?" ”
Zhang Qinghuan glanced at the mobile phone screen, and two huge calligraphy fonts were printed on the front of a black T-shirt, with the words "scumbag".
Wang Guangwei also saw it, and his face changed-Hu Lai, you are picking on other people's wounds and saying it......
But Zhang Qinghuan smiled: "Hu Lai, let me tell you, it's also a trouble for a woman to be too good......
"It's forbidden to pretend here." Hulai withdrew his phone and crossed his hands in a "no" gesture.
Zhang Qinghuan smiled and didn't explain much, he believed that Hu Lai would understand this truth one day sooner or later.
Hu Lai looked at the electronic display on the platform, and the next No. 12 bus was three minutes away from the station.
He thought of a terrible thing - with the fame of him and Wang Guangwei, there were many more passengers on the originally empty No. 12 bus, and most of them came to arrest the two of them to meet the requirements for group photo autographs.
It's nothing, after the first few days of freshness, everyone's enthusiasm quickly decreases, and although there are still more people than before they became famous, they are still much better.
And now Zhang Qinghuan wants to take the bus with them...... The bus must not be crowded?
I don't know they even get on the bus......
So he suddenly turned his head to Wang Guangwei and said, "Old Wang, after the end of this season, you should hurry up and learn a driver's license!" ”
"Why me?" Wang Guangwei asked rhetorically, "Don't you also have a driver's license?" ”
"I'm going back to Dongchuan on vacation, am I studying in Jincheng or Dongchuan? How to learn to run back and forth in Dongchuan well? Isn't it more convenient for you to study in Jincheng? Find a driving school in Jincheng directly and take the test, how good? ”
Wang Guangwei wanted to refute Hu Lai, but he found that Hu Lai's words were reasonable and well-founded, and this reason made him unable to find fault with it.
Hu Lai persuaded Wang Guangwei, and then turned to Zhang Qinghuan: "When Lao Wang learns his driver's license, you can buy a car, so that the three of us can take the car to train in the future......"
Zhang Qinghuan was puzzled: "Why did I buy a car?" ”
"Because if you didn't have to move over and train with us, Lao Wang and I could continue to take the bus to and from work, where do we need to buy a car?" Hulai is right. "Don't you believe it, tomorrow look at the No. 12 bus, can we still squeeze in!"
When Hu Lai said this, Zhang Qinghuan also noticed that in the distance, someone was already taking pictures of them with their mobile phones......
Clearly, Hulay's fears are justified.
Wang Guangwei also frowned, realizing the urgency of taking the driver's license.
"I knew I wouldn't sell Ferraris...... Zhang Qinghuan muttered.
"If you don't sell it, you can't sit the three of us, right?" Hu Lai pursed his lips and shrugged his shoulders, he thought of Han Xiangfei's attachment to this car again, and couldn't help but complain: "This thing has a small space, a low chassis, and it is careful to pass a speed bump, no matter how fast the speed is, the maximum speed limit on the highway can only run one hundred and two, I don't know why Brother Han likes it so much......"
Zhang Qinghuan laughed when he heard Hu Lai's childish complaint: "It's normal, for the vast majority of professional players, this is a symbol, a symbol of success." Many of them have been playing since they were four or five years old, leaving home around the age of 10 and going alone to a completely unfamiliar place to undergo rigorous training and face a brutal elimination system – the coach will tell them that only two of the twenty-two children will make it to the next two in the future...... People like Han Xiangfei will think, I have paid so much and finally succeeded, why can't I enjoy the life of driving a Ferrari? Driving a supercar and buying luxury goods, including pickling girls, are actually to make up for the hardships they have suffered......"
Speaking of this, Zhang Qinghuan paused for a moment, and then whispered: "Actually, I am too." My dad forced me to practice when I was a kid and would beat me up if I didn't practice. Later, when I became a little more sensible and knew that playing football would become my career, I took the initiative to take it a lot seriously, but I also gave up a lot of things because of it. Training is really boring, and you have to be careful of injuries or something, if you are not careful, if you are seriously injured, all the efforts of the previous ten years may be in vain. Under such great pressure, once you succeed, of course, you will have to live a life of fine clothes and food......"
Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei are both student players, Wang Guangwei also received professional football training when he was a child, but he is still a student more often, his life is normal, and the kind of professional players who are sent to intensive training from the bottom and leave their parents' hometown are still different. The latter, when they need the company of their parents the most, must face the cruel competitive sports alone, and may have some flaws in their personality.
Wang Guangwei also had a lot of feelings: "When I was in school before, I always thought that I wanted to be a professional player in the future, and dreamed of entering professional football, and I felt that it was a success. Later, when I really came in, I found that there was actually a big gap with my imagination. Day in and day out, the impact of injuries, the intrigue with the club over a contract...... Of course, our club is not bad, at least there is no salary arrears, and some clubs ...... Gee. ”
Seeing that both of them were suddenly depressed, Hulai snorted: "Only those who come in are qualified to complain." In any case, you are happier than many people who have a career out of your natural talents and the skills you are best at. What kind of business do you mean you don't have? ”
He looked at Zhang Qinghuan.
"Stressed? Aren't we stressed when we're students? After more than ten years of hard study, isn't it the same that they all count on the college entrance examination for a few days? What kind of business can be easily successful now? Anyway, I finally got qualified to come in, so I won't just come in and be a gangster, no matter how much I pay, I will succeed! ”
After he finished speaking, Wang Guangwei and Zhang Qinghuan both looked at him, and after watching for a few seconds, Wang Guangwei laughed and said to Zhang Qinghuan next to him: "Look, Hu Lai is like this......"
"What's wrong with me?" Hu Lai frowned and asked, always feeling that Wang Guangwei had nothing to say.
"A pure teenager." Wang Guangwei said with a smile.
When Zhang Qinghuan heard him say this, he also nodded in agreement: "It's a little childish." ”
"That means I'm the second in middle school." Hulai pouted.
"Nope." Zhang Qinghuan shook his head, "I envy you, I really envy you." You're going to keep it up, Hulai. Always be a teenager, always young. ”
Hulai shivered and touched the goosebumps on his arm: "Damn, it's disgusting." You're the real two! ”
Zhang Qinghuan laughed, and in his laughter, the No. 12 bus slowly drove into the station and stopped next to the platform. Then the car door opened, and the driver's master probe greeted Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei who were just outside the car door: "Good morning, Hu Lai, Wang Guangwei, uh......"
He looked at Zhang Qinghuan standing beside the two of them, a little hesitant, and didn't recognize who he was for a while.
Zhang Qinghuan said to him with a bright smile: "Hello master, I am Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei's teammates, my name is Zhang Qinghuan. ”