Hu Lixin changed into a security uniform and walked to the front door of the community to replace his colleague Lao Fan.

He's about to start the day's work again.

When Lao Fan saw Hu Lixin, he poked his head out of the guard room and beckoned to Hu Lixin.

"Lao Hu Lao Hu, your son is actually playing professional football?!"

As soon as Hu Lixin walked in, he couldn't wait to open his mouth and ask.

Hearing this, Hu Lixin frowned and looked at his colleague and partner.

"I saw it by chance last night, Lao Hu, you are hiding deeply......"

Lao Fan said and gave him a punch, gently hitting him in the shoulder.

Hu Lixin figured out how Lao Fan knew - Anton Satellite TV broadcast a trailer for the program "People Chronicles" last night, and it was at that time that he knew that his son was on Anton Satellite TV's ace program.

Not only him, but even his wife was caught off guard.

At that time, the two of them were watching Anton Satellite TV's anti-Japanese drama, but when the advertisement was inserted in the middle, such a trailer suddenly came.

When he saw the video of Hu Lai's shooting on the screen, Hu Lixin didn't even have time to get up and smoke, so he could only sit on the sofa and watch his son say to him: "It's never too late to pursue your dreams." ”

The wife was surprised at first, and then laughed so happily that she lay on the bed and kicked her legs hard.

She was so happy because she saw her husband deflated.

Hu Lixin sat on the sofa depressed at the time, but he didn't expect to be stabbed in the back by Anton Satellite TV......

And then he realized the seriousness of this matter - Anton TV's "People Chronicles" column is very well-known, and I am afraid that soon everyone who knows their father and son will know that his son is playing professional football......

Sure enough, as soon as he came to work today, he was caught by Lao Fan.

"I said Lao Hu, you too, your sons are all big stars, what kind of security guard are you still here...... Experience life? Lao Fan said half-jokingly.

The reason why it is a "half-joke" is naturally because in Lao Fan's mind, Hu Lixin's son Hu Lai, as a professional football star, must have made a lot of money - he really believes that Hu Lixin does not need to do the hard job of security guard for money now.

Hu Lixin glared at his colleague: "What are you talking about?" Are professional players so good at making money? ”

"Isn't it?" Lao Fan puffed out his eyes, "I don't always say on the Internet that professional players drive luxury cars and buy luxury goods...... Money is not easy to make, can it be spent like that? ”

"You are typical of seeing thieves eat meat, and you don't see thieves being beaten. What kind of money is there in the world that is easy to make? The money of professional players is also exchanged for their lives......"

"Exaggerated, exaggerated. Just kicking a ball, or exchanging your life? I'll tell you Lao Hu, as far as the performance of those players is concerned, I feel like I can go up! It's not too easy to make money......"

Hu Lixin couldn't listen to Lao Fan's nonsense, so he interrupted the other party: "Lao Fan, you really can't go to you." ”

Lao Fan looked at Hu Lixin's serious appearance and couldn't help grinning: "What's the matter, are you so sure, you have been a professional player?" ”

I've really done it......

Hu Lixin said this in his heart, but he immediately realized that he was probably not qualified to say so, because he had never even played a professional game, even if he signed a contract, what kind of professional player was he?

As soon as I thought of this, I was reminded of Hu Lixin's sadness.

So he didn't want to talk to Lao Fan about this topic anymore, waved his hand, and prepared to stand guard.

Lao Fan was still muttering: "...... Isn't it just a shame to play? Why wouldn't I do this? Since they go up and lose, and I go up and lose, why can't I make this money? Hey! ”

Hu Lixin has already stood in the sentry box, staring ahead without squinting, saluting every owner who enters and exits the gate of the community.

Turned a deaf ear to Lao Fan's muttering.

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Hu Lixin, who was sitting on the sofa watching TV and scrolling through his mobile phone, suddenly found that his wife walked up to him and put a plate of peanuts and melon seeds and a plate of cut fruit on the coffee table in front of him.

Although the melon seeds and peanuts are on the same plate, they are distinct, and the black-brown melon seeds and ivory-yellow peanuts are put out by Xie Lan in the picture of Taiji Yin and Yang Fish......

The apples form a radial circle on the outermost part of the plate, and inside the circle are long green grapes, arranged neatly in a radial circle, and in the center of the circle are the round and bulging purple-red grapes that have been picked.

There are three layers, the innermost layer is red, the middle layer is turquoise, and the outermost layer is pale yellow, which is quite beautiful.

"What are you doing with all these bells and whistles?" Hu Lixin is strange.

"Celebrate the holidays." Xie Lan sat down on the sofa next to her husband, then took out the remote control, turned on the TV, and changed it to Anton Satellite TV.

"It's never too late to pursue your dreams!"

Hulai's face and his voice appeared on TV again - this is the trailer for the program "People".

Hu Lixin immediately understood what his wife was going to do, and today Wednesday is the day when the latest episode of "People" is broadcast...... She made such a grand event, just to watch her son on TV!

Hu Lixin rolled his eyes, and was about to get up and leave to smoke in the kitchen.

But this time he didn't make it, because he was pulled by his wife: "Smoking is bad for your health!" ”

"Then I don't smoke...... Hu Lixin took out the cigarette case and lighter in his pocket and put them on the coffee table.

I'd rather not smoke than watch TV.

Xie Lan was anxious: "You have to see it!" Usually you don't watch the game, forget it, today my son's documentary must be watched! Hu Lixin, he is your son, not your enemy! You usually don't know much about your son, wouldn't it be nice to watch his documentary to get to know him? Besides, you always complain that you have banned him from playing football since he was a child, how could he end up liking football...... So if you watch this documentary, maybe you will know the answer? So sit down honestly for me, and let's watch together! ”

Her hands slipped through her husband's arms and put her arms around him so hard that she was afraid he would run away.

Hu Lixin used a little strength, but found that it was difficult to drag his wife on the soft sofa, and he lost all his strength halfway through the force and sat back on the sofa.

Seeing this, he had no choice but to agree: "Okay, I'll see." Don't drag me all the time......"

"No! I won't let go until I'm done! Xie Lan shook his head and said with a firm expression.

Hu Lixin was speechless, and pouted at the fruit plate on the coffee table: "Then how do you eat these things that you carefully prepared?" ”

Now that his wife has both hands on her left arm, how can she still eat with her free hands?

"You feed me!" Xie Lan said it for granted.

Hu Lixin turned his head to look at his wife with a serious face, and finally could only sigh helplessly.

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Li Qingqing sat cross-legged on the bed, leaning back slightly at the head of the bed.

On top of her cross-legged, there was a plastic slag tray, and she held the paper bag containing melon seeds in one hand, and kept taking out melon seeds from it with one hand, and then put them in her mouth and knocking them.

The remaining melon seed skin was naturally thrown into the slag tray on her lap.

Because of the broadcast rules of the Chinese League, she has not been able to see Hu Lai's game in Shanhai.

And this time, although it is a character documentary, there should be a lot of pictures of the competition in it.

Poor Li Qingqing can only see Hu Lai's game through this method of "saving the country with a curve".

At the beginning of the show, after the opening credits, it is the host who appears. He was wearing a dark suit, and as soon as he spoke, his voice was low and magnetic, which was none other than Anton Satellite TV's ace host Ren Junsheng: "...... We always sing about our dreams, praise our dreams, and always talk about our dreams, as if having dreams is a very proud thing. But many people seem to be limited to this - they decorate their lives with dreams, making them look sparkling and dazzling in the eyes of others. But such a dream is just an ornament. Why is this so? Because it is not easy to realize your dreams, there will always be resistance of one kind or another...... But it is precisely because dreams are so difficult to achieve that so many people are keen to pursue their dreams. Therefore, those who overcome thousands of difficulties and obstacles and finally successfully complete their dreams are more worthy of our praise and respect......"

Li Qingqing didn't know when she stopped reaching out to grab melon seeds, she was still holding a bag containing melon seeds in her hand, and her eyes were looking directly at the TV screen.

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“…… Today's "People" wants to introduce you to a slightly special character, who is very young, but has recently been in the limelight...... That's right, he's the hero of today, Hulai. This young man whose name sounds a bit 'nonsense' has an extraordinary life experience...... As we all know, to become a great professional footballer, you need to start training from a very young age, put in a lot of effort and cost, and have a lot of luck to finally succeed. But Hulai, a young man, was only exposed to formal football training when he was a freshman in high school at the age of sixteen......"

Zhang Qinghuan, who had just opened a can of beer for himself in front of the TV, was stunned when he heard the host say this.

His outstretched hand for the beer can stopped halfway through.

"What are you kidding?!" Then he exclaimed.

He only started playing football at the age of sixteen and is now the top scorer on the Sparkling Stars...... Do you want to exaggerate that?

Now TV programs don't even need common sense in order to create program effects!

He regretted a little that he would stay in his apartment and watch TV on the spur of the moment......

What's so good about this show?

But when he was about to get the remote control and turn off the TV, he hesitated.

With his hand over the remote, he finally turned back to pick up the beer can and poured himself a large sip of wine.

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“…… Now it took only six games to score seven goals for the Twinkles, the team's top scorer, but he almost didn't even make it to the Dongchuan Middle School team...... Coach Li Ziqiang of the football team of Dongchuan Middle School told us about his past when the school team recruited new students......

Li Ziqiang watched himself appear on the TV screen, facing the camera, as if he was saying to himself in front of the TV: "...... Actually, I didn't want to recruit him into the team in the first place, and I wasn't very optimistic about his future...... Hulay is a very special player, the most special in that team. I don't think he should be able to endure hardship and be offended...... His foundation was so poor that I gave him a lot of basic training and didn't plan to play him...... But he persevered, which greatly surprised me. At that time, I thought, maybe he really wants to play, and he released all the hunger and thirst that he hadn't played well for the previous 16 years...... He knew he was missing more lessons than others, and if he couldn't train harder than others now, he would never be able to make up for it......"

Li Ziqiang stared at himself on the TV, a little unnatural.

But he struggled inwardly, but he still didn't turn off the TV, but continued to watch.

After all, just like his daughter said, this is his disciple, and he should pay attention to it......

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“…… In order to allow Hu Lai to carry out basic training with peace of mind, Coach Li even did not hesitate to play the villain in training. He was given a very difficult training program, which was almost impossible to accomplish at Hulai's level at the time...... But at that time, no one expected that Hulai would break Coach Lee's game with a beautiful barb goal in training......"

The TV showed footage of the Dongchuan Middle School soccer team training, but it was not what Hu Lai had been training at the beginning.

Mao Xiao turned his head to his family and said, "I was there at the time!" It was Hu Lai who I defended, but he still completed a barb shot under the defense of me and the Yan team! It's so beautiful, all of us were scared stupefied! ”

In the restaurant, Yan Yan pointed to the TV screen and showed off to his companions who were eating together: "I'll tell you, that ball...... Hulay just hit the ball over my head! It's just a blast! He was a beginner at the time, and he scored a world wave! Who would have thought of that? Our coach was stupid at the time! It's the first time I've seen a coach ...... out of such a gaffe."

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The TV screen gradually dimmed, and when it came back on, there were some Street View aerial shots.

Crowded intersections, crowded bus stops, and subway platforms......

At the same time, the sound of music sounded in the background, and after the piano prelude, a male voice chanted:

"It's a shame to say, it's still inaction; Every day I was waiting for the bus, changing the subway, grabbing a seat......"

In the crowded subway car, a beautiful female white-collar worker wearing a professional suit and exquisite makeup grabbed the ring with her hand, her head hung down and leaned on the arm that grabbed the ring, swaying gently with the shaking of the subway train, like a leaf hanging on a branch and swaying in the wind.

"I thought I would get ahead; I tried my best to prove that I could. No one in this world cares about your efforts, only your grades......"

A takeaway boy ran into an office building with a meal in a hurry, and looking at the crowd crowded at the elevator door, he finally chose to turn onto the stairwell next to the elevator.

Another delivery boy was on the street in the heavy rain, trying to pick up the food delivery battery truck that had fallen to the ground, and he was already soaking wet.

“…… It turns out that I exhausted my youth just to prove that I am a mediocre person......"

On the empty last bus, a young man in a dark suit sat in his seat, his backpack at his feet, and on his thigh, a small cake with a candle in it.

The dim candle flame reflected on the car window glass and also on the young man's face, and he raised his hand to wipe his eyes with the back of his hand, and then vigorously blew out the birthday candle on the cake.

"It's sad to think about, there's no time to waste; I began to bow my head to flattery fate and stop doing the right ...... People who are better than you work harder than you, and they are sad when they think about it; It turns out that I have spent my whole life just to prove that I am a mediocre person, and I am a mediocre person......"

Li Qingqing looked at the TV, and the scene she saw on the rostrum of the Dongchuan Middle School stadium appeared in front of her eyes.

It was her first physical education class at this school, the boys were playing a soccer game in the team, Hulai wanted to participate in it, but was excluded, everyone thought he was playing poorly and didn't want to take him, no matter how he explained, no one cared about the thin figure.

In the end, everyone was chasing the football on the field, but he could only stand on the sidelines alone, staring at the field in a daze.

That lonely and stubborn back stayed in Li Qingqing's memory for a long time.

It was also the direct reason that prompted her to go to the secret special training base to find Hu Lai, and she was really curious about the owner of this back......

At this moment, the scene of the secret training base suddenly appeared in front of her eyes—the small clearing that was already overgrown with wild grass.

Li Qingqing thought she was dazzled, but she soon found that it was not her hallucination, but the picture that really appeared on the TV screen.

That's where she and Hulay used to play and train.

Now overgrown with wild grass, a teenager appeared in the wasteland.

With his back to the camera, he stood in front of a dirty soccer ball, ran to meet it, and then kicked the soccer ball against the rock wall in front of him!

Although the upper left corner of the picture is marked with the annotation "Scene Restoration", Li Qingqing feels that it is like a real shot at that time......

At the same time, a rapid and sharp electric guitar sound was added, and the originally low and eloquent male singer's voice became high-pitched, as if he was declaring war on this mediocre life:

"I'm not a mediocre person! I don't be mediocre! I believe there is still a chance! I'm not! I'm not ......."

Just repeating the lyrics over and over again, screaming and screaming.

As the boy kicked the football against the stone wall, the scene suddenly changed, and the original barren grass and clearing dispersed like water waves. The cheers in the background changed from small to loud, as if the tide was rushing up and drowning everyone in front of the TV.

During the match, Hulai, who was wearing a shining star jersey, shot the ball towards the opponent's goal.

He ran to the stands.

The Shiningstar fans in the stands jumped up, raised their arms and chanted.

Waving flags in their hands, they poured from the stands to the first floor, stretched out their hands to Hulay, and cheered loudly.

Amid singing and cheering, Hulai leaped high and performed his trademark celebratory gesture, proudly displaying his name and number on the broadcast camera.

"I'm not a mediocre person! I don't be mediocre! I believe there is still a chance! I'm not! I'm not ......."

Xie Lan on the sofa didn't drag her husband with her hands for a long time, but Hu Lixin didn't get up to leave, she glanced secretly and found that her husband was looking at the TV screen with straight eyes, and he didn't notice his voyeurism at all.

As the song comes to an end, the picture gradually dims, and the singer's voice returns to calm from high-pitched: "I gave up on love and betrayed my faith, maybe this is the truth of life, so desperate......"

In the black field, the magnetic voice of the show host Ren Junsheng sounded again: "Before Hu Lai decided to play professional football, both his father and his professional coach on the school team had told him about the risks and cruelty of professional football. It's a caution and a worry...... But in the end, Hulai chose to embark on this unknown path to pursue his dreams. ”

The picture brightened, Hu Lai stood on the early morning training ground sweating alone, the golden sun sprinkled on him, and the beads of sweat on his face were all lit up by the morning sun.

"Romain Rolland once wrote in "Michelangelo": There is only one true heroism in the world, and that is to know the truth of life and still love it."

The camera zooms in and down to Hulai's eyes, where the light of the morning sun is reflected in the pair of eyes, as if burning.

"For each of us, we may be mediocre in life, but we can also not be mediocre."

The picture finally freezes on Hulai's back, facing the rising sun, the brilliant sunlight pouring in, tracing a golden border around his slightly darker figure. More light spilled out from the outside of his body, slicing through the thin morning mist in the air, as if to coat Hulayan with pale golden wings.

Subtitles appear on the screen:

It's never too late to start chasing your dreams.

——Respect those ordinary people who are not willing to be ordinary

Zhang Qinghuan looked at this scene, and a question popped up in his mind:

A ...... alone How can it be so radiant?

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PS, the song that appears in this chapter is "The Mediocre" by the Antusheng Band.

About the outbreak...... There will be a single chapter to talk about later.

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