The media and fans are two completely different groups. Although the media has a certain influence in the minds of fans, fans still prefer to believe what they see and hear, and are more willing to believe their own judgment.

In Chu Zhongtian, such a contradictory "confrontation" appeared.

The media were not interested in Chu Zhongtian's first nine minutes of appearance in the Ligue 1. They had already felt interested in Chu Zhongtian's team. After reporting that the Chinese joined Metz, there was no movement. Later, Chu Zhongtian could not play in the first team game, which also made the media believe that this former amateur player is an absolute parallel.

But Metz's fans were different. After that game, they gradually became interested in Chu Zhongtian, an unknown Chinese boy. The people who knew Chu Zhongtian in the past knew that among all Metz fans, probably no more than 5%. After those nine minutes with Monaco, more and more fans came to the training ground and the reserve team to observe Chu Zhongtian.

They wanted to see what kind of ability is the Chinese boy who only played for nine minutes but helped the team get one point, whether his performance within nine minutes was extraordinary or a true manifestation of his own level.

Everyone came to the Holy Mountain Fulien Training Base with such curiosity, and then gradually became a fond of this young Chinese man who was meticulous and serious in training - although this fondness did not come from his strength, but from his attitude.

Slowly, some fans came forward to him to sign, but he did not refuse. But every time he signed the fans, he kept Yang Yang's words in mind: "If you sign in the future, don't write it vertically, Da Chu."

Later, more people asked him to sign his autographs, but he still had no impatient. After the training, he would definitely stay outside to sign the fans. In this way, his reputation for treating fans patiently spread among some fans. Even though everyone may not be his fans, he did not refuse his training, and no matter how hard he was in the training, he would not refuse. Even if he was tired or hard, he would be soaked all over. He did not say that he would push the fans to go to the locker room to take a shower and change clothes.

"Although I don't know what Chu's ability is now, but he is so friendly, I also want to support him."

This may be the most common thing about Chu Zhongtian said in private. After all, there are not many people who can watch the reserve team game without losing a single game, and Chu Zhongtian did not make it to the roster in two rounds of the league after the match against Monaco.

After finishing training, Chu Zhongtian stayed at the end and signed the autograph for the fans who asked him for autographs. Even if only one person asked him for autographs, he would not leave early.

In fact, he didn't know how many people were asking him for autographs, and how many of them were just hearing that others were good and never refused the fans' requests to join in the fun. In addition, it cannot be ruled out that some fans just like to collect everything related to the players. Even if they are just a reserve player, they will go to find someone to ask for autographs.

Lin Beiyao stood outside, holding the camera in her hand, and kept pressing the shutter. After these photos were sorted out at night, she would send them to Kang Jianbo. As for what he would do, she couldn't control it.

She was quite happy for her compatriots to see so many people surrounding Chu Zhongtian for autographs. She didn't know football, but she came to such a simple conclusion through her observations on the training ground over the past half month: the more fans asked for autographs, it means that this player is more popular than other players, and it means that his status and strength in the team are higher.

After finally meeting all the fans' autograph requests, Chu Zhongtian prepared to go to the locker room to take a shower and change his clothes.

After standing in the cold wind for twenty minutes, his body, which was still hot just now, was slowly getting cold.

"You have a lot of fans."

At this moment, he heard a girl say to him in Chinese.

There was a Chinese girl with long fluttering hair, wearing a light gray girl coat, a black and white plaid scarf around her neck, holding a professional-looking camera, standing ten meters away on his right, smiling at him.

Chu Zhongtian is not unfamiliar with this girl, although he doesn't know her name yet. He is not blind. This girl has appeared on the training ground and outside the field for half a month, taking pictures with her camera. How could he not notice it?

He always thought she was a reporter, but his face was so immature, and he looked only sixteen or seventeen years old... Is there such a young reporter?

Every time this young reporter came, he did nothing except take photos, asked questions and interviews, and did not come up to contact him. It was completely different from the reporters he had seen, and later he became confused and didn't know what the girl was here to do.

"No, they are not my fans, or they are not the kind of fans who really support me." Chu Zhongtian shook his head and replied.

If you ask Chu Zhongtian what the real fans should look like? What emerged in his mind must be the faces of Uncle John and the others.

Lin Beiyao was a little surprised at Chu Zhongtian's answer: "Why? Didn't they ask you for an autograph and take a photo with you?"

"They just think that I am not bad..." Chu Zhongtian shrugged. "Do you want an autograph? I've practiced for a long time."

Lin Beiyao was laughed at Chu Zhongtian's words, and she shook her head: "I don't want it, because I'm not your fan." She still felt that only real supporters would go to the idol to sign, because if they don't support their idol, his signature would be worthless in her eyes and worthless. Why waste that emotion and expression?

"But I still can't understand why you say that those who ask for your signature are not your supporters," Lin Beiyao said.

"In fact, most of them support me not because I have the strength, but because I have a good attitude..."

"Can't you support it if you have a good attitude?"

"No..." Chu Zhongtian shook his head, "but I think the sincere supporters must support me because of my strength, not because of my handsomeness, or my kindness, or other reasons. I am a player, and I rely on strength in this industry, and my face and kindness are secondary. I hope that my supporters support me because of my good football."

Chu Zhongtian explained to Lin Beiyao.

"I didn't expect that you had high requirements." Lin Beiyao shook her head and said.

"Since you don't want to sign, I'll leave." Chu Zhongtian felt cold in his body, and he realized something was wrong. "Goodbye..."

He waved his hand and ran to the locker room with his neck shrank.

Lin Beiyao looked at the back that was running away in a hurry, picked up the camera, adjusted the aperture, and pressed the shutter. This picture would not be given to Kang Jianbo's fan. She just simply thought the back was very interesting, and she shrugged her neck and did not dare to take too big steps. The running posture with her shoulders was really "escaped with her tail between her legs".

After taking the photo, she remembered that the two of them had been talking for a long time. He didn't ask about his name and identity... Was he careless, or did he never think about knowing his name?

Lin Beiyao pouted.

※※When I woke up the next morning, Chu Zhongtian found out that he had a cold.

"Damn it! This book is the first time I have a cold!" Chu Zhongtian shook his head and felt a little painful.

Although I usually have cold medicines at home, even if I take them now, I will probably have to endure the torture of my illness today.

He knew that it must be that he did not take a shower and change clothes in time after the training yesterday, and signed autographs for the fans on the sidelines in a wet training suit, and chatted with the strange girl for a while - by the way, what is the name of that girl?

Chu Zhongtian patted his forehead.

Is it a bit rude if I didn’t ask for my name?

Forget it, I can always see her outside the training ground anyway. I will ask her next time I see her.

There was a league game on November 6th. Although he had not been included in the roster for two consecutive rounds, he still hoped that he could reappear on the roster and kept working hard with this goal.

Chu Zhongtian didn't want this cold to affect his training. After taking the medicine, he went out to participate in the training.

However, he was still seen by the keen head coach Fernandez. Because he is always energetic, no matter how Chu Zhongtian disguises himself today, he will always inadvertently show a tired and tired expression.

Fernandez pulled him aside: "Are you feeling uncomfortable, Chu?"

"No, sir..."

"To be honest." Fernandez, who has always been kind, suddenly stood up and sternly said. "I don't like lying people, Chu."

This sentence works very well. If you lose the head coach's like, it means that he will be completely insulated from the opportunity to play.

"Uh, I'm sorry, sir. I'm not trying to lie to you on purpose, but I don't want to lose the chance to enter the big list..." Chu Zhongtian explained for a long time and finally said, "I have a cold."

Fernandez was silent for a moment before asking, “Is it the flu?”

"I don't think so..."

"Go and have a check." Fernandez waved.

As a result, Chu Zhongtian still did not escape the fate of being sent to be examined. Fortunately, the final result relieved him: it was not a contagious cold, but just a cold catch. However, out of careful consideration, Fernandez still gave Chu Zhongtian's leave and asked him to go home to rest and return to the team a week later.

In this way, he will definitely miss the six-day round - if he can make the roster.

Before leaving, head coach Fernandez told him: "Stay good rest and do some responsive training, but don't overdo it."

Chu Zhongtian actually felt that the head coach had made some big fuss. Isn’t it just a cold? As for being so nervous?

"You're a professional player now, Chu."

Chu Zhongtian nodded.

"Your body is your tool for making a living. You must cherish this tool well, otherwise you will not be able to make money with this tool. Do you know? So you must always take care of it." Fernandez photographed Chu Zhongtian's strong body. "Don't think this is a small thing. Nothing is small if it is related to your health."

Chu Zhongtian went back to the locker room alone to change his clothes, packed up his things and left the training base, and sighed in secret that he was really unlucky.

However, this seems to be a specific example of how he transformed from amateur thinking to professional thinking... At least today, the head coach Fernandez said, "Your body is your tool for making a living, you must cherish it" that made Chu Zhongtian feel very fresh.

He had never heard of this before.

He always thought that the body was a gift and the body was the foundation, but the body was a tool indeed gave him a completely different feeling.

If you think about it carefully, it's really the case.

Many players like to drink, smoke, and indulge in sensuality... These have caused their health to deteriorate. These players began to decline when they were just over 30 years old, and their condition was declining. This is related to their usual "tools". Also, why are Chinese players no longer able to do it when they are 28 or 29 years old? Some people say that this is because Chinese players have changed their age since childhood. According to the information, they are 28 or 2 years old, but in fact they are 31 or 2 years old. Some people say that this is related to the physique of yellow people, and there are also people

It is said that this is related to the eating habits of Chinese people. In fact, there is another very important factor, that is, China's "professional players" are not professional enough. When dealing with their own tools for making a living, their attitude is quite amateur, and they are very amateur from their mentality to training conditions. It has only been ten years since the professionalization of Chinese football, and it is still a sheep in wolf's skin. It looks professional, but in fact, "Zheng Zhihua" also has the face to say that he has embarked on the path of professionalization? The real professionalization has never been realized in the magical soil of Chinese football!

Look at France. In small clubs like Metz, they are meticulous and extremely serious about football. What is a profession? This is called.

Chu Zhongtian had to change his mind and try to get his thoughts of professionalizing his whole body inside and out to go home to rest professionally.

Transforming from an amateur player to a professional player is not a matter of time overnight, nor is it a simple change in football. Chu Zhongtian still needs to learn and adapt to it.

※※When Lin Beiyao held the camera and came out of the training ground to prepare for shooting Chu Zhongtian, she found that no matter how the camera turned or wherever she was facing, she could not find the figure.

"Huh?" She was a little surprised when she stood in the crowd.

I didn’t see it on the first day, I still didn’t see it on the second day, and I still didn’t see it on the third day... Lin Beiyao even doubted whether Chu Zhongtian had disappeared.

"Beauty, why haven't there been any photos these days?" Kang Jianbo didn't receive a new email for three consecutive days. When the friends in the group asked, he came to ask Lin Beiyao.

"I didn't see him, there was no Chu Zhongtian on the training ground." Lin Beiyao said honestly.

"Strange...no? Where did you go?"

"You ask me how I know..."

"You can ask other people... If you ask those fans and players, the players always have to sign the fans. Then you can come up and ask."

Lin Beiyao felt that this was an idea, "Okay, but I'm not free tomorrow. I'll go and ask for you the day after tomorrow."

Two days later, Lin Beiyao ran to the Furi'an training base in the Holy Mountain, but still did not see Chu Zhongtian.

This time she first asked the fans around her. No one could answer her question, and the most answer she got was "not sure" and "not sure".

There is no way, it seems that there is only one thing to ask the players.

She noticed that in previous shots, Chu Zhongtian and the "Scarface" were training and joking together, and they were both one of the most popular players in the team, because there were many fans who asked them for signatures, and their relationship should be good. If you want to ask Chu Zhongtian's situation, it would be correct to ask that "Scarface".

Lin Beiyao put away her camera and went to the front. Many fans were looking for "Scarface" autographs. She was not in a hurry and didn't go up and squeezed with them, but just waited patiently by the side.

When "Scarface" was about to leave, she quickly stepped forward and said in French: "Sir, can you ask you a question?"
To be continued...