my football i call the shots

Cao Chen, who arrived early for the appointment, looked at the surrounding environment and tasted the Kung Fu tea brought by the waiter. At this time, he was so depressed that he murmured to himself in a low voice: "Huh, Lao Hu and Lao Hu Peng is also picky enough, even if he invites me to dinner, he doesn't invite me to a five-star hotel, but to a small teahouse instead."

But in fact, it was not Lao Hu and Lao Peng that Cao Chen mentioned, and he was only asked to meet in a small tea house for dinner, but because "drinking tea and eating breakfast" in the morning is a kind of food in Guangfu. Diet culture, and "Diandude Tea House" can be regarded as a relatively good chain tea house in Guangfu City. In the final analysis, it is the eating habits and cultural customs that are different.

It's only about 9 o'clock now, and it's still about an hour before Cao Chen made an appointment with his friend at 10 o'clock, so Cao Chen still wanted to close his eyes and rest for a while, after all, he worked until the early morning last night It's one o'clock and two o'clock, and getting up so early in the morning to lead the team to train is exhausting enough.

But Cao Chen hadn't closed his eyes for a few minutes before a familiar voice came over.

"Haha, brother Chen is here so early!"

"Um???"

Hearing the familiar voice, Cao Chen didn't dare to neglect. He quickly opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the voice. Sure enough, it was one of the friends we made an appointment with today.

Yang Pengfeng!
A well-known forward player from Guangfu and one of the famous players of the Guangfu team. Although Yang Pengfeng has no record of being selected for the national team in his career, Yang Pengfeng has been working as a football commentator on the Provincial Sports Station after retiring. The field of view has always maintained a high exposure rate.

Seeing Yang Pengfeng, who was full of energy and good looks, walking towards him, Cao Chen couldn't help but sigh in his heart: it is really important to be a professional player in the direction of changing careers after retirement, because it means that the rest of his life will be his career. How is the quality of life.

Just like Yang Pengfeng, although he was not well-known nationwide when he was a player, and his influence was limited to Guangfu Province, but after retiring and choosing to become a football commentator, Yang Pengfeng became famous in front of the public. Maintaining a high degree of exposure, which is even more famous than when he played football before.

Not only Yang Pengfeng, but also several former teammates of Cao Chen: Tao Wei, Shang Yi, Xu Yang, etc., all chose to enter the TV station after retiring, and worked as a sports anchor to maintain a high exposure rate in front of the public.Of course, after retiring, more professional players still choose to enter various parts of the professional team as coaches or other professions.

However, there should be no one who chooses to hide his name and go south to be a campus football coach like Cao Chen?
Not to mention the status of "World Cup international" or "No.1 of the five major leagues", just the status of a top league player, and then the so-called overseas study for two or three years, you can be a second player in a professional team. Is it the identity of the handle?With such a good resume in a professional team, no one would make the same choice as Cao Chen, right?
After all, not to mention not being able to make money, but also thankless, who would want someone with some status?
No, not long after Yang Pengfeng was seated, because he often appeared in sports programs or live events, and Cao Chen chose a more conspicuous position in the lobby, Yang Pengfeng was always watched by the diners around him, which also made him Yang Pengfeng was very uncomfortable sitting.

In order to avoid such stares from the surroundings, Yang Pengfeng quickly asked the store manager of "Diandude Tea House" to switch to a private room.

Since Yang Pengfeng is considered a celebrity in Guangfu area, the manager hastily invited Yang Pengfeng and Cao Chen into the VIP box.

After entering the box and avoiding the eyes of the surroundings, Yang Pengfeng's tense mental state just now finally relaxed. After all, he is a celebrity, so he needs to be careful when talking outside, and he can't talk easily in front of his friends.

After sitting down, the two drank a cup of tea, and Yang Pengfeng said: "I'm sorry, Brother Chen, I was outside just now, so it's hard to talk. As you know, I'm working as a commentator on the TV station now."

Cao Chen also smiled and shook his head, "It's okay, I understand, I understand."

"Hey, I have to say, after all these years, I have hardly heard your name, Big Brother Chen, in the football circle. Have you gone to do business these years? Or are you doing some big projects? Or are you talking to me in the south? The big capitalists are going to form a team to surpass???"

"Uh..." When asked by Yang Pengfeng, Cao Chen didn't know how to answer. After all, he was not in business, nor was he engaged in any major projects or building a team.Ever since, Cao Chen didn't answer Yang Pengfeng's question directly, but responded vaguely: "I'm studying in the south recently."

But fortunately, before Yang Pengfeng asked further, Cao Chen quickly changed the subject and said, "Hey, come to think of it, Pengfeng, why did you come here so early? Didn't we all make an appointment to meet here at 10 o'clock? Now It's not even 9:[-], why did you come here?"

"This is..."

Yang Pengfeng said with a look of embarrassment: "Actually, Boss Hu arranged for me to come here early, and I will tell you to book a box here. After all, Boss Hu and Brother Peng often show their faces on TV. I didn't expect to come here at 10 o'clock. There are too many people drinking morning tea." It's busy, we have to sit in the lobby, it's inconvenient to talk like this. The most important thing is, Boss Hu said that you usually come to the appointment earlier, so let me come and wait for you half an hour earlier... Sigh, but let me You are waiting for us here."

Speaking of the latter, Yang Pengfeng couldn't help but smiled guiltily. After all, compared to his seniority, he, a "little brother", left Cao Chen, a former international footballer, waiting for him here.

"Uh, it's okay, I came here so early because I had nothing to do..." Cao Chen shook his head to indicate that it's okay. However, Cao Chen was more interested in what Yang Pengfeng said before, so Cao Chen asked: "There will be a lot of people at 10 o'clock. Come over for dinner? This, is it impossible???"

At this time, Cao Chen couldn't believe it. You know, isn't 10 o'clock the time when everyone goes to work?And today is not the weekend, how could many people come to eat at this hour?
"Haha, Brother Chen, you don't know about this. Drinking morning tea is the food culture of Guangfu."

Since he didn't know what to say for a while, Yang Pengfeng also explained to Cao Chen the habit of "drinking morning tea" in Guangfu area with great interest.

"People in Guangfu drink morning tea, some for breakfast, and usually the whole family sits around a table to chat and talk about the world. Some go to work after drinking morning tea, and some use it for leisure. People who drink morning tea As for the group, most of them are retired old people from the neighbourhood. They usually come the earliest and leave the latest. A group of people come to the teahouse, order a pot of tea, and then a few baskets of small dishes. While drinking tea and chatting, they read the newspaper. You can sit in the teahouse from the morning when the teahouse opens until the morning tea closes."

"Like This……"

Listening to Yang Pengfeng's full-bodied explanation, Cao Chen also nodded in a sudden realization.

Indeed, there is no similar eating habit in the north. The breakfast of northerners is more pasta, and they will not choose to eat this kind of delicate point-the simplest reason: although these small points are delicious, they are difficult to eat. If you are full, you need to eat early until you are full, which is really not economical.

Yang Pengfeng looked at Cao Chen's face suddenly enlightened, and he also said with a smile: "Brother Chen, it seems that you have tried the morning tea in Guangfu?"

"This is..."

Cao Chen thought back to the time when he was a player. When he came to Guangfu to play football, he was in a hurry. It is rare for him to have his own time to experience a different life like leading a team to the competition this time.

So he shook his head helplessly and said: "Although I used to come to Guangfu to play football training, the food is basically controlled by the team, and I didn't have the opportunity to come out to taste the local food in Guangfu. "

"Haha! Brother Chen, you're in luck today." Yang Pengfeng said confidently, "The breakfast here at Diandude is quite delicious, like the signature dishes we drink for morning tea: barbecued pork buns, rice rolls, thin skin Shrimp dumplings, dry steamed siu mai, steamed pork ribs, shrimp dumplings, custard buns, radish cakes...they all have them! And they are all pretty good. Hey...Brother Chen, take a look at the menu, shall we order?"

"Uh..." Yang Pengfeng babbled out so many dishes just now, and Cao Chen couldn't remember them all at once.So, Cao Chen declined vaguely: "How about this, Pengfeng, you are familiar with these things, you can arrange it. Anyway, I can eat whatever I want. Now that I am not a professional team, I don't have too many scruples about diet. .”

"That's ok, brother that morning, you can sit down and have a few cups of tea first. I'll go out and explain to the manager. I'm quite familiar with the store manager here and told him to arrange fresh dishes."

Ever since, Yang Pengfeng resigned with a smile and left the box, leaving Cao Chen alone for the time being.

Looking at Yang Pengfeng's glamorous life, Cao Chen couldn't help but sigh.You know, in terms of the resume of the player era, players like Yang Pengfeng were "little brothers" in front of Cao Chen at the time. After all, Yang Pengfeng not only has a lower resume than Cao Chen, but also is 5 years younger than Cao Chen.

But looking back now, Yang Pengfeng is doing very well in football commentary, and all kinds of things are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. When we were drinking tea in the lobby, many people came up to ask Yang Pengfeng to sign and take photos. This reminded Cao Chen of himself The most beautiful time of the player era.

At that time, I even had a lot of female fans in my arms, but at that time I was single-minded and stubborn, only thinking about how to play first in Europe, how to break out of my own world in Europe, and never thought about other things outside the stadium. things.

Although my experience of studying abroad was not a failure in the end, in fact, it was not a success either. Due to injuries, I still left a lot of regrets. The trip to Germany in those few years can only be called a failure. Fair enough, right?
After returning to China, although he was treated like a hero, in fact, because his attention has not been placed on anything other than the stadium, he wasted his extraordinary resume.

And after retiring, when I entered the coaching staff of a professional team, I really couldn't stand the so-called rules of the professional team. Coupled with the background of the decline of youth football, I resolutely chose to remain anonymous. Joining the "Dandelion Project" of the General Administration of Sports, accepting the training of grassroots coaches, and entering the campus to become a campus football coach, this puts his outstanding resume directly at the bottom of the box.

You must know that the resumes of "World Cup International", "No. 1 in China's Five Major Leagues", and "No. 1 in Beijing Football" belong to Yang Chen, not Cao Chen!

Cao Chen is just an "academic" youth training coach who was born in a sports academy without any experience in professional teams; Go to Nanhu City as an ordinary coach of a campus football coach!
This wavering from the worldly feasting and feasting lasted only a short while in Cao Chen's heart.When Cao Chen thought that there were still a group of children under his command who yearned for their dreams, gritted their teeth and persevered every day for their football dreams, sweated, and spent their youth chasing their dreams, his heart immediately became firm again.

No matter how glamorous it is, it is just the surface!
Persisting in dreams is the most noble personality, isn't it?
I saw Cao Chen closed his eyes, and while closing his eyes to rest his mind, he dispelled the thoughts that came from the "original sin" in his mind just now, and tried his best to calm down his heart completely.

……

I have to admit that the glamor of the world and the relish from outsiders are indeed very attractive.

But life is not only material, but also the pursuit of spiritual level!

Of course, there is nothing wrong with choosing material or spirit!
It can only be said that whatever choice you make, don't give up halfway, you should do your best to realize it!