Chu Zhongtian felt that this was the life he wanted - after getting up, instead of staring at the ceiling in confusion and thinking about what to do today, he quickly turned over and got up, began to dress, wash, and have breakfast, and then went to training.

And it had a very special meaning on this day - it was the first time he had received vocational training in the true sense of the word.

Wimbledon Athletic is an amateur team, and there are actually many irregularities in training, but Metz is different, this is a professional football club, although it is not a big club, and the results are not good, but they are still very formal for Chu Zhongtian, and it is worth his expectations.

After cleaning up, Chu Zhongtian walked out of the hotel, he warmed up as if no one was at the door, then took out the map, found the route he marked last night, determined the direction, and began to run towards the training base of Metz.

A little later, James. Merry also set off to find a suitable apartment for him, Chu Zhongtian will live here for a year, the house can't be sloppy, he has to go out himself. In addition, in the afternoon, he had to go to meet the French teacher that the club had found for Chu Zhongtian. Chu Zhongtian and him were very busy.

It must be stated once again that Mace is an out-and-out small city in Chu Zhongtian's eyes, but the small scale does not prevent Chu Zhongtian from appreciating this beautiful garden city. The streets were lined with trees, and in July, he didn't even feel how hot he was when he ran all the way.

Chu Zhongtian ran all the way like this, enjoying the scenery along the way. He left half an hour earlier and wasn't worried about being late for his first day of training.

When he ran through an intersection, he found three police cars parked with flashing lights, surrounded by an old-looking sign car.

Under the shouting of the police, a person reluctantly got out of the car. Chu Zhongtian happened to run past the car. Glancing at the person who got out of the car, he noticed that there was something strange about the man's appearance - a scar on the right cheek that stretched from his forehead to his lips, which looked terrifying.

The man glanced at Chu Zhongtian, who was dressed in sports, and turned to say something to the policemen.

Chu Zhongtian couldn't understand what these people were saying, and he wasn't interested in stopping to watch the excitement, so he ran away.

※※※ "Please, gentlemen. I'm going to be late for training, I didn't mean to drive fast......" "Scarface" spread his hands, facing three police cars and six cops, he couldn't run.

"Don't be funny, Frank. When will Metz start training, don't we, the fans, know yet? You've been great on the pitch, but now you've broken the law, you have to be honest. ”

A policeman bows his head and opens a ticket, while his mouth is teasing "Scarface".

"Hey, Frank, how many times have you met us?" There was a chubby policeman standing next to him, smiling.

", I'm so badly lucky......" Scarface muttered.

"Don't say that, Frank. Actually, we don't want to trouble you, but can't you be honest? This is the third time you've been blocked by us this month. You know, it's not even half of the month. You've only just moved this season, but we must have been the first to get to know you, and I even think we're more familiar with you than Fernandes. Ha ha! ”

"Yes, that's right. I've heard you don't have a good reputation, Frank, and now I'm sure those rumors are true. ”

"I've never seen you play before, but I hope you don't let me down, or you won't want to drive in the road. I'm not threatening you, Frank. ”

"Scarface" was impatient with the ridicule and ridicule of the policemen: "Okay, police gentlemen? I'm really going to be late. I don't want to make a bad impression on Mr. Fernandes on the training pitch, being late for training or something when I first joined the team......"

"Okay, okay, right away." The policeman who issued the ticket tore it off and handed it to Scarface, "I'll pay the fine when I'm free, Frank." You know where to hand it in, you've been here twice......"

"Aha!" The policemen next to him burst out laughing.

"Scarface" grabbed the ticket and stuffed it into his pocket.

"May I go now, police gentlemen?" He opened the door and asked, turning his head.

"Of course, Frank. But remember not to speed, or you'll see us again soon. I guess you don't want that, do you? Oh haha! ”

A group of policemen who were tall, short, fat and thin all laughed.

"Scarface" ignores them, gets into the car, and restarts the engine. Then, without waiting for the police in front of him to make way for him, he threw the steering wheel onto the sidewalk, and only got back into the motorway after bypassing the police.

"Hey!" The group of policemen in the back watched this scene in amazement and couldn't laugh anymore.

"I really don't understand how that old man from Fernandes thinks that he bought a troublesome guy from a third-division team. I always felt like I wasn't going to see him on the pitch a few times, more often he would be in the nightclubs and in the audience. ”

"And in our detention cell, haha!"

"I can't understand this year's Metz, after finding such a troublesome character from the third division team, I heard that another Chinese was rented from an English amateur team! When did Fernandes become interested in those amateur players? ”

"You know, a coach like Fernandes occasionally looks away......"

A group of policemen shook their heads and discussed.

※※※When Chu Zhongtian ran to the edge of the training ground, he happened to meet the team's head coach Jean. Fernandez.

"Hello, sir." Chu Zhongtian greeted the other party in the French he had learned by surprise at night.

Fernandez frowned and looked at the front of Chu Zhongtian's T-shirt that was wet with sweat: "Are you afraid of the heat, Chu?" ”

He asked in French.

Chu Zhongtian didn't understand, so he pointed to the sweat on Chu Zhongtian's clothes.

Chu Zhongtian nodded, originally asking him where the sweat came from. So he made a running motion and pointed in the direction he was coming from. "I'm running, sir." This time he switched to English, how can he say this sentence in French?

Fernandez understood what he meant, but was still surprised: "Running here? Hell......"

"Okay...... Let me take you to the locker room so you can meet your teammates. ”

Fernandes led Chu Zhongtian to the dressing room used by the first-team players at the training base.

Located in the northwest of the Holy Mountain Furien Stadium, the home of the Metz team, across a field full of plants unknown to Chu Zhongtian, is the training base of the Metz team. Youth, reserve and first team teams at all levels usually train here.

Walking into a small building next to the training ground, the light suddenly dimmed a lot, Fernandez led the way in front, Chu Zhongtian followed behind him, and at the same time secretly remembered the road to the locker room.

After turning a corner, the door to the locker room appeared in front of him.

Through the crack in the closed door, he could see that there was someone inside. The sound of them speaking came from inside, but unfortunately Chu Zhongtian couldn't understand a word.

"Go ahead, go say hello to your teammates." Fernandez patted Chu Zhongtian on the shoulder with a smile.

Then he pushed the door open.

The players, who were changing clothes and chatting in the dressing room, saw the door be pushed open and then their head coach, Mr. Fernandez, walked in with an oriental-faced guy.

Fernandes made an introduction to Chu Zhongtian: "Chinese player on loan from Chelsea, Chu. Your new team-mates this season, I hope you get along well. ”

Then he turned around and pulled Chu Zhongtian, and pointed to the penultimate coat hook on the right: "That's yours, Chu." ”

Then he patted Chu Zhongtian, turned around and walked away.

Chu Zhongtian looked at the room full of whites and blacks, and his teammates all looked at him, as if waiting for him to say hello.

At this time, he remembered the French he had probably learned yesterday, and thought of a strange environment, and there was no better expression than a smile, so he smiled and greeted everyone in stammering French: "Hello, you guys." ”

After listening to him say this, the people in the locker room didn't say anything special, some turned around and went to take care of themselves, and some continued their chatting topic, only a few people smiled and nodded at Chu Zhongtian, and said something in French, but unfortunately Chu Zhongtian didn't understand again. He can't wait to find someone to teach him French now, and it's so uncomfortable not being able to communicate!

Since there was no way to communicate, and most people were not very interested in him, Chu Zhongtian honestly walked through the locker room, walked to his own coat hook, put down his backpack, and began to change his training clothes.

Everyone else was chatting, but he was the only one who paid no attention, and he felt a sense of estrangement, and he didn't belong to the group yet. In the past, when he walked into the Wimbledon dressing room, he was greeted by Joe. Schilling or Gavin. Borger gave him a warm arm, greeted him, and told him some interesting facts about what they had just learned. He was like the owner of the locker room, as free as if he was home.

In a brand new environment, everything has to start all over again. It seems that the problem is not just on the pitch...... After the teammates finished changing, some chose to sit down and continue chatting, while others ran out. Chu Zhongtian noticed that there was a hook with a training uniform hanging next to him and no one moved, whose position was this?

As he changed his clothes, stuffed all his changed gear into his backpack, and hung it up again, he heard hurried footsteps at the door. Many teammates in the locker room were also attracted by the sound of really hurried footsteps, and they stopped chatting and looked at the door.

Soon a figure rushed in with the sound of hurried footsteps, and as soon as he entered the locker room, he shouted excitedly. And some of those teammates whistled at him, and the one who came went up to high-five the whistling person, and then walked straight to Chu Zhongtian's side.

The two men looked at each other.

When Chu Zhongtian saw the face of the person who came clearly, he was a little surprised-wasn't this the unlucky guy he saw on the road just now, surrounded by three police cars and six policemen? Unexpectedly, it would be a teammate...... "Scarface" was also a little surprised, and he looked at Chu Zhongtian suspiciously. Then he suddenly cracked his mouth and smiled, because of the scar on his face, his smile looked not at all kind, but creepy.

However, Chu Zhongtian didn't feel this way - this was the first teammate to be friendly to him.

He smiled at the man, too.

"Scarface" muttered, and Chu Zhongtian could only smile and shrug his shoulders and shake his head, indicating that he didn't understand.

Seeing that Chu Zhongtian didn't understand, he stopped talking, and sat down next to Chu Zhongtian in the position where no one was moving, and began to take off his shoes.

It turns out that he is the owner of this position...... Chu Zhongtian changed his clothes, got up and walked out, he had to go to the training ground.

※※※The first part of the team's pre-season recovery training is often physical training, allowing players who have taken a break to recover and store energy for the new season. Training during this period has a direct bearing on the team's performance in the following season, especially after Christmas, when fitness issues start to arise with most players and injuries increase.

Without Mr. Merry on the side to translate, Chu Zhongtian could only rely on guesswork to understand what every word of head coach Fernandez meant. At the same time, it is always possible to carefully observe the actions of your peers around you, and then imitate them.

This morning's training was mainly physical, and Chu Zhongtian quickly became one of the best, and he let his new teammates see his abundant physical fitness.

Whether it's running at a constant speed or at variable speed, he copes with it with ease. When he switched back, he showed his good explosiveness and reflexes.

Fernandez was next to his assistant coach David. Carré (david_carre) said: "Don't let Chu do too much physical training in the afternoon, let Francis train him individually. ”

Carré nodded, "Okay." ”

"His physical fitness is completely beyond the professional level, what a monster......" the well-informed Fernandez also had to sigh. I only knew about his fitness from Reel's scouting report, but I didn't expect it to be so good......"

"But he doesn't understand what we say, and it may cause some trouble in training......" Carley was a little worried about Chu Zhongtian's language ability, and it could be seen from the training content just now that he was completely confused, and he just followed his teammates and did it again.

"The club has already found him a French teacher, and if necessary, a temporary interpreter will be needed." Fernandez shook his head, he felt that the problem was easy to solve.

This was the only time that the Metz coaching staff paid special attention to Chu Zhongtian during the morning training.

After the training, Chu Zhongtian didn't understand what his teammates were saying at all, so he didn't stay long, changed his clothes and left.

When he met his agent, Mr. Merry, at noon, Merry asked him how he felt about his first professional-level training. Chu Zhongtian shook his head and replied, "It's not good." ”

"Why? Is it because your teammates don't get along well, or what does your coach think about you? ”

"I don't understand what they're saying, and I can't say it, it's very uncomfortable......" Chu Zhongtian complained to his agent, Mr. Merry, while eating lunch. It's like you're a fringe person, who doesn't belong to this team, and just came to borrow their training ground and dressing room. ”

Mr. Merry laughed, "It's okay, I'll go see your French teacher this afternoon, and if it goes well, you'll be able to learn French with her when you come back in the evening." ”

"I can't wait......" Chu Zhongtian said.

"Because I heard that the teacher is a woman?" Merry teased.

"No, I'm only interested in French right now, and even if it's a big beauty, I won't take a second look." Chu Zhongtian explained solemnly.

Merry still just laughed.

※※※In the afternoon, when Chu Zhongtian went to the club to train again, Meili was waiting in the hotel room for the French teacher that the club found for Chu Zhongtian to come to the door.

Just after three o'clock, he heard a knock at the door. When he went to open the door and saw the French teacher standing outside the door, he was stunned for a moment, then smiled and stretched out his hand: "It's a pleasure to meet you, is it Miss Mathilde?" ”

The girl standing in front of him looked young, but she was dressed very rustically, with brown hair braided into two ponytails hanging down on both sides of her head, a neat row of bangs and black thick-framed glasses, a pair of brown eyes hidden behind the lenses, her eyes flickering, and she seemed to be a little nervous. She also has some freckles on her face, and the corners of her mouth are drooping, and she looks like she is "crying and mourning". Underneath is wearing a green plaid shirt and a pair of blue jeans, which looks as if it is twenty years behind the entire era.

It's no wonder that Merry was stunned for a moment when she saw this person...... "Yes, I'm Delphine. Mathilde, may I ask you that you are James. Mr. Merry? The dirty young lady replied in fluent English.

"That's right, I'm James. Merry. You should be the French teacher that Club Metz recommended to us? ”

"Yes, I am. Mr. Merry. ”

"Please come in, Miss Mathilde." Merry stepped out of the way and welcomed Mathilde in.

Mathilde hesitated, but walked in.

※※※ When James. While Merry was discussing with Chu Zhongtian's French teacher about the salary and class schedule, Chu Zhongtian was preparing to continue physical training with his teammates. But he was stopped by Fernández.

"Chu, you don't want to train with the team."

Chu Zhongtian didn't understand what Coach Fernandez said, but he heard the other party call his name, so he stopped and looked at the fifty-year-old coach.

The other teammates understood the head coach's words, and they all cast curious glances at Chu Zhongtian.

"Let me introduce you." Fernandez didn't care whether Chu Zhongtian understood what he meant, he pulled Chu Zhongtian to a corner of the court. There was already a middle-aged coach standing there.

"This is Francis. Morality. Coach Tadio, he's going to be in charge of your training, and you'll be training with him after the warm-up, instead of training with the team. ”

Coach Fernandez's words Chu Zhongtian didn't understand, but he understood what the other party meant-his skills were not good, so he had to train alone with a coach.

He nodded and replied in English, "Yes, sir." ”

"There may be a bit of a problem with communication, but Coach Tadio will show you how to do it, so watch him do it." After speaking, Fernandez patted Chu Zhongtian on the shoulder and turned to leave.

Coach Tadio smiled at Chu Zhongtian and held the whistle in his mouth. "Let's get started, Chu."

(To be continued)