Three days after the match, Sergio called Song Zhong, who was almost waiting for death, and told Song Zhong to get ready, and he asked his assistant to pick him up at the Politecnico di Milano dorm tomorrow.

Pinettina, the training base of Inter Milan, is located in a small town called Appiano Gentille between the city of Milan and Como.

The Pinettina base was built in 1962 at the behest of then-coach Herrera and financed by Moratti's father, Angelo Moratti. But the base was built only for training, and there were no accommodation facilities at all, only training grounds, gyms and swimming pools. In 1965, there was a small main building at the Pinettina site, but the structure of the base is not coordinated and the function is not perfect.

The players' rooms at the Pinettina base were cramped and poorly lit, with the only windows the size of a palm located near the rooftop, and the air-conditioning system was a mess, with cold winters and hot summers. On January 12, 2003, Vieri and Di Biagio did not play in the game against Modena, and the team claimed that they had the flu, but in fact they left the base without permission, and the two repeatedly insisted that it was because the room was too hot to sleep.

Before Roberto Mancini took over at Inter, the Nerazzurri had a habit of having their players sleep in their rooms at the Pinettina base before home games, just as AC Milan did. Closing the base before the game can not only avoid external interference, but also save a lot of money. Among the three previous Serie A giants, Juventus has been sleeping in a hotel before the game, because the Bianconeri did not have their first training base in history until this summer.

It was Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini who asked to stay in the hotel before the game, as he could not accept the unreasonable or even rudimentary facilities in the rooms at the Pinettina base. Moratti shelled out a large sum of money to allow the team to stay in five-star luxury hotels such as Milan's Melia before the game. But recently, the big boss of Inter Milan has changed his mind, he can no longer bear to continue to bear this huge expenditure for the team, and more importantly, the team not only does not sleep better and play better in luxury hotels, but there are many rumors related to external interference and disciplinary violations.

It is also a Milan giant, and it is impossible not to compare the players internally. At AC Milan's Milanello base, the players' rooms are decorated according to the standards of a five-star hotel, the restaurant is elegant and warm, and there are billiards rooms, wireless Internet access and other facilities.

In almost every respect, Inter Milan's Pinettina base looks backward and outdated.

But for the sake of the team, Moratti finally made a compromise and renovated the Pinettina training ground.

The next day did not take too long, Sergio's assistant drove Song Zhong to the training base, of course, on the way there, Sergio's assistant told Song Zhong about the long history of Inter, and even Song Zhong felt that this product could be a teacher, and the name of the course he taught was called "The Rise and Fall of Inter".

Of course, Song Zhong didn't bother too much to discuss this course with Sergio's assistant, because now Song Zhong's heart was about to pop out, and the closer to Inter's training base, the more intense it became.

Inter Milan beat Pescara in the last round of the league to move up to fifth, but this season's Serie A competition is fierce, with Inter Milan sitting second in the table before the winter break. , and then after only one loss before, it fell to fifth place.

The two soon came to Inter's office building, and it was impossible for Sergio, as a coach, to personally manage the signing of a young player, so the assistant took Song Zhong directly to the office of Inter's youth head Mark Monti.

"That's what Sergio said about the young player with a lot of potential?" Mark Monti said as he looked at Song Zhong, "Hello, I'm Mark Monti, the head of Inter Milan in charge of youth training!" ”

"Hello! Mr! You can call me Song! Song Zhong replied politely.

Marc Monti began to retract his gaze, he had a natural hatred of Asians, but it was not for nothing, when Italy was subjected to the most shameless black whistle at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan.

For the sake of his profession, he still gave his initial evaluation: this young man looks very strong, which can be seen from the muscles on his body, and from the moment he enters the office, there is no trace of nervousness, and the resistance to pressure should be good, as for the rest, I can only trust Sergio's vision.

"Okay, Song, I will arrange someone to take you to the physical examination immediately, if there is nothing wrong with your physical examination, we will make a formal contract with you!" Mark Monty said to Song Zhong as usual.

However, these few words stunned Song Zhong, shouldn't a player like himself try out when he signs a club to test his speed or something.

Seeing Song Zhong's bewildered face, Sergio's assistant laughed: "Your trial has passed!" ”

"What, you've tried out and passed?" Song Zhong was even more confused.

The so-called trial is the game between the two teams that day, and Song Zhong has already been favored by the coach of the youth team, so the usual trial has lost its meaning.

The next thing is the physical examination, as long as Song Zhong's physical examination can pass, then he will sign a contract with Inter, and the task given to him by the system will be completed.

After Song Zhong was arbitrarily manipulated by the doctor for an hour or two, he finally completed the physical examination, of course, Song Zhong's physical examination was just a simple examination, which was completely different from the physical examination of those first-team teams.

After passing the medical examination, he came to Mark Monty's office again.

Mark Monty had already placed the contract on his desk, and after repeatedly confirming that Song Zhong was an adult and could sign the contract without the supervision of his guardian, Mark Monty handed a pen to Song Zhong.

Song Zhong didn't look at the contract carefully, his current value is not worth the club's manipulation of the contract, and he doesn't understand the laws of the economy, and he doesn't have the money to hire an agent, so he just took a brief look at his salary, which is not high, and it is converted into a weekly salary of 1,000 euros.

But Song Zhong didn't care, first, he was not short of money, and second, as long as he was in the help of the system, as long as he performed well enough, he was afraid that the club would not give him a salary increase?

After signing the contract, Song Zhong did not go directly to the youth team to report, but at the suggestion of Mark Monty, he went back to school first to complete some procedures, after all, he had to come to the training base every afternoon to train, and he had to go through a free procedure for the afternoon class, otherwise it would be bad for him to fail the course at that time, and there were some others such as preparing some change of clothes to come here, so that he could change clothes after training.