Chapter 230 Meeting in Huadu(1/2)
After the league ended, the World Cup qualifiers began immediately. However, the Chinese team, which was sure to win, did not give the other three teams a chance to turn the tables. Qiu Suhui recalled all the players who played in the foreign league again. On June 3, he defeated Australia in Chengdu, and on June 9, he defeated Kuwait away and qualified in advance. Nowadays, the Chinese team and qualifying for the World Cup are no longer a sensational news, because in the eyes of Chinese people, qualifying for the World Cup is natural for such a powerful national team.
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"The Chinese have entered the Italian football world in all respects!" This is the most eye-catching news in Italian football in just one week after Fiorentina became the new league champion with the help of three Chinese players.
On the third day after the team won the league championship, the Fiorentina Club officially announced that due to the personnel transfer of Rez Group, Jalimian will no longer serve as the chairman of the Fiorentina Club, and he will be replaced by a young Chinese - Ren Yudi.
This incident also caused a huge response in Florence, beyond the expectations of some analysts. Although the fans also protested, the protest was not as large as they had predicted.
First of all, Ren Yudi chose a very good time. Announcing this matter when the team won the league championship, focusing on the whole and the situation was very good, can dilute a lot of dissatisfaction.
Secondly, with his tough attitude, even if the fans oppose it, it cannot interfere with him. Since Fiorentina has been acquired by Rez Group, the change of chairman is just a personnel transfer within the group, and fans cannot put any pressure on the club in protest.
Of course, there are also adverse effects. Zhang Jun always disagrees with Ren Yudi coming to the front desk, because this will inevitably expose Ren Yudi's identity and the relationship between the two will be exposed, which will make both of them very embarrassed.
After a year of delay, Ren Yudi finally couldn't help but walk out. He knew that his identity would be exposed if he did this, but he cherished the time he could spend with Zhang Jun more. He was not afraid that others would know his relationship with Zhang Jun, nor was he afraid that reporters would guess that he acquired Florence for Zhang Jun. He was a person who would ignore others' opinions once he did it.
The protesters still go to the club's office building every day to demonstrate, but Ren Yudi knew that these protesters were the people who protested when Jialimian came to power. In other words, those who didn't like them still didn't like them. Ren Yudi did not intend to let these people change their views on the team, but those who liked continued to like them. This is the group that Ren Yudi wanted to keep.
So he quickly regarded the protests of those people as a good pastime after work and did not take them seriously. In addition to strengthening the team's players' strength, he now has another very important thing waiting for him to do.
Standing outside the shabby Frankie Stadium and looking at the gray exterior walls and rusty iron railings, Ren Yudi imagined what it would be like to look like after he boarded a helicopter.
A "small" stadium that can only accommodate more than 46,000 people... Ren Yu snorted.
"This summer, the stadium will be expanded, and the stands must be completed before the next season's Italian Cup. Give me the budget tomorrow." He said to his personal secretary Miss Susanna standing beside him and Florence's manager Lu Casey, the tone in his words is unquestionable.
To be honest, Ren Yudi's appearance surprised Lu Kesey. He had never known the existence of this figure. After he knew Ren Yudi's age, he was even more surprised, and even felt a slight contempt in his heart. However, since he saw the series of work done by this young boss after he came on stage, he had to look at him with admiration. Moreover, he had actually hoped that someone could spend money to rebuild the stadium. With the soaring performance of Fiorentina in the past two years, the number of spectators at home has also soared, and the aging Frankie Stadium can no longer meet the needs of the audience. Since the conditions do not allow the team to choose another place to build a new stadium, then expanding and renovating it on the original basis is also a very good note.
Ren Yudi didn't know what Lu Kaisey was thinking, he had his own ideas.
Fiorentina is now the Serie A champion and an emerging force in Europe. So how can such a dilapidated stadium be matched with Fiorentina's current status and identity? Renovation must make Frankie new. He did not choose to build a new stadium because Frankie Stadium has been with Fiorentina for decades. Florence fans are very affectionate about it. Now he has just come on stage and is looking for a critical moment. He must not do anything to stimulate the emotions of the fans, so he can only give up the idea of building a new stadium and choose to renovate Frankie.
Zhang Jun is on vacation in China now, but unfortunately, he cannot attend their classmate reunion due to his identity. He cannot go to see Lao Liang, so he can only do his job here. When Zhang Jun's holiday is over, he will be surprised to give him a surprise.
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"No! When you catch the ball, you have to squat down and close your legs! Why are you doing so wide your legs? Be careful I will kick your crotch!" An Ke's voice filled with enthusiasm kept ringing on the court.
When Sophie heard An Ke's last sentence, she frowned, but she was very happy to see Zhang Jun and the others laughing. She sighed softly, then put down the notebook in her hand, and looked at the players on the court, all with strange faces, but her smile was so familiar.
An Ke is coaching goalkeepers, Kaka and Yang Pan are coaching midfielders, Zhang Jun is responsible for teaching the striker, and Sophie is a qualified team manager. They are not drinking at the player's house, but at the invitation of the team coach Liang Ke, they go back to their alma mater to guide their juniors in their football skills.
After participating in the Chinese team's competition, they were originally coming back to attend the class reunion, but Liang Ke suddenly made this request. However, several people agreed without thinking.
Now Zhang Jun feels that this decision was wise and they have been in professional football for a long time. They are really unfamiliar with this simple football and simple happiness. Thanks to Liang Ke, they have the opportunity to relive their old dreams. Seeing these juniors running and laughing on the court, he feels that he is also happy.
Looking at An Ke's devoted expression, aren't you happy?
Liang Ke wiped his sweat, walked to where Sophie was on the sidelines, and then sat on the chair.
"How long are you going to play here?" Liang Ke asked how long their vacation was.
Sophie replied: "I may have to wait until August to go back. Others may have to stay for half a month, but Zhang Jun is leaving the day after tomorrow."
Liang Ke was a little surprised: "So early? I have seen the newspaper. Ren Yudi acquired Florence. Will he not be related to this matter when he returns?"
Sophie shook her head: "No. He had known this a long time ago. He just wanted to give him more time to practice and continue to improve his level."
Sophie remembered what Zhang Jun said to her a few days ago: "I may only stay in China for ten days. After the business activities have been processed, I will go back to my alma mater to see my teachers and friends."
"Huh? Why?" Sophie was a little surprised when she heard it for the first time. She thought the two of them could have a happy holiday.
"The loss with Bayern made me think a lot. I feel that my strength is not strong enough. Even if An Ke is a game goalkeeper, he played 1500% of his strength in that game. I don't want to encounter such a thing again in the future. If I meet someone who plays 1500% of his strength, I also have to play 2000% of his strength. Next year is the World Cup, and this summer is my last chance to improve myself. So I plan to go back to Fiorentina first to continue training myself."
Sophie knew that Zhang Jun still couldn't let go of the defeat in that game, so she sighed helplessly: "Then I'll go back with you too."
Zhang Jun waved his hand: "No need, I'll take care of myself. You'll stay here to accompany your uncle and aunt. They haven't been with you for a long time."
Sophie knew that Zhang Jun had decided, and it was useless to say anything. She herself really wanted Zhang Jun to stay by her side with her. She finally had a holiday, but she had to rush back to train... It's true.
Sophie, who came to her senses, heard Liang Ke muttering: "Well... he is such a person. On the surface, he doesn't care about anything, but in fact he cares more than anyone else. So, Sophie, sometimes you should let go."
Sophie was shocked. She didn't understand why Liang Ke suddenly said that.
"I know Zhang Jun was a little immature before, but now he has long been reborn. You are always by his side and you are still worried." Liang Ke looked at Sophie with a smile, "Don't use this expression. I'm much older than you, and you can still see this thought. You are always worried about Zhang Jun. This is a good thing, but sometimes it's not a good thing. I think Zhang Jun now should be able to completely relieve you. And you should be able to do what you want to do."
"What I want to do?" Sophie was a little confused.
"Do you have nothing to do? Sophie, you were a very ideal girl when you were in school. Or, now you think that being by your side by Zhang Jun all day and cooking for him is your ideal?" Liang Ke looked at Sophie and said.
Sophie was stunned. She was thinking about Zhang Jun's affairs all day long, worried about Zhang Jun's situation, but she seemed to have never thought about what she wanted to do. Unconsciously, Zhang Jun matured and changed from a boy to a man. She could let go.
Liang Ke saw the change in expression on Sophie's face, and knew that she must have figured it out. So he laughed and turned around and walked back to the stadium. Sophie bowed respectfully against Liang Ke's back from behind: "I understand, thank you for your teachings!"
The evening sun shone slanted from the west, projecting a pair of figures on the green artificial turf, and the football jumped around in the figure. From 1998 to 2009, the football jumped like this for eleven years. Sophie looked at the people on the court and had a kind of time and space retreating, returning to the trance of the past.
Two days later, Zhang Jun took a flight from Beijing to Milan, Italy alone. For him, the new season has begun.
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Frankie was filled with people, the machines were roaring, and there was a busy scene. Xiang Tao originally planned to come here for a walk, but looking at the smoke and roaring vehicles, he realized that this place was obviously not a good place to relax.
Only the youth team is still training in the training base in Florence, and all the people in the first team have been exposed. As soon as the holiday comes, no one will be found. Even that kid Cru, who is fooling around all day long, doesn't know where he is.
He is not a gentleman, but he still can't do anything like finding a lady in a nightclub. He can watch pornographic films and "Playboy", but he just won't look for prostitutes. He is not a gentleman, but in fact he is not a virgin anymore. It's just because he still has a vague concern in his heart.
He did not return to his hometown in Sichuan this holiday. He originally won the league championship. In addition, he was going back to Chengdu to participate in the World Cup qualifiers, and his family and local governments were looking forward to him to go home. But when he heard about Zhang Jun and Sophie, he suddenly lost the interest to show off his achievements. So after playing away games for the Chinese team, he took the plane back to Florence and gave his family an excuse to "plan to continue to improve himself." In fact, except for occasionally participating in youth team training, he went to the gym every day to exercise his strength. Sometimes he asked the homeless "poor" Crue to come out for dinner together, and then he was busy with his own things and did not concentrate on improving his strength at all.
Today, Xiang Tao originally planned to go to Frankie to see how the stadium expansion was going, but when he went there, he found that he couldn't see the reason at all. Now the stadium is covered with scaffolding and various construction materials are piled up, so he can't help even if he goes there.
Xiang Tao, who had transferred from Frankie, planned to find Cruy to have dinner, but when he called, he heard a woman's moan, which made him even more depressed, who was originally lonely.
"What's the matter?" Even if there was a naked woman under her body and gentle, she still seemed to be not angry.
"No, I originally wanted to have a meal with you. But it seems that you don't have time now, so forget it."
"Oh, goodbye." Without saying a word of nonsense, Cru hung up the phone.
Xiang Tao originally thought that Cru had thanked him at least, but he still remembered him, but he didn't expect to hang it up. Listening to the busy sound coming from his phone, Xiang Tao really wanted to throw this high-tech synthetic body worth 5,000 yuan directly to the ground.
"Ge, I'll go play by myself!" Xiang Tao calmed down and decided to stroll around the center of Florence by himself.
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"Hey, Yoyo, look! How beautiful!" Two beautiful girls stood under the Cathedral of Our Lady of Flowers, looking up at the colorful exterior wall of the church, and exclaimed sincerely.
"Yo." Although the girl named "Yoyo" dressed in a fashionable way, she had black hair, yellow skin, and was obviously oriental.
The female companion next to her is blonde, blue-eyed, white-skinned, and a typical Westerner.
They used the school summer vacation to travel to Florence and came from far away Canada - because they had a very conspicuous maple leaf logo on their backpacks.
Xiang Tao was wandering around the square, and he was not afraid of being recognized because most of the tourists from other places were tourists from other places. However, he still met the autographs and photo requirements of ten people along the way.
He has visited all the famous attractions on the square. He came to the square not for these famous ancient buildings and attractions, but for a little relaxation.
So he found a stairs, sat down on the ground, holding an ice cream in his hand, and watched the tourists coming and going in front of him.
If we talk about the place with the largest population density per unit area within a certain period of time, it is undoubtedly the home court of Frankie Stadium, the Frankie Stadium, the stadium that could only accommodate 46,000 people on the day of Fiorentina's championship, had nearly 60,000 people! How spectacular it was!
However, if the premise is excluded from a certain period of time, the place with the largest population density per unit area is definitely here - the Cathedral Square of the Virgin Mary of Flowers.
The city has a population of only 450,000, but it receives at least three million tourists every year, so these scenic spots are always crowded.
Xiang Tao sat on the steps, his eyes habitually searched for beauties among tourists. He was not very interested in attractions that he was already familiar with, but those strange beauties could still make him feel fresh.
The beautiful and beautiful meal is free, why not enjoy it? Xiang Tao quickly forgot his worries and immersed in the world of his fantasy. Now he has basically achieved that he can only know the other person's nationality by looking at the other person's appearance, skin color, hair color, and dressing. This is the only thing that can make Kru admire him.
However, today he was a little disappointed. Perhaps it was the hot sun that made many girls wear sunglasses. He was personally very disgusted with this behavior. Because sunglasses covered a person's most important part - the eyes. A woman who couldn't see the eyes, Xiang Tao had no idea whether the other party was beautiful or ugly.
But everything is exceptional. Just when Xiang Tao was depressed by today's harvest, two figures suddenly broke into his eyes, one blonde and the other black-haired young girl. Judging from their backpacks, most of them were from Canada.
When Xiang Tao thought of this word, he felt a little bitter inside. He originally planned to divert his sight and stop following the two girls. But when the black-haired girl turned her head toward the Baptistery of San Giovanni behind him, he was stunned.
"I...I just want to stay and say thank you..."
"What's your name?"
"Youyou..."
"Youyou? What a strange name..."
Originally, the girl was constantly admiring the exquisite souvenirs, but she didn't expect her companions to not speak for a long time. She touched her: "Hey, Yoyo, look, these things are cute, aren't they?"
Without hearing the answer, she stood up and looked at her companion strangely. She found that her companion was staring forward blankly, looking at her gaze, first of all, denying the magnificent baptistery. Although this baptistery was very beautiful and magnificent, it was absolutely impossible for her to be dazed. So she continued to move her eyes down and saw a young black-haired man sitting on the steps, looking at her with a dull look, and the ice cream in his hand also turned into a bunch of butter under the scorching sun, sticking to his hand.
It looks a bit idiotic like this. Was Yoyo frightened by the boy?
"It's so disgusting... Let's go, Yoyo." She pulled the girl beside her, but she didn't. And to her surprise, Yoyo actually took the initiative to walk up.
Xiang Tao watched the girl walk towards him step by step, but he fought and had the intention of escaping immediately. Why, why did he meet her here?
The girl walked up and stood in front of him, blocking all the sunlight coming from behind. Xiang Tao looked up at the other person, squinted his eyes and couldn't see the expression on his face. The girl lowered her head and searched in her small bag, then took out a tissue, grabbed Xiang Tao's left hand covered with ice cream, and wiped it carefully.
The movement was gentle like a couple.
"You have not changed for so many years." The girl lowered her head and said softly.
"So too, otherwise how could I recognize you in the crowd..." Xiang Tao's voice was choked. "Youyou, I miss you so much..."
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One thing Zhang Jun did when he returned to Florence was to call out Xiang Tao and Cru who were still in Florence, and everyone had a meal together. It was a long time no see.
As a result, Zhang Jun looked at a black-haired girl who was very close to Xiang Tao in surprise and the blonde girl next to the girl.
Seeing Zhang Jun's surprise, Kru pointed to the two people immersed in happiness and said, "Xiang Tao, his girlfriend Youyou." It is concise and clear, and never talks nonsense.
"Then the one next to you..." Zhang Jun looked at the blonde girl, and Youyou quickly introduced: "This is my good friend, Qiong."
"Hello, it's the first time we met." Qiong greeted Zhang Jun politely.
Zhang Jun also returned the gift politely. He is now curious about the relationship between this girl named "Youyou" and Xiang Tao. Why are they a couple? I have never heard of it before. Could it be that this summer, when Xiang Tao has just left for more than a week?
"You are not Florence natives, are you?"
"Well, we came from Canada." Qiong Dai Youyou replied, "I came here for summer vacation in college, but I didn't expect to meet Yoyo's boyfriend."
"Oh?" Zhang Jun turned his gaze to Xiang Tao, hoping to get Xiang Tao's answer.
"Um..." Xiang Tao cleared his throat, "You You and I had confirmed our relationship before, but later her family immigrated to Canada and we lost contact. I didn't expect to meet again in Florence. Hehe, it's a gift from God."
To be continued...