"Zhuo Yang, just call me Herha." Father Mei said, "Look, Xiaojie and Xiaobu, they all call me that. ”

"Uncle Mei, they are them, but I can't do this." Zhuo Yang said: "Everyone grew up with a different cultural background, Xiaojie and Xiaobu call you like that, it is their culture, and there is no disrespect." ”

Zhuo Yang took a sip of black tea and continued: "But I can't, the education I received since I was a child is like this, if I call you like that, it will inevitably contain rudeness." ”

"Well, you've always been very adamant about your opinions, and you're a very assertive young man." Daddy Mei smiled and nodded.

Zhuo Yang lifted the silver teapot and refilled the black tea in the cup for Father Mei. "Uncle Mei, why didn't Leo come?" Zhuo Yang didn't look up, nor did he let the tea in the cup overflow, and not a drop splashed outside the cup.

"I just wanted to have a casual chat with you today, Leo...... When I went out, he was bouncing the ball on the small court, and I didn't call him. ”

Zhuo Yang put down the silver kettle in his hand: "Leo is very focused on football, I am ashamed of myself." ”

Father Mei picked up the teacup and held it in the palm of his hand, leaned back in the soft chair, and looked up at the ceiling. "On Leo's fourth birthday, I gave him a soccer ball, and that night, he refused to let go, and he had to hold it at night when he went to bed."

Zhuo Yang also owed a debt in the future, and listened with great interest to Mei's father to tell the story of Messi's childhood.

"Rosario's children love football and I started to think that Leo would be like them, and that Leo's two older brothers loved football too." Daddy Mei took a sip of the water in the cup.

"But I soon found out that Leo was different from other children, he loved football so much that he had to hold it until he was eight years old, not only on his birthday night, but every night after that, Leo had to hold it until he was eight years old."

Zhuo Yang nodded: "This is love, Leo is a genius born for football." I also started playing football when I was four years old, but nowhere near as much as Leo did. ”

"Zhuo Yang, your talent is much stronger than Leo's."

"Uncle Mei, are you saying that I don't have Leo's hard work and am being lazy? Hahaha......"

"Hahaha, how dare you, your hard work in football has long been famous in football. The excellent training ethos of Madiburg and Milan are driven by you. ”

The day after the first leg of the Champions League semifinals with Real Madrid, Messi's father Herrhu Messi was suddenly invited, which surprised Zhuo Yang slightly.

In yesterday's game, Zhuo Yang, who scored twice, led Barcelona to a 2-0 away victory over Real Madrid, which not only made Real Madrid almost impossible to turn the tables at the Bernabeu, but also brought his goals in the Champions League this season to 11, tying Messi, and the two are at the top of the list.

It's normal for Daddy Mei to invite him to dinner, and the number of times he has invited Zhuo Yang in the past year or so is no longer clear. Today's place for Daddy Mei's reception is the Vinitus Turkish Restaurant where Messi and Zhuoyang and Pingto agreed last time, but it has been replaced by the largest private room here.

But only Zhuo Yang was invited, and Messi did not come, which made the meaning a little unusual. However, Zhuo Yang asked just now, but Dad Mei did not answer positively, so he let it go and stopped asking.

Zhuo Yang is a smart person, Mei's father handled it like this, presumably there is something to discuss with him tonight, and the matter itself is not suitable for Messi to hear. Although I don't know how it is, I can't tell you if you see through it.

"When Leo was five years old, he was already much better than children of the same age, and even those who were seven or eight years old were not as good as him." "It's just that his body is ......, so at that time I felt that Leo needed special training. ”

"I quit my job at the factory and went to a small team nearby to apply for a junior team strength and conditioning coach, and the salary was pitiful, nowhere near as much as I did when I was in the factory. I did that just so I could coach Leo to play football. ”

The story of Leo Messi has been basically known to the world over the years, and those rumors about 'dwarfism' and 'poor family' are naturally true. The same goes for being disliked by Newell's Old Buddies Club and having La Masia coach Kuka discovered.

Everyone marveled at Messi's early ups and downs and adventures, but Zhuo Yang keenly discovered the most crucial point: Messi's father was very decisive and correct in every decision.

Messi can grow from a promising 'dwarf' to a superstar in today's football, and aside from his own hard work and talent, it is very important for Mei's father to make the right decisions every time. Because of this, Zhuo Yang admires Dad Mei very much.

"You're right, Zhuo Yang." "Leo loves football and he suffers a lot. But who doesn't grow up to suffer? In the 24 years since he was born, all the hardships he has suffered have been in football. ”

There was something in the words, and Zhuo Yang understood. Mei's father is actually saying that Messi is too obsessed with football, and he can't do anything else except football. The 'will' here does not mean that I am good at it.

Not to mention that compared with a person like Zhuo Yang who can achieve great success across borders, Messi is inferior to other professional players in many aspects.

Most professional players actually don't know anything except football, and Messi is even worse, Zhuo Yang sometimes doubts that without Mei's father and football, it is a question of whether Messi can continue to survive.

There is no other skill except football, which is not uncommon among professional players, but Messi is too dependent on Mei's father, and he needs Mei's father to give him ideas on what clothes to wear and where to eat. Zhuo Yang doesn't know if this is caused by Mei's father from a young age, or if God has put all of Messi's skill points on football.

If Messi leaves home alone at the age of 17 like Zhuo Yang to work in a foreign country thousands of miles away, the ending is not easy to say, will he be destroyed by a dazed life? Or will it temper a lonely and resolute tough guy in football? There is only one one-way road in life that cannot be turned back, and no one can assume it.

"Zhuo Yang, Leo and I are actually very envious of you." Father Mei lifted the silver kettle to refill the tea for Zhuo Yang, and Zhuo Yang quickly pushed the cup forward gently.

"Your father was a soldier and your mother was a musician. IMHO, even if you don't play football or the piano, you'll still have no worries about food and clothing. You may find a job in the military, or you may find another mundane job after school. No matter what you do, your life will be good. ”

"But for Leo and our family, if Leo doesn't play football, there's nothing."

"Uncle Mei, it's unfair to say this. Leo's persistence and hard work in football, we all see it, with such quality, in fact, everything will be successful, but Leo chose football. ”

Zhuo Yang didn't know if he was right to say this, but he could only comfort Dad Mei so much at this time. Others can laugh at themselves, but you can't go along with them.

Dad Mei adjusted the buttons on the cuffs of his shirt, and after sitting down in the soft chair again, he looked into Zhuo Yang's eyes.

"Zhuo Yang, I invited you here today to ask you to talk about Leo's shortcomings and shortcomings in football. You've had a lot of experience in football and you've met a lot of talented players, so I'm looking forward to your openness and guidance. ”