Fox in the Penalty Area

As soon as Li Ziqiang walked into the gate of Dongchuan Middle School, he saw the principal Zhai Guangming standing at the gate, looking like he was waiting for someone.

After seeing him walk in, he waved to him.

"It's like this, Xiao Li. I just received a call from the propaganda department, saying that CCTV will come to our school for an interview... At that time, you and I will be on camera and talk about things related to Hu Lai."

The two were on their way to the stadium side by side. The old principal Zhai explained to Li Ziqiang why he was looking for him.

"They're pretty quick." Li Ziqiang was not surprised by this.

In fact, after seeing Hu Lai complete a hat-trick last night, helping Chinese football end its "Koreaphobia" and becoming a hero against Korea, he knew that such a day would come sooner or later.

"Also, "Goal" wants to make a documentary for our school..."

Li Ziqiang was surprised: "Hu Lai is not in the team anymore, what kind of documentary are they here to shoot now?"

"If people don't shoot Hu Lai, they will shoot a documentary about Dongchuan Middle School's football team competing in the national competition."

"By the way, let's take a look at the 'Post Hulai Era' of the Dongchuan Middle School football team?" Li Ziqiang asked.

Zhai Guangming smiled: "Maybe that's what it means, but it's not important. The important thing is to promote our Dongchuan Middle School. We need to ask for your opinion on the shooting of this documentary, because the film crew will go to the national competition with the team... "

Li Ziqiang looked at the old principal: "Principal Zhai, can I refuse?"

Zhai Guangming was stunned for a moment and then said: "Of course. Are you worried that the existence of the camera crew will affect the team's training and preparation?"

Li Ziqiang shook his head: "No...it's okay, Principal Zhai, I promised them to make a documentary."

"Huh?" Zhai Guangming was a little surprised. He didn't expect Li Ziqiang to change his mind before he said anything.

At first, he thought that Li Ziqiang would not agree so easily, and he prepared a set of rhetoric, ready to move it with emotion and reason.

The result is completely useless now.

So he was very curious: "I thought you were going to refuse, why did you suddenly agree?"

"Principal Zhai, do you really hope that the media will help our school football team make a documentary?" Li Ziqiang didn't answer this question,

Instead, asked rhetorically.

"Of course." Zhai Guangming nodded. "That time "Goal" made a documentary for Shuguang High School, do you know how I felt? After I watched it, I felt that it was a waste! We should have made our documentary at that time, just to record the whole process of our school winning the championship. How wonderful what!"

"But we may not be able to win the championship this time, Principal Zhai. Since winning the championship, the strength of the team has been worse year after year. Last year, we entered the national competition as the defending champion. This year we competed with Jiaxiang in the Anton Cup. High school is also indistinguishable. As far as the team's performance is concerned, I really don't think much about its performance in the national competition..." Li Ziqiang said truthfully.

The reason why it is difficult to win the championship is of course because we lack a stable and efficient scoring point.

As a midfield organizer, Xia Xiaoyu is completely useless. So he had to transform Xia Xiaoyu, a senior in high school, into a scoring offensive midfielder.

"It doesn't matter, the important thing is participation, not results. There is only one champion, so the other schools that can't win the championship won't participate?" Zhai Guangming waved his hand, "After all, there is no Hu Lai, there is no way..."

Hearing the name mentioned by the old headmaster, Li Ziqiang wondered in his heart why he didn't want to make a documentary in the first place. Wasn't it because he knew that the theme of the documentary must be related to Hu Lai? This is simply to help that kid become famous...

Then why did you agree again?

Because thinking of yesterday's hat-trick, this kid has already become famous all over the world. What kind of fame can a campus football branch of "Goal" make a documentary about? Maybe it's "Goal" online to catch Hu Lai's popularity.

"Principal Zhai, don't worry, I will cooperate with the film crew. As long as they don't hinder my normal training and preparations, I won't care what they want to film."

Zhai Guangming was very happy: "Okay, okay, I will negotiate with them on behalf of the school. Everyone has discussed everything in advance, signed an agreement, written in black and white, and acted according to the rules. Only by following the rules can success be achieved!"

That's it.

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Xie Lan carried a large plastic bag full of peanuts, melon seeds and candies, calculated the time, and walked into the office in a hurry. Everyone was in the office, and she was the last one to come.

As soon as she entered, she yelled at the top of her voice: "Come here! We have a happy event in our family today, so I'm here to share some happiness with everyone!"

Then, starting from the table at the door, spread wedding candies, peanuts and melon seeds table by table.

Almost everyone knew what the happy event Xie Lan was talking about, and if they had a good relationship with Xie Lan, they would praise it and ask knowingly: "Hey, sister Xie, what happy event is there at home?"

Xie Lan replied very happily: "Hey, of course it's my son! Did you watch the match between the Chinese team and the South Korean team yesterday? My son scored three goals! A hat trick! It was said on TV that he was broken. Forty-one years of 'Korea-phobia' in Chinese football, forty-one years! Do you think this is a happy event?"

"A happy event, a happy event, of course it's a great event!" While saying yes repeatedly, he stretched out his hand to catch the peanuts, melon seeds and candies that Xie Lan handed over.

Just like that, Xie Lan got all the way to the desk where Sister Wang was, grabbed a handful of peanuts and melon seeds from her pocket and handed them to Sister Wang: "Sister Wang, would you like something to eat?"

Sister Wang shook her head with a very ugly expression: "It's no big deal...I've been on fire these days, with mouth ulcers, and I can't eat roasted seeds and nuts."

Xie Lan didn't force it. Seeing that she was obviously unhappy, she happily put the peanuts and melon seeds back: "Okay, it's a pity that Sister Wang can't be happy..."

Then, ignoring the way Sister Wang looked at her, she turned around and shared the happiness with the next person.

At this moment, the director came to the door of the office and waved to Xie Lan: "Xiao Xie, come here."

"The director is here? Come, come, eat candy! Eat melon seeds! Eat peanuts!" Xie Lan put the plastic bag on the table, grabbed a big handful with both hands, and held it in front of the director with a smile.

The director hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, no... I came here to tell you something. Just now, my unit received a call from the publicity office, saying that several national media want to interview your family..."

When the people in the office saw the director looking for Xie Lan, they all pricked up their ears and listened attentively.

Now hearing what the director said, everyone showed shocked expressions on their faces, among them, Sister Wang's expression was the most exaggerated. Her eyes were rounded, and her mouth was so wide that it could almost stuff a tungsten light bulb in and take it out again... …

Under everyone's envious and jealous eyes, Xie Lan hesitated when he heard the news: "This...I have to discuss it with my old Hu..."

"That's no problem. If you call your husband at noon, just get back to me. I can also get back to the comrades at the propaganda outlet. They are waiting for the letter."

"Hey, director, eat candy!" Xie Lan stretched his hands forward again.

The director with high blood sugar took a look at the candies and roasted seeds and nuts she was holding in both hands, finally twisted a few melon seeds and put them in his hands, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Xiao Xie, you have worked so hard for so many years to raise a promising son. "

Xie Lan smiled happily, flattering the leader: "Isn't it the director, you have a good leader?"

The director coughed: "It's none of my business for you to teach the children? Let's go!"

He waved his hand and turned to leave.

Xie Lan turned around and entered the office, continuing to carry the plastic bag: "Come, eat candy! Eat melon seeds! Eat peanuts!"

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Wearing a slightly baggy security uniform, Hu Lixin stood on the guard platform at the entrance of the community, saluted every owner who went out to work, and shouted: "Good morning!"

When there was no one around, Lao Fan, who was sitting next to him, sighed, "I said, Lao Hu, are you here for a private visit from Kangxi's micro-service?"

"Why do you say that?" Hu Lixin was puzzled.

"Your son is already a big star, why are you here as a security guard...why can't you think about it so much?"

"What's the matter..." Before Hu Lixin finished speaking, he saw another owner coming out of the community, and quickly stood at attention and saluted: "Good morning!"

After watching the owner go away, he put down his saluting hand, turned back and said to Lao Fan, "What's wrong with this?"

"Oh, old Hu... your son is making a lot of money, even if you don't work, you will be able to rely on your son to support you, and you will have nothing to worry about in this life, and you still come to work as a security guard...is it interesting to stand here every day to salute and say hello to others? "

"It's not a question of whether it's interesting... I earn money through my own labor, isn't it shameful?"

"It's not something to be ashamed of. If I had such a promising son, I would have quit my job a long time ago. I will go home and let my son take care of me. At most, I can use some money to start a small business... Tsk tsk, I Just retire!" Lao Fan sat on the chair with his legs crossed, shaking his head and looking forward to the beautiful life he dreamed of.

"I'm only forty-eight years old, and it's too early to retire. Besides, the child's money is the child's money, so what does it have to do with me? I work and earn money to support myself, spend my own money, buy whatever I want, and be free , and there is no need to apply for the child." Hu Lixin shook his head and said.

"Why are you so awkward? It's only natural for me to spend my son's money!"

"No, a son is a son, and my father is my father. I'm not too old to need him to support me."

What Lao Fan couldn't understand was Hu Lixin's persistence in this matter.

Who would be happy to have such a promising son who became famous and made a lot of money in his family? But why look at Lao Hu, but still not satisfied?

At this moment, the cell phone in Hu Lixin's trouser pocket rang, and he jumped off the platform: "Old Fan, stand up for me. I'll answer the call."

As he spoke, he took out his phone and walked away.

"Okay, you go." Lao Fan stood on the platform of the sentry box, and then saluted every owner who passed by him.

"Good morning."

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"Interview?" Hu Lixin was a little surprised, he didn't expect a reporter to find them so soon.

"Yeah, it's national media, I guess it's like CCTV..." Xie Lan said on the phone.

"Just accept the interview at your unit, I don't want to be on TV." Hu Lixin said. "You don't want to mention my past in front of reporters."

"That would be weird, people would think that Hu Lai is a child of a single-parent family!" Xie Lan complained.

"You can say what I do now, but don't say what I used to do."

"That's it... okay, I understand." Xie Lan understood what her husband meant, he still hadn't completely let go of his past failures... he didn't want to expose such a past to the national audience.

She understands this and does not force her husband.

As for men, they always have a little bit of self-esteem, how can they hold back their faces? He still hasn't completely let go in front of his son, expect him to reveal his heart in front of media reporters?

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After hanging up the phone, Hu Lixin walked back to his work station, replaced Lao Fan, stood at attention on the sentry box platform, and saluted the owners.

Lao Fan watched from the side and shook his head.

If my son is so promising, I will definitely resign. Who will be a security guard? Then I bought a house in this community, and I just went in and out of this gate all day long, enjoying the treatment of being saluted by Lao Hu, an old boy!

Alas, why is Lao Hu so stupid?

Letting go of such a good day, but I have to come to pay respects...

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When Xie Zelin walked into his company, he heard a news video playing on someone's mobile phone: "...In the first round of the East Asian Cup that ended last night, the Chinese team unexpectedly defeated South Korea with a score of 3:0 The team broke the embarrassing record of 41 years without victory against South Korea. The player who scored all three goals for the Chinese team was the 19-year-old Hu Lai..."

"It's time to work, what are you doing?" He scolded, frowning.

The employee hurriedly turned off the phone: "Ah, Mr. Xie, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Xie Zelin glanced at the employee and walked straight into his general manager's office.

In the office, just as he took out his cell phone, it rang five times in succession.

After he unlocked it, he found that it was a chat record in the WeChat group.

Coming from the family group of "Xie Family Courtyard", Peng Hao posted five news links in a row, all of which reported last night's game without exception.

"...Shocked! It was a 19-year-old boy who broke the 'Koreaphobia'!"

"Hu Lai's national team debut deserves to be recorded in history!"

"Young genius slapped arrogant Koreans in the face, he conquered the World Cup overnight!"

...

Horror titles like these are particularly eye-catching at first glance, and people can't wait to click in to see what's going on right away.

Especially the third one, isn't it the East Asian Cup? How did it become a World Cup venue?

Click in and see, it turns out that it means conquering the Seoul World Cup Stadium, which once hosted the World Cup...

Looking at these news headlines, Xie Zelin's hands were trembling, it was this damned nephew again!

It's just unbearable, and I can't wait to quit the group.

But considering that he is the leader of this group, if he quits this group, it will be disbanded. How will he explain to everyone why he wants to disband the group?

Because I don't want to see the news that Hu Lai is in the limelight?

Xie Zelin let out a long sigh, and blocked the family group he built up...

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Just when Xie Zelin was feeling embarrassed and embarrassed because of Hu Lai, in Lingnan City thousands of miles away, there was also a man who was facing the same mid-life crisis as him.

Sun He stared at the phone. He saw Hu Lai just now when he swiped Douyin. This big data... gave him a feeling that Hu Lai's ghost was lingering.

Just a few months ago, he hoped that Hu Lai would never appear in his life again.

I didn't expect to meet again so soon.

The hat-trick of the national team's first show, and the opponent is the South Korean team... What does this mean, as a football practitioner, he knows it all too well.

This kid is about to soar into the sky!

Damn it, why didn't Sun Haomin's kick last night destroy this kid!

Once you're done with it, your troubles will be solved once and for all...

God don't open your eyes!