Chapter 148: What the Future Holds

After Chu Zhongtian said goodbye to Coach Clark, he turned around and came out, but he didn't expect to see Xu Xiaodi at the door who was panting and smiling at him, he still had a camera in his hand, it seemed that he must have filmed the scene where he shook hands with Coach Clark.

But it doesn't matter, it's already signed anyway, and it doesn't matter how the media report it next, he's not afraid of any worse things from these media.

"Hi, Xiao Chu." There is one word to describe Xu Xiaodi's mood, that is, "spring breeze proud". He has determined that Chu Zhongtian has signed a 100% successful contract with Chelsea, but he still wants to get his personal recognition from Chu Zhongtian.

"Mr. Xu, hello. Let me introduce you to it. He gestured to Elliott, who was standing beside him, "My agent, Bill. Mr. Elliott. This is a Chinese journalist with whom I have a good relationship, Mr. Xu Xiaodi. ”

The two men stepped forward and shook hands.

"Actually, it's a temporary broker. The signing is complete, and I'm not his agent anymore. Elliott explained.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Elliott. You don't mind if I do an interview with you in a moment, right? ”

Elliott looked at Chu Zhongtian, and the Chinese media interviewed him, apparently more emotional about Chu Zhongtian's signing of Chel. Chu Zhongtian's influence in China is growing, and his commercial value will be higher, although he will no longer be his agent, but he still hopes that this guy will make more money.

So he nodded: "No problem." ”

After making an appointment for the interview with Chu Zhongtian's agent, Xu Xiaodi looked at Chu Zhongtian and smiled.

Chu Zhongtian knew what he meant, and he nodded: "I'm fine, but it's not here, I'll go back to the bar later, you can go with me, I'll be interviewed by you there." Then he asked Elliott, "Mr. Elliot, do you have something to do in a moment?" ”

"Not tonight."

"Then let's go back to the bar together, and I'll invite you to drink."

"Hah, good!"

"Then let's get in the car together, Mr. Xu." Chu Zhongtian pointed to the parking lot.

※※※ The interview with Elliot and Chu Zhongtian went smoothly, Chu Zhongtian often cooperated, and Elliot also looked very cooperative, and many questions were answered in as much detail as possible.

After Xu Xiaodi returned to the reporter's station, he kept publishing photos and writing scripts, and then emailed the edited manuscript to China.

In addition, he has a recording, and if anyone dares to question his interview, he will play the recording.

This time, I'm not afraid that people in China will scold him for making things up - uncle, if I make things up, Chelsea Club won't be able to make things up too?

"Century New Sports" is published on Monday and Friday every week, and it can be seen from this publication time that they are working against "Sports Weekly" in every aspect. It was almost Tuesday when Xu Xiaodi's manuscript arrived in China, and it would take three days for the newspaper to appear? Judging from Xu Xiaodi's reaction, since they can know that Chu Zhongtian signed Chelsea, other domestic media will definitely be able to know as long as they are willing to dig it. If the newspaper is published on Friday, the timeliness and exclusivity of the news will be gone...... Zhang Mingyu waved his pen - published in advance!

Originally scheduled for Friday, the release was brought forward to Wednesday. It doesn't matter if the content can be less, anyway, those contents are for Chu Zhongtian to sign Chelsea as a supporting role. If Xu Xiaodi could get more news, he wished that all the newspapers were news and reports about Chu Zhongtian's signing for Chelsea.

Thinking of this, he called Xu Xiaodi again, asking him to pay attention to the British media's report on this matter, and then send it back to China after collecting and sorting it out tomorrow, so as to increase the sensation.

Xu Xiaodi really wanted to scold his boss when he heard it - an amateur player signed with Chelsea, couldn't even play, and was destined to be loaned out, and there was a fart reaction in the British media...... I really should let Editor-in-Chief Zhang take a look, the deserted Stamford Bridge, let him know that Chu Zhongtian, who is popular in China, is not even the smallest small role here in the UK!

But he can't scold unless he plans to resign and find another job. He could only patiently explain to the editor-in-chief who had already been stunned by the success of Chu Zhongtian, that there would be no repercussions on the British side at all, and even many people did not know that Chelsea had such a signing, even if Chelsea Club itself would not write Chu Zhongtian's name in the list of summer recruits.

Zhang Mingyu doesn't understand, why doesn't Chu Zhongtian have these treatments? When Dong Fangzhuo joined Manchester United, the British media could report it for a while.

Xu Xiaodi had no choice but to continue to explain. Dong Fangzhuo can be noticed because Dong Fangzhuo is a player of the national team, and he is a professional player. In addition, Manchester United paid 3.5 million pounds for Dong Fangzhuo, which is not a small amount, and the media naturally has to pay attention to it. Another reason is that the Chinese market represented by Dong Fangzhuo is also of interest to the British media. The combination of these reasons led to the attention of the British media when Dong Fangzhuo joined Manchester United.

If Dong Fangzhuo is a beautiful white swan, Chu Zhongtian is still an ugly duckling. He can't become a swan in an instant after he made a splash in the FA Cup, and the British won't keep an eye on a Chinese unless he consistently plays well.

After explaining for a long time, Zhang Mingyu finally understood that it was unrealistic to want to get a whole page of the British media to report the news that Chu Zhongtian joined Chelsea.

But how could Zhang Mingyu be so willing? This is clearly a very hyped gimmick, but it was stillborn because of the lack of cooperation of British counterparts...... No way! It's just two interviews with Chu Zhongtian and his agent, and the strength is not enough.

In the end, Xu Xiaodi could only agree to interview the reserve coach who negotiated with Elliott and signed with Chu Zhongtian early tomorrow Tuesday morning. Clarke.

This made Zhang Mingyu barely satisfied.

"Barely satisfied with your MB!" Xu Xiaodi, who hung up the phone, didn't hold back the fire in their hearts, and scolded loudly.

It's really as black as a crow in the world, and I say all day that there is no lower limit to how bad people's "Sports Weekly" is, and I don't see if my asshole is wiped clean. This little newspaper still has so much bullshit to ask for...... Damn it! Did he figure out the current situation?

Chu Zhongtian has already signed a contract with Chelsea, and he will be a professional player in the future, and if he is lucky, he can become famous. I'm the best reporter I have a personal relationship with! annoyed Lao Tzu went to "Sports Weekly" with his relationship with Chu Zhongtian, and he didn't have to fool around in this newspaper that may be suspended indefinitely at any time? Dare to shout at Lao Tzu!

※※※ Complaining is complaining, Xu Xiaodi still got up early the next morning to go to Chelsea Football Club to apply for an interview with reserve coach Steve. Clarke.

When Clark heard that a Chinese reporter was interviewing him, he knew that he must have signed a contract with Chu Zhongtian. He was not surprised and agreed to be interviewed.

So in half an hour, Xu Xiaodi threw out the questions he had prepared one by one, and Clark answered them one by one. The interview went well.

Clarke mentioned that Chelsea are not interested in Chu's current ability, but on his potential. And others are also very frank to say that Chu Zhongtian's free status is a very important bargaining chip, and if it needs to spend money, Chelsea Club may not take a fancy to Chu Zhongtian.

This will be somewhat disappointing to China's enthusiastic fans, but Xu Xiaodi understands the British idea that young European players at the same price or even lower are more talented than Chinese players, so why spend a lot of money on Chinese players? And they haven't gotten their labor certifications yet, and they've had to toss for years to get them labor certifications, and they've spent money but can't work for themselves, so what are they buying? When the toilet is decorated?

Maybe someone will talk about Manchester United spending 3.5 million pounds to buy Dong Fangzhuo, but Xu Xiaodi knows it very well. Don't look at Ferguson's repeated claims that he didn't see the Chinese market, he is lying. If he really looks down on the Chinese market, he will not spend 3.5 million pounds to buy Dong Fangzhuo, which can be signed by several young seedlings in China, and he does not have to worry about labor certification.

Chinese clubs always think that it is a shame for our players to be sold to European clubs, and if the price is too low, it will damage the national body. Therefore, out of the consideration of "winning glory for the country", every club is desperate to raise the price, and it seems that they are embarrassed to say hello to others if they don't sell at a high price.

In fact, they are just raising the banner of "patriotism" to seek economic benefits for them. What "reflects the true value of Chinese players", what "so-and-so is worth this price, we will never sell it cheaply"...... It's all bullshit. Now it is not a seller's market at all, but a buyer's market, not the European clubs crying and shouting and begging your group of Chinese clubs to sell people to them, but you crying and shouting and kneeling on the ground and begging the European clubs to ask for you, even if it is a sticker money, you should send out excellent players!

At the beginning, Japan relied on this trick to send a large number of players abroad for high-level training and competitions, which opened up their football horizons and thinking. Nowadays, Japanese football is developing rapidly, while Chinese football, which was once higher than them, has stagnated or even regressed, and it cannot but be said that there is a difference in the vision of the two countries to develop football. The Japanese Football Association sees far, while the Chinese Football Association is short-sighted.

Xu Xiaodi knew that Chu Zhongtian would not be able to obtain a labor certificate in a short period of time, so he was very interested in how Chelsea would train Chu Zhongtian.

Clarke told him that the Chelsea team planned to find a team for Chu Zhongtian abroad that could loan him and give him high-level training, so that he could slowly adapt to the game of professional football, and actively apply for a labor certification for him.

"He can play football in an EU country for more than three years, apply for citizenship of that country, and as long as he can get the citizenship of an EU country, he doesn't need to think about the labor certification anymore." That's what Clark said. "Alternatively, if you marry a woman from an EU country, you can apply for the nationality of the country where her wife lives......"

But Xu Xiaodi reminded him: "The Chinese government does not recognize dual nationality, and if he wants to acquire the nationality of an EU country, it means that he must first give up his Chinese nationality, Mr. Clark." And I am sure that Chu will not abandon Chinese nationality. ”

"That's right......" Clark frowned, not expecting such a situation. In that case, it will be difficult to do, and we can only hope that he can reach the standard of 75 per cent of the games for your national team in three years. ”

Xu Xiaodi thought about it, and with his understanding of Chinese football, it seemed that Chu Zhongtian had no hope in the short term. So does Chu Zhongtian have a future at Chelsea, or does he have no future? He couldn't tell.

was originally quite happy, but after coming out of Chelsea Club, he felt that Chu Zhongtian's future was not as bright as he thought before. It's a good thing to be in a team of Chelsea's calibre, but what if he still doesn't get his labor certification after four years, or doesn't meet Chelsea's requirements? Now our domestic media is hyping Chu Zhongtian to join a giant-level team, and if he hasn't even played a game for Chelsea after four years, he will leave in disgrace, will this be considered a slap in the face?

He really wants to call on the Chinese Football Association to take care of this promising young man, and specially approve him to join the national team, even if he only plays five minutes per game, as long as he makes up the 75 percent appearance percentage, he can get a labor certificate.

But reason told him it was impossible. Let's not talk about the soft-spoken words of others, what role can one's own appeal play. On the issue of treating Chu Zhongtian alone, the Chinese Football Association will definitely have a lot of differences with him. He has been in contact with Chu Zhongtian for a long time and thinks that people like Chu Zhongtian have a great future, but does the Chinese Football Association think so?

You must know that Dong Fangzhuo has just joined Manchester United, and he is a leader among young Chinese players, and he is only a member of the national youth team, not even the national Olympic team. Why did Chu Zhongtian enter the Chinese national team? No matter how bad the national team's results are, it is not something that can be scored casually. Stuffing money in? If Chu Zhongtian had so much money to stuff, he wouldn't have thought about making money by playing football...... Chu Zhongtian signed a four-year contract with Chelsea, and the four years are not long or short, what can happen during this period, Xu Xiaodi has no idea, and he doesn't know what it will be like after four years.

I don't know if Chu Zhongtian has thought about this question when he is happy that he signed with Chelsea?

After returning to the reporter's station, Xu Xiaodi finished sorting out the interview with Coach Clark and wrote another review article. In the article, he appealed for Chu Zhongtian, hoping to attract the attention of the upper echelons.

“…… Such a hard-working and talented player, but because he could not obtain a labor certification, he had to go away, can he play for the national team in four years, can he obtain a labor certification? If he still can't pass the labor certification by then, where will he go? Our Football Association says every day that it is for Chinese football, and now there is such an opportunity to see whether you are serving Chinese football or serving yourself. ”

After this last sentence was sent back to the agency, it was changed to: "Our future stars of Chinese football need help, can the Chinese Football Association pay more attention to such young players?" ”

The tone is much softer, but it's hard to say whether it has any effect.

In fact, Xu Xiaodi knew that even if he appealed like this, it would be useless. The 2004 Asian Cup was held in China, such a major event, and it was a local battle, and the national team would definitely be ordered by the superiors to produce results - reaching the final is the most basic, and the championship is even more important. It is impossible for the national team to allow an amateur player who has not played a professional game to participate in such an important match. Han Aicai, the Football Association and the General Administration of Sports will not agree.

However, he still wants to help Chu Zhongtian, if he can successfully get the labor certificate, even if he can't continue to stay at Chelsea, it will not be difficult to go to other Premier League teams.

Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian, what will your future look like?

After handing in the manuscript, Xu Xiaodi sat in the room, his feet on the windowsill, looking at the blue sky outside.

※※※Xu Xiaodi was worried about Chu Zhongtian's future, but Chu Zhongtian himself had not thought so far.

The excitement of signing for Chelsea is behind him and he continues to train at the King's Ranch every day during the Easter holidays and play on weekends and midweek afternoons.

Despite the early promotion, Wimbledon's unbeaten record continues. The result of each game was nothing but a win, not even a draw.

Chu Zhongtian plays every game as his farewell game, and he works very hard.

The players already knew about his signing with Chelsea and everyone congratulated him on joining such a strong team, and they were all envious. Joe. Shirin was naturally the happiest, as his good friend joined a team he supported, giving him the best of both worlds.

It's Gavin. Borger was a little depressed, because the Arsenal he pushed didn't even look for Chu Zhongtian...... He patted Chu Zhongtian on the shoulder and said, "Now, Alai's dream has finally come true. Do a good job, Chu. Don't let that kid laugh at you in America. ”

At the beginning, Alai. Russell gave Chu Zhongtian the ideal of wanting to play professional football, and nearly a year later, Chu Zhongtian realized his ideal. He would be glad if he could know the news, right?

Chu Zhongtian couldn't tell him the news, but she could tell another person.

Whether it was training or playing, whether it was at the King's Ranch or at the Wimbledgon Bar, he never saw the figure that he remembered more and more. During this time of vacation, I couldn't see her at school. Chu Zhongtian had already told his parents, Chinese journalists, owner John and regulars at the bar, as well as team-mates and coaches, that he had signed for Chelsea, and there was only one person left.

He had to tell Emily in person that he had joined Chelsea as she wanted to be a professional footballer. Now we are about to move towards the goal of becoming a big star!

Emily. Stan will become a big star.

Chu Zhongtian will too.

(To be continued)