Fox in the Penalty Area

A middle-aged man walked to a desk and knocked on the baffle of the workstation.

"Hey, Matt, the boss asked, did you make the analysis video of the last game?"

Busy in front of the monitor was a young man with messy blond hair. He looked away from the computer monitor, glanced at the middle-aged man next to him, and then turned his gaze back: "Immediately, immediately, I can enter the rendering .”

"Wow, Matt, why are your dark circles getting worse?" The middle-aged man exclaimed when he saw the obvious dark circles on the young man's pale face.

"I only slept for three hours yesterday..." the blond young man yawned as he spoke.

"I said you worked too hard to complete the task given by the boss?"

"No, no... It won't take too long to make an analysis video." The young man waved his hand.

"Then why did you go? Did you have a girlfriend recently?" The middle-aged man had a gossip look on his face.

The young man's upper and lower eyelids were almost glued together: "CGF (short for "Champion Godfather") is my Girlfriend (girlfriend). I played with her almost all night yesterday."

The middle-aged man gave him a thumbs up: "Salute to you, young man, I can't stay up so long for "The Godfather of Champions" now."

"You know, Harry. It's part of my job to play Godfather of Champions." The young man yawned again, tears streaming from the corners of his eyes.

Seeing that he might fall asleep in front of the computer at any time, the middle-aged man shook his head: "I won't bother you anymore, hurry up, the boss will be there this afternoon."

"Okay, don't worry, it will definitely be done before noon." The young man waved his hands without looking up, and continued to work on his work computer.

Matt Down, a video analyst for Hammond Castle, England's Champions League side, is twenty-six and single.

He is working hard to complete the task given to him by the team's head coach Tony Clark.

He needs to divide the last Hammond Castle game into separate clips for each player, and then combine his own analysis of the performance of these players in the game to make a video, and finally edit them together to make a video of about twenty minute video clips.

The clip will be handed over to head coach Tony Clark, who will play it in tactical meetings with the coaching staff and show it to the players to tell them what to praise about their performance in the last game Where there is nothing to criticize.

This video will be an important reference for the coaching staff to make the tactics of the next game, and it is also the basis for the coaching staff to formulate the players' training plan for the new week.

In short, although video data analysts will not appear on the coaching bench of the game, nor will they be taken care of by the TV broadcast, and no media and fans will care about them, but now this position is more and more important to the team's head coach. more important.

He has been working as a video analyst in this club for three years. At the beginning, this job was not easy to do. He needed to watch the video of the game repeatedly and pause frequently to record his analysis ideas. The written records alone are full of pages.

After summarizing, the video editing process began.

But now he is very familiar with doing all this. He will pay attention to the performance of each player while watching the live broadcast of the game, and prepare a recording pen to record all his observations and thinking results with the recording pen.

When he starts making videos after the game, he can save a lot of time watching the game video repeatedly, and can also save the time of recording with a pen, just refer to his own recording directly.

This greatly improved his work efficiency.

Most of the work time is actually just spent on video editing and production, which is much faster than before.

Not long after his colleague left, he finished the video and hit output.

The next step is for the computer to automatically render and generate the video, which usually takes some time.

Ten minutes to half an hour.

Of course, if you are willing to use a better computer, the rendering time will be further shortened, or even greatly shortened.

But Hammond Castle is not the kind of rich and powerful club. It is impossible to equip a video analyst with the current top video workstation just to speed up the video rendering speed by a few minutes.

Besides, Matt Dawn himself doesn't think there is any need to spend so much money to upgrade the computer to speed up the video output. Wouldn't it be good for him to use the ten minutes to half an hour for other things?

Just like now, during this waiting time, Matt Dawn picked up his mobile phone and planned to visit the bursting community to see if there were any interesting posts.

He quickly browsed the titles of the posts in the community, and only clicked on them to see the specific content if he was interested in the titles.

If you are not interested, just quickly swipe across and click to go to the next page.

He reads quickly, and occasionally clicks into the title to quickly browse the content, and then exits to continue scrolling down.

In this way, he quickly browsed five or six pages of the forum until a headline popped up.

"I would like to recommend a Chinese super genius to everyone!"

This is a very common title. There are countless posts with similar titles in the community every day. Just change the name of the country.

But it still caught Matt Dawn's attention, making him hover his finger over the post.

Because it was the first time he saw the name "China" appear in a title like this.

Are there any football geniuses among the Chinese?

Or super genius?

"Interesting..." Matt Dawn muttered, and then clicked in.

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"...The above is my entire introduction to LaiHu. I hope that everyone will not be obsessed with his specific attribute values. Believe me, it is meaningless to LaiHu. When you personally coach him, you will find him His performance far exceeds the calibrated data given by the game... I would like to call LaiHu a small easter egg in the latest update package v23.2.5 of the game. He is silently waiting to be discovered, like a buried The rough diamond in the deepest part of the earth, when it sees the light of day, will definitely shine brightly under the sun..."

Matt Dawn read the post in its entirety.

This is a post that was posted eight hours ago, but the number of views is only a little over one hundred, and the number of replies is two.

It can be seen that although the author tried very hard to recommend his favorite player to everyone, the effect did not seem to be very good, and no one cared about his recommendation.

A new ID, the first post, in the bursting community, such a person and such a post mean that there is no credibility at all, and basically no one will believe what he said in this post.

The only two replies, one also expressed doubts and sarcasm: "From your description, I thought this is a Maverick with a potential value above -8. I also went to the game to check it with the scout tool. You said that this person’s potential value is actually a fixed potential of 125... I don’t know much about Chinese players, but obviously this potential is not worthy of your exaggerated descriptions..."

The second reply is the host’s reply to this reply: “…I spent so much space in the post to remind you not to pay too much attention to those numbers, I never thought you would use scouting tools to look at players as soon as you came up Potential, without the scouting tool you don't know how to play the game do you? Does it matter if the potential is -8 or solid potential? I keep saying actual performance, actual performance, actual performance... I hope You can recognize these words and understand their meaning. The game data is based on the data reported by the investigators and the product of comprehensive consideration by the game company, and it cannot 100% reflect the actual ability of a player in reality. And there are so many years in the game How many monsters with -10 don't disappear in the end? I made this post to recommend a talented player with high cost performance, not to use it to compare data with others. This kind of number game, you and I are not the same If you're a player, don't talk nonsense here."

Potential value is an important data in the game "Godfather of Champions". This data will not be displayed directly in the game, and players need to use some additional plug-ins, such as "scout tools" to see it.

This value represents the game's determination of the player's future ability limit.

The full value is 200, but few people can reach it. The game uses another way to express their potential value for those young players with great potential: -10.

The negative sign means that the player's potential value is random, and the numbers behind it represent the random value range of the player's potential value.

For example, -10 means that the player's potential value in the game is a minimum of 170 and a maximum of 200. It fluctuates randomly within this range. Every time a player starts a game, he may get a player with a completely different potential value.

A young player who can reach -10 potential is a top talent.

For example, the most popular young player in the past two years, the Argentine "Eagle" Meli Banega, was only fifteen years old when he first appeared in the game. At that time, the potential value given by the game was already -9 Yes, which means that his specific potential value will be between 150 and 180.

In the second year, when he was sixteen years old, his potential value in the game became -10, which fully demonstrated his optimism for this "young eagle".

Of course, Meli Banega did not live up to the game's praise for him. Now he is considered the best successor to Louis Francis in the La Liga giants King Madrid - not the successor on the pitch, It is the successor of the team's status-he will take over the banner of leading the Kings to greater glory from the legendary star.

Now he no longer needs to use random data to express his potential value. In the latest "Godfather of Champions" game, his potential value is fixed at 197, which is the player with the highest potential value among all active players. From the perspective of the game, it is worthy of the name to say that he is the strongest among the young generation of football today.

As for the -8 potential value mentioned in the post, it means that the specific potential value fluctuates between 130-160. If you're lucky, you'll get a potential value of 160 at the start of the game, and all of it will be cashed in. You'll be a player who can play the main force in a European giants team.

The fixed potential is fixed potential. If a young player is fixed potential, it means that the player is recognized as strong by everyone, and must rely on random potential to express the uncertainty of his future growth, just like Mellie Barney Add the same, fix the potential value of 197, tell all players that this is a young genius who will definitely grow into the world's number one.

Either it means that the game is not optimistic about the future growth of this player. The growth space of this player is limited.

Like Hu Lai's current fixed potential of 125, if it is placed in Chinese football, it is actually not bad. You must know that if all of his potential of 125 can be turned into the current ability value, then the ability value of 125 is at the level of the Chinese national team, and he can be a rotation player in the middle and lower reaches of the five major European leagues.

Matt Dawn, a veteran player of "The Godfather of Champions", is naturally very familiar with these things, and he saw what the two were fighting for at a glance.

The poster said that the player named "LaiHu" is a typical low-scoring, high-energy, very useful player, but the person who replied thought that the player's potential was too low to be worthy of attention.

After watching such a debate, Matt Dawn is more interested in the "LaiHu" mentioned by the host. Whether it is really low score and high energy, or the potential is too low to be worth mentioning, you still have to verify it yourself. Know.

So he put down his phone, picked up the tablet on the desk, opened the mobile version of "The Godfather of Champions 2023", created a new file, and specifically added teams and players from China to the database selection.

After opening the file, he directly used the nuclear weapon modifier to transfer the player named "LaiHu" to Albuquerque, the League One team he coached.

Only then did he start poring over the player's stats.

In terms of technical attributes, passing 6, crossing 3, marking 1, penalty kick 9, technique 5, corner kick 2, throw-in 1, dribbling 4, stealing 1, free kick 2, shooting 9, stopping the ball 10, header 8 balls, 4 long shots.

In terms of mental attributes, defensive position is 5, work commitment is 6, concentration is 8, determination is 15, leadership is 5, aggressiveness is 6, vision is 6, teamwork is 11, running without the ball is 13, imagination is 7, willpower is 8, bravery is 6 , Prediction 7, Calmness 10.

Physical attributes, explosive power 8, jumping 9, agility 9, endurance 12, balance 8, strength 10, speed 8, constitution 13. (Note 1)

Emmmmm...

Seeing such data, Matt Dawn had an expression of "an old man on the subway looking at his mobile phone".

He saw in the post that this player is a player in the second tier in China. He also considered the fact that the level of Chinese football itself is not high, so he chose to coach a team in the third tier in England to test this player Ability.

But looking at it now, this data may not be the main force for the mid-range teams in League One.

Matt Dawn felt that he was wasting his time, and he still thought that there were any talented players worthy of attention in China.

Just when he was about to close this archive, he noticed the highest attribute in Hu Lai's data:

decision, 15.

Veteran "Godfather of Champions" player and veteran "Godfather of Champions" data investigator Matt Dorn is well aware of the meaning and importance of this attribute.

The values ​​of this person's other attributes are very low, but this judgment is ridiculously high. Compared with his other attributes, he is completely different.

He began to believe a little bit what the poster said about this player with low scores and high abilities.

After all, with a decision of up to 15...

Thinking of this, Matt Dawn changed his mind about turning off the game and decided to keep playing.

He began to adjust the team lineup and design targeted training content for the Chinese player.

Then continue the game, continue the game, continue the game... Just keep going on like this, I want to see if the Chinese player named "LaiHu" can survive in a team in the middle and lower reaches of League One.

During this period, his colleague Harry Speed ​​came again and asked him for a video. After he copied the video on a USB flash drive and handed it to the other party, he continued to sit at his desk and play games.

Harry knew that for Matt, playing the game "The Godfather of Champions" was indeed a way of work, so he didn't bother him, took the USB drive and left quietly.

Matt Dawn continued to play his game.

In the pre-season warm-up match, Matt tried to give LaiHu a chance to start, but the player performed very poorly, and his post-match rating was only 5.4.

Later, after the league officially started, Matt gave the player another chance to start, but his performance still did not improve. He was even knocked to the ground in the penalty area once, but the referee didn't say anything, thinking it was not a foul.

Based on Matt's understanding of the style of League One, combined with the player's strength of only 10, he, the head coach, even felt that the referee made a correct penalty...

In the next two months of game time, Matt gave LaiHu several opportunities to come off the bench, but the performance of this player is hardly good.

The only thing that can comfort Matt, or support him not to end the game, is that the Chinese player has grown relatively rapidly in the four months since his transfer here. His shots have gone up to 12, stops to 13, headers to 10, concentration to 10 and decision to 16. In addition, physical fitness has also increased accordingly.

Now that the young player is improving so quickly, Matt can't help but look forward to what he can bring to him.

Finally, three months after the start of the league, Matt started LaiHu again.

This time, LaiHu lived up to his expectations and scored his first goal to join the team in the game!

"WOOOOW!!" Matt, who had been staring at the tablet at the desk, couldn't help shaking his fist when he saw this moment.

LaiHu finally scored a goal. It took him nearly five months to adapt to League One, and then he scored his first goal. Although it was a missed shot, it was a goal.

What's next?

Matt Dawn continues the game.

That missed goal was like turning on a certain mode switch for LaiHu. In the next game, LaiHu scored consecutive goals and couldn't stop them.

During the lunch break, Matt ate something casually in the team cafeteria. While eating, he held the tablet and played happily, not caring what he ate.

In the afternoon, he doesn't have to stay in the training base, he can go home.

So he packed his things, and played games with the tablet all the way out of the training base. When someone greeted him on the road, he simply responded with his eyes and mind on the tablet.

He got on the bus with the tablet in his hand, got off the bus with the tablet in his hand, walked home with the tablet in his hand, opened the door of the house and walked in with the tablet in his hand.

After a brief greeting with his parents, he went upstairs with the tablet in his hand, returned to his room, and continued playing while lying on the bed.

At dinner time, his mother called him downstairs, and he came down with the tablet and played while eating. His parents knew about his work, and although they were a little surprised by this scene, they didn't ask much.

After eating, he went upstairs while playing with his head down, then locked himself in the bedroom and continued to play.

The middle tablet was out of power, so he took out the charger, plugged it in and continued playing while charging.

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When Matt recovered from the game state, he realized that it was already four o'clock in the morning...

"Damn it! What did I do!" Matt scratched his head with his hands in his hair, staring at the tablet.

The screen of the tablet is still the game screen, which is not the file he opened in the first place.

In the middle of the game, he had a new idea, so he started a new file. This time he chose to coach Hammond Castle, the British Championship team he is currently working for, but he did not use nuclear weapons to directly modify LaiHu to his team, but chose a normal transfer operation.

How can an English second-tier team offer an olive branch to a player who plays for a Chinese second-tier team?

He quickly settled the transfer deal and spent a million pounds to lure the nineteen-year-old young striker from An Dong Shan Xing.

But after all the contracts were finalized, he was stuck on the labor certification, and in the end he had to choose to sign LaiHu and then loan him out.

But after two years of playing time, LaiHu still failed to obtain a labor certificate. Matt was impatient to wait any longer, so he could only use nuclear weapons to give the player a second nationality of the United Kingdom, so that he would not be restricted by the labor certificate.

At the same time, LaiHu, who has been out on loan for two seasons, has made great progress after returning to Hammond Castle.

It is better than the attributes he trained for four months in his first save.

LaiHu, who returned to Hammond Castle, broke out with a strong offensive power in the first game. He scored twice to help the team win, followed by another unstoppable goal rush.

In his first season at Hammond Castle, LaiHu scored 27 goals in the league, ranking second in the league scorer list with only two goals behind. With the help of his goal, Hammond Castle made a breakthrough in the British Championship and won the promotion spot. In the new season, they became the Premier League team!

In fact, Matt planned to save the game and go to sleep after finishing the season. How could he have successfully upgraded to the Premier League team and would play in the Premier League in the new season? Matt was even more curious. What can the Premier League do?

So he played again.

In the first season of the Premier League, LaiHu didn't seem to adapt to this faster-paced game. His performance was mediocre, and he only scored 11 goals in one season.

Matt wasn't too happy with the result, so he continued playing. In the second season, LaiHu's performance was significantly better. He scored a total of 25 goals in all competitions. This statistic is already very good. Even if he is not the top striker in the world, he can still be regarded as first-class in the Premier League. .

With the help of one goal after another, Hammond Castle also qualified for the Europa League.

Just when Matt wanted to continue playing, he glanced at the time on his phone, only to find that it was four o'clock in the morning...

No, I can't play anymore, otherwise I will definitely fall asleep in the training base tomorrow...

Matt Dawn gritted his teeth to file, then pulled the tablet from the charging cable and put it on the desk.

He himself returned to the bed again, lay down and prepared to sleep.

At this time, he remembered what the landlord wrote in that post:

"...As long as you play patiently, believe me, you will find a very strange phenomenon-he is obviously a player who looks very ordinary in terms of statistics, and even a bit bad, but why is he able to score goals? His performance on the court Seriously inconsistent with his data..."

This should be the words of the landlord who made a fuss to attract people. Of course Matt knows the reason behind this. This is not an unsolved mystery. As a character in the game, his actions must follow the rules of the game. To be able to score goals must be based on the rules set by the game.

LaiHu's decisiveness is high, his concentration is also very good, and his off-ball movement and teamwork have improved rapidly.

These four important attributes determine that he can always appear in the right position in the game and make the right choice.

With such a premise, even if his shooting value is not too high, he can always score goals.

In Matt's view, whether it is technical attributes such as shooting and stopping the ball, or physical attributes such as agility, endurance and strength, they can all be improved through later training.

The real talents are those mental attributes he just mentioned.

It's really interesting that a nineteen-year-old young man who lives thousands of miles away in the mysterious East possesses such spiritual attributes...

It was Matt Dawn's last thought before falling asleep.

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Note 1: I used the FM editor to directly make a hooligan. I set it according to these data, but because I don’t have time to play, I don’t know how such a hooligan will perform in the game. Is it really like Zhang Zihao? Or as Matt Dawn plays it.

If anyone is interested and has time, you can make a fool with this data, put it in the game for a while, and see how it goes...

In addition, I made a FM2019 game database before, which contains the original characters of all my previous novels.

But this is the FM2019 database, I don't know if it supports the latest FM2020.

Why not do an FM2020? Because there is no time.

It took me days to do this...

If the FM2019 database can be compatible with other versions of FM, consider putting it up for everyone to play.

It's mainly a compatibility issue, I don't know if it will work...

PS2: I found that some people misunderstood the first two chapters. Hu Lai and his teammates bet that the amateur team will be drawn in the FA Cup, and then they will shine their shoes to celebrate the next game, instead of celebrating with the amateur team. After the lottery, the next game is the Chinese League One. They will win the away game against the Eagles, and the FA Cup match with the amateur team will not be played until July 5th.

So the shoe shine game was not played against amateur teams from the beginning.

I'll go ahead and patch it up...