Chapter 60
"God, you ran there early in the morning? I didn't see you when I came here, and I was about to find you!" As soon as I returned to the door of the room, Li Tian met Nester running out hurriedly.
"I went to the gym. What are you in a hurry to find me?"
"I said you are too diligent! You won't even take a day off." Nester has always admired Li Tian's seriousness and diligence during training. If anyone said that Li Tian's achievements today were obtained by talent, he would be the first to disagree.
"What urgent matter is there? You need to run out to find me as soon as you get up?"
"Someone, someone is looking for you, waiting for you in the room?" Nester pulled him back to the room excitedly.
"This is a scout from the Cologne football team in the Bundesliga - Mr. Boy!" As soon as he entered the room, Nest introduced to Li Tian to a middle-aged German man in his forties.
"Hello Mr. Boyi, I'm very happy to know you." At this time, Li Tian remembered that the reporter had just mentioned to him that the Cologne team wanted to recruit him, but he didn't expect that the other party would act so quickly.
"Hello Mr. Li Tian, I am also very fortunate to know you. I saw your outstanding performance in the final yesterday. You are very amazing!" After learning about the other party's purpose, facing his praise, Li Tian just smiled slightly and was very calm. This invisibly made Scout Boyi's evaluation of him a little higher.
"This time I came to visit my house to discuss with Mr. Li Tian on behalf of the Cologne team." Seeing that Li Tian just smiled and said nothing, Bo Yi simply got to the point.
"What do you want to talk to me about? Please tell me."
"Your performance yesterday and the video of the previous games were watched seriously by our team's head coach Mr. Laborde and club chairman Mr. Albert. They were shocked by your youth and strength, and they also admired him very much. They were very eager for you to join Cologne. As long as you nod, you can immediately become a professional player of the Bundesliga team." Mr. Boy said while carefully observing Li Tian's expression, but he was soon disappointed, because Li Tian's face was still calm and there was no feeling of excitement.
"I am very grateful to them for their respect for me, but I am very sorry. Maybe my answer will disappoint them. I have no plans to join the Cologne team yet." Sure enough, Li Tian refused readily.
"Why? Is it another club..., I also heard the rumors that Bayern Munich wanted to invite you to join. If it is a matter of treatment, we can still discuss it carefully." Bo Yi couldn't believe that a Chinese person gave up such an opportunity so easily. You must know that China worked a lot to push one or two players to the Bundesliga field back then.
"This is not a matter of treatment, nor is it that other clubs first sent me invitations, but I don't have much energy to join the professional football world at the moment. Maybe you don't know that I am actually a professional track and field athlete. This time I just helped the academy team play a goalkeeper role. I have my own dream. Winning the track and field gold medal in the 2008 Olympic Games is my biggest goal at the moment. For this goal, I need to devote myself to training and competitions, so no matter which team I am now invited, I will refuse."
"So that's the case! That's a pity. But although it's impossible to join now, what about the future? You are still very young. Even after 2008, you will be just over 18 years old and still have the potential to become an outstanding football player." Mr. Boyi obviously refused to let him go easily.
"Mr. Boy, you won't want to get a promise from me now! Do you think that means anything? Who knows what's going on in the future! If there's really one day, I'm happy to work with the Cologne Club."
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After finally sending Uncle Boyi away, everyone in the football team also got up. It seems that everyone fell down yesterday. After lunch, the whole team was about to leave Berlin and return to Cologne. They wanted to take the winning trophy back to the academy as soon as possible. Only Li Tian wanted to stay because he had to participate in the track and field competition three days later to win more honors. At noon, he went to the train station to see off his teammates and coaches. When he returned to the hotel, he was blocked by a large number of football reporters. Li Tian, who planned to solve this problem in one breath, took this opportunity to issue a statement, which clearly stated that in the nearly three years before the 2008 Olympics, he needed to concentrate on preparing for various track and field events and would definitely not join the professional football world. After the statement was issued, many professional clubs that were interesting to him had put aside their ideas, and football reporters also paid less attention to him.
In the afternoon of the same day, the track and field team of the Cologne Sports Academy also boarded the train to Berlin and also checked in the Berlin Hotel. Li Tian also reported to Mr. Roger, the leader of the track and field team, in time.
"Li Tian! Good boy, you started to lead us before the track and field competition started." When he came out of Mr. Roger's room, Li Tian met the inseparable "four".
"Ha! You're all here, so I won't be so lonely alone." After the teammates of the football team left at noon, he was really uncomfortable.
"Li Tian, you caused a lot of sensation this time. We have watched the finals. You have no idea how you performed. How about it? Tell me about the feeling of winning the championship!" The members of the four-person group were all fans. They didn't expect that Li Tian was not only good at track and field, but also had the ability to win the best player in the football competition.
"It's just that I won a championship, and I don't have any special feelings to say. I have to take away three gold medals next?" He could already joke with them casually in front of his friends.
"Wow! Look at the other person, the tone of what he said after winning the championship is different! Fortunately, I was wise at the time and did not apply for the 400-meter project. Now I am starting to feel sad for your opponents." Cadman shouted exaggeratedly.
In the next two days, Li Tian and the foursome came to the Berlin Stadium twice a day for pre-match training, fully adjusting their game state.
Tomorrow is the opening ceremony of the National University Games of Germany, and the track and field competition will also start after the opening ceremony, so the last training before the competition was held, the five people were particularly serious.
"Cadman, it turns out that you are still living well! I didn't see you in the last Helsinki World Track and Field Championships selection. I thought something happened to you!" Just as the five people packed up their things and were about to return to the hotel, a young athlete came over from outside the field.
"Hmph! You Cross is still alive, how could I have trouble? But I heard that you were kicked out without even entering the second round in Helsinki. It really gave us the German track and field captain's face!" Cadman's words were full of sarcasm, and Li Tian could clearly see that the two were mortal enemies in the national team. They shook their hands without a smile.
"Even this is better than some people who don't even have the chance to go to Finland." Cross fought back.
"Why are you interested in participating in this kind of competition this time? Haven't you always looked down on college students' competitions?"
"You are there in this competition! How could I not participate? Apart from 800 meters, I originally planned to compete with you on 400 meters, but I didn't expect you to not apply for this project this time."
"Oh! You signed up for 400 meters? That happens to be your biggest competitor here. Standing as a teammate of the national team, I really hope you don't lose too badly." Kaedman pulled Li Tian to them and said.
"He?" Cross asked disdainfully as he looked at Li Tian's black scalp and yellow skin.
"Yes, his name is Li Tian, and he is a Chinese student from our college."
"Chinese? I only know that there is one Chinese track and field athlete named Liu Xiang who is better. As for the others... I'm sorry, I haven't heard of it." Cross's arrogance made Li Tian very angry.
Chapter completed!