Chapter 1 Under the German Sky
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Looking blankly at the clouds under the plane and the occasional revealing lofty mountains and frozen lakes, a series of great names flowed through Li Huan's mind, Nietzsche, Beethoven, Einstein, Hitler, Marx, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche...... In the starry dome of human history, these great names are associated with the country he is about to arrive. Germany, a country that launched two world wars and almost destroyed human civilization, but also contributed countless great ideas and inventions to mankind.
After ten hours of flight, at five o'clock in the afternoon local time, the plane landed at Frankfurt Airport, Li Huan and Liu Yang set foot on German soil for the first time, and Yanjing, the island city compared with Frankfurt is also a combination of tradition and modernity, vertical and horizontal highways, modern buildings, but there are few high-rise buildings, many trees, the sky is clear, the air is fresh, just like in Tibetan Province, there are few people on the road, there are more cars than people, occasionally trams shuttle by, but very quiet.
Out of the airport, Braun and Liu Yang, an acquaintance who worked in Mannheim, had been waiting for a long time, Liu Yang and Li Huan hugged each other, and said, "Brother Huan, Uncle Wang and I will leave first, and after we settle down, I will go to Karlsruhe to play with you." ”
Li Huan held Liu Yang's shoulders and said, "Okay, I'll call you after the trial." ”
The one named Uncle Wang asked curiously, "You are not from the same school?" ”
Liu Yang said proudly: "Li Huan went to Karlsruhe to play football. ”
Uncle Wang opened a Chinese restaurant, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but look at Li Huan with admiration, and said, "You must be very famous in China, right?" ”
Li Huan said lightly: "I'm not famous, I play amateur football." ”
"Playing amateur football?" Uncle Wang couldn't believe his ears, he couldn't believe that the level of Chinese football had developed to the point that anyone who played amateur football could play in the German Second Division.
Liu Yang said: "He is more powerful than the professional, he has watched the TV "Amorous Swordsman Ruthless Sword", Li Huan's nickname is Xiao Li Flying Knife. ”
Uncle Wang looked at Li Huan suspiciously, and said: "Young man, play hard, have a future, Mannheim is not far from Karlsruhe, I will definitely call my friends to cheer for your game." ”
Li Huan smiled and said, "I'm going for a trial, and I don't know if I can stay." ”
Uncle Wang looked a little disappointed, waved to Li Huan and took Liu Yang away first.
Braun drove a Mercedes-Benz, and he smiled and said to Li Huan in Chinese: "If I knew that your luggage was so small, I would have taken a bus to pick you up." ”
Li Huan laughed and said: "You Germans are really picky, you are simply Shanghainese in Europe, where are we going now?" ”
Braun didn't understand Li Huan's teasing, and said: "I'll take you to Stuttgart first, stay there for one night, and the next day Watts and I will take you to Karlsruhe Club for a trial, and we've already contacted the club." ”
"Okay, everything will be according to your arrangement."
After speeding on the highway for more than an hour, Li Huan and Braun arrived in Stuttgart, the capital of the medieval principality, which was reduced to rubble by the shelling of World War II, and is now a "new city" with no historical sites. The urban planning has the solemnity of geometric lines, and everywhere is neat and orderly. The planning and construction of the city's residential, commercial, and cultural and artistic districts are all based on modern German architecture. Stuttgart is a basin, the center of the basin is the downtown area, the basin is bordered by mountains, and the residential area is on the edge of the basin. Braun's family lives in the Wegenhof community, and the couple live in a three-bedroom house. When they arrived, it was already dark, Braun invited Li Huan to stay at his house for one night, Li Huan did not take out all the money in the stock market before going abroad, he left Xu Ruoqian to buy the stocks bought by the business commission introduced to him, and now he only has more than 2,000 euros on his body, and he can save a little, and Braun's proposal is naturally unwanted.
Braun's wife is a kind German woman, although she can't speak Chinese, she is very enthusiastic about Li Huan, and specially purchases raw materials from Asian stores for Braun to cook Chinese food for Li Huan to eat, but her enthusiasm obviously goes against Li Huan's original intention, Li Huan wants to taste German food.
The next day, Braun's friend Watts arrived, in his forties, well maintained. He wasn't as tall as Braun, but he was quite stocky and handsome. His appearance was typical of the German, with meticulous hairstyle, rigorous dress, and a serious face, and he looked like a very well-bred gentleman. He is a scout for Bundesliga powerhouse Stuttgart and an agent, his main business is for Stuttgart, only occasionally acting as an agent for players from some football-backward regions in Africa and Asia, and when these players are not favored by Stuttgart, he introduces them to the Bundesliga or Bundesliga.
Braun introduced to Li Huan: "This is Watts, my good friend. ”
"Hello, friend from China." Watts stretched out his hand and shook Li Huan.
Li Huan remembered that Li Jing told him in German class that the handshake with the Germans should be stronger, so as to give the other party the impression of confidence and generosity, so he shook hands with Watts heavily. In stiff German: "Gutentag, woszherr." ”
Watts was surprised, "You know German?" ”
Braun told Watts that Li Huan had studied German for more than two months before coming to Germany, and Watts looked appreciative when he heard it, and said, "If you can be fully prepared for what you have to do, I believe you will succeed." ”
Braun translated to Li Huan, and Li Huan expressed his gratitude again.
After breakfast at Braun's house, the three of them drove to Karlsruhe, although there is still one round to end in the Bundesliga, but Karlsruhe has a poor record this season, and is now only in 10th place, with no hope of relegation and promotion, they have already shifted their goals to next season, and head coach Becker is trying to find players who can help him improve the team. On the way, Watts told Li Huan not to say that he was an amateur player who was born in wild football, but that he was a student at a football school. Watts's words made Li Huan look at this gentleman-looking German scout, and it seemed that this German was not as German as he looked on the outside, but very Chinese.
When the three came to the Wilder Park stadium in the north of Karlsruhe, the players in Karlsruhe were training under the leadership of assistant coach Hoss, Watts took Li Huan and Braun to the side of the court, Watts went over to greet Hoss, Hoss saw Watts and immediately walked over, and said: "Dear Watts, hello, where is the Chinese guy full of aura you are talking about?" Did you bring him here? ”
Watts and Hawes hugged affectionately and said, "Hawes, I've already brought him here, the little guy standing on the side of the court is, see how about it?" The speed is 10 seconds 30 seconds, which is great. ”
Hoss raised his eyes and looked at Li Huan and nodded, "It looks pretty good, but you need to try it out in the competition, and if you can reach the level of Chinese Shao, Coach Becker will definitely accept him." ”