football is not round

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When Nuan Xiaoxi went to the hotel where Liu Xinyang was staying in Shenzhen and wanted to surprise Liu Xinyang, Nuan Xiaoxi herself was frightened by Liu Xinyang.Liu Xinyang seriously proposed to break up with Nuan Xiaoxi. Although Nuan Xiaoxi didn't understand why, she had to accept it because of Hua Kite's existence.

When Nuan Xiaoxi and her driver walked to the entrance of the away fans' stand, which is also the home of the Shenzhen team of the domestic first-tier football league, an old man had been standing there waiting for Nuan Xiaoxi for a long time.This old man was the one who had been trying to comfort the lost Nuan Xiaoxi last night, so Nuan Xiaoxi also revealed his identity, and the two continued to chat.

"Giving up your rights is not an easy task. You have the courage to give up your rights at a young age, and you are willing to give up your rights. At least this is half the battle." The old man looked at Nuan Xiaoxi and said sincerely.

"Haha..." Nuan Xiaoxi laughed.

"What's the matter?" The old man looked at Nuan Xiaoxi with some incomprehension.

"If you've never had rights, you won't care about the happiness that rights bring you." Nuan Xiaoxi explained with a smile.

After more than ten seconds, the old man nodded seriously and said, "It makes sense."

Nuan Xiaoxi and the old man chatted like this while waiting for the start of the game.

"Go and get some tea for the old man, hurry up." Nuan Xiaoxi ordered to the colleagues beside her.

"Is it okay for the old man to cook Pu'er? Or choose raw Pu'er?" A colleague beside Nuan Xiaoxi asked the old man.

"This...is it too troublesome?" The old man said politely.

"Don't worry about it, you didn't sleep well last night after tossing you, shouldn't you deserve this little tea, ha ha..." Nuan Xiaoxi said to the old man with a smile.

"Then I won't be rude to you, I'll just drink cooked Pu'er." The old man didn't refuse anymore, and replied to Nuan Xiaoxi's colleague with a smile.

"I cook Pu'er too, thank you." Nuan Xiaoxi said with a smile.

"Yeah." After Nuan Xiaoxi's colleague replied, he hurriedly arranged for someone to fetch hot water and cups.

"Since my old man and you are always destined to be Nuan, can you give me some news, haha..." the old man asked Nuan Xiaoxi with a smile.

"Why not? Some things the media have said, since you want to ask, I'll tell you the truth, what I know." Nuan Xiaoxi replied to the old man with a smile.

"Hehe...Okay, okay. Then let me think about it. Actually, I have a lot to ask, and I want to think about it." The old man said with a smile, and then he really started to think.

"Hehe..." Nuan Xiaoxi smiled when she saw the old man.

"Mr. Nuan, I don't know if it's convenient for Fang to ask." The old man suddenly smiled and asked Nuan Xiaoxi in a low voice.

"Huh?" Nuan Xiaoxi was taken aback.

"Why didn't you advance last year? Many people are curious about this."

"Old man, can you tell me about this matter, how did you analyze it? I also want to know, after all, you know, and the people around me won't tell me about it." Nuan Xiaoxi also asked the old man back with a smile.

"Um... how do you say it?"

"To be honest, we are all the same, and I will tell you the actual situation that I know."

"Well, we all think that you sold the ball in the end. Especially this year when Jose, the midfielder of the Shenbei team, transferred to your club, we all firmly believe that you sold the ball to your opponent last year, which resulted in you not being promoted." The old man smiled and answered Nuan Xiaoxi's question.

"Hehe..." Nuan Xiaoxi also laughed after listening, "What you said is really well-founded, I don't know how to refute you. Haha..." Nuan Xiaoxi herself also thinks that outsiders should really look at this issue in this way. After all, a midfielder like Jose, as the head star of the Shenbei team, is indeed not easy to sell, which means that the Shenbei team is at risk of relegation.

"Old man, before going back to your question, let me ask you a few more questions, is that okay?" Nuan Xiaoxi said with a smile.

"Well, you can ask." The old man answered very simply.

"First question, do you know all the deals we have with the Shenbei team this year?" Nuan Xiaoxi asked the old man seriously.

"This...is this?" The old man seriously recalled the news about the transfer of Shenbei team and Shengcheng team that he had seen, but he really couldn't think of any news for a while. "I really don't know. It seems that Jose was transferred to you for 500 million yuan."

"Well, it seems that the media only reported these things, especially if you don't care much about our news. But it's actually a little different from what you see, or the news you see is not very comprehensive." Nuan Xiaoxi looked at the old man and said.

"Oh? I would like to hear more about it." The old man also looked at Nuan Xiaoxi seriously, waiting for Nuan Xiaoxi to tell him something he didn't know.

"We will transfer five to six players from the reserve team to the Shenbei team this year, so the transfer between us is basically complementary. They exchanged one main player for five to six main players who can play in domestic football league matches, so this is not necessarily a bad thing for the Shenbei team. Especially since we still pay them a fee. They can also operate the normal operation of the club with this money. Why not do it? Hehe..." Nuan Xiaoxi said with a smile.

"Well, well..." The old man nodded after listening.

"For this matter, you can check the news or the club's player registration form later. You can find it anywhere. But I will tell you a secret that no one else knows." Nuan Xiaoxi said to the old man mysteriously.

"What secret?" The old man unconsciously lowered his voice and approached Nuan Xiaoxi and asked.

"These transfers were all promoted by Governor Chen, who is in charge of sports, when he was watching the games between our two teams. Several football clubs in our province held a communication meeting under the leadership of Governor Chen. But we didn't participate in this meeting. The next day, Governor Chen came to our home court to watch the game, which made this happen." Nuan Xiaoxi whispered into the old man's ear and told the story behind the transfer.

"Oh..." The old man was surprised after hearing this, thought for a while and said, "You Governor Chen is really a good governor, you are very dedicated and responsible, it's amazing." The old man also felt emotional.

"Indeed, if such a large transfer is only promoted by the outside world, the transfer will not necessarily be negotiated until the winter." Nuan Xiaoxi recalled this incident and felt that the high efficiency was indeed due to Governor Chen's sincere support.

"Well, now the price of domestic players is high, and there are very few capable players. Now it is not easy for any club's head star to transfer. After all, the club needs to keep relegation or achieve results, so the transfer is just a decoration and luck."

"Yeah, this is the general environment we talked about last night..." Nuan Xiaoxi couldn't help feeling emotional when thinking about the domestic football environment.

"However, I think this matter is a win-win. The Shenbei team has acquired a series of capable players, and you are aiming at the AFC Champions League. It is also a successful move to reduce the burden." The old man commented on this double transfer.

"There is also our initial question just now, the promotion last season. My second question is, if Ike hadn't been injured at the time, it was our foreign forward, do you think we would have failed to advance?" Nuan Xiaoxi asked the old man the second question.

"Yes, yes, yes..." The old man also suddenly thought of Ike, the foreign striker of the Shengcheng team who played a big role in the domestic first-tier league last season. "Well, his injury has indeed had a great impact on you. Well, now that I think about it, it was because you lacked a reliable scorer in the second half of last year. You had a lot of losses and draws in the second half, otherwise you wouldn't have reached the point where you would have to fight the Shenbei team in the end."

"Yeah, we were very tight with No.2 in the final points. At that time, we couldn't even accept a draw, let alone a loss." Nuan Xiaoxi still feels a little regretful and remorseful when thinking about the original situation.

"At that time in the summer window, why didn't you think about adding domestic forward players? At least Ike could support it when he was injured, and it wouldn't be..." The old man was also embarrassed when he talked about this paragraph. After all, after getting close to Nuan Xiaoxi, the old man's tendency to support the Shengcheng picture-in-picture football team became obvious.

"Money..." Nuan Xiaoxi said seriously.

"Well, what you said is very true." The old man also sighed with emotion, as he talked, Nuan Xiaoxi's colleagues didn't know when the brewed Pu'er tea would be delivered to them.

"Come on, old man, let's drink and chat." Nuan Xiaoxi let the old man take the prepared Pu'er tea, and took a few sips herself.

"Well, this tea is not bad." The old man praised after drinking the Pu'er tea.

"Hehe... Our Municipal Party Secretary likes this tea very much. I have to go over and give him some tea on Tuesday." Nuan Xiaoxi said proudly.

"Then I have to thank you very much."

"You're welcome. When you leave, don't be disgusted. I'll pack some for you to take home to drink." After finishing speaking, Nuan Xiaoxi miraculously took out a small package from her side and handed it to the old man.

"Haha... such delicious tea, I'd rather be respectful than obedient, thank you, Mr. Nuan." The old man smiled and put away the tea gift bag that Nuan Xiaoxi handed him.

"Why are you being polite? They say that a friend in need is a friend..." Nuan Xiaoxi recalled the scene last night, and was still grateful to the old man in front of her for enlightening her.

"Everyone has ups and downs, happy and unhappy, remember to look for me when you come to Shenzhen in the future." The old man said to Nuan Xiaoxi sincerely.

"Okay, as long as the old man doesn't dislike me and doesn't feel troublesome, I'm willing to bother the old man." After finishing speaking, Nuan Xiaoxi took out her mobile phone and left contact information with the old man. "In the future, if there is something that a junior like me can do, the old man will come to me."

"Haha... okay, it's not easy for me to entrust you, a friend who forgets years, when I'm going to be old." The old man said with emotion.

"Hehe..." Nuan Xiaoxi also laughed, and then continued the topic just now, "In fact, the main reason for not being able to advance last year was that the team was not ready in all aspects. So the last game became a scapegoat or a flash point, or the best opportunity to take the blame."

"Well..." The old man also nodded in agreement.

"I won't talk about it until I'm ready. We can't finish talking about it in a day, so let's talk about the last game." Nuan Xiaoxi took a sip of tea and put it on the table.

"well..."

"I must have doubts about the last game. I even suspect that Governor Chen ordered this game behind the scenes." Nuan Xiaoxi looked at the game that had already started in the stadium and said meaningfully.

"How to say?" The old man looked at Nuan Xiaoxi and was surprised by Nuan Xiaoxi's conclusion. "I don't understand. After all, you don't have a domestic Super League team in the province. Why shouldn't you let the Shenbei team let you go? This is in the best interest of the governor, right? Obviously there is no performance now, at least there is no so-called effect." The old man quickly analyzed warmly and warmly.

"Hehe... I thought so too, so I'm just guessing now." After listening to the old man's analysis, Nuan Xiaoxi looked at the old man and said with a smile.

"Then what is the reason for your suspicion? At least your province has the opportunity to make money, so you have the motivation to promote this ball, right?" The old man asked Nuan Xiaoxi in confusion.

"Actually, I couldn't figure it out either, but all my sixth senses at that time, including the sixth senses of important people around me, pointed to the province." Nuan Xiaoxi looked at the stadium again, recalling the original situation while talking. "Actually, there was a feeling before the game at that time. It was a wonderful feeling. Often all the people and things around you made you unconsciously feel that you were going to fail."

"Huh? What does it feel like?" the old man asked.

Nuan Xiaoxi turned to look at the old man, and said, "Actually, you discovered all superstitions or human habits, such as what clothes you like to wear when you win, or shoes, or which foot to step first when you go out. At that time, all these signals told you, lose! Is it strange?"

"What does that have to do with the province?"

"Coincidentally, they were not optimistic about us at that time. The key is that we thought that our strength was far superior to the Shenbei team, at least many outsiders thought so. But..." Nuan Xiaoxi drew his voice.

"But what?" the old man asked curiously.

"But this year we prepared so well. It was the foreign aid James, the left-back Ma Fei, and the hat-trick Yang Xu who was promoted from the forward youth team. In the end, the young central defender Li Weifeng played the forward and won the home game with a set-piece header, hehe..." Nuan Xiaoxi laughed at himself.

"Haha..." The old man also watched the game, so he laughed too.

"Are you right? In fact, this is the charm of football games."

"That's not to say it is, haha..." The old man also agrees with Nuan Xiaoxi's point of view.

"So later, if you hadn't asked me about it now, I would have really let go of it." Nuan Xiaoxi said with a smile, "This year's game happened to be watched by Governor Chen in the past. The kick was thrilling, and both the governor and his secretary were excited to see it."

"No, I watched the TV broadcast and felt that this game was really soul-stirring." The old man also said with emotion.

"Yeah. Hmm..." Nuan Xiaoxi also nodded, "But this year's book strength is good, it's still our state of winning streak at the time, and the home field factor, everything, unexpectedly..." Nuan Xiaoxi shook her head after finishing speaking.

"Isn't it, but did you decide to talk about Jose just because of this game?"

"Yes, Governor Chen felt that Jose was really good in this competition, so he helped us advance the negotiation. In fact, we have also negotiated with the Shenbei team before, but there has been no progress. This time, the province has opened up, so it has been advanced very quickly. Is it just for everyone's benefit? Last year, a few performances were mediocre. We think it is not suitable to play in the domestic super league, so we will transfer them to them."

"Mmm, um..." The old man agreed with the operation of this transfer.

"How did the old man listen? Are you satisfied? Are you happy?" Nuan Xiaoxi asked the old man with a smile, and looked at the old man with a satisfied smile.

"Well, Mr. Nuan is really refreshing." The old man was very happy, "Why did you transfer Jose to the Hangzhou team when you hit the promotion this year, and didn't go to the Didu team to grab central defender He Yang?"

"Because we have transferred two people, one is the foreign aid central defender Abiduo. We planned to buy this person back and then sublet it to the Changchun team to offset part of Wang Dong's transfer fee. You also know that our midfielder is not good now. Xiao Zhao is a future star who has just been promoted by the youth team. Can't we use it now? Besides, Jose and Goetze are both organizational types, so Wang Dong has to buy it."

"Where's Zhang Ye? Where's Li Tie?" The old man asked.

"Li Tie is going to Europe in winter, or in summer. I'm not responsible for this, and you understand my own management thinking." Nuan Xiaoxi looked around and said in a low voice.

Two months later, when the old man saw Li Tie transfer to the Premier League on TV, he smiled and shook his head.He muttered, "You kid really didn't lie to me, and I didn't misread you either..."

"what?"

"Really, otherwise, how would we sign these potential domestic stars? We all promised to make up the difference in wages in the future, and then send them to Europe to play football."

"Why?" The old man didn't understand.

"Two reasons. The first one is the reason why domestic players don't go abroad to play football. Didn't we talk about it last night? The second reason is that we are also afraid of exporting to domestic sales. So we pay wages now, which seems to be a loss, but in the future they will have to return to us when they come back, and we can sell them again." Nuan Xiaoxi explained without reservation.

"Yeah, um, it makes sense. Mr. Nuan is a great man, and he does things in the long run." After hearing this, the old man gave Nuan Xiaoxi a thumbs up.

"Hehe... There is no way to be poor..." Just when Nuan Xiaoxi laughed at herself, a big event happened in the stadium.

What is the big deal?

Predict what will happen in the future, and listen to the next decomposition.

This chapter is over.

Postscript (interlude, tidbits, extra episodes):

A few years later, the old man saw the news of Nuan Xiaoxi going to Europe in the news, and talked about the past with his grandson and son.

"I didn't live in vain until the end of my life..." the old man sighed.

"Grandpa, can you still contact President Nuan now?" the old man's grandson asked curiously.

"Yes." The old man replied affirmatively.

"Oh?" The old man's grandson found it inconceivable.

"He still sends me a message every year during the holidays..." The old man said with happiness.

During the Spring Festival, Ma Feifei was busy, and then this matter fell to Jiang Kaile.

"Who else's gift hasn't been mailed?" Jiang Kaile asked his assistant.

"Boss Nuan's gifts have all been mailed out, but can you see this one?" Jiang Kaile's assistant asked, pointing to the old man's name in Shenzhen.

"This? Did you reply during the last festival?"

Jiang Kaile's assistant flipped through the previous records, "Yes."

"Continue." Jiang Kaile turned around and left after finishing speaking. Now Jiang Kaile is exactly the same as Ma Feifei, so now Jiang Kaile has become the old woman that many people say behind her back.