Chapter 33 New aid joins

January 1, 2019.

On this day, Nottingham Forest sent away someone and welcomed him.

Nottingham Forest Club announced the contract with 34-year-old Brazilian central defender Thiago Silva, who will join Brazil's Vasco Dagama, where he plans to end his career.

Silva left the club in the morning, and in the afternoon the team ushered in their only introduction during this winter transfer period - midfielder Chen Jian from Espanyol.

"There are only reporters, no fans, and they are basically Chinese journalists... This is different from the future I planned for you, Ajian." Sitting in the Ford car that the club came to pick them up, Xia Yang was looking out the window and said to Chen Jian.

"The boss told me that the meeting with the fans was put before the FA Cup game. As for the reporters... the reporters in England were all waiting to see me jokes." Chen Jian also turned his head and looked at the Dongfang Kong outside the window.

Although Nottingham Forest is now inferior to Espanyol in the league, they are also old-fashioned teams who have won the European Champions League five times. His transfer here still attracted the attention of domestic attention. Just from the interview certificates on the chests of those reporters, you can see several familiar signs.

Chen Jian is used to all this. He is not the nameless man who has no one to pay attention to when he went to the UK. Now he is the number one star in the Chinese team, and such treatment is normal. Chinese fans still have fantasies, although it is already very practical. Chen Jian can already make them very happy.

"You can see it easily." Xia Yang muttered. The domestic reaction slightly relieved his dissatisfaction - looking at the domestic reporters in front of him, it was obvious that Chen Jian joined Nottingham Forest with a record of nine million pounds of transfer value in China's professional player, which caused a strong response in China.

In fact, nine million is for people outside, but one million is actually ten million, but one million goes into Xia Yang’s own pocket.

In this negotiation, Evan personally took the lead and cut the price from the initial Lion's 20 million to nine million. If it weren't for Chen Jian's intention to leave, it would have been decided. The Spanish didn't want to sell this price at all.

"But it's not too bad. England is the birthplace of paparazzi, and the media industry here is very developed. If you play football here, you can get more attention..." Xia Yang, as an agent, naturally looked at this transfer from his perspective. As for the matter on the court, he couldn't make the decision, so he didn't consider it.

While talking, the car stopped at the entrance of the Crimson Ball Field. It had long been filled with media from China.

Chen Jian got out of the car. The flash light lit up. But he didn't stop for much and walked straight into the press release hall inside.

Backstage, he saw club chairman Evan Dogerty and team head coach Tony Donne.

"Welcome to Nottingham Forest, Chen." As the chairman of the club, Evan Dogette took the lead in expressing his welcome to Chen Jian. He stretched out his hand to shake hands with Chen Jian.

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."

Chen Jian's performance is neither humble nor arrogant.

Evan knew that the protagonist of this kind of occasion was not him, but the person behind him. So he didn't say much to Chen Jian. He gave up the stage. He went to see how he prepared for the press conference.

"After a circle, you still came to the forest, Chen Jian." Tang En said to Chen Jian in English.

"Joining the Forest Team has always been my dream." Chen Jian also replied in English.

"The original dream?"

“The original.”

Tang En laughed and reached out his hand. Chen Jian thought he was going to shake hands with him, but he didn't expect that Tang En just patted his shoulder hard.

"I hope Nottingham Forest will be the last battle in your career."

Chen Jian thought about it and retired in Nottingham Forest...it seemed like a pretty good thing. He nodded: "I hope too."

"What do you think about the team's performance? I remember some media said that Nottingham Forest's league ranking is not even comparable to Espanyol." Tang En asked again. "There are also media criticizing that your transfer is just for money."

Nottingham Forest will definitely give Chen Jian a higher weekly salary than his Espanyol, which is very normal. With Chen Jian’s current age and status, if the job-changing is less than the original boss’s money, why should he jump? However, Espanyol has never raised his salary for Chen Jian. As the main player of the Espanyol team, Chen Jian still has the salary he originally transferred from the Eredivisie League, and his salary level is only ranked lower and lower in the team. It is not unreasonable for Xia Yang to make Chen Jian leave Espanyol. This salary is really inconsistent with Chen Jian’s contribution.

The Spanish might have thought that the labor force in China was cheap... but Xia Yang was smarter than they imagined.

"I'm looking at the future." Chen Jian avoided the topic of "money". He did not lie. Compared with that weekly salary, being able to participate in European competitions in Nottingham Forest is what Chen Jian most longs for. As a professional player, he has to ask what his biggest regret is now. It is not that he has never won any championship titles, but that he has never participated in European competitions, in Spain and in the Netherlands. He is eager to participate in the European Champions League and the European League that represents the highest level.

"The future..."

Tang En didn't continue asking. He and Chen Jian sat in the backstage, quietly waiting to appear.

Evan Dogette welcomed Chen Jiandi on behalf of the club, and then Chen Jian walked out of the background advertising board with the attention of Chinese media.

It was not as lively as when big-name stars joined, and the press conference hall was not full of half of the seats, most of which were from Chinese media. The remaining English media were from Nottingham. Chen Jian's eyes did not stop here. He glanced at him, shook hands with Evan Dogette, and Tony Donn, and stood in front of the microphone prepared for him.

"I'm very happy to join the team that trained me. It has always been my dream to be able to wear the Nottingham Forest jersey."

In this case, basically many new players will say it.

For example: "I have wanted to play for Real Madrid since I was a child."

“Joining AC Milan is my highest dream.”

"I've always been a Barcelona fan..."

"It is my honor to be able to play football for Inter Milan."

...

Such is the standard template. All players have to do is replace the club's name.

So no one of the media present took Chen Jian’s words seriously. Even if they all knew that Chen Jian was really from Nottingham Forest Youth Team.

When the media asked freely, a local media in Nottingham stood up and asked: "Nottingham Forest is currently ranked poorly. Are you feeling the pressure?"

"I hope to contribute to the team's ranking improvement through my own efforts." Chen Jian's answer was unscathed and quite mature.

The local media in Nottingham are concerned about whether Chen Jian’s arrival can really strengthen the team’s strength, while the Chinese media are only concerned about whether Chen Jian can play in this team.

The reporter of CCTV5 stood up and asked: "You are similar to George Wood's technical characteristics. Did Coach Tony Donn promise you anything before you joined the team?" He asked in Chinese.

Tang En heard this. He snatched the microphone and answered instead of Chen Jian: "You will know naturally when the game is over. Chen Jian and I will not answer any questions about tactics now. Thank you for your cooperation."

When Chen Jian heard Tang En say this, he just smiled and didn't add anything.

This disappointed many Chinese media. Their most concerned questions were not asked, so the press conference was meaningless.

Since there was no fan meeting ceremony, the press conference was very short. After the media asked their questions one after another, Chen Jian and Tang En pulled up a red Nottingham Forest jersey. Show it to the reporters. The one with Chen Jian's surname "chen" and number "14" printed on it.

If nothing unexpected happens, this jersey will accompany him for five seasons with the Forest, and he will be thirty-three years old. If he wants to retire at the Forest, he will have to show up in a better form to conquer the picky head coach.

Standing in front of the reporters' camera, Tang En and Chen Jian had smiles on their faces. But it was not brilliant. They all knew that this was just the starting point, not the end point where they could breathe a sigh of relief.

"Chen Jian joined the Champions League big player and was called Wood's successor!"

This is the sports news title of the most famous portal in China. The one that looks good is not the main text below this title. But the comment below the main text.

"Shanxi netizen: Stop teasing! You are the 'Wood successor'? Is this reporter Chen Jian's father?"

"Sichuan netizen: Sichuan netizens sent congratulatory messages to congratulate Mutou for finding his successor!"

"Beijing netizen: It's the title party again. What kind of spirit is it to stick to the title party for more than 20 years?"

"Tianjin netizen: 'Chen Jian, did you become Wood's successor?''It's tomorrow, it's tomorrow!"

"Sichuan netizen: Why can't Ajian be the successor of wood? I think it's quite appropriate... I believe Tony has the intention to buy him, right?"

"Chongqing netizen: Our captain can play until he is forty years old. Can Chen Jian? When he retires, the captain is still playing!"

"Shanghai netizen: Ah.  I will see it in the future Barcelona derby..."

"Zhejiang netizen: Shouldn't Ba Sha be happy? Look at their home performance at Espanyol in recent years, it's really terrible~~"

"Hubei netizen: Go to death with the yellow dog!"

...

"This is really interesting. News about you can all bring up the grudges of other clubs."

In Piaotianwen, I was preparing to write an article for this portal blog.

Xia Yang was reading the news on the website. This sentence was exactly what he felt after reading the comments.

It was Xia Yang who helped him contact Shangdi and opened a special invitation blog to gather popularity for him. However, the news title of this website is still tasteless.

"I don't remember saying at the press conference that I was Wood's successor." Chen Jian looked at Xia Yang.

"Then let's post an article on the blog to refute it, so that it can further increase popularity."

"You arranged it. Uncle Xia?"

Xia Yang spread his hands out.

"You are called the "George Wood, the Little One" in the Spanish, which has been spread in China for a long time. Those who are interested will naturally associate it."

Chen Jian then wrote some information on his blog about the press conference on his team, and also explained the misunderstanding of why the website sports news said that he was Wood's successor. He said that he was not Wood's successor. No one has ever said such a thing, it must be a misunderstanding of Chinese journalists.

The original blog post titled "Finally fulfilled my original dream!"

This was originally a very inspiring title, but it had no novelty, but the editor of the portal website made it change it to "I am not Wood II, I want to be Chen Jian I!"

The click-through rate and comments are indeed coming in a tide. Of course, there are also many scoldings in it...

The next day, Chen Jian told his agent that he would stop opening a blog on this website after the contract with the website expired. This practice is really a grandson. Xia Yang shrugged: "You are a public figure, and every word you say may be distorted by the media's ulterior motives."

"So I will remain silent in the future." Chen Jian said seriously, "I only show myself on the court, and I have rejected any media blog or column invitation!"

Xia Yang agreed, but thought to himself: You can't refuse all kinds of interviews, Ajian? You must know that the media makes a living by playing with their mouths and pens. You have to get used to it...

The next day, Xia Yang went to find a house for Chen Jian, while Chen Jian went to Wilford to report and participate in training normally.   As the team leader, George Wood welcomed the newly joined teammate on behalf of the whole team.  As the players of the Forest team, they are not unfamiliar with this former teammate who walked out of the Forest team.

Without Thiago Silva, Donn conquered Balotelli again, and the atmosphere inside the team is very harmonious now. Chen Jian has not been troubled.

Fortunately, the influence of Chinese online media is limited to China. Otherwise, if what happened on Piaotianwen is, I really don’t know how they would view their new teammate... How could they be fools who just joined the team and want to replace him?

So, these unqualified online media in China have insufficient success and failure. In order to attract attention, they don’t even want to face it. Plagiarism and fabrication of fake news and playing edge balls is common, let alone a mere way to distort the original text?

Anyway, Chen Jian started his new life in Nottingham Forest. Four years later, he finally got his wish and put on the Nottingham Forest jersey and was about to compete for the Forest team. Several years later, I believe that in the history of Nottingham Forest Club, the names of two Chinese people will be recorded. Their appearance cannot change the current situation of Chinese football lag, but at least in another place, it has given many sad Chinese fans some comfort.
Chapter completed!