When Metz returned to Metz with the European Super Cup, they were welcomed by the whole city. Metz players are no strangers to this scene, and the scene was so sensational when they won the French Cup and the League Cup.

Metz's fans lined up on both sides of the road, shouting Chu Zhongtian's name because the best player in this game was Chu Zhongtian. Someone else posted a slogan: "As long as there is Chu, it's OK!", indicating that they did not feel sorry for Ribery's transfer at all.

Faced with such enthusiastic fans, Chu Zhongtian had to appear on the top floor of the double-decker bus and waved to them to thank them.

Everyone's face was filled with a happy smile, and they were happy from the results they achieved.

Finally, the team ended the parade at the Forian Stadium in Saint Mountain. The fans shouted long live Metz and gradually dispersed.

The joy that the European Super Cup brought to Metz fans quickly passed.

In the league, although Chu Zhongtian made a comeback, the team's performance was far less good than they did in the European Super Cup.

Perhaps the league's opponents cannot reach the level of AC Milan, which makes the Metz players who have seen the world feel a little bit unhappy.

In the league, the team's performance fluctuated and Metz's performance went up and down throughout September.

The situation gradually improved in October, but because there were too many games in the early stage of the league, even if they won all three games in October, it would be useless to the rankings, and they were still ranked outside the 14th place.

Compared with the same rankings in the previous two seasons, the fourteenth is really bad. You should know that they were among the top three at that time.

The only thing that is gratifying is that they have good results in the League Cup, and qualifying in the group stage should not be a problem.

At the same time, Ribery, who transferred from Metz to Bayern, quickly conquered local fans and quickly became the absolute main force of the team. German media sang praises for him every weekend.

Although Ribery left Metz, he would still care about Metz's achievements - in fact, he mainly cared about his good friend Chu Zhongtian.

He was doing well in Munich, just like he was instigating Chu Zhongtian.

"Come to me, man!" Ribery said in the phone call to Chu Zhongtian, "We can play the Champions League together next season! Let those giant teams see how powerful we are!"

Chu Zhongtian was not interested in Ribery's invitation, and he declined every time. "Bayern is not interested in me, and I am not interested in them either, Frank. It seems that we are destined to be opponents."

"Damn it!"

※※After October, the team's form gradually recovered. Ibisevic, who performed well last season, exploded this season in November. In November, he scored five goals in three league games and was elected Player of the Month.

At first, Metz's local media shouted the title of "Metz's Three Musketeers". The so-called "Three Musketeers" are naturally different from the original "Three Musketeers". After Frank Ribery left, Metz's Three Musketeers fell apart.

At this time, Ibisevic exploded strongly, which made the media full of hope. The names of the three musketeers were given to him. He, Chu Zhongtian and Menez formed the three musketeers of Metz.

So what does Ibisevic think about this?

In an interview, he said that the titles were called out by the media, and he was only happy that he could help the team and didn't care about the titles or other things.

So far this season, he has scored ten league goals and four goals in the League Cup. Last season, he only scored seventeen goals on all fronts, and the progress is obvious to all.

Lorraine media praised Fernandez for giving Bosnia and Black people the confidence they finally received rewards at this time.

Metz left Ribery and got another Ibissevic who could keep scoring goals. Over time, the impact of Ribery's departure is gradually weakening.

In addition, during this period, Chu Zhongtian received a formal notice from the Beijing Olympic Committee that he was elected as the torchbearer at the Paris Station of the Beijing Olympic Torch Global Relay Activity.

This is the result of Xu Xiaodi's hard work for him. With his status in French football, his familiarity with former French President Chirac, and his popularity among domestic fans, after Xu Xiaodi's application, the Beijing Olympics agreed to let Chu Zhongtian be the torchbearer.

On April 7, 2008, he will appear on the streets of Paris, as the second torchbearer, jogging for hundreds of meters with the torch of the Beijing Olympics.

This is very good news for Chu Zhongtian and a supreme honor. Being selected as an overseas torchbearer made him more than just a football player. This is also good news for the team of agents serving Chu Zhongtian, which means that Chu Zhongtian's personal image has been further improved. When he boards the Beijing Olympics, his fame will rise like a high-speed train. It will be easier for him to promote commercially.

Olympic torchbearer, this is an amazing resume.

For Chinese football, this is hard to explain.

Chu Zhongtian is the only Chinese football player to be a torchbearer. Apart from him, no other Chinese male football player has become a torchbearer. If it weren't for Chu Zhongtian's only hope for Chinese football in European football and leading Metz to the League Cup championship, he would probably not be qualified to be a torchbearer.

There are a lot of people participating in the torch relay this time, and it is also the longest route for the torch relay. In addition to the torch benches selected by the public, other people who can participate in the torch relay must be elites from all walks of life and top figures. The image of Chinese men's football athletes is too poor. If they are allowed to participate in the torch relay, it will lead to strong protests from sponsors. The Olympic Committee will not do such a thing as shooting itself in the foot, because the Chinese men's football team is insulting the Olympic flame... Only Chu Zhongtian has become a special case in Chinese football with his professional spirit and good image.

After seeing Chu Zhongtian being announced as the Olympic torchbearer, reporters flocked to the crowd and appeared frequently in the media. I really don’t know what other Chinese men’s football players feel.

In fact, after Chu Zhongtian won the League Cup, the Chinese Football Association originally planned to focus on Chu Zhongtian as "Yao Ming in the football world". When Chinese football is getting worse and worse, being able to launch a big star will obviously help to restore the reputation of Chinese football and enhance the image of Chinese football.

However, Chu Zhongtian turned a blind eye to the Football Association's show of kindness, and his relationship with the Football Association was limited to entering the national team competition. Apart from this, he had no relationship with the Football Association. What made the Football Association unable to come to Taiwan was that Chu Zhongtian was absent due to injury in the Asian Cup competition, which required results.

Although Chu Zhongtian was indeed injured, the officials of the Football Association obviously did not think it was just an injury. Many people within them firmly believed that Chu Zhongtian was intentionally injured, and at the same time exaggerated his injury to refuse to play for the country... The Football Association did not want Chu Zhongtian to be so glorious about this torchbearer, but the General Administration of Sports came down and said that Chu Zhongtian is the most famous and accomplished among Chinese football players. Do you think he was asked to represent Chinese football as a torchbearer?

The leaders of the General Administration of Sports said this, what can the Football Association below do? They can only bite the bullet and recommend Chu Zhongtian to be the torchbearer. Despite this, seeing such a disobedient player so glorious, the Football Association officials were really angry. They have been looking for opportunities to find the lost venue.

※※※On December 1st, the day before the 16th round of the league, before Metz played against Ausselle at home, Chu Zhongtian celebrated his 24th birthday. Emily, her parents, Mathilde, Lin Beiyao, two economic people, familiar reporters, John boss, and others, and of course, her teammates and coaches at Metz all sent her birthday wishes.

Considering that the next day was a key match with Ausselle, Chu Zhongtian did not hold any banquet. He just accepted the cake from his teammates in the locker room. Of course, after he took a bite, he smeared all the cakes on his face.

The next day, Metz defeated Aussel 2:1 at home. Metz won a penalty in the game, and Promune gave the penalty to Chu Zhongtian, who had not scored a goal this season.

Chu Zhongtian did not refuse and continued to use his way of not assisting and swinging his feet on the spot to knock the ball into Ausserl's goal. This was Metz's second goal. Before that, Ausser just equalized the score for less than ten minutes. This goal helped the team achieve the final victory.

A victory and a goal are also considered Chu Zhongtian’s birthday gift.

When Emily called Chu Zhongtian to congratulate him on his happy birthday, she also told Chu Zhongtian another good news. After half a year of preparation, the Chinese restaurant designed by Chu Zhongtian will open in Los Angeles soon.

After many meetings and discussions, the current restaurant is already different from what Chu Zhongtian imagined.

First of all, this is not a McDonald's-style fast food restaurant that can be seen in the desert. Secondly, this restaurant not only sells Chinese snacks and snacks, but also makes Chinese food. Third, unlike Yao Ming's restaurant with a strong sports style, this restaurant is based on the idea of ​​football player Chu Zhongtian, but it has nothing to do with football. Emily's mother Miranda positioned it as a mid-to-high-end consumption place.

The distribution of the restaurant's shares was also made into an agreement. The Chu Zhongtian family was represented by his father as the legal representative, holding 50% of the shares, Emily family holding 30%, Merry invested 5% of the shares, and Xu Xiaodi used his personal relationship to win over Mr. Carl Johnson, a person with extensive connections in Hollywood, invested 12%.

The name of the restaurant is not like Yao Ming's "Yao Restaurant" to increase his popularity. In the United States, although Chu Zhongtian gave Emily's blessing some popularity and had advertisements, his popularity on the court did not help his business at all. Chu Zhongtian did not intend to use this popularity to hype his own restaurant.

So the restaurant has a very tacky but very Chinese-style name - "Great China".

This name was obtained by Chu Zhongtian. After thinking for a long time, he felt that it was the best name. The meaning was concise and clear, and it was obvious at a glance that this restaurant was a Chinese restaurant, not an Indian, Japanese, Korean cuisine... and this name is very imposing. Great China, Great China, the word "big" is the finishing touch.

After the name was chosen, Chu Zuosheng asked a calligrapher to write the name of the shop.

As for site selection, decoration, recruiting employees, hiring chefs from China, and hiring folk artists, it is not a problem for Chu Zhongtian to worry about things like this, and someone will help him take care of it.

The only part that Chu Zhongtian originally imagined was the exhibition of Chinese folk art. A special area would be opened in the restaurant to display and sell these traditional Chinese handicrafts. Because this was what Chu Zhongtian forced to leave, he didn't care whether doing so could bring better benefits to the restaurant. He just wanted to keep some childhood memories.

The restaurant decoration is also very Chinese. Emily believes that only the original oriental characteristics can attract American diners. Now, as China's international influence increases, Americans are also very interested in this country. As for traditional Chinese delicacies, it is even more like a try.

The "Great China" restaurant is expected to open on Christmas Day. This is a very Western-style day and it is also a coordinated and fusion of Eastern and Western cultures.

On the day of opening, Chu Zuosheng, as the owner of the restaurant, must go. After finishing the away league with Lorient, Chu Zhongtian will fly from Paris to Los Angeles to attend the opening ceremony, but he will be very low-key.

Emily will go there too, and she will be the protagonist at that time. She and Miranda have invited many good friends in the Hollywood circle to support her.

Local media also reported this incident, asking Emily's fortune. Before the restaurant opened, it became famous. Yao Restaurant used Yao Ming's fame to promote free publicity, while Greater Chinese Restaurant used Emily's fame, and the same ended in different ways.

※※ On the evening of December 22, Metz defeated Lorient 2:0 away and rose to seventh place. Now it is only three points away from the qualification for European competition next season.

After the game, Fernandez announced that the team would be on holiday and return to the team on January 2 to prepare for the first game after the New Year, the French Cup on January 4.

The next day, Chu Zhongtian said goodbye to his teammates, headed straight to Paris, France, and then arrived in Los Angeles by plane.

This time, Emily took him to meet his mother.

Since the two companies have business cooperation, it is impossible to say that Miranda will avoid Chu Zhongtian anymore. It has been a year and a half since the incident, and Miranda's indignation at the beginning has long since eased.

To put it bluntly, if the man Emily falls in love with can give her happiness and still has money, it is nothing bad for Miranda. Anyway, even choosing those Hollywood men is the same standard. To be rich, be good to Emily. Money is the most important thing. Miranda believes that a man without money cannot give Emily happiness. Love needs to be based on reality, and the most realistic thing is naturally money.

This is the first time Chu Zhongtian has met Emily's mother face to face.

Although he had heard that Emily had a mother who had been very strict with her since she was attending Wimbledon Art School, he had never seen her. He also knew that Emily's mother did not agree with him dating Emily.

But since Emily sneaked out to date him despite her mother's opposition, how could he be able to back down as a man?

So this time he bravely faced the legendary terrifying mother Emily.

In fact, from the outside, Miranda is a kind and charming middle-aged woman, and has nothing to do with "terrible".

She smiled and called Chu Zhongtian to sit down, and the first sentence scared Chu Zhongtian: "I have met your father."

"The restaurant is about to open, and our two largest shareholders always need to meet each other." She explained when she saw Chu Zhongtian was a little surprised.

During the conversation between the two, Emily always sat next to Chu Zhongtian, holding his arm and smiling.

Emily's mother is easier to deal with than Chu Zhongtian imagined before, perhaps because of her different identities now. If she was still a poor student, she would probably not even have the chance to be here.

Sure enough, having money is a good thing, and having money and status is better.

Miranda did not take the initiative to mention the relationship between Chu Zhongtian and her daughter, and Chu Zhongtian did not say anything like "Please allow me to be with your daughter". The two talked about the weather in Los Angeles, business, and Emily's new movie, and it took an afternoon like that.

But Chu Zhongtian knew that this already represented Emily's mother's attitude.

At least it goes from opposing to not opposing, to limited acceptance.

This is already amazing.

He doesn't expect more.

In the evening, Miranda stayed Chu Zhongtian for dinner at home. After dinner, Chu Zhongtian did not leave, so he lived in Emily's home.

This is another attitude of acquiescence.

After Emily pulled Chu Zhongtian into her room, she raised two fingers to Chu Zhongtian and compared a "v" gesture.

"My mom asked me and you wherever you have gone, and I told her we did everything!" Emily smiled proudly. Then she took the initiative to kiss.

Chu Zhongtian hugged his girlfriend tightly and might become his wife in the future. After the two of them let go after kissing for a long time, they both gasped and looked at each other with red cheeks.

Emily laughed first.

Chu Zhongtian also laughed.

"I love you, Amy."
To be continued...