Journey (Part 1)(2/5)
The middle-aged man asked the old man to wipe the saliva from his face expressionlessly, and then said to him: "Mr. Chairman, I have something to tell you."
"Um, say it, I'll listen."
"I'm leaving Wendy."
"What...what!" The old man was shocked, "Why should I leave? If it was because I sneezed just now, I apologize to you!"
"No, not because of this." The middle-aged man continued, "You are a good person, Mr. Chairman. But you are not a good team chairman. Please forgive my straightforwardness. I have been with the team for four years, but I have never entered a higher league in one time."
"But, but, Howard, this year is different, we have a lot of good young players. We have hope to make it to the second division!"
"If I remember correctly, for four years, you have said this to me every year at the beginning of the season, but I still heard this the next year. I don't think you are an enterprising chairman. The Wendy team and I have no future under your hands. Please forgive my straightforwardness again. Now a Class B team invites me to coach, which is their trust in my ability. Therefore, I have no way to refuse, so I have to be sorry... Goodbye, Chairman Wien!" The man turned around and walked out with a big stride.
Wien sat in the middle of the chair, and the wide leather chair wrapped his thin body tightly, as if afraid that he would slide down.
"Howard, you don't understand! If I hadn't been enterprising, at my age, I should have retired and watched the game comfortably at home. Why bother to hold Wendy and keep going? You don't understand, Howard, because you are not our Wendy..."
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As soon as Ren Yudi turned into the corridor, he saw a tall British man walking towards him and almost hit him. He hurriedly hid aside, and then looked at the man's hurried back suspiciously.
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"You are the person recommended by Berg? Well, what's your name..."
"Ren Yudi."
"Ah! Yes, lewd kick!"
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"I am the chairman of this club, Wien Delun. Welcome to Wendy Football Club." Wien stretched out his hand and shook hands with Ren Yudi. Ren Yudi thought to himself that it is indeed as what the old man Berg said, there is no airs. A good person, but it seems that he is not a good chairman.
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The Wendy Club was founded in 1906 and has a history of almost a hundred years. However, as a small town local club along the Atlantic coast of England, their nearly 100-year history has not much to show off in their history. The best result was that they surprisingly entered the top ten in the B League ten years ago. Unfortunately, the players of that team were then divided by major A teams and other B teams. Then the following year, Wendy team was relegated to the C League again and never played in the B League again.
"Is this the history of Wendy's team?" Ren Yu looked at Berg. The other party nodded, "How is it? The chairman there is my friend. If you are interested, you can try it there. But the team's strength does not seem to be good..."
"It doesn't matter." Ren Yudi folded Berg's recommendation letter and put it in his pocket, then stood up, "I just went to find something, and if I couldn't find me, I would leave."
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Two days later, Ren Yudi set foot on the Wendy Town - "Wind Town" and began to look for what he wanted to find.
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PART 3
Two months passed, and the team finally found a replacement coach at the beginning of the season, and he also trained in the team for two months. Although his physical strength was not good, his technical advantages were gradually revealed. However...
"It took two months to retrieve the previous skills, and it was really long." Ren Yudi continued his morning exercise and muttered to himself. No one could understand his words because he was in Chinese.
"Morning, Ren!" As soon as he heard this voice, he knew that it was Jane who came.
"Morning, Jane." Ren Yudi pushed the ball up again, and then started to play tricks in Jane's admiring gaze.
"Wow! Ren, you guy is angry with me again!" George saw Ren Yu diving the ball as soon as he came out of the house. "I really don't understand the coach. Your skills are definitely the top three in the team now, why don't you go on the court?"
Ren Yudi stopped the ball with his forehead, "I don't know either, coach, he has his own arrangements."
"Hey, hey. Are you really here to play football?" George asked.
"Why do you say that?"
"You don't seem to care about not being able to play. We are all eager to squeeze into the main lineup. Only you, the only one seems to be satisfied with this."
The football on Ren Yudi's forehead fell down, and he quickly stopped with his instep. "Is there any? I think I'm working very hard too."
"Well, you are trying to play football, and we are trying to play the main players." George turned his head and smiled at Jane, "Jane, go and watch the game today, cheer for us!"
Jane smiled: "Okay! This year's Wendy seems to be different from previous years! She is in the fifth place in the league in ten rounds!"
"Haha! That's because of me, a powerful center!" George waved his thick arms and showed off to Jane.
"Haha, football is kicked with legs, why are you showing off your arms?"
"Ah, it's just letting you know how strong I am!"
George was right. He seemed to be with a playful attitude, unlike the other twenty or so other teammates who trained hard every day just to make the eleven main positions. No matter whether the team loses or wins, he always looks at it with a normal mind.
Appreciate football so that you can play football so well, right?
Ren Yudi gently lifted the ball, then knocked it back with his heel, stepped on the soles of his feet, and nailed the ball firmly to the ground.
Then he put his hands in his pockets, ignored the two people who were fighting and walked back to his room alone.
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In this game, Wendy played against Boston United, the first in the league, at home. Ren Yudi still sat in the stands with Jane to watch. In the end, Wendy was tied by her opponent at home and her ranking dropped one. But it was still the best ranking in the same period in four years in history.
I really "missed" that coach, and I don't know how he was in a certain second-tier team. Ren Yudi thought to himself that the person who almost bumped into him at the beginning made him particularly "concerned".
A newspaper used to pad its butt was blown by the wind, and a news appeared in a corner: "Ten rounds of the league, Royal Garden Rangers ranked last with points, and head coach Howard was fired by the club..."
The newspaper rolled over at Ren Yu's feet, and was blown to the corner of the stands by the wind.
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PART 4
"Shopping?" Ren Yudi stopped the football at his feet and looked at Jian with a smile on his face.
Jane nodded: "Although it is your guide, I have not taken you out to play."
Ren Yudi thought about it. Indeed, after he came here, he worked with football every day, and she begged her to teach her how to play football when he was with Jian. Since he was here for a trip, why not relax completely?
"All right."
"Hehe! I'm determined! I'll call you tomorrow morning!" Jian Beng ran away with a jump.
Ren Yudi looked at Jian Huankang's back and thoughtfully.
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"Wow! Jane really made an appointment with the Chinese like wood?" Several girls looked at Jane in surprise.
Jian nodded with a smile on his face and said, "Yes, yes! I am his tour guide!"
"But, there seems to be no fun places and historical sites in Wendy Town?" One of the girls said in confusion.
"Stupid!" said the other girl, "We are already in the third year of high school! Jane also wants to leave something worth remembering for her high school! Right, Jane?"
"Ah? No... it's not like this!" Jane hurriedly defended, but her defense seemed pale and powerless in the laughter of her companions.
Jane blushed amid everyone's laughter.
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"Ah? Are you going to have a meeting with Jian Yue?" George looked at Ren Yudi.
"Speak softly, there's nothing to be surprised about, right?" Ren Yu dived his ears.
"I'm going too! Ahhh!"
"Okay, I don't mind." Ren Yu turned around and walked into the house.
George looked at Ren Yudi's back and said, "Forget it, Jane would be unhappy if I go. Hoho! Enjoy tomorrow! John and the others will go to play billiards." He waved his hand and walked out of the dormitory.
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Wendy Town on Sunday seems to be much more lively than usual. There are various small activities in the park that make tourists happy. This is a small town that everyone knows, and you can always meet acquaintances on the street on Sundays.
"Hi! Jane! Date?"
"Um!"
"Haha! It's fun!"
Jian took Ren Yudi's arm as he took.
"Oh? Ren, are you going on a date?"
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"Haha! We won't bother you anymore! Have a little fun! Ha!"
Several teammates walked over, Ren Yu turned his head to look at them, each of them seemed to be laughing secretly. Then he felt his arms heat up and touched a soft object. He glanced at him and it turned out that Jane leaned his chest up.
Sometimes Ren Yudi thinks, isn’t Jian Zhen like an 18-year-old senior high school student, or foreign girls are all very mature?
"Ah! I'm tired of walking!" Jane stuck out her tongue and gasped like a dog. "Let's go and have something to drink? There's a very good coffee shop in front!"
So Ren Yudi was dragged into the coffee shop by Jian like this.
"It's Jane, hoho! What do you want?"
"Two cups of coffee, thank you!"
"Okay, please wait."
The two found a seat to sit down, but Jane saw a man drinking coffee across from them who looked familiar.
"Coach." Ren Yudi called out first, and then Jane remembered that this man was the strange coach newly hired by Wendy's team. He said he was strange because this coach rarely stood up and shouted anything during the game. He always sat on the coach's seat with his hands on his chest. He was usually a little too silent.
To be continued...