Chapter 114: It's useless to hide

Xu Xiaodi had been sitting in the Wimbles bar, watching as people kept pouring in, slowly filling up the small bar. It seems that this bar is doing good business, and everyone is familiar with Chu Zhongtian.

After a while, he saw two more people coming in, walked straight to the front of the bar, and talked to Chu Zhongtian, and then saw what Chu Zhongtian was saying, and the Humpty Dumpty man among the two comers took out a pen and shorthanded something in his notebook. Xu Xiaodi understands this posture too well - isn't this an interview!

No way! Don't take my interviews, don't accept all the interviews of the Chinese media, why do you want to be interviewed by the British?

Xu Xiaodi couldn't figure it out, could it be that this kid admired foreign flattery? Look at his relationship with these Englishmen...... It's like being a person from a country, is that really the case?

Xu Xiaodi, who couldn't make up his mind, was fidgeting in the bar, his butt was twisting on the chair, and he couldn't wait to rush up to ask what was going on.

But as soon as he thought of those strong men with bad expressions and even worse tattoos, he forced this thought into his heart.

But he didn't stop there, this matter must be asked clearly, but he has to wait for those strong men to leave...... β€»β€»β€» Chu ZhongnaΓ―ve didn't expect James. Mr. Merry also brought a colleague with him when he came, who he said was his college classmate, who worked for The Sun, and hoped to get an exclusive interview with Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian thought about it for a while, anyway, he was already famous, and it was a matter of time before he was approached by reporters, so it was better to accept the interview generously and show himself to others. He was not reluctant to be interviewed by Xu Xiaodi and a group of other Chinese reporters because he did not want the news to spread to China and be seen by his mother...... As for British journalists, it doesn't matter, anyway, their parents can't see the news in the British media.

In this way, Chu Zhongtian was interviewed by Abel's reporter while working, and half an hour later, Abel left satisfied. Merry stayed.

"Congratulations, Chu. You're a star now. Merry smiled at Chu Zhongtian. Then he took out his digital camera and called up the photos he had taken to Chu Zhongtian to see how many newspapers had published his photos and reports today. "In the coming period, there will be more."

"Ready to get started? Clear. ”

"What preparation?" To be honest, Chu Zhongtian really doesn't have much experience in dealing with the scene after becoming famous. Will there be a lot of fans looking for autographs and photos with them? Everywhere you go, you cause a scream? Media flocking across the country?

"You'll know then, haha!" Merry leaned over and patted Chu Zhongtian on the shoulder. "I hope you don't feel annoying then, but even if you think they're annoying, you can't help it, they're a swarm of flies that can't be driven away."

Chu Zhongtian thought for a while, and then shrugged his shoulders, no matter what those media said, wouldn't it be okay for him to keep a normal heart?

Merry soon left again, and there were still wives and children waiting to go back, and when he left, he complained that he would not be free after getting married, but he had been complaining like this for more than ten years, and it had become a kind of inertia.

Chu Zhongtian noticed that Xu Xiaodi was still sitting in the corner, and he had drunk a glass of beer until the afternoon.

How stubborn...... He looked at his watch, and it was almost half past two.

There was a squeaky sound on the stairs on the left that gave goosebumps to the bones, and he knew it was the refueled boss who had come down.

"Chu!"

"Boss."

"We're out playing football, and the store will be handed over to you!" Boss John was dressed in sports and carried a small backpack that didn't fit his size at all.

"No problem, boss! Happy kicking the ball! Chu Zhongtian waved his hand at him. I watched Boss John walk out with a few of his teammates.

When it was half past two, Chu Zhongtian walked over and rang the bell for the first time today.

The old drinkers were familiar with it, and they rushed up to ask for another glass of wine, and tried to grind until three o'clock when the door closed.

And Xu Xiaodi glanced at them, and didn't come up to ask for any more wine, just sat there, with his head down, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Chu Zhongtian thought about it, and still walked over: "We close at three o'clock." ”

"Huh?" Xu Xiaodi raised his head and glanced at it, daring to love that he didn't know the meaning of this ringtone...... "Oh...... Okay, okay...... I'll be gone in a moment. ”

But when he said this, he always looked at Chu Zhongtian, and Chu Zhongtian could see the three big Chinese characters of "unwilling" from his eyes.

He looked back at the bar, where the owner had gone to play football and had beaten a large group of people, and there were not many people left here. There shouldn't be much to keep busy. So he simply pulled out a chair and sat down in front of Xu Xiaodi.

"What are you doing sitting here? I'm not going to be interviewed by you......"

"You won't be interviewed by all the Chinese media, right?" Xu Xiaodi asked rhetorically.

Chu Zhongtian was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

"Why?" Xu Xiaodi asked.

"Why? Uh, this ......" Chu Zhongtian felt a little embarrassed, he scratched his head, and then said, "I just don't want my mother to see that I didn't concentrate on studying in the UK, but ran to play football...... My mom doesn't like me to play football. ”

Xu Xiaodi was dumbfounded when he heard it, he didn't expect the real reason to be this, so that when he first heard this explanation, he had a thought in his heart - you liar!

But looking at the other party's expression, it doesn't look like a deceitful person...... And he doesn't accept the Chinese media, only the British media, and he doesn't seem to be the kind of person who refuses to interview people who don't want to be famous, it can be seen that although he is twenty years old, he is still very young, and the desire to be famous is a normal idea for many young people at this age. Therefore, he definitely shouldn't be interviewed because he is indifferent to fame and fortune.

After thinking for a while, Xu Xiaodi accepted Chu Zhongtian's explanation, but then he laughed again: "Ha! Do you really think that if you do this, your mom in the country won't be able to hear from you? ”

"Why not?" Chu Zhongtian asked rhetorically.

Xu Xiaodi took out his business card again: "I am a sports reporter, Chu Zhongtian." I couldn't be clearer about the things in the Chinese sports newspapers. Did you read Sports Weekly when you were in China? ”

Chu Zhongtian nodded, it was the most famous sports newspaper in China, and it was also very influential in reporting football.

"Would you believe me if I said that many of their manuscripts were actually translated directly from foreign media?"

Chu Zhongtian grinned.

"But they're smarter, and they're doing something like a 'cooperative media'. They have a reporter who specializes in covering Spanish football, and he has published a lot of interviews with the biggest names and stars in Spanish football, but in fact, he made it up, and he said that he had a good relationship with others......" Between the words, Xu Xiaodi was quite disdainful of that person.

This reporter Chu Zhongtian also knows, because he didn't see his name in "Sports Weekly" before, he does have a lot of interviews with Spanish football bigwigs, but he didn't expect them to be all made up?

He was taken aback.

It's also too ...... What's that, right?

Xu Xiaodi was very satisfied with Chu Zhongtian's reaction after hearing these news: "Our Chinese reports on Western football are very detailed, but do you think how we have so many professional football reporters? We don't even have a few decent sports newspapers...... It is not just by picking up their reports from foreign media, translating them, and then changing them to something that suits the reading habits of Chinese readers, and sending it to their own newspapers to become 'this newspaper'. This is a bit of a work ethic, some people simply make it up themselves, and anyway, it is impossible for Chinese readers to really go to Europe to verify whether what is reported in the newspaper is true, so they will make it up. ”

"So, you think that if you don't accept an interview with the Chinese media, you can make there be silence in China about this, that's impossible, Chu Zhongtian. They can't get your interview, but there is an urgent need for your reports and news in China, so they make up ...... Make up a story, start making up your game video, or don't even want a game video. But this is not the secret of our Chinese journalists, those British reporters play the same way - their editors have to call the front reporters every day to urge them to hand in their manuscripts, if they can't hand it over, it will affect their own income, or even be dismissed, but there are so many games, there are so many players and coaches who can be interviewed, and there are more reporters, not everyone can be the lucky one to interview Ferguson, what should I do? Make it up, make it up, how to make it up how appalling the story is, how to make up the plot how twists and turns and bizarre ......"

Chu Zhongtian frowned when he heard this: "It's okay to make it up casually in China, you can't see the real news, but if you make it up like this in England, won't it be exposed soon?" ”

"That's exactly what they want. If a celebrity stands up and accuses them of spreading rumors, making things up, and trying to use legal means to recover their reputation, they will happily fight a lawsuit with each other, and then desperately hype up this lawsuit in their own newspapers to attract the attention of readers. Of course, the end result is usually that they lose the case, not only to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds in damages, but also to bear the entire legal costs, which add up to hundreds of thousands of pounds, but it doesn't matter, they have turned to enough sales and eyeballs through this series of hype, and at the same time won the favor of advertisers. And they have succeeded. Xu Xiaodi spread his hand.

"So the world is as black as a crow, Chu Zhongtian. Don't think that if you don't give interviews, those media can't do anything about you. What they want, they will get by all means. ”

When Chu Zhongtian said this, cold sweat broke out behind his back.

When he thinks of the stories that the media made up at will, he feels unhappy.

Xu Xiaodi saw him like this and knew that his words had worked.

"So the best thing to do is not to be a shrunken turtle, but to stand up and make your voice heard." When the time was ripe, Xu Xiaodi finally threw out his purpose.

Chu Zhongtian glanced at him: "So I should be interviewed by you, Mr. Xu?" ”

Xu Xiaodi, who was seen through by the other party, was not embarrassed, but just smiled: "Yes." You see, the two of us talked quite speculatively, and we got to know each other slowly -- but I watched you here for half a day. Which of those other journalists did like me? I guess they're all in a hurry to get back to making up your news. Choose me to be your spokesperson in China, you can rest assured that I am not the kind of person who spreads rumors and makes trouble! I'm a principled journalist! ”

When he said this, he remembered that he had plagiarized the news in that snail house, and he blushed a little in his heart.

Chu Zhongtian thought about it, and it seemed that he could only do this...... If your mother sees it, then tell the truth, and then send her the report card of the last school year, telling her that playing football in the UK has not affected her studies, I believe that then my mother should not have such a big objection, right? She didn't want to play football by herself, she just wanted her to study hard...... "Okay, you wait for me for half an hour, and when I close this shop, I'll have a good chat with you." ”

After saying that, he got up and went busy again.

Seeing him turn around, Xu Xiaodi clenched his fists vigorously and held the "yes" in his throat.

Those who are my fellow citizens, go with jealousy! When you start making up nonsense about this laptop, I'm going to come up with the most authentic and authoritative exclusive interview!

Today! January 4th, I am the day Xu Xiaodi turned over!

β€»β€»β€» Chu Zhongtian and Xu Xiaodi chatted for more than an hour in the tavern after closing, and when Chu Zhongtian reopened the store, Xu Xiaodi had already left the Wimbles bar with a full load of notebooks and a satisfied mood. He even left his phone number telling him that if his mother blamed Chu Zhongtian for seeing the domestic report, he would be happy to come forward to help him persuade his mother.

There were a few guests in the afternoon because it was Sunday and everyone was going to play Sunday League. He turned on the TV to watch the FA Cup fixture broadcast live in the afternoon in a few days, in case there was a fourth-round opponent in it.

The match that is being shown on TV as a result is the FA Cup third round between Everton and Shrewsbury. According to the narrator, Shrewsbury is an English League C team, a fourth-tier team.

From a purely strength point of view, Everton's victory over Shrewsbury is not a problem, but with the example of Wimbledon Athletic's victory over Wimbledon the day before, everyone has been much more cautious in analysing this game.

Chu Zhongtian saw Li Tie's figure on TV, wearing Everton's blue jersey and the back number of No. 12, with an eye-catching name on the number - "li_tie".

Seeing this figure, he remembered that when Li Tie won the best spot in the Premier League last year, he was still very envious. But now, he no longer envies Li Tie. Because he also won the best of the show! He also became the first Chinese in history to score in an FA Cup match!

Now maybe it's Li Tie's turn to envy himself, right?

Ha ha!

In fact, Chu Zhongtian himself was obscene and guessed that he was not far from ten - after watching various football news broadcasts yesterday, Li Tie received a call from his agent Xu Hongtao, asking him if he knew a Chinese player named "Chu Zhongtian", who also played in the UK.

Li Tie listened on the phone with a blank face, and he had no idea that there was such a number one person among the Chinese players playing in the UK. His agent told him to watch the news, and he was completely blown away by the news - while he was still struggling for a stable position, there was already one man who had scored the first goal of the Chinese player in the FA Cup...... So he hurriedly called his friend Sun Jihai, who also played in the Premier League, and asked him if he knew a Chinese player named "Chu Zhongtian". Sun Jihai was also at a loss, and then Li Tie asked him to watch the news report about today's FA Cup match. After reading it, there was silence on the other end of the phone.

After a long while, Sun Jihai's somewhat incredulous voice came from the other end of the phone: "The news said that he was still an international student, just an amateur player...... How is this possible? Amateur players...... Can an amateur player perform like that? I watched his game highlights and he didn't play like an ordinary amateur at all. I don't believe him if he says he has no professional training! ”

"Maybe you've played in the country before? Didn't many of our people who trained with us quit halfway? I alone know several ...... who were later admitted to university," Li Tie said.

Speaking of this, the two of them suddenly sighed in unison.

The historic goal of the Chinese players in the FA Cup belongs to someone else...... And he turned out to be an amateur player!

…… Li Tie was substituted at the bottom of the 76th minute of the game, when Everton were already 1-2 behind Shrewsbury, a third-division team, and Moyes needed attack, not Li Tie, who could only tackle and run.

When Chu Zhongtian saw Li Tie sitting on the bench, he looked a little dazed, whether he was looking at people or being watched, he probably wouldn't have thought that this was actually Li Tie's last FA Cup match.

After Li Tie left the game, Everton's attack still did not improve, and Chu Zhongtian's attention was not on TV. He began to wonder what kind of repercussions his interview would have in China if it appeared in the newspapers.

After Yang Chen scored in the Bundesliga, he still remembers the reaction of Chinese fans. Could it be like that? Became popular all over the country overnight?

I don't know if that's going to be a good thing or a bad thing...... Also, what will Mom think when she sees it? She doesn't have a phone here, so she won't call Xingshi directly to ask for guilt, so should she call home during this time?

If you don't fight, your father will definitely be worried, and if you do, your mother will definitely not let go of this opportunity to teach herself...... What a dilemma.

Chu Zhongtian has not yet enjoyed the benefits of being famous, and he has already begun to frown at the disadvantages of being famous.

(To be continued)