Chapter 1098 The Light of Dreams
"...The joy that Hu Lai scored twice in the game has not passed yet. In the early hours of this morning domestic time, in the just-concluded Ligue 1 Women's Football League, Chinese player Li Qingqing scored three goals and performed a hat trick... …This is Li Qingqing’s first hat trick this season. At the same time, these three goals also bring her number of league goals this season to twelve…”
The game is being played on the TV screen.
Li Qingqing, wearing a Paris Eger jersey with a ponytail, picked up the ball at the front of the penalty area.
In front of her, the opponent's defensive players were quickly retreating. At the same time, two forwards from Paris Eger were also advancing, and one of them raised his arm to ask Li Qingqing for the ball.
It was precisely because of the forward penetration of the two of them that they took away the opponent's defender. Now there was a gap of about four or five meters wide in front of Li Qingqing!
Li Qingqing looked up and observed. After understanding the current situation, he gently pushed the football forward, and then kicked it directly about thirty meters away from the goal!
She wants a long shot!
No one could come up to block her at this time. All the defensive players could only watch as Li Qingqing launched a long-range world wave that was no less than a men's football player!
The football roared into the net!
The audience in the stands burst into enthusiastic exclamations.
This is Li Qingqing's third goal in this game.
After scoring the goal, she ran happily and celebrated with her teammates hugging each other.
Voiceover continues:
"...In addition to these twelve league goals, she also has ten assists in the league. Before the season is over, she has already achieved a 'double-double' in goals and assists, and her performance is very good... She The good condition also makes everyone look forward to the performance of the women's football girls in this summer's China Women's World Cup! ”
It wasn't until the screen switched to the next news item that Xie Lan looked away from the TV screen and praised: "Qingqing is really amazing!"
There were other things she didn't say directly, lest her husband would roll his eyes when he heard it - she was indeed the "golden girl" in Chinese football. Her son scored twice, and Li Qingqing immediately scored a hat-trick. What a great cooperation!
Thinking about the relationship between his son and Li Qingqing, Xie Lan felt happy.
Although her son never said it in front of her, Xie Lan always felt that the relationship between Li Qingqing and her son was unusual. Her intuition told her... there was something going on!
Anyway, now that Lao Li and Li Qingqing have moved their homes next door, are you still worried that they will run away?
After being happy with her future daughter-in-law's performance, Xie Lan moved her eyes away from the TV screen, lowered her head and continued to browse her phone.
Just then she posted a hot news headline:
"It's official! It's official! Hu Lai and Li Qingqing are official!"
Xie Lan's eyes widened, and his heart stopped for a second, and then started beating violently again uncontrollably.
What's going on?
What's going on?
Why is it now official? !
oops!
Are you moving so fast?
This child, why didn’t you tell me first that you were going to be a mother...
As a result, I actually saw this news on the news!
With excitement in his heart, Xie Lan clicked on the news link with trembling hands:
"Official announcement! The official organizing committee of the National Competition officially released the promotional video of the two promotion ambassadors!"
A poster below.
Xie Lan took a closer look and saw that it was a promotional poster for the National High School Football Championship that had been promoted before.
It's just that the two people on the original poster were just black silhouettes, and their true identities were not revealed. But now the black silhouette lights up, it's Hu Lai and Li Qingqing's back-to-back photos.
"...Japanese ancestors!"
Xie Lan couldn't help but cursed.
This made her husband Hu Lixin frown and look sideways: "What are you talking about..."
Xie Lan ignored him. She was still filled with anger: "What a nonsense headliner!"
Cheating her feelings!
It made her really think that her son and Qingqing were together...
What’s so good about a shabby photo?
Everyone knows it!
Although he was complaining crazily in his heart, Xie Lan still downloaded the poster.
In any case, the two people on this poster are still very good in terms of expression and appearance - they reach forward at the same time, looking at the audience outside the poster, with smiles on their faces, as if they are holding hands to the people who are looking at this picture. The person behind the poster issued an invitation and call to participate in the national competition and pay attention to the Chinese high school students' own football matches.
After saving the poster, she was about to close it, but then she noticed that there was content underneath the poster:
"...While officially launching the promotional ambassador, the organizing committee also released the promotional song "Light of Dreams" for this national competition, and paired it with a MV..."
There is indeed a video.
Xie Lan clicked in based on the idea of "Idle time is also idle", then turned the phone sideways and automatically watched in full screen.
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The story of the MV is very simple, a boy and a girl, they don't know each other and are living their own lives.
The only thing they have in common is that they both love football.
However, the boy was thin and not favored by others. He wanted to play football with his friends but was ostracized. No one wanted him to play with him. When others were running on the field chasing the football, he could only stand by and be a lonely spectator.
Girls are ridiculed by people around them because they want to play football. Everyone thinks that girls should like dolls and dance and sing, instead of chasing footballs on the field like boys, leaving them covered in injuries and dust.
The boy found an almost abandoned open space, and he was practicing football alone in his "secret base".
A girl doesn't care about other people's cold looks and ridicule, she still sticks to the football she likes. Among the group of boys running on the field, the girl with a ponytail stood out.
As time goes by, the grass in the secret base becomes green and yellow, and yellow and green again. The boy who plays football alone has gradually grown up, and judging from his kicking movements, he has become very skilled.
Girls are still playing football. At first, she was surrounded by boys. Later, as time passed, girls gradually joined and fought alongside her.
Along with the chorus, the picture becomes brighter and brighter, which makes people feel excited and feels the positive attitude of young girls working hard.
"...If you keep running, you can realize your dreams, so don't stop; even if no one believes in your wild dreams, never give up——"
"The seeds buried in the ground are eager to sprout! Dreams are flowers blooming on the top of the cliff. Only those who are brave can get it!"
The scene changes, and boys and girls appear on the national competition field respectively.
Use their outstanding performance to help the team score goals and win. He ran and celebrated, hugging his teammates with big smiles on their faces.
From being looked down upon and not understood, they finally stood on the top stage of high school football in the country.
The stories of boys and girls gradually fade away in the national competition.
After a brief black screen, Hu Lai wearing a Leeds City jersey and Li Qingqing wearing a Paris Eger jersey appeared.
At this time, the MV was showing the exciting matches between the two of them in their respective professional arenas.
Accompanied by the excited voice of the commentator and the cheers at the game, wonderful goals from Hu Lai and Li Qingqing appeared in turn.
Until the end, Li Qingqing picked up the ball from the wing and made a pass.
The screen switched, Hu Lai followed up in the middle and volleyed the passed ball!
The football hits the net!
The cheers and exciting commentary from the game fade out simultaneously with the screen.
When the screen lit up again, only Hu Lai and Li Qingqing were left standing side by side on the court.
They came from a distance, as if they were coming out of the exciting game just now, and appeared in front of everyone. Wearing the exclusive T-shirts of the national competition, they walked all the way to the camera, first looked at each other and smiled, and then looked at the camera at the same time.
The golden light of the setting sun shone from behind them, and a rainbow was vaguely visible in the distant sky...
Singing:
"The game is over, but the dream is starting to shine!"
"The rainbow in the blue sky, the green field at dusk——"
"Shine with the light of dreams——!"
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"This is an adaptation of Hu Lai's story! I have seen the documentary filmed by "People Chronicles" about Hu Lai. Before he entered the school team, he trained alone in such a secret base!"
In the locker room of the Jiaxiang High School football team, the teenagers who had just finished training and were changing clothes were attracted by the newly announced national competition promotion MV.
After reading it together, they all expressed their opinions.
"Yes, yes, I remember that documentary said that Hu Lai wanted to play football when he was in high school, but no one was willing to take him. As a result, he could only stand on the sidelines and watch others play football..."
"Hey, that's amazing! He persisted under such circumstances and finally became the hope of Chinese football! Although he is from Dongchuan Middle School... he is also a star from our Anton Province!"
In the midst of the admiration, someone suddenly said:
"I said... you didn't notice the two-minute-and-twenty-second scene where the boy went to the corner flag area to skate and kneel in celebration after scoring a goal in the game... It's especially like what happened after Hu Lai scored in our Jiaxiang High School. Celebration? ”
The locker room, where the discussion had been lively before, suddenly became quiet.
Is this the rhythm of eating melons on one's own head and only realizing that one is a clown after being laughed at for a long time?
In this awkward silence, someone chuckled.
Everyone looked up and saw that it was their captain, Qin Qi, a sophomore in high school.
In the eyes of everyone, Qin Qi smiled and said: "Why should we care about this? We defeated Dongchuan Middle School in the Anton Cup final this year, which is considered revenge!"
When everyone heard what the captain said, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
“Team Qin is right, this year’s Anton Cup champion belongs to our Jiaxiang High School!”
The laughter returned to the locker room.
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"Team Feng, Team Feng, have you seen the promotional video just released by the official national competition?"
A girl held the arms of another girl with short hair from behind, then bowed her waist and stretched the latter's body.
"What promotional video?" the short-haired girl Feng Yuqing asked, looking up to the sky.
"It's the MV for the promotional song "Light of Dreams", starring Hu Lai and Li Qingqing..." the bowed girl explained. "I read online that it was based on the real experiences of two people. I believe the one about Hu Lai. But I think the one about girls is clearly based on your experience, Team Feng!"
Feng Yuqing didn't say a word, exhaled a breath, then slowly pulled back, and then she bent her waist to help the girl behind her stretch.
The teammate continued: "Li Qingqing has been a football prodigy since she was a child. She was trained by her father. How could she be laughed at for playing football? Captain Feng, on the other hand, when you were a child, you were laughed at and misunderstood when you played football. At first, you could only follow the boys. Playing football is exactly the same as in the video..."
Feng Yuqing slowly straightened up: "I'm not a celebrity, how could someone use my experience to make a video?"
"Why aren't you a star? Captain Feng, you are a talented player. You have been interviewed before... maybe the production team got inspiration from that interview?"
"I think too much. That should be the experience of all our female football players. The source of inspiration also comes from all the girls who play football." Feng Yuqing felt the lack of stretching force coming from under her body, and Reminder, "Don't just chat, be serious!"
His teammates quickly used their strength again.
"Hey, Team Feng. Do you think our team can win the first national competition this time?"
"I don't know. Do you really think our Jinliulin Middle School is the only traditional girls' football school in the country?" Feng Yuqing shook his head.
"Team Feng, will you become a professional player in the future? Just like Li Qingqing..."
Feng Yuqing thought for a while and gave her a very definite answer: "Yes. I want to serve the country like Li Qingqing."
There were whistles on the green field, and the coach loudly reminded the girls:
"Be sure to do a good job of warming up! This is the best protection for you! The first national competition, don't get injured before the competition starts, you will regret it for the rest of your life!"
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PS, "Light of Dreams" is actually a promotional song released by Qidian when I wrote "Light of Champions". Written and sung by myself.
During the Shanghai Book Fair in August 2014, I went to Shanghai to record this song.
Recorded from afternoon until almost early morning.
As a person who still has some confidence when going to KTV, it was only after entering the recording studio that I realized how important KTV sound modification is - it can completely make a dry sound full, round and sound good. So I discovered in the recording studio that I actually didn’t sing well...
Many thanks to Yinxiong Lianmeng’s millions of tuners!
There is actually another version of this song, also used for promotion, sung by Amuro.
I just do this for my own entertainment, taking advantage of my position to satisfy my little hobby of going into the recording studio to record songs...
Considering copyright reasons, the songs I played in the later Easter egg chapters are my own solo versions.
QQ Music has a version of my duet with Amuro, which has now been added to the "Forbidden Zone Fox" playlist.
However, the name of this song on the Internet is called "Light of Dreams", but in fact, the name I originally gave to the producer was "Light of Dreams". Maybe it was confused with the title of the book "Light of Champions", and it finally became "Light of Dreams". Light of Dreams"......
Now I made a simple MV using the promotional poster of the book "Light of Champions" from that year, and put it as an easter egg at the back. Everyone is welcome to listen to it.
Listening to this song and reading this chapter may give you a better feeling - anyway, when I wrote this chapter, I played this song on a loop. (End of chapter)