Chapter 244 Treatment of Stars
"...In a match in the 23rd round of the Chinese League A that ended half an hour ago, our province's Flash Star Football Team drew 1:1 with Heihe North Stars in an away game. In this game, all the Flash Star team players overcame Overcoming the unfavorable conditions of a week of double matches and fatigue from the away game, we drew a draw with our opponent and got a valuable point... Qin Lin, a famous player who joined Flash Star on a free transfer during the season, took advantage of a penalty kick during the game to score the goal he joined Flash Star. The first goal..."
When Zhang Qinghuan came out of the bathroom naked after taking a bath, he heard such a sound coming from the TV in the bedroom.
He walked in and saw the woman he brought back from the bar, kneeling naked on the bed, holding the TV remote control in her hand.
When she saw Zhang Qinghuan, she pointed at the TV screen excitedly and said, "Qinghuan, look, your team didn't lose!"
Zhang Qinghuan glanced at the sports news being played on the TV, walked to the bedside table, took out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter from the pocket of his pants, turned and walked out of the bedroom.
"What's wrong?" The female companion was a little surprised at Zhang Qinghuan's reaction.
"Smoke afterwards." Zhang Qinghuan turned around and smiled at his female companion.
Seeing his charming smile, the woman immediately forgot all about his strange behavior just now, and blushed: "I hate it..."
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At the same time, nearly two hundred kilometers away from the high-end apartment where Zhang Qinghuan rented, Hu Lixin was also smoking in the dark kitchen.
The sound of sports news could be heard faintly from the bedroom where the door was open.
His son Hu Lai once again contributed a key performance in the game.
Although he didn't score a goal this time, he created a penalty kick for the team. It was thanks to this penalty that the away game Flash Stars drew 1:1 with Heihe North Stars.
The game was played in the evening. After dinner, he went out for a walk. He didn't come back until the game was over, but he still couldn't escape the sports news.
He knew why his wife did this. She just wanted to change her view of her son playing football.
Yes, it seems that Hu Lai's career is going smoothly now. There are no injuries or bad times. He has been loved since his debut, and his teammates in the team seem to take good care of him. Naturally, he has not encountered any problems. There will be cases where someone intentionally kicks him in training.
But where does this go?
His career has only just started for less than two months. A good start does not mean that it will be good in the future. The reason why he has not encountered problems now is because the time is still too short.
Hu Lixin doesn't believe that Chinese football can be so clean. Otherwise, the Chinese team would have already broken out of Asia and entered the world. Why did it miss the World Cup finals until this year?
He felt that his wife was too optimistic about his son's future.
Professional football, where is it so easy!
He took a deep breath and burned the rest of his cigarette.
Listening to the sports news about the Stars game having ended, he doused his cigarette butt under the kitchen faucet, threw the soaked cigarette butt into the kitchen trash can, and walked back to the bedroom.
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The day after the game, the team training was divided into two groups. One group was the players who participated in yesterday's game. They only needed to perform simple physical recovery training. This part of the training time was shorter than normal training, so they could Finish training early, pack your things and go home to start your 24-hour vacation - the next training will start on Tuesday afternoon.
In doing so, Zhao Kangming considered that the team had double games a week and the players needed adequate rest, so he unusually arranged Tuesday's training time in the afternoon.
Of course, this is a treatment only given to players who get the chance to play.
And those players who were selected into the 18-man roster but did not finally play, or who did not even make the 18-man roster at all, still have to train according to the normal training schedule.
For example, this morning, they belong to the second group, and the training content they need to participate in is different from that of the main players.
Although the training ends at different times for the two groups of people, the training starts at the same time.
When Zhang Qinghuan yawned and walked into the locker room, he first glanced in the direction of Wang Guangwei and did not see Hu Lai!
This surprised him slightly.
Although he didn't have much contact, he already knew that Wang Guangwei and Hu Lai lived together. The two always came to training together and left together after training. They were always inseparable.
But today, the seat next to Wang Guangwei is empty.
Hu Lai is not here.
He snorted coldly in his heart.
Came later than me!
Just then he heard someone in the locker room suddenly ask Wang Guangwei: "Guangwei, what time did Hu Lai get up today?"
Wang Guangwei replied: "Six o'clock."
"So early? How many hours did he sleep?" Everyone was surprised.
"There was no way. The film crew said they wanted to film his morning exercises, so he went out at half past six." Wang Guangwei said, "If I hadn't called him, he wouldn't have gotten up. Then he went out crying like a ghost."< br>
When everyone thought of that scene, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Amidst the laughter, someone said: "But it's a good thing. If it were me, I would do it if I got up at six o'clock."
"Yeah, yeah, me too!"
"Don't think about it. Hu Lai deserves this. Four goals and one assist in five games. This kind of performance certainly deserves this kind of treatment..."
"This morning training... is a bit fake. How can any of us professional players come to the training ground to train so early?"
"Photography needs effects. It's okay to be a little exaggerated."
Zhang Qinghuan stood with his ears propped up and was confused.
I didn’t understand what everyone was discussing for a while.
But he still confirmed one thing, that is, Hu Lai did not come later than himself, but was the first person in the team to come to the training base.
Why is he here so early?
Film crew?
What camera crew?
News interview?
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When Zhang Qinghuan changed his clothes and walked onto the training field with other teammates, he finally understood what happened to Hu Lai.
He saw that before the training started, Hu Lai was already on the training ground wearing training clothes, and there was a three-person camera team surrounding him.
A cameraman carrying a machine, a sound recordist, and a reporter.
Hu Lai was talking to the camera lens, with a very relaxed facial expression and a smile.
Chen Jianyu, the team reporter standing next to the photographer and diagonally across from Hu Lai, folded his arms and listened, nodding from time to time, with the same relaxed smile on his face.
As all the players participating in the training arrived and started to warm up, the camera crew did not leave the field. Instead, they stood on the sidelines and continued filming with the machine.
Obviously this is not a simple news interview.
It should be a special video shooting.
Zhang Qinghuan guessed in his heart.
If that were the case, the meaning would be different.
This means that the club is willing to devote more publicity resources to the player. On the other hand, it also means that the player interviewed is no longer just an ordinary player, but has the qualifications to become a "star".
After he made his mark in Tenglong in the capital, he immediately attracted the attention of Capital TV. Under the arrangement of the club, he made a half-hour special video for himself.
He wasn't quite famous yet.
But after the video was broadcast on the TV station, he quickly became famous among the fans in the capital. He would be recognized instantly when walking on the street. When taking a taxi, he even encountered an enthusiastic brother who refused to charge him the fare.
It is precisely because of such an experience that Zhang Qinghuan understands the power of exposure through traditional media such as television.
Although we are now in the Internet age, traditional media such as television still have a very high status in the minds of the vast majority of Chinese people.
For example, if a game can be broadcast live on a TV station or on a website, it gives people a completely different feeling.
And now that despicable and shameless brat can actually enjoy this honor?
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The video shooting of the interview with Hu Lai took a long time. The main lineup has finished their recovery training, and Hu Lai is still cooperating in filming on the training ground.
He then took the camera crew to the empty locker room - the main lineup had already left and others were still training, so there was no one in the locker room - to the restaurant at the club's training base and to the dormitory. building, gym.
After he finished filming, he returned to the locker room. The training for those on the team who did not participate in the game was over.
Hu Lai happened to meet Zhang Qinghuan coming out of the locker room.
The other person had changed into casual clothes, and his hair had obviously been carefully taken care of. Before the person came closer, Hu Lai smelled the perfume wafting from the other person's body.
Zhang Qinghuan didn't expect that he would meet Hu Lai as soon as he came out. He was stunned for a moment, and then hummed: "I'm quite happy."
Hu Lai's face was indeed filled with a smile. After all, everyone would be happy with this kind of treatment. But when he heard Zhang Qinghuan say this, he smiled even brighter: "How else?"
Seeing Hu Lai like this, Zhang Qinghuan chuckled: "Don't be too happy too early. After a few compliments from others, you won't know what your last name is..."
Hu Lai was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and interrupted directly: "I'm not you, scumbag."
After saying that, he curled his lips, shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, returning the actions that Zhang Qinghuan had done to him on the training ground.
Then he walked away and entered the locker room.
"You..." Zhang Qinghuan turned around and stared at Hu Lai's background, clenching his fists - this kid still has the nerve to call himself a scumbag? Who betrayed his teammates in the first place? ! Am I a scumbag? No matter how fucking scum I am, I can't be as scum as you, scum!
But in the end, he didn't chase Hu Lai to make it clear. He just looked at the door of the locker room, sneered, and then turned and left. (End of chapter)