“…The recently high-profile matter of Julay’s stay abroad has finally been settled after some twists and turns. Surprisingly, neither the Madrid Kings nor the Catalan United, which were once widely rumored, are not Julay’s final destination… According to the latest news

, the Premier League team Leeds City Club officially announced that they have reached an agreement with Anton Flash Star Club to officially introduce Anton Flash Star’s main forward Hu Lai... Neither party has announced the specific transfer fee, but according to media estimates, the final transfer fee

It should be around 12 million pounds, close to 14 million euros..."

"...Flash Star Club agreed to Leeds City paying the transfer fee in two installments, but also added a clause on the split of the secondary transfer fee. It is reported that if Leeds City wants to sell Hu Lai in the future, then according to the contract, Flash Star will be able to split

Up to 20% of the transfer fee..."

When Xie Lan saw the news on TV, her son had already left home a day ago and returned to Jincheng.

  She knew that her son returned to the club just for the transfer. During that time, he had been traveling between Jincheng and Dongchuan.

She herself had to know the final result earlier than the news - because her son left home with large and small bags of luggage a day ago and was already preparing to take a long flight from Jincheng.

"I heard that it takes almost twenty hours to fly from Jincheng to Leeds, including transfers..." Xie Lan sighed while facing the TV news. "It will not be easy to come back in the future."

Hu Lixin comforted her at the side: "Actually, it's not the same as before? He was in Jincheng before, and the high-speed train took 35 minutes, and I didn't see him come back as usual? Isn't it better to go home after playing for a season?"

"Why are they the same?" Xie Lan stared at him and asked, "He used to be in Jincheng, a place that can be reached in 35 minutes by high-speed rail. I always felt that whenever I wanted to see him, I could just buy a ticket and go there.

After seeing him, he will go home again in the evening. When he goes to Leeds, how can I just go and see him?"

Hu Lixin muttered: "I didn't see you going to see him before you said you were leaving..."

 “What did you say?” Xie Lan asked.

“Nothing, nothing…” Hu Lixin waved his hand quickly.

Xie Lan did not continue to question Hu Lixin, but sighed again: "Besides, he went there alone. He is not familiar with the place, and he doesn't know if he is used to eating there... It's not that British food is terrible.

Is it cold in Leeds? Are you getting used to the new teammates? Besides, there is an eight-hour time difference between us and there, right? If the game is played there at night, wouldn't it be better if it were played here?

Later in the night?"

Hu Lixin listened to his wife's nagging worries and said nothing.

 Now he doesn’t know how to comfort his wife.

 Because those concerns are all valid.

 Especially the last point.

Although most of the Premier League games are played in the afternoon, it is quite friendly to Chinese TV viewers, at least better than La Liga.

However, in order to cater to the needs of television broadcasts, the current Premier League has long changed the previous tradition of only playing all games on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Some games will be scheduled in the evening local time. That is the British local

The prime time is not friendly to Chinese fans, because it will be the early morning of the next day Beijing time.

 For example, time periods like half past one and half past three.

Looks very uncomfortable - stay up all night, but you can't stand it. Set the alarm clock and get up to watch football in the middle of the night, but you can't get up...

In the past, the couple could easily watch their son's games through live TV broadcasts during prime time in the afternoon or evening. This was one of the important reasons why Xie Lan did not feel that her son was far away from her in terms of psychological distance.

 After all, you can see your son at the best time every week.

But with Hulay's transfer to Leeds City, the distance in time and space will double the psychological distance.

 But what is the solution to this problem?

No solution.

You can only slowly adapt to this kind of life that is thousands of miles apart and can't even match the time.

When the news of Hulay's successful transfer to the Premier League team Leeds City was officially confirmed, although Chinese fans on the Internet regretted that Hulay did not go to become the King of Madrid or Catalonia, most people still wished him well.

, I am happy that he can take the step of studying abroad. And because he is not going to a wealthy team, it is easier for him to get playing opportunities. The fans can't wait to look forward to Hu Lai's performance in the Premier League...

Some fans dug up a photo of Leeds City Club head coach Tony Clark and discovered that he was exactly the same as one of the two foreign fans interviewed by CCTV before the Olympic team played Argentina. Needless to say, that is

The head coach of Leeds City, it turned out that he went to the Olympic stadium to watch the Olympic team's game specifically to observe Hu Lai. This made netizens exclaim, "I didn't expect that the fate between the two parties had been buried at that time."

 The celebrations on the Internet continued. At the same time, in an elevator apartment in Dongchuan Town next to Jincheng, a middle-aged couple was dejected.

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"...Since Qin Lin ended his overseas career in Germany in 2011 and returned to the Chinese Super League, no male football player in Chinese football has been able to go abroad and prove himself in Europe... And now Hu Lai's transfer to Leeds City is regarded by everyone

A great breakthrough for Chinese football... It is reported that the reason why Hu Lai was able to obtain the Premier League labor permit was due to his outstanding performance during the Olympics, especially the hat trick against the Argentine Olympic team... Leeds City Club's

Mr. Nevin Ball, Director of Athletics, believes that Hulay has extremely high talent, and it is based on this that the Football Association of England passed the special talent clause applied by Leeds City Club for Hulay..."

 “What a special genius…” Qin Qi put down his phone and thought about the news he just saw online.

 Then he turned to look at his father: "Dad, do you think Hu Lai's achievements will surpass yours?"

"What nonsense are you talking about..." Wang Yuan said angrily, wondering if her son had recently entered puberty and was so rebellious that he was on the verge of death every day.

But what surprised Wang Yuan a little was that her husband did not show his son the authority of his father, but nodded: "Absolutely? If today's young people are not as good as me, then what the hell...

"

Wang Yuan coughed and reminded her husband not to say bad words in front of the children.

 Qin Lin also realized this and coughed to cover up his embarrassment.

Qin Qi didn't care about his parents' previous code. He turned to look in the direction of the single-family villa outside the window.

 The season has ended long ago, and all the tenants there have left temporarily, going home or going on vacation.

 They will come back before the start of the new season training in January next year, so the place will be lively again...right?

  Qin Qi was not sure because he thought that neither Hu Lai nor Chen Xingyi would come back here.

 There are only four people left in such a big house. Will they continue to live here?

 The young man realized that it was definitely not just someone leaving, but that his life had also been profoundly changed.

“Dad, am I...can’t play football with them anymore?” Qin Qi asked without looking back.

 Behind him, his father did not answer him. Maybe even he didn't know the answer to this question.

“It would be great if everyone could perform like this season...” Qin Qi sighed.

My mother comforted him: "Is there any banquet in the world that never ends?"

  Qin Qi did not accept his mother's comfort. He was still looking in that direction in trance.

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Luo Kai is sitting in the coach's office of the Dongchuan Middle School football team. There are two jerseys hanging on the wall beside him. One is the jersey of the Chinese Olympic team that won the U23 Asian Cup championship, and the other is the jersey of the Chinese Olympic team that participated in the Olympic Games.

jersey.

 Both jerseys are signed by him.

 Of course it is also signed by Hu Lai.

"It seems you already know the latest news..." Li Ziqiang said to Luo Kai, who was shrouded in low pressure. "I originally thought you wouldn't come today."

Three days ago, Luo Kai made an appointment with him to come see him, but after what happened today, based on Li Ziqiang's understanding of the relationship between Luo Kai and Hu Lai, he thought that Luo Kai would not come, because

I'm afraid he's not in the mood to go out.

Unexpectedly, he saw this young man in his office.

“I promised the coach to come see you.” Luo Kai forced out a smile, but it was uglier than crying.

“It’s actually useless.” Li Ziqiang waved his hand.

 Luo Kai didn’t speak, and the office fell into silence for a while.

This is completely different from the situation when Hu Lai was present. If Hu Lai were here, Li Ziqiang would like to seal his mouth with tape.

 But now facing the silent Luo Kai, Li Ziqiang also felt a little uncomfortable.

 It doesn’t seem surprising at all that these two people can become enemies.

 But it seems that there is no solution to letting Luo Kai sink like this...

Thinking of this, Li Ziqiang took the lead in breaking the silence: "Do you now feel that 'how can you be bright when you are born with excellence'?"

Luo Kai looked up at the coach, his mouth slightly open, but did not answer.

 But his silence already gave the answer.

Li Ziqiang shook his head: "Actually, I think it's lucky that you met Hu Lai. Without him, you would be just an ordinary professional player, and you might not even take the career path... What did you pursue in football at the beginning?

"

 “Yes, I...” Luo Kai defended himself.

Li Ziqiang waved his hand and interrupted him: "Why didn't you go to Jiaxiang in high school? Or simply go to the echelon of a professional team? You also know Hu Lai's initial virtues. Apart from a little talent, he can't do anything. But I give

He completed all the training content he arranged to the letter. I can see that he cherishes the opportunity to play football. Your starting point is countless times higher than him, and your conditions are much better than him, but that

At that time, you were far less pure about football than he was."

Luo Kai was stunned by the coach's merciless words.

"So if you hadn't met Hu Lai, you might have chosen to take the career path, but your achievements would be far less than what you are now. Football may be just a simple job to make money for you... You have

Maybe he still hasn’t played the main role in the team yet." Li Ziqiang continued to say unceremoniously.
To be continued...