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Chapter 47 Dating

No one will doubt the strength of these two yellow-skinned and dark-haired Chinese. After they signed a new contract with the team, Zhang Jun scored two goals in two league rounds, Yang Pan scored one goal and two assists, helping Warren Dam expand his unbeaten game to ten games. These include eight league rounds and two cup games.

China is now crazy about Zhang and Yang, and CCTV5's special "Two Stars Glory of the Netherlands" broadcast, has even added a spoonful of oil to the fire. Now, you can say that you don't know the conflict between Beckham and Ferguson, nor do you know whether the Italian Football League is 18 or 20, but as a Chinese and a Chinese fan, you can't ignore where Warren Dam is, on the Internet, newspapers, TV, and on the walls of the toilet... There are news about Zhang Jun and Yang Pan everywhere.

Zhang Jun called Sophie to pay attention to "The World Football" at 7:30 on Monday night. Sophie went around to find places to watch TV, and the TV in the cafeteria would not be played because they were off work at that time. Finally, Sophie ran to a video hall to watch it. She and Zhang Jun and Yang Pan came here to watch the game all night.

"Monday (today) night, 19:30, CCTV5—"World Football", interview with Zhang Jun and Yang Pan, please stay tuned! Ticket price: 2 yuan per ticket."

This is an advertisement written on a blackboard next to the video hall. Sophie saw a lot of such advertisements along Huangshan Road. Almost a TV set that can receive CCTV5 is in business with fans and students. This situation seems to be comparable to it only in the 2002 World Cup. Sophie saw that many people had already entered the door and took up seats. It is only a little past six:30 pm. She was afraid that she would not have a seat if she went late, so she had to pay two yuan. The boss stuffed her a square "ticket" cut from a cigarette box. This is the voucher she paid for watching TV and would not be kicked out because she didn't pay.

The "Showroom" is just the lobby of this small shop, because there is no light on, it is a bit dark. Only the fluorescent light of the TV screen flashes, reflecting the people coming in and out. Sophie, plus this time, only came twice, and she was a little cautious. She felt a little dangerous because she looked at the boys (people) who were smoking cigarettes and shouting loudly. But later, when she heard a group of people blushing over whether it was Zhang Jun or Yang Pan, she felt relieved. Because Zhang Jun told her that people who took football so seriously would not be bad people.

Sophie couldn't help laughing. Her voice was so outstanding that the two gangs immediately stopped arguing and turned their heads to look at Sophie, scaring Sophie.

"Hey! You!" One of the boys pointed at Sophie and said, "What are you laughing at! We talked about it very funny, right?" The room was too dark, and he couldn't see Sophie's appearance clearly, otherwise he wouldn't have time to flatter him, so how could he be so impolite?

"Ah? No, no, no..." Sophie waved her hand quickly.

"No? Humph! A girl is also here to join in the fun. Now football is really sad. It has become a fashion that many people use to show off!" The man turned his head disdainfully.

Sophie was angry by this sentence. She studied football with Zhang Junyangpan since her first year of high school, and was also a manager for Shuguang for three years. Although she couldn't play, she could fully understand football games and analyze some of the things behind football news. She is a girl, but she is not an idiot. "Hey, you!" She followed her example, "Don't look down on people casually! What's wrong with girls? Why can't girls watch football?"

The man was criticized by the woman and was not to be outdone - in fact, how could he show weakness in front of girls? A group of classmates would definitely despise him collectively when they go back and spread the matter widely - he said disdainfully: "Girls? Watch football only to look at the upper body, and whoever looks handsome will like. Nothing except screaming, they are all Beckham's 'star chasers'..."

"What's wrong with Beckham? Do you don't like him?"

"Look! I've started talking to my idol! Beckham, the most disgusting thing is him! He eats things all day long with his face, changes his hairstyle every three days, and goes to Hollywood... Is he playing football or performing a show?"

"Beckham is born with handsomeness. What hairstyle does he change and where to go is also his freedom. Men hate him, so they are jealous, right? Why didn't they see his accurate free kick, accurate cross, penetrating long passes and tireless running on the court?"

"You must be a Beckham fan?" someone asked Sophie next to him.

"no."

"Who do you like?"

"I like Zhang Jun!" Sophie raised her head and replied.

The room was quiet for a while, and then everyone laughed: "Haha! Don't be stupid! They are big stars, heroes and beautiful women, why do they like you? Don't be foolish anymore, alas! Why are there so many lunatics these days? Girls are really childish! Haha!"

Sophie looked at the room where people were laughing and ignored them. They didn't know anything anyway, and it was just a waste of talk to them. The show was about to begin, and she focused her energy on the TV screen and turned a deaf ear to the sarcasm around her.

"Football in the world is the purest football, the most advanced enjoyment!" With that familiar opening, everyone focused their attention on the screen, and a good show is about to be staged. For domestic fans, they can understand their idol's training, life and competitions so closely through the TV screen, which should be said to be better than having a sumptuous and luxurious meal.

Because of this special film, the content of the five major leagues in the last round was compressed into several key match introductions and top ten goals highlights. The remaining hour was all used to play the edited special film "Double Stars Glory of the Netherlands".

Qi Wei appeared in the live broadcast room, and he began to introduce the interview to everyone in a very familiar voice.

"I think I have been looking forward to the following part as a general audience, right? In fact, our reporters have been looking forward to this interview to the Netherlands for a long time, and finally took a trip last week. In six days, we have photographed some issues that everyone is very concerned about. For example, how did Zhang Jun and Yang Pan live in the Netherlands, their training situation, their relationship with the players, coach's evaluation, and the game. I believe that many viewers have learned about that game through yesterday's sports news. The two young players performed very well and each scored a goal. Below, let's take a look at this small film and show the audience a week from the perspective of our reporter..."

"Viagra, what are you doing?"

Qi Wei turned around and said helplessly to the person who was talking: "Jianxiang, didn't you say it? Don't call me like that. It would be bad if someone thinks it wrong."

"Haha! I think your name is deliberately made people think in a wrong way!" Wang Jianxiang, a famous football commentator in CCTV5, can be regarded as Qi Wei's senior.

Qi Wei ignored him, the more he paid attention to him, the more he became more excited, and he turned around and went to work hard.

"What are you doing?"

"Transformed this issue of "Double Stars Glory of the Netherlands" into VCD and engraved a plate."

"What are you doing?"

"Send it to them!"

"Who?"

"Zhang Jun and Yang Pan."

"Hehe, after a round of interviews, are you friends? Next time it's my turn, don't argue with me!"

"Haha!" Qi Wei laughed. He snatched this interview task from Wang Jianxiang.

"You are serious, you feel a lot when you come back. The movie originally planned to be half an hour, but you just cut it into an hour."

"Yes! Two young men, who are only about twenty years old, are alone in a foreign land, supporting the image and hope of the entire Chinese football. Warren Dam is a small club, and their weekly salary is very low. They live in the apartment provided by the club, go to the supermarket to buy things, cook by themselves, and take care of their own diet and daily life. They have no business background and gain a foothold in the team and the Dutch Super League. At first, I thought they were geniuses like many people, but after contacting them, I realized that there are many kinds of geniuses, and they are diligent geniuses."

"After saying so much, it seems that the trip to the Netherlands has helped you a lot!"

"Oh, I hope there are more players like this in China, so that Chinese football will have hope."

"Ho ho! There will be those players you mentioned." Wang Jianxiang smiled.

"Ah? What does it mean?" Qi Wei was a little surprised. His words were just casual words. They wouldn't be so accurate, right? It seems that he is going to buy lottery tickets tomorrow.

"Guess who I met some time ago?" Wang Jianxiang blinked at him.

"How do I know?"

"Qiu Suhui!"

Qi Wei almost jumped up immediately: "He? Is it him? Didn't he disappear in the Chinese football world? I heard that he was a brief assistant coach at Warrendham some time ago, but later he didn't know where he went. Where did you meet him?"

"Beijing, at the preparation meeting of the Chinese Football Association for the National U21 League next year. He is the head coach of the youth team of Henan Zhongyuan Club and has been on duty for a month. I talked with him for an afternoon, and on the day he returned to Zhengzhou. I promised him not to take notes, record or take videos, and he agreed to talk to me. He didn't seem to like reporters very much, so I told him that my identity is not a football reporter or a football commentator, but as an ordinary Chinese fan."

"Oh? What have you all talked about?" Qi Wei was interested in this.

"Hehe! Sorry, I promised him not to leak a lot, but I can hear the hope of Chinese football from his words."

"I can't really say it?" Qi Wei looked at Wang Jianxiang with a slanted eye.

"Ho ho! I will naturally not say it when I shouldn't say it. You can continue to be busy, I'll get off work." Wang Jianxiang put on his coat, patted Qi Wei on the shoulder, and turned around and left.

Watching Zhang Jun and Yang Pan chatting with each other on TV, cooking and watching TV by themselves. Sophie felt that they were by their side, like a freshman, going to the cafeteria to have dinner together, surfing the Internet, and watching football together...

Although I often see their faces in newspapers and news and hear Zhang Jun's voice from the phone, I can see them living their daily lives on TV like this, communicating with her face to face through the screen - Sophie thought so, even though the two were actually talking to reporters outside the painting.

"Why don't you go and help?"

"Zhang Jun said that the more I help, the more I help, I always have to beat over something before I can stop, so I won't let me go into the kitchen."

Qi Wei laughed outside the painting, the audience laughed in front of the TV, and Sophie was laughing too. It was really the same, very real, not to find someone to act according to the script, not a movie...

The noise of the stadium was heard on TV. Veronica was a small stadium, but the stands of 6,000 people were all full of vocals.

"This game is a severe test for Warrendam, Zhang and Yang, because they are facing Helenfin, who is ranked fifth. Warrendam needs to win, and Zhang Jun and Yang Pan also need to fight back against those doubtful gazes before the game through victory. Bayes' mistake in the first half put Warrendam in a very unfavorable situation, and Zhang Jun and Yang Pan were also watched by their opponents and did nothing."

Sophie has seen the goal scenes displayed on sports news, but she is still infected by the atmosphere on the scene and becomes nervous.

"Zhang Jun's shot at the small angle before the end of the first half hit the post. This was Warren Dam's most threatening attack in the first half."

The sighs of fans on TV were synchronized with those in front of the TV, and everyone sighed loudly: "What a pity!"

Watching the football hit the post and out of bounds, Sophie tilted her head a little later and frowned.

"During the intermission, Adriansey was furious in the locker room. It can be seen that he really wanted to win this game. However, he did not blame Zhang Jun and Yang Pan, and he was still very satisfied with the performance of the two young Chinese players."

"The situation changed in the second half. An opponent's pass mistake gave Warren Dam a chance, and Zhang Jun also gave Zhang Jun a chance. Facing the blockade of an opponent's defender and goalkeeper, Zhang Jun scored the most beautiful goal in the game! A very, very wonderful Cruyff turned around! Veronica was boiling!"

Not only Veronica was excited. Although she had watched the goal on TV, when it appeared in front of everyone again, it was still excited in front of the TV.

"Beautiful! So beautiful!"

"Damn! I'm speechless!"

"It's melted! Beautiful pussy!"

Almost everyone in the video hall stood up and cheered, and Sophie was no exception.

"Then, Yang Pan scored the winning goal with his long shot that he was good at. Before the end of the game, Zhang Jun had the chance to score twice, but unfortunately his reverse hook shot hit the crossbar. In the end, Warrendam defeated Helenfin 2-1 at home and rose two places in this game."

"... Yang Pan, with distinctive characteristics, is like a ball of fire, coming in a fierce and unstoppable manner. Just like on the right side of his rule, all those who dare to stop him will be killed without mercy! And what I have always impressed Zhang Jun is his smile. He is like a gust of wind, smiling calmly, breeze blows on his face, rolling up leaves, and gently cuts your throat when you relax your vigilance... Taking the general's head among the troops is like taking objects, and you can escape without any blood."

"One is King Kong, the other is the Smiling Killer. In the small Dutch town of Warrendam, I saw hope for six days and nights when I was with them..."

The "Screenhouse" lights up again, and advertisements are still being played on the unclosed TV. The people have dispersed, leaving only the boss and the worker cleaning there, preparing to welcome a new group of guests.

Sophie was in a very happy mood because she and Zhang Jun had a date in their hearts again. This time, the feeling was more pleasant than reading newspapers and making phone calls. There were pictures and sounds. Zhang Jun's face became darker, but his voice did not change, and his smile did not change.
Chapter completed!
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