Frenzy [football]

three weeks later...

"I have already asked someone to appraise the value of your house in Rome. It is said that it should be worth 150 million euros, but considering your popularity in Rome, if you announce your identity when it is listed, it may be worth another 40 to 60 euros. .As for your sports car...although you have hardly ever driven it, it may be more discounted."

A voice that didn't sound so gentle, but inadvertently revealed concern came from the other end of the phone.At this moment, Lei Yi was sitting in his newly rented small house, with a glass of water and a notebook on the table.As for himself?He was taking a pen to write down the numbers that the person on the other end of the phone told him in his notebook, and after adding up those numbers, he calculated the exchange rate between the euro and the British pound, and finally wrote himself a very distressed one. Total "715".

"Are you really going to Brazil, Leiy?"

"Yes, I've already thought it through very clearly, you don't need to persuade me anymore, Mario!"

Since the money in hand was far from enough to cover the huge gap, Lei Yi came up with the idea of ​​the real estate and the sports car under his name.

Yes, because after playing for Lazio for more than a season, he had plans to stay there for a long time, so Lei Yi's parents helped him buy a property in Rome.Although he encountered a series of changes afterwards and left Lazio to transfer to Tottenham, Lei Yi still did not sell his real estate in Rome. Perhaps it was because there was still a little thought in his heart-there is always One day Lazio will return to Serie A and go to the World Cup stage.

When that day comes, he will return to Rome, to his favorite house of Blue Eagle.

But now, he needs to sell his share of thoughts.And his sports car was bought under the strong recommendation of his friend Tigos. The poor Lamborghini was painted in a shiny diamond color, and it was only used to skateboard more than drive. The owner drove it two or three times, and it was about to be sold before it reached England.

Since he was unable to commute frequently between London and Rome, Lei Yi entrusted his friend in Rome, Mario Scotich, to find someone to do this series of things.

It may sound unbelievable that such a thing, but it really happened.

Most of Lei Yi's teammates when he played for Lazio have left there now, and the remaining captain Gazola doesn't want to make the other party worry too much. As for the coach Pablo, Lei Yi dare not mention to the other party that he really He is determined to sell all his belongings and go to Brazil to redeem himself!

After much deliberation, he finally called Scotty.And the head defender of Lazio's rival Roma in the same city also agreed to the request of long and short legs after receiving the call.

Lei Yi couldn't remember when his relationship with this guy became so good, but when he came to his senses, they were already like this.

"After this season, I may also leave Roma."

After Lei Yi repeatedly assured the other party that he had really thought about it and that Brazil was really good, Skotic told Lei Yi this way.This surprised Lei Yi, so he quickly asked the other party why.And Scotic's answer was: "I am doing well in Rome, I just don't want to play in Serie A anymore. How about La Liga? I can speak Spanish, can you tell me about it?"

"Yes! I played for Atletico Madrid when I was in La Liga. Compared with Real Madrid in the same city, he may not be so famous, and the salary level is not so high, but she is very good..."

Another two days later, Lei Yi received another message from York Book.

This is really a wonderful feeling. In the past month, the news that Leiy Ha is likely to leave Tottenham this winter has become the most important news in the entire transfer market.And the transfer news related to Lei Yi has almost never stopped since this summer.

Not only in England, but also throughout Europe, and even South America, there have been a lot of transfer information related to him.

But what Lei Yi was waiting for was news from Tottenham's top management and his good friend York Book.For him, his life has become easier than ever: go to the club's training base on time to report every day, go home and think about what else can be sold, wait for news, and work in the Champions League group that the FA cannot control. Look forward to it a little when the race is approaching.

If there is anything else that can make Lei Yi feel worried, it is that the money he can raise is still far from enough to fill the huge gap.But he was always hopeful, bright hopeful that he would eventually be able to go to Botafogo.

It's just a pity that his friend Book of York can't bring him good news every time.

"After Dricaro expressed his willingness to act as your agent in this transfer transaction and got in touch with Tottenham, Tottenham's attitude has eased a lot and is not as firm as it was at the beginning. But I'm sorry, but just yesterday, Tottenham's attitude changed again. It is said that this is because their coach is very firm about wanting to keep you until next summer. He seems to have put a lot of effort into it. Persuading Tottenham's top management to wait until next summer at least before selling you, he believes that your performance after the suspension is over will surely impress those clubs that are interested in you and make them willing to spend more money for you. But I and Dominguez thinks he is hoping that your performance in the second half of the season will convince Tottenham's top management to keep you. This is a very dangerous signal, leiy, once we can't do it this winter Just bring you back to Brazil, things may change that we cannot predict. But what I bring today is not all bad news, Botafogo has decided to add another 300 million pounds for your transfer funds, In other words, we can now pay 3100 million pounds."

"No no, counting my own 715 million, that's 3815 million. So I'm still short... 1085 million pounds..."

When York Book on the other end of the phone told him dumbfoundingly that he couldn't calculate the price accurately enough to even include 15, and he had to save some for himself, an unexpected text message had already been sent to Lei Yi's cell phone.

It came from someone he hadn't seen in a long time, who meant a lot to him, and who probably wasn't even a friend.

[Hi Lei Yi, I'm Yue Yihuang.I'm in London right now, do you have time to come out and have a coffee with me? ] Lei Yi, who glanced at the text message on the way to the phone, stared at the phone screen for a long, long time, until York Book on the other end of the phone called his name several times in succession before recovering.

"Okay...Okay, I see! I still have something to do here, and I'll call you back later."

After quickly ending the call with York Book, Lei Yi stared at the text message with only two sentences for a long time, and the pictures related to that person flashed in his mind quickly.

A fleeting glimpse of a Serie A match before he went to Sao Paulo, Brazil, to become a real professional.

After landing in Europe, his friend Domingos at the time took him to the shocking kick he saw in Communale, the home court of the Turin team.

When Lei Yi remembered that kick kicked by the opponent, which had almost become a broken leaf ball in his heart, the scenes related to it became faster and faster.But no matter how many scenes that Lei Yi thought he had forgotten, when it gradually slows down, the end of everything will become the press conference where the other party announces to hang up his boots...

After that, he will think of the infinite loss that he can't get rid of after helping Lazio defeat the Turin team without the Phantom Son and the Prince of Turin.

[Everyone will have regrets.My regrets are few and far between. ] The words from that person rang in his mind again.It was like a bell rang suddenly, causing Lei Yi to sit up straight after staring at the text message for a long time, and dialed the other party.

"Hi, I'm Lei Yi!"

【Hi, I'm Lei Yi! 】

Half an hour after Lei Yi said this to Yue Yihuang on the other end of the phone, the two met each other in a cafe in London.

Because the meeting between the two was too hasty, they were unable to meet in some prestigious cafes on the banks of the Thames, but for this meeting, as long as they can not be disturbed by the fans, it is enough Private places are enough.

Seeing each other again, Lei Yi is very different from the rash boy when he saw each other last time. He has matured a lot, and he is no longer like a person who needs the care and attention of his seniors. Take care of the "European Supernova" too.But the person sitting opposite him, Yue Yihuang, seemed to be no different from the last time they met.

If one must find some subtle changes, it may just be that his clothes have become more fashionable.

"When I announced my retirement, many people speculated that I would take over the youth academy of the Torino team, or a certain echelon of the youth team, even I thought so. But then I thought about it for a long time, I think I have lived an unchanging life for nearly 20 years. Every summer, I can have two to three weeks of vacation, and the winter break is shorter. Then there are two-line battles and three-line battles, for the championship every year Do my best. If I choose to go to the youth academy as a coach after retiring, I think I will continue to repeat this kind of life, but there will be a little difference. So, I finally decided to become a player who still plays for the Scouts in Turin. Not so important, but there will be more surprises and time for the family."

Looking at Yue Yihuang who said these words to himself, Lei Yi felt that his head could not turn around. When the man in front of him who had already made great achievements in the field he was good at looked into his eyes When he smiled, he just said stupidly: "Du, Turin is very good. But now I just want to go to Botafogo..."

Oh, maybe it was because in the past month, too many people came to persuade Lei Yi and asked him to think about whether he really wanted to go back to Brazil like this.Therefore, when Lei Yi heard Yue Yihuang say that he is currently scouting for Turin, his first reaction was: Turin...I won't go to Turin!

Apparently, after Lei Yi made this nonsensical remark, Yue Yihuang, who was sitting across from him, laughed and said, "No, I'm not here to persuade you to think about the team I've played for for 17 years. .I want to tell you that I have accepted the change that is mine, and I think it is not as difficult as I thought at first. What about you? Are you ready to accept the change that is yours? That is I don't know the country and the league, but I have a friend who does. He told me that you are selling your property and your sports car and you want to raise a lot of money to be with the Brazilian club you want to go to , working hard to get there."

"Dericalo...?" Hearing what Yue Yihuang said, Lei Yi just asked the name.Apparently very few people know about it now, and even fewer people know about it and have strong ties to Brazil.

And Derikalo, that is the agent that Yorkbook found for him to help him complete the transfer!And the Brazilian who Lei Yi has not even met is also a generation of free kick masters who created the broken leaf ball. Lei Yi has studied for a long time but still has not researched the "Principle and Practice Method of the Broken Leaf Ball" "The author of that book!

But hell!Lei Yiguang knew that he was a master player who was very good at kicking free kicks before retiring, but he didn't know that the Brazilian who had become a player's agent was still Yue Yihuang's friend!

When Yue Yihuang saw the doubt in Lei Yi's eyes, a gentle smile appeared on his face, and he nodded, "We used to be teammates who played for the same club, but that was a long time ago. Maybe He and I played together before you even had your first football. And he taught me how to break leafy balls."

After saying that, Yue Yihuang gave Lei Yi some time to react, and then he said what he wanted to understand when he came here today.

"So now, would you mind telling me how much money is short now, little leiy?"

This is not a difficult question to answer.Although Lei Yi has always had no concept of numbers and money, in the past month, he was completely overwhelmed by the money, and even counted how much he was short of several times a day .Sometimes, as soon as he even closed his eyes, he felt the numbers bouncing around in his head again.

So the question now is not whether he can say that number, but whether he "would mind" telling the guy sitting across from him.

To be honest, he minds.

But when Lei Yi felt that person's gaze on him, he would find that he couldn't refuse him at all.

"If I sold my house and my sports car and everything else that could be sold, I think... I should be short of 1050 million. £1050 million..."

"Then how about I lend you the 1050 million pounds?"

"I'm actually..." After saying such a bad thing to the person whom he wanted to beat very much and left with great regrets, Lei Yi quickly bit the bullet and planned to continue.But before he finished speaking, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Yue Yihuang.

When he opened his eyes and looked at the other party, the inconceivableness in his eyes was too obvious.So Yue Yihuang repeated: "I will lend you the money, but you have to pay an IOU, do you agree?"

When hearing this sentence, Lei Yi swallowed his saliva, and almost immediately nodded his head in agreement.It's just that he stopped the car before then and said, "Excuse me, it's just us... we don't even know each other well."

"So we can get to know each other from now on? Leiy, maybe you think I can call you that? I've seen you play, I've played against you on the same pitch. I can feel it Your longing for freedom, you can also feel what you want football should be like. If you think that going back to Brazil can achieve what you want, then go. You should be able to go further."

"You, don't you think it's a step backward for me to go to Brazil?"

When Lei Yi heard Yue Yihuang say such words in such a gentle, non-suspicious tone, he was extremely nervous, and he even felt his heart pounding.

Maybe he has told every friend who tried to persuade him to stay in Europe that his heart to go back to Brazil is firm, he is very firm, even he has never been so firm.But when he really heard that someone agreed with his choice from the very beginning, he would still feel excited, even a little cautious.

"If it was my time, I would tell you, yes, going back to Brazil at the age of 21 is a step backward. But now, everything is different. Maybe you can help your team win the world championship. Where is the champion of the crown cup?"

Such an answer brought a smile to Lei Yi's face, but before he could be happy enough, he soon became sad again.

"But Brazil is not like Europe, and I can't get the money I earn playing in Europe. So... I really don't know if you lend me money, when will I have to pay it back? .”

His worry made Yue Yihuang laugh and said: "You are only 21 years old, leiy. I just started playing in the Europa League when I was your age. You should have some confidence in yourself."

When Yue Yihuang said this, Lei Yi realized that at this time he might not have the confidence he had when he came to Europe.He still thinks he's incredibly powerful, but he doesn't think he's omnipotent anymore.

He told everyone that he was sure he made the right choice at this time.Yes, he certainly believed that.But what he firmly believes is that Botafogo will be the most suitable place for him at this time, and he can also find his source of happiness there.

Other than that, he had nothing to believe in.

But now, the person in front of him took out a familiar, small black box from his bag, and opened it right in front of his eyes.Inside the box lay a small golden ball that was shining brightly.And the bottom of the little golden ball is engraved with his name.

"You brought it to me during the winter break two years ago. Now, I'm returning it to its owner. I think you're going to need it. You gotta remember, you're a 20-year-old European golden boy. You gotta Remember, you are the 21-year-old European Golden Boot. You have to remember that your era should have just begun.”

After saying this, Yue Yihuang rubbed Lei Yi's head, got up and left the cafe before the boy's tears were about to overflow.

When feeling that person's departure, Lei Yi couldn't even say goodbye to that person properly because of the tears pouring out.It seemed that he hadn't cried like this for a long time, and he couldn't stop crying once he started crying.In order to wipe away the tears that blurred vision, long and short legs and even both hands were used together.

When he turned his head to look at the garden outside the cafe, he seemed to see the captain of the Turin team standing beside Yue Yihuang and talking to him, and the two walked further and further away together.

Only a moment later, Lei Yi's cell phone rang a text message notification tone, but he didn't take a quick look at his cell phone.But soon, soon there was a call chasing after him.It was a call from the bank, which Lei Yi answered without thinking too much.

Then he heard a very sweet female voice say to him: "Good afternoon, Mr. Lei, just now there is a sum of money transferred from Italy. Since the amount is very large, we would like to confirm with you. May I know that there is such a sum?" Did the money arrive in your account at [-]:[-] this afternoon?"

"You... what did you say?"

"This is a remittance in euros from an account in Italy. The amount is [-] euros. Do you know the person who transferred the money to you?"

"Five million euros?!"

"Yes, sir."

Hearing the call from the bank staff, Lei Yi's first reaction was to look in the direction where Yue Yihuang left just now, and then he quickly dropped twenty pounds of coffee money, before he even had time to ask the waiter for the change. He picked up his little golden ball and chased him out.And when chasing out, he asked the bank staff on the other end of the phone: "I know who sent the money! I know him! But can you tell me how much 500 million euros are in pounds!"

"Please wait a moment." After a short pause, the female voice on the other end of the phone replied: "Hello, according to today's exchange rate, 500 million euros is almost 1000 to [-] million pounds."

After getting this answer, Lei Yi quickly hung up the phone, and ran after him all the way, and called Yue Yihuang repeatedly while chasing him.

"Hey! You gave me an extra 150 million pounds!! Yue Yihuang! I haven't issued an IOU for you yet! Hey! Did you bring the red ink pad! Do I have to put my fingerprint on the IOU? Or should we go to the notarization Let’s go! To England? To Italy? Or to China!!”

……

"Leiy Ha Autobiography":

When the mistakes we make are no longer forgiven so easily, maybe we have grown up.

When I don't have enough time to squander, I know that I have really grown up.

I always remember what my good friend Enzo said to me when he was captain of my club: 'When you come to a club.You have to understand that no matter how long you can play here in the end, you should have feelings for it.That way, you don't let down what those fans do for you every game. '

I loved Tottenham, even though I wasn't happy there.

As I went to the airport to wait for my plane to Rio de Janeiro, I couldn't help myself from remembering the same thing I did many years ago, penniless and alone, going to Brazil.The difference is that when I was only 15 years old, I only had excitement and infinite longing for the future.But now I am not so brave, I am even a little confused, I don't know if I can still be as indestructible as I thought.

I want to express my thanks to Yue Yihuang.

Although I don't know how to tell him how much I appreciate him.

Not just because of the all-important £1050m he lent me when I hoped to return to Brazil, but also because of what he told me then: 'You have to remember, you're a 20-year-old European gold medalist. child.You have to remember, you are the 21-year-old European Golden Boot.You have to remember that your era should have just begun. '

Thank you, thank you very much.

Until that time, I already knew that the world would not change easily because of my will.But I can still do what I can: When the ball is at my feet, control it!

——End of "Extremely Fanatic Europe Chapter"

The author has something to say:

我从2013年的12月29日开始连载这篇文，一直到今天，2016年的6月14日。这篇文我一共写了两年半又半个月。当我告诉大家我已经写完它了的时候，我其实都还有些没回过神来。

Strictly speaking, "Extreme Fanaticism" is actually a product that was not planned by me. Until now, I don't know whether it was the right decision for me to open this pit.

At that time, I had just finished writing "Shadow Striker", my first football article.In fact, when "Shadow Vanguard" reached the later stage of serialization, I didn't have many readers who followed me all the way. In the last four to five million words, I almost said to myself all the way, "Come on! Hold on!" "Come on!" ! You can do it!" I wrote it out of encouragement.

At that time, I felt very satisfied and had a sense of accomplishment, but at the same time I was really tired.I thought, it would be enough to write such a long football article.

But after the end of this article, many people came to tell me that I was moved by the article I wrote, and many more people came to tell me that they didn’t discover it until halfway through the serialization of my "Shadow Vanguard" They felt sorry for being with me from the beginning to the end.If I can write another football article, they must leave me messages from Chapter 1 to the last chapter.

I was moved by the enthusiasm of those readers at that time, but at that time I didn't really plan to write another article, I just started thinking about such a possibility after that.But thinking, thinking, Little Wings ran into my head.And just thinking of the beginning of this story, I was fascinated by it.

Later, the story involuntarily became complete in my head, and with the encouragement of readers, I made a hole!

When making the setting, I was reluctant to just throw away the semi-overhead world that I spent so long to perfect the construction.So from the beginning, what I thought was to let the story of Little Wings continue in this world.But in order to prevent the protagonists of my two football articles from competing in the same world, what I thought at the beginning was that Yihuang only existed as a symbolic legend when Wing appeared on the stage.

But after thinking and thinking, I couldn't bear to let that young shadow striker become so old.I am so old that I dare not write how old he is.Then I spent a lot of time thinking about it, and finally decided on the setting that Yihuang is 17 years older than Wing.This is a very clever age difference. When Wing, who became famous at a young age, started to become a professional player, Yihuang was still there, but when Wing played all the way to his peak, Yihuang had already retired.Retired, but still looking so good.When I miss him, I can ask him to come out and have a soy sauce.

I thought it was a pretty good idea, and even felt a little bit smug about it at first.

During that time, when I thought that "Fever" was about to start, I was excited and looking forward to it, but after I started, I realized that things were not what I thought.First of all, I was very happy to go to Weibo to notify after I opened the pit, but what I got was a series of "saving articles", "fat", "competitive long essays The author has opened a new pit! Brothers raise 100 million words first and then talk !" "Save for one year first!" "I love you, I will see you after I finish raising you."

In fact, the reader IDs I met during the serialization of "Shadow Vanguard" were almost never seen in the article of "Extreme Fanatic", although both of them are novels of the same theme created by the same author and under the same world view.

Then, a lot of people asserted that I would use a brilliant way in "Extreme Fever" to set off how wise and powerful my new pit protagonist is.Even without reading the text, I wanted to "ask for justice" on behalf of Yihuang, saying that I insulted the touch "Shadow Vanguard" brought to them.

At that time, I had actually conceived the ending and general direction of the article. I knew that what they imagined would never happen in my article, and I must give Little Wing such a powerful golden finger. The love of football, and unparalleled talent, otherwise I don't know if he can survive the series of setbacks after he became famous at a young age, but I can't tell them.

And I also thought that if I really took a good look at my shadow front and left an impression on the part where Yihuang, who was in his prime, was played with his feet by Mattia Baggio, who was about to retire, in the World Cup, You should know I'm not a fan of the "post-prime veteran being humiliated by talented rookie" meme.

But that's it, and I don't think I have much more to say about that.

I have been writing this essay, which is less than 100 million words, on and off for two and a half years. In fact, I still feel very ashamed.When I was the most depraved, I even came back to update once after three months. For this reason, I want to say sorry to you who have been chasing all the way to the end.

I'm sorry, because of the unsatisfactory results, I once lost enthusiasm for it.

But luckily, I never thought about giving it up.

I think this should be an article that makes me very partial.Because although I have written three football-themed novels so far, only this one, only this one completely describes the football world in my eyes, and I also show all the feelings that football brings to me. inside.

It has been four and a half years since I first wrote football articles. I have seen Jinjiang from almost no one writing football articles until recently football articles have become a new craze. This makes me very happy, but While happy, I was still a little disappointed.

That's because I used to think that there are few readers who read football articles because the category of football is too small.But until now I don't know that it's not a niche in football literature, but that the style, type and stories I write cannot be accepted by most readers.

It's as if it's outdated before it's really popular.

And the so-called "fat", "save essays", "save for a year first", "look at it after raising it" are just another way of saying "I don't like it".

I used to be very depressed when I realized this.But I think, I've accepted it.And thinking about it better, compared to other authors, I may not have the trouble of facing the so-called "transformation".Let’s just ask, Yihuang and Yiyi are two brothers with the same world view background, and they can still harvest two groups of readers who are completely different. I am afraid of "transformation"!

I think, I can write whatever I want, and there will always be readers who like that article and I will meet under the next article.It's as if I met you who like this article.

At the end of this article, I saw the ID that I have been seeing since before this article entered V. Thank you for your company for two and a half years.Please leave me a message when you see the ending chapter, so that I can send you a big red envelope!

As for the South American articles that everyone is very concerned about.I think that everyone who has seen the ending will be able to find that the extremely fanatical European chapter and the South American chapter are relatively independent novels with a complete structure, and the autobiography at the end of the European chapter will also be the South American chapter. opening.Now I have opened the copywriting for the South American article, you can go to my author column to find it and bookmark it first.

But then I will not start writing this one directly, as I said before, I have to take a good time to write other stories that have been saved for many years.As for when I will be able to open the South American article...it should depend on when I will go to South America, and whether I will be naked when I am in South America. I should keep posting and save it, and post it when I come back...

Well, let's say goodbye to everyone first!

Thank you very much for your continued care!I hope that when I come back to start the South American article, I can write it so that more readers will like it!