After obtaining the "license" issued by his mother, Chu Zhongtian can finally pursue his dream without any worries.

However, he did not agree to Chelsea's invitation immediately. Although he was very excited that Chelsea could fall in love with him, he was not excited yet - who knows whether other better teams will invite him in the next few days?

He decided to wait. Anyway, he had already told Newton that he needed to think about it for a few days, and in just one day he hurriedly called, which would make Chelsea look down on him.

In the following days, Chu Zhongtian continued his training.

He did meet some scouts from Premier League clubs one after another, but there was no better condition than Chelsea. In the Premier League semifinals, none of them had an olive branch to him, which proved that his charm was not infinite. Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United were indifferent to Chu Zhongtian, and the reasons may be from many aspects. For example, Chu Zhongtian is already twenty years old, but he is still hang out in the amateur league, or he has not received professional training before, and he needs a labor certificate as compared to similar EU players... etc., but Chu Zhongtian himself does not know.

Those who are interested in him are the downstream teams in the Premier League. Those teams who are in the relegation zone or the edge of the relegation zone are very interested in Chu Zhongtian. But when Chu Zhongtian asked them how to solve their labor certificates, they lost their voice.

As a result, in the end, only Chelsea were sincere because they had a plan that seemed to be quite complete - first sign a contract, then rent it to the foreign league for several years, and at the same time, they also strive for a labor certificate, and wait for the labor certificate to be obtained in a few years before taking it back.

It seems that only signing with Chelsea is the most suitable one.

At this moment, a team appeared that surprised Chu Zhongtian.

When a Frenchman with a strong English accent stood in front of him and introduced himself as a scout at the Ligue 1 Metz Club, Chu Zhongtian had not yet reacted - Ligue 1? Which Ligue 1?

Fortunately, he quickly realized that Ligue 1 in the French Football League. In fact, this is not a fault for him to make such low-level mistakes. He has always believed that only English clubs would know a little about themselves, but he did not expect that they could attract the attention of other national league teams.

Therefore, when he heard about the French Ligue 1 club Metz, he was very unfamiliar. On the one hand, he was not sure whether there was such a club, and on the other hand, he didn't know whether this club was really in the first league.

The man saw that Chu Zhongtian had doubts, so he showed Chu Zhongtian his business card and the introduction information of the Metz club.

Metz Football Club is a professional football club founded in 1932, located in Metz, the capital of Moselle Province, the Lorraine region in northeastern France.

Regarding the name Lorraine, Chu Zhongtian only heard of it in modern and modern history of high school. After the French-Prussian War in 1871, Lorraine was ceded to Germany by France, and was taken back after World War I. It was occupied by Hitler again during World War II, and returned to France after World War II.

In addition, Chu Zhongtian had no other influence on this name.

Metz is bordered by Germany and Luxembourg. Here German is as important as French, but there is no market for English.

Metz Club was once one of the pioneers of French professional football, but their results are nothing to be praised for. They were just relegated in 2001 and returned in 2002. Now, the lower position in the middle of the league is a team that has no strength to win the championship and has to fight for relegation every season.

But their youth training is excellent. The main achievements in recent years are to cultivate new stars like Saha and Adebayo. Saha transferred to Premier League club Fulham, while Adebayo went to Monaco.

It seems that Metz is a good springboard for new players... But why is this team far away in France interested in Chu Zhongtian?

This sounds a bit dramatic - Metz Club has just entered into a cooperation agreement with Chu Zhongtian's hometown of Chengdu. Three Chinese young players will be sent to Metz to participate in the trial training in May. If you perform well, you can stay and sign with Metz Club and become a member of their youth training camp.

Due to this reason, Metz Club suddenly became interested in Chinese players.

Just a while ago, Wimbledon Athletics eliminated Chelsea in the FA Cup as an amateur team. Because it was so rare, this news was not only spread in England, but also known to other European countries. Chu Zhongtian, as the best amateur player in this game twice in a row, naturally appeared in media reports.

Mess was so concerned about Chu Zhongtian.

They were also sending people to observe Chu Zhongtian.

Metz scout Jean Rayer's evaluation of Chu Zhongtian was: "The physical fitness is extremely excellent, but the technology is lacking, the consciousness is immature, the experience is lacking, and the ability to be malleable is certain, but success cannot be guaranteed. However, for Metz, who is good at cultivating young people, we are happy to give it a try, because if you want to transfer, it will be free."

Chu Zhongtian did not expect that he would attract the attention of Ligue 1 clubs. Ligue 1 is also the top European league, and is known as the "Five European leagues" along with the Premier League, La Liga, Italy, and Bundesliga (author's note: At that time, the French Ligue 1 and Bundesliga were not as low as they are now).

It is actually good to be able to be Ligue 1, but the opponent has made no promises, not promising him to be able to play in the game after transfer, not promising him to succeed, which made him feel a little doubtful.

Of course, he knew that it was impossible for him to reach the top in one step, but in this way, when Metz and Chelsea compared, Chelsea obviously had the upper hand. At least Chelsea trained Chu as part of the future. Even if he couldn't play in Chelsea now, as long as he accumulates experience and trains for a few years, he still hopes to become a member of Chelsea in the future.

For this reason, Chu Zhongtian politely declined Metz's invitation.

He decided to accept Chelsea.

After all, this is a quasi-wealthy family with a large number of stars and fans. It is really desirable to be able to play football in such an environment. He has no way to refuse.

※※※Xu Xiaodi, with his keen sense of smell, realized that big news would appear in the near future. Because he had recently seen Chu Zhongtian contacting all kinds of people outside the King's Ranch, who were all scouts, and they would talk for a while before breaking up.

He knew a few of them. After all, he was a sports journalist in London. Some of them had a familiar face and could tell who they were.

Among those who had contacted Chu Zhongtian, he saw Chelsea's scout Lee Newton. This person often appeared at Kings Ranch. He went to check the information and found that it was Chelsea's scout.

When he saw Newton and Chu Zhongtian contact each other once, he knew that there must be something exciting waiting for him behind his back.

He decided to chat with Chu Zhongtian to see if there might be any sensational transfer news.

Xu Xiaodi has figured out Chu Zhongtian's life rules and wanted to find his best place, Wimbledon bar, instead of King's Ranch. There are too many idle people there, and it is not suitable to talk about things.

"Xiao Chu, the season is coming to an end. What are your plans for the future? I see that there are always scouts looking for you recently. Can you tell me what you think?"

As Wimbledon was eliminated in the FA Cup, the domestic attention about Chu Zhongtian has decreased. If there is no longer any eye-catching thing, Xu Xiaodi feels that his fate here is the same as discovering Chu Zhongtian - Chu Zhongtian is silent and he has also been withdrawn from the country. Since there is no news about Chu Zhongtian recently, the club has already revealed that it is going to revoke the London News Station. The major shareholders above do not seem to want to spend money every year to support a newspaper with no future. "Century New Sports" may be suspended.

Therefore, he hopes that Chu Zhongtian will play in the professional league more than anyone else, so that he will have the capital to rely on in this industry. Even if "Century New Sports" is really closed, he can rely on his personal relationship with Chu Zhongtian and do well in other media.

"Me? I plan to play professional football..."

Chu Zhongtian's answer surprised Xu Xiaodi very much. He even clenched his fists and said "Yes".

Chu Zhongtian looked at him strangely.

He scratched his head embarrassedly: "Hehe... I'm happy for you. It's a waste for people like you to not play professional football. So... are there any goals?"

Chu Zhongtian nodded.

“Which company is it?”

Chu Zhongtian did not say it very happily this time, but shook his head: "Before the final talk, I can't tell you that I know the power of Chinese media, and I'm afraid of bad things."

"Uh..." Xu Xiaodi was hit and he had nothing to say. Chu Zhongtian didn't want to say it, he couldn't force him to say it unless he didn't want to maintain the current friendly relationship with Chu Zhongtian.

But it doesn't matter. He can guess the team that Chu Zhongtian is most likely to join, and then send it out and say "this newspaper's London-based reporter Xu Xiaodi predicts."

Anyway, it is prediction, and the result is not important. What is important is to attract readers' attention and keep them paying attention. Listening to Chu Zhongtian's tone, there should be a result soon. Once the result is determined, you can start hype.

With my personal relationship with Chu Zhongtian, are you still afraid of not getting exclusive insider information?

Therefore, although Chu Zhongtian didn't tell him anything, Xu Xiaodi was still in a good mood when she left the Wimbledon bar.

※※※Since you have made up your mind, Chu Zhongtian feels that you should let the people closest to him know about it so that you will not be deceived in the future.

He is leaving Wimbledon Athletics. Although everything here is beautiful and is very missed by him, he cannot continue to stay here if he wants to pursue higher goals. He must go to stronger teams to participate in higher-level leagues and improve his abilities.

When it was closed, there were only Chu Zhongtian and Boss John in the bar, one of whom did heavy work and the other did light work. The heavy work was to move tables, chairs, sweep the floor, etc., and the light work was to count the remaining wine.

This is a good time to whisper.

"Boss. I want to tell you something..."

Boss John looked up at Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian did not stop his work. While placing the scattered chair on the table, he said to Boss John: "I plan to play professional football, boss."

Boss John smiled: "Ha! I'm not surprised at all, Chu. If you decide not to play professional football, I'm afraid I'll feel strange."

"If I go to play professional football, I will leave Wimbledon Athletic..."

"That's certainly. Can you stay here forever? Wimbledon's Athletics is good, but it's not good for your development."

"What will others think of my actions?" Chu Zhongtian was a little worried that people who treat him would glar at him after hearing that he was about to leave.

"You don't have to worry about this, Chu. There will definitely be some regrets, but we are not idiots either. If Wimbledon is qualified to participate in the professional league, we certainly won't want you to leave, but we are just an amateur team. What's the reason to force you to stay?"

Boss John is really a reasonable person. His words dispelled Chu Zhongtian's concerns.

"If that happens, I will leave the Wimbledon Bar..."

Boss John laughed: "Isn't this a matter of course? Do you have to spend twenty hours a week working and making money when you become a professional player? I don't dare to ask for it if you are willing to come, haha!"

"If I really leave, I will miss you, boss." Chu Zhongtian stopped the work in his hand, turned around and looked at the fat boss and said.

"We will miss you too, just like Emily. Speaking of which, this is really an honor for my bar, Chu. From us, a rising star in the film industry, and now a rising star in the football industry is about to come out of the film industry, ha... this is something I have never thought about before."

Then he spread his arms and said, "Come and hug one, Chu."

Chu walked forward and hugged Boss John's beer barrel-like waist.

Boss John closed his arms and hugged him in his arms: "No matter where you will go in the future, do it well, Chu. Remember you were from our "crazy gang."

"Thank you, boss..."

Chu Zhongtian felt a little sore, but he held it back.

After letting go, Boss John asked, "Also, Chu, you don't have an agent yet, are you?"

Chu Zhongtian nodded.

"Well, if you want to negotiate a contract with the club, it's better to find an agent...not to suffer losses." Boss John pointed at him and said.

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "But I don't know any agent, and I don't know where to look for it." He thought of the black man who once followed him and promoted him while running, claiming to be an agent, but Chu Zhongtian thought he was unreliable.

"You can find James Merry, who is a sports journalist and he must know the agent. Sorry, we can't help you in this regard, Chu."

The person mentioned by Boss John made Chu Zhongtian’s eyes lit up - Mr. Merry is a good candidate. It is easy to find him, just call him and ask him to meet at the Wimbledon Bar.

※※※James Merry was thinking about where he should go to find a reporter job to work at home, and he received a call from Chu Zhongtian.

"broker?"

He was a little surprised, but he soon understood.

"Are you finally going to be a professional player, Chu?" he asked with a smile on the end of the phone.

Chu Zhongtian told Meri about his thoughts and Chelsea's scouts to find him, and asked him to help him make an idea.

"Well... it turned out to be Chelsea, not Arsenal..." Merry, as an Arsenal fan, felt a little regretful, but he quickly threw this idea aside and began to give advice for Chu Zhongtian. "It is a good thing for Chelsea to decide to sign you, but you are too anxious. You do need an agent to help you negotiate with them. In fact, even if you don't, the Chelsea club will entrust you with an agent."

"I trust you more, Mr. Merry."
To be continued...