As soon as the training was over, Chu Zhongtian and his teammates were surrounded by reporters who were waiting outside the King's Ranch. Schilling and Gavin. Bolger, who had been looking forward to an interview with a reporter for a long time, ran to the interview with great joy. But despite their initiative, the most popular one is Chu Zhongtian, who has just been promoted to the new core of the team in training.

As soon as he changed his clothes and walked out of the stadium gate, he found a large number of reporters carrying machines running towards him. Chu Zhongtian, who was already mentally prepared, did not quickly dodge, but stood in place and waited for them to surround him.

Of course, this time he didn't raise his hands in shame.

Journalists poured in from all directions and surrounded him in the middle.

The photojournalist takes a photograph first, and then the text reporter and the television reporter ask questions.

The BBC reporters rightfully squeezed to the front. "Hello Chu, I'm a BBC reporter and my name is Albert. Nickleman. ”

He spoke English very slowly, seemingly because Chu Zhongtian was a Chinese.

"Hello, Mr. Nicholman." Chu Zhongtian smiled at him and replied in fluent English.

It wasn't the first time Nickleman had come to King's Ranch for an interview, but he did have the first contact with the Chinese. When he came before, his focus was on the entire team and the club's senior management, and he didn't have much contact with the players, and he basically didn't pay attention to this Chinese.

Unexpectedly, when I visited here again, the Chinese in front of me became the protagonist.

"First of all, congratulations on getting the best of the match in the last round of the FA Cup, is that bottle of champagne okay?"

"Good, thank you. I put it in the house, and I don't think I'll ever forget the honor for the rest of my life. Chu Zhongtian replied politely.

To put that bottle of champagne, Boss John gave him an elaborate wine rack.

Now that the bottle of wine is on his desk, he is not going to drink it, but plans to keep it until he graduates from college and bring it back to China as a souvenir. This is evidence that he once struggled here for three years.

"So let's talk about Saturday's game, you played very, very well. How do you feel about your performance right now? ”

"I didn't expect to get the best." Chu Zhongtian wasn't being modest, he really didn't expect it. At that time, when he was playing, he was all about helping the team win the game, and whether he could get the best, or "the best of the game", he didn't think about it at all.

"But I'm happy to be the best and that shows that my hard work is recognized."

Before coming to interview Chu Zhongtian, Nickleman did some homework, such as learning about Chinese habits and etiquette to determine the interview strategy. The information told him that the Chinese are very modest. What is "modesty"? is obviously very good, to say "bad" and "too bad", it is obviously your own credit, but you want to push the contribution to others, and at the same time say that your role is insignificant. Anyway, it's about degrading yourself and elevating others. Nicholman is a little incomprehensible about this approach, what is his own is his own, what is good is good, what is there to hide from this? Isn't it a shameful thing to be good?

So when he was waiting for Chu Zhongtian to answer his question, he thought that he would hear an answer similar to "I am personally insignificant, and the honor belongs to the collective".

But now that I hear Chu Zhongtian's answer, I can't see the modesty at all...... "So how does it feel after becoming famous?" ”

"Uh...... I don't know...... I don't know if I'm really famous. Chu Zhongtian shook his head. I don't think my life has changed much, I'm still in school, I'm working, I'm playing here, it's the same as before. ”

"But now you're standing in front of us for an interview, and you didn't have that kind of treatment before." Nicholman laughed.

"If it was just an interview, I didn't feel anything. So far, it's all fine. ”

"Believe me, Chu, change will come slowly and permeate every crevice of your life." The voice came from behind Nicholman, and he, Chu Zhongtian, and the others all looked at it, and a fat man was standing outside the crowd and laughing at them.

"Hello, Mr. Richard." Chu Zhongtian waved his hand at the fat man.

The Mr. Richard in his mouth was the one who was killed by James that day. Merry brought Sun reporter Abel to interview him. Richard.

Seeing him waving to himself, Abel pressed the shutter of the camera in his hand: "Are you ready?" Your future will definitely change. ”

By the time the reporters left satisfied, it was already dark. Chu Zhongtian was still standing outside the King's Ranch, and the street lights on the parking lot were on, illuminating the area.

He was surrounded by reporters for half an hour, answering all kinds of questions non-stop. His fluency in English impressed the British journalists, because he did not look at all like a Chinese who had only been in the UK for more than two years. He has no accents, no strange sentence patterns of Chinese English, and even some Wimbledon slang that he can use.

But what makes Chu Zhongtian feel uncomfortable is that most reporters care more about his identity than his football. They kept asking questions like, "As an international student, you must not be able to gain a foothold in this team, right?" "You are a Chinese, but in the football club in England, will there be something that you don't fit into?"

Damn, I'm the main player at Wimbledon, and I have a bullshit relationship with being an international student? What's wrong with being Chinese? I feel good, like a fish in water, I adapt to twenty, can't I? Is it interesting to dwell on these boring identities?

The reporters felt that this contrast of identities was very gimmicky, but Chu Zhongtian felt that his efforts were ignored. Why don't they ask if their best and main position is something like they have trained so hard all the time? Regardless of what he did with an assist and a goal in the game?

For the first time, he sensed that not everyone would see your success with kindness or report on you with a normal attitude. You are Chinese, you are an international student, you are an amateur player, they will definitely be biased, the difference is only more and less.

If you succeed and more people know you, it means that what you do will be judged by more people, there are good intentions and bad intentions, justice is natural and there is discrimination against you, and the world will not do what you want.

There may be a lot of reporters surrounding you after training, a lot of fans queuing up for autographs, and more people on the street recognizing you, but these are not what they call "the change after fame". The real change is in the heart, is that you will find that in fact, not all the people in this world are good, and you will have a lot of troubles that you would never consider before - I just scolded casually, why are so many people dissatisfied with me, thinking that I am of low quality? I just didn't sleep well and yawned, why would someone say I was hideous, ugly and hateful when I was photographed? I just had a beer with my friends in a bar, why would they say I was a drunken clubbing, indulgent and depraved?

Some small details in life that you don't even pay attention to will be magnified by others, and then speculate on you with the greatest malice and hype the results of their speculation, and you can't even talk back about it, otherwise you will fall into the trap that they have carefully weaved.

A gust of wind blew, and Chu Zhongtian came back to his senses and felt a little cold.

He looked down at the watch on his wrist, then wrapped his coat tightly and planned to walk outside to the bus stop.

At this time, a person came up and beckoned to Chu Zhongtian: "Please stay, Chu." ”

Another difference that Chu Zhongtian felt was that he had never had so many people he didn't know before appearing in front of him, and then affectionately called "Chu".

He paused and watched as the visitor emerged from the darkness and slowly revealed his true form.

is a very ordinary middle-aged man, with dark brown hair, wearing a cardigan and a thick down jacket, and the appearance of shrinking his neck looks really obscene.

"Is there anything you want me to do, sir?" Chu Zhongtian looked at the other party.

"That's right...... I'm the head coach of the Tangbashi Angels (tonbridge_angels) and my name is Bob. Larry. I know it's late, so I'm not going to talk nonsense. That's right, Chu. I've watched a few of your games and I'm interested in you and I want you to join my team, by the way, the Tangqiao Angels are in the fifth tier, and then up there is the League C. If you want me to say, it's a waste for a player like you to stay at Wimbledon any longer......"

This old man didn't realize that his last words had angered Chu Zhongtian.

Perhaps Chu Zhongtian did initially think that Wimbledon Athletic was no different from countless amateur teams throughout England, just a place where he could play, because he happened to be at Wimbledon University.

But after more than a year, he has long been unable to continue to treat this team as an ordinary team. Here because of the teammates he played alongside him, here his friends, here the dreams that others put in him, here are the lovely fans here, and ...... Emily.

For him, teams are the same all over the world, but this one is special.

How could he allow others to degrade Bourdon in front of him?

"I'm sorry, Bob. Mr. Larry. I was a student at Wimbledon School of Art, and until I graduated, I wasn't going anywhere but Wimbledon. He interrupted the Mr. Larry's self-aggrandizement.

"Uh......" Larry also seems to think that Chu Zhongtian is doing the right thing, after all, they are also an amateur team, and there is no way to offer professional contracts to players. And what about after graduation? ”

Chu Zhongtian smiled at him who was full of expectations: "I will return to China after graduation." ”

"Returning home?" The head coach of the Yuhashi Angels has not yet reacted.

"Yes, go back to China, go back to China." Chu Zhongtian looked at the other party with a smile, his smile at Mr. Larry did not mean that he was in a good mood, on the contrary, it was one of his expressions of displeasure.

"Returning home? What are you going to do back home? "Mr. Larry hasn't reacted yet.

"Work, Mr. Larry. I didn't plan to make a living out of football. ”

Bob. When Larry saw Chu Zhongtian's smile, he finally reacted - he was rejected!

"I want you to think about it, Chu. We're in the fifth tier, we're more promising than Wimbledon and maybe we'll be promoted next season. When the time comes, we can give you a professional contract and absolutely guarantee that you can make a living from football! It's a shame that you don't make a living from football......"

Chu Zhongtian ignored this person's praise for himself, and walked straight outside, he still had to catch the car, he had to rush back to cook dinner for Lao Yang, and after eating, he had to go to the Wimbles bar to work. He didn't have time to spend it here.

Chu Zhongtian kept walking, and that person kept following him, and then bragged about how strong their team was, and it seemed that promotion to the league league was just around the corner.

The two of them walked all the way to the bus stop, and Chu Zhongcai turned his head to him and said, "I'm really sorry, Mr. Larry." I'm not interested in joining your team, I just want to stay at Wimbledon and finish my studies. It's as simple as that......"

He glanced at the highway and saw a 131 bus coming, so he pulled out his Oyster card and asked Bob Brown. Larry waved, "Goodbye, Mr. Larry." I'm going to get in the car. Thank you for your kindness, but I can't accept it. ”

After saying that, without waiting for the other party to say anything, he jumped into the car. The head was no longer returned, leaving only one Bob who had not yet returned to his senses. Larry.

Chu Zhongtian, who was sitting in the car, was still very happy - finally a team came to dig him, but Lao Tzu refused very badly! Haha, Russell, you're not as good as me on this point, are you?

In fact, if the other party hadn't revealed a sense of superiority as a fifth-tier league everywhere, and hadn't looked down on Wimbledon, Chu Zhongtian might not have refused so simply and ruthlessly.

He doesn't care about losing the opportunity to play in a higher team. Anyway, he didn't make a living like professional football, so he wouldn't be tempted by the invitations of those teams at all.

What is there to do with the teams in the fifth and sixth divisions in front of us? We've won against League One!

And we're probably going to run into a Premier League team, and I'm going to win!

Unexpectedly, Bob. Mr. Larry? I hope you weren't intimidated by me...... ※※※ Let's turn back the clock to the daylight of the day. In China, it's one o'clock on a Tuesday.

Chu Zuosheng hurriedly found an Internet café with a newspaper, he wanted to know more about his son. But he couldn't find it in the newspapers. He knows that there will be relevant reports on the Internet, he understands the power of the Internet, although he does not know how to use a computer and does not use the Internet, but he always listens to the young people in the unit talk about that thing, as long as you want to find it, there is nothing you can't find.

When the network administrator of the Internet café saw a middle-aged man running into the Internet café with a newspaper in his hand, his first reaction was that his unlucky child was approached by his parents again. He is ready, generally speaking, parents who can run to the Internet café to pull their children are not fuel-efficient lamps, and after finding their children, they must be beaten and scolded in front of everyone, and at the same time, they must be scolded by the network administrator, scolding them for making money and poisoning teenagers...... This webmaster is experienced and ready. But the people who came did not panic and looked for people one by one, but stood at the door for a while.

After Chu Zuosheng entered the Internet café, he remembered that he couldn't use a computer or surf the Internet, so what could he do when he came to the Internet café? Turn around and leave? He was a little unwilling.

So he started to go inside, to see if he could find someone to help. With an old face, what are you afraid of?

When the network administrator saw the person coming straight in, he didn't stop it, but he just asked next to him: "Do you want to turn on the phone?" ”

Chu Zuosheng seemed to hear something, but he didn't care, he walked straight to the Internet area, and then searched in the crowd. He was looking for help, but not everyone was willing to help him, a middle-aged man. Girls dressed strangely at the computer screen are obviously inappropriate, and if you ask them for help, they will probably ignore you. Those who are playing games with headphones on their headphones won't help either...... Chu Zuosheng turned his head to look for it as he walked, and then he saw that since a young man didn't play games, he didn't chat with netizens crackling, just sitting in front of the computer, quietly browsing the web. Looking at the way he looks, ask him for help, you shouldn't be rejected, right?

Chu Zuosheng leaned up, "Little brother......"

The other looked back at him suspiciously. There was no impatient look in his eyes, which made Chu Zuosheng feel a lot more at ease.

He handed the newspaper in his hand, "Can you please do me a favor?" Can you help me search for him online? ”

The young man glanced at the newspaper handed by Chu Zuosheng, then laughed, and let go of his body blocking the screen: "He? It just so happened that I was reading the news about him! ”

Chu Zuosheng's gaze crossed the young man's shoulder and cast it on the computer screen, he squinted his eyes and saw that the row on the screen was full of news related to his son, and the name "Chu Zhongtian" was highlighted in red.

At the top of the list is a piece of news:

"The mysterious Chinese teenager appeared in the FA Cup and became the first person to make history!"

Here's the same headline:

"The FA Cup legend of a Chinese student!"

Further down ...... "Chu Zhongtian!" Do you know this man, I heard that he scored in the FA Cup! ”

This is obviously the title of a post on a forum.

"Who is this kid? That's awesome! ”

"I'm a fan of Chu Zhongtian!"

"An international student is better than those professional players, Chinese football can die!"

"Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian...... I've discovered a big secret! Ha ha! Let's write this name vertically to see if it's 'Lin Danda'? Aha! ”

"Good job, Chu Zhongtian! You are the pride of our Chinese football! ”

"Can Chinese fans only find sustenance in an amateur player and an international student? It's so sad......"

"I watched Chu Zhongtian's game! I'm studying abroad in the UK! I'm thrilled, now the whole of England is exploding! Ha ha! ”

"Long live Chu Zhongtian! Hats off to you! ”

…… Seeing that he was so fascinated, the young man asked, "Uncle, are you also a fan of Chu Zhongtian?" ”

Chu Zuosheng nodded while staring at the computer screen: "Yes, yes, of course!" ”

Actually, he really wanted to say -- that's my son!

(To be continued)