After Xu Xiaodi's manuscript was sent out, those who had teased him before for not believing him all cheered after a brief period of dumbfounding.

For fans who love Chinese football, 2004 seems to be a year of revival for Chinese football. The Asian Cup will be held in China in the summer, although the level is not as good as the European Cup, the Copa America and the World Cup, but it is the first football event in Asia, such a large-scale event is held at home, the Chinese team is the host, and of course everyone will have higher expectations.

Dong Fangzhuo joined Manchester United for 3.5 million pounds, becoming the first Chinese player to join the Premier League giants, arousing the expectations of many Chinese fans.

Now Chu Zhongtian, an international student amateur player who has made a splash in the FA Cup, has also joined Chelsea, which is a double blessing.

"Is our Chinese football really going to rise?" Some fans asked excitedly on the Internet.

For the first time, not many people ridiculed him, but many people were very optimistic about the prospects of Chinese football: "If there are more players like this, maybe there is really hope for football in our country!" ”

Of course, there are also many sober fans who are considering whether Chu Zhongtian's choice to join Chelsea is the right one - because he will certainly not be able to get his labor certification in a short period of time.

At this time, there will be fans who like fantasy to jump out and play in Antwerp together, and the Chinese double star will shine in Belgium!

More radical fans have called on the Internet for the Football Association to call Chu Zhongtian and Dong Fangzhuo into the national team to participate in the Asian Cup, even if each game is only in the last five minutes, and after making up enough games to apply for labor certification, they can represent their respective clubs in the Premier League. When Chelsea and Manchester United meet, it will be a real Chinese derby! It's much cooler than the battle between Everton's Li Tie and Manchester City's Sun Jihai.

Showdown of the giants! The young generation of Chinese football is facing off!

At that time, Chinese fans were so simply looking forward to it, hoping to see this exciting scene.

The Chinese fans in 2004, because of the Asian Cup, because of Dong Fangzhuo, because of Chu Zhongtian, were full of hope, and they were happy.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian's life is like this - he goes to school in the morning, in fact, he skips class to chat with Emily on the rooftop and see the scenery, and in the afternoon he goes to training and competitions, and if there is a competition, he works in Wimbles at night.

Regarding the question of part-time jobs, Boss John really couldn't laugh or cry. Chu Zhongtian has obviously become a professional player, and he received a one-time signing fee of 10,000 pounds, although he gave 15% to his agent Bill. Elliott, but he's a rich man. In this way, he still remembered the six-pound an hour's earnings, and insisted on coming to work here.

In fact, he knew that Chu Zhongtian was not unable to let go of the six pounds an hourly wage, but his old friends who were reluctant to leave the Wimbledan bar.

Amateur football is a relaxed environment, and he can be good friends with the fans, spend time with them, drink and chat and cheer him on. But when it comes to professional football, there is no such relaxed environment. He will have to face different teammates and become more and more distant from the fans. At that time, if he is famous, there will be a lot of business activities, and his agent will keep him busy twenty-four hours a day, except for eating and sleeping.

Maybe he didn't mean it, but like Emily, she was notoriously tightly restrained by her mother, and she couldn't come to the bar anymore to have a good time with everyone.

Chu Zhongtian will also become like this.

At that time, everyone can only see the two of them on the TV, and then brag to the newcomer: "Lao Tzu was with Emily. Big stars like Stan and Chu have drunk together! ”

At the same time, I sighed in my heart: when will I be able to have another glass of wine with them...... Since Chu Zhongtian is still willing to stay here, then Boss John will not drive him away.

The old guys in the bar were also happy to see Chu Zhongtian stay in the bar, and they also knew that Chu Zhongtian would not appear in this small bar again after this summer.

It's a bit of a feeling of one glance and one less glance.

It's not just the people at Wimbledon who think that way, but so do the players at Wimbledon.

After two seasons of getting along, they have become accustomed to the game and training life of such a "foreign aid", and in the last half of the season, they have also adapted to the game in which Youchu threads the needle on the field and organizes the attack. As the end of the season approaches, the separation has become a reality, and everyone is a little reluctant.

Two years is not a long time, but these two years are the first two years of this team, everyone has grown from nothing, from obscurity to fame in the FA Cup, so much has happened in these two years, and each one is so impressive, so the quality of these two years is much better than the ordinary two years.

In fact, Chu Zhongtian's departure is just the beginning, with the promotion of Wimbledon Athletic, there will be more other teams interested in the players of this team, and maybe there will be some people who leave the team because they no longer meet the requirements of the team, and some people will leave and some people will come, which is a normal phenomenon for a team.

But parting is always sad, isn't it?

In addition to going to school to accompany Emily, working in bars, and playing football, more and more Chinese media have rushed to London, England, thousands of miles away, from China to interview Chu Zhongtian. With the news of his move to Chelsea confirmed, there has been renewed interest in him at home. Everyone wants to know where Chu Zhongtian will go this season, whether he will go to Belgium with Dong Fangzhuo, or go to other countries' leagues to get training. There are also those who whimsically believe that Chu Zhongtian will be loaned back to Wimbledon Athletic by Chelsea because they have already liked the amateur team through that FA Cup game against Chelsea.

Chu Zhongtian is now used to being surrounded by reporters asking questions, and he will no longer raise his hands in front of a large group of reporters to make a surrender form. With Emily's private advice, he also knows how to deal with the questions that embarrass him, and he begins to learn to be as calm as possible in the face of the prejudices and overzeals of journalists, but there are times when young people don't get it right...... He still has a long way to go in this regard.

May 8 is Wimbledon's last game of the season, and it is also Chu Zhongtian's last game at Wimbledon. Away from home, their opponents Warringford still have a crowd of more than 3,800 fans, including 3,700 Wimbledon fans.

They came to see Wimbledon Athletic's final game in the mixed county league, and they were also here to see off Chu Zhongtian.

Emily didn't come to this game, but Chu Zhongtian was no longer upset about it, because he could meet Emily on the rooftop of the school building every day.

In the locker room, Chu Zhongtian changed his clothes and stood in the locker room, and his teammates said goodbye to him one by one.

'Go for it at Chelsea!' Kevin. Cooper patted Chu Zhongtian on the shoulder with some envy and said.

"It doesn't matter where you go, Chu. You're all my friends! "Andy. Sullivan put his hand on Chu Zhongtian's shoulder and squeezed it hard.

"If you see a guy called Dani at Chelsea. Wellington fellow, remember to greet him on my behalf, and say Joe. Shirin's fist misses his nose a lot, haha! "Joe. Shirin laughed.

"I really envy you, Chu." Gavin. Boljie stood in front of Chu Zhongtian, he didn't put his hand on Chu Zhongtian's shoulder, nor did he touch his head, "even a little jealous...... But I think you deserve it. Good luck, Chu! ”

The other teammates came up one by one to say a few words to him, and said their final goodbyes, after this game, Chu Zhongtian was about to leave the team, maybe they would never see each other again, and they could only watch this former teammate compete in the top league on TV in the future.

Everyone went out, but Eames remained at the back.

"You know, Chu? If Wimbledon were a professional team, I wouldn't let you go so easily, even if I knew we weren't as attractive as Chelsea, and I would have tried to keep you. ”

Chu Zhongtian smiled.

"But it's a pity...... If we were a professional team, you would be better than you are now. Wimbledon is a far cry from the professional teams in terms of the quality of their training. I have some advice that may help you. ”

Chu Zhongtian listened attentively.

"Even though you're at the heart of Wimbledon, you're in charge of the team's defence and attack, but you're playing in an amateur league against amateur teams that aren't worth mentioning. You can easily deal with such an opponent. But in the Pro League, you'll have to face very strong opponents. I'm sure you've already experienced that game at Millwall, right? ”

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "Yes, boss." ”

"Millwall aren't at that high level in professional football, they can easily freeze you, what about the higher level? There will be no repeat of a game like Chelsea. So you have to correct your attitude from now on - no matter what team you go to in the future, don't think that you can still be the core, start from scratch, start from a substitute of the bench. I'm sure you'll meet any coach in the future, but not all coaches who coach you have the same vision as me and can be optimistic about you, haha! Eames complimented himself.

"So no matter what the problem is, Chu. Put your mind at ease, you don't think you're famous in the FA Cup, you should play the main team, you should be the core, you should be the center of attention. The dressing room at Wimbledon has a good atmosphere because it's an amateur team, people don't have any ambitions, they just want to play for their favorite team. But professional football is completely different, you will meet all kinds of teammates, you will encounter all kinds of trouble...... Being a professional player is not a matter of getting the quality you have, you have to learn to deal with a lot of relationships and learn to deal with a lot of non-football difficulties. ”

"I know, boss."

"A little bit of progress, I'm amazed at how good you can learn. Keep at it and you'll always succeed, though...... Sometimes it depends on the opportunity. Remember that when you are faced with a choice for the future, the first factor you need to consider is not the fame, level and strength of the opposing team, but whether the team is suitable for you, whether it is willing to promise to give you more opportunities to play, only the game can continue to improve, money and fame are empty, and if you can't play, you won't have a high salary and high popularity. You have to remember that, Chu. Whenever you play, it's the first thing to play, even if you go to a lower league, as long as you have a ball to play. Don't think that playing in the top league is professional football, that will kill you. Look at the hopefuls who are bent on going to the top teams and end up spending time on the cold bench......

Eames wanted to say it, because he found that he seemed to have endless advice for his beloved disciple. But Ingrid's voice rang out outside: "Terry? Clear? ”

"Looks like we're going to be late." Eames smiled at Chu Zhongtian. "Anyway, no amount of my advice is useless, the key is still on you. Your own way, go your own way, Chu. ”

He stretched out his hand and patted Chu Zhongtian on the shoulder: "One last word of advice: No matter where you will play in the future, remember, you are from the 'mad gang'." ”

Wallingford Athletic are Wimbledon Athletic's opponents in this game and are also second in the league, but they are definitely not rivals as the points gap between the two teams was 27 points before this game. Wallingford are completely out of the realm of any threat to Wimbledon.

In this game, the Wimbledon players played very relaxed, everyone would pass the football to Chu Zhongtian after they had the ball, and no matter where Chu Zhongtian was, they would give him the ball anyway, so that he could accept the cheers of those Wimbledon fans in the stands again and again.

"It's_my_chu" kept ringing, and it was the last parting gift that Wimbledon fans could give him.

"It's the last time I'll watch Chu's game here, let's sing hard! Maybe I won't get a chance to sing this song again! ”

Jackson yelled.

So the singing in the stands became louder again.

In the end, only this one voice could be heard in the whole stand, and everyone was repeating the ** sentence in the song: "it's_my_chu-!!" it’s_my_chu――！！ it’s_my_chu――！！ ”

In the song, Chu Zhongtian once again contributed a goal and an assist, helping the team win 2:1 against the opponent.

Plum. Newton, Chelsea's scouts kept nodding in the stands.

Although the club has signed a contract with Chu Zhongtian, he still has to continue to observe and continue to assess what Chu Zhongtian's future development prospects are.

Judging by the game at Wimbledon, he does have talent.

Hopefully you'll have a place at Chelsea in the future, Chu. to prove that my vision is okay.

After the game, no one went up to hug Chu Zhongtian, and his teammates took the initiative to leave him a little space. He walked under the stands with signs to cheer him on and applauded the fans above.

The Wimbledon athletic scarf that Old Bent was holding in his hand threw it down and landed right at Chu Zhongtian's feet.

"Keep it as a souvenir, Chu!!" The old man shouted from the stands. "Don't forget the Berserk! Don't forget about us!! ”

Chu Zhongtian leaned over and picked up the scarf, then held it up to show the fans. The stands erupted in cheers.

"Chu, don't forget the mad gang! Don't forget about us!! ”

They shouted in unison.

Chu Zhongtian clenched his right hand into a fist and slammed the Wimbledon team logo on his heart.

How can you forget the Crazy Gang? How can I forget you?

These two seasons are a wonderful time that you will never forget, no matter how long it takes.

I'm a mad gang disciple!

※※※ "You can't see this scene in the ninth league." Wimbledon teammates did not enter the dressing room either, they all gathered on the side of the visiting team's bench and watched from afar as teammate Chu Zhongtian said goodbye to the fans.

"Honestly...... I was moved...... "Sim. Johnston wiped his eyes.

"I wonder if I'll be treated like this when I leave......" Gavin. Borger said enviously.

"Maybe, blog." Joe. Schilling put his arm on Bolger's shoulder and leaned against him as he spoke.

The two of them no longer have the taste of-for-tat at this time.

"Diligence deserves such a reward, and Chu's success is not accidental at all. No matter where he goes, as long as he persists like this, he can succeed in ......" Kevin. Cooper remembered the scene when he went to teach Chu Zhongtian to shoot, Chu Zhongtian's shot at that time was either high or flying, could he have imagined that Chu Zhongtian could score two long-range shots in the game against Chelsea later?

"I think I'm going to miss him...... I won't see him next season, and I will always feel a little strange...... "Chu Zhongtian's partner in the midfield, Li. Sidwell muttered. He now admires Chu Zhongtian's fighting spirit in the game against Chelsea, and if it wasn't for his own decision to give Chelsea a little bit of a kick-off look, how could they have equalised a minute after conceding? If it hadn't been for the equaliser so quickly, Wimbledon might not have been able to win that game.

※※※Chu Zhongtian held the scarf in his hand and waved goodbye to the fans in the stands.

Goodbye, madman, goodbye, all of you.

Then he turned around and slowly walked towards his teammates.

Behind him, the song sounded again.

"This is a song sung for Chu who sticks to his beliefs, and sung for Chu who never flinchs!"

"Never give in! Never give up! ”

"Our Chu!"

"He never flinched!"

“it’s_my_chu――！！”

During the song, Chu Zhongtian walked in front of his coach and teammates.

"Can I keep this jersey, boss?" He first asked Eames, pointing to the blue-and-yellow jersey he was wearing.

Eames nodded. "Keep a souvenir, Chu. Don't forget that you started your career with us at the Crazy Gang. ”

Chu Zhongtian said to his teammates again: "It's a pleasure to be able to play with you, guys. Either way, I'm going to miss you guys! No matter where I am, I follow Wimbledon Athletic...... Good luck. ”

He didn't know what to say anymore.

Eames clapped his hands, "Let's go, guys." It's time for us to go back. Be careful not to catch a cold. ”

The players then went to the dressing room one after another.

The home team fans in the stands have already gone, but the Wimbledon fans are still standing there, standing up and singing and applauding to see Chu Zhongtian off.

When Chu Zhongtian entered the locker room, they went to the parking lot and sang and clapped around the team's bus.

In the singing of "it's_my_chu", Chu Zhongtian ended his two-year career as a madman.

When Emily came to him two years ago to try out with a new team called Wimbledon, neither he nor anyone close to him could have imagined such a spectacular spectacle when he left.

He just wanted to add a color to his boring college life, but he didn't expect this stroke to be drawn to another stage.

So what about after that?

(To be continued)