Chapter 61: "The Stubborn Donkey" and the "Madman"
Since that chat, Emily has now developed a habit of constantly refreshing the current page to see if any new comments pop up after she posts a new post. For every message she can see, she will seriously compare it with the language style of the previous "tourist" to see if it will be the "tourist" who has returned.
It's a pity that so far, she hasn't met the "tourist" who can make her feel "familiar at first sight".
Although there are many fans who care about her and ask her to pay attention to rest, she just doesn't feel it.
Chu Zhongtian also continued to insist on not closing the Internet and hanging Emily's blog after reading all the blog posts posted by Emily, refreshing it every five minutes to see if there will be new blog posts, as long as there are new blog posts refreshed, it means that Emily is online at this time, otherwise it means that she is not online.
But until he was about to leave China and return to London, he did not encounter that situation again. Either I didn't see Emily update a blog post all afternoon, or I just went up and found that Emily had updated it an hour ago, and then left a message, and waited until that message was refreshed to the second page and didn't see a "blogger reply".
It seems that he and Emily will only have that fate this summer.
He couldn't stay in China anymore and enjoy his laid-back otaku vacation, and on June 20, he received a letter from his agent, James Brown. Merry's phone. Merry told him on the phone that Mourinho seemed unwilling to let him go easily, claiming that it was okay for Metz to continue on loan, but a transfer was not considered.
'The good news is the potential of the Portuguese who has just won Chelsea's first league title in 50 years, the bad news is that if you do want to go, you're in trouble.' Mei Li said this to Chu Zhongtian on the phone.
This is indeed both good news and bad news. And the bad news accounts for a bit of a bigger proportion. He doesn't care that Mourinho values his potential, because Fernandes manager has affirmed that he doesn't know how many times, a manager who has cultivated a superstar like Zidane, is not as good as Mourinho? Still need that Portuguese to admit himself?
Chu Zhongtian does not need such an admission, because Mourinho's value does not bring him anything practical. In the past half a month, he has thought a lot at home, and discussed things about his future with his father, and finally came to the conclusion - no matter what Chelsea says, no matter what it sounds like, as long as there is no substantive expression, it means that they are just perfunctory, or wait-and-see. And this kind of wait-and-see is useless for himself, because he is already twenty-one years old, and in half a year, he will be twenty-two years old, this age has already determined the direction of his future development for professional players, and when will he have to wait and see? His foundation is weaker than that of the average professional player, and it is when he needs to keep playing and getting trained to improve himself, and he doesn't want to be in an irregular environment, this season in Metz, next season in other teams, that would not help him in any way.
He doesn't need to pay lip service to him, and if Chelsea are bullish on him, find a way to get a labour certificate for himself. Didn't the FA approve some kind of "special genius clause" last summer? It is to allow talented players who cannot rely on 75% of international A-level events for the national team to obtain a labor certificate in two years, and it is said that the release of this clause is stimulated by Kaka. In the summer of 2003, the young Brazilian Kaka joined AC Milan and one season later he excelled, squeezing out fellow countryman Rivaldo and bringing out another classical artist, Rui Vardo. Costa was squeezed to the bench. And this incident greatly stimulated the Premier League giants Manchester United, because they were more hopeful of getting Kaka, but Kaka could not get a labor certification, so Manchester United gave up...... Now it's easy to do, and now that Chelsea recognise their potential, find a way to claim the status of a special talent for themselves. Bypass the service for the country and obtain a labor certification.
If they are not willing to do so, why would they give up the best time to join Metz and stay at Chelsea? Who knows what they will be waiting for another year? It's likely that the basket will be up for nothing β Metz doesn't need it anymore and Chelsea still don't have their place.
Life is all about making choices.
This sentence was told to him by his father Chu Zuosheng. He used his own personal experience to give his son an example, from the initial choice to let him play football, to the later because of the increase in expenses, relying on the dead salary is not enough to spend, he chose to go to the sea, until now. At the juncture that affects the future of life enough, I always choose to appear in front of me again and again, and it seems that I can choose whichever path I choose, but the final result is absolutely different.
Chu Zhongtian happens to be good at doing multiple-choice questions. So in this choice, he chose to follow Mace without hesitation.
For him, Mourinho's valuing his potential has become a big problem. He has never been in contact with the Portuguese decorated coach and only knows from sporadic news that Mourinho is a manager with a lot of personality and doesn't seem to be very easy to talk to...... Chu Zhongtian didn't want to tear his face, but if the other party's attitude was really tough, he wouldn't mind tearing his face and lifting the table. He doesn't have much of a relationship with Mr Mourinho and he doesn't have any psychological burden when he does it.
After he told his father about his idea, he got his father's support. Chu Zuosheng looked at this matter with the eyes and experience of a middle-aged man, and thought that leaving Chelsea was a good thing for his son, not a shameful escape. If my son stays at Chelsea, it sounds like a glamorous thing β a Chelsea player! But it did hurt him, because he didn't get better training and competition opportunities in the most important years, and lost the opportunity to gain experience. Will he really have to wait three years later, when he is twenty-four or five, to find the path he should take? Either they will be swept away by Chelsea, or they will take their destiny into their own hands from now on.
With his father's support, Chu Zhongtian's decision was even firmer.
He called his agent, Mr Merry, to tell him about a showdown with the club, making it clear that Mourinho did not want to stay at Chelsea anymore. Then get Merry in touch with Metz and ask them to offer a price that will satisfy Chelsea.
Three days later, he received a call from Mr. Merry.
"Mourinho wants to see you, Chu."
In this way, Chu Zhongtian packed his luggage, ended his vacation in Chengdu, China, left his reluctant mother, and his father, who was constantly cheering for him, and flew to London, England.
He wants to meet the man with many legends, and then decide for himself what path he wants to take in the future.
β»β»β»After Merry picked up Chu Zhongtian at Heathrow Airport, he took him directly back to his home to rest. Merry's family is no stranger, Chu Zhongtian, who had stayed here for a few days during the Christmas holidays last year and spent the New Year with his family. Merry's eldest daughter is ten years old and remembers him.
"I have an appointment with Mourinho for 10:30 to 11 in the morning the day after tomorrow." Merry gave a detailed account of the situation. 'I told him you were leaving the club and Mourinho said he was going to talk to you.
"Does it start between half past ten and eleven?" Chu Zhongtian sat in front of Mei Li and asked.
"The conversation lasted only half an hour, starting at half past ten and ending at eleven. He's a busy man, and his schedule is full. β
Chu Zhongtian smacked his tongue. It seems that he has to convince Mourinho in half an hour, otherwise he will have to turn his face.
He didn't want things to get to that point, after all, Chelsea were the first to admit his ability and take him to another world, even though Metz had done the same, but he refused...... If you had promised Mace, why bother with so much trouble today? This is also to blame him, since this is the case, then if you can not tear your face, you should not tear your face. Chinese pay attention to fate, since they chose Chelsea at the beginning, how to say that they have a fate with Chelsea, since there is fate, then it is good to gather and disperse.
But Mourinho is not easy to talk to, can he convince him to give up on himself?
Chu Zhongtian suddenly felt that he really liked to take a shelf. Most players try to convince Chelsea to sign them, but it is better for them to try to convince Chelsea to give up on them.
After having a very simple dinner at Meili's house, Chu Zhongtian went to bed, he came from China, and he needed to pour jet lag, if he didn't want to eat dinner, he would definitely go to sleep directly.
The time of the appointment with Mourinho was the day after tomorrow, and Chu Zhongtian was not idle the next day, he went to the Wimbles bar again, where he spent the whole day, chatting and laughing with the old guys. He waited until lunchtime to return to Merry's house, dine with them, and discuss with Merry in the study in the evening about the next day's strategy.
"You can consider renting and buying later, Chu."
Chu Zhongtian shook his head: "No, who knows what it will be like after a season?" I don't want to put things off until a season later. I hope this matter is resolved this summer. β
"No, I mean you can use this as a strategy to avoid talking about stalemate." Merry said to Chu Zhongtian.
Hearing what the agent said, Chu Zhongtian nodded.
'Mourinho is a bit domineering, you have to learn to get used to it and try not to talk too stiffly.'
The two of them talked until half past ten, and then went to rest separately.
Chu Zhongtian, who was lying on the bed, was thinking, how difficult is Mourinho to deal with?
But no matter how difficult it is to deal with, you must convince him to let him go. He couldn't stand to wait for his chance at Chelsea and he knew he couldn't. It doesn't belong to him.
β»β»β» The next day, Chu Zhongtian went to Stamford Bridge accompanied by Merry, he didn't have time to lament that his fourth visit to Stamford Bridge was actually planning to transfer and leave, and went straight to the manager's office under the leadership of Merry. There he finally met the legendary "madman" coach Jose face to face. Jose Mourinho.
"Hello, Chu. I've heard about you and seen the footage of your game. "After meeting, Mourinho was not as arrogant as Chu Zhongtian imagined, he took the initiative to talk about Chu Zhongtian after shaking hands with Chu Zhongtian." I think you're a very talented player and I heard your agent say you're leaving the club and I'm sorry I don't want you to go. I don't know if there's any misunderstanding between them......" He shrugged his shoulders and waited for Chu Zhongtian to continue.
Chu Zhongtian's agent James. Merry wasn't in the manager's office, and since the manager had asked for a private interview with the players, how could an agent, one of the manager's most hated characters, be here?
"There's no misunderstanding here, Mr. Mourinho." Chu Zhongtian explained. "I was the one who offered to move to Metz."
Mourinho looked at Chu Zhongtian: "Can you tell me why?" β
'Metz can give me a lot of things that Chelsea can't give me. For example, consistent playing opportunities, the trust of the manager. When talking about things related to his future, Chu Zhongtian forgot that he was talking to the head coach of Chelsea, the champion coach who had won the League Cup and the Champions League. It stands to reason that when talking to such a character, he should pay attention to his attitude.
'Chelsea can give you that, lad, too.' Like him, the greetings are over, and once the conversation gets to the point, Mourinho reverts to his usual arrogant appearance. The tone and content of the speech are unquestionable. "We can go out on loan and specify how many games we want you to play in the season. Personally, I don't think what you're saying is a reason. Fernandez values you, and I value your potential, lad. Otherwise why would I have turned down a transfer offer from Metz? β
"Thank you for your attention, Mr. Mourinho." Chu Zhongtian has not forgotten that the other party is his boss, and he must respect it. "But I personally think Metz is a better fit for my development. And even if he is loaned, what will he do next season? And next season, all the time on loan? β
"When you get your labor certification, I'll recruit you to the first team. That's not a problem. Mourinho cocked his legs and shook his head. As if those really weren't the problem.
But Chu Zhongtian knows that labor certification is not only a problem, but also a big problem.
"I played in Ligue 1 for a season and my national team didn't call me up, I don't know why. I also don't know how long it will take me to make up the percentage of appearances in A-level matches for the national team required to apply for a labor certification. What happens if I don't get my labor certification? Chu Zhongtian asked.
"That can't be." Mourinho waved his hand, "If you really don't get a labor certificate until the contract with us expires, it means that your level does not meet our requirements, and we will naturally not sign a contract with you." But I think you can get a labor certification, not now, just wait a little longer. β
"I know there's a special genius clause......"
Mourinho shook his head quickly this time: "I have studied your situation, and it is not suitable to apply for the special genius clause. β
Chu Zhongtian had some good feelings for this arrogant head coach in his heart - at least he had studied it, which meant that he really wanted to keep himself, but it was a pity.
We don't have a fate, Mr. Mourinho...... Chu Zhongtian is determined to leave, since he is not qualified to apply for the special genius clause, what is he still doing at Chelsea.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Mourinho. I thought about it for half a season and finally decided that a move to Metz would be a better fit for me. There were my familiar teammates and coaches, and the league environment. I hope the club will seriously consider Metz's offer. β
Chu Zhongtian had a showdown with Mourinho.
"Honestly, I don't want you to leave. I'm sure you'll be the player we need in the future, and it's not in line with my plans to move you away now. 'Mourinho also had a showdown.
"In the future?" Chu Zhongtian asked rhetorically with a smile.
Mourinho nodded his chin with a nod.
"But I don't have time to wait for the future, Mr. Mourinho. You see, I'm twenty-one years old, and I'll be twenty-two in the second half of the year, and I don't know how long your 'future' is. But if I'm waiting, I'll be twenty-four or five years old, and by that time, what if there is a player who is younger and has more potential than me? The future is uncertain, and I never put my hopes in the future, Mr. Mourinho. Metz gave me a great opportunity and Mr Fernandez promised me that I had a really big place in his plans and that I felt there was no better fit for my team than Metz, so I wanted to move to Metz. Chu Zhongtian said it very sincerely, but the tone was not like the tone of a player talking to a manager, which made Mourinho a little unhappy - he felt that this young man was a little arrogant and not polite enough.
You must know that he has always been very authoritative in the club, except for the owner behind the club, Abramovich, he does not listen to anyone, and no one wants to dictate his affairs. The team is his one-third of an acre, he protects the place like a beast protecting his territory, and once it is violated, he will be furious.
There is no shortage of world-class stars and big names in the Chelsea squad. But when it comes to him, you have to be honest with him, and if you are not honest, don't want to mix in this team.
A small loaned player, just because he is optimistic about his potential, he thinks he has the capital to fight with him?
Mourinho feels his authority is being challenged.
As a lion king, he wants to defend his territory.
"Young man, I've seen a lot of young people like you, or more talented than you, but in the end none of them succeeded, do you know why?"
(To be continued)