Chu Zhongtian was in the car from King Ranch to Wimbledon, thought all the way, and finally decided to have a showdown with his parents. Xu Xiaodi's interview should have been sent, he said that the day of the newspaper in China was Monday, and now it's Tuesday, I don't know if his parents saw it, Chu Zhongtian feels that this kind of thing is still possible to be lenient by confessing.

For the person closest to him, what is the feeling of learning that his news is actually through the newspaper?

Chu Zhongtian planned to call home when he returned home.

There is an eight-hour time difference between the UK and China, and it was almost 12 o'clock when he returned to his apartment from work, and it was 8 o'clock the next morning on the Chinese side.

It's better to make this kind of thing clear to your parents, anyway, I don't want to give up my studies and pursue professional football, so it can be said that "I am not afraid of shadows", and he has nothing to do. When my mother questioned herself, she sent her her the report card from the previous school year, so that she knew that she had not delayed her studies when she was playing.

This should reduce some of the mother's anger.

The Wimbles pub at night was more lively than ever, and it seemed that since they won Wimbledon, there had been a lot of strangers here, who were here for the first time and then chose to stay here.

Boss John was glad that his pub's business was getting better and better, so he once again asked Chu Zhongtian for a raise, from five pounds to six pounds an hour.

Chu Zhongtian's arrival surprised the newcomers, they didn't expect to come here to drink and meet the legendary hero, so Chu Zhongtian was busy dealing with those enthusiastic newcomers all night.

It wasn't until the end of the day that he remembered that Emily didn't seem to be here tonight - not just today, but since the day of the game, Emily hadn't been to the Wimbles bar for the past few nights. It seems that as everyone says, Emily is becoming famous, and Emily has lost a lot of freedom after becoming famous, and it has become impossible to go to a mixed bar alone at night.

Maybe in the future, he can only meet a "living" Emily at school.

Luckily, he was able to meet Emily in that place.

Why not drop out of school and go straight to professional football? Maybe it's because once you retire, you'll never see Emily again?

But even if they don't drop out, there is only half a year left between the two of them. In June, Emily will graduate from her three-year undergraduate career at Wimbledon School of the Arts, after which she will go to Hollywood, following the route her mother has laid out for her, chasing her dream of acting.

And what about yourself? He will also stay here for another year to continue his studies.

He suddenly noticed a problem - after two years with Emily, he couldn't get used to being without Emily anymore. He even felt that he could no longer live the days when he was alone and did not know a single friend, and the year he had just arrived in England for preparatory studies was becoming more and more distant in his memory.

If Emily goes to the United States, her last year at Wimbledon will not be boring, because after all, there is football and other friends, but there is always something missing...... It's like making authentic Sichuan back pot meat without Pixian watercress.

Although Emily looks much better than Pixian Douban...... But the importance is the same, Pixian Douban is known as the "soul of Sichuan cuisine", and if there is no Emily, will Chu Zhongtian feel that his soul has also been hooked?

He didn't know what the future would bring, but he knew that he was a little absent-minded tonight because of Emily's absence.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian, who returned to the downstairs of the apartment, took out the magnetic card and called home. But no matter how many times I dialed, no one answered. He thought it was strange and looked at his watch.

Twelve o'clock past 10 o'clock. It dawned on him that it was already 8:10 a.m. in Chengdu, and perhaps his parents had just left for work.

What a pity...... Chu Zhongtian thought about it, let's call home at eleven o'clock tomorrow. It was 7 p.m. Beijing time, and my parents were supposed to be home from work.

※※※When Chu Zhongtian returned to his apartment with regret and was ready to sleep.

In fact, his parents did not leave the house to go to work, but sat facing each other in the living room with a telephone set in front of them.

The bell that had just been ringing repeatedly finally stopped, and Chu Zuosheng and Zhou Xiaoxiang both breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Actually, they haven't gone to work yet.

When Chu Zuosheng came back last night, he saw a few strangers near his home, always wandering downstairs in their house, and when he came back, he asked his wife, and his wife also said that there was, and she was scared enough.

Then his wife asked him if he had gone to the telecom to ask about the phone, and she went home and plugged in the phone line, and the phone rang again. She didn't dare to take it, so she pulled it out. Whether it's a spicy or a woman, it's always worrying about strangers hanging around near your home.

I was relieved to see my husband come home.

Chu Zuosheng thought about it, and finally told his wife the truth of the matter. He said their son played in England and also played in the FA Cup, scoring a goal and providing an assist and was voted Man of the Match.

So what does this have to do with the constant phone calls from home?

Maybe it's because my son is famous, and those reporters want to come and interview, right?

But you can't keep making harassing phone calls during interviews, right?

As a mother, she can't figure out why her son ran to play football again, but she doesn't have time to blame her son now, but thinks about what to do with these phone calls. Could it be that if the son calls home or calls his hometown? What to do?

I plugged in the phone line at night, and although there were fewer calls, I still received a lot of strange calls. This time, there were not only kind praise and encouragement, but also a lot of inexplicable phone calls. For example, if you don't say anything there, it's just a weird laugh, and the person who laughs is creepy, and then hangs up. Pick it up again, this time it was changed to a few children yelling around, yelling for a while and then hanging up.

In the end, Chu Zuosheng pulled out the phone line again.

When the mother blamed her son again, what was wrong with her, and she ran to play football again? We worked hard for a month to save money, not to let him play football outside...... Chu Zuosheng, who was a father, didn't say anything, just buried his head in smoking.

Until this morning, the couple thought they were going to work soon, so they plugged in the phone line to see if the situation had improved. As soon as I plugged in the phone, it rang again. The two looked at each other, and neither of them picked up. After thinking about it for a while, the bell stopped automatically, but after a while it rang again.

It rang three times, and finally it stopped ringing.

"How can it go on like this? I can't live in peace at home all day long! Zhou Xiaoxiang felt that she was about to have a nervous breakdown, and as long as she was quiet, she heard the constant "jingle bell" in her ears, which made her feel the urge to answer the phone. She thinks that if she continues like this, she will become a psychopath.

"Do you want to change the number? Then one by one, I called them to inform them that we had changed our number......"

Zhou Xiaoxiang thought for a while, and there seemed to be no better solution, but this is always a very troublesome thing, why should his family be so troublesome because his son is inexplicably famous? She couldn't figure it out.

"Isn't it all about respecting citizens now?" Zhou Xiaoxiang said indignantly, "Publishing someone else's phone number without their permission is going to be a lawsuit!" ”

Chu Zuosheng also felt very troubled, he was happy that his son was able to succeed, but he also didn't want his family's peaceful life to be broken because of this incident.

But what can be done to stop strangers from harassing their home?

"Let's appeal to the media, let them not disturb us......" Chu Zuosheng thought for a while, since the media can hype up their son, then why can't they use the media to make their voices heard? He believed that those media must be eager to interview Chu Zhongtian's father now, right? I sent them to the door for an interview, just hoping that they could help appeal for respect for our **, it's not too difficult to do, right?

The wife also thinks that this question is feasible: "Then hurry up!" You took a leave of absence today to do this. ”

The two of them discussed the specific matters again, and then went out one after another. His wife went to school, and Chu Zuosheng called the unit to ask for leave, and then rode an electric bicycle straight to the building of "Xichuan Metropolis Daily".

※※※The young Gao Jie is an intern reporter of "Xichuan Metropolis Daily", and he has just graduated from university, because of his father's relationship, he was arranged to work in the newspaper with the largest circulation and the largest influence in the entire Sichuan region.

Outside of work, he enjoys football and surfing the Internet. When these two things were combined, it was not surprising for him to find Chu Zhongtian on the Internet.

He knew about Chu Zhongtian's affairs when he went online yesterday, not only that, but the entire ins and outs were basically revealed under his deliberate search. When he saw that Chu Zhongtian was from Chengdu, Sichuan, he was keenly aware that this was a good piece of news.

The problem of traditional media is that it is slower than online media, and in today's information explosion, news reports should pay more attention to "fast" and "new". At the beginning of 2004, the news and news on the Chinese Internet were the latest and fastest, but they were not authoritative enough, and most people were still accustomed to traditional media to understand the real information.

If he could use his status as a reporter for a major newspaper to collect the information on the Internet and dig deeper into the report, wouldn't it be new and correct, the best of both worlds?

In the evening, Gao Jie collected information at home, sorted out his thoughts, and then wrote a report, and came to the club early this morning like the editor in charge of the urban section put forward his own plan.

The editor also found this method credible, so he submitted it to the editor-in-chief for approval.

Don't look at Gao Jie as an intern reporter, there is still a bit of power at home, the editor-in-chief saw that the applicant was Gao Jie, and agreed without saying a word.

What a green channel...... Things that used to take days to research and produce results were all done in less than half an hour here in Gao Jie. He carried an interview bag containing a camera, notebook, and voice recorder...... When I had the equipment I needed for the interview, I was going to go out. Thanks to those human flesh searches, he knew Chu Zhongtian's home address and phone number, and he didn't have to look around like a headless fly anymore.

When he walked to the hall on the first floor with his bag on his back, he saw a middle-aged man with black-rimmed glasses and an ordinary appearance enter the hall. The man also saw him, and when he saw him looking at him, he hurriedly came up, as if he had something to ask for.

"This little brother...... I want to ask you something......"

Although Gao Jie was born in a wealthy family, he is not the kind of arrogant and domineering person, and he is also helpful when others find him to help.

"I want to be interviewed...... "The person who came grabbed Gao Jie and startled him with the first sentence.

Basically, reporters come to the door to find someone to be interviewed, and it is the first time he has seen someone come to the newspaper office to apply for an interview...... He didn't react for a while, and he didn't know what to say.

Seeing that he didn't react, the middle-aged man looked embarrassed, hesitated for a while and explained, "That's the case." My son recently came out on roll call...... Then I don't know what's going on, our phone number is known to others, and we are a little overwhelmed by calling our house every day...... I would like to take the opportunity of being interviewed to make a statement - do not disturb our family's life......"

At first, Gao Jie thought it was funny, but when he listened to it, he gradually stopped laughing in his heart—how could this thing be so similar!

He interrupted the other party and asked, "This uncle, what is your son's name?" ”

"Chu Zhongtian."

Gao Jie was stunned for a moment, then laughed. This is really a nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it!

He grabbed the other party's hand: "Great! ”

"Great?" Chu Zuosheng didn't react, what's so good?

"I was going to look for you!"

"Looking for me?" Chu Zuosheng didn't expect it to be such a coincidence, and he could find a reporter who wanted to interview him by pulling someone to ask for directions.

"Yes! I saw about your son's deeds on the Internet yesterday, and as a Chengdu person, I am very proud, and I think more Chengdu people and Sichuan people should know your son......"

Before he finished speaking, he heard the other party shouting: "Great! I'm willing to be interviewed by you, but can you please appeal to those people to stop calling our home in the reporting process...... In the past few days, our family has not even dared to plug in the phone line, and my wife can't sleep well......"

Finally found the "savior", Chu Zuo breathed a sigh of relief.

※※※ When Chu Zhongtian saw Xu Xiaodi in the Wimble bar, he was not surprised at all. Since he became famous, it has become a place for many people to stay, and even Abel will drive here from London to have a drink and have a brief chat with him.

"There's good news and there's bad news." Xu Xiaodi didn't ask him "which one do you want to listen to first", but said directly: "The good news is that you are famous, especially on the Internet, and you have even been named the best player in the history of Chinese football to play in England by those enthusiastic netizens." ”

Chu Zhongtian snorted, he didn't care about it, and he didn't take it seriously.

"The bad news is worse...... Netizens are so enthusiastic, and we have so little information that they desperate to know everything about you, so they launched a doxing search engine......"

"Doxing search engine?" This word Chu Zhongtian felt very fresh.

Search engine he knows, but what is a human flesh search engine?

Well, it's a new term on the Internet, which is to mobilize netizens to search, rather than relying on search engines like Baidu and Google. Because it is completely artificial, it is called a 'human flesh search engine'. Xu Xiaodi explained. Chu Zhongtian has been in the UK for more than two years, and he hasn't been on the Internet much, so it's normal that he doesn't know much about this emerging Internet term.

"Well, so what?" Chu Zhongtian thought to himself, he is not an Internet celebrity, even if you go to search, what can you find?

"Hmm...... I have to apologize for this, Xiao Chu. After the two of them came into contact a few times, Xu Xiaodi even changed his name, which made it more cordial, but it was also a psychological comfort - his relationship with Chu Zhongtian was not ordinary!

"Why do you apologize to me, I'm famous, it's all because of you...... Does my mom know? A terrible fact suddenly occurred to him.

Xu Xiaodi's expression was a little embarrassed: "It's not just that simple to know...... Doxing searches on the Internet have almost turned your information upside down, your birthday, height, where you went to high school, your grades on the baccalaureate...... Not to mention that, they also searched for your home address and phone number......"

Xu Xiaodi and Chu Zhongtian didn't know what happened next, but as long as the brain developed normally, they should be able to guess what would happen - Chu Zhongtian's home would definitely receive a lot of strange phone calls, and even some unfamiliar faces would appear near his home that he had never seen before.

This will obviously cause a lot of trouble in his parents' lives.

"This is really bad news...... Chu Zhongtian was stunned for a moment and reacted.

No wonder when he called home after getting home from work yesterday, no one answered. It turned out that no one answered, but that the phone line was not plugged into the telephone at all.

This matter is completely out of his expectation and control...... Your mother must be furious now, right?

Alas, is this the price of fame?

So what to do?

Xu Xiaodi obviously came prepared, in fact, he already had an idea when he heard that Chu Zhongtian's information was being frantically searched on the domestic Internet.

"You accept one more interview with me, and let's talk about what happened after this famous thing. Then you make another statement, and let those enthusiastic netizens not bother your parents, it should be fine. After all, they are also well-intentioned, and if they don't really want to do anything, they should still be able to listen to advice. ”

Chu Zhongtian thought about it, and it seemed that he could only do this.

So he nodded, "Okay." I hope I can get through when I call home after this incident......"

※※※After the interview is over, Gao Jie plans to have a good relationship with Chu Zuosheng, if Chu Zhongtian becomes more famous in the future, won't he have the fastest channel to understand Chu Zhongtian's movements? Even if Chu Zhongtian was just a meteor that crossed the sky in a flash, he didn't lose anything, he just made one more friend.

So he gave Chu Zuosheng an idea: "Actually, you don't have to wait for us to publish an interview, you can get those people to stop harassing you." I know which website originally sent your home phone number, and you can find out the phone number and address of that website at a glance. We joined forces to send protest letters and phone calls to each other, asking them to delete the ** information related to you, otherwise we will sue them for violating your ** rights, and I promise to sue one by one. But I guess they don't want you to really sue you, it must be a matter of deleting the information. ”

Chu Zuosheng nodded again and again when he heard this.

"If that website is not deleted, I will show solidarity with you in the newspapers. When the time comes, let more people care about this matter, and the people will want it, and that website will also be forced to delete the information. ”

"In short, there's nothing to worry about, Uncle Chu. I'm sure no one will be harassing you soon! ”

Walking out of the office building of "Xichuan Metropolis Daily", Chu Zuochang breathed a sigh of relief.

I finally got the things my wife told me done.

But then he thought about it, this time he could stop those people from making harassing calls, but there will always be other ways of harassment in the future, right? For example, if journalists come to interview them, is that harassment? And in the future, when the neighbors know that his son is famous, the number of people who come to visit will increase, is this considered harassment?

He sighed. Their own sons became famous, and their lives seemed to have changed...... We don't seem to be ready yet.

(To be continued)