Chapter 217 The deep love between master and apprentice
When Wang Guangwei put down his bag in the locker room and began to change clothes to prepare for the next training, the team captain Li Tielin walked in and clapped his hands to his teammates in the locker room: "Everyone put their hands on Let’s put things aside, who is that... Han Xiangfei, put on your pants quickly, it’s so annoying!”
After his name was called, Han Xiangfei hurriedly put on his shorts.
Captain Li Tielin continued: "The new teammates will come to meet you soon, and they will officially become members of our team. Let me tell you, cheer up, don't lose our shining star in front of Brother Lin. ”
Someone raised their hand: "Captain Li, when Brother Lin comes, will you give him the captain's armband?"
As soon as this question came out, the locker room immediately became quiet, and everyone looked at their captain Li Tielin.
This is a somewhat sensitive issue.
With Qin Lin's reputation and experience, the former double captain of the national team and the South China Tigers, shouldn't he continue to be the captain of a Chinese League One team?
In other teams, the captain is either the one who has been with the team the longest, or is determined directly by the head coach. If a player like Qin Lin is placed on another team, Li Tielin may have to hand over the captain's armband to Qin Lin if the head coach says something.
But the situation with Flash Star is different.
The expression on Li Tielin's face was a little awkward: "What are you thinking about? I will do whatever the coach decides."
"That's not the case, Team Li. Isn't the captain of our team elected by a vote in the locker room? We elected you because we recognize you as the captain." The person who first raised this question expressed his protest.
"Tsk. Okay, Shi Junde, it's meaningless for you to talk nonsense here if nothing has happened." Li Tielin was unwilling to answer this question, so he could only shut up "thorn head" Shi Junde as the captain.
Shi Junde still wanted to speak, but was stopped by the goalkeeper Yu Zhiming next to him. He lowered his voice and said in Shi Junde's ear: "Don't embarrass our captain..."
Shi Junde then muttered unhappily: "I don't care whether he is the captain of the national team or not. I am not familiar with him..."
Li Tielin frowned when he saw this, but in the end he said nothing.
The team's current performance is not very good. Everyone has a temper and is under a lot of pressure.
When the team was promoted to the Chinese Premier League, they announced that their goal was to reach the Super League within three years.
This year is the last year of the goal, but the team now has to fight for relegation, otherwise it will fall to the relegation zone. As for surpassing the goal, it has already failed.
Under such circumstances, it seems that anything can stir up excitement in the locker room.
Some fans may think that joining a big-name player like Qin Lin should be a good thing for Flash Star, right?
But in the eyes of the original Flash Star players, this may not be the case.
After all, is the club promoting a new player with such great fanfare just to have him come on the bench?
Now that he is here, he will play the main role, which will definitely affect the position of the existing main midfielders.
And Shi Junde is the main player of the current team. His concern for Li Tielin's captain's armband may be more due to his worries about the position conflict between himself and Qin Lin...
Wang Guangwei watched this scene in the locker room.
But he did not speak, but remained a quiet observer.
There are so many differences between professional teams and high school teams.
In the high school team, everyone is mostly running for the same goal, which is relatively simple. Even if there are some personal little Jiujiu, it doesn't hurt the harmony. Moreover, he has a very high status in the Jiaxiang High School football team. Even if someone has Xiao Jiujiu, it is not for him because his perception is not strong.
But after coming to a professional team, everyone here has their own little calculations, and everyone has to consider their own interests in every possible way. The situation is a hundred times more complicated than when it was in school.
This is normal, and Wang Guangwei understands this. Because professional teams and professional players all rely on this to make a living. If you don’t consider your own interests, you won’t have a job. If you don’t have a job, who will starve to death?
Wang Guangwei went from the Shining Star youth team to the first team, and he also witnessed the elimination mechanism of professional football - among the players who were in the youth team with him, some came to the Shining Star youth team earlier than him, but in the end they failed to get the support from the club. With a professional contract, the only option is to leave the team and go to other teams.
Some people are lucky and can get a contract and play games by changing teams. Some people have traveled many places but have never been able to win the favor of professional clubs. No one even wants them in the second level, so they can only retire sadly.
As for what these retired people did later, Wang Guangwei doesn't know.
Now that football has become a profession and a job related to one's own survival, should we continue to use love to generate electricity if we don't consider ourselves?
Just seeing this scene, Wang Guangwei felt worried for Hu Lai.
Qin Lin, Brother Lin is not worried. After all, not everyone is Shi Junde, and not everyone has a direct conflict of interest with Qin Lin. Besides, Brother Lin has been in Chinese professional football for so many years, what kind of scenes have he not seen before? If he couldn't even handle this, he wouldn't be able to become the captain of both the national team and the South China Tigers.
That is the man called "the last big boss of Chinese football" by the media.
To put it bluntly, if Shi Junde said this in the locker room, everyone would still listen. If he dared to say it in front of the media, he would probably be scolded by the media and fans. After all, in terms of performance, none of the ten of him could compare to Qin Lin.
But Hu Lai is different.
As the weakest and least famous of the three, he suddenly came to this unfamiliar team. How to integrate into the team, and how to face the possible "hostility"?
Counting Hu Lai, the team now has six players on the front line of the first team, not counting Leng Jinyu, a versatile player who can play both midfield and forward.
Currently, Flash Star is playing a dual forward configuration. With so many people competing for two positions, you can imagine how fierce the competition is.
Moreover, Hu Lai is not the kind of all-rounder who is particularly useful in tactics. He has positions in the center and the road.
The best fit for him should be in the middle.
Distinctive features also mean that the features are single and the range of choices is smaller...
In fact, last night Wang Guangwei saw some Stars fans in the Stars forum saying they didn't understand why they would spend money to buy a youth team player when Stars has so many forwards. Then someone checked and told him that this was because Hu Lai was Zhao Kangming's subordinate when he was in the Poseidon Youth Team.
But the person who asked the question still didn't understand. If Hu Lai is already a person who has played in the first team, it is reasonable for Zhao Kangming to recruit his old subordinates. But Hu Lai is clearly a person who hasn't even made it out of the youth team yet, so Zhao Kangming is very confused by this operation...
Wang Guangwei could only be speechless when he saw the fans' questions.
Although he always felt that Hu Lai was talented, after all, he and Hu Lai only played against each other once, and Hu Lai came on as a substitute. In addition, he has watched Hu Lai's complete game, which was the Anton Cup semi-final between Dongchuan Middle School and Jiaxiang High School. That was almost two years ago.
As for Hu Lai's current level, he honestly doesn't know.
Based on this judgment, Wang Guangwei was so surprised when he saw Hu Lai joining Flash Star. He wondered if Hu Lai didn't know about the situation at Flash Star, so he was summoned by a phone call from his mentor at the youth training camp...
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When Li Tielin was explaining to his teammates in the locker room, head coach Zhao Kangming also met the three new players Qin Lin, Hu Lai and Xu Wentao in his office. As the head coach, he welcomed them on behalf of the coaching staff.
In fact, everyone has already seen it at yesterday's welcome ceremony.
But the meaning is different.
The welcome in the training base and the welcome in the VIP lounge of the home stadium are two different concepts.
There were media present at the time, but now there were only the four of them in the office, so the topics they talked about were naturally more personal and direct.
Facing Qin Lin, Zhao Kangming spread his hands and said: "Qin Lin, the captain of Flashing Star is elected by the players themselves, so..."
Qin Lin knew what the head coach was going to say and quickly waved his hand: "I'm not here to be the captain, Coach Zhao. I will cooperate with the current captain and deputy captain to do a good job."
Seeing Qin Lin's attitude, Zhao Kangming also smiled and nodded.
In fact, Qin Lin was really not the one he wanted to recruit - he didn't consider poaching the South China Tiger at all - but the opinion of the club's general manager Dong Wen. Dong Wen may think more about brand building. But now that the general manager has made the decision, Zhao Kangming, the head coach, naturally accepts it and tries his best to cooperate. After all, in Chinese football clubs, the general manager has the final say on things like team transfer operations.
Zhao Kangming took the opportunity to ask the club to buy another striker.
Although Dong Wen was a little surprised that the team had no shortage of forwards now, why would they still buy forwards? But when he thought that Zhao Kangming had cooperated with him in bringing in Qin Lin and made things go smoothly, he naturally wanted to reciprocate the favor. He agreed with Zhao Kangming's opinion, and left the whole matter of recruiting forwards to Zhao Kangming, and he didn't bother much himself.
It wasn't until Zhao Kangming told him the name of the forward he wanted to introduce that he vaguely remembered that he seemed to have heard of this name before...
Hu Lai watched Zhao Kangming turn to Xu Wentao and talk to him, and his eyes fell on Director Zhao's hair.
The forty-six-year-old Director Zhao is not old in the coaching profession. When he was in the Poseidon Club youth training camp, he still had a full head of black hair.
But less than half a year later, when they met again, Hu Lai saw Director Zhao as if he had aged ten years. Not to mention his gray hair, there are obviously more wrinkles on his face than when he was in the Poseidon Youth Team. There is also always a hint of bitterness between Director Zhao's brows.
After Hu Lai decided to come to Flash Star, he also paid more attention to this team. Naturally, he knew why Director Zhao made such a change.
The pressure on professional teams is really not that great...
In front of Qin Lin and Xu Wentao, Zhao Kangming didn't say anything to Hu Lai. He just asked briefly, such as whether he still adapts to here.
Hu Lai asked back: "Director Zhao, I am from Anton, what else should I adapt to?"
So Zhao Kangming burst out laughing and patted his forehead.
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On the way to the team's locker room, Zhao Kangming deliberately dragged behind him and whispered to Hu Lai: "I'm sorry, Hu Lai. When I asked you to come, I didn't expect that I would be in such a situation in Flash Star... ”
Hu Lai glanced at him: "You're not going to leave again just after I arrived, are you?"
Zhao Kangming waved his hand quickly: "That's not the case. I signed a three-year contract with Flash Star. If Flash Star wants to drive me away, they will have to pay me a lot of money. I think they are reluctant to part with it..."
Hu Lai rolled his eyes: "It really brought the team down, do you think they are reluctant to let it go?"
"Can't you say something nice?"
"Director Zhao, let's stop being polite, right?"
"Is this a question of whether to be polite or not?" Zhao Kangming sighed softly, "I thought coaching the first team was too simple at first. But now I have a feeling. As long as I can successfully avoid relegation this season, I will be able to coach the first team next season. He is definitely still coaching the team, but if he can't produce results next season... it's hard to say. This is not something you should worry about. If you train under me, as long as you are willing to work as hard as you did in Poseidon, coupled with the training in professional competitions, your improvement will be obvious by then, even if I am no longer in Flash Star. You can also have a place here or go to other teams based on your own strength.”
Hu Lai was a little moved when he heard what Zhao Kangming said.
Director Zhao was the first Bole he met after coming to the professional team. From the first time Director Zhao came to him after the national competition, the two of them had a feeling that they were late to meet each other.
Although Gui is a former international player and a middle-aged man who is almost old enough to be Hu Lai's father, Hu Lai feels very comfortable getting along with Director Zhao, both in terms of personality and philosophy.
Director Zhao has no airs and is very accurate about his talent - here comes a question, why did Hu Lai insist on going to Poseidon Club in the first place?
Just because after Director Zhao met Hu Lai, he said something almost exactly the same as what Li Qingqing said to him.
He said to Hu Lai: "You are very talented, you inherently know the direction of the goal!"
Although Director Zhao also said a lot, such as introducing to him his achievements in Poseidon Youth Training, the level of Poseidon Club’s youth training in China, and Poseidon Club’s various software and hardware conditions...
But Hu Lai didn't listen to these words. Just that sentence made him determined to go to Director Zhao's team, because Director Zhao understood him. Hu Lai knows how lucky it is to meet a coach who understands him.
Of course, no one could have predicted what would happen next... In fact, Hu Lai didn't blame Director Zhao for leaving suddenly. After all, Director Zhao could not decide on the high-level line issue.
Now I heard these heartfelt words from Director Zhao... He called himself to Flash Star because he was worried that his stay in the Poseidon Youth Team would be delayed by Sun He. In fact, he didn't expect that he could be of any help to him.
There are Poseidon fans on the Internet who describe themselves and Director Zhao as "like father and son." However, Hu Lai feels that these people are talking nonsense - Director Zhao understands and cares for me much better than my biological father!
At this moment, Hu Lai suddenly heard the emotionless voice in his mind: "Task: express gratitude to Director Zhao with practical actions. Task reward: unknown."
Hu Lai was stunned.
What the hell is the unknown mission reward?
This was the first time he encountered this situation.
As for the mission itself... what kind of practical actions can be regarded as expressing gratitude to Director Zhao?
Thinking of this, Hu Lai set his sights on Director Zhao, and then suddenly said solemnly to Zhao Kangming: "Thank you, Director Zhao!"
Zhao Kangming was confused by Hu Lai's sudden thank you. The two of them had rarely said such words before, and he did not need Hu Lai to express his gratitude to him.
While Director Zhao was stunned, Hu Lai was also stunned because the system did not prompt him that the task was completed...
It seems that just saying thank you does not complete the task.
Thinking of this, Hu Lai stopped again, bowed deeply to Director Zhao next to him, and said at the same time: "Thank you, Director Zhao!"
His movement attracted the attention of Qin Lin and Xu Wentao in front of him, and they looked back at him in surprise.
Zhao Kangming finally came to his senses, his eyes widened and he said: "What? I told you, we don't get along like this! You are a player, I am the coach, and it is my job to teach you!"
Hu Lai is still thinking that he has not completed the task even though he bowed. Does he really have to kneel down to thank Director Zhao in front of everyone to "express his gratitude to Director Zhao with practical actions"?
But seeing that Director Zhao was really angry and didn't like what he did, he gave up the idea of kneeling down to thank Director Zhao.
It's just... Hu Lai was also confused as to how to complete the task.
Because he was deeply impressed by Hu Lai at the welcome ceremony yesterday, Qin Lin, who got to know Hu Lai a little bit last night, naturally knew the relationship between Hu Lai and head coach Zhao Kangming. Seeing that Hu Lai respected his mentor so much, Qin Lin couldn't bear it. Zhu nodded slightly in approval.
Xu Wentao, who didn't know the relationship between Zhao Kangming and Hu Lai, looked at this scene dumbfounded. He didn't expect that Hu Lai would do anything to please the head coach.
Thinking back to the flattery he gave Qin Lin at the welcome ceremony, Xu Wentao couldn't help but lament this kid in his heart...
Awesome! (End of chapter)