When he was very young, when Zhang Jun took over the football from his father, he probably never dreamed that one day, he would be able to stand on this podium. The red confetti fell from the sky, and Queen's classic "We Are the Champions" kept ringing, and the flashing lights almost stunned them, no, it was the great happiness that made them almost unable to stand still.

The whole team rushed up to kiss the golden cup in Yang Pan's hand, while Zhang Jun was looking for Sophie in the crowd. Now his mind was blank and his heart was beating fast, until he found Sophie smiling at him with a camera in the crowd, and he found a safe haven like a boat that kept churning in the wind and waves, and his heart calmed down.

This scene is familiar, ten years ago, he was also looking for Sophie in the noisy and excited crowd, but at that time Sophie still had tears on her face, and today there is only a smile.

Seeing Sophie standing there well, Zhang Juncai breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled at Sophie, and then was dragged over by his teammates next to him. They want to take a group photo, which is a scene worthy of permanent inscription in the history of Chinese football, and it is natural to stay.

Yang Pan and Zhang Jun, as the two representatives of the team, held the World Cup in the middle, and the others surrounded them like stars holding the moon, and then let countless Chinese and foreign reporters record this historical moment.

At this time, all those who have dedicated everything to Chinese football, those who are now or witnessed, and those who can't witness it with their own eyes, are all happy. He Long, the first Minister of Sports of New China, is the predecessor of sports photography Rong Lao, and the fan leader Lao Niu...... In fact, they are just representatives of a group, and without those behind them, Chinese football would not be able to go where it is today.

It's a win for everybody, and everybody is a champion.

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Zhang Jun became the top scorer of this World Cup with nine goals, and he is the number one striker in world football today. At the same time, he also won the Player of the Year award, two honors in one, and Zhang Jun's career reached unprecedented heights. FIFA's explanation for why he was able to get the best player and not other players who were also very good, such as Kaka, was simple:

Chinese football history is the world champion, and we think it will be more difficult than Brazil to become the world champion. At the same time, as the team's top scorer, Zhang Jun continues to use his goals to help the team move forward, and he is the number one contributor to the team's championship, so the honor of this best player is given to him, and he deserves it.

It turns out that this is a World Cup belonging to the Chinese, a World Cup for Zhang Jun.

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No one knows that when Yang Pan held the Hercules Gold Cup high, how many people in China shouted hoarsely, how many people got drunk, and the land of China was dyed red overnight, and those were all crumbs of firecrackers. Everyone fell into a crazy situation, even in the studio hall of CCTV5, which did live TV, a group of men, women and children hugged each other in front of the national audience.

The merchants who advertised that night made a lot of money, and the fans also made a lot of money - a good mood. As you have seen on TV, countless people have poured into the streets, all the main roads of the city have been turned into pedestrian streets, national flags are sold out overnight, beer is sold out, and finally people have to take liquor, wine, champagne, drinks, mineral water...... It's time to act as a booster.

The next day, many companies had to declare temporary holidays because their bosses couldn't go to work......

Football has never caused such a wave in China. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, except for the founding ceremony, nothing can make the people of the whole country immerse themselves in a kind of happiness at the same time. Foreign power evaluation is: Chinese have never been so closely related to football.

They are proud, they are happy, and they celebrate with impunity.

And that's just the beginning of a madness.

The Chinese national men's football team will return to China en masse after the World Cup in South Africa. They were greeted by numerous welcome parties and itinerant parades in several cities, some of which were already in a state of contention for these limited places.

It's much more than football.

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Yang Pan said goodbye to the team the day after the game, and he will not return to China with the team, but to Milan first. After the game, he learned that Yilan gave birth to a big fat boy for himself, and he became a father, and he was in a hurry to go home to see his wife and son, and the celebration banquet had to be abandoned. After visiting Elan and the child, he will rest for a few days before flying back to China to join the team, which is estimated to be in Hong Kong at that time, according to the team's itinerary.

In this way, the team's first brother and captain are gone, and Zhang Jun, as the second captain, is naturally pushed to the forefront, and he is busy this summer......

So when the Chinese team flew back to China by special plane with the Hercules Gold Cup, and then landed at the Capital International Airport...... The welcoming crowd has squeezed from the airport highway onto the tarmac.

This is a special plane specially prepared for the world champion, on the white fuselage, with Chinese and English written in red: Welcome home!

When the plane was still taxiing on the runway, Xiang Tao held the national flag to the cockpit, and then leaned out through the porthole, holding the national flag high and letting it fly high in the wind. This scene infected many people present and watching the live broadcast in front of the TV, and the real ** was after the cabin door opened, Zhang Jun, as the second captain, and head coach Qiu Suhui, stepped down from the gangway with the trophy in hand. China, the birthplace of football, has truly ushered in the return of football.

As the treble winner of last season, the Chinese players who played in Fiorentina must not be so unfamiliar with the welcome ceremony, but the treatment of the World Cup champion is obviously not comparable to the Champions Cup champion, and the grandeur of this welcome ceremony is far beyond the expectations of Zhang Jun, Xiang Tao and others.

The highway leading from the airport to Yanjing City has been specially divided into a lane for the championship team, and there are police cars in front and behind, which is quite spectacular.

An open-top bus, dubbed for the champions, will take the players directly from the airport to the Great Hall. From the point of view of the car, China and the international are very good.

In the Great Hall of the People, the President of the People's Republic of China and some other senior officials will hold a grand celebration banquet for the team to thank them for their outstanding contributions to Chinese football and Chinese sports.

That's a great honour for the players. Even in the 2008 Yenching Olympics, when we won the first place in the medal table, the president of the country did not come forward to hold a state banquet for the Olympic team, at most the prime minister came forward to praise the success of the Olympic Games.

It was a state banquet-style reception, which made everyone somewhat flattered. Even Xiang Tao and Anke, who have always been naughty, are honest in front of the chairman.

Zhang Jun is naturally the focus of everyone's attention, and he has been praised by many high-ranking officials in the field. Our prime minister is actually a very die-hard fan, in the early stage of the World Cup, as long as there is a game of the Chinese team, he stays up late at home to watch. Later, in the last final, he went to South Africa to watch the game, which was not a visit abroad, and he went to South Africa for only one reason - to cheer for the Chinese team.

President of the People's Republic of China, Premier of the State Council, Vice President of the People's Republic of China, Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference...... And so on, these people gathered together, not for a CPPCC meeting, but just to celebrate a team. The elated CCTV5 commentator believes that the country's emphasis on football will greatly promote the development of Chinese football, and the World Cup victory will also stimulate Chinese football, so as to reach a new level, and the real rise of Chinese football is just around the corner!

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I think it will be difficult for people who have not experienced it to understand the hard work of all the players of the Chinese team for more than half a month after the World Cup. After attending the state banquet from Yanjing, they had to rush to Chengdu, Sichuan, to thank the fans there, and at the same time participate in some commercial activities stipulated in the contract. Why was the first stop in Chengdu, because the Chinese team's World Cup journey took its first step from Chengdu, and the enthusiastic fans in the Bashu area gave the Chinese team great support.

After a short stay of two days in Chengdu, I participated in various business activities and fan celebrations non-stop, and then went to Luoyang.

put Luoyang in second place entirely because there are many Luoyang players in this national team. As one of the places that has contributed the most to the national team, it is naturally necessary to be grateful.

For Zhang Jun and others, although it is a trip back to Luoyang, it is not a trip home. When they arrived in Luoyang, they couldn't return to their homes, and there were almost no opportunities to meet their families, so they all stayed in the hotels provided by the sponsors, and they continued to rush to the scene every day, tired and half dead.

Business activities, public welfare activities, political axe activities......

Many people are secretly complaining after the initial freshness that it is more tiring than having them play in two more World Cups. However, because Qiu Suhui rarely announced the discipline within the team, everyone must not have any complaints about the people and arrangements this time, let alone publicly express it. Therefore, everyone pretended to be very cooperative in front of the people, but it did not spoil the appetite of the people of the whole country.

Yanjing, Chengdu, Luoyang, Dalian, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Yucheng, Tianjin, Hong Kong, Macau...... This more than half a month of vacation has passed between the non-stop flying around, and the never-ending celebration banquets, celebration parties, commercial activities, and public welfare activities.

Every time the Chinese national team goes to a city, it will take that city as the center and set off a hurricane. That's the real empty alley, this is even more exciting than when the five gods and six gods went to heaven.

Nowadays, Chinese are very fond of competing for the first place in any field, and it is really normal for the masses to have such a reaction when they suddenly win a championship in their weakest football.

It's just that our heroes have suffered......

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When all the activities were over and the whole team returned to Yanjing, Qiu Suhui knew that it was time to say goodbye to the group of young men in front of him.

In the Xianghe training base, all 23 players of the national team sat in the conference room, waiting for Qiu Suhui to make his final speech.

"A lot of people have bought their tickets, right? It's hard for everyone these days. Qiu Suhui said, everyone was happy. The tickets have indeed been bought a long time ago, and they can't wait to go home one by one.

"Well, in the past two months, I've worked hard for everyone, you've done a great job, boys, I'll always be proud of you." Most of the Chinese players must have thought that this was an ordinary speech from Qiu Suhui's ordinary farewell.

Only Hu Li, who was standing beside him, and Zhang Jun below, knew that this was a declaration of farewell forever.

Zhang Jun had been paying attention to Qiu Suhui's eyes, and he expected that under the light of the daylight, he could see the glimmer of light in Qiu Suhui's eyes. It's a pity that he didn't see that Qiu Suhui behaved like a Hollywood actor in front of the players who didn't know it.

"We have won great honor for the motherland, and we have also brought endless joy to the people of the motherland, of course, this is all based on your hard work. But why should I make it impossible for any of you to complain about all this openly? ”

Hu Li knew that Qiu Suhui had to be a head coach before leaving. For these players, he is no longer the head coach of football alone, it is he who has given many players the direction of their career paths, and it is he who tells these young people the truth of life. Now, it's his last lesson for them.

"Because as a public figure, these are your obligations, the things you are supposed to do. You have the right to bring more joy to our fans, even at the expense of your own interests. Remember, as long as you are number one and have the aura of this World Champion one day, these things are responsibilities that you cannot get rid of, and you have to learn to endure them. As for whether these commercial arrangements are right or not, that is not for those of us who should come forward to speak, and the responsibility for reflection lies with the media. You just have to play your football well, and you will always do it for the rest of the day, and keep having fun with those who support you and have a relationship with you. ”

Qiu Suhui paused slightly when he said this. Then he lowered his head, and soon raised it again.

"Well, alright, that's all I have to say. Let's go home and rest well, there is a league to play. The Chinese team disbanded today! ”

The crowd erupted in loud cheers, and the players, tired from a summer, could finally go back to enjoy a few days of peaceful vacation. Xiang Tao and the others kept coming over to hug Zhang Jun, but Zhang Jun's attention was on Qiu Suhui, who was shaking hands with Hu Li.

There were no other sensational words, and there were not many tirades, and Qiu Suhui's fate with the Chinese national team ended at this moment.

At this time, Zhang Jun didn't know what Qiu Suhui's departure meant, and he didn't know if an era was about to end. Except for feeling some regret about Qiu Suhui's departure, he hasn't thought too much about it. Now he just wants to rush back to Luoyang, where his bride has already dressed up and is waiting for him to marry.

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It was time for Zhang Jun and his team to fly around the skies over China without stopping. Sophie has returned to her home in Luoyang and has begun to concentrate on preparing for the wedding. In fact, there is nothing to prepare, the hotel that should be contacted has been contacted, the invitations that should have been sent have been sent, and the decoration of the new house has been completed a few months ago, and now I am waiting for the wedding night to make a cave room.

Sophie can see Zhang Jun on TV every day, and when they arrive in a certain place, there will definitely be a TV broadcast agency to follow them throughout the process. Looking at the scenery in front of Zhang Jun, only Sophie knows how hard Zhang Jun is behind him.

But he never showed the slightest tiredness or impatience in public, and he did his duty seriously, even at the cost of his own rest.

I just hope that this kind of back-and-forth will end soon, and in the process of flying back and forth, maybe Sophie is the reason why Zhang Jun does not fall.

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"Invitations?" Chen Huafeng looked at the red envelope placed on his desk, this was a wedding invitation, and when he opened the envelope, he found that it was an old acquaintance.

"Mr. Zhang Jun and Miss Sophie will hold a grand wedding at the Luoyang Hotel on August 1, 2010, and we sincerely invite Mr. Chen Huafeng to attend."

"I'm going to get married, and it's been thirteen years since we first met, right?" Chen Huafeng sighed, now he is no longer the reporter who rides a motorcycle out every day to interview, he is the editor-in-chief of this magazine, and he has a special office, so he doesn't have to work so hard anymore. Time flies.

With a shake of his hand, a piece of paper floated out of the envelope. Chen Huafeng picked it up and looked at it, "Brother Chen, I discussed with Zhang Jun, and you still have to take our wedding photos for us." From Luoyang in China to Volendamm in the Netherlands to Florence in Italy, we just want you to shoot and don't lose face. ”

Juanxiu's font was obviously written by Sophie, Chen Huafeng shook his head, do you say that he can refuse such an invitation?

But I haven't touched the camera for a short time, since I did the job of a manager. It looks like he's going to take out his camera and get back to his old job.

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"Married?" Liang Ke looked at Sophie in front of him in a little surprise, the former student was already a mature woman at this time. "I thought you were married."

Sophie smiled sheepishly. In front of her homeroom teacher, she always has a kind of girlish shyness, as if she is in love with Zhang Jun, for fear that the homeroom teacher will blame. "No, if we get married, can we miss you, Mr. Liang."

Liang Kehaha laughed, "That's right, you are all my favorite students. In fact, you and Zhang Jun have been in love since high school, right? At a young age, he fell in love early. ”

Sophie lowered her head in embarrassment.

"But you are really a good match, I haven't heard of you having a red face for so many years, and the media has never reported a scandal about you, although Zhang Jun is a little stupid, but he is still a good person after all. If you have been married, honesty is the most important ......thing," Liang Ke said at length, talking endlessly, like the flooding of the Yellow River.

Sophie mustered up the courage to interrupt Liang Ke's words, "Teacher Liang, you yourself are not married." ”

Liang Ke was stunned for a moment, and then smiled a little embarrassedly: "Who do you think would like a sloppy man like me?" "Liang Ke's home is indeed very dirty and messy, and he usually pays for a housekeeping company to clean it.

Sophie frowned, dragged her chin with her hand, and pretended to be deep and said, "That's right, Teacher Liang is too sloppy." For the sake of your own future, it's time for you to change your image. ”

Liang Ke obviously didn't want to get entangled with the woman Sophie on this topic, and in the end he must have been forced to change his image.

"Ahem, I said. Sophie, you're a public figure now, and there are a lot of weddings, so you're usually busy. You don't have to come to send an invitation in person, right? ”

"Hehe, I can send other people's invitations, but I must personally send Mr. Liang's invitations." Sophie laughed, "Do you remember what you said to me in high school?" You told me to believe in Zhang Jun, at any time and under any circumstances. In fact, as a public figure, he will definitely have such and such rumors, and the European surname is also very famous. But why did we go all the way to getting married? Because I always believe in him, I want to come here, not only to send invitations, but also to thank you, Mr. Liang. ”

Sophie bowed to Liang Ke, and Liang Ke looked at Sophie who was bent down and sighed softly.

"Being a teacher", judging from this literal meaning, Liang Ke may not be qualified at all. But in the hearts of those students who walked out of him, Liang Ke, who was sloppy and unkempt, was the real "teacher". Teacher, not just preaching and teaching, in that age when nothing is yet fixed, the teacher is the earliest idol worship and life benchmark of students, he often affects the future of a student, and the reason may be just a word, an action.

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Sophie sighed and looked at the invitations spread out on the table. Most of the invitations were finally sent out through online classmates, but there are still some that can't find the contact information. Even if I looked through the graduation guest book at that time, I couldn't find it, and even some people, Sophie had forgotten their names...... Is it too long?

It stands to reason that some of the former classmates have become big stars, shouldn't they be too late? Why are these classmates so indifferent to fame and fortune?

Invitations that can't be sent out, and green years that can't be redeemed.

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When he was still on tour to celebrate, Zhang Jun had already sent his invitations to every national team teammate, telling them to come if they were free. He knew that the vacation after that was very short and precious, and not everyone would give up their vacation because of a wedding, so he didn't force it.

Only Anke grinned when he received the invitation, and after Zhang Jun handed him the invitation, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "I said, find a time to marry Lin Jia." People have been waiting for you for years, don't let her wait any longer, a good girl. ”

Anke, who was in a bad mood, glanced at Zhang Jun: "I want you to take care of it!" Anyway, I won't marry Sophie until her wedding is over! ”

Not far away, Yang Pan was singing softly: "Whose side is crowded lively? Whose home is romantically embraced? Whose heart is ticking and heartache? There are ten minutes left in the morning, and it is like 100,000 minutes from last night, and from now on it is day by night, night by minute, heartache~~~"

An Ke turned around and glared at Yang Pan this time: "Don't sing if you can't sing Cantonese well!" ”

Yang Pan raised his voice sharply this time, "You're going to marry me tomorrow!" You're going to marry me tomorrow! If I hadn't asked you, if I hadn't advised you, if it wasn't for the right time, I'd have made your heart move~~~~~"

Anke knew that Yang Pan was deliberately angry with him, and he didn't entangle with him, so he took the invitation, turned around and walked into his room.

Zhang Jun looked at Yang Pan with a wry smile: "Isn't it a little too ruthless?" ”

Yang Pan glanced at Anke's door: "Who let that kid eat from the bowl and look at the pot?" Lin Jia is such a good girl waiting for him at home, and she still thinks about other women in her heart, she deserves it! ”

Zhang Jun coughed, "Can Elan come at the wedding?" ”

Yang Pan nodded: "If you can come, you must come." She will regret not showing up for your wedding to Sophie. I have a question, though......"

Zhang Jun looked at him and motioned for him to continue.

"Aren't you tired of holding three weddings, one in Luoyang, one in Volendamm, and one in Florence?"

Zhang Jun shook his head helplessly: "If you're not tired, that's fake." But who makes us players? The third wedding was meant to be the product of compromise. But it doesn't matter if you're tired, can you be more tired than these days? What's more, this summer is supposed to be spent in a busy state. ”

"I can hear the whining in your tone."

"You heard me wrong, I was happy complaining, happy busy, busy happy."

"Gross, so sour......"

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When there were fewer and fewer TV reports about the celebration of the tour, the enthusiasm of the people gradually faded. Sophie took the time to go to a new house in Luonan New District, Luoyang.

It was a house in a high-end villa area, a villa of more than 200 square meters. However, because of Zhang Jun's profession, it is destined that few people will live in this house when it is bought. It was purely purchased for this wedding, his parents and Zhang Jun's mother were destined not to come to this kind of cold community life, they preferred to be with their neighbors in the compound, which was more lively, and the old man was most afraid of loneliness.

The villa is no longer as empty as when she first came, and after careful renovation, a full set of furniture and appliances have been added, and now it is just waiting for someone to live in it.

The big red double happiness has also been pasted, Sophie is sitting alone on the cool floor, stretching comfortably, and she is too busy to finish. With Sister Hua to help take care of these things, it was really much easier. I don't think I'm suitable for management.

Wedding dresses, cave houses, flowers...... These scenes that I used to only see in movies and television, or on others, are now going to appear on me.

In fact, she is still a somewhat conservative Chinese-style woman, and when she thinks that she will have to scream like Zhang Jun's husband and wife like this in the future, her face can't help but turn red. To this day, both of them still retain the tradition of calling them by their first names when they were students.

Although she has been living with Zhang Jun for several years, Sophie is still looking forward to her wedding like a pure little girl. She sat in the new house and began to fantasize about how many people would come on the wedding day, what interesting scenes would be there, and she shyly held Zhang Jun's arm, wore a wedding dress as white as snow, and threw the flowers in her hand to the crowd...... That is the biggest dream of any woman's life, to grow old together with the man she likes.

(To be continued)