The business activities went smoothly. Chang Sheng visited the building of "This Morning Post" and sat and chatted with reporters and editors from the sports department.
He then took a group photo with leading reporters and editors in front of the newspaper's brand wall.
When the time comes, this photo will appear in the newspaper to show off their abilities.
The next night, Chang Sheng brought gifts and was led by Ji Leng to visit Ji Leng's home.
In an ordinary residential area, an ordinary two-bedroom and one-living room, a different dual-income family.
Chang Sheng saw Ji Leng's family.
Ji Leng's family is not sensitive to Chang Sheng's identity. They only know Chang Sheng and Ji Leng's work interviewees.
That's all. An old mother, a woman, and a two-year-old child. They don't watch football, they don't understand football, and they don't know the significance of Chang Sheng as a football coach to Chinese football - this is the Chinese media
formulation.
But being with them, Chang Sheng felt relaxed and comfortable.
He noticed Ji Leng's son running wildly around the house holding the football Ji Leng gave him.
"The kid likes it very much!" Chang Sheng sat on the sofa and looked at Ji Leng's son.
Ji Leng smiled: "It's okay."
Realizing that the adults were talking about him, Ji Leng's son came over and stood in front of Chang Sheng, holding the football and looking at Chang Sheng from outside.
Chang Sheng saw how naive he was, so he reached out and touched the child's short-haired head.
The child looked a little shy and turned around with the football in his arms to find his mother who was busy in the kitchen.
Chang Sheng shouted behind him: "Brother, can you teach you how to play football?"
The child ran around again and asked Chang Sheng: "Do you want to be paid, uncle?"
"Cough!" Ji Leng, who was drinking water, choked.
Ji Leng's wife came out of the kitchen and explained with some embarrassment: "There are interested parties in the nearby Children's Palace, and they all charge money. He must have heard it from somewhere... ahem... kid,
I learn things very quickly..."
Chang Sheng laughed loudly: "It's so cute!"
Then he smiled and said to Ji Leng's son: "I won't charge you any money, but I will give you money. Do you want to learn?"
The child looked very happy holding the football and shouted: "I want it!"
So Chang Sheng turned to Ji Leng and said seriously: "Old Ji, your son has the talent to play football."
Ji Leng grinned: "You are only two years old, what kind of talent do you have..."
"Believe me, come to me when he is five years old, and I promise to train your son!"
"Ahem, we'll talk about it then, we'll talk about it then..."
Chang Sheng turned around and deceived the child: "When you are five years old, you come to your brother and he will teach you how to play football, okay?"
Ji Leng's son nodded vigorously: "Okay, uncle!"
"Ahem, call me brother."
"Okay, uncle!"
"Ahem, call me brother... I am brother."
"Okay, brother and uncle!"
A black line always wins.
Ji Leng, who was next to her, laughed so happily that even her wife covered her mouth and laughed.
Ji Leng's mother, who was standing next to her, pulled her grandson away with a big smile: "Tom and Jerry are about to start, come and watch..."
Before leaving, Ji Leng's son waved to Chang Sheng politely: "Goodbye, brother and uncle."
In a new round of laughter, Chang Sheng felt like crying but had no tears.
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After enjoying a warm home-cooked meal at Ji Leng's house, Chang Sheng stood up and left.
Ji Leng sent him to the road outside the community and hailed a taxi for him.
"In the new season, what are your plans to win more often?" Ji Leng asked him.
"Is this an interview?" Chang Sheng asked.
"Uh, no. I'm just curious." Ji Leng shook his head and said, "If it's inconvenient, you don't have to say..."
Chang Sheng smiled and said: "Ha! No, no problem. This is not a secret. In the new season, we will strive for three consecutive league championships and then make a breakthrough in the Champions League."
Ji Leng's eyes widened: "Three consecutive championships? Isn't it difficult?"
"It's harder than winning two consecutive championships." Chang Sheng shrugged.
At this moment, an empty taxi was stopped and parked next to Chang Sheng.
Ji Leng waved to Chang Sheng: "Then I wish you good luck in the new season!"
"Thank you!" Chang Sheng opened the car door and got in. "The team's registration date is July 16th. We'll see you in Valencia then!"
"See you in Valencia." Ji Leng waved goodbye to the taxi that Chang Sheng called.
Then he turned and walked home.
When he got home and saw his son rolling around on the ground holding a football, he remembered Chang Sheng's words.
Does my son really have the talent to play football?
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Chang Sheng returned to his hometown from Shanghai. As he expected, his parents cooked a table full of his favorite dishes.
This week, Chang Sheng felt like he was living like a pig. Every day he woke up to eat, ate and then slept. He stayed at home all day without going anywhere.
He enjoys this life very much.
If he had lived so decadently in his previous life, he would have made his parents unhappy. But now, his parents have no objection to what he does.
After staying at home for a week, he went north to Beijing to record an interview program for CCTV Sports Channel.
In fact, I asked him to talk about his experience of coaching in Spain and his experience of studying in Europe.
Chang Sheng had already said this once in the "Celebrity Face to Face" column of Madrid TV. This time he just added a story about his experience in Valencia.
The majority of Chinese fans are particularly interested in the details of Chang Sheng's coaching in Valencia.
For example, how he disciplined the stars, how he got along with the pricks. There were also the controversies he caused in Spain, the grievances between him and Real Madrid and Barcelona, the tense relationship between him and the referees...
These are of interest to everyone.
However, time was limited, and the questions asked by the host Zhang Bin were very superficial and did not go into depth.
Even so, the host Zhang Bin, who had finished recording the talk show, still felt that he still had more to say.
He apologized to Chang Sheng and said: "This time our topic selection can only go so far... If you have the opportunity, I must ask you to speak freely."
"For example?" Chang Sheng asked, he felt that Zhang Bin's words were on point.
Zhang Bin is also a man who understands. He smiled: "For example, Chinese football. We can't criticize it yet. But I really want to hear you talk about it. You have coached many teams not only in Spain, but also throughout Europe.
The team has rich coaching experience. And you have been a member of our professional team before, so I would like to hear what you think of the difference between European football and Chinese football. Why European football can be successful, and why we have been professional for so many years.
Despite the reform, we only made it to the World Cup once, and there was also some luck involved. After entering, we didn’t score a single goal or win a game..."
Chang Sheng smiled: "It's a bit cold water to say this now, isn't it?"
Although the Chinese national team suffered three disastrous defeats in last year's World Cup in Japan and South Korea, China's domestic enthusiasm for football has not actually heated up.
In this year, a college graduate named Lin Haitingtao wrote a football novel about YY Chinese players joining the national team and winning glory for the country. Many people still read it, full of fantasies and longings.
I am excited or moved by the performance of the protagonists in the national team. A few years later, if someone writes like this again, I am afraid they will be sprayed to death.
It can be seen from this detail that although Chinese fans at this time have experienced the failure of the World Cup, they are still full of confidence and expectations for Chinese football.
Especially next year's Asian Cup will be held in China, which is another positive stimulus for Chinese fans. Everyone is looking forward to the Chinese national team's breakthrough in winning international championships at home.
It can be said that everyone is enthusiastic, but Chang Sheng can predict the future, so he knows the future development trajectory of Chinese football and the final result of the Chinese team in the Asian Cup.
It seems that after this Asian Cup, Chinese football began to completely slide into the abyss. Chinese fans had lower and lower expectations for the national football team, and eventually many people turned a blind eye. Chinese football has entered a long night of cold winter.
So if Chang Sheng had to say something bad, it would definitely pour cold water on everyone.
Zhang Bin shook his head and said: "So I said I can't say that now, I can only say something that everyone likes to hear."
Chang Sheng also felt a little sad when he thought about the future situation: "If we talk about it later, I'm afraid no one will like to hear it."
"There's nothing you can do about it. I always have to say it. Good advice is harsh to the ears and good medicine is bitter to the mouth."
Chang Sheng sighed in his heart. By that time, it was no longer a question of whether he liked to hear unfavorable advice, but that not many people wanted to hear anything about Chinese football.
In the future, it may have to wait until Gao Hongbo becomes the head coach of the Chinese team before fans' interest in the national team will rise again. Although they still have not made it to the World Cup, they have still performed well in friendly matches against strong teams in international football.
Not bad, and it also broke the 30-year Korean phobia.
Evergrande's entry into the Chinese Super League has also promoted the comprehensive entry of money and capital into the Chinese Super League, Shanghai Shenhua, Dalian Albin, Guizhou Renhe... Money has brought more big-name stars, and big-name stars have increased the viewing pleasure of the Chinese Super League. More and more
Fans returned to the stands of the Chinese Super League.
But the future of Chinese football is still a mystery, and even Chang Sheng, a time traveler, can't see through it. Because he hasn't traveled long enough, if he travels back a hundred years later, maybe he will know some answers...
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"Chinese football problems are too serious. Let's just have a romantic relationship and gossip about celebrities. Ha!" Chang Sheng said with a smile at the end.
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The talk show recorded in Beijing will be broadcast at the end of July, but by that time Chang Sheng has returned to Valencia.
But Chinese football will not be quiet.
Because the commotion he caused was just the prelude to this summer where I was crazy about football.
On June 20 this year, immediately after the presidential election of Barcelona Club, Real Madrid announced that they had reached an agreement with Manchester United. David Beckham would officially transfer to Real Madrid on July 1.
Real Madrid chose this time to announce this news, naturally to attack Barcelona and prevent Barcelona from overpowering Real Madrid in terms of attention and fan confidence due to the change of chairman.
Sure enough, when Real Madrid announced this news, the whole world's attention was attracted by Real Madrid. As for the replacement of the chairman of FC Barcelona...who cares about them!
In addition, this news is a double blow to Barcelona.
None of the three people Laporta promised during his campaign came.
This is equivalent to making Laporta's image in the minds of Barcelona Club members plummet.
Real Madrid, which now has six superstars including Zidane, Figo, Raul, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos and Beckham, is called "Galactic Battleship" by the media. This is the first time this name has appeared in the media.
, since then, it has become synonymous with Real Madrid.
Of course, after the collapse of Galacticos and silence, some media continued to call Real Madrid that way, which caused great dissatisfaction from the Real Madrid club.
Now this team with many superstars is coming to China to compete, which has become the most eye-catching news in the Chinese sports world in this summer without a World Series.
Chinese fans are eagerly looking forward to Real Madrid's visit to China and looking forward to meeting the superstar face to face.
On July 15, the 2003 Real Madrid China Tour Organizing Committee announced the composition of the Chinese Dragons team that will compete with Real Madrid at the Workers' Stadium in Beijing.
It was announced that Real Madrid’s visit to China has officially entered the countdown.
By this time, Chang Sheng was already in Valencia.
The new season is about to begin for coaches.
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