This is how Chu Zhongtian’s holiday began.

The first two days after returning home were Saturday and Sunday. They didn’t go anywhere, so they stayed at home, unplugged their phones and turned off their phones. They fully enjoyed the rare peaceful time.

Chu Zhongtian showed his parents the films he brought back from the UK, all of which were filmed by his Emily, Lao Yang, John Boss, Philip and Kenny, as well as some reports from the British media. He told them about his experience of playing football in the UK. Anyway, my mother has agreed to him to play football now, and I don’t worry that my mother will be impatient when she shares this time with her mother.

However, when she was a mother, she was more interested in Emily because the blonde girl appeared in many photos.

After hearing that the girl turned out to be an actress, Zhou Xiaoxiang smacked her lips and said, "No wonder she is so beautiful..."

Then she asked gossipyly: "What's your relationship with her?"

Chu Zhongtian was drinking water and was choking and coughing. It took him a long time to recover.

"What's wrong?" The mother looked confused.

Chu Zhongtian could only say: "I'm not a good person... I'm a friend and a classmate."

"Well..." Zhou Xiaoxiang tilted her head and looked at the photo of Emily and Chu Zhongtian. They stood in front of a group of British people. Chu Zhongtian was wearing a blue and yellow jersey, and Emily held Chu Zhongtian's arm and leaned against him. She slowly frowned. "It's such a close relationship, no matter how you look like a friend... Is it that kind of 'friend'?"

"Hi, foreigners are open..." Chu Zuosheng said this time without waiting for Chu Zhongtian to explain. He was not interested in this girl, just like looking at the photo of his son playing football below, but his wife always stared at the photo of the blonde girl without turning the pages, which made him unable to see it.

Chu Zhongtian nodded.

He thought to himself that he had kissed Emily. If his mother wanted to know, would he think that they were playing friends? In Sichuan dialect, "playing friends" means falling in love.

But I was not in love with Emily... Thinking of Emily, Chu Zhongtian suddenly lost his mind and returned to China. There was no Emily by his side. It was only two days now. I wonder if he would feel uncomfortable in the future?

※※※After these two days, Chu Zhongtian opened up to accept interviews from reporters, and he did not hide. If someone wanted to interview him, he would accept it as long as he arranged the time. It was not that he wanted to be famous, but that he was silent and made others suspicious randomly. It would be better to speak up generously by himself.

Gao Jie came to her house for an hour of exclusive interview.

In addition, he also brought good news. What he said in the car had been reported to the newspaper. I believe that everyone will know what the football school is.

A long time later, Chu Zhongtian heard the coach's name in Xu Xiaodi's mouth again. That time was a complete tragedy. During a training session, he kicked a 16-year-old player to death, which made a family break and also sent himself to jail. The coach got what he wanted and finally became famous nationwide, but he was criticized and denounced as a negative typical. He even caused another round of criticism of Chinese football by the Chinese media, causing Chinese football, which had already made the worse, to fall into the cold wave again... These are later stories.

Chu Zhongtian didn't expect so much now. Anyway, it made the coach and the football school feel uncomfortable and made him feel very good.

After the first two days, he resumed his physical exercise plan. He went to his mother's school to run and practice football every morning and evening.

As a well-known professional player, his appearance aroused great interest among middle school students. Every time he ran around the field alone and practiced football, there were many people watching. Those who were more courageous and more extroverted came up to talk to him, asked him for autographs, and took the photo with him.

As a result, a post on the Internet was also "Chu Zhongtian's summer football practice plan live broadcast". An enthusiastic student fan took photos of Chu Zhongtian's exercise and practice with a digital camera every day, and then posted them to a very influential forum, accompanied by text commentary, which attracted many fans who followed Chu Zhongtian to click and comment. This student reporter even became a stolen figure in the forum.

Many people express their opinions on the photos, and most people praise Chu Zhongtian's success as if it was not accidental. Just look at his attitude of persisting in training every day, you can tell why he was successful.

There are also some female fans who are crazy about it: "Our family is the best! The most handsome! The most manly!"

In fact, Chu Zhongtian's holiday life was very simple. He didn't go out to the streets because there was nothing to buy. He didn't have many friends. Lao Yang had been in Beijing, but he called him a few times. It was said that he was looking for a job there and would work in a media unit.

So in addition to accompanying his parents at home, he went to work to practice football at the school stadium. The advantage of celebrities is that this plastic artificial turf stadium that is not open to the public is allowed to be open to him, even when other classes are taking physical education classes, he can continue practicing alone in a corner.

The content of his practice is very simple, all of which are basic events, such as dribbling, shooting, passing, and controlling the ball. Even a person cannot practice those too complicated things. When he doesn't practice, he will chat with the teachers in the school. After all, he is considered a child of the teachers in this school, and he still knows many teachers.

However, he could clearly feel that these teachers had different visions of him than before. In the past, he was never looked at by teachers with an admiration. When they looked at themselves, they always had some doubts - they suspected that they would not study hard, they suspected that they could not get into college at all, and they doubted their purpose of coming here to study.

Sure enough, if you are famous, you have privileges... It's amazing that those teachers who once looked down on themselves and even their own fans are now.

I did this so much to make some face for my mother, right? You know, her colleagues and teachers were not optimistic about me at the time. They showed nothing on the surface, and privately swear that Teacher Zhou Xiaoxiang's son would not have any great prospects. At that time, his mother was so angry that she was sulking at home.

Now it's time for my son to return home in glory and return home in glory. He also has to come to the school to look at them every day. From time to time, there are a few reporters coming to interview him, which makes the teachers envious when they see him.

※※※In addition to practicing football, Chu Zhongtian has another thing to be busy with - teaching his parents how to use computers and surf the Internet.

After receiving the signing fee, except for paying Mr. Bill Elliott 15% of the reward, the rest belonged to him. So a few days after returning home, he went to the computer city, bought himself an ibm laptop, and equipped his home with a high-configuration machine. In fact, they couldn't use the too high configuration at all. The computer he bought for his parents usually has only one function - that is, chat. However, the high-configuration can be used for a few more years... Chu Zhongtian considered this: in the future, he would not be able to play football in any place, and no matter where he went, he would probably not be able to go on TV so quickly. It would be better if he could not see himself by phone. So he simply applied for a QQ for his parents and asked them to learn video chat. Wherever he went, he would not be afraid of having the Internet.

It is not a problem for parents to know how to type, just install a camera to chat with video. It is convenient and saves money by talking, which is much more saving than making a phone call.

So after applying for broadband installation at Telecom, every night was Teacher Chu Zhongtian's class time. He had to teach his parents the most basic computer usage and Internet access methods during this short holiday. At this time, Teacher Zhou Xiaoxiang, who usually teaches students on the podium, became a humble and studious student. My mother was so dedicated to studying because she learned to use computers and surf the Internet and could often see her son.

This task is quite arduous. Chu Zhongtian has to start with the basic switch-off. He is very skilled in using computers. He uses Yang Yang's laptop very smoothly. But once he starts to teach others to use computers, he finds that "knowing to use" does not mean "knowing to teach". Not everyone can do this... Fortunately, his parents' enthusiasm for learning is high, and my father even went to Wenxuan Bookstore to buy several books that teach people to use computers. He went through and compared the computer.

Chu Zhongtian's life is so simple. When he was not interviewed by reporters, he returned home after practicing, turned on his laptop alone, connected to the Internet, and started surfing the Internet, paying attention to the transfer trends in European football, especially Chelsea.

After all, I became a member of Chelsea. It is normal to care about my boss.

Now it seems that Chu Zhongtian has a bright future after four years of Chelsea, because Chelsea currently has many good players in the midfield position, but they are all veterans over 30 years old. French midfielder Petit is 33 years old and Marklele is 31 years old. Four years later, these two people will leave the team without any surprises. At that time, Chu Zhongtian was 24 years old, which was the year of playing.

Although Chelsea just signed Charlton's Scott Parker in January this year, he is only 23 years old, and he is the best newcomer in the Premier League last season. However, Chu Zhongtian is not afraid of competition. He believes that his performance in defense is better than Parker.

As long as he can get a labor certificate and perform well, he still has the hope of competing for a playoff spot in the Chelsea first team.

This summer, Chelsea fired their former head coach, Italian Ranieri, and welcomed the Portuguese Mourinho, who had shined in European football in the previous two seasons. The season just ended, Mourinho led Porto to defeat Monaco led by Deschamps in the Champions League final and won the European Champions League.

"Madman" Mourinho made a arrogant statement as soon as he arrived. His character made Chelsea one of the clubs that attracted the attention of the media. Chu Zhongtian often learned about the news about Chelsea club through various channels. He also specifically checked Mourinho's information. At that time, there was not much information about the young Portuguese coach in China, most of which were official news. Chu Zhongtian went to an English website to browse news about Mourinho. He wanted to see what the difference between the head coach and Ranieri, and what impact his taking office would have on his future at Chelsea club.

Chu Zhongtian couldn't see it... he could only observe and talk about it.

He only hopes that Mourinho is not the kind of superstitious big-name star and very utilitarian coach... In fact, what he should be worried about now is not his possible head coach in the future, but his current boss, Abramovich, is a very utilitarian chairman. He invests 100 million pounds to the team every year, not to make fun of it. He wants to see the results, see good games, and see the best players in the world rush to vote.

Chu Zhongtian was obviously not within his consideration.

Therefore, soon the transfer market heard that Thiago followed Mourinho to join Chelsea from Benfica for 10 million pounds. The role of this Portuguese midfielder is exactly the same as that of Chu Zhongtian, and he is more experienced. He is an EU player, so there is no need to worry about labor certificates.

Thiago and Parker are both twenty-three years old, and four years later, at the age of twenty-seven. It is the golden age of a professional player. Both of them are Chu Zhongtian's strong competitors.

In addition to Thiago, Chelsea has also introduced many players in various other positions, but there is no direct competitive relationship with Chu Zhongtian.

Nine million buys Czech footballer Cech from Rennes, 12 million buys Dutch "Pandez" Robben from Eindhoven, 13 million buys European best right-back Ferreira from Porto in the 2003-04 season, 5.5 million buys Serbian scorer Keserman from Eindhoven, and 19.85 million brought Porto's champion central defender Carvalho from Porto. In addition, Côte d'Ivoire scorer Drogba, who transferred from Marseille, became the most expensive player in English league history for 24 million (before the transfer period this summer, this record was broken by Wayne Rooney from Everton to Manchester United, and his net worth was 27 million pounds).

Seeing so many stars joining the team, Chu Zhongtian was happy for Chelsea's strength, and was also worried that the Russian boss seemed to like spending a lot of money to poach big stars, and lacked patience with the young players he had cultivated.

In addition, he has always paid attention to the little information about the reserve and youth team players on the official Chelsea website to see if he can find some clues related to his fate.

There is another thing he has to worry about - as he becomes a professional player, he also needs an agent to help him negotiate with the club, manage his finances, help him take care of some trivial matters in his daily life, develop his business value, and design his personal image... In the world football world, many stars like to use their fathers and brothers to be their agents. Chu Zhongtian thought about it but couldn't find a suitable candidate. His father had done business, but not knowing English would make him suffer a great loss in the role of an agent, and his father... Chu Zhongtian made money to let his parents enjoy a happy life, and then dragged his father out to be an agent for him. How can he enjoy a happy life when running around the world?

Negative, my friend... doesn't seem to be suitable to be an agent, not to mention that if your career is nothing unexpected, you must be dealing with European clubs. In this regard, Chu Zhongtian doesn't trust Chinese agents very much. The more you know about the inside story of Chinese football, the more you know that anyone who is involved in Chinese football is not clean.

Forget it, I'd better look for it in Europe. Mr. Bill Elliott is good... It's a pity that they seem to be too busy and have no interest.

Chu Zhongtian did not like to choose a broker company unless he had to. He always felt that those companies were more like vampires than single brokers, and large broker companies would never pay attention to such unknown people. He needed to develop, but it would be impossible not to be taken seriously.

It seems that I have to wait until I return to the UK and go to Mr. Merry to ask if he has any good candidates to recommend.

With an agent, it’s easy to talk to Chelsea...※※ Oh, there is another thing for Chu Zhongtian - to watch the European Cup at home.

2004 is the year of the competition, and the cup matches on all three continents are held this year. From June 12th to July 4th, it is the European Cup in Portugal, from July 6th to 25th, it is the Copa America, and from July 17th to August 7th, it is the Asian Cup. For a Chinese football fan, although there is no World Cup this summer, it is still happy.

The European Cup is obviously the top priority of the three major cup matches. This is a good opportunity to learn, watch the highest level of football matches, experience the highest level of skills and tactics, and find something you can learn from.

Therefore, he and his father stayed up late to watch football, and his mother never said anything again.

When watching the football, the old fans' father will also analyze the performance of the players and the overall performance of the team with him. Then use the performance of the stars as a benchmark to measure Chu Zhongtian's own level, which aspects need to be improved, and which aspects are already good and should be maintained.

"You are not very skilled, son. But don't care too much. I think you are not suitable for being a player who wins by relying on skills. As long as you can ensure that you can protect the football for a period of time under the attack of two to three people, you can find a way to pass it out. There is no need to practice five people. Don't learn the little Ronaldo in Portugal. The simpler your skills are, the better. I think what you need to urgently improve is the passing technology, which is more accurate and faster. You pass the ball a bit slowly, and you always have to observe it repeatedly before passing the ball. This is too wasteful and it also reveals your intentions."

Chu Zhongtian nodded and accepted.

"You have to learn to observe the running positions of your teammates and opponents before catching the ball, and do the next move after receiving the ball, so that you can save time and make it difficult for your opponent to guard against you..."

In every game, the two of them kept talking as they watched the game. Their mouth was dry and their father drank beer and he drank boiled water - because he was a professional player now, so he should drink less alcohol. When he was hungry, he would eat some peanuts, beef, jerky, pig ears. Then he continued to watch and talked. Chu Zhongtian felt that the two of them had no need for commentary when watching the football, because their father's commentary was much more professional than the two CCTV commentary... Chu Zhongtian liked this feeling, which made him feel very warm. Many people complained that they had a generation gap with their parents and could not communicate. He felt very lucky because he liked football like his father. It was football that brought the relationship between the father and son closer, and it was football that allowed them to have no generation gap. He thanked football.

However, it was his father who made him fall in love with football. If his father hadn't thrown the football to him, he wouldn't have been today... Who should be thanked the most now? It was his father.

"dad……"

Chu Zuosheng was still talking nonstop, and Chu Zhongtian suddenly interrupted.

"Um?"

"When I get stable and make a lot of money, you can retire from the Education Bureau, right? Then take my mother to travel around the world..."

Chu Zuosheng looked at his son with serious expressions and smiled.

"good!"

He nodded.

"One word is certain?"

"It must be undecided."

Chu Zhongtian laughed.
Chapter completed!