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When seeing Zhang Yuan in the lobby of the hotel again, Zhao Yaning's first impression was that the condition of his old friend did not look very good.

When I saw him last time, he was still in good shape, but this time when I saw him again, he looked a lot puffy.And his spirit was a lot more sluggish than the last time we met, but the slightly hypocritical smile on his face when we met last time looked more mellow.

"Brother, you are doing well now. I have watched your matches in Ligue [-]. You played really well. I used to always say that you were lucky because you were able to play well. I didn't catch up with the good times. Now my buddy is completely convinced, you play much better than me, I really don’t have to say.” Zhang Yuan is still so familiar, and he patted Zhao Yaning intimately as soon as we met, “Kick it well, you will be famous in the future, Dude, I’m also good at bragging.”

"Brother Zhang, are you working in a brewery now?" Zhao Yaning thought for a long time before he came up with the words to say hello.

He really didn't expect Zhang Yuan to be in such a state of desperation now. [

"Hey, what class do I go to, I'm just fooling around." Zhang Yuan didn't talk to him too much, but just changed the topic, "I heard that brother, you immediately asked to see me when you came back. Said, yes, you are really good! Don't say anything else, just this loyalty, nothing to say. Just for this, when I was a buddy in France, I didn't take care of you in vain."

"Brother Zhang, what's going on, can I help you?"

Although Zhao Yaning could probably guess how Zhang Yuan got into this trouble, he still couldn't help but want to ask.

"I'm living a good life. You can't help me much, and I don't need your help." Zhang Yuan shook his head, "You just play football wholeheartedly. I'm not as good as you in football. I can't be as good as you in society. you?"

Zhao Yaning opened his mouth, but still didn’t know what to say.Zhang Yuan's resolute attitude and refusal to talk about his own affairs made him not know how to ask, "Well, Brother Zhang, I won't ask so many questions. But you must tell me if you have anything. Money or something, you must tell me, I can still help you with this.”

"Stop talking nonsense, Brother Zhang and I don't have any other abilities, but the ability to eat free food is nothing compared to me. I won't starve to death." Zhang Yuan smiled, "Don't just have two dollars and don't know how to spend it. , Go home and see if your parents have brought anything? There are also things for younger siblings, have you bought them all? You play football in France, where there are a lot of luxury goods, and the expensive ones are not too expensive..."

"She doesn't care about that." Zhao Yaning interrupted Zhang Yuan.

"She doesn't care about that, can she not care about you? What you buy for her represents your heart. If you buy it cheap, can she feel happy if she doesn't say anything?"

"Talking to Brother Zhang is to gain knowledge." Zhao Yaning complimented a few words, and then asked his own question, "Brother Zhang, there is something I want to ask you. It is about the beer..."

"What do you want to ask? Is it because you are afraid that the beer won't work and your reputation will be ruined, or you don't want to take it because you think the money is too little?"

Zhao Yaning quickly shook his head, "How is it possible? I have no reputation, but this brand is famous in the whole province. I just want to know how this brewery can take a fancy to me and let me speak for them."

"Why can't you? Anyway, you are also a future quasi-national football player, don't be so unconfident." Zhang Yuan laughed, "It's not you, but them. The money given to you is not much, if it's not for the fellow For the sake of it, you can't give them this advantage."

"But I'm not a national footballer yet. Who knows me now? It's a bit..."

"What's the matter? Now this much money is just right! When you really become a national footballer, it will be more than this price. A national footballer I know received a drink contract, 50! What about you? You earn one-fifth of his One, why are you blushing?" Zhang Yuan had an indescribable look on his face, like jealousy and disdain, "What are they? What are they kicking? Don’t get me wrong. Others don’t understand, but you, Brother Zhang, don’t I understand? Your skills will definitely be the core of the national team in the future. They are much better than them. Now you have to sign with the brewery The contract is to give them face."

"I always feel a little deceiving, I obviously haven't kicked it out yet..."

"How many players in the country play abroad? How many are the main players in foreign teams? How many are there who are the core of foreign teams and can lead the team to the top of the standings after half of the season? Who? Why didn't you kick it out? This is already a remarkable achievement."

Zhao Yaning was silent for a moment before speaking, "I just think that it's useless to compare yourself with them all your life. If you want to compare, you have to compare with someone who is more capable, and you can't always compare yourself to others."

Zhang Yuan's face changed, and then he couldn't help but slapped his hands twice, "Well done, boy, you have a heart. I said that if you can play like this, everything else can be missing, and you can't lose your heart. Only with this kind of mind can we have a bright future."

Zhang Yuan rubbed his chin, and after a while, he opened his mouth to speak, "However, don't think there is anything wrong with it. You are worth the price now. It doesn't matter if it's market hype or economic tide , No matter what it is, we didn’t do it. What’s wrong with today’s return you got from playing football well? 10 yuan is not too much. Now that I think about it, how much does it cost to sign a star? Money? They’re not paying you a star price, and you have nothing to worry about.”[

Zhao Yaning nodded, Zhang Yuan’s words reassured him a lot.After all, Cordia is a foreigner, and he doesn't quite understand some Chinese things.But what Zhang Yuan said, there is no need for Zhao Yaning not to believe it.Not only does he know these tricks, but he is quite proficient.

"Then I don't have anything else to do. I just feel that the national team is still far away, and here I am thinking about how to make money, which is a bit too..."

"What happened to the national team?" Zhang Yuan stopped him, "What happened to the national team?"

"It's nothing. It's been so long, and there's nothing to say. It's an inspection, a training camp, or something. I didn't say anything." Zhao Yaning replied.

"Your manager, didn't you ask?"

"Mr. Cordia has been to the Football Association several times, but he said he is still under investigation. But I am on a small island like Ajaccio. How could I not know the people who came to investigate?" At that time, no one could say these words, he didn't want to worry his parents, and Beibei really couldn't understand his sadness, but now that he saw Zhang Yuan, all these words came out, "Brother Zhang, it is said that in the past six months I have Didn’t he play badly? Even if he pretends to do it, I have something to look forward to. But now, there is no letter. What is this? I’m thinking now, even if the national team sends someone to tell me One sound: You don’t play well, stop thinking about it. I understand it. But now, everything is unclear.”

"You don't need to say any more, I understand what you mean." Zhang Yuan's face became serious, he took out his pocket, but stopped again, "This is not your problem, you don't have to worry about it. There is something going on here, absolutely not simple."

"What's the matter?" Zhao Yaning asked.

"Isn't this the World Cup? It's out of Asia. A cat and a dog are all thinking about it." Zhang Yuan sneered, not noticing that his words involved Zhao Yaning, "This matter is simple and simple. After qualifying for the World Cup, isn't it hot in China? I just told you that the current national football team is worth a lot of money every game. It's not so simple to decide who can be on the national team. gone."

"Isn't the head coach a foreigner?" Zhao Yaning was a little puzzled, "Do foreigners also understand these twists and turns?"

"Foreigners? You go to tourist attractions, look at the antique market, and you will be fooled by foreigners." Zhang Yuan stretched out his hand and shook his fingers, "No matter what the coach says, it's just one person. Only one person can't cover everything Don’t mention the foreign coaches, they can’t speak well, what he sees, what he gets, isn’t it all the Chinese who have the final say?”

"Then who is making trouble here?" Zhao Yaning was really angry this time, "Can something as big as the World Cup be used for nonsense?"

"Why not? What can't you do?" Zhang Yuan stretched out his hand to signal him to be quiet, "And don't worry, the troublemakers here, you can't afford to mess with them even if you know."

While talking, Zhang Yuan raised his fingers, "First of all, the Football Association has to intervene. You know that our country's Football Association likes to do closed training or something, no matter whether it is useful or not, anyway, it is necessary to bluff people first. Let’s talk about it. You are playing football abroad, so you can’t come? If you can’t come, can the Football Association help you?”

"Secondly, the sports commissions of the provinces. The World Cup is a matter of showing their faces, right? The sports commissions of the provinces have long held back their energy. Sending their own people to the World Cup is their achievement. The more places they get, the greater the achievement. But you are playing abroad now, which province do you count as the result of? You don’t count as someone else’s political achievements, who will speak for you?”

"Again, it's the income of the league. There are several international footballers in the World Cup, which is related to whether the tickets are sold well. This is directly linked to the wallets of the big bosses. Who can not be serious? Who are you? Team? What benefits can you get from speaking good things for you? There is nothing, why should people say good things for you?"

"Then, the coach is a foreigner. He is here to make money, not to be Bethune. What he wants is grades. Why do you let him promote new players? As for the players, they have been acquainted for many years, so there is naturally a set of seniority rankings. seniority, if you go, you will play well, and you will knock out the big brothers, and the big brothers will make less money, who will the big brothers turn to?"

"Football Association, sports committee, league, coaches, old players, all these aspects, which one can you provoke?"

Zhao Yaning's original anger was completely extinguished by these words.It took him a long time to raise his head with difficulty, "Isn't there anyone who cares about the results of the national team?"

"It's the same as the national team can produce results. Football is originally played by Europeans and South Americans. If we qualify, everything will be fine. Now it's time to share the fruit. Silly brother, you just want to be the savior, so use I don't want you anymore."

Zhao Yaning opened his mouth, his voice was a little hoarse, "Then why didn't you just tell me?"

"Silly brother, haven't you dealt with bureaucrats before? How could they give you permission? If they say they don't want you, they will be implicated if you are successful in the future. Those bastards They are all smart people, and no one takes this responsibility. The Football Association must always say that it is an investigation, and the final announcement has to be done by the head coach. Things like football manipulation are done by bad guys. The head coach is responsible. The position of the Football Association Only then can it be secure.” [

"What the hell is this called!" Zhao Yaning swears.

"What's the matter? That's just a matter." Zhang Yuan sneered, "However, it's not a complete turnaround."

Zhao Yaning suddenly raised his head.