vncnus Chapter 2: Reporting to the Country - The Official Template is Coming Soon?
Chapter 2: Reporting to the Country - The Official Template is Coming Soon?
Chinese Barcelona player Su Yu has confirmed a one-year contract extension with Barcelona and will depart today to return home to rejoin the team!
Sports Weekly's news is as swift as ever.
Before Su Yu could even board the plane, news of his contract renewal for another year was reported in China.
Of course, this information wasn't leaked by Su Yu; it was Barcelona's official team taking advantage of the Olympics, a major event, to promote their club.
Not only did Barcelona's official website report the news of his contract renewal, but for the first time ever, Su Yu and Barcelona's hottest prince Messi were placed on the same promotional poster, wishing them both excellent performances at the Olympics!
At 12 a.m. that day.
Su Yu, dragging a large suitcase, finally appeared at Barcelona International Airport.
After all, there are only seven days left until the Olympics, and Su Yu is considered the second player from a top club in this national Olympic team besides Dong Fangzhuo. So even though Su Yu is criticized as just a mascot, quite a few domestic reporters still appeared at the airport.
"Su Yu! What are your thoughts on the prospects of our national Olympic team in this Olympics?"
"Su Yu... I've heard you have a fairly good relationship with Messi. Would you privately invite Messi to meet you in Beijing...?"
"Su Yu, you didn't get a single appearance for the first team last season. Many fans think you should leave Barcelona and find a team where you can get playing time. What's your opinion on that?"
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Upon seeing Su Yu, reporters eager to find some sensational news rushed over in a panic.
"I am honored to be selected for this national Olympic team. I am very proud to participate in our own Olympics on our home turf!"
"Thank you! Thank you! It's almost boarding time, thank you, please let me through!"
reporter?
Or are they reporters from our own country?
Looking at his fellow countrymen who portrayed themselves as clowns in various columns, Su Yu gave a perfunctory reply, then pushed through the crowd and walked directly into the boarding gate.
If it weren't for the fear that reporters would write about him being arrogant, Su Yu honestly wouldn't have bothered to even give that perfunctory reply.
"What's with this guy's arrogance? He can't even get one game played, and he really thinks he's a star?"
"That's right, I heard that this guy made a special trip back to China to see the person in charge, all to get into the national Olympic team!"
"Haha, the way you're talking makes it sound like nobody gets into the national team without connections. Under our system, even if Ronaldinho came, you'd still have to obediently offer some bribes to the higher-ups. Otherwise, look at Old Du, he'd expose all sorts of dirty secrets!"
"Haha, alright, alright, brothers, let's go back. Time to finish our manuscripts. This guy's so arrogant, we have to teach him a lesson!"
Su Yu boarded the plane, but what he didn't know was that the paparazzi reporters he had ignored were already starting to create a new persona for him.
Before long, news about Su Yu appeared on top-tier websites in China, such as Sina and Sohu.
Barcelona goalkeeper Su Yu boards plane back to China, his gloomy expression suggesting dissatisfaction with his inclusion in the national Olympic team?
Su Yu refuses to comment on fans' concerns about his transfer, choosing to remain loyal to Barcelona!
From dazzling performances in the U16 team to now having nowhere to play, is football witnessing another case of a prodigy failing to live up to his potential?
- [Damn, Su Yu is a complete idiot. Is he really that eager to seduce Barcelona? Guardiola himself said in a previous interview that Su Yu's level isn't even up to La Liga standards. What's with him stubbornly refusing to leave?]
-【That's right. I watched his U16 matches back then. His goal-line saves and such were definitely better than his peers, but his physical condition was what it was. At 1.78 meters tall, his control area in front of the goal was too small. His own physical condition wasn't good enough, yet he insisted on staying on the bench, just being a benchwarmer!】
- [Haha, I told you long ago this guy is no good. I don't know what the national Olympic team was thinking, insisting on bringing him on. They say he's from Barcelona, but he hasn't had much playing time in over a year. Putting him in front of goal, I'm really worried he'll just feed the ball to the enemy!]
- [I heard that Su Yu has some personal connections with a certain leader in our Football Association. It seems like it was during the Football Association's inspection trip to Spain the year before or last year, Su Yu went directly to the leader's hotel to give gifts. So even though Su Yu hasn't played many games this year, he'll still get in!]
- [Tsk tsk tsk! This is definitely how things are done in China. I just wonder how much is appropriate to send. I've saved up over four thousand yuan, I wonder if I can even get a substitute spot?]
- [Haha, alright, four thousand yuan? Do you think the boss is a beggar? Four thousand yuan isn't even enough for one meal for him!]
-【Just once? Is the price really that high now?】
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The journey from Barcelona to Beijing takes about fourteen hours, and by the time Su Yu arrived in Beijing, it was already past 2 a.m.
It was so late, Su Yu naturally didn't dare to disturb Li Zheng's sweet dream.
After finding a hotel nearby, Su Yu went straight to sleep.
Su Yu had long since become accustomed to the news and various comments and criticisms about him online over the past year, and now he hardly ever checks the news anymore.
Right now, Su Yu is only thinking about one thing: the countdown to the official template, which is constantly being refreshed.
Even in his dreams, Su Yu dreamt that he drew Ronaldinho's top-tier SSS template, then dominated the Olympics, even leading the Chinese Olympic team to a gold medal...
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August 2, 2008, 8:00 AM Beijing time.
After washing up and instructing the hotel staff to deliver his belongings to the familiar address, Su Yu finally set off for the men's football training base in Beijing.
Just as Su Yu had imagined, there were indeed reporters waiting at the entrance of the training base because of the Barcelona poster.
Su Yu was initially at his wits' end, wondering how to deal with these annoying people. Fortunately, after his taxi stopped, Su Maozhen, Yin Tiesheng's assistant whom he had called to report that morning, instructed the security guards to open the gate.
This allowed Su Yu to successfully evade the reporters.
After entering the gate and keeping the reporters out, Su Yu quickly got out of the car and walked towards Su Maozhen.
"Good morning, Dormitory Supervisor! Thank you for your help!"
"It's okay. How was your rest? Do you want to go to your dorm first?"
"No, Coach Su, let's go see Coach Yin first. I'm really sorry for being so late in reporting!"
"It's alright, Director Li has already spoken to Coach Yin. Let's go now; the whole team is already here and ready to train!"
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Su Maozhen led Su Yu directly to the locker room. After changing into his jersey and shoes, Su Yu, under Su Maozhen's guidance, met for the first time the interim head coach of the struggling national Olympic team, Yin Tiesheng, and... the full-strength national Olympic team that all the Chinese people were now pinning their hopes on!
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