Chapter 60: The distant Easter guest

Tony Donn did not attend the post-match press conference, which did not prevent Italian journalists from laughing at him in the media. Look at their gloating look, as if Nottingham Forest has been eliminated. But these attacks have no effect on Donnn, because he never cared about what the Italian media said every day, and he couldn't understand Italian.

Despite this, his mood still won't be better. After all, if there is a group of flies always clamoring in your ears, you will feel bored, although you never understand what the flies are saying - in the second round, they will go to challenge AC Milan away. Don Eun can already imagine how bombarded by the Italian media after he set foot on the Italian territory.

Some things cannot be escaped. This time he used physical discomfort as an excuse to avoid them. What about in Italy next time?

There is only one way to prevent this tragedy from happening, that is, to defeat AC Milan and to throw the tragedy to the Italians.

The desired result was not achieved in the Champions League, but fortunately, Nottingham Forest won a row of victories in the domestic league. On February 23, they defeated Derby County 3:0 at home, and on March 1, they defeated Manchester City 1:0 away, completely defeating Erikson's team back to its original form.

Anyway, Manchester City's boss former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin is now trapped in the quagmire of domestic lawsuits and has no time to pay attention to his team's performance.

It was in this situation that Nottingham Forest Club welcomed several guests from the far east.

The winners of the "Football Boy" talent show came to Nottingham Forest to officially start their one-year training career.

There are two people in the younger age group and one person in the older age group. The three people were brought by Allen Adams.

A few staff members of Hunan TV were accompanied by them. They were going to do several episodes of the teenagers' daily life and training programs in the UK and broadcast them in China, as a way to make the talent show "Football Boy" continue to play to their remaining energy.

Tang En had no objection to this. Anyway, the training locations of these three people are all in the youth team, and the media is really troubled by the youth team. It is really deserted, and it is also a good thing to be more popular. Just don’t come to the first team to hinder his work. The only dissatisfaction may be that Tang will be dragged several times for interviews.

"They arrived at Wilford at about 2:45 pm, and then you have to meet them and say something..." Tang held a notebook in his hand and was reciting Tang En one by one. This is Tang En's work arrangement today.

There was no such thing originally. But today is special. The club is afraid that something might happen to Tang En, so they arranged a schedule for him. Tang is very familiar with this thing because this was how his life in the past came about.

"Say something?" Tang En moved his gaze away from the computer screen and looked up at Tang sitting on the sofa opposite. He was playing minesweeping to pass the boring time of waiting. The computer also had the latest FM football manager game, but once the game was played, he would be involved and couldn't hear what people outside were saying.

The training ground outside the window behind him was empty. No one was there, and it was not yet time for training in the afternoon.

"Whatever." Tang replied.

"Then there is no written?" Tang En sarcastically. He hated this kind of plan, which made him feel like he had lost his freedom.

"No, you can play freely, even if you want to say bad things about the club. Or scare those kids to cry. But..." Tang looked at him and said, "You have to bear the consequences of one."

"I'm not that stupid..." Tang En muttered. "Just say something beautifully like 'Welcome to the glorious Nottingham Forest', I still know this."

Tang nodded and continued to recite.

"The media from China will gather together to shoot the meeting. Then there will be a brief interview of about five minutes... to you." He added.

Tang En found it strange: "Aren't you interviewing you?"

"You are the person in charge here." Tang said something that made Tang En feel very comfortable.

"Uh-huh. "

"Basically, that's all." Tang closed the notebook and handed him to Tang En. "Do you want to read it again?"

Tang En took it and placed it directly on the table: "No need, I just met a few draft winners. I didn't meet with the queen, so I was so formal."

Tang smiled: "So have you decided what to say after seeing them then?"

"No, just say it casually, for example... the weather is good today. It's quite breeze and sunny..." Tang En spread his hands.

"Don't you expect to see Chen Jian? He is very excited to see you - he is your fan."

"He..." Tang En leaned on the back of the chair and looked up at the ceiling. "I don't want him to have any unrealistic fantasies."

Just as the two were chatting, Miss Barbara Lucy knocked on the door and walked in.

"Mr. Tang." She first nodded and greeted Tang who was sitting aside, and Tang also gave a greeting.

Then she looked at Tang En: "Mr. Tang En, they are here."

Tang En listened with his ears and did vaguely hear some noise coming from the gate of the training base. So he frowned and asked, "Are there many people?"

"Fifteen reporters from China, four local journalists in Nottingham, and an interview team from BBC TV station. There are three contestants." Barbara Lucy reported the number of people very accurately.

"Thank you. Miss Lucy." Don't thank you. At the same time, he stood up from his seat, "Let's go. Don."

When the three of them came to the gate of the Wilford training base, there were already many people surrounded there. In addition to some reporters, more ordinary fans who came here to watch the team training and asked for autographs for the stars. They encountered such a strange thing, so they naturally had to come up to watch it.

"I haven't even achieved any results yet, and I have become a star." Tang En shrugged, slightly dissatisfied.

Tang smiled beside him.  Didn't express any comments.

Miss Barbara Lucy said from her own work perspective: "Isn't this exactly what Mr. Adams wants to see? Do you want to go up?" she asked.

Tang En shook his head and stood there without moving. “No, let’s take a look here, no one has noticed us anyway.”

So the three of them observed quietly in the inconspicuous corner.

Alan Adams is being interviewed by BBC TV. He was interviewed by a young female reporter. His baby face had a gentle smile and was very friendly. It was not because there was a woman on the other side, this was his usual expression. The opponents who fought with him for the first time would look down on him because of his appearance and expression. They would not find that they suffered a great loss because of this...

Allen himself said that he likes to laugh very much, not this can make him feel happy, but because he can squint his eyes when he smiles, hiding his shrewdness that does not match his baby face... This is too cunning.

Others are rushing to show their cleverness and show great anger at the contempt of others, but Alan Adams has realized the state of "smartness is like foolishness".

Tang En moved his eyes away from Allen. This man full of various currency symbols had nothing to look good about. He noticed three Chinese teenagers standing next to Allen Adams. They stood side by side under the carvings of Nottingham Forest's team sign outside the gate of the training base, making victory gestures to let the excited reporters take photos.

Seeing this scene, he grinned.   I’m not here to travel, so do you still have to take a photo? Should you turn around and write "So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-So-

"Mr. Done. Is it OK?" Miss Barbara Lucy urged from the side.

Tang En nodded: "Okay, let's go up." He waved his head and walked out first.

Tony Tangen and assistant coach Tang Di appeared, causing some small commotion to occur at the scene - not from the media. But three young players. It can be seen from their excited faces that they were all very excited to see the legendary madman coach.

Alan Adams liked to see the smile on his face appeared on Donn's face. He greeted the three children very enthusiastically and kindly: "Hi, hello you guys. Guests from far east." He spoke in Chinese.

Although everyone knows that Tang En can speak fluent Chinese, hearing him say this to him face to face is enough to make the three children happy for a while.

Seeing the expressions on the children's faces, why didn't Tang En know what they were happy about?

Do you think that having a head coach who speaks Chinese is much more convenient to communicate. Can you take advantage of it? If you really think so, you're a big mistake. Boys! This is the UK, and the official language here does not include Chinese.

If there weren't so many reporters here, only him and these three children, Tang En would have blurted out the above words. But now, if he really said it, Alan Adams, whose expression on his face was "dawn" would have been "dark" in an instant...

He didn't want to let Allen get out of Taiwan in front of so many people.

So the kind smile on his face did not diminish at all.  even stronger.  The only difference was that he no longer spoke Chinese.                                             

"I'm glad you're here. Children. Tang and I have been waiting for a long time..." Yes, we were so bored that we were playing minesweeping on the office computer. "I'm glad to see you." He opened his arms and made a welcome position.

"China has no reason to entertain guests outside the home, so please come in." The group was sent to the training base. The next thing was to take them to the training ground. Here, Tang En wanted to send a message to the three children, and then his task was completed after another interview. There was a dedicated person to take the children to visit the training facilities, and the first team coach did not need to come in person.

A group of people stopped beside the training ground with green grass.

In fact, if we really want to talk about the future, the two contestants in the younger age group are more worthy of attention. After all, they are young and have room for training and upgrading, and their selection is more professional, so they do not make any gimmicks to satisfy the TV audience. However, since the younger age group does not conduct any live broadcasts, they are not as popular as the older age group. Therefore, Chen Jian, the third place in the older age group, is still the focus of media attention.

Now, he is standing in front of Tang En. He is looking at the legendary coach with a bad temper.

"Don't be nervous, I won't do anything to you." Tang En saw the boy's emotions at this moment and he smiled. Yes, you are still not my soldier, so I will naturally not treat you. If you want to be raped by me, it depends on whether you have the qualifications.

Before Tang's translation was waiting, Chen Jian nodded, obviously he understood.

Tang En was a little interested in this.

"Can you understand what I said?"

"A little bit.   Just a little bit." Chen Jian replied in English that is not very skilled and has a strong Chinese school style.  For Chen Jian, it is good to be able to understand it at all.   Because of his traditional Chinese English education, he has strong literacy and weak listening and speaking skills, and Tang En's English speaking with a Nottingham country accent... Chen Jian's English tutoring during the general training camp played a role.

Tang En nodded as if he was a college student when he suddenly realized his head. He glanced at the reporters who were filming next to him. What were they looking forward to? Want to hear me say some beautiful words that satisfy the audience?

Ah.  I'm so sorry.  I'm just going to talk about something more practical...

"Well, listen, young man. I won't say those beautiful scenes. You don't want to hear some irrelevant lies when you come to the UK thousands of miles away, right?"

Chen Jian nodded: "No...sir."

"Very good, so let's talk about something practical. You'll be here... no. It's there." He pointed to the north, "conducting a year-long training. It's not a commercial show-oriented training, but a real youth team training for football clubs in England. There are millions of children in England doing the same training as you. If you can pass these trainings and tests, it means you have the ability to play professional football. If you can't pass, then..." Tang En clapped his hands, and Tang's translation was "one beat and two sides".

This time, Chen Jian nodded vigorously. He came for the dream of having the opportunity to play professional football, so if the training content is just a show, he might as well not come. Since he is here, he has to receive the most formal training.

"I hope you have such mental preparation because the training content will be very difficult. It is still time to regret it now."

Chen Jian shook his head: "I can't give up, sir."

"Okay, once you choose to join, you will not be allowed to give up voluntarily unless you are eliminated by us.  You can only stick to one way to go.  Do you understand, Chen Jian?" Tang En said seriously with a stern face.

"I understand, sir." His expression and content also made Chen Jian serious. The same person replied sincerely.

Tang was a little strange when translating these words. Why did Tang En repeatedly emphasize that these training contents are very difficult? As far as he knows, the training of the youth team is not as intense as the first team... Are you scaring people?

"Okay. Good luck. "You really need some good luck... Tang En finished this sentence in his heart. After that, he ignored Chen Jian and turned around to chat with the other two children. This time the expression on his face eased a lot.

After completing his mission, Tang En was dragged by reporters for an interview. Everyone's concern was very consistent - whether these Chinese teenagers really had the chance to become official members of the Forest Team in a year. Because a publicity stunt of the "Football Boy" talent show is that if the young players perform extremely well during the one-year training period, they have the chance to become official members.

Before Tang En finished listening to the question, he began to shake his head and poured cold water on everyone. "If you can become a professional player so simply, then clubs in the UK should give up their youth training plans and instead go to the media for drafts. I just hope that they can learn something within this year and feel something at the same time. These things should be helpful to their future life path. Maybe..." Seeing these people's faces unstoppable disappointment, Tang En thought for a while and added, "...I mean maybe, after a year of training here, they can become professional players in other parts of the world. I know that China also has a professional league place. But here..."

He shook his head again.

"Okay, thank you very much for your attention, but I have to go back and prepare for the afternoon team training now, I'm sorry." He waved his hand to the reporters, refused to answer other questions, squeezed out and threw everything here to Tang.

Is there anyone here who is more suitable to guide a group of "curious babies" from China than Tang, the Chinese assistant coach?

Accompanied by the media, Tang took them to visit various training facilities of the Forest Team. Then Miss Barbara Lucy came forward to tell the reporters that the shooting ended here. Because the first-team training is about to begin. Coach Tang does not want so many media to wander in the training base when the team is training - Barbara Lucy changed the statement that would not make the media feel unhappy. Anyway, I just hope everyone supports and cooperates. Today's interview ends here...

After the reporters dispersed unwillingly, they also took photos of the first-team stars who drove to the training base to start training.

Tang took his three children to the training base in the north. There were no noisy media around him, nor were there any other arguing media, nor were there any other four of them. There was no even a translator, because Tang himself could be a translator.
To be continued...