Chapter 3 Two Sides of a Coin
Chu Zhongtian thought that his life would return to normal in the future and he would never see that Princess Duns again. Although he was a beauty, the matter of asking him to join a team as soon as he saw him was really a headache.
As a result, within two days, Emily Stan came to the door again, jumping and jumping.
She brought news to everyone to donate, and also brought news that made Chu Zhongtian feel a headache.
"I asked Yang, and he said that the game was voluntarily participated in the game without pay, and no one had ever given it, let alone the appearance fee of fifty pounds in a game." Emily looked at Chu Zhongtian, who was a little embarrassed because of his lies being exposed.
"You really like playing football, right?"
"I don't like it." Chu Zhongtian said with a gloomy face.
"You're lying."
"Do I cheated you for money?" Chu Zhongtian found it funny. Why did he cheat a stranger?
"Why are you always money? You're really vulgar..." Emily pouted.
"Your Highness, Princess." Chu Zhongtian pointed to the dark beer next to Emily, "That thing is worth four pounds. Can you drink it without money?" Then he pointed to the drinkers who were discussing how to donate, "Aren't you going to set up a new club? Can you do it without money? It's not me, it's the world."
Although I don’t like Chu Zhongtian’s argument, I must admit that what others say makes sense. The world needs money in everything, and there is no way to survive without money. What else can I talk about?
But……
"But besides money, you always have to pursue other things, right? For example, ideals or something... By the way, Chu, do you have ideals?"
Chu Zhongtian did not answer Emily's question immediately, and he fell into deep thought.
Ideal... I have it, but it was in the ten years ago. Since he started to formally learn to play football at the age of six, he had an ideal. In fact, it could not be said to be an ideal at that time, but it could only be a vague idea. Later, as he grew older and his knowledge increased, it gradually became an ideal.
That is - playing football, keep playing like this, making a living by relying on it, not only satisfying one's own interests and hobbies, but also having no worries about food and clothing. How great is it! When you are old, you have watched TV and know that there is a football league. You can become a big star that everyone is looking at and everyone knows. Then your ideals are even more aroused.
Becoming a big star is his ideal upgrade. At that time, he had evolved from satisfying food and clothing to wanting to gain both fame and fortune...
He also had the ideal of playing for the country and galloping on the court in the Chinese national team's jersey. At that time, he was young and did not understand the dark side of Chinese football. He was full of passion and youthfulness. He wanted to turn the situation of Chinese football backward and beaten by his own strength.
The most common dream at that time was to lead the Chinese national team to overcome five hurdles and six players. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Japan and South Korea all took revenge in front of him. The "HK fear" became a past under his feet, making Chinese fans forget the tears and drizzle of Dalian Jinzhou forever. The end of this dream was naturally to lead the Chinese team to the peak of the world football world - to win the World Cup championship and achieve success.
Thinking about it now, I was really naive and ridiculous at that time. How could Chinese football change because of himself? So he stopped dreaming later. Now I don’t want to play for the country anymore, because it is impossible. He looks down on some national team players, but he also knows that his strength is not even qualified to be selected for the national team.
"Chu?" Emily was a little surprised to see Chu Zhongtian suddenly trance.
"Ah? Oh, ideal..." Chu Zhongtian came to his senses, "Yes!"
"What is it?" Emily looked at Chu Zhongtian behind the bar with anticipation.
"Try to make money, find another wife and have a baby."
After a while of silence between the two, Emily realized: "That's it?"
"That's it." Chu Zhongtian nodded.
"You... are really vulgar!" Emily turned around and ignored Chu Zhongtian. She jumped off the stool and walked towards the drinkers who were discussing heatedly to answer their questions.
After all, donations such as money are not negligent. How to donate, how to manage the donated money, how to ensure that no one will use it to do things that have nothing to do with the establishment of a club, how to ensure that no one will embezzle and misappropriate... etc. These all need to be answered by Emily, and then drag Emily to chat with her a few family matters. Emily spent most of her time in the bar answering various questions from fans, and never paid attention to Chu Zhongtian again.
Chu Zhongtian is happy to see it. It is best if Emily doesn't bother him in the future. He can work, go to school and go all the way according to his "ideal". Just take a look at football and other things...
Emily kept repeating the content that she had said countless times to answer the doubts of the drinkers. Chu Zhongtian was busy pouring wine for the drinkers who were thirsty and tongued, and seemed to have stopped thinking about playing football at all.
When he was free, Emily was still busy. Everyone gathered around her and listened to her depicting the bright future of the new club. Even the boss Colin John was among them.
Chu Zhongtian became deserted here, and he lay on the bar, a little bored. Emily's four coins bought by wine were placed on the table, and she didn't have time to take them back. He looked at the four coins in a daze.
He suddenly remembered that he was very good at multiple-choice questions.
Chu Zhongtian found himself very good at multiple-choice questions in high school. The accuracy rate of blind quiz is very high, far higher than that of ordinary people. Some people when they encounter questions that they don’t know how to do, they write "a", "b", "c" and "d" on four sides of the eraser, and then roll the dice and fill in which one to roll. Chu Zhongtian does not roll the dice, at least not on the table. In his heart, there seems to be a dice, which is constantly spinning, and when he stops, he will tell him which one to choose. It’s very mysterious? In fact, it’s just blind quiz. Close your eyes and fill it out casually, but in this way, the accuracy rate of his concealment is higher than that of ordinary people. So during the exam, if the multiple-choice questions account for more points, his scores are often very good.
This is not a superpower, it is a talent.
He often chooses the right side of this kind of gambling choice. But if he uses this intuition to gamble, it will not work at all. This discovery made him depressed for a long time - he still imagined that he could not play football and could go to Las Vegas to be a gambling king.
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Sports news is being played on the bar's big screen TV. It's a follow-up report about Wimbledon's moving.
Everyone stopped talking for the time being and looked up at the TV.
"…After a meeting of three senior executives, the FA England agreed to the request of Wimbledon Football Club to move to Milton Keynes at noon today..."
In the bar, there was a silence except for the sound of the TV. Almost everyone expected this result, and no one had unrealistic fantasies.
No one scolded Winkelman this time, and they instead discussed how to donate, how to set up a trust fund, and how to carry out the club's work. Emily was also among the people discussing. In their words, something called "hope" faintly appeared.
Chu Zhongtian felt that all this had nothing to do with him. He was not Duns, and he had no spare money.
Emily decided to say goodbye, and she walked up to Chu Zhongtian again: "I still hope you can think about it seriously, Chu."
"I thought you wouldn't have any unrealistic fantasies about me in the future." Chu Zhongtian was a little surprised. He really didn't expect Emily to turn back and bring up the old story again.
"Although you are very vulgar, you are right. This is the vulgar world. We are all vulgar people. It has nothing to do with whether you play football or not." Emily smiled.
"Why me?" Chu Zhongtian spread his hands to her.
"Because I happened to watch you play football, because I just happened to think you played well, because we just needed manpower." Emily said three "because". "It's not a big loss for you to try. Are you worried that you won't be able to choose?"
Chu Zhongtian shook his head. He didn't even want to go, worried that he wouldn't be able to choose?
"I don't like playing football, and I don't play as well as you said. I'm not interested in participating in your team's trials. I'm so sorry, Miss Emily Stan." Chu Zhongtian refused. He looked stern and thought that he had said so clearly. Is the other party still boring to make fun of himself? I really think that a beauty is three points bigger than others' face? Sorry, I don't want to take this trick.
Seeing Chu Zhongtian like this, Emily couldn't say anything else. She was just a kind invitation, so why did she feel like she was begging him? "What a pity, but I hope this will not affect our friendship." She stretched out her hand to Chu Zhongtian again.
Chu Zhongtian was a little puzzled when he became the girl's friend? Out of the most basic politeness, he still stretched out his hand and held it with Emily. As felt last time, it was soft and warm.
After pulling his hand out, Emily said goodbye. Before leaving, she promised Boss John that she would come again in a few days, and everyone was very happy. No one noticed their bartender's face full of worries.
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Emily is gone, and everyone's discussion on the future of Wimbledon football continues.
Chu Zhongtian found that he was always thinking about Emily's words, as if he was in a devil and could not be suppressed. He was not thinking about whether he wanted to join that new team, but the fact that Emily came to him was always lingering in his mind and could not be dispelled. Such a mental state was obviously not good at doing a good job, so he made several mistakes.
This attracted the attention of Boss John. Chu Zhongtian knew that he was a hardworking and responsible young man who rarely made problems at work and made continuous mistakes like never before.
After he found out that Emily had left, Chu Zhongtian began to lose his mind. So he turned his eyes and knew why. "Emily is such a good girl." He said to Chu Zhongtian.
Chu Zhongtian was full of thoughts, so he naturally didn't care about the boss's strong hint. He just said "yes".
"I heard that there are many people pursuing her, but she doesn't like any of them."
What does this have to do with me? Chu Zhongtian finally came to his senses and said in his heart.
Seeing that Chu Zhongtian still had no expression, he simply asked directly: "What makes you so absent-minded, Chu?"
Chu Zhongtian hesitated for a moment and decided to tell the truth. Boss John was nice to him, so he didn't need to lie to this good man.
“Emily wants me to go to the trial in New Wimbledon…”
"Huh?" Boss John was a little surprised. "You can play football?"
"Yes...I've been accepted in China for a few years..."
Boss John doesn't care how many years of training he has received in China. He asked: "Why didn't you tell me? Our team has always been short of people. If you say you can play football, I'll take you..." He seemed a little angry.
The "our team" he mentioned refers to a team that specializes in the Sunday League (sunday_league). The Sunday League is an amateur league, which is independent of the English league system. However, teams participating in this league can apply to join the league system. Most of these teams are composed of drinkers or golfers in the bar, and are also called "bar teams" (pub_team). In many old bars in the UK, you can see rows of team family photos and honors, etc. on the wall of the Duns Bar, Chu Zhongtian has seen their team photos. Although the boss is fat, he has to play football on the community court every Sunday, and at that time he has to stay in the bar to take care of business. However, the business on Sunday will be slightly worse because everyone is playing football.
"But you didn't ask me, boss..." Chu Zhongtian looked aggrieved.
"Uh..." Boss John was also a little embarrassed. What Chu Zhongtian said was the truth. He didn't ask others, and he wouldn't know that his team was short of people. "Continue, keep talking."
"She has watched me play and must let me go to the trial."
"Then go." As a die-hard Wimbledon fan, he would not have any other considerations for the good things about Wimbledon's football. After saying this, he found that Chu Zhongtian looked embarrassed. "Are you afraid that playing football there and delaying my work here? It's okay." He waved his hand generously, "If you really go, I have to cheer for you. Besides, when school starts, you only have four hours of working hours every day, which is no different from playing football now."
"You can't be busy by yourself, boss. You have such a good business here, sometimes I can't be busy..."
"I'll recruit another one, don't worry, I won't drive you away. If you really become a Wimbledon player, it's my bar's signboard. How could I drive you away? Hey!" At this point, Boss John laughed.
Chu Zhongtian thought if there was really a day, should he ask the boss for the endorsement fee?
"I think I can try it. But this matter is yours, and it depends on you in the end. If you want to go, then go, don't worry about me. If you don't want to go, I don't say anything. Don't feel any pressure just because I'm a Wimbledon fan and your boss, Chu."
Looking at this kind-looking boss, Chu Zhongtian nodded: "I'm not under pressure, boss." Because I didn't want to go at all, he added in his heart.
Boss John patted Chu Zhongtian on the shoulder and walked away without saying anything. He was in a hurry to discuss the future of the new Wimbledon with his old friends.
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ps, the first update today, there is another update at 6 pm~~~
This chapter will give a simple review of Chu Zhongtian's past. In addition, the setting of Chu Zhongtian's blind maze with a high accuracy rate is really intuition, not superpowers. Some people's intuition is sharper than ordinary people, and they seem to always say what is going to happen - generally speaking, most of the bad things are. We generally call this kind of person "crow's mouth"... Bah bah bah bah bah!
Because this is not a legend of the city's gambling god, I set it up as not to use it to gamble and get rich. I hope my classmates understand that after all, what everyone is going to read is a football novel, not an urban superpower novel...
ps2, the new book is basically naked in the first week. Please continue to vote, reward, collect, and promote support~~~~! Lin Hai thanked me!!
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Chapter completed!