Fox in the Penalty Area

"Do you know Holly?"

When General Manager Zhang asked this sentence, Sun He subconsciously thought that President Zhang was looking for him to ask the teacher for his crimes.

But he quickly realized, how could Mr. Zhang, who is always on the go, know about an unknown member of the youth team?

Maybe it's just a simple question...

Sun He decided to take a gamble.

So he nodded quickly: "I know, Mr. Zhang."

"Oh, how was he doing in the youth team?"

Sun He showed a embarrassed expression: "Well, Mr. Zhang... I just took over the youth training camp, and he was sure to leave the team, so I didn't pay much attention to him, and at that time he was playing in the youth team. not on..."

From a certain point of view, everything Sun He said was the truth, not a lie. If Mr. Zhang really came to Xingshi to inquire about the crime, those who are ignorant are not guilty.

He just cleverly concealed some actual situations that were not in his favor.

This kind of selective truth is tried and tested to fool leaders.

And if Mr. Zhang really doesn't know about Hu Lai's situation, then he will be puzzled by what he said.

Sure enough, Zhang Qiang was very surprised: "Leaving the team? If I remember correctly, you came to the club at the end of March, right?"

Sun He nodded again and again, and then explained to Mr. Zhang: "Yes, I just took over the youth training, and before I have time to understand all the situation, he is sure to leave the team in the summer, and the contract and Shining Star have been signed."

"What's going on here?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"It's Zhao Kangming. Mr. Zhang, you know that Hu Lai was brought by Zhang Kangming from a middle school team. After he left the club, he also brought Hu Lai to Flash Star..."

"As a result, this young man who was easily let go by us has now scored eleven goals in less than half a season in the Chinese League One?" Zhang Qiang stared at Sun He.

Although Sun He argued that Hu Lai ran away with Zhao Kangming not long after he came here, he knew very well that some truths would not make sense in front of the leader.

If you insist on defending yourself, you may leave a bad impression in the mind of the leader instead.

Sun He, who is best at hugging his thighs in his coaching career, of course knows what the most correct thing to do at this time.

So he quickly took the initiative to admit his mistake: "It's my fault, Mr. Zhang. When I first took over the team, I didn't know enough about my players. Otherwise, the youth team must focus on training him..."

Zhang Qiang waved his hand: "Forget it, no one is here..."

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When Sun Hyuk finally came out of the general manager's office, he let out a sigh of relief.

Finally escaped a catastrophe.

When President Zhang suddenly mentioned Hu Lai's name, his heart was in his throat.

Because of the game last night, General Manager Zhang noticed Hu Lai.

This is not good news for Sun Hyuk.

He can only hope that Hu Lai's performance this season is a coincidence, a meteor. After this season is over, there will be no more waves. This will not continue to attract Mr. Zhang's attention.

The more Sun He thought about it, the more he felt that this was really the case.

Why did Hu Lai, a striker who knows nothing but running and shooting, perform so well in his debut season? Isn't it just because the opponent is not familiar with him enough and doesn't understand him, so he took advantage of it?

You can wait until next season, if this kid can still perform like this, I'll run around naked in the street!

It's normal for Sun He to think so. After all, the so-called "rookie wall" is not just a basketball term. It is not uncommon for many football players to perform well in the first season and to wither in the second season.

The reason is that his outstanding performance in the first season has attracted the attention of opponents. After being thoroughly studied, it is of course difficult to make targeted defenses to have such a performance.

Not to mention that Hu Lai has a very single characteristic, which is easier to be thoroughly studied.

For Sun He, as long as Hu Lai does not perform well next season and disappears into the crowd and becomes an ordinary player, his crisis will be over.

Anyway, as long as Mr. Zhang doesn't think of this person again.

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Yong Jun saw Zhang Qinghuan standing at the door who had already packed his bag and changed his shoes. He put his eyes to the peephole, looked outside, and put his hand on the doorknob, but he didn't open the door.

He asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Qinghuan turned around, put his finger to his mouth, and made a "shh" gesture to his manager.

When Yong Jun saw this, although he was still puzzled, he didn't say anything.

Then he heard the sound of opening and closing the door outside, at the same time he saw Zhang Qinghuan suddenly opened the door, and then stepped out: "Ah, what a coincidence!"

Yong Jun rolled his eyes behind him - dare this kid is creating a chance encounter...

Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei who were outside the door were stunned when they saw that the opposite door was suddenly opened, and then Zhang Qinghuan came out.

"What's the matter?!" Hu Lai yelled.

"Aha!" Zhang Qinghuan opened his hands and said excitedly, "I did what I said, and I moved to the opposite door of yours to be your neighbor! Are you surprised?"

Hu Lai was like seeing a ghost: "Isn't it? You can rent this... Did you use some unscrupulous means to drive away the tenants across the street? Let me tell you, now we are cleaning up the evil ..."

Zhang Qing smiled and shook his head: "No, no, absolutely not! This is really a coincidence. I asked Uncle Yong to help me find the house closest to you, and unexpectedly I found your neighbor!"

He turned sideways and pointed to Yong Jun inside the room.

Yong Jun, who was still wearing an apron, raised his hand to greet Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei: "Good morning, lads."

Zhang Qinghuan was very happy: "From now on, we will go to training together and go home together. In order to celebrate my moving, come to my house for dinner tonight! Let me tell you, Uncle Yong's craftsmanship is really good!"

Yong Jun also sent an invitation inside: "I'm going to buy good food in the afternoon, what do you want to eat?"

Wang Guangwei waved his hand politely: "Anything is fine, Uncle Yong..."

But Hu Lai asked, "Can you really eat whatever you want?"

Without waiting for Yong Jun to speak, Zhang Qinghuan replied for him: "Of course. Uncle Yong has a senior chef certificate!"

Wang Guangwei was surprised: "Uncle Yong, aren't you a professional manager?"

"Before I became a manager, I opened a restaurant for ten years. It was in my restaurant that I first met Qing Huan and his family." Yong Jun wiped his hands with his apron, came out of the restaurant, and stood up. Smiling at the door, the two young men explained.

After speaking, he looked at Hu Lai: "Order, Xiao Hu."

He also really wanted to invite Hu Lai to dinner as a thank you to him for helping Zhang Qinghuan's prodigal son return.

Hu Lai didn't order immediately, but seemed to be lost in thought, maybe thinking about what to eat.

After pondering for about two seconds, Hu Lai took a deep breath and said, "Uncle Yong, I want to eat steamed lamb, steamed bear's paw, steamed deer tail, roasted duck, roasted chick, roasted goose, braised pig, Braised duck, sauced chicken, bacon, pine flower belly, air-dried meat, sausage, assorted su pan, smoked chicken with white belly, steamed eight-treasure pig, duck stuffed with rice, canned pheasant, canned quail, assorted braised..."

Wang Guangwei was stunned for a few seconds, and when he realized that Hu Lai had already reported more than twenty dishes, he quickly reached out to cover Hu Lai's mouth: "You are talking about cross talk!"

And Yong Jun was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed loudly: "Okay, I know, I'll do it, you can eat whatever you want!"

Hu Lai was not reconciled: "Uncle Yong, I still have a hundred dishes here..."

"Boom!"

Yong Jun closed the door and went back into the house.

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The three of them walked out of the community and came to the platform of the No. 12 bus station.

Although Zhang Qinghuan has already done some disguises, there will always be women passing by who will look at him.

It made Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei standing next to him a little embarrassed, especially Hu Lai—what's the matter? Are we not men? What do you mean by only staring at Zhang Qinghuan? This is a scumbag, do you know? Scumbag! Scumbag! Do you see it?

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got, he took out his phone and opened Taobao, searched for a product on it, and handed it to Zhang Qinghuan: "Look at you moving, I didn't prepare any presents, why don't I give you a few of these T-shirts? "

Zhang Qinghuan glanced at the phone screen, and there were two huge calligraphy characters printed on the front of a black T-shirt, which said: "Scumbag".

Wang Guangwei also saw it, and his expression changed—Hu Lai, you are just picking on other people's wounds...

But Zhang Qinghuan laughed: "Hu Lai, let me tell you, being too popular with women is also a trouble..."

"Pretentiousness is prohibited here." Hu Lai took back the phone, crossed his hands and made a "no" gesture.

Zhang Qing laughed happily and didn't explain much. He believed that Hu Lai would understand this truth sooner or later.

Hu Lai looked at the electronic display on the platform, the next No. 12 bus was three minutes away from this station.

He thought of a terrible thing - as he and Wang Guangwei became famous, there were many more passengers on the originally empty No. 12 bus, and most of them came to catch the two of them specifically to meet the group photo. signature required.

This is nothing, after the first few days of freshness, everyone's enthusiasm quickly decreased. Although there were still more people than before becoming famous, it was much better.

And now Zhang Qinghuan wants to take the bus with them... so the bus must be overcrowded?

Maybe they can't even get on the bus...

So he suddenly turned his head and said to Wang Guangwei: "Old Wang, after this season is over, you should hurry up and learn to get a driver's license!"

"Why me?" Wang Guangwei asked back, "Don't you have a driver's license too?"

"I'm going back to Dongchuan on vacation. Should I study in Jincheng or Dongchuan? How can I learn better by running back and forth in Dongchuan? Isn't it more convenient for you, a Jincheng native, to study in Jincheng? Jincheng found a driving school and took the test, how good is it?"

Wang Guangwei really wanted to refute Hu Lai, but he found that what Hu Lai said was well-founded, and this reason made him unable to find fault.

Hu Lai persuaded Wang Guangwei, and turned to Zhang Qinghuan: "After Old Wang learns the driver's license, you can buy a car, so that the three of us can take a car to train in the future..."

Zhang Qinghuan was puzzled: "Why did I buy the car?"

"Because if you hadn't insisted on moving here to train with us, Lao Wang and I could continue to take the bus to and from get off work. Why would we need to buy a car?" Hu Lai said confidently. "If you don't believe me, see if the three of us can squeeze on the No. 12 bus tomorrow!"

When Hu Lai said this, Zhang Qinghuan also noticed that a little distance away, someone was already taking pictures of them with a mobile phone...

Obviously, Hu Lai's worries are not unreasonable.

Wang Guangwei also frowned, realizing the urgency of the driver's license test.

"I knew I wouldn't be selling Ferraris..." Zhang Qinghuan murmured.

"If you don't sell it, you won't be able to seat the three of us, right?" Hu Lai shrugged, thinking of Han Xiangfei's obsession with this car, he couldn't help complaining: "This thing has a small space and a low chassis. Be careful with the belt, no matter how fast the speed is, the maximum speed limit on the highway can only run 120, I don’t know why Brother Han and the others like it so much..."

Zhang Qinghuan laughed when he heard Hu Lai's childish complaints: "It's normal. For most professional players, this is a symbol, a symbol of success. Many of them started learning to play football at the age of four or five." , left home when they were about ten years old, went to a completely strange place alone to receive rigorous training, and faced a cruel elimination mechanism-the coach would tell them that only two of the twenty-two children would be able to succeed in the future... …People like Han Xiangfei will think, I have paid so much and finally succeeded, why can’t I enjoy the life of driving a Ferrari? Driving a super sports car, buying luxury goods, including picking up girls, are actually all to make up for what I have suffered bitter……"

Speaking of this, Zhang Qinghuan paused for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "Actually, I am too. My dad forced me to practice football when I was young, and beat me if I didn't practice. Later, when I became more sensible, I knew that playing football would become my career. I took the initiative to be more serious, but I also gave up a lot of things because of this. Training is really boring, and you have to be careful about injuries. If you are not careful, you may get a serious injury, and all the efforts of the previous ten years may be in vain. So Under great pressure, once you succeed, of course you will live a life of luxury..."

Both Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei are student players. Wang Guangwei also received professional football training when he was young, but he was still a student more often. Professional players in my parents' hometown are still different. When the latter needs the company of his parents the most, he has to face the cruel competitive sports alone, and there may be some flaws in his character.

Wang Guangwei is also quite touched: "When I was in school, I always thought that I would become a professional player in the future. I dreamed of entering professional football, and I thought it was a success. After I really came in, I realized that it was actually the same as my own. There is still a big gap in imagination. Day after day of training, the impact of injuries, intrigue with clubs to negotiate contracts... Of course, our club is not bad, at least we don't owe wages, and some clubs... Tsk tsk. "

Hu Lai saw that the two of them were suddenly depressed, so he snorted: "Only those who come in have the right to complain. Anyway, you can use your talents, hobbies and best skills as a career, which is much better than you don't know." People are happy. Where are the things you mentioned?"

He looked at Zhang Qinghuan.

"A lot of pressure? Didn't we have a lot of pressure when we were students? Didn't we all count on the few days of the college entrance examination after studying hard for more than ten years? Now, which profession or profession can easily succeed? Anyway, I finally qualified. If I come in, then I won't just come in to fool around, I will succeed no matter how much I pay!"

After he finished speaking, both Wang Guangwei and Zhang Qinghuan looked at him for a few seconds, then Wang Guangwei laughed and said to Zhang Qinghuan next to him, "Look, Hu Lai is like this..."

"What's wrong with me?" Hu Lai frowned and asked back, feeling that Wang Guangwei had no good words.

"A pure boy." Wang Guangwei laughed.

Hearing what he said, Zhang Qinghuan nodded in agreement: "It's a bit childish."

"That means I'm in Secondary School." Hu Lai pouted.

"No." Zhang Qinghuan shook his head, "I envy you, I really envy you. You have to keep going, Hu Lai. Always be a teenager, forever young."

Hu Lai shivered, touching the goose bumps on his arm: "Damn, it's disgusting. You are the real second!"

Zhang Qinghuan laughed loudly. Amidst his laughter, the No. 12 bus slowly entered the station and stopped beside the platform. Then the car door opened, and the driver greeted Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei who were just outside the car door: "Good morning, Hu Lai, Wang Guangwei, uh..."

He looked at Zhang Qinghuan who was standing next to the two of them, hesitating for a while, he didn't recognize who he was for a while.

Zhang Qinghuan said to him with a bright smile: "Master, hello, I'm Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei's teammate, my name is Zhang Qinghuan."