Chapter 637 Two Geniuses
"Hu Lai, you have to take a driver's license test."
When Hu Lai finished the day's training and got into the car driven by Uncle Yong, his agent and driver, Uncle Yong, suggested to Hu Lai.
A week ago, they had moved out of the hotel and moved into a house found for them by the club. The club is responsible for the rent, and all furniture and appliances are provided in the house. They just need to bring their bags to move in.
After moving in, Yong Jun was responsible for driving Hu Lai to the training base every day, and then came back to simply clean the room, go shopping in the supermarket, and make lunch for himself. In the afternoon, I was busy working online. I watched the time and went out to pick up Hu Lai. After taking Hu Lai home, I made dinner for two people.
"I definitely can't stay here forever. When I'm gone, how will you go to training? Take the bus?"
Hu Lai curled his lips: "The development of technology in this world is too slow. It's already 2025, and even driverless driving hasn't become popular yet!"
Yong Jun laughed: "Stop complaining, a driver's license is necessary. You are just short of basic necessities."
Of course Hu Lai knew that Uncle Yong was right, but he felt annoyed when he thought about taking the driver's license test: "Uncle Yong, how can I have time to take the driver's license test now? Training starts at nine o'clock in the morning, and it will be at eight-thirty at the latest. After getting to the training base, training ended at 5 p.m. Except for the day before and after the game, I practiced twice a day at other times. It was a real nine-to-five job. I felt that I was not here to play football, but to work. …”
Yong Jun couldn't help laughing after hearing Hu Lai's words: "That's still missing a clock card machine."
"Hey, don't tell me, we have complained about this in private. The whole time card machine will make it clear who is late and how many minutes late we have. Let's build a management system and call the police if anyone goes to the toilet for more than ten minutes... ”
"Why should we call the police? Aren't people allowed to have constipation?" Yong Jun was puzzled.
"Constipation means that you did not strictly follow the recipes given to you by Ms. Schmidt, and your diet was unhealthy and irregular. Call the police and tell Ms. Schmidt and ask her to make you a bottle of 'love drink' to help you have smooth bowel movements."
Yong Jun burst out laughing.
He laughed so much that he almost lost his grip on the steering wheel.
"But this also shows that the club management is becoming more and more professional. Look how fast you have improved during this period? You can see that you have become stronger. You have played in Flash Star for more than two seasons. Except for the beginning, your physical data in the later period are basically It hasn’t changed much. Since you came here, you have gained weight and become stronger, so I think your physical strength should also have improved." After laughing, Yong Jun said to Hu Lai, reminding him that these improvements were achieved through rigorous training. .
"Of course, Uncle Yong, I'm not complaining about the difficulty of training. I personally enjoy it...especially being able to see my own progress. This feeling is a bit like I am leveling up in the game and can see the experience increase. As the level increases, just thinking about it that you can change to more advanced equipment after reaching the level, no matter how boring the leveling is, it will not feel painful.”
"Speaking of this, do you think you can make the squad for the next round of the league?" Yong Jun asked a very critical question.
"I don't know about that." Hu Lai spread his hands, "The boss didn't talk to me either."
"Well...how do you feel about it personally?"
"What's your personal feeling? Anyway, I'm always ready. If the boss suddenly informs me that he wants me to appear, I won't be surprised." Hu Lai didn't brag, he really did. [Lingxi Card] and [Lover's Red] He changed all the ropes and put them in the system space. In addition, although he has not played in an official game, playing various teaching games and intra-team competitions with his teammates in the team has also given him a feeling of playing against Premier League players.
He found that playing in the way he is good at, even when facing Premier League defenders, he should be able to fight.
For example, in today's training, he still scored a goal despite Quinn's fierce defense.
After all, his way of playing is not one that relies heavily on his body, and he doesn't need to hold the ball too much. He just needs to find openings in the game.
In this regard, head coach Tony Clark is just like Matt said at the beginning. He knows him very well and did not arrange any tasks for him to pull out to create gaps for his teammates, drop back to receive and then organize the attack. The requirement for him is simple, that is to score goals under the existing Leeds City offensive system.
In the past few days, I also focused on asking him to cooperate with captain Lorenzo, using Lorenzo as a high center forward as a cover, how to find scoring opportunities around him.
The advantage of this is that he does not have to face the defensive center back directly like he did in Flash Star. His running position can be more flexible, giving full play to his ability to run without the ball and find open spaces.
Through these more than 20 days of training, Hu Lai has gradually become familiar with Leeds City's tactical system and how his teammates play.
For example, the team's most high-profile talent player, Pete Williams, is troubled by transfer and contract extension rumors, but his ability on the training field does deserve so much attention.
Comparing Brother Huan, whom he is most familiar with, with Pete Williams, both are offensive center midfielders. Hu Lai feels that Brother Huan may be better than Williams in choosing passing routes - Brother Huan has lost his explosiveness since After that, he changed his playing style and became more and more like a pure passer. His handling of the last pass before the penalty area is the strongest among the current Chinese players - he is not as good as his opponent in other aspects.
Williams has a wider range of activities. He is a "B2B" (BOXTOBOX, from the penalty area to the penalty area) midfielder. He has excellent foot skills and sharp straight-line breakthroughs. Brother Huan cannot compare with this at all. .
This is also the reason why he can become the second shooter on the team.
Of course, this does not mean that Williams' passing ability is poor. He can also become an organizer who delivers scalpel-like fatal passes at the front of the penalty area.
The reason why he is slightly inferior to Huan Ge in handling the last pass may be that he is still young and lacks experience in organizing offenses, but he has a good technical foundation.
After all, he is only twenty years old, so it is no wonder that everyone is optimistic about his future.
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"Mr. Caillot, I don't think this can go on any longer."
Rachel Cayo, who was looking down at her phone, looked up and saw the sharp eyes of Pete Williams.
"Have you made a decision?" Seeing this, Cayo pushed the lock screen of his phone aside and made a listening gesture to the players he was serving in front of him.
"Well, I feel that I have put too much energy into renewing my contract. If this continues, my career will be over. So I decided to end this chaotic situation. Go and tell the club that the team is the most important thing now. The main thing is relegation, and the contract extension must be put aside. We will talk about the contract extension after the season is over," Williams said, looking at his agent.
"Okay. If the team is relegated by then, we will leave..."
"No." Williams interrupted, "If the team is relegated, depending on the club's performance, if they invest more in order to rush back quickly, I wouldn't mind staying..."
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"Are you crazy, Pete?" It was Cayo's turn to interrupt Williams. "You're going to stay if you say you're going to stay? The club will definitely renew your contract by then. Do you really want to renew your contract with them?"
"Why not? As long as the club still has ambitions, I am willing to contribute to returning to the Premier League. But if the club's performance disappoints me, I will leave in the summer."
Seeing the young man saying this seriously, Cayo shook his head and sighed: "You think about things too simply, Peter..."
"Isn't this good, Mr. Cayo? I think we made a very simple thing too complicated before. As a result, my condition plummeted. If it continues like this, I'm afraid that even if I want to leave, I won't be able to. The team wants me. Mr. Jackson called me yesterday. He was very dissatisfied with my performance and told me that if I continue like this, there will be no place for me in the U22, let alone the national team.”
After hearing what Williams said, Cayo fell silent.
The Jackson Peter mentioned is Ryan Jackson, the head coach of the England U22 national team. The 20-year-old Williams is a main player in the U22 and is also Jackson's disciple. Jackson is very optimistic about Williams' future, but now that he has said so, it is obviously nothing more than a slap in the face for Williams.
As Williams' agent, he remembered what the young man's aspirations were.
Not just to be the best player at Leeds, but to be the best player in England.
He has failed to score in thirteen consecutive league games. This performance is really inconsistent with his ambition.
Therefore, after experiencing a series of events such as sudden coaching changes and contract renewals, it is normal for this young man to plan to return to football itself.
He is Pete Williams after all.
After Sean Barnett moved to North London Wanderers, Pete Williams is the figure that Leeds City fans think can become the leader of the team in the future.
Another reason why fans and the club are not dealing with each other recently is that there has been no progress in contract renewal negotiations between Williams and the club. It makes fans think that after selling a talented player, the club also wants to sell Pete Williams, who is more talented than Sean Barnett.
But in fact it is not that the club wants to sell Peter, but that Peter has doubts about his future with this team-to put it bluntly, he wants to leave.
First sell the team's original main forward, then quickly agree to the resignation of the meritorious coach, and hire a young coach without any top league coaching experience... These actions do not look like an ambitious person. What a club trying to compete in the Super League should do.
So even though Leeds City Club offered very attractive salary and bonus packages in order to keep Pete Williams, Williams did not agree to these conditions.
He told the club through his agent that he did not stay here to play for money. If it was for money, other clubs could offer him a better contract. The reason why he is still willing to talk to the club is because he loves his hometown team.
His first condition for renewing his contract is that he hopes to see the club's ambitions.
It is hard to imagine that a twenty-year-old player would put forward such conditions when renewing his contract with the club, instead of asking for a certain weekly salary and a signing fee. After all, most young people care more about whether their signature fee can help them buy a super car or buy a luxury home.
They have been training hard in various echelons for so many years and are finally going to stand out. How could they not enjoy it? Otherwise, what is the value of their previous hard work?
The media is always keen to report on the lives of young players who spend a lot of money, and then criticize these young people for their indulgent enjoyment. But the question is, how many young people in their late teens or early twenties can remain calm and rational in the face of explosive growth in income?
An adult who has received higher education may not be able to control it, let alone an athlete who has received a poor education, spends most of his energy on sports, and thinks only about muscles.
But that's not the case with Pete Williamson. He has a maturity and awareness that far exceeds that of players his age.
He knows what he wants and is willing to fight for it.
"...So, Mr. Cayo. Things become very simple - at the moment I only think about one thing, try to help the team avoid relegation successfully, and play my worth during this period."
Williamson made his decision known.
Rachel Caillot spread her hands: "You have the final say, Pete."
After receiving support from his agent, Williamson was visibly relieved, and then he relaxed and the smile returned to his face.
Seeing him like this, Cayo made fun of him: "The little Pete I know is finally back?"
"I have been thinking about this issue for the past few days, and now I think I am relieved." Williamson answered the agent's question with a smile. "I can put all my energy into training and competition to make up for what I missed before."
"I'm still a little curious, Pete. Why did you suddenly figure it out at this time? Is it because of that phone call from Ryan Jackson?"
When Pete Williams was asked this question, the first thing that came to his mind was the figure of the newcomer.
Every day he can be seen sweating it out in the gym, training under the guidance of Mr. Clement.
And his progress is visible to the naked eye.
I remember when I first saw Hu Lai doing bench press, the barbell weighed only 35 kilograms, but now he can push up to 50 kilograms... (Note 1)
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be hard for Williams to believe that a person's training effect is so good and that he has improved so quickly.
He had previously heard Hu Lai say that he only started regular football training five years ago, and felt that he just wanted to use bragging to attract everyone's attention and win everyone's envy and respect in the team.
Just a clownish clown.
But now he discovered that this person didn't necessarily mean what he said...
So Pete Williams, who had been a super genius for more than ten years, discovered a real super genius.
He admitted that he felt threatened.
But he didn't tell his agent what he thought. His pride prevented him from doing so.
He just smiled: "Yes."
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Note 1: Hu Lai's bench press data was estimated by myself, based on the level of basketball players. I did not find bench press data for football players. After all, among football players, bench press is not an official reference strength test like basketball and football.
If the data is wrong or wrong, if someone knows what the standard bench press strength of a football player is, I hope they can tell me the truly accurate number so that I can modify it.
For now, let's just look at it. Anyway, everyone only needs to know that Hu Lai's power has increased significantly through the dual effects of training and training scrolls. (End of chapter)