Fox in the Penalty Area

Same as the last training camp at Shanhai Feiyu Island, this time at the Red Maple Ridge training camp, you also need to sign in at a special sign-in counter.

When everyone was queuing up to sign in there, Hu Lai, Wang Guangwei, and Luo Kai appeared in their field of vision.

Immediately, Hu Lai became the focus and center of everyone.

Chen Xingyi, who arrived earlier than them, went up first, and then saw Luo Kai next to him: "Why did you three come together?"

"We are all on the same plane." Wang Guangwei explained the reason.

"Hey, I forgot that Luo Kai is also from Dongchuan!" Chen Xingyi patted his forehead.

Hu Lai said to Wang Guangwei: "You see, I'm not the only one who makes this kind of mistake, right?"

Guo Junfu and Liu Yan walked up, stretched out their hands on the left and right, and patted Hu Lai's shoulder: "Here we come!"

Hu Lai hurriedly greeted them: "Here, come, have you arrived early?"

"Just arrived, waiting in line to sign in..."

Then everyone surrounded Hu Lai and walked towards the registration desk.

Ran Jiachang, the leader of the Olympic team, was already waiting for them there.

Seeing Hu Lai coming, he greeted him with a happy smile, and then gave him a thumbs up: "The FA Cup final was played beautifully!"

Everyone watched the FA Cup game, even if they didn't, they knew about Hu Lai's performance from the news.

In addition, everyone must know the grievances between Hu Lai and Wang Xianke.

However, as the team leader of the Olympic team, Ran Jiachang did not show his estrangement from Hu Lai because of this. Instead, he was as enthusiastic as ever, calming Hu Lai's heart with a hearty smile and compliments, and tactfully told him that the Olympic team is here. support him.

Hu Lixin was worried that Hu Lai's behavior of angering Wang Xianke without evidence would cause him some difficult troubles.

But he really underestimated Hu Lai's status in the minds of many football players.

An anti-Korean hero, a young talent who is likely to help the Olympic team to participate in the Olympics, a person who can score a record 30 goals in a single season in the Chinese League One, a fool can see that the future is promising, just because he and a The verbal battle of the head coach of the Chinese Super League team will block him?

Is the top level of the Football Association collectively overwhelmed?

Perhaps when Hu Lixin was young,

There is still this possibility.

But now that the Football Association, after the joint law enforcement crackdown by multiple departments, can still have such a powerful figure, it really feels that I have never been in prison, and I want to go in and experience it.

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Taking Hu Lai's performance in various competitions in 2023 as an example, no one would express dissatisfaction or objection to saying that he is the number one star of the Olympic team.

So when Lin Zhiyuan showed up at the check-in point with a suitcase and a backpack on his back, what he saw was Hu Lai surrounded by people, like stars holding the moon.

He remembered the repeated instructions from his manager Uncle Qiu in the car, so he grinned and walked up to the group of people.

His tall and strong figure quickly attracted the attention of the group of people.

"You are Hu Lai?" After walking in front of Hu Lai, Lin Zhiyuan looked down at him and asked.

"I'm Hu Lai, are you?" Hu Lai looked up at him.

"I'm Lin Zhiyuan."

Hu Lai had a confused look on his face.

Seeing him like this, Chen Xingyi bowed beside him and said, "Hey, that's the genius goalkeeper who said that your achievements are only so high!"

He also compared the position of his calf with his hand.

Lin Zhiyuan ignored Chen Xingyi's provocative provocation, and continued to look at Hu Lai.

When Hu Lai heard this, a dazed look appeared on his face: "Oh oh oh, it's you!"

The others also reacted, thinking of the grievance between Lin Zhiyuan and Hu Lai, they were not familiar with Lin Zhiyuan at first, but they knew and were familiar with Hu Lai, and they would pay more attention to Hu Lai's affairs. So when Lin Zhiyuan joined the South China Tigers, after he said those words that were obviously aimed at Hu Lai, everyone knew about Lin Zhiyuan by the way.

After thinking about it, many people looked at Lin Zhiyuan with unfriendly eyes.

Hu Lai's strength is obvious to all. After your kid said that, you still have the face to come over, why? Is it provocative?

Coupled with the background of Lin Zhiyuan's training in Germany, many people were a little concerned, thinking that this kid is a banana man, and we are not on the same side.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense.

At this moment, a big man squeezed in from the crowd, it was the team's forward Tan Yunlong. Both he and Lin Zhiyuan played in the South China Tigers Club.

After he squeezed in, he quickly apologized to everyone: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Zhiyuan has this personality... He has been scolded many times in our team, but he just can't control his mouth... Hu Lai, don't you I have the same knowledge as this big fool..."

After speaking, he tugged Lin Zhiyuan's arm hard, and shouted: "What are you doing! What are you rookie doing here? Hu Lai didn't do that when he first came to our team..."

It was fine if he didn't say that, but when he said that, everyone around looked at Hu Lai with strange expressions.

Guo Junfu muttered next to him: "It seems that Hu Lai was even more annoying at the time..."

Everyone remembered how Hu Lai sat at the table in the Hongfengling restaurant, and then the other Olympic team players ran over to greet him and crowded around him.

It's like a scene from the movie "The Godfather".

Tan Yunlong was also a little embarrassed.

Lin Zhiyuan turned his head and said to Tan Yunlong: "Brother Tan, next time, don't call me a big fool, you are also a big man, didn't you scold yourself too?"

"You..." Tan Yunlong was furious.

The other Olympic team players burst out laughing, and the tense atmosphere before dissipated a lot.

Amidst the laughter, Lin Zhiyuan turned his head and continued to look at Hu Lai and said: "I watched your performance in the FA Cup, and you are indeed very good. But it also makes me look forward to the next Chinese Super League. Beat you in the middle and don't let you score."

Hu Lai spread his hands: "Then why wait until next season, isn't there shooting training and group competitions in the training of the Olympic team?"

"Performance in training doesn't count." Lin Zhiyuan waved his hands and said with a curled lip.

"I also think that the performance in training doesn't count, but are you sure you will be able to compete with the South China Tigers next season?"

"I have this confidence." Lin Zhiyuan said proudly.

Seeing him like this, Hu Lai also nodded: "Okay, then we will see you in the Super League!"

Lin Zhiyuan grinned after receiving Hu Lai's answer: "It's a deal!"

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Ran Jiachang said to Shi Wuyin next to him: "Is it really okay not to interfere?"

Shi Wuyin came here before, he saw the whole incident from the side, and held Ran Jiachang back when he wanted to intervene.

"It's not necessary at all, Lao Ran. Isn't this good? Their internal affairs are resolved internally. Isn't it resolved now? And Lao Ran, do you know why I recruited Lin Zhiyuan?"

"Isn't it because he was in the South China Tigers reserve team and helped the team win the Chinese Super League reserve team championship?"

"This is just one of the reasons. I have carefully studied Lin Zhiyuan's experience and his character, and found that this kid is simply a qualified 'catfish'!"

"Catfish?" Ran Jiachang was puzzled.

"Well, the 'catfish' in 'The Catfish Effect'."

Ran Jiachang suddenly realized.

He had heard of the "catfish effect". Catfish specialize in eating fish, so if a catfish is placed in a fixed ecological environment, other fish in this environment will swim desperately to avoid catfish chasing and killing, which in turn activates their ability to survive.

Therefore, the "catfish effect" is often used to describe the strategy of taking some means or measures to stimulate competition.

"You want Lin Zhiyuan to stimulate other people?"

"That's right. He is a qualified candidate. He has a carefree personality and speaks outspokenly. I don't know if it's because of his personality or some other reason. In short, he doesn't seem to be afraid of offending people. It would be perfect for him to be a 'catfish'. East Asia After winning the World Cup, the lineup of players has gradually stabilized. I am worried that some people will become arrogant and slack, and lose the motivation to continue to improve. Just like Guan Xinyan at the beginning. So I want to find someone to be a whip and beat them. And there are overseas echelons Lin Zhiyuan, who has played for him, his status as a returnee can make a big fuss, and secondly, he is not familiar with almost all the players of the Olympic team, and there is no problem of forming cliques..."

Shi Wuyin told Ran Jiachang all his thoughts.

The latter nodded again and again: "I have an idea, I have an idea."

"And look at Lao Ran, he has just arrived, and he dared to issue such a challenge to Hu Lai before he signed in...Instead of our other players, they are all busy surrounding Hu Lai...I don't mean Hu Lai Popularity is a bad thing. I just don’t want Hu Lai to feel that staying in the Olympic team is a very comfortable thing. He is indeed the core of our team’s tactics. We can’t replace him easily, so we can only Find an external force to stimulate him, lest he relax too much."

"So you specifically found this Lin Zhiyuan who had a problem with Hu Lai?"

Shi Wuyin smiled without saying a word.

"You... cunning!"

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"Speaking of which, today's incident suddenly reminded me of the scene of the National Competition..." Chen Xingyi said suddenly on the way to the dormitory.

"Which scene?" Wang Guangwei and Hu Lai were both asking.

"It's just... Hu Lai, do you still remember that someone blocked me at the entrance of the cafeteria and challenged me?"

"Is there such a thing?" Hu Lai frowned and thought for a while, then his eyes lit up, "Yes! I remembered, indeed... Then you sold me at that time!"

"I'm a little emotional... I think you were the ones who challenged me back then, but now it's someone else's turn to challenge you." Chen Xingyi said to Hu Lai.

"Speaking of which, what's the name of that person?" Hu Lai couldn't remember for a while.

"It seems to be called Zhou Zijing..." Chen Xingyi tried hard to recall.

"Oh, yes, he later ran to our dormitory building and said that he would beat me in the professional league... As a result, there is no news about him until now. Has he joined the professional team?"

"I don't know..." Chen Xingyi shook his head.

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"Zhou Zijing, you're crazy! You're running a half-marathon at night!"

When Zhou Zijing's father, Zhou Shenghai, saw his son returning home drenched at home, his eyes widened.

"Could it be that I ran away at noon?" Zhou Zijing gasped while holding the door frame.

"It's not this, I mean why are you working so hard? You finally came home from vacation, how do you practice harder than in the club?"

"What can I do, Dad? Who told me that I wasn't selected for the Olympic team? That Lin Zhiyuan actually made it for the Olympic team, but I didn't!"

"He is the champion of the reserve team, are you?"

Zhou Zijing: "..."

He gave his father a blank look and went straight to take a shower.

"I'm serious, son, don't work too hard, and be careful of training injuries. You are still young and you have a long way to go." Behind him, Zhou Shenghai said seriously.

"I know Dad, I'm measured. I don't run like this every day." Zhou Zijing waved his hand and walked into the bathroom. "I'm just in a bad mood today. Going for a run helps to regulate my mood."

After speaking, he closed the bathroom door.

Zhou Shenghai who was outside looked at the door and shook his head helplessly.

Both Hu Lai and Chen Xingyi were selected for the National Olympic Team, and even Lin Zhiyuan became a member of the National Olympic Team. Seeing the opponents he met in the National Competition in the past running farther and farther, he will inevitably feel a little anxious Bar……

But son, everyone has their own way, you just have to walk your own way, don’t worry, what should be yours will always be yours.

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