On June 19, 2002, it has been 6 days since the Chinese team lost all three games in the World Cup and was eliminated.

The weather in Beijing seemed to have been premeditated, and when the first thunder passed, the torrential rain began to pour down on the earth according to the original plan. That formation, it was as if the Demon Suppression Pagoda of the Heavenly King of Tota was inexplicably broken, and all the demons and monsters took advantage of the situation.

Since the termination of the contract, Zuoqiu He has been at home for three days, just like Chinese football, at this time he is confused about the future in this storm.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! "At the door of Zuoqiu He's house, there was a knock again.

He opened the door and saw two people standing at the door, a man and a woman, each holding a black umbrella. The woman looked to be 45 years old, very small, with short ear-length hair and a suit; The man is also wearing a suit, but he is much taller than the woman, with a square face and big ears, and a flat head, which is Xie Yuemin who came yesterday.

"Eh, Mr. Xie." Zuo Qiuhe wondered, "Why are you here again?" ”

Xie Yuemin nodded, the raindrops fell from the board, and he introduced with a humble attitude: "Coach Zuo, I'm sorry to disturb again." After yesterday's visit, I conveyed your meaning to the leader, but I didn't expect the leader to attach great importance to this matter, and felt that it was better to talk to you in person, so the leader rushed over overnight. After speaking, Xie Yuemin stretched out his palm, pointed to the little lady beside him and said, "This is my leader, Zhao Jihui, the principal of Izu High School." ”

This introduction surprised Zuo Qiuhe, and without waiting for him to react, Zhao Jihui nodded and said: "Mr. Zuo Qiuhe, the champion assistant teacher, I have admired it for a long time, and it is my great luck to see it today, I am the principal of Izu High School in Chongqing - Zhao Jihui." I don't tell you today, please forgive me. ”

"Principal Zhao is too modest, I didn't expect you to come in person, please come in, please come in." Zuo Qiu Crane hurriedly invited this guest from afar into the house.

After a few simple greetings, the straightforward Xie Yuemin asked directly about the album, Zhao Jihui's eyes signaled that he was rude, and Xie Yuemin became restrained. Zuo Qiuhe smiled awkwardly, and as a sign of politeness, he briefly described the contents of the album to convey the fact that "he has seen it" to the two.

"It's good that you read the album, but our Principal Zhao personally worked overtime to make it. What do you think? Our Izu is no worse than Dazhong, right? Xie Yuemin said happily.

"Uh-huh." Zhao Jihui snorted lightly as a reminder, Xie Yuemin showed an embarrassed expression again, and he was neither advancing nor retreating for a while. Fortunately, at this time, Zhao Jihui hurriedly said: "I believe that Coach Zuo, I have a simple impression of our Izu, whether it is me or the school, I would like to invite an expert like you to come to the scene to have a look and inspect our work under the guidance." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Zuo Crane shook his hand.

Xie Yuemin said excitedly: "That's it, Coach Zuo, our school is really doing football with heart, and we especially need a high-level coach like you. After finishing speaking, he glanced at Zhao Jihui, for fear of saying the wrong thing again.

Zhao Jihui nodded lightly, expressing his support for Xie Yuemin, and then turned his head to Zuoqiu He, and said word by word: "Teacher Xie is half right. ”

Zuoqiu Heqi said: "Half? ”

Zhao Jihui replied: "Well, what Mr. Xie said is right, we will indeed come to you desperately. After speaking, he looked at Zuoqiu Crane with resolute eyes.

Zuo Qiuhe was shocked by Zhao Jihui's strong aura, and had no choice but to ask, "What about the wrong half?" ”

Zhao Jihui laughed at himself: "What's wrong is that I didn't come here today to ask you to teach." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zuo Qiuhe and Xie Yuemin were very surprised, and they didn't know what medicine Zhao Jihui was selling in the gourd for a while. Zuo Qiuhe had no choice but to smile and said: "That's strange, you came all the way to find me, a little coach, and didn't ask me to be a coach, so what else could I do?" ”

Zhao Jihui paused, and two words popped out of his mouth: "Tuo~Lonely~." ”

"To~Lonely?" Zuo Qiuhe was confused for a while, but what was more incomprehensible than him was Xie Yuemin, Xie Yuemin rushed to speak: "Principal Zhao, what does this Tuo Gu mean?" ”

Facing the surprise of Zuo Xie and the others, Zhao Jihui seemed to have expected it, and replied to Xie Yuemin flatly: "Old Xie, in fact, you can not call me the principal now?" In the future, call me Lao Zhao. ”

Xie Yuemin looked at Zuoqiu Crane, Zuoqiu Crane looked at Xie Yuemin, the two were even more confused, Zuoqiu Crane asked solemnly, "What does Principal Zhao mean by this?" ”

Zhao Jihui took a deep breath and said slowly: "The matter is a bit long, if you don't mind, please listen to me slowly." ”

"Please."

"The first husband's name is Xie Yingmeng, have you ever heard of Coach Zuo?"

Zuo Qiuhe suddenly realized: "It turns out that you are the wife of Senior Xie. ”

Zhao Jihui nodded and said: "My husband was also a football player before, active in Chongqing football, and also played for the country. ”

Zuo Qiuhe nodded and said: "Senior Xie has a great reputation, I remember that he has infinite physical strength, especially able to run, when he chased and robbed the Iranians, he couldn't outrun him with the two of them, and everyone called him "Nuclear Tiger". ”

Zhao Jihui said with a smile: "As you said, the late husband did gain some fame in the 80s. It is with these fame that some businessmen have found him and are willing to fulfill their dreams for him. ”

"Dreams?"

"Well, after my husband retired, he still remembered football, and his dream was to open a football school and train a new generation. Later, in 1996, his good friend, Qi Weiguo, a motorcycle business tycoon, partnered with him to open Izu High School, a private middle school featuring football. ”

"Oh, that's how Izu came from."

"Well, in the first two years, when my husband was the principal of Izu, the school ran smoothly, cultivated many children with great potential, and achieved very good results, becoming a football bully in Chongqing. But ......"

Zhao Jihui's face slowly showed a painful expression, and he continued gloomily: "However, my late husband suddenly suffered from blood cancer and died in 1998. ”

Hearing this, Zuo Xie and the others also fell into sadness. Zhao Jihui continued: "In the same year, the Football Association founded the "World's First Football School Conference" in 1998, referred to as the "Tianyi School Cup", and our country also had a formal national youth football competition for the first time. However, after the death of my husband, Izu was left without a leader for a while, so I had to be the principal. Due to such a major personnel change, the strength of our school plummeted, and we were eliminated in the Chongqing regional selection competition. ”

Zhao Jihui's statement caused Xie Yuemin, who was the head coach at the time, to have painful memories of the past.

Zhao Jihui continued: "Fortunately, in 2000, Xie Yingmeng's eldest son, Yao Xun, and I joined the school. ”

Zuo Qiuhe remembered the handsome photo in the album.

Zhao Jihui said: "My son inherited his father's football talent and is very good at running. Moreover, because of the regret that the late husband was not delicate in his skills, he attached great importance to the technical training of this child since he was a child. Through ten years of hard work, Yao Xun's foot skills are much higher than those of his peers. ”

Zuoqiu Crane thought of Yao Xun's "Crescent Moon Chop"

Zhao Jihui said: "However, I have a problem. ”

Zuo Qiuhe asked, "What's the problem?" ”

Zhao Jihui closed his eyes, sighed heavily and said: "At that time, I followed the leaders of the Football Association to inspect Haoqiang football schools across the country. I found that our Izu High School is too bad, maybe we have Yao Xun, but this is a team sport, with our strength, we can break out of Chongqing at most, but whether we can win from the southwest region, there is no certainty at all. As the head of a school, I don't want my husband to do everything he can to establish a school that fails again; As a mother, I don't want Yao Xun's dream to break. So, I used all my connections and a lot of money to hire a few professional youth players and join Izu. Later, with their help, Yao Xun led the team all the way through and won the championship of Chongqing and Southwest Division. For a while, the fame of Izu and Yao Xun resounded throughout the country. However, the good times did not last long, the Football Association introduced new technology, measured the bone age of those professional players, and finally canceled Izu's results for the year, and all the main players were banned for three years. ”

Although he had read the report on this incident, Zuo Qiuhe only learned the ins and outs of everything at this time.

"The three-year ban means that you will never be able to play the "Tianyi School Cup" again, and for a child, the road to a football career will be closed" Zhao Jihui said miserably: "After this incident, I spent two whole years, running back and forth across the country like crazy, trying to find someone to lift my child's ban." ”

Hearing this, Xie Yuemin finally understood why he had always been unable to see the principal in the past two years. And Zuo Qiuhe, who originally had a grudge attitude towards the ban, also felt a sense of sympathy in his heart in the face of the mother of the beloved son in front of him.

Zhao Jihui continued: "On the other hand, after the ban, Qi Weiguo, another shareholder of the school, lost patience with me, the principal, and persuaded me several times to sell my late husband's shares and dismiss the principal, but I refused. Outsiders may think that I am greedy for power, but in fact, only I know that sitting in the position of principal may save my children, and if I give up this position, my children will never have a chance again. ”

Hearing Zhao Jihui's story, Zuo Qiuhe thought: "As a football practitioner, Zhao Jihui's approach is indeed hateful; But as a mother, Zhao Jihui's approach seems to have her pity, this is the so-called hateful person must have pity. ”

Zhao Jihui continued: "But things have finally taken a turn for the better, Qi Weiguo found a piece of information, I have read it, which records in detail the whole process of the selection of the team members that year, that is, it can explain that the whole blame school for the selection of the team members has nothing to do with ordinary players like Yao Xun." ”

The atmosphere was softened a little.

"However, Qi Weiguo asked to take over my position as principal." Zhao Jihui said.

"You promised?" Xie Yuemin wanted to ask, but Zuo Qiuhe asked first.

"Yes, I promised him that as long as he can get Yao Xun to be released from the ban, I will return all his shares." Zhao Jihui replied, smiled again and said to Xie Yuemin: "So old Xie, don't call me Principal Zhao in the future." Zhao Jihui suddenly leaned down, bowed deeply to Zuoqiu He, and said excitedly: "Yao Xun is Yao Yingmeng's son, he is really very talented, please look at the contribution of his late husband to Chinese football, pity this child." Take him to the Chinese championship. And I have negotiated with the Domineering Mountain City Club (Chongqing team of the Chinese Super League), and they have promised that as long as Izu can win the championship, they will hire you and Yao Xun into their U19 team at the same time. ”

"Okay, I'll go with you." Zuo Qiu He said with a smile.